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What a bummer. Yet another delay. Disney, which now owns the company formerly known as 20th Century Fox, has officially announced updated release dates for James Cameron's Avatar sequels that have been in the works for a decade already. We have been playing this game for so many years before. Avatar 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Avatar (originally released in 2009), was initially scheduled for December of 2016. Every year, or every other year, Cameron re-appears and announces that they ar

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The New Mutants Opening Scene & New Posters Released!
During The New Mutants Comic-Con@Home panel, the opening scene of the movie was released, which you can watch in the player below, as well as new posters that were shared via the movie’s official Twitter account! The posters are part of a new sweepstakes where fans can win one of the posters by following the guidelines posted here!pic.twitter.com/5PF3Vf62Za
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"What can wash away my sin?" Gravitas has released the official trailer for an indie horror thriller titled Nothing But the Blood, a creepy name for a "controversial church" horror. This hasn't hit any festivals, but it will be hitting VOD next month. Jessica is a small-town journalist sent to cover the grand opening of a controversial new church. As the ministry digs its roots into the town and its residents, Jessica's life begins to take an unexpected, and violent, turn that will shake her fo

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Disney Schedule Shuffle: Mulan, Avatar, Star Wars & More!
Walt Disney Studios has just made another huge shift in release plans for both WDS movies as well as 20th Century Studios, Searchlight and Lucasfilm releases. The live-action Mulan, originally shifted from March to August, is now unset. All four Avatar sequels have shifted forward a year, with Avatar 2 now bowing at the tail end of 2022. The next three Untitled Star Wars films have also moved back a year, with th

Watch the SYFY: The Roast of Todd McFarlane Comic-Con@Home Panel!
Comic-Con wouldn’t be Comic-Con without Todd McFarlane, the innovative artist and entrepreneur who is the subject of the brand-new SYFY WIRE documentary film, Todd McFarlane: Like Hell I Won’t. You can watch the SYFY: The Roast of Todd McFarlane virtual panel as McFarlane is joined by Marc Silvestri and J. Scott Campbell as they commend (and roast) McFarlane on his contributions to the industry in the player below!
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Watch The New Mutants Comic-Con@Home Panel!
Writer/director Josh Boone and the cast of the highly-anticipated film The New Mutants are discussing 20th Century Studios and Marvel Entertainment’s upcoming original horror-thriller in a virtual Comic-Con@Home panel. You can watch it now in the player below!
RELATED: New Mutants Comic-Con@Home Panel Announced Plus Special Look Released!
The New Mutants panel will feature stars Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heat

Utopia trailer: Something’s not right in Amazon’s mystery drama
Amazon has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming Gillian Flynn-created adaptation of the British dark comedy conspiracy thriller Utopia, teasing that something is definitely not right about this world. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: HBO’s His Dark Materials Season 2 Comic-Con Trailer & Photos Released!
Utopia, based on the British series of the same name written by Denni

One of the best animated shorts of the decade is now available online. Simbiosis Carnal is a 10-minute animated short made by Spanish animation filmmaker Rocio Alvarez. This premiered at festivals back in 2017, and won tons of awards throughout its run in 2018, and now it's out to watch. "During this animated evocation of the history of desire, the emphasis will be on feminine pleasure, which was for a long time ignored, repressed, and then progressively revealed and liberated. Simbiosis Carnal

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HBO’s His Dark Materials Season 2 Comic-Con Trailer & Photos Released!
HBO has released the official His Dark Materials Season 2 Comic-Con@Home trailer! Returning this fall, you can check out the trailer for the second season in the player below as well as new photos in the gallery!
RELATED: Watch the His Dark Materials Comic-Con@Home Panel!
Included in the trailer is the very first glimpse at the mysterious city of Cittàgaze as well as footage of new Season 2 c

Guy Ritchie has been barred from driving for six months after a YouTuber who films driving offenders caught him texting at the wheel.
The film director pleaded guilty in writing to Bromley magistrates this week (July 21). He was handed a half year ban since he already had nine points on his license from previous speeding offences (via The Independent).
Cyclist Mike van Erp, who has more than 22,000 subscribers to his YouTube channel (CyclingMikey) in which he posts videos of motorists caught on

Watch the His Dark Materials Comic-Con@Home Panel!
The cast and executive producers of HBO/BBC’s His Dark Materials series adaptation are joining the Comic-Con@Home fun with a virtual panel and Q&A session. You can watch the panel in the player below!
RELATED: HBO, HBO Max & TBS Announce Lineup for Comic-Con@Home
Adapting Philip Pullman’s award-winning trilogy of the same name, which is considered a modern masterpiece of imaginative fiction, HBO/BBC’s His Dark Material

