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Apple orders drama series from Team Downey
After seeing their first TV project pick up a second season order at HBO, Robert Downey Jr. and Susan Downey’s Team Downey are expanding their small-screen slate with a new project that has just been given a straight-to-series order at Apple, according to Variety.
RELATED: HBO Renews Perry Mason for a Second Season
The currently-untitled series is baed on Michael Lista’s Toronto Life article “The Sting,” which centers on a

Tom Hanks in talks to reunite with Robert Zemeckis for Pinocchio
Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis have had multiple hits together over the past 20 years and now the duo are eying a reunion as the Oscar winning star is once again in talks to star in Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio as Geppetto, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Ewan McGregor Voicing Jiminy Cricket in Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Hanks had previously been in talks for the role two years prior when&

Chad Stahelski & Derek Kolstad reunite for The Man From Nowhere
Nearly a decade after Dimension Films first tried their hands at an English-language remake of the film, New Line Cinema’s The Man From Nowhere is back on track with John Wick scribe Derek Kolstad penning the script and franchise director Chad Stahelski signing on to produce, according to Deadline.
RELATED: John Wick’s Derek Kolstad Developing Splinter Cell Anime at Netflix
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Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers adds Regina Hall to cast
Following the recent addition of Academy Award nominee Michael Shannon, Deadline reports that Girls Trip star Regina Hall has been tapped to join the star-studded cast of Hulu’s forthcoming limited series adaptation of Nine Perfect Strangers. Hall will portraying the role of Carmel, one of the titular characters in the novel who is a single mother of four. 
Hall’s notable film credits include: About Las

Mapleworth Murders trailer explores Quibi’s murder-mystery comedy
Quibi has unveiled the first trailer for the upcoming murder-mystery comedy series Mapleworth Murders featuring an ensemble of comedic talent and spawned from Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Seth Meyers alums. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: Samuel L. Jackson & Ryan Reynolds Partner Again for Quibi Series
Co-created by stars Paula Pell (A.P. Bio) and John Lut

Tenet: Hayley Atwell breaks down secrets behind the title in new video
A brand new video about Christopher Nolan’s latest sci-fi action feature Tenet has been released by the Spyscape Museum where they’ve enlisted MCU alum Hayley Atwell to break down the secrets concerning the facts attached to the upcoming film’s title. In the video, we get to learned that the word Tenet is actually associated to an ancient puzzle called Sator Square. Check out the video in the

Ryan Reynolds boards Universal monster comedy Everyday Parenting Tips
Ryan Reynolds can’t stop and won’t stop building his forthcoming schedule with exciting new projects as he has signed on to star in and produce the Universal Pictures monster comedy Everyday Parenting Tips, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Ryan Reynolds & Shawn Levy Action-Adventure Film Bought by Netflix
Based on Simon Rich’s New Yorker short story of the same name, the story acts as a short ess

HBO Max unveils trailer, key art & premiere for Ridley Scott’s Raised by Wolves
After word came out in October it would be moving to WarnerMedia’s streaming service, HBO Max has unveiled the first trailer, key art and premiere date for the highly-anticipated sci-fi series Raised by Wolves from executive producer Ridley Scott (Alien: Covenant). The trailer and key art can be viewed below!
RELATED: HBO’s His Dark Materials Season 2 Comic-Con Trailer & Phot

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Sam Neill & Laura Dern tease Jurassic World reunions!
Yesterday marked an exciting day for audiences as both Sam Neill and Laura Dern took to social media to tease two very big reunions in the forthcoming Jurassic World: Dominion between Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and the former’s iconic fedora! Check out the teases below!
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New The Suicide Squad logo: James Gunn teases first-look footage at DC FanDome
In celebration of James Gunn’s 53rd birthday today, The Suicide Squad director took to Twitter to reveal the new title treatments for the highly-anticipated DCEU film. In his post which you check out below, Gunn has also confirmed that DC fans will finally get to see the first glimpse of the ensemble movie at the upcoming DC FanDome event on August 22, where he will be joined by the cast for a virtual panel.#Th

