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"Look at this street… See. Think of those who've passed before you." How about an uber creative, intensive short to end the week? Riot is a short film by French filmmaker / artist Frank Ternier, and after playing on the festival circuit for two years it's now available to watch online. The film combines various filmmaking techniques — animation, observational footage, interpretive dance — about an uprising in a neighborhood after a boy is killed by police. SOTW explains: "Ter

"Stark made you an Avenger. The world needs people like you." Sony has debuted an official Chinese trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home, the next Spidey sequel in theaters in just about a month. This new 60-second trailer is basically a rehash of the recent full-length trailer, with some extra bits of new footage thrown in. Tom Holland returns as Peter Parker, with Jake Gyllenhaal playing Mysterio. Parker and his friends take a summer trip over to Europe, where they get in all kinds of trouble

POLL: Will Robert Pattinson Be a Great Batman?
33-year-old Twilight actor Robert Pattinson will officially play Bruce Wayne/Batman in writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman. But will he be a GREAT Batman in the first of this planned trilogy? ComingSoon.net wants to hear our readers thoughts on one of the biggest casting announcements of the year, so make your voice heard in the poll questions below!
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HBO’s Silicon Valley ending with Season 6
TheWrap brings word that Silicon Valley Season 6 will be the final season of the HBO Emmy-winning, Golden Globe-nominated comedy. The announcement confirms suspicions that the series would be concluding soon following a delay on the production of Season 6 that accommodated co-showrunner Alec Berg’s duties on the series Barry.
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“Silicon Valley has been a career and life highlight for us. We’l

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The American dream goes for a ride in Ford v. Ferrari poster
The American dream goes for a ride in 20th Century Fox’s new Ford v. Ferrari poster, featuring stars Matt Damon and Christian Bale. Check out the full poster now in the gallery below and stay tuned for the worldwide trailer debut this Sunday night!
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Academy Award winners Matt Damon and Christian Bale star in Ford v Ferrari, the remarkable true

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Watch the Fear the Walking Dead season 5 premiere opening minutes!
AMC has released the opening minutes from the Fear the Walking Dead Season 5 premiere, debuting this Sunday night on June 2 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check out the opening of the fifth season now in the player below!
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The group’s mission is clear: locate survivors and help make what’s left of the world a slightly better place. With

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Which Kong: Skull Island character appears in Godzilla: King of the Monsters?
Last summer it was revealed that a character from Kong: Skull Island (the 70s set second movie in the Monster-Verse) would appear in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Many theorized that the character in question would be none other than Tom Hiddleston’s James Conrad, who they thought was being played by Charles Dance.
Now that Godzilla: King of the Monsters is here though, we know which chara

Matthias Schoenaerts & Luca Marinelli join The Old Guard
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of the action comic book The Old Guard has continued to expand its cast with the additions of Red Sparrow‘s Matthias Schoenaerts and Trust alum Luca Marinelli.
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The duo, whose characters are currently unknown aside from being part

The Right Stuff: Patrick J. Adams to star as John Glenn in drama series
Deadline is reporting that Patrick J. Adams (Suits, Sneaky Pete) has been cast as John Glenn in National Geographic’s upcoming scripted series The Right Stuff. The project is based on the best-selling nonfiction book written by Tom Wolfe.
Adams is best known for previously starring alongside Gabriel Macht as Mike Ross in USA’s law drama Suits. In The Right Stuff, Adams will play Maj. John Glenn, a revered test p

Star Wars news for the week of May 31, 2019
The purpose of this roundup is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of May 31, 2019 in one location. If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently with any Star Wars fan on everything from the latest Star Wars developments to the latest toys. And maybe you’ll even share with them something that they might have missed.
Let’s get to it!
Movie News and RumorsDisney, Lucasfilm developing new #StarWars movie &l

