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Three generations of Shaft reunite in first-look photo from the new sequel

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed the first official image from Warner Bros’ upcoming Shaft sequel which features three generations of Shaft in Richard Roundtree’s Detective John Shaft, Samuel L. Jackson’s John Shaft II, and Jessie T. Usher’s John Shaft Jr., along with Alexandra Shipp’s as-yet-unrevealed character; take a look here…The new Shaft sees Usher’s FBI agent John Shaft […]

Alexandra Shipp, Nicholas Hamilton and DeRon Horton join Endless

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Alexandra Shipp (X-Men: Apocalypse), Nicholas Hamilton (It) and DeRon Horton (Dear White People) have been cast in Endless, a romantic drama from director Scott Speer (Midnight Sun) and screenwriter Rohit Kumar (13 Reasons Why).Said to be similar in tone to the 1998 Robin Williams film What Dreams May Come, the film “follows madly-in-love 19-year-olds Chris […]

Deadpool 2’s Zazie Beetz auditioned for Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse

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Atlanta star Zazie Beetz joined the X-Men universe earlier this year with her role as Domino in 20th Century Fox’s blockbuster sequel Deadpool 2, but it seems she could have found herself portraying a different character in the mutant superhero franchise, having auditioned for the role of Storm in 2016’s X-Men: Apocalypse.“When I was a […]

The X-Men assemble in new Dark Phoenix image

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Following the arrival of the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix (and the news that Fox has now pushed the film back four months to the summer of 2019), Empire has unveiled a new image from the superhero sequel featuring Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), and Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) in their new X-uniforms […]

Watch the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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After unveiling a teaser poster yesterday, 20th Century Fox has now released the first trailer for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which sees the X-Men forced into battling one of their own as Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey finds herself consumed by the Phoenix Force. Check out the trailer here, and let us know what you make of […]

First-look images from X-Men: Dark Phoenix

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Following o from its cover reveal, EW has now posted a batch of first-look images from next year’s X-Men sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix, which includes shots of Jean Grey (Sophie Turner), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Professor X (James McAvoy), Nightcrawler (Kodi Smit-McPhee), Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Storm (Alexandra Shipp), Magneto (Michael Fassbender), director Simon Kinberg and Jessica Chastain’s […]

X-Men: Apocalypse’s Alexandra Shipp joins the new Shaft movie

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Deadline is reporting that X-Men: Apocalypse star Alexandra Shipp has signed on to appear alongside Jesse T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree in the new Shaft movie from director Tim Story (Fantastic Four, Ride Along).The film, which is being produced by New Line Cinema and Netflix, will see Independence Day: Resurgence’s Usher as […]

Alexandra Shipp says X-Men: Dark Phoenix will be “accurate to the comics”

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The last time that 20th Century Fox attempted an adaptation of the classic X-Men story arc The Dark Phoenix Saga, we ended up with 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand, which saw the Phoenix pretty much taking a back seat in favour of the “mutant cure” storyline.Well, Fox and The Last Stand writer Simon Kinberg are […]

Trailer for Netflix stoner comedy Dude

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix this Friday, the streaming service has released a trailer for director Olivia Milch’s stoner comedy drama Dude which stars Lucy Hale, Alex Wolff, Alexandra Shipp, Awkwafina, and Kathryn Prescott; check it out here…Four best friends navigate loss and major life changes — and smoke a lot of weed — […]