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Musical based on Lionel Richie catalogue in the works at Disney
Lionel Richie is one of the most legendary musicians in American history and now his iconic catalogue of songs has been acquired by Walt Disney Studios, who are developing a movie musical based around the hits, according to Variety.
RELATED: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton Gets Early Release on Disney+
The musical, tentatively titled All Night Long, will be penned by Pete Chiarelli (Crazy Rich Asians, The Proposal) an

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSpace Force Season 1 Episode 5 and Episode 6 Recap
In the previous episodes of Netflix’s Space Force, Naird and Mallory testified before Congress, and Naird participated in the Lunar Habitat Experiment. In Space Force Season 1 Episode 5, Space Force participated in Space Flag against the Air Force, and in Space Force Season 1 Episode 6, Naird and Mallory searched for a spy in Space Force.
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To test exoskeleton technology, Space Force Blue Team competed in war games

Bungie Announces Destiny 2 Beyond Light, The Witch Queen & Lightfall
Destiny 2 developer Bungie has announced a new trilogy of expansions for the title launching this fall, according to Vital Thrills, including Beyond Light (releasing on September 22, 2020), The Witch Queen (2021), and Lightfall (2022). You can check out videos below about the future of Destiny 2 and Beyond Light gameplay, and pre-order Beyond Light here!
RELATED: Electronic Arts Launches First Wave of EA Games on Steam
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"Giving us the human interaction we need." There's a (in)famous hot dog stand in Chicago known as The Wiener's Circle, where they yell at you and make fun of you when you order/pick-up food. It's all part of their brand (they even launched a mock news network on YouTube last year). The stand has been closed for months due to the coronavirus pandemic, but now it's re-opening and they released a hilarious promo video (seen below). This is also a great time to dig up an old "short film" segment fr

Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler has made an unlikely appearance in the new Bill and Ted Face the Music trailer.Read more: Arcade Fire bring ‘Everything Now’ tour to a close with superlative, political Life Is Beautiful headline setThe first glimpse of the long-awaited sequel was unveiled earlier today (June 9), with Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves reprising their roles as Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan and Bill S. Preston respectively.
Shortly after the clip landed online, fan ac

Judd Apatow developing George Carlin documentary
It’s been nearly 12 years since the world lost the talented comedian George Carlin (Dogma, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure) and now Golden Globe-nominated director Judd Apatow is ready to dive into his 50-year career and the legacy it left in a new documentary. (Via Collider)
RELATED: Sarah Silverman Talk Show Gets HBO Pilot, Judd Apatow Producing
In an interview with The Boston Globe for his upcoming dramedy The King o

Money Plane trailer starring Adam Copeland & Kelsey Grammer
Quiver Distribution has released the official trailer for their upcoming action film titled Money Plane, featuring WWE Superstar Adam “Edge” Copeland as he leads a heist on an illegal airborne casino. The film is set to be released on VOD on Friday, July 10. Check out the video in the player below!
RELATED: Netflix Acquires Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt-Starring Ball and Chain
Money Plane centers around a profes

Karen Gillan Looks Ahead To Nebula’s Future In Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
In Marvel’s comic book universe, Nebula is an unrepentant villain. But in the MCU, the events of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame have painted Nebula in a more heroic light. Although Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is still a few years away, Karen Gillan already has hopes for her character’s future. Via ComicBook, Gillan shared her insights into Nebula duri

James Mangold Reflects on His HBO Sandman Pitch
There have been many attempts at turning Neil Gaiman’s Sandman saga into a film or TV series over the years. Currently, Netflix has the keys to the realm of the Dreaming with Allan Heinberg serving as showrunner. But in 2010, James Mangold pitched HBO on his own version of the series that never materialized. While speaking with Discussing Film, Mangold reflected on his efforts to get the series made. He also explained what attracted him to t

Universal inks five-film deal with Unfriended’s Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetov became one of the most high-profile producers in Hollywood with the release of the first installment in the Unfriended horror franchise and after continuing that success in Screenlife storytelling with the 2018 follow-up, he has inked a five-film deal with studio Universal Pictures for more films in this genre, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Searching Producer Developing 14 More ‘Scre

"It's a legend in the underworld… a bulletproof casino in the sky." Quiver Distr. has debuted a new official trailer for Money Plane, a crime heist thriller from actor-turned-filmmaker Andrew Lawrence making his directorial debut this year. Adam Copeland (known as "Edge" in the WWE) stars as a professional thief named Jack Reese, and with $40 million in debt and his family's life on the line he must pull off one final heist - rob a futuristic airborne casino filled with the world's most

