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CS Comics: 1st Trip to Galaxy’s Edge for Rise of the Resistance!
Last month ComingSoon.net was invited to be among the first to experience the Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance attraction in the Walt Disney World Resort at the Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge land. We brought along cartoonist and longtime Star Wars fan Pranas T. Naujokaitis (KaBOOM!’s Adventure Time: Ice King & Rugrats: The Last Token), and he drew a short (and hilario

Mortal Kombat 11 Drops a Joker Gameplay Trailer
Months after his initial reveal, the Joker is finally ready to enter the Mortal Kombat 11 arena. NetherRealm Studios has released a new Joker gameplay trailer which reveals that the Clown Prince of Crime will debut on January 28 for Early Access subscribers. Everyone else can add Joker to their line-up a week later, on February 4.
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Joker’s fighting style is different from

Mortal Kombat Returns With Animated Film, Scorpion’s Revenge
The upcoming live-action Mortal Kombat reboot may be the primary topic of conversation among fans of the franchise. But now, it looks like Warner Bros. Animation is about to get in on some of that action as well. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the studio has just announced the voice cast for an upcoming animated film, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge.
Joel McHale and Jennifer Carpenter will headline the new

Amazon Prime Video February 2020 movie and TV titles announced
The list for the new Amazon Prime Video February 2020 movies and TV titles have been released, which you can now view below! This includes the series debut of Amazon Prime’s Hunters series created by David Weil, launching on February 21.
Executive produced by Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele and led by legendary Academy Award-winner Al Pacino, Hunters follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York Ci

The Great Machine: Oscar Isaac to star in & produce adaptation
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Oscar Isaac (Star Wars franchise) will star in and produce The Great Machine. It was recently announced that Legendary Entertainment would be adapting Brian K. Vaughan’s Eisner Award-winning comic book Ex Machina under a different movie title.
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Isaac will produce alongside his manager and producer Jason Spire. The two pr

Zoë Kravitz opens up about Matt Reeves’ The Batman
During a recent appearance at High Fidelity‘s TCA press tour, Zoë Kravitz (Big Little Lies) has opened up about Matt Reeves’ highly-anticipated DC film The Batman, revealing her excitement to be able to showcase a new version of Selina Kyle/Catwoman, who she thinks is a strong representation of feminine power.
“I think Catwoman, Selina Kyle represents really strong femininity, and I’m

Bad Boys 4 in the works at Sony!
As Bad Boys for Life hits theaters this weekend, Sony Pictures has announced that a Bad Boys 4 is already in development, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Bad Boys for Life co-writer Chris Bremner will write the script with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence expected to reprise their characters.
RELATED: Bad Boys for Life Review
In Bad Boys for Life. the new installment centers on the Miami PD and its elite AMMO team’s attempt to take down Armando Arm

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Don’t Breathe co-writer Rodo Sayagues to helm Don’t Breathe 2
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Don’t Breathe co-writer Rodo Sayagues will make his directorial debut by helming the Don’t Breathe sequel with Stephen Lang set to reprise his role as The Blind Man.
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Don’t Breathe 2 will take place several years after the home invasion of the first movie, with the Blind Man living

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20th Century Fox & Fox Searchlight being rebranded by Disney
It is officially the end of an era today as fallout from last year’s Fox/Disney merger reaches its logical conclusion. According to Variety, Disney is rebranding 20th Century Fox as 20th Century Studios, while Fox Searchlight will now be known simply as Searchlight Pictures. The latter has already begun its rebranding with the recent Downhill poster. The basic elements of the logo, including the swi

High Fidelity trailer: Sometimes you gotta face the music
Hulu has released the official trailer for their upcoming romantic-comedy series adaptation of High Fidelity, featuring Zoë Kravitz’s Rob as she tracks down her five most memorable heartbreaks. The series will be available for streaming on February 14. Check out the video in the player below!
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The High Fidelity series is a 10-episode

Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet promo: Rob McElhenney stars in a video game ad
Apple TV+ has released a new promo teaser for executive producers Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day’s forthcoming half-hour-long comedy Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet, featuring McElhenney’s character as he stars in his video game commercial. 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 Video: Servant spoilers interview for Season 1!
ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to sit down with Servant series creator and writer Tony Basgallop, director and executive producer M. Night Shyamalan, and cast members Nell Tiger Free, Rupert Grint, Lauren Ambrose and Toby Kebbell as they dive deep into the first season of the psychological thriller. This includes SPOILERS for the first 10 episodes, and where they hope Season 2 goes from here. You can check out the interviews now in the

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Little Fires Everywhere teaser starring Kerry Washington, Reese Witherspoon
Hulu has released a new Little Fires Everywhere teaser for their upcoming limited series adaptation starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington. The drama will launch on March 18, and you can check out the teaser now in the player below!
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Based on Celeste Ng’s New York Times bestseller of the same name, Litt

