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Joker 2 reportedly a “jukebox” musical with 15 “very well-known” songs

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We knew Joker: Folie à Deux would be strange, but how outlandish would Todd Phillips make his Joker sequel? A new report from Variety teases that Joker 2 will be unique. It compares it more to a jukebox musical than the Martin Scorsese-tinged drama that came before it. Joaquin Phoenix’s titular clown could sing some […]

First poster and images for Netflix’s Eric starring Benedict Cumberbatch

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Netflix has released a poster and batch of first look images from Eric, the upcoming thriller series from Abi Morgan which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a grief-stricken father who forms an unusual friendship while searching for his missing son; take a look here… Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from […]

Comic Book Preview – Jackpot and Black Cat #1

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Mary Jane Watson and Felicia Hardy team up this week as Marvel launches its new limited series Jackpot and Black Cat, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below… LUCK BE THE LADIES! The most exciting new hero in the Marvel U, JACKPOT, A.K.A. Mary Jane Watson, gets her first […]

Zoe Saldaña is on the run from the Mexican cartel in The Absence of Eden trailer

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Roadside Attractions has released the trailer for their forthcoming crime thriller The Absence of Eden, which stars Zoe Saldaña (Avatar: The Way of Water) as a woman attempting to flee Mexico having killed a member of the cartel.  Directed by Marco Perego,The Absence of Eden also features Garrett Hedlund (TRON: Legacy), Adria Arjona (Hit man), […]

Adam Sandler rumoured to be teeing up a Happy Gilmore sequel

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A sequel to Adam Sandler’s 1996 comedy-classic Happy Gilmore is reportedly being teed-up by the actor. According to Christopher McDonald, who played Gilmore’s super-smug arch-nemesis Shooter McGavin in the movie, a first draft of Happy Gilmore 2 has been written. McDonald was speaking on Audacy’s 92.3’s The Fan when he revealed that he “saw Adam […]

Irish found footage horror The Glenarma Tapes gets a trailer and poster

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Dark Sky Films has released a poster and trailer for director Tony Devlin’s found footage horror The Glenarma Tapes which follows the movements of five college students and two faculty members in days leading up to their disappearance two years earlier in a forest on the north coast of Ireland; take a look here… In […]

Star Ace Toys celebrates 40 years of Ghostbusters with Egon Spengler and Ray Stantz collectible statues

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Celebrating 40 years of the franchise (and coinciding with the release of the latest entry Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Sideshow and Star Ace Toys have revealed the 1:8 scale Egon Spengler and Ray Stantz statues which are based on the appearance of Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd as their characters in the beloved Ghostbusters series. The […]

Richard Gadd’s stalker drama Baby Reindeer gets a trailer from Netflix

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Netflix has released a trailer for the upcoming drama series Baby Reindeer. Based on the award-winning one-man play and Richard Gadd’s real-life experience, the series follows struggling comedian Donny (Gadd) as an act of kindness leads to him being the subject of a woman’s suffocating obsession which threats to wreck both of their lives. Watch […]

Comic Book Preview – X-Men ’97 #1

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With Marvel Studios debuting the first two episodes of n Disney+ this week [read our reviews here and here], Wednesday sees the launch of the all-new X-Men ’97 prelude comic, and we have the official preview of the first issue for you below courtesy of Marvel Comics; take a look… THE OFFICIAL PRELUDE TO THE […]