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Jonah Hill and Emma Stone offered roles in Ghostbusters 3?

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Ghostbusters 3 news has been quiet for some time now with the last pieces being conflicting reports from Dan Aykroyd and director Ivan Reitman on whether a script for the long gestating sequel was even finished. While Reitman remains strong that there is nothing in place, Aykroyd claims there are two scripts completed – one […]

I Was There: A conversation with filmmaker Brian De Palma

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While at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival, Trevor Hogg was able to take part in a group chat with Brian De Palma who spoke about working within the Hollywood studio system, the video game industry, screenwriting, collaborating with music composers, the remake of Carrie and filmmaking during the 1970s… “The studios offer you movies […]

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 […]

Krysten Ritter to play a serial killer in dark comedy series from Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23 creator

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Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter looks set to reunite with Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 creator Nahnatchka Khan in as-yet-untitled dark comedy series about a female serial killer. Khan is co-writing the project with Angela LaManna, and it is based upon Charles Warady’s upcoming book Serial Killers Anonymous, which tells of a 12 Step Program […]

Disney working on Aladdin sequel with Will Smith, Mena Massoud and Naomi Scott all expected to return

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After giving the go-ahead to a spinoff movie centred on Billy Magnussen’s Prince Anders for the Disney+ streaming service this past December, it has now been announced that the Mouse House is officially working on a sequel to last year’s box office smash hit Aladdin. Guy Ritchie is set to return to the director’s chair […]

Henry Golding shares first look at G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes

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Almost a month into filming on the G.I. Joe spinoff, leading man Henry Golding has shared a first-look image from the Japan set of Snake Eyes, which sees his fan favourite Joe ascending some stone steps towards a temple of some kind, presumably prior to (or during) his training with the Arashikage ninja clan. Looking […]

Sam Raimi in talks to direct Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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Having brought Spider-Man to life with his trilogy back in the 2000s, it seems that director Sam Raimi could be set for a return to the superhero genre with Variety reporting that the Evil Dead helmer is in talks with Marvel Studios to direct next year’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Original Doctor […]

More character rumours for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

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Ever since Kevin Feige promised some “unexpected” character debuts in  Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, rumours have been circulating as to who we might be seeing alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sorcerer Supreme and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch in next year’s Marvel sequel. Just last week it was suggested that America Chavez and Brother Voodoo […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley officially begins production

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Searchlight Pictures has officially announced the start of principal photography on Nightmare Alley, the new film from Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water). Based on the novel by William Lindsay Gresham, the film features a cast that includes Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born), Cate Blanchett (Thor: Ragnarok), Toni Collette (Knives Out), Willem Dafoe […]