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"A man walks off a boat. He walks into a restaurant and orders albatross soup. He takes one sip… pulls out a gun, and shoots himself to death. So… why did he kill himself?" That's the "thinking puzzle" question at the heart of this enthralling, fun animated short film. Albatross Soup is written and directed by Hong Kong born, Queens raised, and Brooklyn-based filmmaker Winnie Cheung, and it played at a number of major film festivals before arriving online to watch. Over 50 people

Lionsgate developing Warm Bodies series under new Jonathan Levine deal
Lionsgate has signed a first-look film and television deal with acclaimed director Jonathan Levine (Long Shot). One of the projects already in development by Lionsgate Television is a Warm Bodies series adaptation with Levine’s new production company, Megamix.
Levine directed the 2013 rom-com horror feature that was adapted from the novel by Isaac Marion and grossed over $115 million at the worldwide box office. Along

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New details on Keanu Reeves’ Duke Caboom from Toy Story 4 revealed!
Disney invited ComingSoon.net to Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, California to screen Toy Story 4 scenes, including one with Keanu Reeve’s hilarious new character Duke Caboom! Check out the full description below, along with new images from the film and behind-the-scenes in our gallery!Woody & Forky in the Antique Store
In this scene Woody has just convinced Forky that he’s Bonn

"They're all living for pleasure… it's like a disease." Momentum Pictures has debuted the trailer for an indie horror-thriller titled Mollywood, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Morocco Vaughn originally from Chicago. The film is about a psychotic serial killer who disguises himself as a drug dealer in order to "deliver" young people their worshiped drugs at parties. Vinicius Machado stars as Zach, a determined detective trying to track him and catch him before he kills more. A

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HBO’s Game of Thrones episode 8.04 photos released
HBO has released seven new Game of Thrones episode 8.04 photos highlighting the aftermath of “The Long Night.” Check out the photos now in the gallery below and watch the new episode this Sunday on May 5!
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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 st

Gabriel Luna to return as Ghost Rider in Hulu series
Variety has brought word that the upcoming Hulu live-action series surrounding the devilish motorcycle-riding antihero Ghost Rider has tapped Gabriel Luna to reprise his role as the Robbie Reyes iteration of the character.
RELATED: Hulu Announces Ghost Rider, Helstrom Marvel Series
Luna previously portrayed the Reyes Rider in the fourth season of ABC’s Agents of SHIELD, and despite announcing that he knew of plans to

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Psyduck wants a foot massage in new Detective Pikachu TV spot
Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new TV spot for the highly-anticipated Detective Pikachu, featuring new footage from the film including an adorably funny scene between our titular Pokémon character and Psyduck. Check out the video in the player below!
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The Detective Pikachu movie’s eclectic cast

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We saw 20 Minutes of Toy Story 4 footage at Pixar!
Disney invited ComingSoon.net to Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, California to screen over 20 minutes of Toy Story 4 footage, which encompasses the entire opening of the film! Check out the full description below, along with new images from the film and behind-the-scenes in our gallery!
Although the footage we saw was not yet complete, it looked near-perfect already, with a level of detail not seen in all the Toy Story fi

The Big Bang Theory series finale has wrapped production
The Big Bang Theory has wrapped production on its 279th and final episode, per Entertainment Weekly. The finale, which airs May 16, will be a two-part episode, with half filmed on a soundstage and the other half filmed before a studio audience.
The series debuted in 2007 and airs in syndication around the world. After 12 seasons, it has received 52 Emmy nominations and 10 wins to date, and 7 Golden Globe nominations.
In addition to center

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New Late Night trailer starring Mindy Kaling & Emma Thompson!
Amazon Studios has released a brand new trailer for their upcoming comedy Late Night, highlighting how Molly’s determination will help revive Katherine’s late-night talk-show. Starring Oscar winner Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling, you can check out the video below.
The film centers on Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) a pioneer and legendary host on the late-night talk-show circuit. After she’s ac

Big Mouth season three lands Ali Wong, Martin Short & Thandie Newton
Netflix’s animated comedy Big Mouth has never seen a shortage of big-name guest stars and the third season looks to continue its streak with the casting of American Housewife‘s Ali Wong, Inherent Vice‘s Martin Short and Westworld‘s Thandie Newton, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
RELATED: Animated Comedy Big Mouth Will Get a Third Season on Netflix
Focusing on pleas

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Netflix’s Sex Education season 2 officially begins production
Following Sex Education‘s successful series debut earlier this year, Netflix has released a brand new promo for the hit comedy-drama series, revealing that production has officially started for the highly-anticipated second season. Featuring the cast’s first reactions to the new season’s scripts, you can check out the video below.
RELATED: Sex Education Season 1 Recap
The first season garn

Showtime anthology Omniverse casts Jaden Smith as young Kanye West
An announcement both bizarre and making complete sense, Kanye West is developing a half-hour anthology series for Showtime and has cast Jaden Smith (The Get Down) to star as a young alternate reality version of himself, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
RELATED: Showtime’s The Chi Renewed for a Third Season
The series, which is also being developed by SB Projects founder Scooter Braun and Lee Sung Jin (Silicon Vall

