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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 screenwriter working on new Marvel movie for Sony

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As Sony looks to build out its Universe of Marvel Characters with this year’s Morbius and Venom 2, The Wrap is reporting that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 co-writer Roberto Orci has signed on to pen a new Marvel project for the studio. Details on the new project are being kept under wraps, although the report […]

Image announces pulp horror graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker

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Image Comics has announced that Alex de Campi (Archie vs. Predator) and Erica Henderson (Squirrel Girl) are teaming for the original graphic novel Dracula, Motherf**ker, a pulp horror which promises to put an action-filled twist on Bram Stoker’s classic tale. Straddling two different timelines, Dracula, Motherf**ker travels between Vienna, 1889 where Dracula’s brides nail him […]

Disney delays Mulan, The New Mutants and Antlers over coronavirus pandemic

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With more and more countries taking measures to try and slow the coronavirus pandemic, including the closing of cinemas in an increasing number of markets, Disney’s Mulan and the Fox acquisitions The New Mutants and Antlers have been pulled from the global release schedule, following hot on the heels of today’s delays to Fast & […]

Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole to exit Doctor Who in Christmas Special

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Showrunner Chris Chibnall and star Jodie Whittaker may have confirmed their return for another series of Doctor Who, but it seems Whittaker’s Thirteenth Doctor will be without two of her current companions when series thirteen gets underway. As reported by the Radio Times, Bradley Walsh’s Graham and Tosin Cole’s Ryan are set to depart the […]

William Shatner rules out another Kirk appearance in Star Trek

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While CBS may have been able to entice one former Enterprise captain out of retirement for Star Trek: Picard, Patrick Stewart’s predecessor William Shatner has seemingly shut the door on another appearance as the legendary James T. Kirk, the actor revealing on social media that he believes Kirk’s story is “played out”. No. I think […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel explains how The Emperor avoided death in Return of the Jedi

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While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may have been light on explanations when it came to its storytelling, the recently published novelisation has been shining a light on some of the unanswered questions surrounding the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga – most specifically, the return of Emperor Palpatine following his apparent death in […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel confirms that Palpatine was a clone

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While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker offered very little by way of an explanation for the return of Emperor Palpatine, thanks to the official novelization we have official in-canon confirmation that it wasn’t Old Palpy’s decaying corpse we saw in the movie, but rather a clone body inhabited by the spirit of the Sith […]

The Batman adds Gil Perez-Abraham in mystery role

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THR is reporting that up-and-coming actor Gil Perez-Abraham (Orange Is the New Black, The Walking Dead: World Beyond) has joined the cast of Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman. Details on Perez-Abraham’s role are being kept under wraps, but he joins an impressive cast that includes the likes of Robert Pattinson as Batman, Zoe […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio voice cast may have been revealed

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Although he’s currently tied up with principal photography on his next feature Nightmare Alley, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro remains attached to his long-gestating Pinocchio adaptation at Netflix, and it seems we may now know the voice cast that he’s assembled for the stop-motion animated film. During an appearance at a comic convention in Vienna […]