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"Why us? Why Winnipeg? There's so many theories…" A full-length official trailer has debuted for an indie documentary titled Phantom of Winnipeg, an obscure, fascinating look at an odd phenomenon. The doc film tells the story of how Brian De Palma's cult favorite musical Phantom of the Paradise (first released in 1974) became a local sensation in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. "Phantom of the Paradise proved hugely popular among young Winnipeggers, whose enthusiasm for the movie reportedly

"A man can only see so much darkness before he goes blind…" RLJE Films has released an official trailer for an indie crime thriller titled Into The Ashes, the latest from filmmaker Aaron Harvey (Catch .44, The Neighbor). Described as reminiscent of "hard-boiled action/thrillers from the '70s/'80s", Into The Ashes is about an ex-con trying to settle down in rural Alabama who believes he has escaped his violent past, only to find his old crew hasn’t forgotten about him or the money h

The 10 best movies about fatherhood
Comingsoon.net is honoring all the fathers and father figures out there with a compilation of the best movies about being a dad. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
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Fatherhood is a very complex thing, especially in the 21st century. Family structures of the past are not always prevalent in the lives of many people not just in America, but around the world. For some,

"We have to all decide together that it's enough." Good Deed Ent. has debuted a trailer for the documentary This Changes Everything, from director Tom Donahue. This inspiring doc premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and played at the Hamptons, Chicago, Virginia, Stockholm, Napa Valley, and Miami Film Festival. This Changes Everything is an investigative look and intensive analysis of gender disparity in Hollywood, featuring accounts from well-known actors, executives and artists ac

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ComingSoon Visits the Set of Shaft!
In February of 2018 we visited the set of Shaft, the new action sequel/reboot of the classic franchise which is now playing in theaters everywhere. We got to speak to stars Samuel L. Jackson (star of the 2000 Shaft directed by the late John Singleton), Richard Roundtree (the original star of Gordon Parks’ 1971 classic Shaft, as well as 1972’s Shaft’s Big Score!, 1973’s Shaft in Africa, CBS’ Shaft TV series an

Mel Gibson-Charlie Hunnam thriller Waldo adds Clancy Brown
Preparations are ramping up fast for the upcoming crime thriller Waldo starring Mel Gibson (Blood Father) and Charlie Hunnam (The Lost City of Z) as not but a day after adding another member to its cast, the film has added Clancy Brown (Daredevil, SpongeBob SquarePants) to the roster, according to Deadline.
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The film is based on Howard Gould’s novel

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Cast:
Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft IIJessie Usher as John “JJ” Shaft Jr.Richard Roundtree as John Shaft Sr.Alexandra Shipp as Sasha AriasRegina Hall as Maya BabanikosMatt Lauria as Major Gary Cutworth
Method Man as Freddie PAvan Jogia as Karin HassanRobbie Jones as Sergeant Keith WilliamsLauren Vélez as Bennie Rodriguez
Directed by Tim Story
Shaft Review:
New Shaft is like New Coke (for those old enough to remember New Coke, which should be

Bradley Cooper in early talks to star in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
Variety brings word that Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper (A Star is Born) is in early negotiations to star in Nightmare Alley, Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro’s (The Shape of Water) horror movie adaptation from Fox Searchlight.
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The outlet notes that Cooper, whose recent credits include A Star is Born, The Mule, and Avengers:

Spectrum renews Bad Boys spin-off L.A.’s Finest for second season
The Wrap has brought word that Spectrum Original’s first series made for their new banner, Bad Boys spin-off L.A.’s Finest starring Gabrielle Union (Breaking In) reprising her role from the second film and Jessica Alba (Mechanic: Resurrection), has received a second season order from the premium cable network!
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Prank Encounters: Gaten Matarazzo to host Netflix hidden-camera prank show
Variety is reporting that Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things) will be hosting Prank Encounters, a hidden-camera prank show in development at Netflix.
RELATED: New Stranger Things Season 3 Photos Tease Summer in Hawkins
Each episode of the series will take two strangers who each think they’re starting their first day at a new job. However, their part-time jobs turn into full-time nightmares when their paths collide.
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Her hometown needs her in Veronica Mars season 4 trailer
Growing up all she dreamed about was leaving her hometown but now Veronica Mars has returned home for spring break in the highly-anticipated revival season of the mystery comedy series at Hulu to solve a string of bombings in the new trailer, which can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Catch Up On Veronica Mars Seasons 1-3 On Hulu Starting July 1
Spring breakers are getting murdered in Neptune, thereby

