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Netflix responds to Bright’s critical mauling

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Will Smith’s Netflix blockbuster Bright might have had a record breaking eleven million views in its first three days, but that didn’t stop it from being labelled as one of the worst films of 2017. The flawed fantasy currently sits at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, but with plans for a sequel well underway, Netflix CEO […]

Bright is a big success for Netflix with 11 million US views in its first weekend

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Despite the critical panning that it has received, David Ayer’s Bright appears to be a resounding success for Netflix, garnering over 11 million view in the US alone in its first weekend. Whilst the Netflix model is still in its early stages, without the same sorts of lines of measurements that we would usually have for […]

Netflix confirms that we’re getting a Bright sequel, minus Max Landis

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Whatever your feelings about what many critics labelled as one of the worst films of 2017 [read our review here], Bright was watched by a lot of people. In fact, the $90m Netflix blockbuster is the highest viewed film on the streaming service’s platform in first week of release. Based on that, it’ll come as […]

Filming wraps on Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake

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Filming has officially wrapped on Aladdin, Disney’s latest live-action remake from its animated back catalogue, with stars Mena Massoud (Aladdin) and Naomi Scott (Jasmine) taking to social media to announce that production on the Guy Ritchie-directed film is now complete. Wrap day today. What an incredible 6 months. I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed every […]

Will Smith shares Aladdin cast photo as production begins

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Walt Disney Pictures has announced that casting on Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin is now complete, and that filming on the live-action remake of the animated classic is now underway at Longcross Studios outside London. Marking the occasion, Will Smith – who is portraying Genie – shared a selfie alongside his co-stars Mena Massoud (Aladdin), Naomi Scott […]

Watch two clips from David Ayer’s Bright starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton

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With a little over two weeks to go until David Ayer’s Bright arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released two new from the upcoming fantasy action thriller which you can watch here… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Bright here Ward just needs to introduce Jakoby to some human R&B. #BrightMovie pic.twitter.com/fgoV9FLgOf — Bright Film (@BrightNetflix) […]

Movie Review – Bright (2017)

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Bright, 2017. Directed by David Ayer. Starring Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Lucy Fry, Noomi Rapace, Jay Hernandez, Veronica Ngo, Edgar Ramirez, Happy Anderson, and Ike Barinholtz. SYNOPSIS: In a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans, a human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is […]

Will Smith and Joel Edgerton featured on new Bright poster

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new poster for David Ayer’s fantasy action-thriller Bright featuring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton’s Officers Ward and Jakoby; check it out below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Bright here Set in an alternate present-day where humans, orcs, elves and fairies have […]

Netflix releases new trailer for Bright starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton

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Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next week, a new trailer has been released for the upcoming fantasy action thriller Bright. Directed by David Ayer, the film stars Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace, Lucy Fry, Edgar Ramirez, Ike Barinholtz, Happy Anderson, and Kenneth Choi; watch it below… SEE ALSO: Watch two clips from David Ayer’s Bright starring […]