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Rita Ora joins the live-action Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu

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Fresh from her role as Christian Grey’s sister Mia in Fifty Shades Freed, actress and singer Rita Ora has bagged herself another screen role, signing on to appear in the live-action Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu. Details of her role are being kept under wraps. The film is now currently in production in the UK, with […]

Netflix officially announces The Highwaymen with Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson

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Last year it was reported that Woody Harrelson and Kevin Costner were in talks to star in the Netflix event series The Highwaymen, and now the streaming service has officially announced the project. Directed by John Lee Hancock (Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder) from a script by John Fusco (Young Guns, Hidalgo), The Highwaymen will […]

21st Century Fox president believes Disney is a better fit for the company than Comcast

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The president of 21st Century Fox, Peter Rice, has stated that Disney would be more suited for Fox’s assets than Comcast. While many believed the Fox/Disney deal to be done and dusted, things aren’t quite at that stage, with Comcast looking to outbid Disney should the deal breakdown. It will be Disney and not Comcast […]

Morgan Freeman and Forest Whitaker to join John Travolta in The Poison Rose

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According to Variety, Morgan Freeman and Forest Whitaker are in final negotiations to join John Travolta in the cast of The Poison Rose, an action-thriller from Midnight Run director George Gallo. Based on the novel by Richard Salvatore, who has co-written the script with Gallo, the film is described as a detective drama along the […]

Filming underway on Preacher season 3, new cast members announced

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AMC has announced that filming on the third season of its comic book adaptation Preacher, with the show also adding four new additions to the cast in Betty Buckley (Split), Colin Cunningham (Falling Skies), Jeremy Childs (Nashville) and Liz McGeever (Homeland). Per AMC, here are the official character descriptions for the new additions: Betty Buckley […]

Movie Review – Tehran Taboo (2017)

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Tehran Taboo, 2017. Written and Directed by Ali Soozandah. Featuring the voice talents of Elmira Rafizadeh, Bilal Yasar, Arash Marandi, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, Alireza Bayram, Sasan Behroozian, Farhad Abadinejad, Siir Eloglu, Hasan Ali Mete, Roxana Rahnama, Morteza Tavakoli, and Thomas Nash. SYNOPSIS: In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, […]

Vikings creator teaming with Martin Scorsese for The Caesars

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Vikings and The Tudors creator Michael Hirst has revealed to The Guardian that he is set to team with filmmaker Martin Scorsese for a new series entitled The Caesars, with a plan to tell the story of the early rulers of Rome across several seasons, beginning with the rise of Julius Caesar. “In the movies […]

Blu-ray Review – Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (2018)

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Batman: Gotham by Gaslight, 2018. Directed by Sam Liu. Featuring the voice talents of Bruce Greenwood, Jennifer Carpenter, Anthony Head, Scott Peterson, John DiMaggio, Grey DeLisle, and Yuri Lowenthal. SYNOPSIS: Based on the graphic novel by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, Batman: Gotham by Gaslight envisions Batman in the Victorian Age as he chases down famed serial killer […]