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"My client has a very delicate product that he needs transported…" Pic4 Studios has debuted a trailer for a short film titled The Shipment, which is playing at the Tribeca Film Festival this month. It premiered at a few other genre festivals last year and is expected to debut online this summer. The Shipment is a 30-minute long sci-fi, space epic short film with a budget of $1 million, which is crazy for a short but why not. It's the directorial debut of VFX veteran (and the owner of Eli

"You…ugly…butt…lump!" Time for something just a bit funky, and all kinds of weird. Song of a Toad is a short film made as a student project at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg based in Southern Germany. Written and directed by Kariem Saleh, it took three years to develop and animate with a team of nearly 50 students and volunteers. The short film went on to win "Best in Show" at the Siggraph Computer Animation Festival in 2017. The Filmakademie presented the short on

South Korean actor Ma Dong-seok joins Marvel’s The Eternals
TheWrap reports that South Koean actor Ma Dong-seok (Train to Busan, Bad Guys: The Movie) has been tapped for a mystery role in Marvel’s The Eternals, marking his debut in an American feature film.
It’s unclear who the actor, also known as Don Lee, will play in the film but he’s set to join comedian Kumail Nanjiani and Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie. Jolie will star as Sersi, a member of the seemi

First Look at Swamp Thing Revealed!
Following reports that its new series is in some kind of trouble, DC Universe has revealed an official first look at Swamp Thing from their upcoming live action series. Check out the first look at Swamp Thing in the player below!
It was revealed yesterday by a news outlet in North Carolina (where the show is being filmed) that the series was shutting down production as the end of the series was being retooled. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the episo

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The Continental Hotel is opening its doors ahead of John Wick: Chapter 3 premiere
Lionsgate is inviting fans to experience John Wick’s Continental Hotel in an immersive activation that brings the world of John Wick to life like never before. On May 10 in New York City, One Hanson Place will be transformed into the interior of The Continental Hotel, one week before the movie arrives in theaters. Book your reservation here, and check out the teaser video for The Continental

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Fear the Walking Dead season 5 premiere photos released
AMC has released new Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 premiere photos, featuring familiar faces and a couple of new characters joining the gory fun. Check out the photos now in the gallery below and catch the premiere on Sunday, June 2!
RELATED: Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 Trailer is Here!
The group’s mission is clear: locate survivors and help make what’s left of the world a slightly better place. With dogged

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HBO’s Game of Thrones episode 8.02 photos released
HBO has released 14 new photos from this week’s Game of Thrones episode 8.02, featuring Jon Snow and the others preparing for battle in Winterfell. Check out the photos now in the gallery below!
RELATED: Game of Thrones Episode 8.02 Promo Debuts
Based on the popular book series “A Song of Ice and Fire,” by George R.R. Martin, the Emmy-winning fantasy series chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast

The Red Sun rises in new The 100 season 6 trailer
The CW has released a brand new trailer for the upcoming sixth season premiere of their post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama series The 100, highlighting the newest threats and enemies that the main characters must face as they try to survive on the new planet. Check out the video below!
RELATED: The 100 Season 6 Extended Trailer: Prepare To Face Your Demons
The human race returns, after a 97-year exile in space, to a wildly transformed Earth&hell

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John Cena in talks for The Suicide Squad
The time is up for the real bad guys as John Cena’s time is now for The Suicide Squad as the 41-year-old wrestler turned actor has entered negotiations to star in the upcoming DC Extended Universe sequel for Warner Bros, according to Variety.
RELATED: Idris Elba Playing Different Character in The Suicide Squad, Not Deadshot
Though it’s unknown who Cena would portray in the film, should he star in the film, it wo

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CS Video: The Curse of La Llorona cast & director on the Weeping Woman
ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to sit down with The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Linda Cardellini, Patricia Valaquez, and director Michael Chaves to discuss bringing to life the Mexican folklore of the Weeping Woman. Check out the full interview in the player below and catch Warner Bros. new horror movie in theaters this Friday!
In 1970s Los Angeles, La Llorona is stalking the night&