There’s no way out in Netflix’s The Society trailer
Netflix has released the official trailer for their forthcoming young adult drama series The Society, revealing how too much power can lead to absolute chaos. Starring Big Little Lies‘ Kathryn Newton, the 10-episode series is scheduled to premiere on May 10, exclusively on Netflix. Check out the video below!
Written by Chris Keyser (Party of Five), The Society is described as a modern take on 1954 Nobel Prize-winnin

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Exclusive Blinded by the Lights trailer for Polish HBO NOW series
HBO has provided ComingSoon.net with the exclusive Blinded by the Lights trailer for the Polish original drama which debuts on HBO NOW today. Check it out in the player below!
RELATED: April 30 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Kuba (introducing Kamil Nożyński) is a notorious Warsaw cocaine dealer. A perfectionist and an outsider, he keeps everything under tight control, including his meticulously-p

HBO Watchmen teasers: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here
The official Instagram account for HBO’s upcoming Watchmen series from Damon Lindelof has posted three new teaser videos with captions that read: “Abandon all hope, ye who enters here,” “Reach out and touch Mars,” and “It’s not 1985 anymore.” The videos have minor references to elements of the original Watchmen comic including an American flag with 51 stars (with Vietnam becoming the 51st s

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Avengers: Endgame is the 8th highest grossing movie of all time after 7 days
After seven days of release, Avengers: Endgame is officially the 8th highest grossing movie of all time with $1.48 billion worldwide. In the past two days the film has passed Black Panther ($1.347 billion) and Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.405 billion). The film is now the third highest grossing Marvel Studios movie with only Marvel’s The Avengers ($1.518 billion) and Avengers: Infinity War ($2

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The Boys photos feature closer look at each group’s leaders
Amazon Prime has released three new promo images from their upcoming Amazon’s upcoming anti-hero series The Boys, featuring The Seven’s leader Homelander along with the titular team’s leader Bill Butcher, whom are portrayed by Antony Starr and Karl Urban, respectively. Check out the full photos in the gallery below!
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Meta-humans are coming in The Flash episode 5.21 promo
The stakes are raised in the trailer for next week’s episode of The Flash, “The Girl with the Red Lightning.” As Central City finds itself overrun with meta-humans, Cicada is still on the loose, and Barry realizes he has to stop him or else risk losing everything. You can check out the trailer in the player below!
The Flash stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash, Candice Patton as Iris West, Danielle Panabak

May 2019 free games for PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold
Sony and Microsoft have both announced the slate of May 2019 free games that will be available to subscribing PlayStation Plus and Xbox Live Gold members.
Two new titles join the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup on May 7. What Remains of Edith Finch is an award-winning original and surreal experience that allows players to explore the cursed FInch family tree. Through unique interactive storytelling, the s

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How to become a high class scam artist in new The Hustle clips
MGM has released two new clips from the upcoming modern remake of the 1988 comedy hit Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The Hustle. Featuring Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s 8) teaching Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect) the ways on how to become a professional scam artist, you can check out the videos below!
RELATED: The Hustle Trailer: Hathaway & Wilson Star in New Version of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
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Hulu renews Pen15 and Ramy for second seasons
The future’s looking bright for Hulu’s original series. Along with the announcements of several new and returning series, the streaming platform has ordered second seasons of its comedies PEN15 and Ramy. 
PEN15 stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle will to return for a 14-episode second season of adult comedy, and Ramy has been picked up for a 10-episode second season. The series was created by and stars Erskine and

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The Handmaid’s Tale season 3 trailer: Witness the birth of a revolution
Hulu has released the official The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3 trailer, teasing the birth of a revolution when the drama returns on June 5. Check out the trailer now in the player below!
Season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale is driven by June’s resistance to the dystopian regime of Gilead and her struggle to strike back against overwhelming odds. Startling reunions, betrayals, and a

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Hulu’s Veronica Mars season 4 teaser trailer released
Hulu has released the official Veronica Mars Season 4 teaser trailer, full of mysteries, parties, scandal, and corruption. Check out the trailer now in the player below!
RELATED: Hulu Announces Veronica Mars Release Date in Teaser
Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby decimating the seaside town’s lifeblood tourist industry. After Mars Investigations is hired by the parents of one of the victims

Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis biopic to film in Australia
Variety reports that director Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming Elvis Presley biopic has officially set its filming location in Queensland, Australia. he decision was made in a recent meeting in London between Luhrmann and Annastacia Palaszczuk, Premier and Minister for Trade, of the Australian state of Queensland.  HoTwever, Further details about the film’s title and production date are still being kept under wraps.
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"You could not live with your own failure, and where did that bring you? Back to me." Welcome back for another Avengers chat. Our latest episode of The First Word podcast is a full-on, spoiled-filled discussion about Marvel Studios' grand finale Avengers: Endgame, directed by the Russo Brothers. For this episode we brought back the same two guests we had on for our Infinity War episode one year ago - Alisha Grauso and Amon Warmann. We discuss all the incredible, jaw-dropping moments, our favori

