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"This is the beginning of the fall of mankind." Oscilloscope Labs has debuted an official trailer for VHYes, described as a "bizarre retro comedy" made by filmmaker Jack Henry Robbins. Shot entirely on VHS and Beta, the feature film follows 12-year-old Ralph as he accidentally records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents' wedding tape. What a concept. "A hypnotic narrative told through hundreds of criss-crossing vignettes and a mix of absurdist comedy, sincere drama, m

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Interview: Writer/director Larry Fessenden on Frankenstein-inspired Depraved
The time is almost here for the streaming arrival of Depraved, the modern-day update on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with the horror outing’s writer and director Larry Fessenden (In a Valley of Violence) to discuss updating the classic monster tale. Check out the interview below, and check out Depraved streaming on Hulu starting this

Marvelous Mrs. Maisel renewed for a Fourth Season at Amazon Prime
It has only been less than a week since the third season of Marvelous Mrs. Maisel made its debut last Friday, and now Amazon Prime Video has officially renewed its award-winning comedy series for a fourth season and is expected to begin its production in the spring of 2020.
This announcement came three days after the series received multiple Golden Globe and SAG nominations including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for

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Hasbro reveals new line of Star Wars products featuring The Child
Hasbro has announced a new line of Star Wars products featuring The Child (known online as Baby Yoda) from the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, which is available for pre-order now and will begin shipping in May 2020. You can check out the details below and view photos of the products in the gallery!
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Hasbro is offering new products for fans of al

Cats director Tom Hooper has revealed that the controversial new live-action film had to be largely remade after the hugely critical reaction its first trailer received.
Upon its release back in July, the first Cats trailer was met with outrage and confusion across the internet.Read more: Six troubling questions raised by the ‘Cats’ trailer that’s giving the world complicated felines todayHooper has now revealed to The Times that the response to the trailer led the team behind

Rabbids hybrid live-action movie in the works at Lionsgate
According to Deadline, Lionsgate has successfully acquired the film rights to Ubisoft’s popular video game franchise called Rabbids, which is a spinoff game from the long-running fantasy video game Rayman. The studio is currently in the process of developing a hybrid live-action movie adaptation of Rabbids with Isn’t It Romantic director Todd Strauss-Schulson in advance talks to helm the film.
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Disney+ Star Wars Cassian Andor series may film in June 2020
Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series may soon be ready to go into production. According to Discussing Film, the Diego Luna led Cassian Andor series will begin filming in June 2020. The report also notes that the show will shoot somewhere in Europe.
Tony Gilroy, who worked on the reshoots for Rogue One, reportedly rewrote the pilot episode for the series. Gilroy will also direct sever

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Kylo Ren learns a terrible truth in SPOILER Rise of Skywalker clip!
The Star Wars Movies Facebook page has shared a new clip from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, featuring Kylo Ren learning a terrible truth. You can check out the clip in the player below, and heed the major spoiler warning!
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Returning cast members for The Rise of Skywalker include Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver,

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George MacKay runs through the ruins in new 1917 clip
Universal Pictures has released a brand new clip from Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes’ upcoming war movie thriller 1917, featuring George MacKay’s character Schofield running through the ruins to get away from the enemy. Earlier this week, the film received three major Golden Globe nominations including Best Picture-Drama and Best Director. Check out the video in the player below! (via Fandango)
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Kumail Nanjiani’s Little America renewed for season 2 at Apple TV+
Ahead of its forthcoming series debut, Deadline brings word that Apple TV+ has officially renewed Oscar nominees Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s Little America for a second season. In addition, the streaming service has also announced the premiere date for the new anthology comedy series, revealing that all 8 hour-long episodes of season 1 will now be available for streaming on January 17, exclusively on A

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Shazam 2 release date revealed by Warner Bros.
As they update their release schedule, Warner Bros. has revealed that Shazam 2 will be arriving in theaters on April 1, 2022! There is currently no competition for the sequel on that date, but the movie will release one week before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 and an Untitled Universal Event Film debut on April 8, 2022.
The studio also revealed that an Untitled WB Film will be released on June 4, 2021, and that their Unt

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew The Rise of Skywalker featurette highlights end of the beloved saga
A new behind-the-scenes featurette for Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has arrived online, featuring interviews with director J.J. Abrams and some of the main cast as they talk about the end of the Skywalker saga. Also featuring archive footage of interviews and BTS clips from the original trilogy, you can check out the video in the player bel

The Best Jack Ryan Adaptations Ranked
In response to Season 2 of Amazon’s Jack Ryan, Comingsoon.net is taking a look at every adaptation the Tom’s Clancy character—ranking them for worst to best. Check out our take in the gallery below!
Novelist Tom Clancy is best known for his spy-driven and militaristic books; his most well-known literary character is that of Jack Ryan. The C.I.A  analyst’s first appearance was in Clancy’s premiere novel, The Hunt

The Outsider featurette: Stephen King discusses new supernatural series
HBO has released the first featurette for their upcoming limited series adaptation of The Outsider. featuring acclaimed horror author Stephen King as he explains what the viewers should expect to see in the new supernatural drama series. The video also features interviews with Oscar nominee Richard Pryce, Ben Mendelsohn, and Cynthia Erivo talking about the main characters. Check out the video below!
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Netflix’s All the Bright Places key art reveals February release date
Netflix has released the official key art for All the Bright Places, the upcoming drama romance movie based on the internationally bestselling novel by Jennifer Niven. The film is set to debut on February 28, 2020. You can check out the full key art now in the gallery below!
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All the Bright Places tells the story of Violet Markey (Elle

