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Exclusive Interview – Creating music for Star Wars with The Clone Wars composer Kevin Kiner

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Ricky Church chats Star Wars music with composer Kevin Kiner… While many will recognize legendary composer John Williams for the music throughout the Star Wars franchise, composer Kevin Kiner has added just as much music to the galaxy far, far away. In fact, Kiner has added even more as his work on seven seasons of Star Wars: The […]

Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings cost $465 million for one season, will be “the largest television series ever made”

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The first season of Amazon’s highly-anticipated fantasy series Lord of the Rings has reportedly cost the streaming service roughly NZ$650 million – which translates to $465 million in U.S. dollars. “What I can tell you is Amazon is going to spend about $650 million in season one alone,” Stuart Nash, the country’s Minister for Economic Development and […]

Tom Hiddleston talks Marvel’s Loki series, says it’s about “identity”

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Despite his demise in Avengers: Infinity War, it seems you can’t keep a good trickster down as Tom Hiddleston reprises his role as the God of Mischief for Marvel Studios’ Loki series, where we’ll pick up with the alternate – and still evil – Loki we saw escaping from the Battle of new York with […]

HBO Max’s Legendary offers up first look at its second season

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Reality competition shows don’t get any fiercer than Legendary. The first season of the HBO Max Original Series dazzled fans with its impressive dips, flips, and stunts. Now, season two promises to be even more over-the-top, shaping up to be quite the carry. Legendary offers a look at the ballroom scene, a sub-culture in the […]

Netflix’s Castlevania to end with season 4, first teaser released

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Castlevania, the Netflix anime series that won over fans with its brutality and camp, will come to a close in season four – although it does seem like Netflix will likely expand on this universe with a spinoff show set in the same universe. Along with the announcement of the final season, the horror-inspired anime […]

R.I.P. Helen McCrory (1968 – 2021)

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Some rather sad news this evening as it has been announced that Harry Potter and Peaky Blinders actress Helen McCrory has passed away aged just 52 after losing a battle with cancer. The announcement was made by her husband Damian Lewis, who posted the following to Twitter: pic.twitter.com/gSx8ib9PY9 — Damian Lewis (@lewis_damian) April 16, 2021 […]

Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 5 Review – ‘Truth’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier… For those who feel short changed by this series, episode five brings something substantial to the table. Wyatt Russell finally steps out of the shadows, taking ownership of John Walker in all his tarnished glory. Brandishing that shield and kneeling like a […]

Gabriel Luna to play Pedro Pascal’s brother in The Last of Us series

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A dream team has been formed for HBO’s The Last of Us series. Gabriel Luna will play opposite Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey in the upcoming series from Chernobyl creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann. The series is an adaptation of the award-winning and best-selling Playstation video game. Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) […]