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Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD season 6 premiere sneak peek released
ABC has released a new Agents of SHIELD season 6 premiere sneak peek ahead of the season premiere on May 10, as the search for Fitz is on. Check out the trailer now in the player below!
RELATED: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Season 6 Trailer 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

"You decide where we go. If we live or die." GKids has debuted a full-length US trailer for the acclaimed animated film from France titled Funan, the feature directional debut of filmmaker Denis Do. The story is about the survival and struggle of a young mother during the Khmer Rouge revolution in Cambodia, as she tries to find her 4-year-old son, torn from his own family by the communist regime. This premiered at the Annecy Film Festival last year, where it was award with the Best Feature Film

Chasing Happiness: Jonas Brothers doc premiere date set for June
Former Disney stars and popular boy band The Jonas Brothers have officially announced the premiere date for their upcoming documentary titled Chasing Happiness which will give fans an up close and personal look into the lives of Kevin Nick and Joe after almost six years of their group hiatus. The documentary will be available for streaming on June 4, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. In addition, the announcement also came w

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Genie is the perfect wingman in new Aladdin TV spot
Walt Disney Pictures has released a new TV spot for their upcoming live-action Aladdin, highlighting how great of a wingman Will Smith’s Genie is for the titular hero. Also featuring an extended scene of Aladdin’s prince transformation sequence, you can check out the video below.
Two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith (Ali, Men in Black) stars as the Genie in the new film alongside Mena Massoud (Amazon&rsq

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Supernatural thriller The Rook gets June premiere date
Starz has announced a June 30 premiere date for its upcoming series The Rook. They’ve also released a poster for the upcoming series, which you can check out in the gallery below.
The Rook will follow the story of a woman named Myfanwy Thomas, who is pursued by shadowy paranormal adversaries while grappling with extraordinary abilities of her own. She suddenly wakes up in the rain beside London’s M

The gang returns home in new 90210 promo
Fans of the classic teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210 are anxiously waiting for the the upcoming revival featuring the return of nearly the entire original cast and Fox has released a new promo featuring the stars at the round table reading the scripts for the continuation, which can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Shannen Doherty Returning for Beverly Hills 90210 Revival Event
Having gone their separate ways since the origina

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HBO’s Game of Thrones episode 8.05 photos released
HBO has released nine new Game of Thrones episode 8.05 photos previewing the second-to-last episode of the series, directed by Miguel Sapochnik. Check out the photos now in the gallery below!
RELATED: Game of Thrones Episode 8.05 Promo, Two Episodes Remain!
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

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The High table wants John Wick’s life in the new Chapter 3 clip
A brand new clip from Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum has been released online, featuring our titular hitman asking Anjelica Huston’s The Director for help while she emphasizes how it is impossible for John to escape from the High Table. Check out the video below!
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"I'm gunna go on an adventure to find myself…" Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie coming-of-age teen drama Summer Night, which is the feature directorial debut of actor Joseph Cross. This fun, romantic comedy is "set against a backdrop of live music performed by the best bands in town." It's another one of these beautiful people partying with other beautiful people while trying to figure out how to grow up (or not) and deal with life kind of films. The big

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Showtime’s Billions renewed for season 5 ahead of season 4 finale
Showtime has renewed Billions for a fifth season of the hit drama series starring Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti (Cinderella Man, Sideways), and Emmy and Golden Globe winner Damian Lewis (Homeland, Band of Brothers).
RELATED: Showtime Debuts First Trailer and Poster for City on a Hill
“Billions’ addictive examination of wealth and power is supremely entertaining, sma

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A24 debuts official poster for Ari Aster’s Midsommar
A24 has debuted a brand new official trailer for the upcoming psychological horror film Midsommar, the sophomore outing from acclaimed indie director Ari Aster, which can be viewed in full in the gallery below!
RELATED: Ari Aster’s Midsommar Moves Up A Month
The film, which had its release date shifted up a full month, will go against the highly-anticipated twenty-third installment in the Marvel Cinematic

