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How could Endgame effect Doctor Strange 2?
Now that Avengers: Endgame is in wide release, ComingSoon.net is speculating on how the events in that movie could play into what takes place is director Scott Derrickson’s forthcoming Doctor Strange 2. SPOILERS BEWARE!!!
While Tony Stark may have been the big hero of the final battle in the Infinity Saga, one can argue that Doctor Strange was the pivotal character. Not only did his action of willingly surrendering the Time S

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How Could Endgame Effect Ant-Man 3?
Now that Avengers: Endgame is in wide release, ComingSoon.net wants to speculate on what effect the events of the blockbuster could have on the story in an eventual Ant-Man 3. BEWARE SPOILERS!!!
So several huge things happen to Scott Lang in Endgame. For one, he’s thrust through a quantum time vortex five years into the future long after the “Snapture” has turned half of humanity into dust. Fortunately his beloved daught

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Harry Potter 2019 LEGO building sets revealed
LEGO has officially revealed five new Harry Potter 2019 building sets inspired by the hit film franchise. The sets will be available on August 1, ranging from $19.99 to $89.99, and feature iconic scenes including the first task of the Triwizard Tournament, the Expecto Patronum scene, Hagrid’s Hut: Buckbeak’s Rescue, Hogwarts Clock Tower, and the Knight Bus. Additionally, LEGO will be launching a Harry Potter Advent C

Boyz n the Hood Director John Singleton dead at age 51
It is with great sadness that ComingSoon.net must report the death of director John Singleton (Boyz n the Hood, 2 Fast 2 Furious) due to complications from a stroke. Reports of the 51-year-old filmmaker’s passing arrived on Monday morning but were quickly revealed to be false by the director’s representation. News of his passing has now been confirmed by Deadline after the director’s family elected to take him of

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What Happened to Loki in Avengers: Endgame?
Now that Avengers: Endgame is in wide release ComingSoon.net is looking at the possibilities and questions its loopy time travel plot has created. Probably the biggest example of this is the fate of Loki in the MCU, so SPOILERS BEWARE!!!
Loki has been dead many times. Loki “died” at the end of his very first movie appearance in 2011’s Thor, falling into endless space, only it turned out to have fallen in with Tha

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David Dastmalchian to play Polka-Dot Man in The Suicide Squad
David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man and the Wasp, Dune, Reprisal) is set to play the Polka-Dot Man in James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The announcement follows the recent news that John Cena is in negotiations to star in the film.
Polka-Dot Man is a villain from the comics who first debuted in Detective Comics No. 300. The character, whose real name is Abner Krill, is described as a

Phil Lord, Chris Miller developing Marvel TV universe at Sony
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Phil Lord and Chris Miller will be developing a Marvel TV universe at Sony Pictures TV following a huge nine-figure five-year deal with the studio. Lord and Miller have moved their overall deal from 20th Century Fox following a competitive bidding war between multiple outlets.
Lord and Miller previously worked with Sony Entertainment on projects such as Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jum

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How Does Endgame Set Up Guardians Vol. 3?
Now that Avengers: Endgame is in wide release ComingSoon.net wants to take a look at the repercussions the film will have on writer/director James Gunn’s forthcoming Guardians Vol. 3! SPOILERS BEWARE!
The biggest change in roster comes at the end of the film, which finds Chris Hemsworth’s Thor joining the group as what he calls “The Asgardians of the Galaxy.” Of course Starlord has some issues with the power

"I really do live most on the 'net." Passion River is re-releasing the vintage tech documentary called Home Page, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999. The film never really got a release, but now 20 years later (in the midst of our current internet hysteria) they're re-releasing it for everyone to watch. Following one of the first and most notorious bloggers at the birth of the internet, Home Page shows us where our online navel gazing began and how it quickly led t

"I really do live most on the 'net." Passion River is re-releasing the vintage tech documentary called Home Page, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999. The film never really got a release, but now 20 years later (in the midst of our current internet hysteria) they're re-releasing it for everyone to watch. Following one of the first and most notorious bloggers at the birth of the internet, Home Page shows us where our online navel gazing began and how it quickly led t

Supergirl Season 4 Episode 19 Recap
This week’s Supergirl Season 4 Episode 19 has Kara spending her time as an investigative reporter rather than as Supergirl, in an attempt to expose Lex without furthering the anti-alien sentiment. Dreamer steps up to act as National City’s defender of aliens in Supergirl’s absence as Lockwood and his deputies terrorize and capture aliens. Meanwhile, Brainy tries to help James by forcing him to confront his trauma.
James’s TraumaBr

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost developing TV adaptation of Rivers of London
Deadline has brought word that Simon Pegg (Star Trek Beyond) and Nick Frost (Into the Badlands) are teaming up once again to develop a TV adaptation of the bestselling fantasy novel Rivers of London through their production company Stolen Picture.
RELATED: Game of Thrones: 40 Minute Featurette Goes Behind-the-Scenes of The Long Night
Based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Ben Aaronovitch, the story foll

This is one of the most creative animated short films we've come across this year. L'Ogre, also titled The Ogre, is a short animated film written and directed by Laurène Braibant, produced by Papy3D based in Paris, France. The short is about an "insecure giant" who loves eating, but takes things too far when he goes to a business banquet and can't stop enjoying the food. The hand-drawn technique in this is gorgeous, and allows the storytelling to shine through such imaginative designs an

Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone renewed for season 2 at CBS All Access
Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone has been renewed for a second season at CBS All Access following the initial release of the first five episodes of the anthology’s first season, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
“Jordan Peele and Simon Kinberg’s reimagining of The Twilight Zone is off to an amazing start on CBS All Access, driving the most viewers on its premiere day for an original series to d

