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Director Reveals Armie Hammer’s Justice League: Mortal Batman Cowl
Many fans are still wondering what George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal would have looked like. Although the project never saw the light of day, throughout the years we keep learning more tidbits. The most recent comes from director Ryan Unicomb, who is is currently working on a documentary on Warner Bros.’ scrapped project. He took to Instagram to reveal a photo of Batman‘s cowl in 

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMarch 17 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s March 17 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
Jumanji: The Next LevelIn this hit sequel the gang is back (Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan) but the game has changed.
Superman: Red SonThe colorful, actio

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSony releasing Bloodshot on digital platforms early
In an effort to keep up with competing studios Disney, Universal and Warner Bros. and help fans looking for entertainment while practicing self-quarantines, Sony has announced that Bloodshot will be debuting on digital platforms March 24, eleven days after its theatrical release. (Via The Hollywood Reporter)
RELATED: Birds of Prey and The Gentlemen Getting Early VOD Releases!
The decision to release the film early

Nickelodeon Launches Global Prosocial Initiative #KidsTogether
Nickelodeon announced today’s launch of #KidsTogether, a global, multiplatform prosocial initiative using its most popular characters and talent to engage with kids and families on tips for staying healthy and also ideas for activities to do together while in the home. Featuring SpongeBob SquarePants, Blue’s Clues & You!, Henry Danger, Bubble Guppies, and The Casagrandes, #KidsTogether is intended to serve as an addi

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Exclusive Uncaged Clip: The Hunt Is on in Dick Maas’ Horror Latest
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip from 4Digital Media’s upcoming Dutch language horror film Uncaged, which is currently available on VOD and Digital HD on Leading Digital Platforms and on DVD. You can check out the exclusive, bloody clip below as well as the poster in the gallery, and grab your copy of the movie here!
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After

"If you want to get to my level, you just get nice and mediocre." Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie small town dramedy titled International Falls, the latest film from up-and-coming filmmaker Amber McGinnis (also of The Company We Keep). This premiered at the Atlanta Film & Video Festival, along with the Seattle & Nashville Film Festivals last year. A woman stuck in a small, snowbound border town has dreams of doing comedy when she meets a washed up, burned

Fox Corporation Acquires Tubi Streaming Service
According to Vital Thrills, Fox Corporation has acquired Tubi, a free ad-supported streaming platform, after entering into an agreement for approximately $440 million.
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Tubi, currently available on more than 25 digital platforms in the U.S., features over 20,000 titles and 56,000 hours of film and television programming from over 250 content partners including major

Same Boat trailer for comedy secretly shot on a cruise ship
Dark Star Pictures has debuted the first trailer for Same Boat, a comedy secretly shot on a cruise ship about a time traveling assassin falling in love with his target. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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James is a time travelling assassin from the 28th century sent to 2018 to kill a woman, but when his intern gets sick and he loses his paperwor

Beastie Boys Story Theatrical Release Postponed, Will Stream on Apple TV+
Deadline is reporting that the IMAX theatrical release of Oscar-winner Spike Jonze’s upcoming documentary Beastie Boys Story has been postponed. The movie was initially scheduled to release on April 3. A new release date will be announced later, but the documentary will still stream on Apple TV+ staring on April 24.
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“Our highest priority

Murder House Flip trailer: A new kind of home renovation show
Quibi has debuted the first trailer for Murder House Flip, a new twist on the home renovation series seeing prospective homeowners acquiring high-end properties that were home to brutal murders. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
Quibi is set to launch on April 6 with 50 shows and movies, with more to be released throughout the initial month. Those who sign up before the launch date get a free 90-day trial, after whi

BEGIN SLIDESHOWAmazon debuts behind-the-scenes look at Tales From the Loop
Amazon has debuted a new featurette for the upcoming sci-fi drama Tales From the Loop giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the work the showrunners, producers and directors took to bring Simon Stålenhag’s narrative art book to life. The featurette can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Amazon’s Tales From the Loop Trailer & Key Art Released
Based on the acclaimed art o