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I Am Mother international trailer reveals first look at new sci-fi thriller
The international trailer for Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi thriller I Am Mother has been released online (via Bloody Disgusting), featuring our first look at Oscar winner Hilary Swank’s character and Rose Byrne as the voice of the titular robot antagonist. The film will be available for streaming on June 7, exclusively on Netflix. Check out the video in the player below along with a ne

Catherine Keener’s ten best roles
ComingSoon.net is counting down our ten favorite films starring Catherine Keener, who has had many terrific roles throughout her three decades as an actress. Check out our choices in the gallery below!
A dramatic actor with no problem playing strange characters, Catherine Keener remains one of the most interesting performers in the game right now simply because of how willing she is to embrace different roles. Because of this, Keener has been lucky enough

The Flash Season 5 Episode 21 Recap
Time’s up for Thawne in The Flash Season 5 Episode 21. The countdown reaches all zeroes after 15 years of incarceration. The prison guard taunts Thawne before blasting him with red lightning, a taste of what’s to come. The guard says it’s ironic that the very thing that gave Thawne his power is going to be used to execute him.
Best Laid PlansThe team concludes that if Cicada had everything she needed to use the cryo-atomizer to kill every me

Will anyone disprove Einstein? "You don't need a PhD in rocket science to let yourself be carried away by this fascinating film [about] the hunt to answer one of the greatest open questions about our universe." Ignite Channel has unveiled an official trailer for an indie documentary titled Chasing Einstein, which just premiered at the CPH:DOX Film Festival last month. The film asks scientists and astrophysicists to re-examine Einstein's Theory of Relativity, challenging it, pushing it, and furt

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The Dead Don’t Die digital spot & character posters released
Focus Features has released a new The Dead Don’t Die digital spot offering up some advice on how to survive a zombie apocalypse. You can check out the spot for the horror comedy in the player below, as well as new character posters in the gallery!
The Dead Don’t Die cast is led by many past Jim Jarmusch collaborators, including Academy Award nominee Bill Murray (Broken Flowers), Adam Driver (

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HBO’s official Watchmen teaser is here to talk about the end of the world
After months of seeing snippets of HBO’s new Watchmen series from Lost creator Damon Lindelof, the first teaser is finally here. And in classic Watchmen style, it’s teasing the end of the world. You can check it out in the post below!
The first official teaser also gives the first real idea of what the show’s plot will be. In the decades following the events of the Watchme

The CW orders re-shoots on The Lost Boys pilot
Earlier this year, The CW ordered pilots based on The Lost Boys, Katy Keene and Nancy Drew. It’s already been revealed that the latter two pilots were already successfully given series orders by the network. Despite the network approving the pilot’s script, The Lost Boys series didn’t get the same treatment. Deadline reports that The CW has given Catherine Hardwicke’s series adaptation a chance to improve

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Ryan Reynolds pranks fans with Detective Pikachu ‘leak’
There’s only a few days left until audiences finally get to travel to Ryme City and experience the first live-action adaptation of the Pokemon franchise with Detective Pikachu. In typical fashion, star Ryan Reynolds took to Twitter with a video claiming to be a YouTube link to the full video but is actually a prank with 100 minutes of the titular creature aerobicizing. Check it out in the pl

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New Brightburn red band clip: Evil has found its superhero
Sony Pictures has released a new Brightburn red band clip, featuring a waitress in a diner coming face-to-face with a truly terrifying “superhero.” Check out the extended diner scene in the player below!
RELATED: Extended Brightburn Trailer Revealed by James Gunn
A new take on the Superman origin story, BrightBurn asks, what if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becomin

Cliffhanger reboot: Ana Lily Amirpour to direct female-led reimagining
Rocket Science has acquired the rights to Cliffhanger, which they will produce alongside Neal Moritz’s Original Film (The Fast and the Furious franchise). The female-led reboot of the 1993 classic will be directed by Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) based on a script by Sascha Penn (Creed II). Casting is currently underway for a female lead to headline an ensemble cast, with Jason Momoa (Aquaman, Ga

The Language of Flowers casts Nick Robinson opposite Kiersey Clemons
Actor Nick Robinson (Love Simon) has been cast opposite Kiersey Clemons (Heart Beats Loud) for the new film The Language of Flowers. Variety reports that the film is scheduled to start production in South Africa and San Francisco sometime this summer.
The film is based on the best-selling novel from Vanessa Diffenbaugh, which centers on a young woman (Clemons) with a troubled past who discovers she has an extrao

