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Hawaii Five-O ending after current season
It’s been a troublesome few years for CBS’ Hawaii Five-O led by Alex O’Loughlin (Whiteout), with stars leaving over parity issues with their white co-stars and a steady decline in ratings in the following seasons, and now the network has announced that it will come to an end after its current tenth season, according to Variety.
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CS Unboxed: DC Collectibles Cover Girls Batgirl Statue by Frank Cho
Welcome to the latest installment of CS Unboxed — our series of premium collectible unboxing videos — in which DC Collectibles has provided ComingSoon.net with the chance to unbox the new Cover Girls Batgirl Statue by Frank Cho. Check out our review of this gorgeous statue in the video below! Click here to order the Cover Girls Batgirl Statue!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Interview: Co-writer/director Benh Zeitlin on Peter Pan reimagining Wendy
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with Oscar-nominated writer/director Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) about his latest project, Wendy, a reimagining of J.M. Barrie’s iconic fantasy-adventure play and novel Peter Pan, which is in select theaters now!
In this wildly reimagined ragtag epic, Wendy is lost on a mysterious island where aging and time have come unglued. She

Exclusive Blood on Her Name Clip for Matthew Pope’s Crime Thriller
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip for Matthew Pope’s (The Echo Construct) crime drama thriller Blood on Her Name. The movie opened today in select theaters and is currently available on VOD. You can check out the clip now in the player below!
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Directed by Pope who co-wrote the screenplay with Don M. Thompson (The Echo Construct), Blood o

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Pixar’s Onward set to feature The Simpsons short ahead of film
While Pixar films normally feature original shorts ahead of new releases, Disney’s recent acquisition of Fox has created a new universe of connections as they have revealed that Onward is set to feature a short from The Simpsons centered on the youngest member of the iconic animated family, Maggie!
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"You don't have to be scared of mommy." In a near future New York City, Black Vampires walk amongst us. Suicide by Sunlight is an impressive short film made by up-and-coming filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu, and it originally premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival last year. It's finally online to watch in full - all 17 minutes of it and it's worth just a bit of your time to view. Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodl

BEGIN SLIDESHOWKilling Eve’s Kim Bodnia joins The Witcher season 2
A week after landing Game of Thrones alum Kristofer Hivju for the second season of Netflix’s The Witcher adaptation, the cast has expanded with the addition of Killing Eve‘s Kim Bodnia in the iconic role of the oldest and most experienced witcher Vesemir, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Game of Thrones’ Kristofer Hivju Joins The Witcher Season 2
Six other actors have also bee

Netflix-Warner Bros. Negotiations for Lucifer Season 6 Are Looking Good
Well, it seems that the upcoming fifth season of Lucifer won’t be the last one, after all. Netflix originally planned to close out the show’s five-year run with a 16-episode final season, but the streaming service has changed its mind somewhere along the way. According to a report by TV Line, Netflix and Warner Bros. Television and Netflix are still in talks and “both sides appear optimistic

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CS Video: Justice Smith & Elle Fanning for Netflix’s All the Bright Places!
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to sit down with Justice Smith (Detective Pikachu) and Elle Fanning (Maleficent: Mistresses of Evil) to discuss the new Netflix romantic drama All the Bright Places, which has just debuted on the streaming service. Our interview can be viewed in the player below!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWDiamond Select Toys gallery with DC, Star Wars & more!
Diamond Select Toys invited ComingSoon.net to their showfloor at the New York Toy Fair, in which we got sneak peeks at new statues and figures from their new lines from DC, Marvel, Star Wars and many more! Check out our first looks in the gallery below!
RELATED: CS Interview: Todd McFarlane Talks Toy Fair Reveals!
Diamond Select Toys was founded in 1999 by sister company Diamond Comics Distributors and has

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCheck out our DC Direct Toy Fair gallery!
The newly renamed DC Direct (formally DC Collectibles) invited ComingSoon.net to take a look at their new figures and statues at the New York Toy Fair, which included a new line based on The Joker, a revamped Artist Alley line and more! Check out some fo the new images in the gallery below!
RELATED: CS Interview: Todd McFarlane Talks Toy Fair Reveals!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWParamount Pictures announces A Quiet Place Double Feature Fan Event!
Fans better be ready to embrace their full silence as Paramount Pictures have announced a double feature fan event for John Krasinski’s acclaimed 2018 sci-fi horror film A Quiet Place and its highly-anticipated follow-up, as tickets are on sale for the sequel, that will let fans travel through the terrifying world a couple days ahead of its release!
RELATED: A Quiet Place Part II Tracking a