The Rhythm Section clip reveals Blake Lively’s one-take car chase scene
Paramount Pictures has released the first clip from director Reed Morano’s upcoming espionage thriller The Rhythm Section, offering us a preview of Blake Lively‘s intense car chase sequence that was entirely shot as a one-take scene. Also starring Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown, you can check out the clip below (via Fandango) along with the newly released featurettes where Lively r

Steve Martin & Martin Short true crime spoof ordered at Hulu
Hulu has given a straight-to-series order for Steve Martin and Martin Short’s untitled true-crime spoof, Variety has confirmed.
The series will follow “three strangers who share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.” Martin also serves as a co-creator and writer alongside John Hoffman. Martin, Hoffman, This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, and Short will executive

"See this guy right here?" If you've already seen Uncut Gems five (or six or nine?) times, and are desperate for more Safdie cinema - you're in luck. The Safdie Brothers debuted this surprise short film Goldman v Silverman online and it's just as amusing and clever as all their other feature films. Adam Sandler stars as Rod "Goldman", and Benny Safdie plays Al "Silverman" - two spray-painted, robot street performers in Times Square who get into a fight one night. This short seems inspired by re

The Sixth Sense director M. Night Shyamalan has been accused of plagiarism in a new lawsuit, it’s been reported.
The director’s recent TV series Servant, a horror show created for Apple TV+, is the subject of a new lawsuit by Italian-American director Francesca Gregorini. Gregorini believes that Servant copied her 2013 thriller The Truth About Emanuel, as Deadline reports.Read more: M. Night Shyamalan: “To evoke fear in somebody, you just have to create the unknown”&ldquo

The Terror: AMC developing ideas for a potential third season
After more than three months since the second season finale of The Terror: Infamy had aired in October, AMC has confirmed that they have started planning out for the potential third season of the historical-horror anthology series by developing various ideas that could be the basis of the new season. The network further revealed that they’ve already received concepts that were pitched by executive producer Ridley Scott’s

"When the sh*t goes down, you better be ready!" Saban Films has followed up with an official US trailer for Guns Akimbo, the totally insane New Zealand action movie that we featured the first Australian trailer for earlier this week. The concept for this is crazy: in a near-future world where a live deathmatch video game rules the internet, one online troll find himself in deep shit when he wakes up to find two pistols bolted onto his hands. Things get even worse when he's pulled into the game

The Simpsons: Hank Azaria steps down as the voice of Apu
According to /Film, Emmy Award-winning voice actor Hank Azaria (Ray Donovan, Brockmire) has officially confirmed that he will no longer be voicing the character of Apu in future episodes of Fox’s long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons after 30 seasons. He further explained that his retirement as Apu’s voice was a completely mutual decision between him and the producers.
“What they’re going to do with the charact

"Wondrous yet rueful." Kino Lorber has unveiled a brand new trailer for Jia Zhangke's documentary film I Wish I Knew, which originally premiered in 2010 at the Cannes Film Festival but was never properly released. While there is a new "Director's Cut" (it premiered at Göteborg Film Festival last year), this release seems to specifically celebrate the films 10th anniversary - and this is the first time it will actually show in theaters in the US. I Wish I Knew (also known as Legend on the S

Supernatural 15.10 promo: The Heroes’ Journey
The CW has released the promo for Supernatural 15.10 titled “The Heroes’ Journey,” featuring Sam and Dean having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day, plus the return of DJ Qualls’ Garth. You can check out the promo in the player below and catch the new episode on Thursday, January 23!
Written by Andrew Dabb and directed by John Showalter, the official synopsis for episode 15.10 reads:
&l

Arrowverse EP explains how Ezra Miller’s cameo came to be
Fans are still reeling after the exciting and unexpected cameo by Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen during the Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover on The CW where he was able to meet the television version of the character played by Grant Gustin. Arrowverse executive producer Marc Guggenheim spoke with Variety about how they pulled off the big moment of bringing Miller into the DC/CW universe, saying chief executive of Warner Bros. T

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New Guns Akimbo trailer: Daniel Radcliffe is having a really bad day
Saban Films has revealed a brand new trailer for their upcoming action-comedy film Guns Akimbo, featuring Daniel Radcliffe’s Miles as he desperately runs away from Sam Weaving’s Nix, who is relentlessly trying to kill him. Featuring more action-packed scenes from the film, you can check out the video in the player below!
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Soulmates: Charlie Heaton, Malin Akerman & more join AMC anthology series
AMC has added four new cast members to join in their upcoming new series titled Soulmates which hails from Black Mirror writer Will Bridges. Stranger Things star Charlie Heaton and Malin Akerman (Billions) have signed on along with Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad) and JJ Feild (Turn) to star in the six-part episodic anthology drama that will explore the nature of romantic love. They will be joining the previ

