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Christopher Nolan’s Tenet reportedly needs to make $800 million to break even

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With the very fate of the theatrical model and theater industry seemingly resting on its shoulders, there’s certainly a lot riding on Christopher Nolan’s new film Tenet – not least for Warner Bros., with IndieWire reporting that the studio needs to make $800 million on the timey-wimey sci-fi blockbuster to break even. According to the site, […]

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back returns to the top of the box office

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Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back found itself sitting atop the North American box office charts this weekend for the first time since the Special Edition arrived back in 1997, and 40 years on from its original release in 1980. With exhibitors relying on library titles as the industry begins to re-open […]

DC announces Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn

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DC has announced that Sean Murphy’s White Knight universe is set to expand with the spinoff series Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn; check out the cover art and solicitation (which contains major spoilers for Murphy’s Batman: Curse of the White Knight series)… Two years have passed since Azrael wiped out Gotham’s most formidable villains […]

Watch the opening 4 minutes of Psych 2: Lassie Come Home

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Peacock has released the first four minutes of the upcoming feature-length special Psych 2: Lassie Come Home ahead of its arrival on the new NBCUniversal streaming service next month; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Psych 2: Lassie Come Home gets a first trailer In the second Psych film, Santa Barbara Police Chief Carlton Lassiter is […]

Trailer for Sylvester Stallone-narrated documentary 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic

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Ahead of its North American release next month, Visionary Media Group and Virgil Films have unveiled the trailer for 40 Years of Rocky: The Birth of a Classic, a new documentary narrated by Sylvester Stallone which takes fans behind the scenes of the Oscar-winning 1976 film as well as exploring how it went on to […]

My Arcade announces Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Edition Micro Player

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Licensed retro gaming collectables manufacturer My Arcade has announced that it is celebrating the 40th anniversary of Pac-Man with the release of a gold-clad Anniversary Edition Micro Player produced in partnership with Bandai Namco Entertainment. “We are extremely happy to partner with our friends at Bandai Namco to celebrate 40 years of Pac-Man,” said Amir […]

Tom Hardy, Steven Knight and Ridley Scott reteaming for Great Expectations

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Having worked together on Taboo and the recent Charles Dickens’ adaptation A Christmas Carol, Tom Hardy, Steven Knight and Ridley Scott are set to reunite to take on another Dickens classic in Great Expectations. “Adapting Dickens’ work is a delight,” said Peaky Blinders creator Knight. “I chose Great Expectations as the next work to bring […]

History cancels Knightfall and Project Blue Book

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History has officially announced the cancellation of two of its drama series, with both Knightfall and Project Blue Book coming to an end after two seasons apiece. Headlined by Tom Cullen, Knightfall is a medieval drama which explores the medieval politics and warfare of the Knights Templar, the most powerful, wealthy and mysterious military order […]

Josh Trank quit the Star Wars Boba Fett movie because he knew he was going to be fired if he didn’t

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Not long after Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm from George Lucas, the Mouse House announced that it would be expanding the Star Wars universe beyond the main saga films with a series of ‘Anthology’ movies. Lucasfilm turned to two up-and-coming filmmakers to launch these spinoffs, with Monsters and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards boarding what became Rogue […]