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Disney announces cast and release date for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

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During yesterday’s live-action panel at the D23 Expo, Disney officially announced the cast for The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, a new take on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s classic Christmas tale. The film is being directed by Lasse Hallstrom and will star Mackenzie Foy as a young girl who discovers the titular four realms –  The Land of Flowers, […]

Marvel’s Spider-Man to take over Disney XD in the UK this July, new animated short released

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Coinciding with his big screen return in Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel and Disney have announced that the wall-crawler will be taking over the Sky and Virgin Disney XD +1 channels this July for an entire month beginning July 3rd. The content will include the premiere of six Spider-Man Origin shorts leading into the new animated series […]

5 Characters Who Could Feature in Disney’s Streaming Marvel Series

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George Chrysostomou with five possible characters for Disney’s new Marvel streaming show… In addition to a live-action Star Wars TV show, Disney’s new streaming service is set to launch a brand new Marvel series. As yet, there’s no details as to what the show might entail, but there are of course a wealth of Marvel properties […]

DC releases unaired episode of Powerless guest starring Adam West

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In tribute to Adam West, who passed away last weekend, DC Entertainment has released an unaired episode from the cancelled DC sitcom Powerless, titled ‘Win, Luthor, Draw’ featuring the Batman icon in a special guest role. “Adam West, Batman to a generation of TV fans, passed away last week,” reads the statement from DC. “One of […]

Anime RPG Code Vein gets an E3 trailer

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During the Xbox E3 presentation on Sunday evening, Bandai Namco Entertainment released a trailer for its upcoming post-apocalyptic anime RPG Code Vein, and we have it for you here… In the not too distant future, a mysterious disaster has brought collapse to the world as we know it. Towering skyscrapers, once symbols of prosperity, are […]

Steven Spielberg rounds out his supporting cast for The Papers

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Having already cast Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep for his upcoming Pentagon Papers drama, Steven Spielberg has now rounded out his cast for the film, which is now officially going by the title of The Papers. Deadline reports that Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Pat Healy, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse […]

Rumour: Zack Snyder and David Ayer to step back from the DC Extended Universe

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With his films Man of Steel and – more specifically – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Zack Snyder laid out the template for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe, both in terms of the casting of its main heroes for Justice League, and the overall look and feel of the cinematic universe. It’s fair to […]

Sean Gunn says Avengers: Infinity War has more CGI characters than Guardians of the Galaxy

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In addition to portraying the Ravager Kraglin, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn’s brother Sean Gunn provides the on-set motion capture performance for Rocket Raccoon, a role he’s providing once again for next year’s Marvel superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War. And, during an appearance at Heroes & Villains FanFest in London this past weekend, Gunn […]

Sharknado 5: Global Swarming to Make America Bait Again, cameos announced

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Syfy has announced that the fifth instalment in its popular sharkspoiltation series Sharknado is going by the title Sharknado 5: Global Swarming. Here’s a look at a teaser poster, complete with the tagline ‘Make America Bait Again’ and a premiere date of August 6th… In Sharknado 5: Global Swarming, the mission gets personal for Fin […]