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Margot Robbie as Harley QuinnEwan McGregor as Roman Sionis/Black MaskRosie Perez as Renee MontoyaMary Elizabeth Winstead as HuntressJurnee Smollett-Bell as Black CanaryChris Messina as Victor ZsaszElla Jay Basco as Cassandra CainAli Wong as Ellen Yee
Directed by Cathy Yan
Written by Christina Hodson
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The twisted, fairytale romance is over. The Joker has had enough of Harley Quinn and her endless antics and has kicked her to the curb. Even though their

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Sings: Our Singing Birds of Prey Review!
With Warner Bros. Pictures’ new DC Comics movie Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) hitting theaters this weekend, ComingSoon.net is bringing you a new edition of CS Sings, where talented musicians review a film… with a song! For Birds of Prey we recruited talented New York performer Camille Harris, who sings about all the things she adored about the Margot Robbie-led film. Ch

Barry Keoghan exits from FX’s Y: The Last Man series
Collider brings word that The Eternals star Barry Keoghan has officially vacated the leading role of Yorick Brown in FX‘s long-in development series adaptation of Y: The Last Man, based on comic book creator Brian K. Vaughan’s graphic novel of the same. This is another setback for the series’ production that has been in development since 2015 following last year’s changing of showrunners with Eliza

CS Interview: Elijah Wood & Ant Timpson on macabre Come to Daddy
In the years since The Lord of the Rings, Elijah Wood has made a real name for himself in the horror genre as both a star and producer and the time has come for another acclaimed and macabre effort in the form of the horror-comedy Come to Daddy. ComingSoon.net got the chance to sit with the star and director Ant Timpson to discuss bringing the story to life and some of the more bizarre turns the story and characters

11 Of Kirk Douglas’ Most Memorable Movie Roles
Comingsoon.net is taking a look at some of the most memorable movie roles played by an actor whose career has stood the test of time. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
RELATED: Kirk Douglas Dies at 103, Hollywood Remembers
Kirk Douglas died Wednesday morning at the age of 103. His son, actor Michael Douglas paid tribute to his father (upon announcing the news) on Instagram, “to the world, he was a legend, an actor from the

DMZ: Benjamin Bratt joins Ava DuVernay’s HBO Max pilot
Deadline is reporting that Benjamin Bratt (Star, Doctor Strange) has joined Rosario Dawson (Jane the Virgin) in Ava Duvernay’s HBO Max pilot DMZ based on the DC/Vertigo comic book of the same name by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli.
RELATED: Warner Bros. & HBO Max Unveil Feature Production Arm Warner Max
DMZ takes place in a near-future where an American civil war has left Manhattan a demilitarized zone (hence the ti

CS Soapbox: Why Tobey Maguire HAS To Be in Multiverse of Madness
Last month saw the devastating departure of co-writer/director Scott Derrickson from Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but yesterday saw some exciting potential as Sam Raimi, the man behind the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man trilogy, has entered talks to take the reins. While this seems great in having another horror director take over, Raimi taking the job would also open up a new possibility: bridging the MCU

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Onward featurette highlights the process of making a Pixar film
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar has released a new featurette for director Dan Scanlon’s newest animated fantasy film Onward, featuring interviews by the main cast and Scanlon as they talk about Pixar’s ability to create timeless films that are moving and inspiring. Also featuring a behind-the-scenes look at Tom Holland and Chris Pratt’s recording sessions, you can check out the video in the player

Lindsey Morgan joins Jared Padalecki’s Walker series at The CW
The CW’s The 100 star Lindsey Morgan has joined Jared Padalecki’s (Supernatural) Walker series in a lead role, Variety has confirmed. The upcoming project received a series order at The CW for the 2020-2021 season.
RELATED: Supernatural 15.12 Promo: Galaxy Brain
Walker follows Cordell Walker (Padalecki), a widower and father of two with his own moral code, who returns home to Austin after being undercover for

The Vast of Night trailer: First look at Amazon’s new sci-fi film
Amazon Prime Video has released the official trailer for director Andrew Patterson’s upcoming sci-fi drama film titled The Vast of Night, featuring two young radio personnel as they investigate the weird mysterious sound they’ve picked up from the radio frequency. Starring Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz, the film will have its theatrical release on March 13 in theaters and on Prime Video. Check out the video