DC Daily Has Been Canceled on the DC Universe Streaming Platform
Collider is reporting that DC Daily has been canceled by the DC Universe. The streaming platform is planning to air the final episodes over the next few weeks.
RELATED: Stargirl Season 1 Episode 4 Recap: Wildcat
DC Daily premiered in September 2018, offering DC fans news, interviews, and in-depth panel discussions about DC movies and TV shows. The show featured a diverse range of knowledgable hosts over the years, from Hector Nava

Exclusive: Henry Rollins reflects on He Never Died & repurposed sequel
Henry Rollins has graced the big screen for nearly 30 years, but one of his most celebrated roles came five years ago in the darkly comedic indie horror He Never Died and after its strong reception, writer/director Jason Krawczyk and Rollins began working together on a sequel and a miniseries continuation. However, plans have changed and gone dormant in the time since and ComingSoon.net got the chance to c

Cinemax 2020 promo reveals first look at Warrior Season 2
Cinemax has released a brand new promo for their upcoming original shows, giving us our first preview of the action-packed martial arts scenes fans should expect for Warrior Season 2. The video also features new footage from the latest season of C.B. Strike: Lethal White as well as the newest crime thriller series Trackers. Check out the video in the player below!
RELATED: Trackers Trailer: Everyone Leaves a Trace
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A socially distanced outdoor cinema is set to arrive in London this summer.Read more: All the films and TV shows suspended due to coronavirus
The Free Range Film Club will screen a series of movies between July and September in a number of “the capital’s finest green spaces”.
Pop-up venues will appear in east, west, south and north London during the run – though exact locations are yet to be revealed.
“Expect a programme of cult classics, feel-good faves and indie f

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Stargirl Season 1 Episode 4 Recap: Wildcat
In the fourth episode of DC Universe’s Stargirl, after realizing that she needs the extra help, Courtney sets out to recruit new members to the Justice Society of America, starting with Yolanda Montez.
Yolanda MontezThe episode begins three months prior centering on Yolanda as we learn more about her character, back when she was dating Henry and running for student council against Cindy, who has made her jealousy of their relation

Cyborg concept art from Justice League’s Snyder Cut revealed
Zack Snyder is finally hard at work on his long-rumored cut of the 2017 DC Extended Universe disappointment Justice League and concept art has been slowly shared over the past few weeks from this version, including a new look at Ray Fisher’s Cyborg! The concept art can be viewed below!
RELATED: Zack Snyder Says Ray Fisher is “the Heart” of his Justice League
 
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Supernatural & Other Vancouver-Based Shows May Resume Production Soon
According to Deadline, television shows that film in Vancouver, including The CW’s Supernatural, Riverdale, and its Arrowverse, could begin production sooner rather than later as British Columbia has released new production-restart plans.
RELATED: Batwoman Showrunner Addresses Decision to Introduce a New Lead for Season 2
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWAmandla Stenberg’s The Hate U Give now streaming free!
As unified protests continue throughout the country for the Black Lives Matter movement and the abolition of systematic racism, director George Tillman Jr. took to Twitter to reveal that his 2018 drama film The Hate U Give is now available to rent for free on all digital platforms in the U.S. The Amandla Stenberg-led film joins Ava DuVernay’s Selma and Warner Bros.’ Just Mercy in hopes of providing something

Netflix & BritBox pull Little Britain from libraries due to blackface sketches
A few months after word broke that discussions of a revival were underway for the hit British sketch series, Matt Lucas and David Walliams’ Little Britain has been pulled from Netflix, BBC and BritBox libraries over some controversial blackface sketches, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Netflix Reportedly Exploring Possibility of Little Britain Revival
With the past two weeks seeing a wave of

Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries reboot gets premiere date & episode details
After more than year since it was confirmed that Netflix was developing a reboot of the classic 90s series Unsolved Mysteries, Bloody Disgusting is bringing word that the streaming giant has officially set the premiere date for the upcoming true crime and paranormal series which hails from Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy. The Unsolved Mysteries reboot is scheduled to make its debut on Wednesday, July 1, begin

