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Ashley Zukerman lands titular role in NBC’s Langdon pilot
Deadline brings word that Succession actor Ashley Zukerman has officially been cast for the leading role in NBC’s upcoming drama pilot titled Langdon, based on author Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel The Lost Symbol. Zukerman will take on the titular role of a young Robert Langdon, who was famously portrayed by Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the Robert Langdon film trilogy.
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Exclusive Escape From Pretoria Clip & Interviews with Radcliffe, Webber & Annan
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with stars Daniel Radcliffe (Guns Akimbo) and Daniel Webber (The Punisher) and co-writer/director Francis Annan for their upcoming biopic thriller Escape From Pretoria, and also has an exclusive clip that can be viewed in the player below!
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"You guys are perfect for each other, you know that?" Vertical Entertainment has unveiled the first official trailer for an indie teen relationship comedy titled Banana Split, marking the feature directorial debut of experienced cinematographer Benjamin Kasulke. This originally premiered in 2018 at the Los Angeles Film Festival, but still hasn't been released just yet. It will finally be available to watch at the end of this month. Hannah Marks and Meagan Kimberly Smith co-star as two teenage g

Christopher Landon returning to pen new Paranormal Activity
While already busy at work on a new body-swap horror film for Blumhouse Productions, the man behind the name of the indie powerhouse studio has revealed that Christopher Landon (Happy Death Day 2U) is returning to the Paranormal Activity franchise to pen the upcoming seventh installment, according to JoBlo.
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Fisherman’s Friends Trailer & Poster: Some Bands Can’t Be Managed
Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the official U.S. trailer for the UK musical comedy Fisherman’s Friends, arriving in theaters this May. Based on a true story, you can check out the trailer in the player below as well as the poster in the gallery!
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A fast-living, cynical London music executive (D

BEGIN SLIDESHOWTop Gun: Maverick release date moved up by Paramount
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has changed the release date for director Joseph Kosinski’s highly-anticipated aviation sequel Top Gun: Maverick. Originally set to debut on June 26, the Tom Cruise-led film will now hit the theaters on Wednesday, June 24. The film was previously scheduled to go up against Warner Bros. Pictures’ In the Heights film, but now Top Gun: Maverick will no

Lionsgate Acquires Film Rights to Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Following a bidding war, Lionsgate has acquired the film rights to Judy Blume’s classic novel Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, according to Deadline. Kelly Fremon Craig will direct her adapted screenplay and will reunite with Gracie Films’ James L. Brooks who will produce and previously collaborated with Craig on The Edge of Seventeen.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWPOLL RESULTS: Who is the greatest classic Universal monster?
After seeing Leigh Whannell’s masterful The Invisible Man explode at the box office this weekend, ComingSoon.net has the responses to its poll asking readers who their favorite classic Universal monster is, with over 1100 votes giving one clear winner. Check out the results below!
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Who is the Greatest Classic Universal Monster? 
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1. Dracula (34%

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War trailer previews massive superhero cast
Warner Bros. Animation has released the official trailer for their newest DC universe animated movie Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, which serves as a follow-up to 2017’s Justice League Dark. The sequel will feature the largest superhero cast in the history of DC Universe including the return of Matt Ryan (Legends of Tomorrow) as the voice of Constantine, Jerry O’Connell (Scream 2) as the voice of Superma

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMondo unveils Fantastic Four line
Mondo is excited to announce their official license for Marvel’s First Family, The Fantastic Four. For the first time ever, and available at their official website beginning March 5, the pop culture shop unveils products across categories for the popular comic characters. The full line can be viewed in the gallery below!
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Created by the legendary Stan Lee and Jack Kirby,

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CS Soapbox: The Walking Dead’s Panic Button Is a Negan Sex Scene
One could say storytellers hit a metaphorical panic button when things just aren’t interesting anymore; they throw stimuli into the mix to shake audiences out of apathy-blood, gore, explosions, and sex scenes. No television show has been better at these types of Hail Mary tactics than The Walking Dead.  
The midseason premiere of The Walking Dead panicked and gave Negan a sex sc

"What are you tryin' to prove?" Paramount has debuted an official US trailer for Blue Story, which first opened in the UK late last year. This London suburbs drama is a feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a f