David Shipley, producer of the 2016 documentary Brexit: The Movie, has been jailed for three years and nine months after fraudulently securing a £519,000 loan.
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The application was successful after Shipley photoshopped images of his payslips and P60s, inflating his earnings as to state a total of £377,000, when the real figures showed his s

Andrew Caldwell has joined the cast of The Matrix 4 as the franchise gears up for a return.
The 30-year-old actor will star in the fourth instalment of the sci-fi franchise although details about his prospective character are yet to be revealed, according to Deadline.
iZombie actor Caldwell will join franchise newcomers Priyanka Chopra, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jessica Henwick and Mindhunter star Jonathan Groff.
The Matrix
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss and Jada Pinkett Smith are set to reprise th

Bruno Mars to star in Disney’s new music-themed movie
According to Deadline, Grammy-winning worldwide performer Bruno Mars has signed on to star and produce in his first leading role in Disney‘s new untitled music-themed film which will feature original music created by the “Finesse” singer. Further details about the feature’s plot are still being kept under wraps.
RELATED: Disney to Release a Film of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton in Theaters!
The untitl

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The Witcher Season 2 adds Dolittle’s Carmel Laniado
According to Deadline, Dolittle actress Carmel Laniado has been tapped for a recurring role in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s Henry Cavill-led fantasy series adaptation of The Witcher. The new season will mark the British newcomer’s second TV show after making her acting debut in last year’s A Christmas Carol miniseries.Set to appear in a minimum of three episodes, Laniado will be portraying the

A full-length trailer for The Jesus Rolls has dropped, offering a closer look at John Turturro’s upcoming The Big Lebowski spin-off.
Fictional character Jesus Quintana returns to the screen while acclaimed actor Turturro (also on writing and directing duties) reprises the role for another boundary breaking sex, crime and comedy escapade.The Jesus Rolls details the story of Jesus getting out of prison and picking up free-spirited hairdresser Marie (Audrey Tautou) along the way with his frie

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All the Bright Places trailer starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith
Netflix has released the official trailer for director Brett Haley’s upcoming film adaptation of All the Bright Places, based on Jennifer Niven’s 2015 bestselling young adult novel of the same name. Starring Elle Fanning and Justice Smith, the romantic drama film will be available for streaming on February 28. Check out the video in the player below along with the new key art and first-lo

Jennifer Esposito Joins the Cast of Shonda Rhimes’ Inventing Anna
According to Deadline, Jennifer Esposito has joined Julia Garner and Anna Chlumsky in Shonda Rhimes’ 10-episode Netflix drama Inventing Anna.
RELATED: Exclusive They’ve Gotta Have Us Clip on Black Panther’s Afrofuturism
The series, written by Rhimes and based on Jessica Pressler’s viral New York magazine article, “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People,” follows a jour

Thora Birch Open to Returning for Hocus Pocus 2
Thora Birch is ready for more Hocus Pocus! According to an interview with Hollywood Life, the actress, who played Dani in the 1993 Disney film, revealed her willingness to return to one of her earliest roles if she was asked.
RELATED: Gemma Chan Reveals Marvel’s Eternals Has Wrapped Production
“I’m excited for it,” she said. They’ve been talking about this reboot for five years. I’m excited to see what it all lo

Netflix Enlists Lior Raz and Sanaa Lathan for Thriller Hit and Run
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has enlisted Lior Raz and Sanaa Lathan to star in the thriller Hit and Run. Raz will pull double duty as a co-creator as well, and write the series alongside Fauda co-creator Avi Issacharoff. Production wrapped in New York but plans to continue in Israel this month.
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Per the report, the series focuses on Segev Azu

Kirk Douglas dies at 103, Hollywood remembers
Following yesterday’s sad news (via The Hollywood Reporter) that Oscar nominee Kirk Douglas passed away at age 103, Hollywood flooded social media with tributes to the icon, including from his son and actor Michael Douglas, which you can read below.
Douglas was best known for his work in Spartacus, Paths of Glory, Ace in the Hole, The Vikings, Lust for Life, Champion, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Man From Snow

