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Sharknado’s Ian Ziering Joins Swamp Thing
Ian Ziering, known for Sharknado and Beverly Hills 90210, has joined the cast of the DC Universe Swamp Thing series in a guest star role as Hollywood has-been Daniel Cassidy, a.k.a. the Blue Devil. The official description for the character in the series offers: “Stuntman turned movie star, Daniel Cassidy became semi-famous after playing the…
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Pixar Announces “Onward” With Chrs Pratt, Tom Holland, More
Disney Pixar has announced their next movie with Onward, which is set to star Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Octavia Spence as the lead voice cast. The film has a March 6, 2020 release directed by Monster University‘s Dan Scanlon and the plot centers on two teenage elf brothers who embark on a quest to…
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Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History Announced
Marvel Comics announces the six-issue limited series Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History from Comedian Paul Scheer and writer Nick Giovannetti, with art by Gerardo Sandoval. The first issue kicks off Wednesday, March 6 and sees Cosmic Ghost Rider trapped where he doesn’t belong — in the past. While he’s there, he’ll take a few liberties with the origin stories…
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Star Wars The Mandalorian Cast Announced
Disney and LucasFilm officially announce the cast of the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ The Mandalorian TV series. Pedro Pascal (Narcos) has been cast in the title role as a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. He is joined by Gina Carano (Deadpool), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers…
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Punisher Season 2 Premieres In January
Netflix announces that Marvel TV’s Punisher Season 2 will premiere in January 2019 with thirteen episodes. Jon Bernthal and Punisher are featured in a short teaser in the above video announcing what’s new coming to Netflix in January starting at the 1:57 mark. The official release date has yet to be announced. Alongside Bernthal, Marvel’s…
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Mortal Engines Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In
The Mortal Engines Rotten Tomatoes score is in, and it’s not all that good. With 42 reviews counted so far, Mortal Engines comes in at 36%, with 15 Fresh to 27 Rotten reviews; 88% of the audience wants to see the flick. The movie opens this weekend and will be going up against Sony’s animated…
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Elseworlds Finale Announces Spoilers
Tonight saw part 3 of the Elseworlds crossover air on The CW with the Supergirl episode. A couple of things are worth talking about; so SPOILER warning. The first is that apparently Tyler Hoechlin may be done as Superman on The CW for the time being. He tells Supergirl he is hanging up the cape for…
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Sonic The Hedgehog Motion Poster Released
The first poster for the live-action Sonic The Hedgehog has been released. The motion-poster features a tease of Sonic running and acquiring coins with the familiar jingle, with the poster also teasing “a whole new speed of hero” as well as the release date. Sonic The Hedgehog, from the producers of Fast and Furious, has…
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New Brie Larson Captain Marvel Image
Disney and Marvel Studios have released a new official image of Brie Larson as Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel wearing the green suit. Click for high-res: Captain Marvel has a March 8, 2019 release directed by the writing/directing team of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck and stars Academy Award winner Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Ben…
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Aquaman Rotten Tomatoes Score Is In
(Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the most recent RT numbers) The reviews for James Wan’s Aquaman movie is in giving the flick a current Rotten Tomatoes score of 63%. Presently, 246 reviews are accounted for, with 156 Fresh to 90 Rotten; 86% of the audience says the liked it. As we get closer…
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Scott Derrickson Back For Doctor Strange 2
Following the trailers for Captain Marvel and The Avengers: Endgame, it’s revealed that Doctor Strange 2 is a go with Scott Derrickson returning as director. THR offers a search for a writer is currently underway, and that Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong and Rachel McAdams will be back for the sequel. Derrickson did write the first…
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Netflix Reveals Most Binged & Re-Watched Shows and Movies
While Netflix doesn’t release specific numbers, they have released info for their most binged and re-watched original TV shows and movies as well as those actors that got the most bump of followers on Instagram. Check out the info: 2018 on Netflix: To All The Shows and Movies We’ve Loved Before The year is almost…
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Spider-Verse Eyeing $30M-$35M Opening
This weekend sees the release of Sony’s highly anticipated animated Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse movie, which is eyeing a $30-35 million opening weekend for the U.S. It’s possible the number could be on the low side because there is huge buzz surrounding the movie, and in addition, reviews are overwhelmingly positive as Spider-Man: Into The…
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Birds of Prey Casts Victor Zsasz
Another Gotham City villain joins the Birds of Prey movie with Victor Zsasz, played by Chris Messina. Described as a sadistic serial killer who carves a tally mark onto himself for each of his victims, Victor Zsasz joins Ewan McGregor’s lead villain, Black Mask. In the comics, Victor Zsasz first appeared in Batman: Shadow of the Bat #1 back in…
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Netflix Announces Aggretsuko: We Wish You A Metal Christmas Anime
Right in time for the holidays, Netflix announces the original anime, Aggretsuko: We Wish You A Metal Christmas. Aggretsuko has become a global hit since its Season 1 launch on Netflix on April 20th, 2018. Based on a Sanrio character, Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who copes with her thankless office job and daily…
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Disney Forgets To Submit Han Solo For Oscars
Han Solo, the worst performing of all the Star Wars movies, won’t be eligible for the Oscars. Originally the Han Solo score was going to be a contender for an Oscar nomination, but someone at Disney forgot to submit it to the Academy by the Nov. 15 deadline. Han Solo has music composed by John…
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Tyler Hoechlin Superman TV Series Could Happen
Spinning out of Supergirl, a new Superman TV series is possible starring Tyler Hoechlin as Clark Kent and The CW’s Man of Steel. Elizabeth Tulloch made her grand debut on Sunday during the Elseworlds episode of The Flash as Lois Lane, and now she lets it be known a Superman TV series has been talked…
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Rotten Tomatoes Is In!
Reviews are in for Sony’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse as its Rotten Tomatoes score comes in at a present 99%! Sony’s new animated Spidey film currently has 104 Fresh reviews to one 1 Rotten review; the audience score isn’t available yet, but 93% of the people want to see it. It seems Sony was right in announcing the…
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Now Captain Marvel Can Lift Thor’s Hammer
I don’t think we even need to watch The Avengers: Endgame because Captain Marvel is going to fly in and save the day. That’s it, guys, movie is over (lol). Both Kevin Feige and Brie Larson have stated numerous times that Captain Marvel is the MCU’s strongest superhero, and now Larson is asked if Carol Danvers can lift…
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Is Tyler Hoechlin The Smallville Superman?
Last night saw the first part of The CW’s Arrowverse Elseworlds crossover air that happened to feature the Smallville theme song, “Save Me,” by Remy Zero. When I first heard the music I thought we were getting a surprise appearance by Tom Welling, but instead, we got the Tyler Hoechlin Clark Kent along with Elizabeth Tulloch…