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Trolls World Tour “The Other Side” Lyric Video Released
DreamWorks has released the lyric video for “The Other Side” from Justin Timberlake and SZA for the upcoming animated sequel Trolls World Tour. You can check out the video now in the player below!
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In Trolls World Tour will continue to follow Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake’s characters Queen Poppy and Branch as they go on an a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe New Mutants teaser: It’s time to face your demons
20th Century Studios has debuted a new teaser for the long-awaited superhero horror film The New Mutants giving a new look at some of the terror the superpowered protagonists are going to face, including their own demons. The teaser can be seen in the player below!
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Jennifer Lopez has opened up about her Oscars snub for Hustlers, admitting she “felt like [she] let everyone down”.
At the start of awards season, the singer and actress was widely tipped to score a Best Supporting Actress nod for her turn in the acclaimed movie.
However, Lopez – and the movie as a whole – failed to score a nomination come the Academy Awards.
TORONTO, ONTARIO – SEPTEMBER 07: Jennifer Lopez attends the “Hustlers” premiere during the 2019

New to stream: Kanopy’s March lineup!
Kanopy, the premium, free-to-the-user entertainment streaming platform, has released a new list of films hitting the service in March! The list of titles on the streaming service includes Oscar winners, foreign language films, documentaries, and more. These films are available for free to library cardholders at partnered universities and public libraries nationwide.
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Antonio Banderas joins Tom Holland in Sony’s Uncharted movie
According to Variety, Academy Award-nominated actor Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro, Pain and Glory) has officially signed on to star opposite Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg in Sony Pictures’ long-in-development film adaptation of the popular video game Uncharted. The outlet also confirms that Zombieland and Venom director Ruben Fleischer has already closed the deal to helm the action-adven

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Paramount’s Blue Story Trailer from Filmmaker Rapman
Paramount Pictures has released the official trailer for Blue Story from breakout director Rapman (Shiro’s Story, American Son). Arriving in select theaters on March 20, you can check out the trailer now in the player below as well as the poster in the gallery!
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Best friends Timmy (Stephen Odubola) and Marco (Micheal Ward) go to the same high school

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDisney+’s MCU series WandaVision wraps production
WandaVision crew member Taylor Grabowsky took to Instagram to reveal that production has officially wrapped on Disney+’s forthcoming Elisabeth Olson and Paul Bettany-led MCU series which is set to make its highly-anticipated debut later this year in December. The series will also feature MCU newcomers Teyonah Parris and Kathryn Hahn with Parris portraying the adult version of Monica Rambeau. WANDAVISION

The Russo Brothers Share a Clip From Their Episode of The Simpsons
This weekend, The Simpsons is setting its sights on Avengers: Endgame and the MCU. The series also recruited Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo to make guest appearances in the show. Within the episode, the Russo brothers play a pair of Hollywood executives desperate to keep Bart quiet. Somehow, Bart saw a screening of the new Vindicators movie before its release and he’s blackmailing the

Simon Pegg Is Uncertain Star Trek 4 Will Ever Go Forward
Just over a decade ago, director J.J. Abrams rebooted the Star Trek movies with a new cast led by Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, and Simon Pegg, among others. However, the cinematic franchise has stalled after Star Trek Beyond hit theaters in 2016. That sequel dramatically under-performed at the box office. Since then, Quinten Tarantino has openly flirted with making a Star Trek movie, whi

Emily Alyn Lind to Star in HBO Max’s Gossip Girl Reboot
Deadline is reporting that Emily Alyn Lind (Code Black) has joined HBO Max’s reboot of Gossip Girl in a lead role. Lind will play Audrey, who has been in a long term relationship and is beginning to wonder what more could be out there.
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Like the original series, the new iteration of Gossip Girl, written by Joshua Safran, is based on the book by Cecily von Z

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Walking Dead episode 10.11 promo: Morning Star
AMC has released the first promo and sneak peak for The Walking Dead‘s upcoming episode 10.11 titled “Morning Star,” featuring the main survivors led by Daryl as they prepare for the incoming Whisperer war. The sneak peak also gave us our first look at Negan wearing his Whisperer mask. The new episode is set to air on Sunday, March 8. Check out the videos below!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWEmily Blunt sets Off a Trap in A Quiet Place: Part II Clip
Paramount Pictures has released the first clip from writer-director John Krasinski’s highly-anticipated sci-fi horror sequel A Quiet Place: Part II, featuring the full scene that was first seen in the previous trailers where Emily Blunt’s Evelyn accidentally sets off a sound trap. Check out the video in the player below!
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I Know This Much Is True teaser: Mark Ruffalo stars in new HBO miniseries
HBO has released the first teaser for creator Derek Cianfrance’s upcoming limited series adaptation of I Know This Much Is True, featuring an emotional story between twin brothers, both portrayed by Golden Globe nominee Mark Ruffalo (Avengers: Endgame). Based on Wally Lamb’s best-selling novel of the same name, the six-episode miniseries will be making its debut on April 27. Check out the video in the player b

