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After scorching up over $1 billion at the worldwide box office and setting the record for the highest-grossing R-rated film of all-time, Warner Bros. has unveiled the Blu-ray details and release date for Todd Phillips’ Joker! The Joaquin Phoenix-starring adaptation of the iconic DC Comics villain is set to hit shelves on January 7 and will be available for digital purchase on December 17! Check out the cover art now in t

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCarl Weathers teases return of Greef Carga in The Mandalorian season 2
Disney+’s Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian has been scoring rave reviews from critics and audiences alike, namely for its lovable infantile member of Yoda’s species, and as a second season is in the works, star Carl Weathers has revealed we haven’t seen the last of his bounty hunter guild leader Greef Carga.
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The Maze Runner’s Wes Ball attached to helm new Planet of the Apes!
Following Disney’s merger with 20th Century Fox and seemingly the conclusion to the rebooted Planet of the Apes series with 2017’s War, it was unclear what the future held for the long-running sci-fi franchise. Now, it appears the battle is back on as The Maze Runner helmer Wes Ball has signed on to direct and develop a new film, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Experience real horror in new The Grudge featurette
Sony Pictures has released a brand new featurette for director Nicolas Pesce’s forthcoming horror reboot film The Grudge, featuring a new terrifying scene from the film. Starring Insidious alum Lin Shaye, Andrea Riseborough, and John Cho, you can check out the video in the player below!
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The Grudge will focus on a house cursed by a vengeful ghost that doom

"Look at their faces! Tell me you want to continue…?!" Another gorgeous animated short film to watch. Le Mans 1955 is a short film directed by Belgian animation filmmaker Quentin Baillieux. It first premiered last year and played at a number of prestigious film festivals worldwide, now it's available to watch online. The 3D animated short is about the infamous Le Mans 1955 race in France, during which 80 people were killed when one of the cars flew off the track and into the stands where

AMC developing series adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s novel Borne
Deadline brings word that AMC Studios is in the process of developing a new drama series adaptation of Borne, based on author Jeff VanderMeer’s sci-fi novel series of the same name. The series will be executive produced by VanderMeer, who will also serve as a creative consultant.
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“I’m so excited about this partnership and wo

Atlus reveals Persona 5 Royal release date!
It’s been a few years since Persona fans got their long-awaited fifth installment in the franchise and now publishing company Atlus has debuted a new trailer unveiling the expanded edition of the RPG hit entitled Royal and a release date of March 31, 2020 for the PlayStation 4! The release date announcement can be viewed in the player below!
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"Heavy Metal is…" 1091 has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Queens of Botswana, marking the debut of filmmaker Sarah Vianney. The film runs a total of 43 minutes and will be available on VOD services later in December, for those curious to watch. Queens of Botswana is about three different women from Botswana (a land-locked country in southern Africa) whose lives have all been touched by their love for Heavy Metal. Yes… indeed! We follow them for a week on thei

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The Mandalorian’s Bryce Dallas Howard reveals Jurassic World homage
The way the All Terrain Scout Transport made its appearance in the last episode of The Mandalorian may have rung a bell to many fans of the sci-fi genre. That big footprint and the pursuit in the woods led many fans to draw a comparison between the bipedal walker of the Galactic Empire and a Tyrannosaurus Rex from Jurassic World. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, The Mandaloria

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe story lives forever in new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo
Disney is keeping the excitement rolling for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with an action-packed new promo promising the story will live forever and debuting an epic new poster with Daisy Ridley’s Rey facing an epic battle. The new poster can be viewed in the gallery below and the promo in the player above it!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWMeryl Streep advises Saoirse Ronan in new Little Women clip
Sony Pictures has released another clip from director Greta Gerwig’s upcoming film adaptation of Little Women, featuring three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep’s Aunt March as she gives a bit of life advice to the Saoirse Ronan’s Jo March. Check out the video now in the player below!
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The ensemble cast includes Mery