Apple thriller Shining Girls lands Elisabeth Moss to lead
When productions resume across the country Elisabeth Moss is going to be everywhere as the Emmy winning actress has expanded her upcoming roster by signing on to star in the Apple TV+ series Shining Girls, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Based on Lauren Beukes’ best-selling novel of the same name, the story centers on a drift

Mandatory Streamers: Mark & Jay Duplass’ Anthology Series Room 104 Returns
Welcome to Mandatory Streamers, our column covering the best new streaming content coming your way every week! For the week of July 20, Mark and Jay Duplass’ late-night, half-hour anthology series Room 104 returns with 12 new episodes, each telling a unique and unexpected tale of the characters who pass through a single room of a typical American chain motel. Check out the best shows d

Xbox Games Showcase Trailer Roundup Including Fable & More!
Today’s Xbox Games Showcase brought not only the exciting arrival of the first gameplay trailer for the campaign of Halo Infinite, but also the announcement of a number of major titles including a new Fable game, Obsidian’s Grounded and more and we’ve rounded all of them up here! Check out all of the thrilling trailers below!
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Ryan Reynolds & Shawny Levy Action-Adventure Film Bought by Netflix
Netflix and Ryan Reynolds (6 Underground, Deadpool) are reteaming for an untitled action-adventure film starring Reynolds and directed by Oscar nominee Shawn Levy (Arrival, Stranger Things, Free Guy), according to Variety.
RELATED: Samuel L. Jackson & Ryan Reynolds Partner Again for Quibi Series
The streaming giant reportedly bought the rights from Skydance Media, who backed 6 Underground as well as Netflix’s hit

"What if we could capture one day?" Get ready to film and submit your day this coming weekend! YouTube has announced a brand new Life in a Day 2020 doc project, a "sequel" to the original Life in a Day from 2010/2011. Ten years ago, a documentary film was created from submissions on YouTube from all over the world, to show us what a "life in the day" is like for millions of people on planet Earth. Now they're following up with another version of this same day. All the footage must be filmed on

"What if we could capture one day?" Get ready to film and submit your day this coming weekend! YouTube has announced a brand new Life in a Day 2020 doc project, a "sequel" to the original Life in a Day from 2010/2011. Ten years ago, a documentary film was created from submissions on YouTube from all over the world, to show us what a "life in the day" is like for millions of people on planet Earth. Now they're following up with another version of this same day. All the footage must be filmed on

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Star Trek: Lower Decks Opening Scene Released!
Following the Star Trek Universe panel during Comic-Con@Home, CBS All Access has released a first look at the Star Trek: Lower Decks opening scene ahead of the series premiere of the all-new animated comedy on August 6. You can check out the clip now in the player below!
RELATED: Star Trek: Lower Decks Trailer Introduces an Elite Crew of Underdogs
Star Trek: Lower Decks will follow the story of the support crew serving on

Empire Spinoff in Development From Taraji P. Henson in New First Look Deal
Taraji P. Henson is developing an Empire spinoff series as part of the Golden Globe-winning, Emmy and Oscar-nominated star’s new first-look deal with 20th Century Fox TV. According to Deadline, Henson has partnered up with Working Title alum Christine Conley for Conley to run her newly formed TPH Entertainment banner.
RELATED: Fox Fall Premiere Dates: Simpsons, Family Guy, Bob’s Burgers & Bless the Harts

Joe Keery is a madman in Spree red-band trailer
Following its debut at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, RLJE Films has debuted the blood and profanity-filled red-band trailer for the upcoming horror comedy Spree starring Joe Keery (Stranger Things) as a deranged rideshare driver. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Rogue Trailer: Megan Fox Leads a Rescue Mission
Meet Kurt (Keery), a 23-year-old rideshare driver for Spree, who is so desperate for s

"For all of you out there who don't know me, get ready. 'Cause you're about to know me." RLJE Films has released the first official trailer for Spree, a rideshare maniac thriller from filmmaker Eugene Kotlyarenko. This premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and was one of the most talked about films because it's so crazy and wild and controversial. Thirsty for a following, Kurt Kunkle is a rideshare driver who has figured out a deadly plan to go viral. Desperate for follower

Exclusive Before/During/After Trailer From OITNB’s Finnerty Steeves
ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer for Before/During/After, written by and starring Orange Is the New Black’s Finnerty Steeves. You can check out the trailer for the dramedy in the player below!
RELATED: Exclusive The Silencing Clip Featuring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Before/During/After is described as a sharp-witted dramedy that studies a middle-aged NYC theatre actress suddenly forced to figure out the

