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Ari Aster’s Midsommar moves up a month
Deadline has brought word that Midsommar, Ari Aster’s upcoming follow-up to his acclaimed psychological horror film Hereditary from A24, has been moved up by the indie studio a whole month from its original August 9 release date to its new July 3 release.
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The new release date for the horror project will pit it against the highly-anticipated twenty-third installme

Too Old To Die Young Trailer: First look at Nicolas Winding Refn Amazon Series
It’s been nearly three years since director Nicolas Winding Refn last graced audiences with his artistic eye and now he has returned with the visionary new series Too Old to Die Young starring Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick), which debuted its first teaser trailer on Twitter today and can be viewed below!
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Jason Alexander returning to TV for comedy pilot Richard Lovely
Variety has brought word that Jason Alexander, the 59-year-old comedic actor who rose to fame thanks to the ’90s sitcom Seinfeld, is returning to the small screen for a staring role in the Fox comedy pilot Richard Lovely.
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The series, from Grace and Frankie executive producer Billy Finnegan, has been likened to About a Boy in tone as it follows the life of the tit

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POLL: Which Avengers: Endgame Hero is Most Likely to Die?
Marvel Studios’ hotly anticipated Avengers: Endgame is already breaking ticket sales records weeks before it opens, with fans thrilled to discover the fate of all their favorite MCU heroes. With many of the older actors’ contracts running out it’s a fair bet some of them will not survive the final battle with Thanos in the Infinity Saga, while a few more recent characters may also meet their fate in

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101 Studios revives The Current War with US release
Upon the discovery of Harvey Weinstein’s transgressions and the subsequent bankruptcy of The Weinstein Company, many films were unfortunately shelved with no signs of what the future held for them, including the historical drama The Current War, but 101 Studios has sparked new life into it, setting an August release, according to Deadline.
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Exclusive: Mark Strong Was Almost the Villain in X-Men: First Class
Mark Strong has appeared in four major superhero franchises, including Kick-Ass, Green Lantern, Kingsman and this weekend’s Shazam! but he almost was the villainous mutant Sebastian Shaw in 2011’s X-Men: First Class. Being that it was directed by his longtime cohort Matthew Vaughn it seemed like an obvious choice, but the role ultimately went to Kevin Bacon. Strong told ComingSoon.net exclusivel

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New Tolkien featurette highlights the iconic author’s Influence
Fox Searchlight has released a new featurette for their upcoming film Tolkien, the biopic of Lord of the Rings creator J.R.R. Tolkien. The video features stars Nicholas Hoult (Dark Phoenix) and Lily Collins, telling stories of how the legendary author’s iconic books have influenced their lives. Check out the video below!
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Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger got each other’s back in new season 2 poster
Ahead of the series’ return tomorrow, Marvel has released a cool new poster for the upcoming second season of Freeform‘s Cloak & Dagger, highlighting Tandy (Olivia Holt) and Tyrone’s (Aubrey Joseph) individual powers. Created by Marvel artist Phil Noto, you can check out the full poster in the gallery below (via Vital Thrills).
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Killing Eve Season 2 featurette highlights aftermath of stabbing incident
BBC America has released a brand new featurette for the upcoming and highly-anticipated second season of their hit drama series Killing Eve, highlighting the aftermath of the stabbing incident from the season one finale. The video also features interviews by Golden Globe winner Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer, talking about the emotional struggles and realizations that their characters will go through this season. Che

A Netflix price increase is coming next month for U.S. subscribers
Netflix is about to get pricier. The grandfather of all streaming services will see a price increase of $1-$2 a month starting in May, per a report from Variety. The Standard plan, which is the most popular, will go from $10.99 to $12.99. The Premium plan, which allows for 4K streaming, jumps from $13.99 to $15.99, and the Basic plan, which streams without HD, will go from $7.99 to $8.99 — a first-ever increase for that ti

David Harbour joining Scarlett Johansson in Marvel’s Black Widow
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that David Harbour (Stranger Things, Hellboy) will be joining Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Endgame) in Marvel’s Black Widow. Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Favourite) is also in talks to join the film.
The standalone feature centers on Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff, a spy and assassin who grew up being trained by the KGB before breaking from their grasp and becoming an agent of