"The universe is trying to tell you something - pay attention!" Oh yeah - take a big hit of this! Epic Pictures has debuted a full-length official trailer for a wacky, mesmerizing psychedelic thriller titled The Wave, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Gille Klabin. This already premiered at Fantastic Fest and Screamfest this year, and will be available on VOD in January. Justin Long plays a man on the verge of a promotion takes a mysterious hallucinogenic drug that begins to tear down

Netflix has given an update on how many of its subscribers have now watched The Irishman on their streaming platform since its release late last month.
After its initial theatrical release on November 1, the Martin Scorsese-directed movie — which stars the heavyweight likes of Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci in the lead roles — hit Netflix on November 27.
Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos revealed at the UBS Global TMT Conference in New York on Tuesday (Decem

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The Rise of Skywalker director says he’s ‘never been great at endings’
There’s a lot of pressure for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker to finish strong. And no one’s feeling more pressure than J.J. Abrams. The director is returning to the trilogy that he started with Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 2015. Abrams recently spoke with The New York Times about The Rise of Skywalker, and he admitted that he finds endings to be difficult.
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HBO Max orders Vacation spinoff series The Griswolds
After an attempt to revive the franchise in 2015, Warner Bros. is looking to bring back Vacation in the form of a spinoff series entitled The Griswolds, which will be executive produced by Christmas Vacation and The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The pilot is set to be scripted by Tim Hobert (C

"Don't be afraid. Be brave." Passion River Films is highlighting one of their best releases from this fall, an animated documentary film titled Liyana. This originally premiered in 2017, but since then has picked up over 35 Jury & Audience Awards from numerous festivals all over the world. After playing at various fests for over two years, it's now available to watch on VOD or DVD. Liyana is a genre-defying documentary that tells the story of five children in the Kingdom of Eswatini who tur

John Boyega has apologised for “badly worded” comments he made in a recent interview that some Star Wars fans have construed as criticism of his co-star Kelly Marie Tran.
The actor, who portrays Finn in the sci-fi saga, was speaking to Variety ahead of next week’s release of The Rise of Skywalker when he was asked about the abuse Tran received on social media for her role in 2017’s The Last Jedi.
“Being in this position, you just understand the masses, how the masse

Pierce Brosnan Joins Sony’s Cinderella Musical
According to The Hollywood Reporter, actor Pierce Brosnan has joined Sony Pictures’ upcoming reimagining of the classic fairytale Cinderella, which will be led by two-time Grammy nominee Camila Cabello as the titular princess.
Brosnan, who is set to play the musical comedy’s resident king, will be joining previously announced cast members Emmy winner Billy Porter, Tony winner and Frozen II star Idina Menzel, and Nic

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Rise of Skywalker Poster Pays Homage to Revenge of the Jedi
Woa! Check out the narly new one-sheet for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, featuring a poster design that gleefully hearkens back to the 1982 teaser poster to Star Wars: Revenge of the Jedi illustrated by that God-amongst-men poster designer Drew Struzan. Check out the poster below!
A long time ago … in the 80s … George Lucas intended to call the final Star Wars movie Revenge of the Jedi, and wen

Jason Bateman to direct New Line’s new thriller film Shut In
According to Deadline, Emmy winner Jason Bateman has officially signed on to direct New Line Cinema’s upcoming thriller film titled Shut In. On top of helming the project, the Ozark actor will also be serving as a producer along Michael Costigan through their Aggregate Films banner.
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Shut In is being described as a in the same vein as Jodie Foster&

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Witcher final trailer features new action-packed footage
Netflix has released the final trailer for their forthcoming fantasy series adaptation of The Witcher, highlighting Geralt’s determination to protect Princess Cirilla from Nilfgaard. Starring Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra and Freya Allan, the series will be making its debut next week on December 20. Featuring new footage, you can check out the video in the player.
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"It's the story of a block that was disappearing… The streets were made of music." WB has debuted the first trailer for the In the Heights movie, based on the Broadway musical of the same name. In the Heights fuses Lin-Manuel Miranda's kinetic music & lyrics with Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu's lively & authentic eye for storytelling to capture a world very much of its place, but universal in its experience. The story follows a bodega owner in Washington Heights, NYC, who

BEGIN SLIDESHOWIn the Heights trailer: The streets were made of music
After unveiling teaser footage for the New York-based musical yesterday, Warner Bros. has debuted the official full trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda (His Dark Material)’s hit Broadway play In the Heights teasing a neighborhood full of music and close-knit communities. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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The Matrix 4 will be released in cinemas on the same day as John Wick 4 in 2021.
Both movies will feature Keanu Reeves starring in a lead role, and it’s now been confirmed that the films will be released in just under 18 months’ time.
Read more: The Matrix at 20: the enduring impact of the sci-fi sensation
The release date for John Wick 4, the sequel to this year’s Chapter 3 – Parabellum, had its release date of May 21, 2021 confirmed back in August.
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Harvey Weinstein has reached a “tentative” $25M settlement with his accusers in a deal that would not require the producer to admit any wrongdoing.
The deal, which has received “preliminary approval from the major parties involved” according to the New York Times, would also not see Weinstein paying anything to the accusers himself. Instead, insurance companies representing Weinstein’s former studio would pay the claims.
Last year, Weinstein was indic

"Do you ever stop eating?" Sometimes we need a good pick-me-up, and it's a short film like this that might do the trick. Christmas Spirit is a lovely 10 minute short film made by director/editor Andy Delaney, with writer Rich With. "Working in conjunction with the charity Cruse Bereavement Care, Andy and Rich have crafted a beautifully melancholic and yet ultimately uplifting Christmas film guaranteed to leave a lump in your throat." The short is about a boy who helps his dad deal with grief at