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Star Wars Episode IX Cast Announced
Disney officially announces the cast of Star Wars: Episode IX, which includes Mark Hamill back as Luke Skywalker, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO and Billy Dee Williams returns as Lando Calrissian, and that filming starts on Wednesday. Full announcement below! STAR WARS: EPISODE IX CAST ANNOUNCED RETURNING AND NEW CAST MEMBERS WILL JOIN TOGETHER FOR THE FINAL INSTALLMENT…
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Sin City Rights Return To Frank Miller
It’s learned the rights to Sin City have return to its creator, legendary comic book artist and scribe, Frank Miller. The rights include the film and TV adaptations of Sin City, which is based on the 1991 comic book he created and first hit the big screen in 2005. Frank Miller regained the rights following…
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Box Office Starts Strong
Last night saw Mission: Impossible – Fallout premiere with its Thursday night previews, which had a strong showing at the box office with $6 million. The number is better than the previous Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Thursday showing by $2 million, with the moving having gone on to open with $55.5 million. Likewise, the…
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Avengers’ Anthony Mackie To Star In Altered Carbon Season 2
It’s learned that Anthony Mackie, known for playing Falcon in Marvel’s Avengers movies, has been cast as the lead character for Netflix’s Altered Carbon Season 2. Anthony Mackie will be playing Takeshi Kovacs, which seems him take over for Season 1 star Joel Kinnaman. It’s also learned that Alison Schapker, known for Lost and Fringe, will be…
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Disney Fox Merger Approved; X-Men, FF Back At Marvel!
As expected, the Disney and Fox Studios merger has gone through as shareholders voted today on both sides to approve the deal, which sees Disney getting the Fox Studios assets including Marvel, James Cameron’s Avatar and the FOX TV networks. Disney bid a whopping $71.3 billion, which followed Comcast’s rival bid of $65 billion, but…
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Green Lantern Corps Not Guardians of the Galaxy Says Johns
This past Comic-Con saw Geoff Johns offer that the Green Lantern Corps movie will be a complete re-imagining featuring both Hal Jordan and John Stewart, and now he offers further details including that it won’t be similar to the Marvel Guardians of the Galaxy films. Collider comments that Marvel had success with its space movies…
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HBO’s Watchmen Said To Be “Phenomenal”
HBO is currently developing a TV series based on the DC Comics Watchmen graphic novel, which has since finished filming on the pilot, but is still waiting to get greenlit by brass. The good news is that HBO programming chief Casey Bloys says the pilot episode is really good. “I have very, very high hopes,” Bloys said…
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Young Justice Season 3 Is Darker
With Young Justice Season 3 set to premiere on the DC Universe streaming network, it’s learned the series will be darker than the previous two seasons, which aired on Cartoon Network. Young Justice creator Greg Weisman spoke with Nerdist revealing the news: Because we’re on a streaming service and we’re not on Cartoon Network, we…
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Anna Diop & Minka Kelly Respond To Titans Starfire Backlash
This past Comic-Con saw WB release the Titans trailer, which offered a first look at the characters in action, but is has not come without criticism and controversy. In addition to fans not being all the happy with the dark tone and “F’ Batman comment (Geoff Johns addressed those here), fans also weren’t happy, once…
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Spawn Movie Working Title Hints At Villains
The Spawn movie is set to start filming soon as its working title has become known, which may hint at the film’s villains. According to Production Weekly, Todd McFarlane and Blumhouse’s Spawn movie has a working title of “Tony Dynamite.” It’s further said the movie will start filming January 2019 in Toronto. “Tony Dynamite” could…
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Teen Titans Go! To The Movies Has Post-Credit Scene
WB’s Teen Titans GO! To The Movies is now playing in theaters with its advanced Thursday night screenings, and it is learned the movie has a post-credit scene. The Teen Titans Go! To The Movies post-credit scene (actually mid-credits) we’re told is “a surprise mid-credits teaser that you will be excited for.” Alessio Pasquali further posted in…
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Teen Titans GO! Movie Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In
The Teen Titans GO! To The Movies animated opens this week, which sees the popular Cartoon Network series take to the big screen, and now its Rotten Tomatoes score is in. The film presently has a positive 90% Rotten Tomatoes score with 39 reviews counted: 35 Fresh to 4 Rotten; the audience rating will be online later…
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In
This week sees the release of Paramount Pictures and Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout movie starring Tom Cruise and Henry Cavill, and now its Rotten Tomatoes score is made known. Mission: Impossible – Fallout has a whopping Rotten Tomatoes score of a current 98%! Presently, there are 166 reviews counted, with 162 Fresh to only…
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Aquaman High-Res Images
With the release of the awesome new trailer comes a batch of high-res Aquaman image stills featuring Jason Momoa as the titular character, Arthur Curry, Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry with Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Amber Heard as Mera, Patrick Wilson as Orm the Ocean Master, and a cool look at the shark army. Watch the…
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Godzilla: King of the Monsters High-Res Images
With the release of the Godzilla: King of the Monsters trailer comes a batch of high-res images featuring Vera Farmiga and Charles Dance, Kyle Chandler, Stranger Things‘ Millie Bobby Brown and Farmiga, and an un-watermarked image of the atomic breath. Check out the trailer below as well as the latest posters. Click to enlarge: Following the global success of…
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Silver Surfer & Galactus Rumored Active For Marvel Studios
With Disney and Fox Studios voting on the merger this Friday, new batch of rumors has hit the net claiming the X-Men movies are done for, but also that certain Fox-owned Marvel characters are already in development for the MCU including Silver Surfer and Galactus. Regarding Silver Surfer and Galactus in the MCU, a Fox…
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X-Men: Dark Phoenix & New Mutants Canceled?
This Friday sees the Fox Sudios and Disney shareholders vote on whether Disney will acquire the Fox Studios assets. By all accounts it’s going to go through, which means Disney will get the X-Men, Deadpool, Wolverine, Fantastic Four and related properties back at Marvel Studios, in addition to other properties such as James Camaron’s Avatar…
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Ryan Reynolds On “Stoned Alone” Announced
It’s announced that Ryan Reynolds is onboard a new R-rated take on Home Alone with Stoned Alone, from Fox Studios. Yep, you read that right; the title of the movie is Stoned Alone, which according to Deadline is an “inspired way” for Fox to have found a way to tap into the Home Alone franchise,…
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New Halloween 2018 Images
Following a Comic-Con appearance, check out four new Halloween images featuring Michael Myers and Jamie Lee Curtis as his sister, Laurie Strode, as well as director David Gordon Green. The latest trailer can be found below as well. Halloween has an October 19, 2018 release directed by David Gordon Green, written by Jeff Fradley & Danny McBride & David…
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Marvel Kills Off Big Cosmic Character In Infinity Wars Prime
Today sees the release of the next Marvel Cosmic event, Infinity Wars Prime, which kicked off with a bang as a major, major character has been killed off that is quite surprising. Spoilers follow. The story starts off with Loki who is looking through ancient Asgardians books trying to discover why he remembers some of the…