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Swamp Thing Episode 3 Recap
Swamp Thing Episode 3 sees Alec haunted by what he has done as the Swamp Thing. The guy that the Swamp Thing ripped apart in the previous episode warns Alec in a vision that he is coming back to get him. Insects swarm the pieces of the guy’s corpse, pulling them back together and animating the body, like a human puppet filled with bugs.
Abby & The Green FluAbby tells Liz that there is a man covered in plant matter living in the swamp, w

CBS announces fall lineup premiere dates
As we roll into the summer and networks debut their mid-year shows to audiences, they have been busy behind the scenes preparing new seasons for their key fall lineups and CBS has announced the premiere dates for new and returning series!
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While a few of the network’s long-running crime procedurals will return to their original time slots, the majority of their

Nat Geo’s The Right Stuff adds Jake McDorman, Joe Dempsie & more
National Geographic’s The Right Stuff series adaptation has added Jake McDorman (Murphy Brown, What We Do in the Shadows), Joe Dempsie (Game of Thrones), Aaron Staton (Castle Rock, Mad Men), Michael Trotter (Underground), Micah Stock (Escape at Dannemora) and James Lafferty (The Haunting of Hill House, One Tree Hill), The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
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Lin-Manuel Miranda to play Piragua Guy in the In the Heights movie
Oscar nominee and Tony winner Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton, Mary Poppins Returns, His Dark Materials) has announced that he will be playing Piragua Guy in his In the Heights musical feature adaptation. The role was previously played by Eliseo Román in the Broadway production.
RELATED: In the Heights Set Photos Offer First Look at Leslie Grace & Corey Hawkins
Warner Bros.’ upcoming In the Heights

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSpider-Man: Far From Home banner posters show off Spidey’s wardrobe
Like his comic book counterpart, Peter Parker has managed to acquire a few different versions of his trusty superhero outfit. And three new Japanese banners for the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home show off the big three: his classic red and blue he got in Captain America: Civil War, the iron spider armor from Avengers: Infinity War, and the brand-new, all-black stealth suit. You can check all three out in

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSpider-Man: Far From Home banner posters show off Spidey’s wardrobe
Like his comic book counterpart, Peter Parker has managed to acquire a few different versions of his trusty superhero outfit. And three new Japanese banners for the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home show off the big three: his classic red and blue he got in Captain America: Civil War, the iron spider armor from Avengers: Infinity War, and the brand-new, all-black stealth suit. You can check all three out in

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CS Video: Three generations of Shaft on bringing the iconic character to life
Three generations of an iconic character hit the big screen today with Warner Bros. Pictures‘ Shaft! ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to speak with stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, and Richard Roundtree about the action comedy and the Shaft family’s legacy. You can check out the interview now in the player below!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Child’s Play featurette shows how Chucky is evolving
The latest behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Child’s Play reboot shows that Chucky has definitely been keeping up with the times. As the featurette shows, now that the Buddi Doll is 100% WiFi enabled, he has many more options when it comes to murder and other general mayhem. You can check it out in the player below.
Aubrey Plaza (Ingrid Goes West) and Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) are

Latest Dark Season 2 trailer asks what happens next
The newest trailer for the second season of Dark asks a lot of questions. The German-language Netflix series is an intriguing, densely layered story that plays out across multiple overlapping points in time. You can check out the latest trailer for season 2 in the player elow!
Dark starts by centering around a missing child, which sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three gene

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POLL RESULTS: Should the MCU Eventually Try a 3rd Dark Phoenix Movie?
20th Century Fox‘s X-Men film franchise has produced two films based on Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s 1976 comics storyline “The Dark Phoenix Saga.” Both of those films, 2006’s X-Men: The Last Stand and this past weekend’s Dark Phoenix, were not particularly well-recieved, but now that Kevin Feige’s Marvel Studios has control over the X-Men property the questio