Exclusive Exit Plan Clip Starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip for the upcoming mystery drama Exit Plan starring Emmy nominee Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones). You can check out the clip now in the player below!
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Insurance claims investigator Max (Coster-Waldau) follows the clues of a mysterious death to the remote Hotel Aurora, a unique and secretive facility that specialize

Reunite with the heroes & villains in new NOS4A2 teaser
With just under two weeks to go until the highly-anticipated second season premiere, AMC has debuted another new teaser for the next chapter in its adaptation of Joe Hill’s NOS4A2, reuniting audiences with the heroes and villains in the story. The teaser can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: New NOS4A2 Promo Reveals a New Look at Season 2
NOS4A2’s second season picks up eight years after the events of season

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDoctor Who: Next annual holiday episode has already been filmed
Before all TV productions were shut down to the ongoing global pandemic, the 12th season of Doctor Who had already aired its season finale episode on March 1. However, it was then revealed that another special holiday episode titled “Revolution of the Daleks” is scheduled to premiere later this year.
In a recent interview with EW, Doctor Who actress Mandip Gill, who portrays the role of one of Jodie

BEGIN SLIDESHOWScope out 40 Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer screenshots!
This morning Orion Pictures finally debuted the Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer featuring Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter’s most triumphant return! Now ComingSoon.net has 40 screenshots from the trailer to let you read all those tattoos, get a closer look at some of the apocalyptic events happening around the boys and… is that Ted’s dad playing the saxaphone? Check out t

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDiamond Select reveals Tron VHS edition SDCC figure!
With the cancellation of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International, Diamond Select Toys is slowly unveiling new figures that were set to be exclusive releases at the fan-favorite annual event and the latest reveal comes in the form of a VHS edition figure of Tron, the hero from the iconic 1982 sci-fi adventure of the same name. The figures can be viewed in the gallery below, along with others that were set to be SDCC

"I get it. Why would you want to hang out with a weirdo, like me?" Uncork'd Entertainment has unveiled the first official red band trailer for a brutal horror comedy titled Homewrecker, with a nod to Bloody-Disgusting for dropping this. The film premiered at Fantasia last year, and also played at Fantastic Fest and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in the fall. Loneliness turns violent when a young interior designer makes a dangerous new friend. It quickly becomes clear that Linda has someth

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Hawkeye Series’ working title pays homage to first Kate Bishop comics
According to Murphy’s Multiverse, the working title for Disney+‘s upcoming Hawkeye series will be Anchor Point, which is actually a nod to the first volume of Kelly Thompson’s fan-favorite comic book series that was published in 2017. Titled as Vol.1: Anchor Points, it was Kate Bishop’s first solo comic series after appearing in the Young Avengers issues. However, it remains uncle

Bryce Dallas Howard has encouraged film fans to “go further” than watching The Help to learn about racism.
The actress, who played Hillary ‘Hilly’ Walters Holbrook in the film, took to Facebook to explain why the 2011 period-comedy drama might not be the best example to educate.Read more: George The Poet on Black Lives Matter: “This is our opportunity to reassess our story”“I’ve heard that The Help is the most viewed film on Netflix right

California allowing movie theaters to reopen this week
The state of California has released a brand new COVID-19 industry guidance for Family Entertainment Centers where it finally allows movie theaters to reopen as early as this Friday, June 12. However, the re-openings will be met with restrictions that must be strictly enforced for at least the first two weeks in order to ensure the safety of moviegoers.
RELATED: California Governor Says TV & Film Production Can Restart June 12
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"Every era has an opportunist." HBO has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled in full Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn, which premiered at last year's New York Film Festival. This is the second big Roy Cohn documentary recently, the other is Where's My Roy Cohn? from last year. This thorough and mesmerizing doc takes an appropriately unflinching look at the life and death of Roy Cohn, the closeted, conservative American lawyer whose first job out of law school was pro

First wave of programs for virtual Fantasia International Film Festival unveiledThe Fantasia International Film Festival will be celebrating this year’s edition as a virtual event accessible to movie lovers across Canada, with a wild assortment of scheduled screenings, panels, and workshops taking place online from August 20 through September 2. The decision to launch a digital edition of the famed genre festival was born from Fantasia’s desire to keep the health and safety of its a

Author Rick Riordan Expresses Dislike for Percy Jackson FilmsAs fans of the Percy Jackson series of novels will attest, the two film adaptations were awful. Not only did they fail to capture the spirit, heart, and cleverness of the books, but they turned Pierce Brosnan into a shirtless Centaur. As it turns out, fans aren’t alone in their disdain for the film — the author of the novels, Rick Riordan, isn’t fond of them either.
Riordan revealed as much via Twitter when responding