Universal in talks for Tom Cruise/Doug Liman space project
Though the Dark Universe may have crumbled around him at the major studio, Universal Pictures and Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible — Fallout) may reunite once again for the upcoming space-shot project set to be helmed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
RELATED: Tom Cruise Partnering With NASA For Space-Set Project
Though no deal is currently in place yet, sources are reporting that Univ

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDreamWorks debuts trailer for final Tales of Arcadia series, Wizards!
After setting a premiere date for the final chapter in the Guillermo del Toro-created franchise, DreamWorks Animation has debuted the official trailer for Tales of Arcadia: Wizards, which will bow on Netflix in August! Check out the trailer in the player below!
RELATED: DreamWorks Unveils Final Tales of Arcadia Series Premiere Date
Following Trollhunters and 3Below, the new series center

Halo Infinite campaign gameplay unveiled at Xbox Games Showcase
With the Xbox Games Showcase underway brought the exciting reveal of gameplay footage from the campaign of the highly-anticipated Halo Infinite, the sixth installment in the iconic first-person shooter franchise and Xbox Series X launch title! Check out the gameplay footage in the player below and the box art below it!
RELATED: Listen to Tracks from the Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Soundtrack!
In Halo Infinite‘s

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me Being Adapted at HBO
HBO will adapt the critically acclaimed stage show, Between the World and Me, based on the #1 New York Times bestseller of the same name by author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, as an HBO Special Event to air this fall.
Originally adapted and staged by the Apollo Theater in 2018, the special will combine elements of that production, including powerful readings from Coates’ book, and will once again be directed by awar

Watch the Star Trek Universe Comic-Con@Home Panel!
The Star Trek Universe virtual panel is kicking off today at Comic-Con@Home, featuring the casts and creators of Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Star Trek: Picard, and you can watch the livestream in the player below!
RELATED: Star Trek Universe Comic-Con@Home Panels Teaser Released!
Star Trek broke barriers when it first premiered more than 50 years ago, inspiring people of all walks of life by championing cultural

Nickelodeon’s Star Trek: Prodigy Animated Series Logo & Release Date Revealed
Deadline has revealed the official title of the upcoming kids-oriented CG-animated Star Trek series as Star Trek: Prodigy, which is set to premiere in 2021 on Nickelodeon.
RELATED: Star Trek Universe Comic-Con@Home Panels Teaser Released!
The series is being developed by Emmy winners Dan and Kevin Hageman (Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark) and will follow a group of lawless teenagers who discover

Brad Dourif returning for Chucky series at USA Network & SYFY!
The original Child’s Play team is back together for the highly-anticipated series continuation of the horror franchise, Chucky, as Brad Dourif is officially returning to voice the titular slasher doll after portraying the role in seven of the eight films, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Don Mancini Offers First Teaser For Chucky Series!
In the Chucky series, after a vintage Chucky doll turns up at

His Dark Materials season 2 adds Stamp, Anouka & Kirby!
Ahead of the BBC and HBO hit series adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s iconic novel franchise coming to Comic-Con@Home, His Dark Materials has already begun expanding its cast for the upcoming second season with the additions of Terence Stamp (Last Night in Soho), Jade Anouka (Last Christmas) and Simone Kirby (Peaky Blinders), according to Deadline.
RELATED: His Dark Materials Season 1 Recap
Stamp has signed on to sta

"Oh, I fell in love with the place…" Parkland Ent. in the UK has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled Provenance, a romantic thriller marking the feature directorial debut of the cinematographer Ben Hecking. This originally premiered at the East End Film Festival in the UK in 2017, but hasn't had a release yet for the last three years. John Finch has fled to his holiday home in the south of France to start a new way of life. Whilst waiting for his younger lover Sophia t

A new trailer has been released for Bill and Ted Face The Music – watch it below.
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Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves will reprise their roles as William “Bill” S. Preston and Theodore “Ted” Logan, which they first played in Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure in 1989 and then again for a sequel in 1991, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey.
The teaser

Paper Girls: Amazon Orders Graphic Novel Adaptation to Series
Amazon has ordered a Paper Girls series adaptation based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel, according to Deadline. The project comes from Legendary Television in association with Plan B.Calling all #PaperGirls fans… The best-selling graphic novel adventure through time is being turned into a TV series! The story follows four girls who become caught in a conflict between warring factions of time-travele

"A true story of fear." RLJE Films has released another official US trailer for the Argentinian supernatural horror film Terrified, also known as Aterrados in Spanish. This first premiered at the Morbido Film Fest in Mexico in 2017, then it won Best Horror Film at Fantastic Fest in 2018, and stopped by the Montevideo Fantástico, Brussels Fantastic, Fantaspoa, Neuchâtel, Fantasia, FrightFest, and Sitges Film Festival on a global world tour. When strange events occur in a neighborhoo