"I never really expected my life to turn out like this." Freestyle Digital Media has debuted the trailer for an indie dramedy titled Roads, Trees and Honey Bees, the feature directorial debut of young filmmaker Stephanie McBain. The film is about a trio of people on the move. Steve quits his job, gets divorced from his wife, and finds himself on a cross country journey with Connor Martin, a young, aspiring musician and his sister Sarah Martin, a college graduate who is looking for her next step

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According to Variety, Portuguese actress-model Daniela Melchior (Valor da Vida) has signed on to join the ensemble cast of director James Gunn’s forthcoming sequel The Suicide Squad. Melchior is set portray the role of Batman villain Ratcatcher, who is reportedly being described as someone connected to Idris Elba’s unknown character.
She will be joining previously announced cast members John Cena (Bumblebee), D

Hulu orders Nine Perfect Strangers straight to series
Hulu’s programming slate continues to grow. Earlier today, the streaming service announced that Nicole Kidman and producer Bruna Papandrea will adapt Liane Moriarty’s best-selling book Nine Perfect Strangers via their respective production companies, Blossom Films and Made Up Stories. David E. Kelley and Edge of Tomorrow writer John Henry Butterworth will serve as showrunners as well as co-write the series.
Nine Pe

Jennifer Garner heads to Fantasy Camp for STX
Per Deadline, Jennifer Garner has signed on to star in the musical comedy Fantasy Camp, which follows a failed junior high school drama teacher (Garner) who faces her fears and pursues her dreams while attending a Broadway performing arts camp for adults.
RELATED: Maude Apatow Joins Pete Davidson-Judd Apatow Comedy
The film was originally set to star Kristen Bell as early as April 2018, but the project never came together and The Good Plac

Robin Wright claims Land for her feature directorial debut
Wonder Woman actress Robin Wright has set the film Land as her feature directorial debut, according to Deadline. She had previously directed ten episodes of the Netflix series House of Cards, but had yet to make a film for the big screen.
RELATED: Director Patty Jenkins Shares New Wonder Woman 1984 Photo
Land, which Wright will also star in, and based on an original screenplay by Jesse Chatham and Liz Hannah, follows cosmopolitan l

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Hulu announces Ghost Rider, Helstrom Marvel series
Even with Disney+ set to launch later this year, Marvel isn’t limiting its TV offerings to just one streaming service. This morning, Hulu announced two new Marvel series, Ghost Rider and Helstrom. The streaming service also announced that a third season of The Runaways is happening, which was formally announced back in March.
“We’re thrilled Hulu will be moving into a new—admittedly chilling&mda

Fox renews Empire for sixth season!
Despite offscreen drama, Empire Season 6 is a go! Fox has officially renewed its popular television drama Empire (via Deadline), though actor Jussie Smollett’s future remains in doubt following the January 29 incident in which he was allegedly attacked in Chicago. The actor was charged with 16 felonies after it was revealed that he had staged the attack himself. Yet, said felonies were erased from his record “in exchange for forfeiting a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSylvester Stallone posts behind-the-scenes look at Rambo: Last Blood
Rambo: Last Blood is still over five months away, but writer and star Sylvester Stallone is hard at work … making weapons. Or, at least that’s what this behind-the-scenes video the actor shared on his Instagram account seems to suggest, as the titular hero is seen sharpening pitchforks, firing machine guns and launching arrows at unseen villains. If that doesn’t get you pumped for another

"What exactly is wrong with my bits?" "They're a little old, and a little white." Amazon Studios has debuted a second official trailer for the indie comedy Late Night, which premiered to rave reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (here's my review). The first trailer launched a few months ago, and this new one comes with a poster. Written by, and starring, comedian Mindy Kaling, the film is about a female late night talk show host who realizes she's out of touch and out of dat

"You're not going to talk to anybody about this, are you?" Cohen Media Group has debuted a brand new official trailer for their re-release of the classic romantic drama Quartet, set in Paris in the 1920s. This was the 11th feature film directed by James Ivory, adapted from Jean Rhys's 1928 autobiographical novel of the same name. It originally premiered at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival and opened in theaters later that year. The film has been restored and remastered for this re-release, and wil

"Let's go find our family." Strand Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for the Egyptian indie drama Yomeddine, from Egyptian-Austrian filmmaker A.B. Shawky making his feature directorial debut. This little film premiered in-competition at the Cannes Film Festival last year, and it's a buddy road trip comedy from Egypt about a couple of misfits who venture out into the world hoping to find a bit of hospitality and maybe a family. Rady Gamal stars as Beshay, a man cured of leprosy who ha

Arrow Season 7 Episode 20 Recap
Two subway security guards are dead and all signs point to someone on Team Arrow as the killer on this week’s Arrow. Dinah and Officer Pollard begin by interrogating Oliver, who sets up the scenario. The team went to the subway to stop the 9th Circle from deploying the stolen bio-weapon in the subway and killing thousands.
Olicity’s StoryOliver tells Dinah that Felicity determined that the 9th Circle couldn’t deploy the weapon without a dispersa