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FX sets premiere dates for American Horror Story and Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC

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FX has announced premiere dates for the upcoming eighth season of American Horror Story as well as the long-gestating Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC. Season eight of American Horror Story – confirmed as a crossover between season one’s Murder House and season 3’s Coven – is set to premiere on Wednesday, September 12th. The […]

Richard Armitage auditioned for Batman in the DCEU, open to replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine

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When it was first announced that Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel would be joined by the Dark Knight in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, a host of actors such as Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Wes Bentley were brought up as possible contenders to succeed Christian Bale before Ben Affleck was announced as securing […]

Neolithic revenge thriller Iceman gets a new poster and trailer

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Ahead of its UK release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Felix Randau’s revenge thriller Iceman. Set during the Neolithic period, the film is inspired by the discovery of the oldest known human mummy Otzi the Iceman and stars Juergen Vogel, Susanne Wuest, André Hennicke, and Franco Nero; take a look below… Inspired […]

Latest rumours on The Batman claim it will be a standalone reboot featuring a younger Dark Knight

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I’m not sure there’s ever been a movie that’s had as much unconfirmed reports, fake news and speculation surrounding it as Warner Bros. and DC Films’ The Batman, but until we get some official news from the studio (at Comic-Con, perhaps), it seems the rumour mill is going to continue churning. The latest piece of […]

Patrick Stewart hinting at a Star Trek: Discovery guest role?

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It’s been sixteen years since we saw Patrick Stewart in the Star Trek franchise, but speculation is now running wild that the actor could be set for a guest-starring role in CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery. The source of all the excitement is a brief interview from Red Carpet News, where Stewart was asked […]

5 Ant-Man Oddities That Could Pop Up In Ant-Man and the Wasp

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George Chrysostomou with five Ant-Man oddities that could pop up in Ant-Man and the Wasp… The Marvel Cinematic Universe is expanding at asurprising pace and 2018 is no different for the comics juggernaut. Whilst TV has already brought us a cast of characters such as the Runaways and Cloak and Dagger, the movie side of […]

Watch the first four minutes of American Animals

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Having screened at this year’s London Sundance Film Festival, Bart Layton’s American Animals is currently on limited release in the US, and now The Orchard Movies, who purchased the film along with US ticket subscription service MoviePass, have released the opening scene for you to watch online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g708b8aZTA A bleeding of fact and fiction docudrama, […]

Sylvester Stallone producing Jack Johnson biopic

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Deadline is reporting that Sylvester Stallone is launching a new production company Balboa Productions, with its first project set to be a biopic of Jack Johnson, the first ever African American heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Stallone has been instrumental in helping to obtain a Presidential Pardon for Johnson, who was convicted of violating […]

Fox releases official images of Deadpool 2’s surprise villain

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Warning. Spoilers for Deadpool 2 follow… 20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel Deadpool 2 included a host of notable cameos from the wider X-Men universe, not least one Cain Marko, a.k.a. the Juggernaut, and the studio has unveiled an official hi-res image of the villain as he appears in the movie. UPDATE: And here are a […]