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"Gotta get behind a guy before you stab ’em in the back." Who needs some extra Green Goods? Check out this excellent stop-motion animated short film Blind Mice, written and directed by filmmaker Nicholas D'Agostino of the upstart indie studio Pox Films Inc. This is unlike any other stop-motion film you've seen before, with some very intriguing character design. The noir homage is about a newly released inmate who gets caught up in another bad con. Featuring the voices of Preston Butler II

Hugh Laurie’s Avenue 5 receives series order at HBO
The space comedy Avenue 5 has been given a series order at HBO, TVLine has confirmed. The show comes from Armando Iannucci, the creator of HBO’s Veep.
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Avenue 5 is described as a space tourism comedy set 40 years in the future when the solar system is everyone’s oystery. With Hugh Laurie as the Captain, nothing can go wrong.
The series stars Golden Globe-wi

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe OA Season 2 Recap
After over two years since the first season of Netflix’s The OA, we wondered where Hap took the rest of his test subjects and what was next for Prairie, BBA, and the boys after the shooting. To close out The OA Season 2, we are recapping the major storylines from the season.
Prairie Lives
Prairie escaped death when BBA and the boys performed the movements to stop a school shooting. Just as her body died in the back of the ambulance, she jumped to an alt

Knock Down the House trailer: Sundance winner comes to Netflix
Netflix has released the official trailer for the award-winning documentary film Knock Down the House, offering us our first look at the campaign journeys of four female progressive candidates including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, against powerful incumbents in the 2018 midterm elections. The documentary will be available for streaming on May 1, exclusively on Netflix. Check out the video below!
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POLL: Should Warner Bros. Make More Matrix Movies?
In 1999 a mid-scale original sci-fi movie by two relatively untested young filmmakers came out of left field and became a cultural phenomenon: The Matrix. Twenty years later Warner Bros. is in development on a new Matrix film, but is that such a wise idea? ComingSoon.net is asking its readers whether or not WB should proceed with more Matrix movies, as well as whether the new film should be a sequel, prequel or reboot. Make your

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Marvel releases Captain Marvel post-credit scene ahead of Endgame
The endgame is nigh for The Avengers and to help recap audiences on the groundwork set thus far, Marvel has taken to Twitter to release all of the post-credits scenes from the films, including the still-in-theaters Captain Marvel teasing her arrival on Earth, which can be viewed below!
RELATED: Finish the Fight in New Avengers: Endgame TV Spot“Where’s Fury?” pic.twitter.com/NxJ4sQe

Filming begins on CBS All Access’ Picard series
Executive producer Michael Chabon has revealed in a now deleted Instagram post (via Comic Book) that filming has officially started for CBS All Access’ upcoming Jean-Luc Picard series with Sir Patrick Stewart set to reprise the iconic role. The first two episodes of the Star Trek spin-off series will be directed by Hanelle Culpepper.
The upcoming series is said to tell the next story of Picard’s life, taking place after Star Trek

Marry Me: Jennifer Lopez & Owen Wilson to star in STX rom-com
Deadline is reporting that Golden Globe nominee Jennifer Lopez (Selena, Shades of Blue, The Boy Next Door) will lead STXfilms upcoming romantic comedy Marry Me, with Oscar nominee Owen Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums, Wedding Crashers, Father Figures) in talks to star. The movie is an adaptation of the graphic novel by Bobby Crosby.
RELATED: UglyDolls Final Trailer Wants You to Let Your Freak Flag Fly
Described as Notting Hill meets

"I'm running because everyday Americans deserve to be represented by everyday Americans." Netflix has unveiled a trailer the indie documentary Knock Down the House, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where it won the top Audience Award: Documentary prize. This rousing, inspiring, spirited documentary is about four different women running against incumbents in the 2018 congressional election. The film closely follows: Amy Vilela from Nevada, Cori Bush from Missouri,

Chernobyl featurette reveals the miniseries’ large scale production
HBO has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for their upcoming historical drama miniseries Chernobyl, highlighting the series’ large scale production and story. Starring Jared Harris (The Crown, Mad Men), Stellan Skarsgård (River, Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Emily Watson (The Dresser, The Theory of Everything), you can check out the video on the player below.
The upcomin

Jake Lacy joins Hulu series adaptation of High Fidelity
Deadline has brought word that the upcoming Hulu adaptation of Nick Hornby’s acclaimed novel and subsequent film iteration, High Fidelity, has found its series co-lead in How to Be Single‘s Jake Lacy, who joins Big Little Lies‘ Zoe Kravitz.
RELATED: Zoe Kravitz’s High Fidelity Series Moves from Disney+ to Hulu
The High Fidelity series has been ordered for 10 episodes and will tell the s