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Starz’s groundbreaking drama Vida ending with Season 3
Ahead of Vida‘s return this coming April, Starz has announced that they’ve officially decided not to give creator Tanya Saracho’s critically-acclaimed drama series a fourth season renewal. The show’s upcoming third and final season will premiere on Sunday, April 26 at 9 PM ET/PT, airing six episodes week-to-week on STARZ. The announcement also came with the release of a new trailer and

Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy talks production shutdown
After about two weeks of shooting, Netflix’s acclaimed teen sci-fi horror series Stranger Things saw production on the fourth season grind to halt as Hollywood was forced to press the pause button amidst concerns of the global coronavirus outbreak, and executive producer/director Shawn Levy has opened up about the difficult decision to halt work. (Via Variety)
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New to stream: MUBI’s April 2020 film slate
Indie premium streaming service MUBI has unveiled its film slate for April, packed with recent festival hits and rediscovered classics available exclusively on the service including Jodie Mack’s anticipated debut The Grand Bizarre, Le Doulos and more!
RELATED: New to Hulu April 2020: All the Movies & Shows Coming & Going
Net to MUBI in April: 
MUBI’s Exclusive Strands: 
[The New Auteurs] Aft

Cannes Reveals Virtual Market Plan as a Contingency Option
Cannes has confirmed that they are working on a virtual market plan as a contingency option should the film festival be unable to run physically from May 12-23, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Cinemark Closes Down, Nearly 4,000 Theaters Closed Nationwide
The Cannes Marché chief Jerome Paillard confirmed the news, saying for those unable to attend to coronavirus-related restrictions, they are looking into running a virtual market

Can you really know all of yourself? Another entrancing animated short film to enjoy and to contemplate. Solipsism is an experimental dark comedy animated short made by animator Jonathan Djob Nkondo along with artist / illustrator / filmmaker Tuna Bora, based on her pre-existing illustrations. The title is a reference to the philosophical concept of solipsism: "the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist." It's about a girl trying to make sense of herself. "The film tells th

Trials of Mana Playable Demo Available Now, Trailer Released
Square Enix is inviting players to start their epic Trials of Mana journey in a free playable demo available today for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation4, and STEAM ahead of the game’s release on April 24, 2020. You can check out the demo and pre-order the game here, and check out the new trailer in the player below!
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The demo for the upcoming action-R

Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears trailer: Essie Davis leads murder mystery
Acorn TV has debuted the trailer for its first original feature film, Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, which sees Essie Davis (The Babadook) return to the titular role alongside Nathan Page (The Secret Life of Us) and Miriam Margolyes (Harry Potter) from the acclaimed series Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears is set t

Sex worker, prostitute, escort. Never a woman, a sister, or a daughter. The headlines are always the same. The media, as well as law enforcement authorities, lack compassion and a genuine desire for rightful justice for women that provide sexual services. Lost Girls, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Liz Garbus (making her first narrative feature film after directing numerous documentaries including What Happened Miss Simone? and Bobby Fischer Against the World), returns to the pain

BEGIN SLIDESHOWStephen Amell turns down possibility of returning to the Arrowverse
It has already been more than a month since fans had said their final goodbyes to Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen/ Green Arrow in the series finale of The CW’s Arrow. But, long-time fans are still not over the show’s ending and are hoping that Amell could be able to reprise his iconic role in future Arrowverse crossovers or in the upcoming Green Arrow and the Canaries spinoff.
That’s why in a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWHot Toys unveils The Mandalorian & The Child 1/16th scale figures!
While other collectible versions of the infantile member of Yoda’s species are selling like hot cakes, Hot Toys has unveiled new sets from Disney+’s The Mandalorian that pair the titular bounty hunter with the aforementioned Child in 1/16th scale glory, all of which can be viewed in the gallery below!
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Finn Wolfhard has teased more news about the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, Afterlife.
The Stranger Things actor stars as Trevor in Jason Reitman’s upcoming addition to the franchise. Speaking exclusively to NME, Wolfhard shared his excitement.
“When I was really young, my parents were really big fans of the original movies, so I grew up watching them,” the actor said. “Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Rick Moranis – all of those were big, big p