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Legendary Universal Monsters to wreak havoc at Halloween Horror Nights
Universal Monsters will come to life in all-new terrifying Halloween Horror Nights mazes at Universal Studios Hollywood and Universal Orlando Resort, inspired by Universal’s original cinematic monsters and the movie studio that invented the horror films. The terrifying experiences on both coasts will wake some of the most frightening and legendary monsters in horror history and bring them face-to-face w

Cloak and Dagger Season 2 Episode 5 Recap
Cloak & Dagger Season 2 Episode 5 is framed around Tandy telling a story about a farmer who is in desperate need of firewood during a winter storm. While out, the farmer finds a viper who is too cold to bite. The farmer takes the viper home and lays it beside the hearth while he goes out to find some wood. When the farmer returns, the recovered viper strikes the farmer, killing him. According to Tandy, the moral of the story is not what it appe

BBC & Netflix Dracula drama expands cast and lands directors
The upcoming three-part Dracula drama series from BBC and Netflix is finally heading into production after adding six new stars to the cast, including Sherlock‘s Jonathan Aris, and enlisting three directors to helm each part, according to Variety.
RELATED: Claes Bang to Star as Dracula in Netflix & BBC Drama
The cast, which will be led by The Girl in the Spider’s Web‘s Claes Bang in t

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New Dark Phoenix character posters released
20th Century Fox has released 10 new Dark Phoenix character posters, teasing that every hero has a dark side. Check out the posters now in the gallery 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 not only makes her infin

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See the Valkyrie shirt Tessa Thompson asked CS’s Max Evry to make!
Last summer CS’s Max Evry interviewed the great Tessa Thompson for the film Sorry to Bother You, and she loved his Gamora parody shirt (his own design) so much that she asked him to draw a Valkyrie shirt. Now that Avengers: Endgame is in wide release and features Thor: Ragnarok‘s Valkyrie doing amazing things while taking a big new role in the MCU, Snarkfish is making Max Evry&rsq

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Fantastic Beasts 3 release date delayed until November 2021
Warner Bros. Pictures has announced that Fantastic Beasts 3 has been delayed a year and will open on November 12, 2021. Production is scheduled to begin in spring 2020.
Eddie Redmayne will reprise his role as Newt Scamander in the film, with Johnny Depp confirmed to return as well as the villain Grindelwald.
“J.K. Rowling created an awe-inspiring universe that has captivated people of all ages, taking us on a

"You need to get your house in order!" Limelight Distribution has debuted a trailer for Ben Wheatley's latest film, a familial dramedy titled Happy New Year, Colin Burstead. This already showed on BBC TV last year, after touring around film festivals starting with the London Film Festival. The raucous "family reunion comedy" is about a man named Colin Burstead, of course, who has decided to rent a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his po

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Game of Thrones: 40 minute featurette goes behind-the-scenes of The Long Night
The longest, and one of the most complex, episodes in Game of Thrones history aired last night, which had the amassed forces gathered at Winterfell to try and defeat the Night King and his army of the dead. Now, you can get a look at how all these moving parts came together to create a heart-stopping 82-minute thrill-ride, “The Long Night.” Watch the episode’s Inside the episode feat

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Vin Diesel hints that John Cena has joined Fast and Furious 9 cast
Vin Diesel has become known for breaking important news on Instagram. First, there was the (possible, likely) reveal that he’ll be starring in the upcoming Avatar sequels, and now Diesel has returned to the social media platform to offer some news about Fast and Furious 9, namely that it’ll co-star John Cena (Bumblebee, Blockers).
The video begins as a thank you to Pablo, the nickname of the late Paul

Doom Patrol Episode 11 Recap
After two episodes dealing with the same events told first from Cliff and Jane’s perspectives, then from Vic and Rita’s perspectives, Doom Patrol Episode 11 opens with what Larry experienced when the negative spirit left his body in order to connect Cliff and Jane’s minds. Larry and John are at a secluded motel in California, where they experience a night together. John says they’ve never been here before, so it’s not a memory

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Endgame cast member shares ‘Illegal Video’ from the set
SPOILER WARNING FOR AVENGERS: ENDGAME!
Avengers: Endgame had a notoriously secretive production to try and keep the plot as close to the vest as possible. But that didn’t stop Chris Pratt. The actor, who plays Star-Lord in the MCU, armed with only a cellphone posted a video to his Instagram from his time on the set of the fourth Avengers film, showing a candid look at one of the major battle sequences

"Why'd you come here?" "Because you're here." Signature Ent. + Great Point Media have unveiled another official UK trailer for indie drama My Days of Mercy, to go along with the US trailer from a few months ago. This first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2017 under the title Mercy, and is already available to watch on VOD in the US. The relationship drama is about the daughter of a man on death row who falls in love with a woman named Mercy, who happens to be on the opposite side of h

BEGIN SLIDESHOWGame of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3 Recap
In the previous episode of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the characters at Winterfell prepared for the battle against the Army of the Dead. In Game of Thrones Season 8 Episode 3, the Night King arrived with his Army and went after Bran.
The Oncoming Wave
As the Army approached Winterfell, Melisandre arrived just in time to set the Dothraki arakhs ablaze. But as they rode into the horde, the Dothraki’s lights went out too quickly.

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Game of Thrones episode 8.04 promo: Win the Last War
Following The Battle of Winterfell, HBO has released the first promo for Game of Thrones episode 8.04, the next in the final season of the hit drama series. Check it out in the player below!
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 Cos