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Chiwetel Ejiofor is The Man Who Fell to Earth in trailer for Showtime series

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Showtime has released a new trailer for its upcoming sci-fi drama series The Man Who Fell to Earth.A reimagining/sequel to Walter Tevis’ 1963 novel of the same name, the series follows Faraday (Chiwetel Ejiofor), an alien visitor to Earth who is forced to confront his own past to determine the fate of humanity.Joining Ejiofor in […]

Netflix cancels Katee Sackhoff sci-fi Another Life after 2 seasons

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Bad news for another who’d been hoping for a third season of Another Life, as star Katee Sackhoff has taken to Twitter to announce that Netflix has cancelled the sci-fi drama series after two seasons.“I’d like to thank everyone single person who watched & supported Another Life on Netflix,” wrote Sackhoff. “To our crew & […]

Walton Goggins ventures into the Wasteland for Amazon’s Fallout TV series

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Last month it was announced that Amazon is teaming with Westworld’s Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy to bring the hit video game series Fallout to life on the small screen, and now comes word that Walton Goggins (Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Righteous Gemstones) has signed on for a lead role the live-action adaptation.Originally launching […]

The Boys Presents: Diabolical gets a new trailer and episode images

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The world of Amazon’s critically-acclaimed superhero series The Boys expands this March as the streamer launches the comic book adaptation’s first spinoff, The Boys Presents: Diabolical.Ahead of its premiere, Amazon has released a new trailer for the animated anthology series, which offers a peek at all eight episodes from this first season, each featuring their […]

Amanda Seyfried joins Tom Holland in The Crowded Room

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Amanda Seyfried (Mank) has joined the first season of Apple TV+’s anthology series The Crowded Room, where she will star alongside Tom Holland (Spider-Man: No Way Home).The Crowded Room will explore “inspirational stories of those who have struggled, and learned to successfully live with, mental illness.” It has been written by Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: […]

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Cad Bane Black Series figure revealed by Hasbro

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Fresh from his live-action debut in Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett, the notorious bounty hunter Cad Bane is joining Hasbro’s Star Wars: The Black Series collection with a new Amazon exclusive 6-inch figure based upon his appearance in Star Wars: The Bad Batch; check out the official promotional images here…Famed bounty hunter Cad […]

Stranger Things 4 poster and premiere dates revealed with Season 5 confirmed as the last

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Netflix has delivered both good news and bad news for fans of its acclaimed supernatural drama Stranger Things, with the streamer dropping a brand new poster for the fourth season of the show, along with premiere dates – yes, dates – for the hotly-anticipated new season, which will be split into two parts releasing in […]

Oscar Isaac says Marvel’s Moon Knight was a chance to do “something really f*cking nutty on a major stage”

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Oscar Isaac joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe next month as he takes on the role of the eponymous hero in the Disney+ series Moon Knight, and as we’ve seen from the trailers and promos, this doesn’t look to be your typical Marvel Studios fare.Not only does the tone feel more akin to Netflix’s Defenders shows […]

New trailer for pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death starring Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi

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HBO Max has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. Loosely based on the adventures of the 18th century would-be pirate Stede Bonnet, the series follows Captain Bonnet (Rhys Darby) as he struggles to earn the respect of his crew and survive life on the high seas […]