HBO sets premiere date for Coastal Elites
From playwright and screenwriter Paul Rudnick and directed by Jay Roach, HBO’s ensemble socially distanced comedy Coastal Elite is set to make its debut on Saturday, September 12 at 8 p.m. EST on the premium cabler.
RELATED: HBO Announces New Slate of Documentary Films & Series
The comedic satire tells contemporary stories of characters breaking down and breaking through as they grapple with politics, culture and the pandemic. B

Harry Potter films heading to NBCUniversal’s Peacock
After initially premiering on the WarnerMedia streaming service earlier this year, the Harry Potter franchise is making a move in streaming platforms as it is set to hit the freshly-debuted Peacock at NBCUniversal later this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
RELATED: Craig Robinson to Lead Peacock Comedy From Brooklyn Nine-Nine Showrunners
The eight-film franchise initially became available for streaming in May o

Love in the Time of Corona trailer: Freeform sets new timely miniseries
Freeform has released the official trailer for their upcoming limited dramedy series titled Love in the Time of Corona, providing us with preview of four interwoven love stories which are all set during this time of quarantine. The timely series is a four-part, two-night event that is scheduled to premiere on Saturday, August 22, 2020 and on Sunday, August 23, 2020. Check out the video in the player below!
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Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe Trailer
Today, Disney+ shared the trailer for its upcoming out-of-this-world original movie Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe which premieres on Friday, August 28. Check out the Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe trailer in the player below!
RELATED: Black Widow: Disney+ Rumors Debunked Following Mulan Announcement
Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Candace Against the Universe is an adventu

HBO announces new slate of documentary films & series
HBO Documentary Films has unveiled a full slate of new films and series both in development and scheduled to release on the premium cabler later this year, including a two-part docuseries exploring the history of Black television executive produced by Issa Rae (Insecure) and a series centered on a 1970s auto scam with the Duplass Brothers attached as EPs.
RELATED: HBO Max Unveils Summer Stand-Up Comedy Specials
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"An act of crime committed in the name of nationalism." The official trailer has released for a fascinating, eye-opening documentary titled The Andorra Hustle, from doc filmmaker Eric Merola. If you have never heard of the country of Andorra… you will now. Andorra is a very small country located in Europe nestled between France and Spain in the Pyrenees mountains. The documentary explains how one of the country's banks, known as BPA, was targeted in outrageous scandals involving Spain's

Who’s the Boss? sequel series in the works at Sony Pictures TV
28 years after the last episode of Who’s the Boss? aired in April 1992, Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures Television is currently developing a sequel series to ABC’s award-winning classic 80s sitcom, with lead stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano attached to return. If the project scores a series order, Danza and Milano will be reprising their star-making roles as father and daughter Tony and Samantha Mic

Cursed Season 1 Episode 5 and Episode 6 Recap
In the previous episodes of Netflix’s Cursed, Nimue and Arthur arrived at the Fey refuge, Nemos, and Merlin stole Fey Fire from Lord Rugen. In Cursed Season 1 Episode 5, Nimue learned how she and Merlin are connected, and in Cursed Season 1 Episode 6, she met with him.
Merlin and the Sword
Nimue woke to find Arthur guarding her and the sword. Morgana arrived in Nemos and helped Nimue craft a letter to Merlin about the sword. She showed Nimue t

"One, two, three…!" Freestyle Digital Media has released a trailer for an indie dramedy film titled Teenage Badass, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Grant McCord. This was supposed to premiere at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year before it was cancelled, and will now launch on VOD in the fall. Set in 2006, Teenage Badass follows a band when they score a shot to play on the local news. But as all of their dreams start to become a reality, the band's egocentric sin

BEGIN SLIDESHOWBlack Widow: Bob Chapek debunks Disney+ rumors following Mulan announcement
Yesterday, Disney officially announced that Niki Caro’s live-action film adaptation of Mulan will be making its long-awaited debut on Disney+ in September, instead of its previously scheduled theatrical release on August 21, 2020. Because of this, many fans have been speculating that this might also become the fate for the House of Mouse’s other high-profile films, such as Marvel Studios’