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New Game of Thrones season 8 photos: Daenerys arrives at Winterfell
HBO has released new promo images from their highly-anticipated eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, highlighting Daenerys’ arrival at Winterfell as she sits in the center of The Great Hall. Check out the full photos in the gallery below! (via Comic Book Movie)
RELATED: Documentary About Game of Thrones’ Final Season to Air After Finale
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Dave Bautista’s My Spy poster released ahead of trailer tomorrow
STXfilms has released the official My Spy poster featuring stars Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman. Check out the poster in the gallery below and stay tuned for the trailer dropping tomorrow (via IMDb).
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The film follows a hardened CIA operative (Bautista) who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl (Coleman), having been sent undercover to survei

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Detective Pikachu leads the Pokémon in new international posters
Warner Bros. Pictures has released new international posters for the first live-action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu. Featuring a whole bunch of our favorite Pokemon characters including Mr. Mime, Squirtle, Psyduck Bulbasaur, Jigglypuff, Charizard, Snubbull, Snorlax and more, you can check them out in the gallery below. (via Vital Thrills)
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"I can honestly say I've never killed someone who didn't deserve it." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for an Italian crime drama titled The Ruthless, also known as Lo Spietato in Italian (which just translates to The Ruthless). Set in Milan in the 1980s, the film tells the story of a rebellious teen named Santo Russo who grows up to become one of the city's most ambitious criminals. Riccardo Scamarcio stars as Santo Russo, with a cast including Sara Serraiocco, Valentine Payen, Alessio

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Thanos declares victory in new Avengers: Endgame TV spot
A brand new TV spot for Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated Avengers: Endgame have been released online (via Comic Book), featuring snippets of new footage from the film with Thanos confidently declaring victory over The Avengers. You check out the video below along with the new international character posters (via Vital Thrills).
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Captain Marvel crosses $1 billion worldwide
Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios’ Captain Marvel has officially crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. The film has brought in $358 million at the domestic box office with another $645 million internationally.
Captain Marvel is now the seventh highest grossing Marvel Studios movie and the seventh in the series to cross this specific threshold, joining Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s The

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Conjuring 3 release date set for 2020
New Line Cinema has set the release date for producer James Wan’s forthcoming The Conjuring 3, the eighth installment in The Conjuring Universe. Led by returning cast members Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, the horror film is scheduled to hit theaters next year on September 11, 2020.
A previous report on the third installment revealed it would tell the story of Bill Ramsey, also known as The Southend Werewolf. After a lifetime of bi

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American Horror Story: Evan Peters won’t be in the next season
While every season of the anthology series American Horror Story has been an entirely new setting, the cast has remained relatively consistent over its past eight seasons. Now, it appears that’s all going to change.
Evan Peters, who’s been in every American Horror Story since the beginning, will not be a part of the upcoming ninth installment. The actor told reporters at WonderCon (via Blo

Creepshow reboot lands Adrienne Barbeau to star
The upcoming Creepshow series at Shudder is pulling influences all the way back from the original film. Adrienne Barbeau, who starred in the original 1982 film, has joined the cast of the new series. She’ll be joined by Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) and Tobin Bell (Saw) for the series’ first episode, Gray Matter, based on a 1973 story by Stephen King. The episode will be adapted by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi and d

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Ricky Gervais’ After Life renewed for season 2 at Netflix
Netflix has announced that the comedy-drama series After Life has been renewed for a second season. The show was created, executive-produced, and directed by star Ricky Gervais.
Gervais commented on the renewal announcement, saying, “I have never had a reaction like this before. It’s been insane. And heartwarming. But now I have to make sure the second season is even better so I’ll probably ha

BEGIN SLIDESHOWAndy Muschietti debuts IT: Chapter Two footage at CinemaCon
Director Andy Muschietti was on hand at this year’s CinemaCon event in Las Vegas to share some footage from the highly anticipated IT: Chapter Two. The sequel to 2017’s IT will follow the grown-up Losers Club as they return to Derry and confront the evil Pennywise.
The footage screened, per Birth.Movies.Death, began with a grown-up Beverly (Jessica Chastain) exploring her childhood home after learning her fath

CBS All Access eager to pick up One Day At A Time
Following Netflix’s unexpected cancellation of One Day At a Time, many fans, including celebrities like Lin-Manuel Miranda, took to social media to express their  love and support for the popular sitcom in hopes of catching other streaming services or networks’ attention to save the series for another season.
Vulture reports that rival streaming service CBS All Access is currently interested in picking up the series fr

Any Person, Living or Dead lands Kumail Nanjiani to star
Kumail Nanjiani will be starring as the lead in the upcoming Any Person, Living or Dead. The Silicon Valley star will topline the film based on a short story from former SNL writer Simon Rich.
The story involves a reclusive scientist who invents a time machine so he can assemble the greatest minds throughout history, and gathers them together to solve the world’s problems. However, the guy failed to take into account language b