1BR trailer: The neighborhood is not as safe as it looks
After debuting the film at Fantasia Fest in Montreal last year, Dark Sky Films has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming thriller 1BR from debut writer/director David Marmor, warning viewers not every neighborhood is as safe as it looks. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Fantasia 2019: David Marmor & Alok Mishra Talk the Thriller 1BR
After leaving behind a painful past to follow her dreams, Sa

New to Stream: Magnolia Selects March titles & special discount subscription
As viewers continue to look for more and more alternate forms of streaming entertainment in March, Magnolia Selects has announced a new list of titles premiering this month including the polarizing Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) documentary I’m Still Here and the James McAvoy-led dark comedy Filth.
Also, Magnolia Selects is now the exclusive streaming destination for a trio of Academy Award winner Bon

Showtime changes on-air schedule for Black Monday & two new docuseries
Showtime has officially announced that they have decided to change the on-air schedule for Don Cheadle’s recently released Black Monday Season 2 and their upcoming two documentary series titled Outcry and Love Fraud. The network’s decision was due to the shows’ sudden temporary production suspensions.
The second season of Black Monday will now shift from two episodes to premiering one episode per w

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Supernatural 15.13 Photos: Genevieve Padalecki & Danneel Ackles Return
The CW has released the official Supernatural 15.13 photos featuring our first look at the returns of Genevieve Padalecki as the demon Ruby and Danneel Ackles as the angel Anael/Sister Jo. You can check out the photos now in the gallery below and watch the new episode on Monday, March 23!
Written by Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming and directed by Amyn Kaderali, the official synopsis for episode 15.

After two months of closures, China has seen its first cinema reopen since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Zhongying Golden Palm Cinema, in Urumqi (in northwestern China) opened its doors to the public on Monday (March 16) after being closed since  January 26.Read more: All the films and TV shows suspended due to CoronavirusThe cinema informed filmgoers they had scheduled 22 screenings the night before, of four Chinese films. On the first day though, no viewers
“We can

Cinemark Closes Down, Nearly 4,000 Theaters Closed Nationwide
According to Deadline, Cinemark has closed all 345 theaters in the U.S. effective today. Cinemark has joined AMC Theatres (the nation’s largest movie theater chain), Regal, Cineplex, Landmark, and Alamo Drafthouse in temporarily closing their doors in an effort to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
“Through these absolutely unprecedented and evolving times, one thing will not change, and that is Cinemark’s dedic

What’s new to watch & read on DC Universe in April
A little over halfway through March, DC Universe has announced its full list of titles hitting the streaming service in April, which will now also include over 75 digital comics starring Batman, Superman and more!
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In addition to exciting new comic titles, including Sean Murphy’s eight-issue Batman: White Knight series to celebrate the J

Jonah Hill has been confirmed as the actor using the most profanity onscreen in Hollywood.
A report from Buzz Bingo crunched the numbers from over 3,500 film scripts to identify which movies have the most swear words, and which actors use them.Read more: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farHill has been found guilty of using swear words 376 times across his career. The Superbad and Wolf of

Jonah Hill has been confirmed as the actor using the most profanity onscreen in Hollywood.
A report from Buzz Bingo crunched the numbers from over 3,500 film scripts to identify which movies have the most swear words, and which actors use them.Read more: Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farHill has used swear words 376 times across his career, the report states. The Superbad and Wolf of Wall Str

Disney+ Titles for April 1 to April 30 Revealed!
Disney+ has unveiled its full list of titles that are set to debut between April 1 and April 30. For the month of April, Disney+ will celebrate Earth Month with a curated collection of documentaries, series, and films from National Geographic and Disneynature. You can check out the full list below of the Earth Month Collection in addition to all of the new library titles and originals heading to the streamer next month!
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Production resumes in Mission: Impossible 7 set photos
Last month, Paramount Pictures had announced that they’re halting the three-week production for Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible 7 in Venice, Italy, where the country is currently in lockdown as the number of COVID-19 cases have significantly increased.
After three weeks of the film’s production hiatus, it looks like filming has been relocated to the UK with the first behind-the-scenes photos and video from the

BEGIN SLIDESHOWHarley Quinn: Birds of Prey teases early digital release in new trailer
Warnes Bros. has released a brand new trailer for the early digital release of Cathy Yan’s Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey. Yan also took to Twitter to credit and thank fans for supporting Birds of Prey‘s release next week. The film is set to arrive on Digital and on VOD on March 24, and pre-order your copy here!Buckle up. Harley and the Birds are about to flock it up  Own #BirdsofPrey

