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Transformers One animated movie release pushed back

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Paramount has announced it has pushed back the release of its animated film Transformers One by a couple months. Previously set for release on July 19th, 2024 its new date is now September 13th, 2024. Transformers One will be an origin story set before the Cybertronian civil war that will “tell the story of how a […]

Johansson, Hanks, Schreiber and Schwartzman feature in clips for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City

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Hoping to make an impact when it receives its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Focus Features has dropped a series of clips for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, an off-kilter comedy with the requisite large ensemble that is centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention […]

Transformers One animated movie rolls out cast with Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson and more

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If you thought you’d have enough Transformers news with Paramount releasing the official trailer for Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, think again. The studio has rolled out the voice cast for Transformers One, the animated prequel that will explore the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron, with Chris Hemsworth (Thor: Love and Thunder) and Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train) […]

Scarlett Johansson says she won’t return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe

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Scarlett Johansson has closed the door on her time with Marvel Studios. As we know, Johansson played Black Widow for a decade, starting in Iron Man 2 and starring in six other entries before her character died in Avengers: Endgame. Though, she did get one more film after that, her only solo outing, which was […]

Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City trailer is very Wes Anderson

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Focus Features has debuted a trailer and poster for writer-director Wes Anderson’s next film Asteroid City, a comedy centred on a fictional American desert town in 1955, where a junior stargazer convention is disrupted by… a visitor from outer space?  That doesn’t seem to matter, as the focus instead is on the usual Wes Anderson […]

Netflix swift to pull plug on Nancy Meyers’ $130m rom-com

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In what must be the pre-production equivalent of that Grandpa Simpson meme, no sooner had it been revealed that Nancy Meyers’ was set to make a $130 million rom-com starring Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson, it turns out Netflix have already decided to pull-the-plug on the movie citing…..wait for it….budgetary reasons.  […]

Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender and Owen Wilson set for Nancy Meyers Netflix rom-com

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With What Women Want and Something’s Gotta Give on her impressive resume, it comes as little surprise that rom-com legend Nancy Meyers has been given a reported $130 million budget for her return to the genre, and that Scarlett Johansson, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, and Owen Wilson are forming an orderly queue for the Netflix […]

Blu-ray Review – Black Widow (2021)

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Black Widow, 2021. Directed by Cate Shortland. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, David Harbour, O-T Fagbenle, Olga Kurylenko, William Hurt, Ray Winstone, and Rachel Weisz. SYNOPSIS: Disney brings Black Widow to home video on a high-definition Blu-ray disc that comes with a code for a digital copy. The film is good but not great, and the […]

Iron Studios’ Avengers: Endgame Battle Diorama Series Black Widow unveiled

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Sideshow and Iron Studios have unveiled the 1:10 scale Battle Diorama series Black Widow statue which is based on the appearance of Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in Avengers: Endgame. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $125.00; take a look at the promo images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles Sideshow […]

Black Widow gets an Avengers: Endgame figure from Hot Toys

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Hot Toys has unveiled its 1:6 scale Black Widow figure which is based on the appearance of Scarlett Johansson in Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame. The collectible is available to pre-order now from Sideshow, priced at $235.00, and is expected to ship April-June 2020; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Hot Toys’ Captain America Movie Masterpiece Series […]