"What do you have to offer?" Screen Media Films has finally revealed an official US trailer for The Jesus Rolls, a spin-off from the Coens' The Big Lebowski centered on notable bowler Jesus Quintana, played by John Turturro in the original film. We featured the Italian trailer last fall, but that was dubbed. Now we finally get a real look at this odd film, which is opening in select theaters at the end of this month. This has been in the works for a while, and John Turturro not only stars in it

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John Turturro’s The Jesus Rolls trailer & poster released
Screen Media Films has released the official The Jesus Rolls trailer starring John Turturro as Jesus Quintana in The Big Lebowski spinoff. Set to release in theaters on February 28, you can check out the trailer below and the new poster in the gallery!
RELATED: John Turturro is Back in Full Force in The Jesus Rolls Teaser
Hours after being released from prison for good behavior, Jesus Quintana (Turturro) reunite

"There are bright places… Even in dark times. We can be that bright place." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for an indie romance titled All the Bright Places, the latest film made by acclaimed director Brett Haley (I'll See You in My Dreams, The Hero, Hearts Beat Loud). Adapted from Jennifer Niven's novel, the film tells the story of Violet and Theodore, who meet and change each other's lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they disc

BEGIN SLIDESHOWFirst 10 minutes of Netflix’s Locke & Key released!
Ahead of its series debut tomorrow, Netflix has released the first 10 minutes of the long-awaited series adaptation of Locke & Key, giving us a preview of the first episode titled “Welcome to Matheson” which was written by original author Joe Hill along with Aron Eli Coleite. Also featuring our first look at the series’ opening title sequence, you can check out the video in the player below!

"I'm not made of sugar. I'm made of marble." Screen Daily has unveiled the first official trailer for the new take on Berlin Alexanderplatz, set for a major premiere at the Berlin Film Festival (aka Berlinale) later this month. The film is a new adaptation of Alfred Döblin's 1929 Weimer Republic era classic novel, which was also turned into an acclaimed TV series in the 1980s by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (also called "Berlin Alexanderplatz"). This seems to be Germany's version of Ladj Ly's

BEGIN SLIDESHOWKingdom Season 2 sets premiere date in new teaser
Netflix has announced the official premiere date for the upcoming second season of their South Korean horror period drama Kingdom. Starring Ju Ji-Hoon and Bae Doona, the hit series will be making its return on March 13. The announcement also came with the released of the first Kingdom Season 2 teaser and poster, which you can now check out below featuring the main cast on top of a roof as they get surrounded by a swarm of raging z

John Boyega has shared a video of himself playing every role in Cats, to jokingly prove that he would have been the perfect addition to the divisive movie.
In an unlikely Instagram move, the 27-year-old cut to the climax of the movie’s trailer and replaced all the characters’ faces with his own.
He said in the video: “I saw the trailer for Cats and I said to myself, ‘You know what? I could have killed that.View this post on InstagramThe litter box scene was absolutely dis

"Me and my brother – we're, not all bad…" 4Digital Media has released an official trailer for 2 Graves in the Desert, a crime thriller that is the feature debut of French producer / filmmaker Benjamin Goalabré. A man and woman wake to find themselves tied & gagged in the trunk of a pick-up truck and it soon becomes clear that they have been kidnapped and taken as hostages. Their two kidnappers have their own agenda, and it's not a pleasant one. Described as a "cold

The Matrix 4 set videos and photos feature Keanu Reeves
As production officially begins for The Matrix 4 in San Francisco, the first videos and photos from the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly-anticipated fourth installment to The Matrix films have already surfaced online through Twitter (via Comic Book), featuring our first look at Keanu Reeves’ return as Neo. Also spotted on the set are Lana Wachowski and Carrie-Anne Moss, you can check out the videos and photos below!The Matr

"A lot of people underestimate women… That's why they get away with a lot." Amazon Prime has released an official trailer for a dark crime comedy titled Blow the Man Down, which originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. It also went on to play at the Toronto, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara Film Festivals, as well as AFI Fest. While grieving for the loss of their mother, the Connolly Sisters suddenly find they have a crime to cover up after unintentionally killing a dr