Lorne Michaels’ Quibi murder mystery signs ensemble cast
Lorne Michaels’ upcoming Quibi murder mystery comedy series The Mapleworth Murders has begun building an all-star cast with the additions of Saturday Night Live vets Maya Rudolph (The Good Place), Tina Fey (Modern Love), Fred Armisen (Los Espookys) and Tim Meadows (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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"Mom… the stars are moving." 4Digital Media has debuted an official trailer for an eerie, scary sci-fi thriller titled Dark Encounter, the latest film from UK filmmaker Carl Strathie (his feature debut was the high concept space thriller Solis from last year). Written & directed by Strathie, Dark Encounter is about a family who starts to notice strange things - lights, sounds, weird things in the woods. All of this begins a year after their young daughter went missing, and might answ

Exclusive Mob Town clip prepares for a meeting of the mafia
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive Mob Town clip for Saban Films‘ upcoming mafia thriller starring David Arquette (Creepshow, Scream franchise, Cleaners). You can check out the clip now in the player below!
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Written by Jon Carlo (First We Take Brooklyn, Feral State) and Joe Gilford (Beyond Wiseguys, Max) and directed by Danny A. Abeckaser (First We Take Brook

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Crisis on Infinite Earths final trailer: Seven heroes to save the multiverse
Ahead of the highly-anticipated premiere of Crisis on Infinite Earths, The CW has released the final trailer for this year’s Arrowverse crossover event, giving highlight to our favorite Arrowverse heroes’ mission to search and recruit the other heroes from different dimensions that are needed to save the multiverse. The video also teases Earth-38’s role in the upcoming battle and

BEGIN SLIDESHOWBBC sets premiere date for Netflix co-production Dracula
The highly-buzzed about Dracula series co-produced by BBC One and Netflix and scripted by Sherlock‘s Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat has finally received a premiere date on the UK network for New Year’s Day 2020, which will air over three consecutive nights. BBC took to Twitter to announce the news with a fly-infested teaser, which can be viewed below!
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In what can only be described as a fantastic onscreen year for Brad Pitt, the actor has spoken about a more difficult past in a candid conversation with a fellow actor.
For Interview Magazine, Brad Pitt spoke to Sir Anthony Hopkins and opened up about his past struggles – battling alcoholism, dealing with stifled emotions.Read more: The 10 best Brad Pitt characters“I’m realising … that I value those missteps, because they led to some wisdom, which led to something e

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMarvel at these epic screenshots from the Black Widow trailer!
Fans got a real treat late last night as Marvel debuted the first trailer for the next installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Black Widow, featuring the return of Scarlett Johansson in the titular role of the former assassin turned SHIELD operative. From new faces to epic set pieces, check out the full gallery of screenshots from the trailer below!
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Watch David Leitch shoot an entire epic snowball fight with an iPhone
John Wick and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch takes smartphone filmmaking to a new level with the released of Apple’s newest iPhone 11 Pro Ad video, featuring Leitch shooting an entire epic snowball fight sequence using only an iPhone. Also featuring an original score by Benjamin Wallfisch, check out the full Ad titled Snowbrawl below along with the behind-the-scenes video, showing Leitch talking about the Ad&rsqu

With only a matter of weeks to go before the new Star Wars saga comes to an end once and for all, the cast of The Rise of Skywalker have started to tease how they feel about this goodbye.
While Disney notoriously keep all spoilers under wraps, and with such ardent fans to answer to in case of any slip ups, this generation’s actors is having some fun teasing the possibilities.Read more: ‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ – what we know so far about the final film in t

David Corenswet rumored to be frontrunner replacing Cavill as Superman
According to JoBlo, 26-year-old actor David Corenswet is rumored to be the frontrunner to play Superman for DC and Warner Bros., replacing Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel. Corenswet previously appeared in Netflix’s The Politician series and Amazon’s Affairs of State.
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Cavill, who donned the cape in Man of Steel, Batman v Superm