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Swamp Thing Episode 01 Recap
The Swamp Thing series premiere begins with a group of guys — two local fishermen and a corporate science type — dropping boxes attached to buoys into the swamps of Marais, Louisiana at precise locations. Unseen by the three, the swamp’s roots, branches, and vines grow and spread around them, eventually reaching into the water and attacking the boat. Two of the three are killed by the flora while the third, Eddie Coyle, sw

"The fraud and corruption I discovered was nationwide." Amazon Studios has debuted the first trailer for documentary One Child Nation, the latest from Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang of the films Hooligan Sparrow and I Am Another You previously. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and also played at True/False, CPH:DOX, Full Frame, Sarasota, Tribeca, and the Hot Docs Film Festival this summer. The film uncovers the untold history of China's One-Child policy and the gene

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New Rick and Morty Merchandise Unveiled
As fans eagerly await the recently-revealed November 2019 return of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty, Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) is announcing a robust lineup of new licensing and merchandising partnerships, which will launch throughout 2019. The pop culture phenomenon, which was awarded 2018’s Top License of the Year Award, continues to be a dominating force in both entertainment and consumer products.
With over 500 products

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The girls are heading to Vegas in the Glow season 3 date announcement
Pack your bags, the girls are heading to Vegas in Glow Season 3! Netflix has revealed that the comedy-drama series starring Alison Brie will return on August 9. You can check out the announcement video in the player below, as well as the first look photos for the upcoming season in the gallery!
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Inspired by the short-lived, but beloved show from the &

In the aftermath of World War II, Japan's Toho Co., Ltd. assembled a team of filmmakers – co-writer and director Ishirō Honda, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka, co-writer Takeo Murata, and special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya – to create a new kind of movie monster. Originally conceived as a walking metaphor for nuclear annihilation, Godzilla roared onto screens in Honda's genre-defining 1954 masterpiece, Gojira. The film captured the imagination – and embodied the fears &ndas

"We need to find him before he finds us…" "Sounds like something a murderer would say." Screen Media has debuted an official trailer for an awkward indie horror comedy titled Deep Murder, a wacky new spoof combining soft core porn cheesiness and a horror who-dun-it mystery. The film is the feature directorial debut of "Funny or Die" veteran filmmaker Nick Corirossi, to give you a sense of the comedic sensibilities in this, and it's got all the usual campiness you'd expect with this kind

It’s Official! Robert Pattinson is The Batman!
Earlier this month word leaked that 33-year-old English actor Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame was the front-runner for the role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in writer/director Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Now Deadline has confirmed that Warner Bros. has approved Pattinson for the film, which will be the first of a planned trilogy.
A heavy runner-up for the role was another Englishman, Tolkien and Dark Phoenix star Nicholas Hoult, who m

"If you've got a hell of a story on your hands… go after it!" Magnolia Pictures has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Mike Wallace Is Here, the latest from filmmaker Avi Belkin (Winding). This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and stopped by True/False, Sarasota, Montclair, and a few other festivals this spring. The doc is an "unflinching look" at the legendary reporter Mike Wallace, who was one of original correspondents for CBS' "60 Minutes", which first debut

BEGIN SLIDESHOWBond 25 plot details potentially revealed
The upcoming Bond 25 has been mired with stories about its troubled production, but now some details about what the film might actually be about have started to surface.The Daily Mail‘s Baz Bamigboye (frequently right about Bond related scoops) reports that the film’s plot will center around genetic engineering.
“The movie’s premise is genetic warfare, which is fascinating — but you gotta boil i

6 Documentaries that became narrative feature films
Comingsoon.net is taking a look at various documentaries that were later adapted into fictionalized versions of the same story. Check out the films in the gallery below!
A good, compelling documentary can change your life if (it’s effective enough). Likewise, an effective documentarian can evoke emotions and stories powerful enough to impact the way their viewers think. It’s part of what makes the filmmaking style so engrossing&mda