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CS Video: Pet Sematary Directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer
Ahead of the film’s release this week, Coming Soon spoke with Starry Eyes filmmakers Directors Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer to talk about their new film, the latest adaptation of Pet Sematary. Listen to all the dirt the pair dig up for us about the new film in the player below!
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Pet Sematary is based on the seminal horro

Borderlands 3 announcement trailer reveals September release date
The new trailer for Borderlands 3 is here, and while it reveals a ton of new gameplay footage, characters and “a billion guns,” it also had one other surprise: a definitive release date of September 13th. You can check out the trailer in the player below!
The series, which started in 2009 and has found large critical and commercial success across its two primary installments, as well as 2014’s The Pre-Seque

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CS Video: Zachary Levi and the Shazam! Cast
Warner Bros. invited ComingSoon.net to the New York junket for this weekend’s hilarious and heartfelt superhero film Shazam! where we talked to the cast including Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Mark Strong and Jack Dylan Grazer, as well as director David F. Sandberg and producer Peter Safran. Check out the video interviews in the player below!
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Samson Kayo joins Idris Elba in Mouse Guard movie
According to The Hollywood Reporter, British comedian Samson Kayo has jumped aboard the motion-capture feature Mouse Guard, joining the likes of Idris Elba, Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. The young star will play Saxson, a member of the guard “who has a fiery temperament and an inclination for melodrama.”
Kayo is best known for the comedy series Timewasters and the sketch series Famalam, for which he was nominated for a

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Game of Thrones conquers Bellagio fountain show in epic fashion
In case you’ve been living under a rock somewhere in the Iron Islands, you know that the final season of Game of Thrones is approaching faster than a White Walker army. Need proof? Check out the Bellagio fountain show in Las Vegas, which has traded in Sinatra for Ramin Djawadi’s iconic Thrones theme; and added a few dragons to boot. Check out the video (via Entertainment Weekly) below!
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CS Interview: Perry Mattfeld on The CW’s In the Dark comedy-drama
The CW’s comedy-drama In the Dark follows a young, blind woman, played by Perry Mattfeld, who tries to solve her friend’s murder while navigating through her relationships and self-destructive behavior. ComingSoon.net spoke with Mattfeld about preparing for the new role, what fans can expect in the new series, working with guide dogs, and the series’ diversity both on and offscreen. Check out the interview

Tom Ripley series: Showtime wins auction for Steve Zaillian’s adaptation
According to Deadline, Showtime is in final negotiations to produce Steve Zaillian’s series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley book series. And, as expected, this is a “straight-to-series” deal, meaning we could see our latest iteration of the famed Tom Ripley on our TV screens fairly quickly.
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Zaillian will reportedly use Highs

"Is it me? Or is it getting crazier out there?" Warner Bros has unveiled the first teaser trailer for Joker, the new solo movie about The Joker, being played by the magnificent Joaquin Phoenix. This new take on the legendary Batman villain is being directed by Todd Phillips (of Old School, The Hangover, War Dogs), taking a step away from his comedic roots to make something a bit more, shall we say… intense. The only real synopsis so far just states: "A failed stand-up comedian is driven

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The Joker teaser trailer is here!
Following the poster yesterday, Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first Joker teaser trailer! Check it out in the player below and let us know what you think in the comments!
The film also stars Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2), Bill Camp (Red Sparrow, Molly’s Game), Frances Conroy (American Horror Story, Castle Rock), Brett Cullen (42, Narcos), Glenn Fleshler (Billions, Barry), Douglas Hodge (Red Sparrow, Penny Dreadful), Marc Maron (Maron,

"I don't subscribe to the modern day transient attitude towards relationships." How dating has changed. Panoramic Pictures has debuted an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy from Australia titled Me & My Left Brain, the second feature film made by filmmaker Alex Lykos (creator of Alex & Eve previously). Described as a "Woody Allen style rom-com", the film imagines the "inner critic" (the "left brain" hence the title) of a middle aged man as another man who constantly confronts

This Is Us Season 3 Episode 18 Recap
In the previous episode of NBC’s This Is Us, Beth and Randall had a major argument about their relationship. In the season finale of This Is Us, Deja pulled a Randall-like move, Kate compared herself to Rebecca, and Zoe questioned Kevin’s decision.
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Baby Jack could finally breathe without a ventilator. The doctor explained how they needed to watch him for apnea and bradycardia and tap his foot to remind him to breathe. Rebe