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New Detective Pikachu promo presents a wonderful Pokémon world
Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new promo trailer for their upcoming Detective Pikachu, featuring our adorable titular character getting emotional while also highlighting how wonderful the Pokémon world is. In addition, Norwegian producer Kygo has dropped the full music video for the film’s theme song titled “Carry On”, which was sung by singer-songwriter Rita

"What a Wonderful Pikachu…" Oh my goodness, is a Pokemon movie making us all cry? Yes, yes it is. Ryan Reynolds debuted this adorable new trailer for live-action Pokémon Detective Pikachu movie, which is opening in theaters in a few more weeks. From director Rob Letterman (Monsters vs Aliens, Gulliver's Travels, Goosebumps), the movie is set deep in the Pokemon world, and stars the voice of Ryan Reynolds as the "hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth" Detective Pikachu.

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UglyDolls final trailer wants you to let your freak flag fly
STXfilms has released the UglyDolls final trailer ahead of the movie’s release on May 3. Check out the new trailer now in the player below!
The film is inspired by the unique and beloved global plush toy phenomenon launched in 2001. It features the acting and singing voices of Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas, Janelle Monáe, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, Wanda Sykes, Emma Roberts, Gabriel Iglesias, and Wang Leehom.
In

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IT Chapter Two: First look at James McAvoy’s Bill Denbrough released
IT: Chapter Two director Andy Muschietti is celebrating James McAvoy’s birthday by revealing a new first look at McAvoy’s adult Bill Denbrough in the highly-anticipated Stephen King horror sequel. You can check out the photo and Muschietti’s post below!
 
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Payback is a mother in new The Hustle trailer
MGM has debuted a new trailer for the upcoming modern remake of the 1988 comedy hit Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Hustle. Starring Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s 8) and Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) and parodying one of the theatrical trailers for the upcoming Marvel blockbuster Avengers: Endgame, you can check it out in the player below!
RELATED: The Hustle Trailer: Hathaway & Wilson Star in New Version of Dirty

"We're not nice women. We're con artists!" The Revenge is on! MGM has debuted the second official trailer for summer comedy The Hustle, playing off of The Avengers and the hype for that big blockbuster movie opening this week. The Hustle is a gender-swapped remake of comedy classic Dirty Rotten Scoundrels from 1988. In this one, Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway star as two "down-and-out" con artists, one low rent and the other high class, who team up to take down the dirty rotten men who have wro

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The Summer 2019 Movie Preview
When the temperatures rise and Avengers start assembling that can mean only one thing: Summer movie season is here once again. We certainly wouldn’t want our readers flying blind in the coming months, so ComingSoon.net has gathered over three-dozen of the season’s most promising flicks for our Summer 2019 Movie Preview, which you can check out in the gallery below!
RELATED: The Summer 2018 Movie Preview
Superhero fans can expect man

The Twilight Zone episode 5 promo: The Wunderkind
CBS All Access has released the promo for The Twilight Zone episode five titled “The Wunderkind,” featuring a kid running for President. The new episode will be available for streaming on April 25, exclusively on CBS All Access. Starring John Cho (Searching) and Jacob Tremblay (Room), you can check out the video in the player below.
RELATED: The Twilight Zone 1.04 Recap: A Traveler
Oscar winner Jordan Peele’s reimagin

Game of Thrones’ Jerome Flynn to star in Amazon’s Dark Tower series
Jerome Flynn, best known for his role as Bronn in HBO’s Game of Thrones, has been cast in Amazon’s Dark Tower series adaptation of Stephen King’s novels. The actor confirmed the news in an interview with The Mirror (via Birth.Movies.Death).
RELATED: John Cusack Searches for Utopia at Amazon
Flynn, whose credits also include Ripper Street, Badger, and the upcoming John Wick: Chapter 3 – P

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See You Yesterday Trailer: Going Back is the Only Way Forward
Netflix has released the first trailer for the sci-fi drama See You Yesterday. The film is a feature-length retelling of a short from director Stefon Bristol, who again is back in the director’s chair. Also returning is Spike Lee, who produced Bristol’s short film as well. You can check out the trailer, as well as the film’s poster, below.
High school best friends and science prodigies C.J. and Sebas

Sony’s Bad Boys For Life officially wraps production
Will Smith took to Instagram to share a brand new behind-the-scenes photo from the set of Sony Pictures’ upcoming Bad Boys for Life as production officially wraps for the action comedy threequel. Featuring Smith along with Martin Lawrence, you can check out the full photo below.
The new installment centers on the Miami PD and its elite AMMO team’s attempt to take down Armando Armas, head of a drug cartel. Armando i

