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Carrie Fisher Returns For Star Wars: Episode IX
With Disney’s official Star Wars: Episode IX casting announcement comes the news that Carrie Fisher will be returning for the final movie in the trilogy as Leia. Carrie Fisher passed away in December of 2016 after suffering a heart attack while travelling on a plane from London to LA, returning from filming her latest season…
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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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Chris Pratt & Dave Bautista Take To Twitter Over James Gunn Firing
Last week Friday saw the shocking news that Disney fired director James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Marvel Studios over tweets that resurfaced ten years ago joking about rape and pedophilia. While Gunn has apoligized many times about the material (and Disney had to know about it when they first hired him…
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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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Fans React To Disney Fox Marvel X-Men News
Earlier day saw shareholders on both sides overwhelmingly approve the Disney acquisition of Fox Studios, which includes the X-Men, Fantastic Four, Deadpool, Wolverine, Silver Surfer, Galactus, Annihilus, Doctor Doom and more. The votes were literally approved in a matter of minutes. In addition to Disney being extremely happy about the news, fans are ecstatic (see…
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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 “Incredibly Pleased” With Fox Studios Purchase
Today saw the Disney and Fox Studios shareholders approve the acquisition deal, which means the X-Men and Fantastic Four properties will be back at Marvel. Below you can read Disney’s official press release announcing the news. The Fox-owned Marvel characters that return includes Deadpool, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Galactus, the X-Men and more. …
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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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Rian Johnson Responds To Deleted Tweets
A couple of days ago I was the first to report on the YouTube video that exposed that Star Wars director Rian Johnson had deleted thousands and thousands of tweets following Disney firing James Gunn from Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Marvel Studios, with the news having since gone viral. Rian Johnson deleted upwards of…
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American Horror Story Season 8 Casts Anti-Christ
Following the official title reveal, now it’s learned that American Horror Story Season 8 has cast Cody Fern as Michael Langdon, the anti-christ. American Horror Story Season 8, titled “Apocalypse,” will see the series crossover between Season 1’s “Murder House” and AHS Season 3’s “Coven.” Fans will recall at the end of “Murder House” that Vivian (Connie Britton)…
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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…