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Steven Spielberg and The Duffer Brothers to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman

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Having snapped up the rights to Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman was back in 1982 – two years before the book’s publication – it seems that Steven Spielberg is finally ready to move forward with his adaptation of the fantasy novel. As reported by Deadline, Spielberg and his Amblin Television are set to […]

Movie Review – The BFG (2016)

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The BFG, 2016. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Mark Rylance, Ruby Barnhill, Penelope Wilton, Jemaine Clement, Rebecca Hall, Rafe Spall and Bill Hader. SYNOPSIS: A girl named Sophie encounters the Big Friendly Giant who, despite his intimidating appearance, turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, […]

Band of Brothers follow-up Masters of the Air begins casting

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The long-awaited third World War II miniseries from Saving Private Ryan duo Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks has taken a step closer with the news that casting on Masters of the Air, the follow-up to Band of Brothers and The Pacific, has commenced. Deadline is reporting that Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) […]

Halo live-action series moves to Paramount+

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The live-action Halo series has switched homes as Deadline reports it has moved from Showtime to Paramount’s streaming service Paramount+. Production on the series shut down last year due to the ongoing health crisis, but it recently picked back up and is filming in Budapest with an eye for an earl 2022 premiere. It is being produced […]

HBO Max is rebooting Tiny Toon Adventures with Steven Spielberg and Amblin

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With Animaniacs set to return this month courtesy of HBO Max, Deadline is reporting that the streamer is set to bring back another of Warner Bros. Animation and Amblin Entertainment’s beloved animated series with a reboot of Tiny Toon Adventures entitled Tiny Toons Looniversity. According to the trade, the new series will “follow the characters’ […]

Movie Review – Ready Player One (2018)

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Ready Player One, 2018. Directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, Mark Rylance, Simon Pegg, T.J. Miller, Lena Waithe, Hannah John-Kamen, Ralph Ineson, Mckenna Grace, Win Morisaki, Susan Lynch, and Philip Zhao. SYNOPSIS: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he […]

Cary Joji Fukunaga to direct Spielberg and Hanks’ WWII series Masters of the Air

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Way back in 2013 it was announced that Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks were looking to follow their acclaimed TV dramas Band of Brothers and The Pacific with a third World War II series entitled Masters of the Air. The project was originally intended for HBO but sat languishing in development hell until last year […]

Steven Spielberg advised Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous not to be “kiddy”

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With just one day to go until the release of Netflix’s Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous animated series, showrunner Scott Kreamer revealed the advice he received from the man who helped make the Jurassic Park franchise as famous as it is today, director Steven Spielberg. In an interview with i09, Kreamer said Spielberg advised him not to make the series […]

Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds arriving on 4K Ultra HD for 15th anniversary

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Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds is celebrating its upcoming 15th anniversary with a brand new 4K Ultra HD release on 19th May 2020. SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Amazon US or Amazon UK War of the Worlds follows an American dockworker who is forced to look after his children, from whom he lives separately, as […]