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BEGIN SLIDESHOWHBO Max Unveils Doom Patrol Season 2 Key Art
Just a few days after the originally DC Universe-set series debuted on the newly-released streaming service, HBO Max has unveiled the key art for the upcoming second season of Doom Patrol, which also reveals a June 25 premiere date! Check out the full poster in the gallery below!
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DC’s strangest group of heroes — Cliff Steele aka Robotman (Bren

BEGIN SLIDESHOWHasbro unveils new packaging & figures for Star Wars: The Black Series
While we may still be some months away from the exciting new line hitting stores, Hasbro has unveiled the look of its collectible packaging and figures for the upcoming Star Wars: The Black Series toy line that features beloved characters new and old including Admiral Ackbar, Ahsoka Tano, Luke Skywalker and more! The figures and packaging can be viewed in the gallery below!
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The School for Good and Evil: Paul Feig to Direct Netflix Movie Adaptation
Emmy nominee Paul Feig (The Office, The Heat, Spy) is set to direct The School for Good and Evil, Netflix’s movie adaptation based on the best-selling novel by Soman Chainani, according to The Wrap.
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The School for Good and Evil will follow best friends Sophie and Agatha, who are about to discover where fairytale legacies go to school: The School for

Hamilton Director Thomas Kail to Helm Fiddler on the Roof Adaptation
Deadline is reporting that Hamilton and In the Heights director and Tony Award winner Thomas Kail will helm MGM’s adaptation of the iconic stage musical Fiddler on the Roof that opened on Broadway in 1964 and won nine Tony Awards. Emmy nominee Steven Levenson (Fosse/Verdon) will write the script. Kail will produce the movie adaptation along with Dan Jinks and Aaron Harnick.
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Leigh Whannell developing Upgrade sequel series!
One of 2018’s best and most criminally underrated films, Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade, is coming back to audiences in a new way as the writer/director is partnering with frequent collaborator Blumhouse Productions to help develop a sequel series to the sci-fi action film, according to Deadline. Click here to purchase the original Upgrade!
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Exclusive End of Sentence Clip Featuring Logan Lerman & John Hawkes
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive End of Sentence clip featuring stars Logan Lerman (Hunters) and John Hawkes (The Peanut Butter Falcon) in the upcoming Irish drama. You can check out the clip in the player below!
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Frank Fogle (Hawkes), a widow reluctantly embarks on a journey to honor his wife’s last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote

"Maybe it's time you learn the truth about your condition." Giant Pictures has debuted an official trailer for an indie sci-fi thriller titled Volition, which won the Best Feature award at the Philip K. Dick Film Festival last year. The word "volition" means "a choice or decision made by the will"; making the choice for yourself. The film is about a man afflicted with clairvoyance who tries to change his fate when a series of events leads to a vision of his own imminent murder. An interesting t

Russo Bros. Pizza Film School episode 3 details revealed
After two exciting episodes with the directors of the latter half of the Avengers franchise, Russo Bros. Pizza Film School is coming back this week for an exciting new episode focused on Sam Raimi’s 1981 horror classic, The Evil Dead! Check out their Instagram announcement below!
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CS Video: The Vast of Night Interviews With Jake Horowitz & Sierra McCormick!
ComingSoon.net had the chance to speak with stars Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz about the sci-fi drama The Vast of Night, centering around two young radio personnel as they investigate the weird, mysterious audio frequency they’ve picked up. You can check out the interviews for the movie below and order your copy here when the movie begins streaming tomorrow!
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"A little girl called me 'ugly', and I still think about it! That was five years ago." Everyone has one of those friends you hate but can't seem to ever get rid of. That Friend You Hate is a short film by Eli Shapiro that is now available to watch online for free. It's a Kevin Smith-inspired bro-mantic comedy about a young guy, on the eve of his birthday, who attempts to "break up" with his best friend from childhood over the course of one disastrous night together. It asks: Is it possible to d