Adventure Time creator developing a new animated series Catbug
According to Deadline, Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward will again be teaming up with Frederator Studios to develop and produce a new animated series titled Catbug, based on the popular recurring character from Ward and Frederator Studios’ web series Bravest Warriors.
“[Catbug has] become a true meme or internet culture, spurring parodies and references to his quirky lines from the show,” CEO of Frederato

No Time To Die might still be a few months off, but the picture for the new James Bond film is growing clearer. The first character posters have dropped, ahead of the release of the official trailer.Read more: James Bond 007 Spectre review – more like your dad’s ‘Bond’The new film sees Daniel Craig reprise the role of James Bond once more – but a new actor carries the 007 name. Captain Marvel‘s Lashana Lynch will be playing the agent, who it seems would t

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNo Time to Die character posters feature Rami Malek and Lashana Lynch
Ahead of the official trailer’s highly-anticipated release tomorrow, Universal Pictures has released the character posters for their upcoming 25th Bond movie No Time to Die, featuring the main cast including Daniel Craig’s James Bond, Rami Malek’s Safin, Lashana Lynch’s Nomi, Ana de Armas’ Paloma, Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann and Ben Whishaw’

It’s not necessarily that Martin Scorsese loves the limelight – but he certainly doesn’t stay out of it for very long. With The Irishman finally on Netflix as of last week and a busy awards season ahead, Marty is already making future plans for his next film.
It’s been rumoured for a while that the esteemed filmmaker would be taking on David Grann’s non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon for his next project. Ever since 2017 there have been whispers o

"Those foreigners keep trying to get rid of us…" Well Go USA has debuted a full-length official trailer for Ip Man 4: The Finale. As the title indicates, this is the fourth (and final) film in the Ip Man series that first kicked off in 2008 with Donnie Yen starring as the legendary "Yip Man" in Ip Man. The first teaser trailer dropped out of nowhere in November, and the film opens in December in the US, too. Donnie Yen returns again, along with director Wilson Yip (from the first three f

M. Night Shyamalan teases his next two thriller films with Universal
In an interview with Collider, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan has revealed the first details on his upcoming two new original thrillers for Universal Pictures, giving us a much better idea of what to expect for the films’ tone and scale. He also confirmed that he has a new idea for a potential third project, describing all three films as “weird and dark.”
“I just had two movie ideas I felt very strongly a

Steven Allerick Joins G.I. Joe Spinoff Snake Eyes
According to Deadline, The Expanse actor Steven Allerick has joined the cast of the upcoming G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes, in which he will play the father of the titular ninja assassin.
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Allerick joins a cast that currently includes Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) in the title role, Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) as Scarlett, Ursula Corbero (Snatch) as The Baroness

9-1-1: Lone Star trailer: Rob Lowe forms his own team of firefighters
FOX has released the sneak peek promo for their upcoming 9-1-1 spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star, highlighting a new team of firefighters led by Rob Lowe and Liv Tyler’s characters. The series will be making its debut with a special two-night event starting on Monday, January 19 and continuing on Monday, January 20. Check out the video in the player below!
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife trailer coming this week!
Having trouble getting back to work after a long holiday weekend? Here’s some news to give you a boost: according to Arrow in the Head, the upcoming Ghostbusters 2020 has received the official title Ghostbusters: Afterlife. And a trailer for the film will debut sometime this week! Stay tuned!
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12-year-old Mckenna Grace (Captain Marvel, Annabelle Comes

His Dark Materials episode 6 promo: The Daemon-Cages
HBO has released the first promo for His Dark Materials’ upcoming episode six titled “The Daemon-Cages,” featuring the aftermath of Lyra’s abduction as she tries unite all of the missing children to fight against their captors and Mrs. Coulter. The new episode will air on December 8 on BBC and on December 9 on HBO. Check out the video in the player below!
Directed by Euros Lyn from a script written by Jack Thorne, the