BEGIN SLIDESHOWTom Cruise teases Top Gun: Maverick’s death-defying aerial sequences
Academy Award-nominated actor Tom Cruise is clearly no stranger to death defying stunts as he is famously known for doing his own stunts in previous blockbuster action films such as Edge of Tomorrow, Jack Reacher, and all of his Mission: Impossible films wherein the last installment fans saw Cruise in a real helicopter chase scene.
Now, speaking with Empire, Cruise and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have opene

BEGIN SLIDESHOWRumor: Black Widow delay will not impact MCU timeline
Following yesterday’s report that Disney had delayed the highly-anticipated release of Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, MCU fans have been wondering how the Scarlett Johansson-led film’s rescheduling might affect the overall Phase 4 timeline of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In a new report by Variety, a source close to the studio claims that Black Widow‘s delayed theatrical release won’t really affec

Jamie Foxx Set to Direct Faith-Based Drama When We Pray
According to Deadline, Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx has landed his second directorial gig with the faith-based drama When We Pray. The feature is set up at Cinema Libre Studio and Hong Kong-based Fight to Fame Films.
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Per the report, “The plot is about two brothers who become pastors at different churches in the same community. One brother develops his

Reno 911! revival sneak peek previews first Look at the squad’s reunion
After over 10 years since fans last saw the complete Reno 911! squad in the show’s sixth season finale in 2009, Quibi has finally released a sneak peek for the beloved sitcom’s upcoming revival series, providing us with our first look at the squad’s reunion. Check out the video in the player below!
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The Reno 911! reviv

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCheck Out the First 10 Minutes of The Skywalker Legacy Documentary
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker doesn’t hit Blu-ray and DVD until March 31, but Disney (via Collider) has decided to release a 10-minute sneak peek at the expansive documentary The Skywalker Legacy, which features an in depth look at the entire nine-film saga. You can check out the video in the player below, and click here to order Rise of Skywalker on Digital HD!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWLionsgate Removes Antebellum, Run and Spiral From the Release Calendar
According to Deadline, Lionsgate has decided to “undate” three motion pictures from its release calendar — Antebellum, Run, and Spiral — due to the ongoing issue with the coronavirus. New release dates and strategies are currently being evaluated at this time.
RELATED: Warner Bros. Moves Up Just Mercy Digital Release Date
Antebellum was slated for release on April 24. Produced by G

"We all, kind of, take care of each other here." Dark Sky Films has unveiled the official trailer for an indie horror film titled 1BR, a reference to "one bedroom" listings for apartments. This premiered at numerous genre festivals last year, including at Fantasia, Beyond Fest, Monsterfest Melbourne, and also the Brooklyn Horror Film Festival. Nicole Brydon Bloom plays Sarah, a young woman trying to escape her painful past who decides to start anew in LA, but her neighbors are not what they see

Last December’s musical misfire Cats has been released online early, and fans are campaigning for a specific cut to be released.
When the film first premiered, viewers criticised the film’s visual effects – which showed the feline characters to have human hands, and unrealistic fur. It prompted an updated version to arrive in cinemas only days later, with improved CGI.Read more: ‘Cats’ review: weird and occasionally wonderful, this feline flick is no cat-astropheSin

Seth Rogen has kept fans entertained during the coronavirus outbreak by watching Cats for the first time while “pretty stoned”.
The Canadian comedy star kept fans updated on Twitter as he experienced his first viewing of the critically derided Andrew Lloyd-Webber adaptation, which recently swept the board at the Razzies.
“I’m pretty stoned and watching Cats,” Rogen tweeted. “I’ve never seen the Broadway show. It is truly trippy. Am I supposed t

Conan O’Brien offers St. Patrick’s Day health tips
In one of the seemingly crueler twists of fate this year, the partying holiday St. Patrick’s Day has fallen smack down in the middle of the global coronavirus epidemic but comedian Conan O’Brien has taken to his Twitter to keep spirits high with a hilarious health safety video, which can be viewed below!
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