X-Men: Apocalypse originally set up Mr. Sinister for Gambit
Fox’s X-Men franchise may long be dead after Disney’s acquisition of the film studio, especially the long-gestating Gambit project starring Channing Tatum (Logan Lucky), but producer Simon Kinberg recently revealed new details on the latter project, namely one villain’s planned appearance in it. (Via Collider)
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Lord of the Rings reunion set for Reunited Apart with Josh Gad
After bringing back the casts of Back to the Future, The Goonies and Splash for his quarantine-shot show, Josh Gad (Frozen) is reuniting the cast of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy for a new episode of Reunited Apart, set to air this Sunday! The announcement teaser can be viewed in the player below!
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Starz Picks Up Re-Imagined Step Up Series From Lionsgate TV
Starz has ordered a new season of the Step Up dance drama series from creator and executive producer Holly Sorenson and Lionsgate Television. With a new premium approach, the series will feature many popular characters from previous seasons of the series, while expanding the scope and storytelling as a 10-episode Starz Original series.
“Holly and her team have created a new and dynamic iteration of the series that captures the ha

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Palm Springs: Andy Samberg’s Comedy To Premiere on Hulu This July
Hulu and NEON have announced that Andy Samberg’s comedy movie Palm Springs is set to premiere on Hulu and in select drive-ins nationwide on Friday, July 10. You can check out the key art for the film in the gallery below!
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When carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Milioti) have a cha

"There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man." With this sentence, Rod Serling first introduced The Twilight Zone to American viewers on October 2nd in 1959. The influential anthology TV series, which followed in the tradition of other shows such as Science Fiction Theatre and radio programs like Dimension X, blended fantasy, science fiction, and horror with morality tales to explore pressing socio-political issues. Over the past sixty years, The Twilight Zone has inspired coun

Exclusive Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Playing With Fire Clips!
Serial Box has provided ComingSoon.net with two exclusive clips from Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire, a 16-episode story you can read OR listen to on either your phone, the web, or the Serial Box app. Click here to order Marvel’s Jessica Jones: Playing with Fire!
Check out the clips below, featuring the original theme music by Amanda Rose Smith, and an extended clip in which the snarky NYC priv

Goldstein & Daley talk Dungeons & Dragons and Flash movies!
Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley have been a powerful collaborative duo for nearly 15 years and in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the duo have opened up about their DC Extended Universe Flash movie that never came to fruition and the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons adaptation at Paramount Pictures.
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Wes Anderson’s French Dispatch Among Titles Expected to Receive Cannes 2020 Label
Variety brings word that Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round, and Naomi Kawase’s Comes Morning are among about 50 other titles expected to receive the Cannes 2020 label.
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The Cannes 2020 curated list of films will include movies that were initially selected for several sections of the Official Selection. Films tha

"You are not safe with her in there…" 1091 Media has revealed an official trailer for an indie horror titled Star Light, a twisted little film directed by filmmakers Mitchell Altieri & Lee Cummings. A kind-hearted teen's life is turned upside down when he helps a world famous pop star on the run try to escape her violent pursuers. He ends up hiding out with her at a friend's house, turning a fun graduation party into a night of living hell. Starring Cameron Johnson as Dylan & Sco

Cate Blanchett Officially Boards Eli Roth’s Borderlands!
Lionsgate has announced that two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett (Carol, Blue Jasmine, The Aviator) has closed a deal to star in director Eli Roth’s adaptation of Borderlands!
The project reunites Blanchett with Roth after starring in the director’s hit film The House with a Clock in Its Walls, which opened #1 at the box office.
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Blanchett will le

Shelly: Awkwafina & Karen Gillan Reteaming for Action-Comedy Movie
Deadline is reporting that Jumanji: The Next Level stars Awkwafina (The Farewell, Ocean’s 8, Crazy Rich Asians) and Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Endgame, Selfie) are reteaming on a new action-comedy movie Shelly.
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The story takes place a decade after an embarrassing prom prank ran Shelly Wheeler (Awkwafina) out of town and so hardened her

Jar Jar Binks voice actor Ahmed Best has made a return to the Star Wars franchise.
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Best appears, this time in the flesh, in a trailer for the upcoming Star Wars game show Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge, which will screen on the Star Wars Kids YouTube channel.
The upcoming 10-episode series tests young Star Wars fans on their abilities to become Jedis through a series of challenges – get a taste of the new show below.Best appea

BEGIN SLIDESHOWJames Mangold shares previsualization video of Logan casino scene
This week saw co-writer/director James Mangold (Ford v Ferrari) take to Twitter alongside ComicBook.com for a special watch party of his acclaimed final installment in Fox’s Wolverine trilogy, Logan, during which he shared a previsualization video from the scene in which Patrick Stewart’s Charles Xavier suffers a seizure, psychically incapacitating everyone in the area. The video can be v