"A lot of people underestimate women… That's why they get away with a lot." Amazon Prime has released an official trailer for a dark crime comedy titled Blow the Man Down, which originally premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year. It also went on to play at the Toronto, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara Film Festivals, as well as AFI Fest. While grieving for the loss of their mother, the Connolly Sisters suddenly find they have a crime to cover up after unintentionally killing a dr

Fast and Furious 9 has not yet reached the big screens and Vin Diesel is already suggesting that the 10th installment could be split into two parts.
F9, the official title, has already been dubbed the second part in the “last trilogy to end the saga” – making Diesel’s latest comment a little bit confusing for fans.
In an interview from the latest issue of Total Film (via GamesRadar), the star and producer of the Fast Saga talked about the future of the series.
He left the

The fifth Mad Max movie has been confirmed to start filming later this year.
Writer-director George Miller is ready to return to the iconic post-apocalyptic world after the green light was given for shooting to take place in Australia this autumn, according to Geeks WorldWide
Mad Max: Wasteland will come after the first film in the franchise was released in 1979, starring Mel Gibson as the titular character.
After two sequels in the 1980s, Miller revisited his franchise 20 years later with a fou

Sam Raimi is reportedly in talks to direct the upcoming sequel to Doctor Strange.
The follow-up to the 2016 Marvel film, which starred Benedict Cumberbatch as the titular superhero, has been in pre-production for four years and carries the title Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
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The sequel’s original director, Scott Derrickson, le

Steven Spielberg, Danny DeVito, Rob Reiner and Catherine Zeta-Jones, among other celebrities, have paid tribute to Kirk Douglas, who died on Wednesday.
The actor, who starred in classic Hollywood films like Spartacus, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Lust For Life, passed away on February 5 in his home in Los Angeles. The news was confirmed by his son, Michael Douglas, in a statement on Instagram. Douglas is survived by his children, grandchildren and his wife of 65 years, Anne Buydens Douglas.

Acclaimed Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas, who starred in classics like Lust For Life, Spartacus and Paths Of Glory, has died aged 103.
His son Michael Douglas confirmed the news of his passing in a statement on Facebook: “It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103.
“To the world he was a legend, an actor from the golden age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and

Rachel McAdams Won’t Return For Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Earlier today, word broke that Marvel is in talks with Sam Raimi to bring him on board to direct Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. But Variety‘s report also buried another major piece of news that’s been largely ignored. According to Variety, Rachel McAdams will not be returning for the Doctor Strange sequel.
In the first film, McAdams portrayed Dr. Christine Palmer, a co

Harley Quinn. Two words, many meanings, one powerful woman. The woman that she used to be in Suicide Squad is gone. Now, audiences have a chance to experience this badass lady cause some serious mayhem and teach a spoiled man a lesson. The action unfurls swiftly as Harley breezes by in her sparkling roller-skates and breaks bones. Cathy Yan and Christina Hodson demonstrate their phenomenal directing and writing skills with DC's Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn

Report: Sam Raimi May Direct Doctor Strange 2
Last month, Scott Derrickson stepped down as director of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness over creative differences with Marvel. However, it looks like Marvel may have already found a replacement: Sam Raimi.
Via Variety, Raimi is in talks to direct the Doctor Strange sequel, with Derrickson remaining as a producer. Raimi arguably set the stage for the MCU with the original Spider-Man trilogy for Sony. If Raimi signs on, this wil

"It's cruel punishment." FilmRise has released an official trailer for an indie documentary titled 1275 Days, a powerful film about juvenile incarceration and terribly long sentences for criminals. In 2013 in Indiana, 15-year-old Blake Layman and four friends broke into a neighbor's home, thinking it was unoccupied. The homeowner surprised them, firing a gun. One boy was shot and killed. Three of the boys were caught, and sentenced to 55 years in prison each. Blake's family & his girlfriend

Warner Bros. & HBO Max unveil feature production arm Warner Max
Fans have been very curious about the future of Warner Bros’ upcoming streaming service HBO Max and now there’s a new reason for discussion as the two have revealed the opening of a new feature production arm entitled Warner Max.
RELATED: Rosario Dawson to Lead Ava DuVernay’s DMZ Pilot at HBO Max
The venture, which is being overseen by HBO Max’s Chief Content Officer Kevin Reilly and Chairman of War