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Creed 2 casts Florian Munteanu as Ivan Drago’s son

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It might take more than a few shuttle runs up a set of Philly stairs for Michael B. Jordan’s Adonis Creed after he takes a look at his opponent in Steven Caple Jr’s Creed 2. Sylvester Stallone broke the news via his Instagram account that 27 year-old boxer Florian Munteanu would complete the headline bout as […]

14 new images from Marvel’s Black Panther

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Empire Magazine has released a batch of images from next year’s first Marvel superhero outing Black Panther featuring T’Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), Okoye (Danai Gurira), Zuri (Forest Whitaker), W’Kabi (Daniel Kaluuya), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Ayo (Florence Kasumba), Everett Ross (Martin Freeman), Ulysses Klaue (Andy Serkis), Shuri (Letitia […]

Sylvester Stallone completes Creed 2 script, confirms Drago’s return

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Rocky actor Sylvester Stallone has revealed through an Instagram post that he has completed a draft of his script for Creed 2, the sequel to 2015’s Rocky spin-off Creed, which followed Michael B. Jordan as Apollo Creed’s son Adonis. He also revealed, through the handwritten notes he showed off, that we’ll be seeing the return of Rocky IV’s Ivan Drago, the […]

Watch the first teaser trailer for HBO’s Fahrenheit 451

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HBO has debuted the first teaser trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic novel Fahrenheit 451. Directed by Ramin Bahrani, the sci-fi stars Michael B. Jordan, Michael Shannon, Sofia Boutella, Laura Harrier, and Martin Donovan; watch it here… In a terrifying care-free future, a young man, Guy Montag, whose job as a fireman is to burn […]

First look at Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in Fahrenheit 451

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The first official image from HBO Films’ adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 has been released, showing off its two leads Michael B. Jordan (Creed) and Michael Shannon (Man of Steel). The image features the two in their jobs as ‘firemen’ of the future, burning books that are banned from the public. The film is directed by […]

Michael B. Jordan to make directorial debut with The Stars Beneath Our Feet

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According to THR, Michael B. Jordan has signed on to make his directorial debut with an adaptation of David Barclay Moore’s The Stars Beneath Our Feet. The story revolves around “a 12-year-old in Harlem who is reeling from the death of his older brother due to gang-related violence. He channels his grief into one of […]

Jennifer Yuh Nelson to direct Michael B. Jordan in A Bittersweet Life remake

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Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2, The Darkest Minds) is set to direct Michael B. Jordan in a remake of the 2005 Korean film A Bittersweet Life. The action-thriller will see Jordan playing a mobster whose longtime loyalties to his crime family are challenged when his boss orders him to […]

Sofia Boutella joins Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon in Fahrenheit 451

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The Mummy star Sofia Boutella has signed on to the cast of HBO’s Fahrenheit 451 remake, with Variety reporting that the actress will join the previously announced Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes) is directing the new adaptation of the Ray Bradbury novel, which tells the story of a dystopian future where […]

Zak Penn says The Matrix reboot may not be a reboot after all

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Since word came on Tuesday that Warner Bros. is developing a reboot of The Wachowski’s groundbreaking 1999 film The Matrix, it got many people talking about how The Matrix should never be rebooted, or how now is the perfect time for a reboot of the franchise. Zak Penn, the screenwriter who is in charge of writing the new […]