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"I would die for them." Dogwoof has debuted an official trailer for the documentary For the Birds, which played at AFI Docs + the Sheffield Documentary Festival last year. The film is about a woman named Kathy, whose love for birds has changed her life – she lives with 200 pet chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. The film begins by profiling her battle with local animal rescuers, but then shifts into focusing on her marriage to her husband Gary - and how her love for these birds has taken

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Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s April 30 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
Miss BalaGloria is drawn into a dangerous world of cross-border crime. Surviving will require all of her cunnin

"I like your black eye." A must watch short film - one of the best of the year so far. Wyrm is a short written and directed by Christopher Winterbauer, that originally premiered in 2017 and is now available online after playing on the festival circuit for a while. The nerdy-retro short is about a kid in school who must kiss someone in order to have his My.E.Q. Remote Monitoring collar removed. It's making fun of the feeling that you have to achieve some kind of romantic contact in order to prog

Showtime’s The Chi renewed for a third season
Showtime has picked up The Chi for a third season. The hit drama series is created and executive produced by Emmy winner Lena Waithe (Boomerang, Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award winner Common (Selma).
RELATED: Pablo Schreiber to Play Master Chief in Showtime’s Halo Series
The Chi is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection

Vincent Cassel joins cast of Westworld season 3
Deadline reports yet another new cast member has bought a ticket to Westworld with Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, Eastern Promises) gearing up for the third season of the hit HBO series. The trade reports that Cassel will play a new villain in the upcoming season.
“We’re incredibly excited to work with Vincent Cassel,” co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy said. “We’ve been longtime fans of his and are thrilled fo

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New Parabellum clip features John Wick seeking guidance
Lionsgate has released a new John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum clip, featuring John Wick seeking guidance from Halle Berry’s Sofia. Check out the clip now in the player below!
The eponymous John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run in Parabellum for two reasons. One, he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and two, for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Co

"Ultimately, I knew that words have power." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, an invigorating, inspiring biographic profile of the legendary African-American novelist, essayist, editor, and professor. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and played at other festivals including at the Miami, Cleveland, Wisconsin, and Montclair Film Festivals this year. This documentary is described as an "

Charmed Season 1 Episode 19 Recap
In the previous episode of The CW’s Charmed, the Charmed Ones decided to use their new whitelighter, Tessa, to find Harry. In Charmed Season 1 Episode 19, Alistair used Charity to bring Hunter back from Tartarus.
The Origin Dagger
The Charmed Ones used Elder Bari’s needle and Macy’s Evil Sight to see what had happened with Fiona and the Sarcana. She had killed them one by one and forced Harry to do as she wanted using a magical shock coll

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New Child’s Play movie poster takes aim at Toy Story 4
Chucky’s not afraid of a little healthy (and bloody) competition as the new Child’s Play movie poster calls out Toy Story 4, which happens to be opening in theaters on the same day. Check out the full poster in the gallery below!
Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West) and Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) are headlining the new Child’s Play, under the helm of filmmaker Lars Klevberg (Polaroid).

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Director Patty Jenkins shares new Wonder Woman 1984 photo
Director Patty Jenkins has shared a new Wonder Woman 1984 photo celebrating star Gal Gadot’s birthday. You can check out the post and photo below!Happy Birthday to my most spectacular, incredible, amazing, beautiful, loving, powerful, hilarious and awe inspiring friend and partner. I love you more than words can say. Happy Birthday @GalGadot #WW1984 pic.twitter.com/eRqmuFWdlX
— Patty Jenkins (@PattyJenks) Apri

"These are strange times in this castle." IFC Films has finally unveiled an official trailer for the indie drama Ophelia, a fantasy period piece drama based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. It's a re-imagining or retelling of the story from the perspective of Ophelia, Hamlet's secret lover who ends up killing herself in the original play. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018, and an early promo trailer snuck out last year (but got pulled quickly), now they're finally opening it in theat

F. Gary Gray to direct Saints Row movie
Fenix Studios, Koch Media and Occupant Entertainment have partnered to develop the popular action-adventure video game franchise Saints Row into a feature film for F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton, Men in Black: International) to direct. Greg Russo (Mortal Kombat) has been hired to write the screenplay.
RELATED: The new Men In Black: International Trailer Is Here!
Saints Row is one of the best-selling and adored video game franchises of all time. Crea

Lynn Shelton signs on to direct Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere
Hulu’s upcoming adaptation of the acclaimed novel Little Fires Everywhere is coming together quickly and after landing Mad Men vet Rosemarie DeWitt for a lead role, the streaming service has recruited Lynn Shelton (Laggies) to direct half of the eight-episode series, according to Variety.
RELATED: Rosemarie DeWitt To Lead Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere
Based on the New York Times bestseller