BEGIN SLIDESHOWArtemis Fowl is the next criminal mastermind in new trailer
Walt Disney Pictures has released the official trailer for director Kenneth Branagh’s long-awaited adaptation of Artemis Fowl, giving us a preview of the titular character’s first mission as a criminal mastermind in the making. The new trailer comes more than a year since the release of its first teaser. Based on author Eoin Colfer’s young adult book series of the same name, the film was originally set

"I never intended to kill anyone." The 2020 Berlin Film Festival just wrapped up, and the top prize Golden Bear award went to an Iranian drama titled There Is No Evil. This film features four narratives, each one addressing variations on the crucial themes of moral strength and the death penalty that ask to what extent individual freedom can be expressed under a despotic regime and its seemingly inescapable threats (read: life in Iran). Berlinale has debuted a promo trailer for the film that's

"A mesmerizing perspective on sentience within animal species, normally–and perhaps purposely–hidden from our view." Who doesn't love cute animals? An early promo trailer has debuted online for the beloved documentary titled Gunda, which just premiered to great reviews at the Berlin Film Festival last month. This is the latest doc by the Russian documentarian Viktor Kosakovskiy (who last made Aquarela) and it's an adorable B&W dialogue-less feature that focuses mainly on a momma

Mark Ruffalo confirms he’s in talks to join Disney+’s She-Hulk
During a recent appearance at the 2020 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via Laughing Place), Golden Globe nominee Mark Ruffalo has revealed that he has already engaged in preliminary talks with Marvel Studios for his potential appearance in Disney+’s upcoming MCU series She-Hulk. Ruffalo first took on the mantle of Bruce Banner/ Hulk in 2012’s The Avengers. Since then he appeared in 6 MCU movies includ

Mark Ruffalo confirms his in talks to join Disney+’s She-Hulk
During a recent appearance at the 2020 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (via Laughing Place), Golden Globe nominee Mark Ruffalo has revealed that he has already engaged in preliminary talks with Marvel Studios for his potential appearance in Disney+’s upcoming MCU series She-Hulk. Ruffalo first took on the mantle of Bruce Banner/ Hulk in 2012’s The Avengers. Since then he appeared in 6 MCU movies including las

Amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, many people are noting similarities between what is unfolding and the 2011 movie Contagion.
The Steven Soderbergh film, which stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Marion Cotillard and Jude Law, depicts the outbreak of an epidemic as the scientific community races to contain a fictional virus, called MEV-1.
Fans have been comparing Contagion to the current coronavirus outbreak, with many plot elements mirroring what is going on in real life.
Among them is the spread of f

"Your father is in a complicated profession – for years, he has protected powerful secrets that have kept mankind safe…" Disney has unveiled a new full-length trailer for Artemis Fowl, an epic adaptation of the fantasy book series by Eoin Colfer. The story follows a 12-year-old mastermind named Artemis Fowl, who discovers a world below ground of armed and dangerous--and extremely high-tech--fairies. He kidnaps one of them, Holly Short, and holds her for ransom in an effort to resto

Star Wars appears to have finally revealed how Emperor Palpatine was brought back to life in The Rise of Skywalker.
The film received a mixed reception when it was released last year, some of the criticism arguing that it failed to explain how the villain could return given his apparent death in Return of the Jedi.
However, advanced copies of Lucasfilm’s official novelisation of The Rise of Skywalker have reportedly been distributed at Chicago’s C232 convention, with an extract

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Universal’s The Invisible Man Appears at #1!
After the major setback that was 2017’s The Mummy, Universal Pictures’ Monsterverse has bounced back in a big way with Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man, which exceeded expectations with a $29 million opening weekend to take the #1 spot at the domestic box office. Overseas it took in another $20.2 million to bring its grand total to $49.2 million worldwide. With an estimated budget of only $7 million and a 90% on R

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCraig Zobel opens up about The Hunt release turmoil
It’s been a crazy six months for the satirical action-thriller The Hunt, with Universal Pictures pulling its marketing and original release date in the wake of mass shootings in a similar vein to 2013’s Gangster Squad, only for the studio to surprise everyone in February with the reveal of a March theatrical release date. While director Craig Zobel (Compliance) originally felt “shock” at the ini