Patrick Lussier Talks Terminator: Genisys Sequels
Alan Taylor’s Terminator: Genisys was a dud with audiences and critics when it was released back in 2015, though it tried valiantly to take the series in a different direction. In a recent interview on The Production Meeting Podcast, co-writer Patrick Lussier revealed where he planned on taking the sequels.
RELATED: Is Donald Glover Returning as Lando for Disney+ Series?
“We wrote like two drafts of the next one, the direct sequ

Kevin Smith Offers An Update About Netflix’s Masters of the Universe Revival
During the ’80s, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe introduced a generation to the now iconic MOTU characters. Kevin Smith is currently overseeing a revival/continuation for Netflix called Masters of the Universe: Revelation. Via Bleeding Cool, the latest episode of Smith’s Fatman Beyond podcast shed some light on the series’ current state.
“I did recording today remotely for

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCursed Season 1 Episode 1 and Episode 2 Recap
Netflix’s Cursed brings a fresh take of the Arthurian legend, courtesy of Frank Miller. The show centers on a teenage heroine, Nimue, the Fey sorceress that will be known as the Lady of the Lake. In Cursed Season 1 Episode 1, Nimue met a mercenary named Arthur, and in Cursed Season 1 Episode 2, the Weeping Monk tracked her as she searched for Merlin.
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Growing up in the Fey village of Dewdenn, Nimue was considered an outcast

Keanu Reeves Says Bill & Ted 3 Will Feature the Same Scrappy Style as the Originals
In a recent interview with Total Film, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter dropped some nuggets about the anticipated sequel Bill & Ted Face the Music, and fans of the series will likely enjoy his take. As it turns out, despite the numerous years that have passed between films -during which Reeves became a major movie star- the actor maintains that the latest Bill and Ted adventure will adhere closely to the or

"Ted, we have a destiny to fulfill!" Orion Pictures has debuted a rockin' second official trailer for the highly anticipated, long-awaited sequel Bill & Ted 3: Face the Music. Wyld Stallyns rock!! Directed by Galaxy Quest director Dean Parisot, from a script 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. Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure (or two), two would-be

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Bill & Ted Face the Music Trailer, Poster & Release Date!
Orion Pictures has revealed the new Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer and poster! They’ve also revealed a new release date, which will see the movie heading into theaters AND On Demand on September 1. Check out the Bill & Ted Face the Music trailer below, along with the new poster in the gallery!
The sequel will also head to Comic-Con@Home for a most excellent panel discussion moderated b

Oma Cinema has unveiled a new, futuristic movie theater design that is set to launch in Paris, France next year – however, it looks like something straight out of a Star Wars movie.
The design for the cinema, drawn up by architect Pierre Chican before the pandemic, is still under-construction promises “a new era of movie theater” and is now seen as a possible way to bring proper coronavirus social distancing guidelines to movie-watching as the seats are attached in small p

Clint Eastwood has sued several companies he alleges fraudulently used his name to sell products containing CBD, an ingredient derived from the cannabis plant.
The Hollywood director and actor says his name was wrongly used in adverts promoting CBD oil, gummies and other products.
Online scammers claimed the actor had retired from the film industry, according to two lawsuits filed in California, and was now focusing on his CBD business.
Clint Eastwood during the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival on Apr

Dave Franco has been confirmed to portray Vanilla Ice in forthcoming biopic To The Extreme.
The film was originally revealed via casting notice in January 2019, but the biopic has not yet started production.
Now Franco has said he will play the rapper and revealed that the tone of the film will be similar to The Disaster Artist, which was directed by his brother James Franco and based on Tommy Wiseau’s The Room.
“With [The Disaster Artist], people expected us to make a broad comedy w

Sideshow Unveils Statues From Lilo & Stitch Creator Chris Sanders
Sideshow has revealed an all new collaboration with celebrated animation writer, director, and cartoonist Chris Sanders. Through this new partnership, Sideshow will produce high-end collectible statues that faithfully bring Sanders’s whimsical artwork to life in three dimensions. See the first full statue below!
RELATED: Exclusive: Kiskaloo Movie Could Be Next for Chris Sanders!
To date, Chris Sanders has had a pro

Dave Franco to portray Vanilla Ice in biopic To The Extreme
Dave Franco may be prepping for the wide release of his already well-received directorial debut The Rental but he’s not slowing down on work one bit as the 35-year-old is set to portray infamous ’90s rapper Vanilla Ice in a new biopic entitled To The Extreme, according to The Wrap.
RELATED: The Rental Trailer: A Secluded Getaway With Killer Views
First announced in 2019, the film centers on the rise of i