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Batman: Caped Crusader gets a first trailer and poster ahead of Prime Video premiere

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Prime Video has released the first trailer for Batman: Caped Crusader, the hotly-anticipated animated series from Bruce Timm (Batman: The Animated Series), Matt Reeves (The Batman) and J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), which promises to put a noir-infused new spin on the Batman mythology; check out the trailer and poster below… Welcome […]

David Robert Mitchell’s new film with Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway titled Flowervale Street

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After casting Ewan McGregor (Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi) and Anne Hathaway (Interstellar) in his new film, David Robert Mitchell’s new film has been given a title and release date. Flowervale Street will star McGregor and Hathaway in the lead roles in a film described as “a family adventure set in the 1980s involving dinosaurs.” No other […]

Ian McDiarmid defends Emperor Palpatine’s return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Almost five years on and the decision to resurrect Emperor Palpatine as the ultimate ‘big bad’ for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker remains a controversial one, coming as it did as part of a hastily-cobbled together final chapter of not only the Disney Sequel Trilogy, but the entire ‘Skywalker Saga’. In the wake of the […]

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 […]

Paramount sets Star Trek prequel movie from Star Wars: Andor director

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As the warp speed continues to malfunction on Paramount’s attempts to bring a fourth installment of the Star Trek franchise to the big-screen, the studio has decided to set a course for a different direction by announcing a prequel-film. According to Deadline the studio has assigned the task of expanding their cinematic universe to Star […]

Adam Driver says Kylo Ren’s Star Wars character arc was different to the one he signed up for

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It’s no secret that the creative direction of the Star Wars sequel trilogy was as haphazard as a Stormtrooper’s aim, and there’s few better examples of that than the character arc of Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren, which the actor has just revealed evolved into something completely different from what he signed up for.  While doing […]

To Boldly Go: Ranking Every Star Trek Movie From Worst To Best

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Shaun Munro reviews the entire Star Trek movie franchise from worst to best… The cinematic future of the Star Trek franchise remains very much in flux at present; since the disappointing box office performance of 2016’s Star Trek Beyond, Paramount has continually stalled production of a direct follow-up, with the latest incarnation of the next movie pulled […]

Revisiting the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy

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Were a generation of fans too harsh on the Prequel Trilogy? Tom Jolliffe revisits The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith to see whether they’re worthy of reappraisal, and how they hold up post-Disney Sequel Trilogy… Remember Spaced? The much loved and all too shortly lived sitcom from Edgar Wright, […]

Timothy Olyphant on almost being cast as Captain Kirk in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek

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We almost had a very different Kelvin timeline in 2009… What do you think of Timothy Olyphant as Captain Kirk?  While appearing on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the actor took us back to the early days of J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek, teasing: “Here’s what I can tell you about Star Trek: I went in […]