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The Addams Family reboot Wednesday adds Thora Birch and more

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Having already brought on You and Yes Day actress Jenna Ortega in the title role alongside Luis Guzman as Gomez and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Morticia, Netflix’s Tim Burton-produced The Addams Family reboot Wednesday has now filled out its supporting cast.Joining the new live-action series are Thora Birch as Wednesday’s dorm mother Tamara Novak, Riki Lindhome […]

Netflix acquires rights to upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre sequel

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Going the route of its slasher sibling Halloween, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is rebooting the franchise with a direct sequel to the original film, and THR has broken the story that the upcoming Texas Chainsaw Massacre film will be heading exclusively to Netflix as the streaming service has acquired global rights from Legendary Pictures. This new […]

We Can Be Heroes 2 begins filming next year, says director Robert Rodriguez

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Back in January, Netflix announced that a sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s superhero kids movie We Can Be Heroes was currently in development at the streaming service, and now, Rodriguez has provided an update on the project after months of silence.In an interview with Collider, Rodriguez – who wrote, directed and produced We Can Be Heroes – […]

The Old Guard 2 sets returning cast, new director

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Deadline is reporting that Netflix and Skydance have officially closed deals with Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli and Veronica Ngo to reprise their roles from last year’s The Old Guard for a sequel to the hit comic book adaptation.The sequel is being written by comic co-creator Greg Rucka, […]

Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy season 3 wraps filming, set video of main cast released

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Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy showrunner Steve Blackman has taken to Instagram to announce that the upcoming third season of the highly-popular superhero series has wrapped filming via a set video of the main recurring cast.The video features Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, Robert Sheehan, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Aidan Gallagher, Justin H. Min, David Castañeda, Ritu Arya and Colm Feore, who play the members of the dysfunctional Hargreeves family […]

Movie Review – Worth (2021)

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Worth, 2021.Directed by Sara Colangelo. Starring Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Talia Balsam, Laura Benanti, Marc Maron, Bruce Soscia, Chris Tardio, Shunori Ramanathan, Victor Slezak, Alfredo Narciso, Zuzanna Szadkowski, E.R. Ruiz, Wass Stevens, and Steve Vinovich.SYNOPSIS:An attorney in Washington D.C. battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11.Shortly […]

First teaser and images for Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty starring Jake Gyllenhaal

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Netflix has released a teaser and images for director Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming remake of the Danish thriller The Guilty which stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a 911 call operator who receives a call from a woman in grave danger. Check them out here…The Guilty takes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 […]

Cobra Kai renewed for a fifth season on Netflix

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Months ahead of its season premiere and Cobra Kai is already coming back for another round as news has broken that Netflix renewed the Emmy-nominated series for a fifth season.Cobra Kai had quite the journey to this point, starting as a YouTube Original series before landing at Netflix, where its popularity exploded. Now, The Karate […]

Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill to star in new Kenya Barris film for Netflix

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Eddie Murphy is returning to Netflix and bringing Jonah Hill with him as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Murphy and Hill will star in a Kenya Barris film for the streaming service.Hill and Barris have co-written the script for the as-yet-untitled film and are producing, while Barris – known for his work on Black-ish and […]