Actor and screenwriter Leigh Whannell and director James Wan changed the horror landscape when their low-budget sleeper hit Saw became a cultural phenomenon in 2004. After the massive success of their feature debut, the Australian filmmaking duo continued to collaborate on a series of horror films, including Dead Silence (2007), Insidious (2010), and Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013). In 2015, while Wan was behind the wheel of Furious 7, Whannell made his directorial debut with Insidious: Chapter 3,

CS Soapbox: Do We Really Want Lethal Weapon 5 to Happen?
There’s been talk of a fifth entry in the Lethal Weapon franchise, which originally began in 1987. Two Popes producer, Dan Lin spoke about a potential fifth Lethal Weapon film at a recent edition of The Hollywood Reporter’s Producers Roundtable: “We’re trying to make the last ‘Lethal Weapon’ movie. And Dick Donner’s coming back,” said Lin. “The original ca

"She only knows what the demon allows her to see!" Kaleidoscope Entertainment + Lionsgate have released an official trailer for an indie horror film titled The Dawn, which is headed straight-to-DVD this month for anyone who likes watching this kind of supernatural horror. Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman is sent to live in a convent up in the North East. However, the demons that plagued her father follow her, reawakening the

"She only knows what the demon allows her to see!" Kaleidoscope Entertainment + Lionsgate have released an official trailer for an indie horror film titled The Dawn, which is headed straight-to-DVD this month for anyone who likes watching this kind of supernatural horror. Following the murder of her family at the hands of her father in the wake of World War I, a young woman is sent to live in a convent up in the North East. However, the demons that plagued her father follow her, reawakening the

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Milla Jovovich Totes the Giant Jawblade in New Monster Hunter Posters
The hunt for monsters will start in just a few months. A couple of new Monster Hunter posters debuted online thanks to IGN, featuring two of the protagonists of the upcoming adaptation of the famous videogame series. One of the posters features Milla Jovovich‘s Captain Natalie Artemis while the other has Tony Jaa’s The Hunter. Both the protagonists are armed to the teeth and ready to take

My Lovely Wife: Amazon Studios Acquires Samantha Downing’s Bestseller
Deadline is reporting that Amazon Studios has acquired movie rights to My Lovely Wife, the bestselling novel by Samantha Downing. Amazon has partnered with Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Films on the project.
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The novel is described as a darkly comedic psychological thriller that explores the modern impulses of human nature. T

"Why us? It's not our job." Studiocanal France has unveiled the first trailer for a new film titled Police, also going under the title Night Shift, the latest from French filmmaker Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel, Gemma Bovery, The Innocents). This just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this week, and is opening in France in April, but still has no other dates set yet. Virginie, Erik, and Aristide are police officers in Paris. All three try to keep their personal & emotional lives tog

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James Mangold & Robert Rodriguez Rumored for Mandalorian Season 2, Plus Obi-Wan Code Name
According to Star Wars News Net, Academy Award nominee James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari, Logan, 3:10 to Yuma) and Robert Rodriguez (Alita: Battle Angel, Machete, Planet Terror) directed parts of The Mandalorian Season 2. The outlet specifies that, along with other unnamed directors, Mangold and Rodriguez have both “directed sequences for an episode” of the second season, and Ro

"I don't care if it's natural or not. This is a movie." Film Movement has debuted the official US trailer for Nina Wu, made in Taiwan by a Myanmar-born filmmaker. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival last year. After toiling for years in bit-parts, aspiring actress Nina Wu (played by Ke-Xi Wu, who also co-wrote the script based on her own personal experiences) finally gets her big break with a leading role in a spy thriller set in the 1960s. The part, which

"What are you going to do with me, huh? You gunna keep me down here forever?!" Gravitas Ventures has released an official trailer for a strange, dark thriller called I Hate the Man in My Basement, which is quite an attention-getting title. This will be available on VOD in a few weeks, skipping theaters entirely. This dark comedy film stars Chris Marquette and Manny Montana, and it's about a grieving widower who struggles to appear normal while living with a secret in his basement. Who exactly i