Production has begun on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 14
Break out the Fight Milk and Wolf Cola, there’s more It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on the horizon. It appears that the long-running FX comedy series has just begun production on its 14th season. Series star and writer Charlie Day posted a photo of himself alongside Glenn Howerton and creator Rob McElhenney on Instagram with the simple caption “Season 14 #Sunny”
 
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The Twilight Zone season 1 finale recap: Blurryman
Following last week’s penultimate episode of the first season starring Chris O’Dowd, CBS All Access‘ Season 1 finale episode of The Twilight Zone completely breaks the fourth wall and stars Emmy nominees Seth Rogen (Long Shot), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta) and guest star Betty Gabriel (Counterpart). Titled “Blurryman,” the episode follows writer Sophie Gelson (Beetz) who is haunted by a mysterious

Netflix options three novels from YA author Sarah Dessen
Netflix has optioned a trio of novels from Sarah Dessen, a YA author who’s had several titles land on the New York Times bestseller list.
The first project slated for adaptation will be Along for the Ride, which won the Goodreads Choice Award for Best YA Fiction. The book tells the story of Auden, a kid who’s having trouble sleeping slept at night since her parents’ marriage started falling apart. When she spends a

Fox/Disney acquire Chris Van Allsburg’s The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
According to Deadline, Fox/Disney has picked up the rights to author Chris Van Allsburg’s children’s book The Garden of Abdul Gasazi and has already set Goosebumps and Shazam! screenwriter Darren Lemke to adapt it into a film. Van Allsburg
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Garden was actually the first book written by Van Allsburg, who won a Caldecott Honor medal for

BEGIN SLIDESHOWIsaac Hempstead Wright says Bran Twist hails from George R.R. Martin
The Three-Eyed Raven himself Isaac Hempstead Wright revealed one of the more surprising plot points in the Game of Thrones finale was part of George R. R. Martin’s plan all along. Bran being the King of the Six kingdoms was always in the cards according to a new behind-the-scenes interview for the series.
“David and Dan told me there were two things [author] George R.R. Martin had planned fo

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Mary Elizabeth Winstead calls Birds of Prey ‘Genuinely funny and weird’
It’s been a while since we’ve had any news from Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), which wrapped filming in mid-April. Thankfully, one of the film’s many stars, Mary Elizabeth Winstead decided to drop a few snippets of information during an interview with The New York Times (via CinemaBlend), in which she described the film as &l

"We're going on a grand and glorious quest!" Disney has debuted the teaser trailer for Pixar's Onward, their next original project that's both written and directed by Dan Scanlon (of Monsters University before this). This new Pixar movie (following Toy Story 4 this summer), out in theaters March of 2020, is set in a "suburban fantasy world" and follows two elf brothers who could not be more unalike. Tom Holland voices Ian Lightfoot, and Chris Pratt voices his brother Barney Lightfoot. The only

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Onward trailer: New Pixar movie works its magic, literally
Disney•Pixar has released the new Onward trailer for the upcoming animated movie starring the voice cast of Chris Pratt (Avengers: Infinity War), Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Julia Louis-Dreyfus (Veep), and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water). Check out the trailer now in the player below!
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Set in a suburban fantasy world, Disney&bu

A Time-Travelling, Action-Packed Love Story For The Ages: Why Outlander Is A Must-Watch
It’s no wonder that Outlander is a pop culture phenomenon, commanding a huge fandom. This highly bingeable television show has EVERYTHING. Adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling Outlander novels, the series encompasses romance, history, folklore, action-adventure, fantasy and mystery.
Outlander is the epic story of time-crossed lovers: English woman Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser (played by

The Power of the Dog film adaptation picked up by Netflix
The Power of the Dog film adaptation starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Avengers: Endgame, Brexit, Good Omens) and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale, Us, Her Smell) has been purchased by Netflix, who picked up the worldwide rights to the Western at the Cannes film market, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.We are so excited to bring The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s first feature film in over a dec