"He's not just a dog… He's a good boy!" Hulu has revealed a trailer for their next offering in the ongoing "Into the Dark" anthology horror series. They've been producing tons of original horror films from all kinds of different filmmakers, and this next one looks horrifying and hilarious. Good Boy is directed by Tragedy Girls filmmaker Tyler MacIntyre, and stars Judy Greer as a woman who gets a cute little dog as an emotional support pet. She's in for a surprise when she discovers that

Alice Cooper says that he’d want Johnny Depp to play him in a biopic of his life.
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Chatting to Yahoo! Entertainment in a new interview, Cooper was asked whether he would want a biopic of him to be made.
Cooper responded: “I hope it’s not of those where we get to die first… Usually it’s gonna happen with bands that were extremely commercially successful, whereas Alice 

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The Umbrella Academy Season 2 Character Posters Released
Netflix’s official The Umbrella Academy Twitter account has shared seven new character posters for the second season of the hit superhero series. The Umbrella Academy Season 2 will debut on Friday, July 31, and you can check out the posters in the gallery below!six. pic.twitter.com/DXTjYusCtz
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Ruby Rose addresses Batwoman exit on social media
It’s been just over a week since Ruby Rose stepped down from her role on The CW’s Batwoman and while reports have surfaced since that the star was unhappy with the hours required of a 20-plus-episode series, she took to Instagram to offer her support for the next season in which the titular hero will be recast next to a fan video of her in the role. Rose’s post can be viewed below.
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Star Wars actor John Boyega has defended an explicit anti-racism tweet he posted following the high-profile death of George Floyd in the US this week.
Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis late on Monday (May 25) following an altercation with police officers. Floyd, who was African American, was killed when a white police officer appeared to kneel on his neck as he lay on the ground during an arrest.
Following the public outpouring of anger and calls for justice over Floyd’s death, Boyega went on

More Details on Henry Cavill’s Return to the DCEU as Superman
Following yesterday’s news that Henry Cavill is in negotiations to reprise his role as Superman in the DCEU, Deadline is now sharing details on the potential return.
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Warner Bros. is reportedly not developing a Man of Steel sequel, nor will Cavill make any cameos in Wonder Woman 1984, The Suicide Squad, or in Matt Reeves’ The B

Batwoman star Ruby Rose has for the first time discussed her decision to leave the show after just one season.
It was revealed last week that Rose wouldn’t be playing Batwoman in the upcoming second series of the CW show.
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“I have made the very difficult decision to not return to Batwoman next season,” Rose said in an initial statement when announcing her decision, and she has now sh

Let your journey begin with Chasing the Present. 1091 Media has unveiled the trailer for an intriguing new documentary titled Chasing the Present, which premiered at the Flickers' Rhode Island Film Festival last year. The film follows a materially successful young man, riddled with anxiety. Embarking on a world-wide journey to explore the root cause of the modern societal epidemic of stress and emotional suffering, he finds answers to why a person, who seemingly has it all, can continue to suff

Lucasfilm Announces Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge VR Experience
ILMxLAB, Lucasfilm’s award-winning immersive entertainment studio, announced today that it is in development on Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, a new virtual reality experience, in collaboration with Oculus Studios. The title will be released later this year.
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“We are so excited for fans to step into &lsquo

J.K. Simmons Discusses Commissioner Gordon’s Role in the Snyder Cut
It’s crazy to think two weeks ago the Snyder Cut of Justice League was just a pipe dream, and now we’re hearing that Henry Cavill is negotiating to return as Superman in the DC Extended Universe. Another character that deserves a little more screen time is J.K. Simmons’ Commissioner Gordon, who popped up for a brief cameo in Justice League and was set to return in Ben Affleck’s solo Batman film. In

"My dream was to develop a new color." Passion River Films has posted a trailer for an indie documentary titled A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone, which was already released last year. But this is the first time we've come across it, so we're happy to feature it anyway. Originally produced for TV, the one-hour-long doc film is a profile of self-taught artist Edythe Boone. Long before Black Lives Matter became a rallying cry, Edythe Boone embodied that truth as an artist, an educator, a

UK cinema chain Cineworld has set out plans to re-open all its cinemas in the country in July.
It comes as the UK government begins to ease lockdown measures amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Earlier this month, the government confirmed that cinemas in the UK could provisionally open their doors again from July 4 while adhering to social distancing guidelines.
Cineworld, who operate 128 cinemas acros