Pablo Schreiber to play Master Chief in Showtime’s Halo series
Showtime has found their Master Chief! The network has announced that Pablo Schreiber (13 Hours, American Gods, Orange Is the New Black) will be playing the iconic Spartan super soldier and humanity’s last hope against the alien Covenant in Showtime’s upcoming Halo series.
Otto Bathurst (Robin Hood, Peaky Blinders, Black Mirror) will be directing Showtime’s adaptation of the popular video game 

Good Omens featurette highlights battle between heaven and hell
Amazon Prime Video has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for their upcoming series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens. Including interviews by author Neil Gaiman and the cast, talking about the series’ story, characters and incredible visual effects, you can check out the video below!
RELATED: Second Good Omens Trailer From Neil Gaiman Debuts
The BBC Studios adaptation of the best-selling novel

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Supergirl and Lena go to Stryker’s Island in new episode 4.18 photos
The CW has released the promo photos for Supergirl episode 4.18, titled “Crime and Punishment,” featuring our titular heroine and Lena working together as they try find clues on how to defeat Lex Luthor. The new episode is scheduled to air on April 21. Check out the full photos below!
The episode is directed by Antonio Negret from a story written by Rob Wright and teleplay co-penned by Lindsay

Mike Myers to star in new comedy series at Netflix
Variety reports that Austin Powers star Mike Myers has signed with Netflix to star in and executive produce a new half-hour series for the streaming service in which he will act as multiple characters.
RELATED: Netflix Announces The Crown Season 3, The Witcher to Premiere This Year
The 55-year-old actor and comedian first found minor fame on the Canadian sketch series Bizarre before launching to stardom on Saturday

Star Trek Captain Picard series adds three regulars
Variety is reporting that the Captain Jean-Luc Picard series has added Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Harry Treadaway (Mr. Mercedes, Penny Dreadful), and Isa Briones (American Crime Story: Versace) as series regulars in CBS All Access’ upcoming Star Trek show.
The three new series regulars will join the previously announced Sir Patrick Stewart, reprising his role as Captain Picard, along with Santiago Cabrera (Big Little Lies), Michelle Hur

Orion Pictures’ Gretel and Hansel release date set for 2020
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Orion Pictures has officially set the release date for their upcoming fantasy thriller film Gretel and Hansel. Starring It breakout star Sophia Lillis as one of the titular characters, the film is scheduled to hit theaters next year on January 31, 2020.
Another twist on the classic brothers Grimm tale, Gretel and Hansel is set a long time ago in a distant fairytale countryside and will te

"From that point on, everything changed." Abramorama has debuted an official trailer for another rock doc titled Parallel Love, or rather in full: Parallel Love: The Story of a Band Called Luxury. Yet another film about a long lost band that isn't actually lost - they're still around, still rocking, just in a different way. In the 1990s, alt rock band Luxury is skyrocketing toward national fame, until a life-threatening tour bus wreck shakes each band member to his core. Today, Luxury is led by

Netflix’s Green Eggs and Ham to premiere later this year
In a day filled with release date announcements from the streaming service, Netflix has just revealed that its upcoming animated series adaptation of the classic Dr. Seuss children’s book Green Eggs and Ham is set to debut in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Variety.
RELATED: Netflix Announces The Crown Season 3, The Witcher to Premiere This Year
Pitch Perfect alum Adam Devine and Academy Award winner Mi

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The Flash Season 5 Episode 18 Recap
The Flash returns with Nora still in containment in the Core. Team Flash is in disbelief that not only would Nora work with Thawne, but that she would lie about it to all of them this whole time. Instead of continuing to snipe at and bicker with one another, Ralph suggests that they read Nora’s diary to find out why she’s been working with Thawne and what her intentions might be.
GodspeedIn 2049, Nora is a CSI for the Ce

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Report: Swamp Thing shuts down production early in North Carolina
A new report states that Swamp Thing is getting a shortened first season, and is ending its production early, and abruptly. According to Star News Online, a local outlet in Wilmington, North Carolina where the show is being filmed, the writers are being asked to hastily re-write the ending as Warner Bros. evaluates the future of its streaming service, DC Universe. Originally slated for 13 episodes, Swamp Thing is

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Avengers: Endgame poster reflects our heroes’ past
A brand new poster for Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated Avengers: Endgame has been released, featuring three of the MCU’s most iconic superheroes Chris Hemsworth’s Thor, Chris Evan’s Captain America and Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man with their original selves reflecting below them. The first of ten new posters inspired by the film you can check out the full poster in the gallery below

