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The Iron Claw trailer depicts most tragic family in pro-wrestling

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Professional wrestling is a dangerous sport, even when you are outside the squared circle. Now A24 and filmmaker Sean Durkin look at one of the most tragic stories in all wrestling: the tragedies that struck the legendary Von Erich family. With The Iron Claw (named after the move made famous by the Von Erichs), we […]

Heat 2 officially in the works as Michael Mann’s next film, teases Adam Driver as a young De Niro

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Michael Mann’s Heat is one of the most acclaimed and beloved crime thrillers ever made, uniting legendary actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino onscreen together for the first time. Now over 25 years after the film’s release, Mann has revealed his next project after the release of Ferrari will be Heat 2, an adaptation of the prequel/sequel he […]

Will Jason Momoa show up as Lobo in Superman: Legacy?

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Jason Momoa is quite the busy man in the world of DC. The actor is still awaiting the release of his Aquaman sequel and may have found a way to survive the James Gunn DCU reboot. For months now, there’s been speculation that the former DCEU actors won’t be returning for Gunn’s rebooted universe, which […]

Margot Robbie & Brad Pitt producing The Thin Man remake

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Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment have joined forces to acquire the rights to the classic Thin Man film series.  According to Deadline the two joined forces to win a hotly contested auction for the popular series of films, which kicked off in 1934 with W.S. Van Dyke’s comedy-mystery film The Thin […]

There’s ideas for at least five more John Wick movies, reveals director Chad Stahelski

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There was never really a doubt John Wick would return, even if the fourth film tries to send the character off into the sunset. But is it wild to think that filmmaker Chad Stahelski could quickly cook up five more movies following the epic John Wick Chapter 4? In a new interview with Inverse, the […]

Guillermo del Toro reveals he was working on a Jabba the Hutt Star Wars movie

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Guillermo del Toro has revealed that his Star Wars movie was going to be centered on everyone’s favourite toad-slurping crime-lord Jabba the Hutt.  Del Toro tweeted some cryptic letters in response to David S. Goyer’s revelations that he had written “an unproduced Star Wars movie that Guillermo del Toro was going to direct.” And now it […]

Cannes winner How To Have Sex shares trailer and poster

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Ahead of its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival, MUBI has released a trailer and poster for writer-director Molly Manning Walker’s Cannes Un Certain Regard-winning drama How To Have Sex which explores the lives of three teenage girls as they embark on a rites-of-passage holiday together in Malia; watch it below… Three British […]

Seven Famous Cursed Movie Productions

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Disasters, terrible luck, radiation poisoning and death. We look at some famous cursed film productions… With Flickering Myth’s first foray into movie-making on The Baby in the Basket now underway, we’ve found ourselves faced with a number of problems throughout pre-production as recently covered in our pre-production update. We’ve dealt with unavoidable dropouts, unexpected costs […]

Nessie attacks in trailer for The Loch Ness Horror

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Uncork’d Entertainment has released a poster and trailer for writer-director Tyler-James’ action horror The Loch Ness Horror which sees a team of rescue operatives in search of a missing submarine become the target of an angry Nessie; take a look here… A submarine vanishing prompts a rescue operation that comes face to face with the […]

2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bikeriders

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The Bikeriders, 2023. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, Michael Shannon, Emory Cohen, Boyd Holbrook, Paul Sparks, and Damon Herriman. SYNOPSIS: The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Jeff […]