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James Cameron has offered a first glimpse of the upcoming Avatar 2 by revealing the film’s official concept art. Check out the images below.
The long-awaited sequel, which will follow on from 2009’s Avatar, is finally due to be released in 2021 after being plagued by various delays. Live-action filming for the movie was completed last month.
Yesterday (January 6), director Cameron unveiled a selection of concept art pieces for the next Avatar chapter during the CES conference in Las

Supergirl, The Flash, Batwoman, and More Get Early Renewals
Arrow may be ending later this month, but the Arrowverse is alive and well next season on The CW. Via Variety, the CW has handed out early renewals for almost every show on the network. Essentially, the only series that won’t be back are Arrow and Supernatural, both of which are scheduled to wrap up this year.
This means that The Flash will settle into its role as the new Arrowverse flagship series in season 6. Both DC&rsquo

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January 7 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s January 7 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
JokerThis film is an original, standalone story. Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study, but also a broader cautiona

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CS Soapbox: Does Joaquin Phoenix’s Golden Globe Win Make Him the Oscar Front Runner?
Did the Golden Globes put a smile on your face Joker fans? After earning a surprising amount of nominations in major categories, including Best Picture (Drama) and Best Director (Todd Phillips), Joker danced home with two statues — for Hildur Guðnadóttir’s haunting score, and Joaquin Phoenix’s incredible performance as the Clown Prince of Crime, the latter of w

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It’s time for Gotham to meet the Birds of Prey in new TV spot
A new TV spot for Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly-anticipated DC film Birds of Prey has surfaced online, featuring new footage including new scenes and dialogue of Ewan McGregor’s Black Mask as the titular team led by Harley Quinn tries to stop him. Check out the video below! (via Comic Book Movie)A new ‘Birds of Prey’ TV spot has been released. pic.twitter.com/FOWx3bjoiJ
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New Locke & Key teaser released ahead of trailer tomorrow
IDW Publishing has released a new Locke & Key teaser for Netflix’s highly-anticipated series adaptation based on the comic book franchise co-created by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. You can check out the teaser below and keep an eye out for tomorrow’s trailer release!Trailer unlocking tomorrow… pic.twitter.com/MKUIic1xJz
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Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet trailer starring Rob McElhenney
Apple TV+ has released the official trailer for executive producers Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day’s forthcoming half-hour-long comedy Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, featuring McElhenney as the star and creator of a video game who tries to take all the credit. All nine episodes of the comedy will be available for streaming on Friday, February 7. Check out the video below!
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CS Soapbox: Which Golden Globe Winners Won’t Score With The Academy?
The 77th Golden Globes happened this past Sunday and next week the 92nd Academy Award (AKA the Oscars) nominations will be announced. The aforementioned awards ceremonies are two of the most recognizable ones in entertainment; therefore, people often associate them with one another. The Golden Globes is just some drunken Oscars and Emmys hybrid. It starts off award season before the other, more relevant a

Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made trailer previews new Disney+ movie
Walt Disney Pictures has released the official trailer for Disney+‘s upcoming film adaptation of Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made, based on author Stephen Pastis’ children’s novel of the same name. Starring newcomer Winslow Fegley as the titular 11-year-old imaginative detective, the film will have its world premiere later this month at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be available for streaming on F

Daedalic Entertainment, the studio behind the upcoming Lord of the Rings action-adventure video game The Lord of the Rings: Gollum have confirmed the game will be released in 2021.
In an interview with Edge magazine, further details were shared on the progress and design of the spin-off game focusing on the seminal Stoor Hobbit.Read more: ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we knowThe studios added details on Gollum’s look and arc in

At the 77th Golden Globes, Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi shared the reaction of a viewer whose parents were in Auschwitz in a red carpet interview with the Hollywood Reporter.
“Someone whose parents were in one of the camps in Auschwitz said to me after a screening, ‘I know this can be a confrontational film for a lot of people but my parents would have loved it. The humour is right up their alley, there’s a lot to be said with this film and it’s a very importan

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Hans Zimmer set to score Cary Fukunaga’s No Time to Die
Four-time Grammy winner and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer has reportedly signed on as the new composer for Universal Pictures’ upcoming 25th Bond movie No Time to Die, replacing Dan Romer who was dismissed by EON Productions last month due to “creative differences,” Variety confirmed. The project will be added to Zimmer’s growing slate of highly-anticipated films he&rsq

Exclusive Zombi Child trailer from filmmaker Bertrand Bonello
ComingSoon.net has the exclusive official trailer for Film Movement’s genre mash-up movie Zombi Child, written and directed by Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama, Saint Laurent). Opening in New York City at Film at Lincoln Center and Quad Cinema on January 24, you can check out the trailer now in the player below!
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Leonardo DiCaprio has admitted years after his role in Christopher Nolan‘s sci-fi epic Inception that he’s just as puzzled about the ending as audiences are.Read more: ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’ film review – Tarantino’s most satisfying work in decadesIn a joint interview with Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood co-star Brad Pitt on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast, DiCaprio shared his lack of answers when Pitt spoke similarly of his own

Todd Phillips’ Joker leads BAFTA 2020 nominations
The BAFTA Awards 2020 nominations have been unveiled, with Todd Phillips’ Joker leading with 11 nominations. Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow with 10 nominations each, with Sam Mendes’ war epic 1917 receiving nine nominations. The awards ceremony will take place on February 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. You can check out the list of nominees below (v