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The making of Hulu’s Catch-22 featurette released
Hulu has released a new Catch-22 featurette featuring soundbites with director and co-star George Clooney, director and co-star Grant Heslov, co-writer Luke Davies, director Ellen Kuras, and stars Christopher Abbott and Kyle Chandler. Check out the video now in the player below and find out why Clooney inevitably said yes to adapting Joseph Heller’s novel.
The six-part adaptation of Catch-22 tells the story

Maude Apatow joins Pete Davidson-Judd Apatow comedy
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that Assassination Nation star Maude Apatow has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming Universal Pictures comedy from her father Knocked Up director Judd Apatow and Saturday Night Live vet Pete Davidson.
RELATED: Judd Apatow-Pete Davidson Comedy Lands Marisa Tomei
Davidson wrote the script to the film along with Apatow and Dave Sirus, which is described in the

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 could begin filming next year
Writer/director James Gunn may be preparing for production on the upcoming Warner Bros. and DC Extended Universe sequel The Suicide Squad, a new report has revealed that his return to the MCU with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 couldactually begin production sometime in 2020, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
RELATED: Disney Reinstates James Gunn for Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Gunn, who wrote and

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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD poster reveals season 6 premiere date
ABC has released a new Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD poster, revealing that Season 6 of the series will premiere on Friday, May 10. Check out the full poster now in the gallery below!
RELATED: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Season 6 Character Photos Released
The season five finale saw the team put a stop to Glenn Talbot, aka Graviton, but also saw longtime team leader Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) leave with M

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POLL: Who Should Be the Next Avengers? (SPOILERS)
Now that Avengers: Endgame is in wide release and destroying all kinds of box office records, it’s time to start looking forward to the next phase of the MCU. ComingSoon.net wants to hear from our readers about what past and future Marvel Studios characters they think should make up the next phase of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as a team whenever Avengers 5 rolls around, presumably at the end of Phase 4. Make your v

Mandatory Streamers: Christina Applegate returns to TV in Netflix’s Dead to Me
Welcome to Mandatory Streamers, our latest column covering the best new streaming content coming your way every week! For the week of April 29, Golden Globe nominee Christina Applegate is making her way back to the small screen alongside Emmy nominee Linda Cardellini in Netflix’s new dark comedy series Dead to Me, featuring friendships, widows, and shocking secrets. Check out the best

Ophelia trailer: Daisy Ridley & Noami Watts star in Hamlet reimaging
IFC Films has released the official Ophelia trailer starring Daisy Ridley, Naomi Watts, Clive Owen, George MacKay, and Tom Felton. Based on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, you check out the trailer for the film in the player below!
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Ophelia is directed by Claire McCarthy (The Waiting City) and is based on the award-winning novel by Lisa Klein and adapted for the screen b

BEGIN SLIDESHOWOn My Block renewed for Season 3 at Netflix
Netflix has officially renewed the teen drama On My Block for a third season. The announcement came via a video posted to the show’s Instagram account (via The Futon Critic), along with the caption “fam, our mentions will never be the same.” You can check out the Instagram post below.
On My Block is a coming-of-age comedy about four bright and street-savvy friends navigating their way through the triumph,

Legends of Tomorrow Season 4 Episode 13 Recap
With Neron vanquished, the team takes it easy on this week’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 4 Episode 13. When an alert comes in from New York City in 1933, Sara and Ava use the opportunity to send Nate and Zari out together, wagering on whether the two will hook up or not before the mission ends. Sara and Ava use the downtime for a book club meeting. Mick and Charlie head to RomantiCon to collect $20,000 for Charlie to come out as Mick’s al

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POLL RESULTS: Should Warner Bros. Make More Matrix Movies?
Twenty years after The Matrix debuted, Warner Bros. is in development on a new Matrix film, but is that such a wise idea? ComingSoon.net asked 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. Check out the official results of the nearly 3000 readers who participated in the poll below!
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Arrow episode 7.21 promo: Living Proof
In the trailer for the upcoming episode of Arrow, our heroes are trapped under a building and looking for a way out before it explodes. All in a days work. You can check out the trailer in the player below!
There have been no shortage of close calls for Oliver Queen when it comes to protecting his Super Hero identity, but in the season six finale, he was finally backed into a corner and forced to reveal himself to the world as the Green Arr