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDark Horse to Release Comic Based On Dan O’Bannon’s Original Alien Screenplay
Forty years after its release, Ridley Scott’s sci-fi masterpiece Alien continues to thrill audiences. Now, following in the footsteps of the recently released comic book series based on William Gibson’s unused script for Alien 3, The Hollywood Reporter reports that Dark Horse will unveil Alien: The Original Screenplay, based on Dan O’Bannon’s first take on the space h

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The Walking Dead: World Beyond premiere date and new synopsis revealed
AMC has announced the official premiere date for their forthcoming new series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, revealing that the second TWD spinoff will be making its debut on Sunday, April 12 at 10/9c, right after the season 10 finale of the main series. According to Collider, the network has also confirmed that World Beyond is expected to run for only two seasons, a format AMC is reportedly testin

BEGIN SLIDESHOWBetter Call Saul renewed for sixth and final season at AMC
Ahead of Better Call Saul’s return for its’ upcoming fifth season, AMC has officially renewed their award-winning Breaking Bad prequel series for a sixth and final 13-episode season. Better Call Saul Season 6 is expected to premiere in 2021. Starring Emmy Award-winning actor Bob Odenkirk, Season 5 debuts with a two-night premiere on February 23 at 10 PM and February 24 at 9 PM.
“From day one of ‘Be

David O. Russell and Christian Bale in talks to re-team for untitled film
According to Deadline, writer/director David O. Russell and Academy Award-winning actor Christian Bale are in talks to re-team for a yet-to-be-titled project that is quickly coming together at New Agency through its deal with Fox/Disney.
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Russell will write and direct the project, which teams him with Bale for the third time after the

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Quentin Tarantino will write and direct all 5 episodes of Bounty Law series
It’s Jake Cahill, and he goes by Bounty Law! Do you want more of that? Well, you’re gonna get it, and Quentin Tarantino himself is gonna direct. That’s right, the man himself is planning a five episode spinoff of fictional TV series Bounty Law, as featured in the Academy Award-nominated Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
“As far as the ‘Bounty Law’ shows, I want to do that

Johnny Marr has announced that he’ll be teaming up with film Hans Zimmer – this time to pen the musical score to the upcoming James Bond film, No Time To Die.
The 25th film in the series, directed by Cary Fukunaga (Maniac, True Detective) stars Daniel Craig in his final appearance as 007 and will be released on April 6, 2020. Last week it was revealed that cinema legend Hans Zimmer would be taking over the score, and NME can now confirm that the former Smiths turned so

Star Wars creator George Lucas has finally met meme sensation and star of new Disney+ spin-off TV show The Mandalorian, Baby Yoda.
An image captured and posted to Instagram by Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau saw the pair finally meeting. See it below.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jon Favreau (@jonfavreau) on Jan 16, 2020 at 6:08pm PSTBaby Yoda has become an internet sensation since The Mandalorian debuted in the US late last year. There have been memes a-plenty surrounding the tiny

Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano has revealed that he once wore a wig in public to hide himself from fans, and that he asked it to be modelled on Christopher Nolan.
Pantoliano, an actor renowned for playing supremely tough gangsters, played Ralph Cifaretto across seasons 3 and 4 of the iconic US show.Read more: A ‘Sopranos’ spin-off will change everything about the show – and that’s not a good thingIn a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Pantoliano reveals that during

Kathy Bates has discussed the #MeToo movement in a new interview, saying that “times were different” when she started out in the 1970s.
The actor has just picked up her fourth Oscar nomination in her career for new crime drama Richard Jewell, which comes to UK cinemas on January 31.Read more: It’s time to call out your workplace WeinsteinSpeaking to The Guardian in a new interview, Bates has spoken of the differences between her time starting out in the film industry and the ch

Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi is reportedly in talks to direct the next Star Wars film.
The Rise Of Skywalker only came out last month, but talks are already underway regarding the next film in the franchise.Read more: ‘Jojo Rabbit’ review: Taika Waititi’s hot streak continuesThe original plan for the next films was to recruit Game of Thrones showrunners David Wenioff and D.B. Weiss, but they stepped down in October after penning an overall deal with Netflix.
Waititi has a

"Now you're lying to the cops?" IFC Midnight has debuted a trailer for an indie psychological thriller titled Disappearance at Clifton Hill, which first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last fall. The film follows a troubled young woman returning to her hometown of Niagara Falls, where the memory of a long-ago kidnapping overwhelms her. What happened to the young boy she saw being violently abducted in the woods? "Bristling with an air of surreal menace, this mood-drenched thriller is a t

BREAKING: Taika Waititi Approached to Helm a Star Wars Film!
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Oscar-nominated Jojo Rabbit filmmaker Taika Waititi has been approached to direct a Star Wars movie! However, the outlet notes that it is unclear whether said film will be theatrical or for Disney+. It is also unclear if this is the same project set in a galaxy far far away that Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige is set to produce.
If the Thor: Ragnarok director were to take on the job it would hav