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Jake Gyllenhaal comes out swinging in the bruising first trailer for Doug Liman’s Road House

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Amazon Studios have rolled up their sleeves and flexed their muscles with the bruising first trailer for Doug Liman’s Road House remake.  A reworking of the 1989 Patrick Swayze film, Jake Gyllenhaal plays former UFC athlete Elwood Dalton, who takes a job as a cooler at a rough roadside bar in the Florida Keys, and […]

Milly Alcock & Meg Donnelly circling Supergirl for DC Studios, character to debut in Superman: Legacy first

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James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Studios is beginning to take shape, starting with the Kryptonian side of things. The latest update comes in the form of a follow-up story, which had three women in the running for the role of Supergirl, but now we’re down to just two stars. In a new story from […]

James Gunn confirms J.J. Abrams-produced Superman movie is still happening

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DC Elseworlds will be a considerable part of the upcoming DC slate, and one of the most intriguing projects is still in development. Back in 2021, it was reported that J.J. Abrams and Ta-Nehisi Coates were teaming up for a Superman project, but it’s been some time since an update. Since that original announcement, DC […]

Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson are Alice & Jack in trailer for new drama series

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PBS has released a trailer for Alice & Jack, the upcoming drama series from Victor Levin (Mad Men). Starring Andrea Riseborough and Domhnall Gleeson, the series explores how the relationship between Alice and Jack plays out over 15 years and the emotional complexities of its highs and lows. Watch the trailer below… “Alice & Jack […]

David Duchovny, Jack Whitehall and Carice van Houten to lead Amazon psychological thriller Malice

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The X-Files star David Duchovny is returning to television for a new psychological series from Amazon. According to Variety, he, Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) and Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones) will lead Malice, a psychological thriller from The Great‘s James Wood. Malice is said to follow “a young man (Whitehall) who seeks to infiltrate the world […]

Star Racer to bring retro-inspired combat racing to Steam in March

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Whatnot Games has announced they will be releasing their retro-inspired combat racer Star Racer on 8th March, they will also be releasing a playable demo on Steam during the upcoming Steam Next Fest. This hark back to the classic racers such as F-Zero also features music tracks composed by Grant Kirkhope (Banjo-Kazooie, GoldenEye 007). There’s nothing […]

Titan’s The Savage Sword of Conan #1 gets a first-look preview

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The Savage Sword of Conan returns – and back in its original black-and-white magazine format too – this February courtesy of Heroic Signatures and Titan Comics, and you can get yourself an early unlettered sneak peek at the first issue below… Featuring a new CONAN epic from John Arcudi and Max Von Fafner, the rousing […]

Star Trek Online: Both Worlds available now

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The 31st season of Gearbox Publishing and Cryptic Studios’ free-to-play Star Trek MMORPG Star Trek Online: Both Worlds is now available on PC. This brand new season will continue the multiverse storyline with the encounter with the Borg.  The new season also celebrates the game’s 14th anniversary.  A new trailer can be seen below… In this […]

Netflix won’t release Halle Berry sci-fi The Mothership

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Netflix has downed Halle Berry’s science-fiction film The Mothership, cancelling any plans to release the Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) directed movie in the future.  According to Jeff Sneider’s The InSneider newsletter, the in-the-can film has been shelved by the streamer for a number of reasons, although non are the du jour decision of a tax write-off, […]