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John Wick: Chapter 3 featurette highlights The Continental hotel
Lionsgate has released a brand new featurette for their highly-anticipated action film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum, highlightingthe John Wick universe’s infamous Continental Hotel. Check out the video below!
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The eponymous John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run in Parabellum for

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Supergirl episode 4.19 promo: Fighting for justice takes a Dreamer
The CW has released the first promo for Supergirl episode 4.19, titled “American Dreamer,” featuring Dreamer taking over Kara’s superhero responsibilities while she takes a temporary hiatus from being Supergirl. The new episode is scheduled to air on April 21. Check out the video below!
RELATED: Supergirl Season 4 Episode 18 Recap
The episode is directed by series regular David Harewood (Ha

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Supergirl Season 4 Episode 18 Recap
This week’s Supergirl Season 4 Episode 18 begins with the President of the United States declaring martial law and imposing a curfew. Humans out after dark will be ticketed. Aliens out after dark will be dealt with by any means necessary. With his new cabinet level position, Lockwood orders Colonel Haley and Alex at the DEO to give them every weapon and every piece of intel the department has on Supergirl and summon her so that Lock

"It's about controlling something we obviously have no control over…!" Netflix has debuted the first official trailer for an indie time travel comedy titled See You Yesterday, produced by Spike Lee, and directed by Stefon Bristol making his feature directorial debut. This will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, then launch worldwide on Netflix in May, for those who are interested in seeing it. The sci-fi adventure comedy is about two teenagers who build time machine backpacks. When o

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Game of Thrones episode 8.02 featurette: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
HBO has released two behind-the-scenes featurettes for Game of Thrones episode 8.02 titled “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” featuring interviews by executive producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff. Check out the video below along with the new ‘Game Revealed,’ offering a 20 minute featurette for the episode.
RELATED: Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Recap
Based on the popular b

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Finish the fight in new Avengers: Endgame TV spot
We’re just days away from the premiere of Avengers: Endgame and Marvel Studios has yet another TV spot that shows the survivors of Thanos’ fateful snap ready to take him on for round two — promising to do “whatever it takes” to bring him down. You can check out the TV spot in the player below!
Last year’s Infinity War saw the titular superhero team take the fight to Thanos i

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Luke Perry’s final Riverdale episode airs this week
The world was shocked when actor Luke Perry died unexpectedly from complications of a stroke in early March. Support for the former Beverly Hills 90210 star came from every corner of show business, and now Perry’s final episode of Riverdale is set to air this week. Perry played Fred Andrews, the father to Archie Andrews, and Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre Sacasa took to Twitter to announce the character’

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Curse of La Llorona Scares Up $26.5 Million at Domestic Box Office
New Line Cinema’s The Curse of La Llorona managed to debut at #1 over the Easter weekend, bringing in an estimated $26.5 million. Internationally the film brought in another $30 million, giving it a worldwide debut of $56.5 million. Produced on a budget of $9 million, the horror film is already in the green for the studio.
WB took the #2 spot at the box office as well with Shazam!. The latest chap

"We'll always be with you. No one's ever really gone." Listen in to our super fun speculation and theories discussion just before the summer movie season kicks off this year. For this episode of The First Word podcast, Mike & Alex chat about what they think might happen (or not?) in two of 2019's biggest movies: Marvel's Avengers: Endgame (directed by the Russo Brothers, opening April 26th) and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (directed by J.J. Abrams, opening December 20th). We

"Once you've cheated fate, what's next?" What?! Now this is cool. The Critics' Week sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival announced their line-up today, and included in the selection is a French animated film titled J'ai perdu mon corps. The title translates to I Lost My Body, though IMDb uses an English title listed as simply Grab, which also works for this film. Because it's about a sentient severed hand! Yeah, a bit like Thing from the Addams Family. A cut-off hand escapes from a dissection la

Game of Thrones Episode 8.03 Promo: The Battle of Winterfell
HBO has released the first promo for Game of Thrones episode 8.03, teasing the epic battle of Winterfell. Check it out in the player below!
RELATED: Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Recap
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 and violent kingdom. The series stars Peter Dinklage, Nikolaj Co

Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 2 Recap
In the previous episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, Jon and Daenerys arrived at Winterfell, followed by Jaime. In Game of Thrones season 8 episode 2, while Jaime’s arrival brought up some complications, Edd, Tormund, and Beric brought news that the Army of the Dead were close, and everyone prepared for battle.
Battle Plan
Jaime stood before Daenerys, Sansa, and Jon to answer for his complicated history with their families. They had reasons to d