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Emma Roberts joins Sony’s Madame Web movie

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The cast of Sony’s Madame Web movie continues to grow, with Deadline reporting that Emma Roberts (American Horror Story) has become the latest addition to the Marvel Comics adaptation.Details on Roberts’ role are being kept under wraps, but the actress joins a cast that includes Dakota Johnson (Cha Cha Real Smooth) in the title role […]

Tahar Rahim joins Sony’s Spidey spin-off Madame Web

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Sony’s upcoming Marvel and Spider-Man spin-off Madame Web has added another actor to its cast in Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian), according to Deadline.There is no word on who Rahim will play, but he joins a growing cast that includes Dakota Johnson (The Lost Daughter), Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria), Celeste O’Connor (Ghostbusters: Afterlife) and Isabela Merced (Dora The Explorer).Madame […]

Movie Review – The Man From Toronto (2022)

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The Man From Toronto, 2022.Directed by Patrick Hughes Woody Harrelson, Kevin Hart, Kaley Cuoco, Jasmine Mathews, Ellen Barkin, Lela Loren, Pierson Fode, and Jencarlos CanelaSYNOPSIS:The Man From Toronto tells the story of the world’s deadliest assassin (Woody Harrelson) and New York’s biggest screw-up, Teddy (Kevin Hart), who are mistaken for one another at an Airbnb rental and […]

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse villain The Spot revealed

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Although we’re still the best part of a year out from the release of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Sony Pictures is already looking to build hype for the first sequels to its Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse by unveiling a first look at the new villain.As released on the official Twitter account, the above image […]

Isabela Merced joins Sony’s Madame Web Marvel movie

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Transformers: The Last Knight and Dora the Explorer star Isabela Merced has become the latest addition to the cast of Sony’s Spider-Man universe spinoff movie Madame Web, Deadline has revealed.Details on Merced’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actress joins the previously announced Dakota Johnson in the title role as the Marvel Comics […]

It’s Not Morbin’ Time for Sony as Morbius re-release tanks at the box office

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Having been lulled into a false sense of security by the increasingly popular memes that have been circulating on social media the past couple of weeks, Sony Pictures decided to take advantage of the perceived interest in Morbius by re-releasing the Jared Leto-led Marvel Comics adaptation across 1000 screens in North America this weekend, while […]

It’s mistaken identity mayhem for Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson in trailer for The Man From Toronto

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The Man From Toronto has had a tough time making its way to the small screen; first Jason Statham jumped ship to be replaced by Woody Harrelson, and then Sony decided to give it to Netflix as part of their first-look deal.  It’ll arrive on the streaming service at the end of the month, and […]

Sony working on Gran Turismo movie with Neill Blomkamp tapped to direct

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Sony Pictures are still counting the doubloons from their $400M grossing adaptation of best-selling videogame Uncharted, and have wasted little time in firing up the PlayStation in order to find their next potential blockbuster in racing simulator Gran Turismo, with reports linking District 9’s Neill Blomkamp as director.According to Deadline Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions will once […]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife star Celeste O’Connor joins Sony’s Madame Web

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife star Celeste O’Connor has joined the cast of the upcoming Sony/Marvel Universe project Madame Web. Although O’Connor’s role in the film has not been announced, they will star alongside the previously announced Dakota Johnson, who is playing the title character, as well as Euphoria’s Sydney Sweeney.O’Connor was most recently seen in the Joey king-led romantic […]

Sony hires Hawkeye director Rhys Thomas to helm Robotech adaptation

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Sony Pictures have finally found the director they want to bring their long-gestating adaptation of Japanese anime Robotech to the big-screen; Hawkeye‘s Rhys Thomas.Having once been a project with Aquaman‘s James Wan at the helm, before Andy Muschietti took over the controls in 2017, Deadline report that Rhys Thomas, who did such a fantastic job […]