Robert Aramayo replaces Will Poulter in Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series
Following Will Poulter’s departure from the Lord of the Rings series, Deadline reports that Game of Thrones alum Robert Aramayo has been tapped for the lead role of Beldor in Amazon Prime Video’s highly-anticipated fantasy series adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s iconic novels. Poulter’s sudden exit from the drama was reportedly due to scheduling conflicts.
Aramayo is no stranger to the fan

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Sex Education season 2 trailer: Otis and Maeve are back in business
Netflix has released the official trailer for the upcoming second season of fan-favorite coming-of-age series Sex Education, giving us a preview of the new issues and conflicts that Otis will have to face in the new season. Starring Asa Butterfield and Gillian Anderson, the series is scheduled to return next week on January 17. Check out the video in the player below!
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Noah Baumbach‘s Netflix family portrait of a divorce, Marriage Story, features a scene filmed in an AMC cinema – one which is part of the chain not showing Netflix films.Read more: Netflix’s fast-forward viewing feature: you wouldn’t listen to Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ on fast forward, so why watch ‘The Irishman’ that way?In an early narrated montage, Adam Driver‘s character Charlie is climbing an escalator with his son Henry after

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Avatar: New concept art for sequels reveals new parts of Pandora
Following the production wrap for Avatar 2 last December, 20th Century Fox has released the official concept art photos from the James Cameron’s long-in-development Avatar sequels, giving us a glimpse of the visually stunning new locations in Pandora that we should expect to see in the sequels. Check out the concept art in the gallery below!
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Jonathan Kasdan Confirms Start of Willow Series
Jonathan Kasdan has confirmed that pre-production on the Willow TV show for Disney+ is definitely underway! The news comes via a simple tweet from Kasdan featuring an image of the titular character, along with the words: “The office is open.” You can check out the tweet below!
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Willow remains a rip-roaring, bizarre 80s adventure, boasting some incredible

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Diary of a Female President trailer: First look at Gina Rodriguez’s Disney+ series
Disney+ has released the official trailer for executive producer Gina Rodriguez’s forthcoming coming-of-age dramedy series Diary of a Female President which is created by Ilana Peña. Set to debut on January 17, you can check out the video in the player below as well as the key art in the gallery!
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Patricia Arquette Reteams with Ben Stiller for Apple TV’s Severance
According to Deadline, Academy Award-winning actress Patricia Arquette has joined Ben Stiller’s thriller drama series Severance for Apple TV+, and will share the screen with Big Little Lies actor Adam Scott. This marks the third collaboration between Arquette and Stiller, who worked together on David O. Russell’s 1996 comedy Flirting with Disaster, and later on the 2018 Showtime series Esca

Timothée Chalamet in talks to star in James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic
Deadline brings word that Academy Award-nominated actor Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) has entered negotiations for the lead role in Fox Searchlight’s forthcoming Bob Dylan biopic film titled Going Electric with Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold attached to helm the film. According to the outlet’s sources, even though Chalamet hasn’t officially signed on to play the legenda

The third film in the Bill and Ted franchise is continuing to shape up as an image of the comedy pair’s respective daughters has just been released.
The time travelling duo, played by Alex Winter (Bill S. Preston) and Keanu Reeves (Ted Theodore Logan), are returning for a third film in which the once bumbling teenagers now have a daughter each of their own.
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Hans Zimmer will be making his James Bond franchise debut, taking over as the new composer on No Time To Die, it’s been announced.
The 25th film in the series, directed by Cary Fukunaga (Maniac, True Detective) stars Daniel Craig in his final appearance as 007.Read more: After big budget flops like ‘Charlie’s Angels’ and ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ – is the age of the reboot finally over?According to Variety, Zimmer replaces Dan Romer who exited the pro

The nominations for the 2020 BAFTA awards were released this morning (January 7), and the reaction among some fans and critics has been of disappointment.
While Joker leads proceedings with 11 nominations, a number of titles, including Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir (which was expected to be a frontrunner for female-led British talent), were absent from the shortlist.
Those disappointed have been quick to point out the apparent lack of diversity across every acting category, and the fact

For the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, plans are firming up for Taika Waititi’s Thor film as Christian Bale circles a role in Love and Thunder.
The new movie will be led by Natalie Portman as she plays Jane Foster once more, but then takes over from Chris Hemsworth to play the lead titular role in this film. Waititi directed the last instalment, Thor: Ragnarok, to enthusiastic reviews.
There are currently no further details about the role Bale would play in the film, acc

Joker has been nominated for 11 awards at this year’s BAFTAs, with The Irishman, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood and 1917 among the other leading films.
This year’s British Academy Film Awards will take place on February 2 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Graham Norton will host.
The Joaquin Phoenix-starring Joker is the most-nominated film at the 2020 BAFTAs with 11 nods, with Phoenix up for Leading Actor and the movie itself a leading contender in the Best Film category.
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Timothée Chalamet is in talks to play Bob Dylan in an upcoming biopic about the musician’s early life in music.
Le Mans ’66 filmmaker James Mangold has been tasked with directing the forthcoming film, which is being produced by Searchlight Pictures and is reportedly titled Going Electric.
Deadline reports that Chalamet is the frontrunner to play Dylan in the movie, which will focus on the period when Dylan “was poised to become folk music’s most seminal figure&rdqu

Matt Reeves confirms Colin Farrell as The Penguin in The Batman
While fans still await official casting news for a handful of its A-list stars, Matt Reeves has taken to Twitter to confirm that Colin Farrell (Seven Psychopaths) will indeed be playing Oswald Cobblepot, aka The Penguin, in the upcoming Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)-led The Batman. Negotiations for the role apparently took months, but were ultimately successful. Filming is currently underway in London.
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