Exclusive Being Frank Trailer With Jim Gaffigan!
The Film Arcade has provided ComingSoon.net with the exclusive Being Frank trailer for the comedy starring Jim Gaffigan. Check it out in the player below!
It’s 1992, the year Grunge music becomes mainstream hitting middle American teenagers directly in their angst. Phillip longs to leave his small town for music school in The Big Apple. His dreams are dashed when his overbearing father, Frank, played by Jim Gaffigan, forbids it. In retaliat

Cathy Yan to direct A24’s coming-of-age drama Sour Hearts
According to Variety, Birds of Prey helmer Cathy Yan has signed on to direct A24’s upcoming coming-of-age drama Sour Hearts which centers around Chinese immigrants as they deal with the difficulties of living in a completely different environment and culture. Based on Jenny Zhang’s short-story collection of the same name, the script will be co-written by Yan and Zhang.
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"I'm going to do the deed, and I'm going to get banged up." BBC Films + West End Films has debuted the first "international" promo trailer for a new film titled simply Denmark, the latest feature made by English filmmaker Adrian Shergold (Funny Cow). This "bittersweet" drama-comedy stars Rafe Spall as a down-on-his-luck Welshman without a job or access to hot water, who makes a rash decision to change his life for the better. Hopefully. With nothing to lose, and everything to gain, he travels a

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Katy Keene and Nancy Drew get series orders at The CW
The CW has given out series orders to the Riverdale spin-off series Katy Keene, starring Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars) and Ashleigh Murray; and the reboot mystery drama Nancy Drew with Kennedy McMann (Law & Order: SVU) taking on the iconic role as this generation’s newest teenage detective. In addition, the first official posters have been released, offering us our first look at the network’s

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Walt Disney Pictures has released the Dolby Cinema poster for their upcoming live-action Aladdin, featuring our titular street rat along with his trusty sidekick-monkey Abu. Check out the full poster in the gallery below!
Two-time Oscar nominee Will Smith (Ali, Men in Black) stars as the Genie in the new film alongside Mena Massoud (Amazon’s Jack Ryan) as Aladdin, the hapless but lovable street rat who is

Jon Favreau producing Prehistoric Planet docuseries for Apple
Filmmaker Jon Favreau will produce the documentary series Prehistoric Planet for AppleTV+, Apple’s upcoming streaming service. Deadline reports that The Lion King director has teamed up with the BBC’s Natural History Unit, who are behind Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
The series will use CGI to recreate what Earth looked like some 66 million years ago, during the last days of the dinosaurs.
Favreau will executive produce t

"Do you know where he came from?" Long Way Home Productions has unveiled an official trailer for an indie drama titled Doubting Thomas, the feature directorial debut of small-time actor Will McFadden (seen in Tiger Orange). McFadden also wrote and stars in this, and co-produced it as well. The concept for this is often used as a joke, but they decided to play it out as if it really happened and make it all intensely dramatic, so much so that it's just annoying. "They were expecting a baby. They

Allison Janney’s five best films
ComingSoon.net is counting down our five favorite films starring Allison Janney, who has had many terrific roles through her 100-plus acting credits. Check out our choices in the gallery below!
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An award-winning actor both on the stage and on the screen, Allison Janney is practically a household name at this point. Her reputation defines her as someone who’s happy to take on a supporting

Charmed Season 1 Episode 20 Recap
In the previous episode of The CW’s Charmed, Alistair obtained the Origin Dagger, and Tessa died. In Charmed Season 1 Episode 20, Elder Silver told the sisters that someone has been killing Elders.
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With Elder Silver’s news, the sisters told her that they believed the Flame and the Source were the same. That would mean that Fiona, the Keeper of the Flame, was also the Steward of the Source.Harry and Macy were trying to find Fiona

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Spider-Man learns about the multiverse in first Far From Home clip
During an interview on The Ellen Degeneres Show, Academy Award-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal has debuted the first official clip from Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios’ highly-anticipated sequel Spider-Man: Far From Home. Featuring Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck/Mysterio introducing the existence of the multiverse to Peter, you can check the video on the player below.
RELATED: The New Spider-Man

