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Is Ben Affleck and Robert Rodriguez thriller Hypnotic finally getting a release?

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Like many productions, Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck’s $65 million budgeted thriller Hypnotic was halted by the global pandemic. However, since production eventually wrapped on the film in 2021 there has been numerous financial obstacles that has meant it has been sat on a shelf gathering dust, until now, with rumours emerging that it will […]

Alita: Battle Angel producer Jon Landau provides an update on the sequel

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Alita: Battle Angel was once the passion project of James Cameron, but then he decided to spend a couple of decades hanging out on Pandora, eventually handing over the reins to Robert Rodriguez. Now as Cameron shows the world his own follow-up The Way of Water, talk has once again turned to a possible sequel […]

Billy Magnussen joins Netflix’s Spy Kids reboot

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Netflix’s reboot of the Spy Kids franchise has added Billy Magnussen (No Time to Die) to its cast, per Deadline. Magnussen joins a cast that includes Gina Rodriguez (Jane The Virgin), Zachary Levi (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Everly Carganilla (The Afterparty) and Connor Esterson in his feature film debut. They will star as the new family […]

Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi are the new head of the family in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids reboot

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21 years later and Robert Rodriguez has found a new Spy Kids family for his Netflix, Skydance and Spyglass remake of the much beloved family action franchise. The roles will be filled by Annihilation‘s Gina Rodriguez, Shazam! star Zachary Levi, The Afterparty‘s Everly Carganilla, and newcomer Connor Esterson. Deadline report that this latest Spy Kids […]

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett Episode 1 Review – ‘Stranger in a Strange Land’

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Chris Connor reviews the series premiere of Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett… Boba Fett has been a key figure in Star Wars iconography for over 40 years, first appearing in the infamous The Star Wars Holiday Special before featuring in a supporting role in Episodes V & VI.  While his distinctive appearance, wearing […]

The Book of Boba Fett featurette goes behind-the-scenes of the new Star Wars series

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A few short days out from the show’s premiere on Disney+, a new featurette for Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett has been released and takes us behind the scenes of the series and sees executive producers Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, and Robert Rodriguez, and stars Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen discuss the legendary […]

Robert Rodriguez and James Cameron are “still very interested” in an Alita: Battle Angel sequel

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For years Alita: Battle Angel was the passion project of James Cameron, before the Na’vi nixed that idea and he handed the reins to The Book of Boba Fett’s Robert Rodriguez, who has recently been discussing his hopes for a sequel while on the promotional trail for his December Disney+ series. Alita wasn’t the kind […]

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 […]

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett director Robert Rodriguez says the series is “going to blow your mind”

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Ahead of its December premiere on the Disney+ streaming service, the Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett director and executive producer Robert Rodriguez has teased the latest live-action Star Wars series. In an interview with Collider, Rodriguez revealed that while he is currently unable to talk in detail about The Book of Boba Fett, he is […]