Jon Chu’s adaptation of Thai cave rescue story lands at Netflix
Following the rescue of the Thai soccer team who were trapped in a cave for two weeks last summer, Hollywood began racing to adapt the story into a feature film. Among the first was Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu, whose project, Deadline reports, has landed at Netflix. At this point, it’s unclear if Netflix will make the project a movie or a miniseries.
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"I just wanna get super weird today…" Signature Entertainment in the UK has debuted an official trailer for an indie coming-of-age comedy titled Lady-Like, from writer/director Brent Craft. This premiered at a film festival in 2017, and is just finally getting an official release this year - but only in the UK for now. It's another of these young woman must deal with becoming an adult comedies, starring Stephanie Simbari (from Coldwater, "We Got Issues", "Here and Now") as Allie. When a

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The team is led into a trap in Legends of Tomorrow Episode 4.14 Promo
Now that Ray Palmer’s been possessed by a dark entity, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow are led into a trap as they try to undo the mess they’ve found themselves in. The next episode will air May 6 on The CW. In the meantime, you can check out the trailer in the player below!
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow stars Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer/The ATOM, Caity Lotz as Sara Lance/White Canary, Dominic

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Us Blu-ray, 4K and Digital HD details for the Jordan Peele hit
Academy Award winner Jordan Peele follows the success of his blockbuster hit Get Out with the masterfully executed and viscerally terrifying Us, which made over $249 million worldwide. Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 94%, the film is being hailed as “a colossal cinematic achievement” (Richard Brody, The New Yorker) and is “meant to be watched over and over” (Emily Yoshida, N

"It's clear that you are insane." Studiocanal UK has debuted a trailer for the 70th anniversary re-release of classic British film Kind Hearts and Coronets, which originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 1949. The film comes from the "Golden-Age of Ealing comedies", and is one of those amusing British crime comedies about Dukes and Duchesses and other royalty. A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne, named Louis Mazzini, plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight othe

Apocalypse Now Final Cut will arrive in theaters this August
Legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has revealed that he will unveil his classic war film Apocalypse Now Final Cut in theaters on August 15 for a limited release ahead of its 4K Blu-ray release on August 27. According to JoBlo, the filmmaker screened the latest cut of the film for viewers at the Tribeca Film Festival over the weekend. Check out the trailer for Apocalypse Now Final Cut below!
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"Basically, it looks like I'm going to have to save your planet." Paramount has finally debuted the first full-length trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and it looks crazy. Ben Schwartz stars as the voice of Sonic, the furry blue "hedgehog" who can run extremely fast and control electricity and do all kinds of wild things. Jim Carrey plays Dr. Robotnik, the nefarious evil scientist hellbent on capturing him for the government and using him for their means. Because, of course,

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The Sonic the Hedgehog trailer is here!
Paramount Pictures has released the Sonic the Hedgehog trailer for the upcoming live-action adaptation. Voiced by Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation, Night School, House of Lies), check out the first look at the video game adaptation in the player below!
RELATED: New Sonic the Hedgehog Images Reveal First Look at the Speedster
The cast of Sonic the Hedgehog film also includes Jim Carrey as Doctor Robotnik/Eggman, Sonic’s vi

"It's a film that's bound to make your inner child smile." Perhaps? Indican Pictures has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Zilla and Zoe, which originally premiered at the Portland Film Festival in 2017. This amusing, heartfelt, fun comedy set in Portland is about a young 10-year-old girl named Zoe who is obsessed with gore and horror. To win the contest of her dreams and pursue a career in filmmaking, she will have to turn her sister's wedding into a horror film. Of course

Kevin Hart gears up for Extreme Job at Universal
Comedian Kevin Hart is preparing to go undercover for the comedy Extreme Job from Universal Pictures. According to The Wrap, the film will be based on the South Korean hit of the same name about a group of narcotics detectives who use a fried chicken restaurant as a front to spy on an organized crime gang. The catch? The rundown restaurant suddenly becomes the most popular joint in town when the detectives’ chicken recipe becomes a hit.
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Robin Williams’ daughter Zelda to make directorial debut
Deadline reports that the late Robin Wiliams’ daughter, Zelda Williams, will make her directorial debut with the film AMA (Ask Me Anything), from a 2018 Blacklist script written by John Wikstrom.
RELATED: Phil Lord, Chris Miller Developing Marvel TV Universe at Sony
Per the report, the premise focuses on an online interview session that goes awry when “a mysterious hacker hijacks the forum and systematically dismant

"I'm happy you're still alive." Sony Pictures has debuted an official trailer for an indie coming-of-age film titled simple Peel, from director Rafael Monserrate. This just premiered at the Santa Barbara Film Festival earlier this year, and is heading straight to VOD for release in May. Emile Hirsch stars as Peel, a sheltered boy who grew up within the confines of his childhood home. When his mother dies, he must venture out into the world alone and figure out how to survive, and how to find hi