The 5 best gadgets in the Men in Black universe
Comingsoon.net is suiting up in an attempt to remind our newly-neuralized minds of the best gadgets in the Men in Black universe. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
After the success of Men in Black 3, the obvious move was for the series to continue on. However, due to busy schedules and creative differences, no one really knew how this was going to happen. Thankfully, the future of the Men in Black franchise has finally become clear: a spi

Star Wars news for the week of June 14, 2019
The purpose of this roundup is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of June 14, 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!
The Rise of Skywalker News and Rumors‘Star Wars: The Rise of Sky

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Krypton Season 2 Episode 1 Recap
The Krypton Season 2 premiere opens six months after the events of Season 1. With Zod in control, the Rankless have been freed. Using the cover created by a chaotic transition, Zod has conscripted all able-bodied Kryptonians into his army, which Zod plans to use to conquer worlds for the Kryptonian empire. Arriving from the future under Zod’s rule, Adam strange is back in Kandor with knowledge of Zod’s true plans.
The ResistanceAbduct

Everybody’s Talking About Jamie lands Richard E. Grant to star
Richard E. Grant has landed the starring role in 20th Century Fox’s big-screen re-telling of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. The Gosford Park actor will play a former drag queen who mentors Jamie New, an outcast who finds his voice as a drag queen, per The Hollywood Reporter.
Like the play, the film is inspired by the true story of Jamie Campbell, a 16-year-old who doesn’t quite fit in, is terrified about th

"From the very beginning it was not going to be confrontational." "A singular event in history." Cinema Libre Studio has unveiled the official trailer for the documentary Creating Woodstock, described as the most "comprehensive examination of how the festival came to be using original interviews with key figures, rare archival footage and unearthed photographs." This is a separate project from the PBS-made Woodstock doc film, also debuting this summer. This one focuses on how it all happened, h

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New Stranger Things season 3 photos tease Summer in Hawkins
Netflix has just released a whopping 25 photos from the upcoming third season of its supernatural hit, Stranger Things, offering some clues about what will happen during the summer that changes everything for Eleven and the gang. You can check out all the new Stranger Things season 3 photos in the gallery below!
Stranger Things season 3 once again stars Winona Ryder as Joyce Byers, David Harbour

"Now the show can go on forever… and ever… and ever…!!" The beloved children's show is back… with a vengeance, a horrible, bloody vengeance. What is this! Ha! Syfy has debuted the official trailer for a horror feature titled The Banana Splits Movie, a re-imagining of the classic children's show on TV in the 1970s ("The Banana Splits Adventure Hour") as a horror movie. The plot is about a kid who goes to a taping of the show, only to discover the four furry main chara

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DC Universe’s Young Justice: Outsiders part 2 promo released
DC has released a new Young Justice: Outsiders Part 2 promo ahead of the summer return of the animated series on DC Universe. Check out the promo in the player below and catch the new episodes on the subscription streaming service on July 2!
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In Young Justice: Outsiders, the teenage Super Heroes of the DC Universe come of age in an a

Jon Turteltaub lands ‘Crazy’ Eddie directing gig Insane
According to Deadline, Jon Turteltaub has taken the directing gig for eOne’s true-life drama Insane, about the exploits of consumer electronics king “Crazy” Eddie Antar, who pulled off one of the greatest securities frauds in history.
The discount appliance/electronics store Crazy Eddie was one of the more prominent retailers in the New York area in the 1970s thanks to a number of in-your-face commercials feat

Clint Eastwood’s Richard Jewell adds Oscar-winner Kathy Bates
Deadline is reporting that Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood’s upcoming biopic, Richard Jewell. Bates joins the recently announced Paul Walter Hauser and Sam Rockwell, who will play Jewell’s attorney after he is wrongly accused.
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Based on Marie Brenner’s 1997 Vanity Fair ar

Emile Hirsch contends with Mel Gibson’s Force of Nature
According to Deadline, Emilie Hirsch has signed up for the action film Force of Nature opposite Mel Gibson. The film is directed by Michael Polish and written by Cory Miller.
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Force of Nature focuses on Gibson’s retired detective who must protect the residents of a building being overrun by criminals in the middle of a hurricane. Michael Polish