"We deserve to try and have a kid who's…" "perfect?" Monument Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for an indie drama titled The Surrogate, which first premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year. There are many films all titled The Surrogate (including plenty of horror), this one is about a woman who agrees to be the surrogate mother for a gay couple. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results indicating the baby will have Down Sy

BEGIN SLIDESHOWProduction begins on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2
Sony Imageworks’ Lead animator Nick Kondo took to Twitter to reveal that production has officially begun on Sony Pictures’ highly-anticipated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel. This confirmation comes after the studio had decided to change the film’s previous planned release date. Originally scheduled for an April 2022 release, the Spider-Verse sequel has now been pushed back to October 7, 2022 whic

BEGIN SLIDESHOWWHOA! Bill & Ted Face the Music Trailer & Poster! EXCELLENT!
The time has finally arrived for the first trailer of the highly-anticipated threequel in the iconic time-traveling comedy franchise, Bill & Ted Face the Music, and Wyld Stallyns Keanu Reeves (John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum) and Alex Winter (The Lost Boys) are back!  Check out the Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer in the player below, along with the poster in the gallery! The film

"Why can't we just go to the future when we have written it?" Orion Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for the highly anticipated, long-awaited sequel Bill & Ted 3: Face the Music. The boys are back!! And ready to rock more time travel. Directed by Galaxy Quest director Dean Parisot, from a script written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon (who wrote the original film), Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return as Ted 'Theodore' Logan and Bill S. Preston. The cast also includes Samara

"Why can't we just go to the future when we have written it?" Orion Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for the highly anticipated, long-awaited sequel Bill & Ted 3: Face the Music. The boys are back!! And ready to rock more time travel. Directed by Galaxy Quest director Dean Parisot, from a script written by Chris Matheson and Ed Solomon (who wrote the original film), Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter return as Ted 'Theodore' Logan and Bill S. Preston. The cast also includes Samara

The first trailer for the long-awaited sequel Bill and Ted Face the Music is finally here – watch below.
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are reprising their roles as Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan and Bill S. Preston respectively, which they first played in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1989.Read more: John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum review — a brutal, blood-soaked sequelThe original film was followed by a sequel in 1991, Bill & Ted&rsqu

Andrew Lloyd Webber has spoken out against Tom Hooper’s live-action remake of Cats, focusing specifically on James Corden‘s character Bustopher Jones.
During a YouTube live commentary for a 1998 filmed version of the stage show, the composer made his thoughts on the new changes clear.Read more: Cats review: weird and occasionally wonderful, this feline flick is no cat-astropheWithout directly referring to Hooper’s film or Corden’s performance, Lloyd Webber share

The next Evil Dead film is on the way, with Lee Cronin taking over as director — as chosen by Sam Raimi himself.
A new Evil Dead movie was confirmed last year, and the franchise’s longtime lead and now-producer Bruce Campbell has shared further details on the shape of the upcoming release.
Read more: The 25 scariest horror films of all time
“We’re just getting off the phone with Lee Cronin, who is writing and directing the next Evil Dead,” Campbell to

Studio Ghibli have confirmed that their next film release will be called Aya And The Witch.
Based on the children’s book Earwig And The Witch by the late Diana Wynne Jones — the writer behind Howl’s Moving Castle — the new film has been directed by Hayao Miyazaki’s son Gorō.
Read more: Every Studio Ghibli film ranked in order of greatness
Announced last week by production company NHK Enterprises, Aya And The Witch will premiere in the winter later this yea

King Princess – real name Mikaela Straus – has criticised J.K. Rowling’s recent transphobic comments against trans women in a post on Instagram.
Last weekend, Rowling criticised an article on Twitter for using the term “people who menstruate” instead of women. She then proceeded to write a string of tweets claiming the push for trans rights would erase the concept of sex and, subsequently, the lived experience of women.
LGBTQ charity GLAAD has since commented that R

Daniel Radcliffe has penned a short essay in response to the criticism and accusations of transphobia that Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has faced since the weekend, with the actor stating in his piece that “transgender women are women”.
Rowling has faced a backlash after she shared an article on Saturday (June 6) titled ‘Opinion: Creating a more equal post-COVID-19 world for people who menstruate’ and wrote: “‘People who menstruate.’ I’m sure t