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe High Note trailer: Dakota Johnson leads ensemble music comedy
Focus Features has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming musical comedy The High Note, formerly titled Covers, featuring an ensemble cast led by Dakota Johnson (The Peanut Butter Falcon) and Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish). The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Diplo, Bill Pullman and Eddie Izzard Join Musical Comedy Covers
The ensemble cast, led by Johnson and Ross, also st

Day of the Dead series given 10 episode order by SyFy
According to Deadline, SyFy has given a 10-episode order for a Day of the Dead series, based on George Romero’s 1985 film of the same name. The series is written by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas (The Banana Splits Movie), who will also act as showrunners.
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Romero’s film was the third in his six-film Dead series, which began with Night of the Living Dead in 1

Liev Schreiber and Susie Abromeit Join Will Smith in King Richard
According to Deadline, Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) and Susie Abromeit (Jessica Jones) have joined the cast of King Richard, the upcoming Venus & Serena Williams biopic featuring Will Smith (Aladdin) as the tennis stars’ father Richard Williams. Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead) also stars, whilst Saniyya Sidney (Fences) and Demi Singleton (Godfather of Harlem) will portray the aforementioned sisters.
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Kevin Feige is Chinnos in The Simpsons’ Avengers Spoof
For well over a decade, Kevin Feige has been Marvel Studios’ man behind the curtain. He constructed the MCU from behind the scenes while leaving the performance work to the professionals. But this weekend, Feige will finally get to try his hand at acting. Variety has revealed the first look at the Marvel Studios chief’s voiceover role on the next episode of The Simpsons.
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"Grace – you are the song. You should not be buried under all this flashy garbage." Focus Features has unveiled the first trailer for the movie The High Note, set in the "dazzling world" of the Los Angeles music scene. Tracee Ellis Ross stars as a singing "superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights." She crosses paths with her overworked personal assistant, played by Dakota Johnson. When her manager presents her with a choice that could alter the course of her care

The Last Duel Set Photos Reveal 14th Century Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver
Excited for Ridley Scott’s The Last Duel? Then check out these set photos, which feature the film’s three stars — Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Adam Driver — adorned in 14th century French armor. You can check out the full images in the tweets below!
Based on the book The Last Duel: A True Story of Trial by Combat in Medieval France by Eric Jager, the novel takes place in 1386 and tells th

New concept art for Avengers: Endgame has revealed that another original Avenger was almost killed off in the blockbuster finale.
A whole host of well-loved characters bit the dust across Endgame and its predecessor, 2018’s Infinity War.
Read more: Avengers: Endgame review: is it the best comic book movie ever?
The newly revealed concept art for the film, by Stephen Schirle, now shows that the original plan was for Nick Fury to meet a particularly gruesome end.
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The Simpsons will air a new short film ahead of screenings of Pixar’s new film Onward.
Pixar have a long tradition of premiering new short films ahead of cinema showings of their full-length features.
The new Simpsons short film will be the first time that the featured prelude will come from outside of the studio’s internal team.Read more: 50 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Simpsons’Playdate With Destiny has been announced on the official Simpsons Instagram. From

Steve Coogan has reflected on Jeremy Corbyn’s heavy defeat in last December’s General Election in a new interview with NME.
The actor, who stars in new film Greed about a billionaire retail tycoon, was a vocal supporter of Corbyn’s through the election campaign.
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Asked what he made of the Labour leader’s defeat, Coogan said: “I think there was a confused message on Brexit. I think

"Scotland is clutched in the grip of a mighty hand… Now, we'll set her free!" Screen Media Films has just released another official US trailer for the Scottish historical action drama Robert the Bruce, made by Australian director Richard Gray (of Mine Games, Blinder, The Lookalike, Broken Ghost). Robert the Bruce is a hard-hitting historical epic covering the turbulent time after William Wallace's victories depicted in Braveheart. This originally premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival

"It's all so confusing…!" Vertical Entertainment has released an official trailer for an indie ensemble comedy titled Almost Love, a film about romance in the smartphone era. Also known as Sell By, which is the title the film is using for the UK release. This originally premiered at the Toronto Inside Out Film Festival, and also played at numerous LGBTQ festivals including Outfest, Out on Film Festival, and a few others. Adam and Marklin's 5-year relationship has gone from a passionate f