The co-creator of the John Wick franchise has revealed that the films were originally set to have another name.
They were changed, though, after star Keanu Reeves kept repeatedly calling the film the wrong name.
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In a new interview with Comicbook.com, John Wick co-creator and screenwriter Derek Kolstad revealed that the first film in the series was originally set to be called Scorn, but Reeves would repeatedly call it John Wi

Larry Kramer, the prominent gay rights and AIDS activist who was also an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, has died at the age of 84.
Kramer passed away yesterday (May 27) in New York at the age of 84 after a battle with pneumonia. The news of his death was confirmed by his close friend and literary executor Will Schwalbe.
Kramer’s work as a writer in the 1980s and 1990s is seen as instrumental in changing the US’s national health policy around the AIDS crisis, a disease that Kramer

Martin Scorsese has self-shot a new film about his experiences of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.
The new short will premiere on the BBC tonight (May 28) as part of Lockdown Culture With Mary Beard, the new adaptation of the long-running Front Row Late arts programme.Read more: Unscripted telly and sci-fi escapism: how COVID-19 will change the future of film and TVThe film is set to explore what the current period of self-isolation has meant to the director, and what he is set to

Mastodon have revealed that they’re working on a new song for the upcoming Bill and Ted film, Bill and Ted Face the Music.
Speaking on the RocknRoll Beer Guy podcast, guitarist Bill Kelliher said they were working on the track for the upcoming movie in addition to writing around “20 rough songs”.
Kelliher said: “We got asked, like a couple months ago, to be a part of the new Bill and Ted movie, to put a song in there. So we wrote a song to be in that movie which

The cast of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy have reunited remotely for Josh Gad’s Reunited Apart chat series — watch the trailer for the upcoming special below.
Gad has been keeping people entertained during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown by reuniting the stars of such beloved movies as The Goonies, Back To The Future and Splash over mass Zoom chats.
This Sunday (May 31), Gad will remotely host the ‘Return of the Kings’ special with members of the cast from Pet

The cast of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy have reunited remotely for Josh Gad’s Reunited Apart chat series — watch the trailer for the upcoming special below.
Gad has been keeping people entertained during the coronavirus-enforced lockdown by reuniting the stars of such beloved movies as The Goonies, Back To The Future and Splash over mass Zoom chats.
This Sunday (May 31), Gad will remotely host the ‘Return of the Kings’ special with members of the cast from Pet

Henry Cavill is reportedly in talks to return as Superman in a new, upcoming DC film.
According to sources who spoke to Variety, Cavill will return as Clark Kent in an upcoming DC movie. Previously, Cavill starred as Kent in 2013’s Man of Steel – a Superman origin story – and then again in 2016’s Batman V Superman and most recently in 2017’s Justice League.Read more: ‘The Witcher’ season 2: everything we know so farWhil

Apple & Paramount partner for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon
After it was reported last month that Oscar winner Martin Scorsese (The Irishman) was in negotiations with multiple streaming services for financing his long-in-development adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon, The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that Paramount Pictures and Apple have entered final talks to co-finance the film.
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Westworld Season 3 Recap
The third season of HBO’s Westworld shifted away from the Westworld theme park setting and toward the world and context within which the place exists. The hosts were out in the real world in Season 3 to lead a revolution, stop a revolution, and find the truth. To close out our recaps of Westworld Season 3, we are looking back at what Dolores, Maeve, and Bernard did outside of the park.
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The question hanging on from Season 2 was about the pearls that Dolores

Henry Cavill in negotiations to return to Superman!
It’s been up in the air as to whether or not Henry Cavill would ever return to his career-making role of the iconic DC Comics hero Superman after appearing in three films in Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe and now it’s been reported he is currently in talks to reprise the role! (Via The Wrap)
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Though Cavill had reportedly departed the role in 2018,

BEGIN SLIDESHOWJeff Fowler & Tim Miller’s The Goon movie update & storyboard reveal
It’s been over a year since we last heard any kind of update on the long-awaited film adaptation of the Eric Powell-created Dark Horse comic The Goon from Tim Miller (Deadpool) and Jeff Fowler (Sonic the Hedgehog). Now Blur Studios has offered fans an update on the Kickstarter-funded project, as well as a look at new storyboards which can be viewed below!
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The Mandalorian leads to new Golden Globes rule
While receiving rave reviews from critics, the debut season of The Mandalorian was unfairly snubbed at the Golden Globes with no nominations sent its way, but the Star Wars spin-off series at Disney+ did shake up the annual awards ceremony by spawning a new eligibility rule, according to Variety.
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announc