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have released their instrumental reimagining of David Bowie’s ‘Life on Mars’, after it appeared in the latest episode of Watchmen.
The track first appeared in An Almost Religious Awe, which aired last Sunday. Now, the pair have shared their full rendition of the track – and it’s appropriately haunting.
It sees subtle piano notes playing the recognisable early bars of the ‘Hunky Dory’ track, before the chorus sees the arrival

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December 3 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s December 3 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! We’ve highlighted this week’s releases in detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon!
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
The GoldfinchTragedy changes Theodore Decker’s life after his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He holds on to a painting as hope from t

"We have unfinished business - we have to go back to where it all started…" Disney has released the first teaser trailer for Marvel Studio's Black Widow movie, opening in theaters on May 1st, 2020 to kick off next year's summer movie season. This new stand-alone solo movie is directed by Australian filmmaker Cate Shortland (of Lore, Berlin Syndrome), and is set between the Civil War and Infinity War movies. Scarlett Johansson stars as Natasha Romanoff, returning from the previous Marvel

Jason Reitman’s new Ghostbusters reboot has revealed its title, alongside a trailer release date to look forward to.
Where Paul Feig’s 2016 version recast the story with an all-female team, the upcoming reboot, now officially called Ghostbusters: Afterlife, has secured original cast members including Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts.Read more: Busting makes us feel good: all the fun – and 2020 film news – fr

It’s the end of the current phase of the Avengers, and since Disney merged with Fox, the fate of many superheroes seems uncertain – including Wolverine. Could Danny DeVito help?
The gruff anti-hero, most famously played by Hugh Jackman in the original X-Men films as well as the 2017 standalone title Logan, will likely need to be recast. Disney, who own the Marvel Cinematic Universe, also own Fox – who previously had the rights to the X-Men characters.Read more: Hugh Jackma

BEGIN SLIDESHOWFirst Black Widow trailer brings back Natasha Romanoff!
Marvel Studios has released the first teaser trailer for Black Widow, which features the return of Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff in a prequel story. Check out the Black Widow trailer in the player below, along with the new poster in the gallery!
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Scarlett Johansson returns as Natasha Romanoff, a spy and assassin who grew up being trained by t

His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 5 Recap
In the previous episode of HBO’s His Dark Materials, Lyra recruited an aeronaut, Lee Scoresby, and an armored bear, Iorek Byrnison, to help on the journey to Bolvangar. In His Dark Materials Season 1 Episode 5, Lyra and Iorek went in search for a ghost, while we’re introduced to Will, John Parry’s son.
“I Trust It”
Lyra told Farder Coram that the alethiometer wanted her to go to a fishing village in the next valley. She b

BEGIN SLIDESHOWRian Johnson interested in directing The Mandalorian season 2 episodes
After sticking it to haters with a certain character and rave reviews with this weekend’s Knives Out, Rian Johnson is ready to return to the Star Wars universe and direct episodes of the already-ordered second season of Disney+’s acclaimed The Mandalorian, according to Cinema Blend.
RELATED: The Mandalorian Tops Stranger Things as the #1 Streaming Show!
In an episode of CB&

Netflix’s Clickbait casts Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel & Adrian Grenier
The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that Netflix’s upcoming social media thriller Clickbait has begun building its cast with the additions of Zoe Kazan (Wildlife), Betty Gabriel (Get Out), Adrian Grenier (Entourage) and Phoenix Raei.
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The series, created by Tony Ayres (The Slap) and Christian White, will explore how people’s most

Alexander Payne signs on to helm Babette’s Feast reimagining
After losing his Netflix project a couple of months ago, Alexander Payne (Downsizing) has found a new film in the form of a reimagining of the 1988 Oscar-winning Danish film Babette’s Feast, which he has signed on to direct for Unique Features, according to Deadline.
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Adapted from the 1950 short story of the same name (read it here) by Karen Blixen