"She's not Jean anymore." 20th Century Fox has revealed the third & final trailer for Dark Phoenix, the next X-Men movie focusing on Jean Grey as she becomes the "Dark Phoenix". This might just be the best trailer yet, saving the best for last, after a few other mediocre trailers released in the last year. This movie is still connected to the previous X-Men series, and brings back most of the actors from the most recent films, but it also looks like Fox is positioning this as a grand finale

Tom Savini to direct an episode of Shudder’s Creepshow!
During an interview at the 2019 Monsterpalooza (via Collider), horror icon Tom Savini revealed that he will direct one of the twelve episodes of Shudder’s upcoming horror anthology series Creepshow. Savini will an episode based on Joe Hill’s short story “By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain” which centers around two friends who unexpectedly finds a dead plesiosaur on the beach.
“I just directe

HBO’s Los Espookys series premiere set for June
HBO has officially announced the premiere date for Fred Armisen (Forever) and Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live)’s upcoming Spanish-language comedy series titled Los Espookys. Starring Bernado Velasco, Cassandra Ciangherotti, Ana Fabrega, Julio Torres and Armisen, the 6-episode half-hour long comedy is scheduled to make its debut on June 14, exclusively on HBO.
Los Espookys is set in a strange and dreamy version of present-

Superheroes need to be kept in check in Amazon’s The Boys trailer
What would happen if a superhero didn’t use their powers for good? We’ve seen the premise before, with Will Smith in Hancock, as well as the upcoming James Gunn-produced Brightburn. However, the new Amazon series The Boys is amping that up to 11 in the new trailer. You can check it out below! (Be warned, it’s rather graphic in spots).
The Boys is an irreverent take on what happens when superheroes, who are

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Chucky gets stabby in new Child’s Play poster & teaser
Chucky is back to his old ways in the new Child’s Play poster, which features the serial killer doll getting ready to take out an unsuspecting victim. Check out the full poster now in the gallery below, as well as a new video teasing another trailer dropping tomorrow (via IGN)!The new Child’s Play trailer is coming tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/YP9mtIhtwR
— IGN (@IGN) April 17, 2019Aubrey Plaza (

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Netflix announces The Crown season 3, The Witcher to premiere this year
Netflix has announced, roughly, when viewers can expect the third season of the royal drama The Crown as well as its adaptation of The Witcher. According to Deadline, the streaming giant said The Crown season 3 would come sometime in the back-half of this year, while The Witcher will premiere sometime in the fourth quarter of 2019, slightly earlier than its original projected release date of 2020.
The t

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Charlie’s Angels photos reveal first official look at the new team
Sony Pictures has released the first look photos for director Elizabeth Banks’ upcoming Charlie’s Angels, teasing the group chemistry between the badass trio. Also featuring our first look at Noah Centineo’s character, you can check out the full photos below.
Banks has confirmed that the upcoming film will not serve as a reboot or a remake of the iconic spy franchise, but it

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Icicle returns in The Flash episode 5.19 promo
The CW has released the first promo for The Flash episode 5.19 titled “Snow Pack,” highlighting the return of Kyle Secor’s Icicle while Iris disagrees with Barry’s decision of sending Nora back to the future. The new episode is scheduled to air on April 23. Check out the video below!
The episode is directed by Jeff Cassidy from a script co-written by Jonathan Butler and Gabriel Garza. Its official synops

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Cast:
Robert Pattinson as MonteJuliette Binoche as Dr. DibsAndré Benjamin as TchernyMia Goth as BoyseAgata Buzek as NansenLars Eidinger as ChandraClaire Tran as MinkEwan Mitchell as EttoreGloria Obianyo as ElektraScarlett Lindsey as Willow – BabyJessie Ross as Willow – Teenager
Directed by Claire Denis
High Life Review:
High Life is a high minded, far reaching, ambitious piece of work supported by the skill and talent of the creatives behind

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Dark Phoenix Final Trailer is Here!
20th Century Fox has released the Dark Phoenix final trailer as one of X-Men’s most beloved characters, Jean Grey, evolves into the iconic Dark Phoenix. Check out the trailer now in the player below.
In Dark Phoenix, the X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe: one of their own, Jean Grey. During a rescue mission in space, Jean is nearly killed when she is hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force

Adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street lands Gillian Jacobs
Fear Street is getting a new resident. Gillian Jacobs (Love, Community) has joined the cast of the film adaptation of R.L. Stine’s bestselling book series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The intended trilogy will be set in three different time periods, 1994, 1978, 1666, with Jacobs set to play a character in each. In the 1994 setting, she’ll play a summer camp maintenance worker.
Jacobs joins the previously annou

Brave New World TV series enlists Solo star Alden Ehrenreich
Solo star Alden Ehrenreich is attached as the lead in UCP and Amblin Television’s Brave New World, according to Deadline. The up and coming star will play John the Savage, a subversive outside who “threatens to disrupt the stability of New London’s utopian society,” per the report.
RELATED: Oklahoma! Series in the Works from John Lee Hancock, Bekah Brunstetter
The series was originally set for adaptation a

Bumblebee director Travis Knight takes on Six Billion Dollar Man
According to Variety, Bumblebee director Travis Knight has boarded Warner Bros.’ film adaptation of the Six Billion Dollar Man, becoming the latest in a long line of directors attached to the long-gestating project.
RELATED: Jennifer Lawrence’s Next Movie to Be Directed by Lila Neugebauer
Mark Wahlberg still remains attached to star in the film, based on the popular 1970s sci-fi TV series of the same name, about a

"Does she make you want to write or live?" "Both." Thunderbird Releasing has debuted an official UK trailer for a film titled Vita & Virginia, a romantic drama inspired by the letters written between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. "A daring celebration of an unconventional bond, and a vivid exploration of gender, sexuality, creativity and passion, Vita & Virginia details the love story of two women - two writers - who smashed through social barriers to find solace in their forb

Owen & Stephen King novel Sleeping Beauties in development at AMC
The Stephen King renaissance continues as Deadline is reporting that the famed author and his son Owen have struck a deal with AMC to bring the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties to the small screen. Owen will write the pilot script with a goal “to create an open ended TV series,” per the report.
RELATED: CS Interview: Sarah Paulson on M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass
The father-son duo started working on th

John Cusack searches for Utopia at Amazon
The Amazon adaptation of the British series Utopia has added John Cusack to its cast. The veteran actor will reportedly play Dr. Kevin Christie, a media-savvy philanthropist with altruistic plans to change the world through science. The series was greenlit last April by Amazon.
Cusack joins previously announced cast members Rainn Wilson (The Office, Star Trek: Discovery), Sasha Lane (American Honey), Dan Byrd (Cougar Town) and Cory Michael Smi

"The world is full of terrible people…" Indeed it is. Brainstorm Media + Great Point Media have debuted an official trailer for a film titled We Have Always Lived in the Castle, an adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic novel of the same name. This creepy Gothic mystery thriller is about two sisters who live in a large manor, caring for their deranged uncle - as played by Crispin Glover (perfect casting for Crispin, I'd say?). Merricat, Constance and their Uncle Julian live in isolation

"She can see the colors." Liongsate + Codeblack Films have released a second and final trailer for the indie film Fast Color, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year. The acclaimed film is about a young woman who is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home. Talented actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw stars as Ruth, with a small cast including David Strathairn, Saniyya Sidney, Lorra

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Exclusive Glass Blu-ray clip on M. Night Shyamalan’s process
The third film in M. Night Shyamalan’s unconventional superhero trilogy Glass is available now on Digital HD, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand. The film completes the story that began with 2000’s Unbreakable and continued in 2016 with Split. ComingSoon.net got to have an exclusive chat with actress Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story, Ocean’s Eight), who plays Dr. Ellie Staple in the fil

April 16 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s April 16 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! As you can see, we’ve added a video player at the top highlighting this week’s releases, and you can find more detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Glass (exclusive clip)M. Night Shyamalan continues Unbreakable and Split in this explosive comic book thriller starring James

"I had never seen anything like this before…" Abramorama has debuted the official trailer for a profound documentary titled The Serengeti Rules, which first premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. This fascinating, beautiful nature documentary is about a group of scientists in the 1960s who traveled all over our planet, "driven by an insatiable curiosity about how nature works." After traveling to some of the most remote and spectacular places on Earth, they discovered a single