"You may think I'm crazy… loco!" Blue Fox Entertainment has debuted a trailer for an indie dramedy titled Papi Chulo, set in Los Angeles. The story in this follows a local weatherman, played by Matt Bomer, who has a breakdown and decides to focus his efforts on home improvement. He hires a middle-aged Latino day laborer named Ernesto, and strikes up a friendship with the migrant worker. The title translates directly to "Pimp Daddy" but is kinda just slang to mean an attractive guy, a bit

Barry tries to save the meta-humans in The Flash season 5 finale promo
In the season finale of The Flash, meta-humans are here, but in danger. Now, it’s up to Flash and company to try and save them, while Nora blames herself for the situation and tries to fix it. You can check out the trailer in the post below
The Flash stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allen/The Flash, Candice Patton as Iris West, Danielle Panabaker as Caitlin Snow, Carlos Valdes as Cisco Ramo, Hartley Sawyer as Ralph Dib

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Michael Gandolfini is young Tony Soprano in first Newark set photos
Production is underway on The Sopranos prequel movie The Many Saints of Newark, and the first photos from the set have made their way online featuring James Gandolfini’s son Michael playing the role of a young Tony Soprano. Check them out in the gallery below!
RELATED: Hamilton star Leslie Odom Jr. joins The Many Saints of Newark
Though plot details on the film are being kept under wraps, Th

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POLL: Can Another Actor Be Indiana Jones After Harrison Ford?
Let’s get this out of the way: Other people have played Indiana Jones. The late River Phoenix played a young Indy in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, while Sean Patrick Flanery, Corey Carrier and George Hall portrayed him at various ages on ABC’s The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. However, after four movies and one TV show appearance the actor who has defined the role for nearly fou

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Far From Home trailer breaks Sony studio record with 135 million views
According to Deadline, superhero fatigue is still not a thing as the trade reports Sony and Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer reached a record (for Sony) 135 million views in its first 24 hours.
Funny enough, Far From Home‘s teaser trailer held the previous record with 130M views, while third place now goes to the first entry in the latest Spidey franchise, Spider-Man: Homecom

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Paramount shuffles Dora and the Lost City of Gold release date
Fans of Dora the Explorer will have to wait a little longer to see the popular character hit the big screen as Paramount has shifted the release date for Dora and the Lost City of Gold from July 31 to August 9. Paramount opted to take advantage of the August date after Disney vacated the slot by moving Artemis Fowl to May 29, 2020.
Dora and the Lost City of Gold, directed by 11-time Emmy and four-time BAFTA nominee J

Rachel McAdams joins Will Ferrell in Netflix’s Eurovision
According to Deadline, Rachel McAdams is reuniting with Wedding Crashers director David Dobkin. McAdams will star alongside Will Ferrell in the Netflix comedy Eurovision. The project marks McAdams’ follow up to the surprise hit comedy Game Night.
RELATED: Annapurna Television Producing Limited Series on College Admissions Scandal
Dobkin and Ferrell have a long history of working together, starting with Ferrell’s fe

Roland Emmerich set to direct sci-fi epic Moonfall
Back in 2016, it was reported that director Roland Emmerich would tackle the sci-fi action epic Moonfall as a follow up to Independence Day: Resurgence. However, the project never materialized and he moved on to direct the war film Midway, set to release this November. Now, The Wrap reports that Emmerich has returned to Moonfall with plans to direct in the first quarter of 2020.
RELATED: All the Roland Emmerich Movies Ranked
Moonfall has b

May 7 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s May 7 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
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second PartEmmet, Lucy & Batman are back in an epic adventure as they face a huge threat from outer space

The CW Orders the Arrowverse Batwoman TV Series
For the last few years, The CW has dramatically increased its superhero series. Now, that trend will continue with Batwoman. At The CW 2019 upfronts, the network officially ordered Batwoman to series. That will make it the fourth spinoff from Arrow; which also spawned The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow. The Supergirl series debuted on CBS before officially joining the Arrowverse late in its first season.
Ruby Rose made her first appearance as Kate