DC FanDome Trailer Promises the Virtual Fan Event of the Summer!
On Saturday, August 22, starting at 10 a.m. PDT, Warner Bros. will welcome fans everywhere into the DC FanDome—a free virtual fan experience where no badge is required. Check out the new DC FanDome trailer in the player below, which promises a No lines, No passes experience!
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Imagine all the Super Heroes and Super-Villains you’ve ever love

"I don't think your mom is just a regular mom." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a family comedy titled The Sleepover, the latest from director Trish Sie, of Step Up All In and Pitch Perfect 3. When two siblings discover their seemingly normal mom is a former thief in witness protection who has been forced to pull one last job, they team up to rescue her over the course of an action-packed night. Joe Manganiello stars as an ex-flame of their mom who gets involved and helps the kids

The Sleepover trailer previews Netflix’s new adventure comedy
Netflix has released the official trailer for Pitch Perfect 3 director Trish Sie’s forthcoming family adventure-comedy film titled The Sleepover, featuring four kids trying to have a sleepover. However, a seemingly normal night quickly turns into an unforgettable adventure as they must try their best to rescue their parents from unknown kidnappers. Starring Malin Akerman and Joe Manganiello, the film will be available for

Sony Pictures has won a bidding war for the forthcoming Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
The studio, along with its TriStar division, will helm the project written by Bohemian Rhapsody‘s Anthony McCarten and directed by The Photograph‘s Stella Meghie. A November 2022 cinema release is promised as part of the deal.Read more: Opinion – why do so many music biopics suck?I Wanna Dance With Somebody has the backing of Houston’s estate as well as music produc

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCheck Out This Creepy New Mutants TV Spot
20th Century Studios has unveiled a new TV spot for Josh Boone’s The New Mutants that teases more of the film’s horror aspects. You can check out the promo below. The film remains on track for an August 28 theatrical release.
RELATED: New Mutants Synopsis Confirms Magik’s X-Men Link!
Here’s the official synopsis:
“In this terrifying, action-fueled film based on the MARVEL comic series, five young peo

Ryan Reynolds has said he and Blake Lively are “deeply and unreservedly sorry” for hosting their 2012 wedding at a former slave plantation in South Carolina.
The Deadpool actor said in a new interview that their “mistake” to have chosen Boone Hall without knowing its tainted history “is impossible to reconcile”.
Reynolds told Fast Company in a new interview that the pair chose the venue after coming across photos of it on Pinterest without knowing its former f

Mimic Reboot: Paul W.S. Anderson & Miramax TV adapting sci-fi film into series
It has been 23 years since the theatrical release of Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s sci-fi thriller film Mimic, and now Deadline is bringing word that Miramax Television is in the process of developing a series reboot of the 1997 cult classic. Resident Evil director Paul W.S. Anderson has officially signed on to direct the first episode of the series.
“The world of insects has been a lon

"There are no good people in there - no saints, only sinners." Lionsgate has released an official trailer for an action thriller titled Seized, the latest from B-movie action filmmaker Isaac Florentine (who also made Acts of Vengeance with Adkins). MMA action star Scott Adkins plays a former Special Forces agent whose son is kidnapped and must now wipe out three dangerous crime syndicates if he wants to see him alive again. Adkins has been starring in endless action movies recently, none of the

The Ren & Stimpy Show reboot gets series order at Comedy Central
Comedy Central has announced that they’ve officially given a series order to the upcoming adult-animated reboot of Nickelodeon’s classic 90s’ animated sitcom The Ren & Stimpy Show. This announcement comes 25 years after the iconic series aired its final episode in 1995.
RELATED: Adult Swim Revives Adult-Animated Series Tuca & Bertie for a Second Season
“We are excited to reinvent this iconi

"From now on, no one will tell us what we can and can't do." Quiver Dist. has released an official trailer for the indie drama I Am Woman, telling the inspiring story of Australian singer and activist Helen Reddy. This first premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year, and also stopped by the Busan Film Festival - we featured the first teaser last fall. Australian actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey stars as Helen, with a full cast that includes Danielle Macdonald (from Patti Cake$), Evan Peters (

Zoe Saldana has said sorry for donning prosthetics and darkening her skin when she played Nina Simone in 2016’s Nina.
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Saldana, who is a light-skinned black actress of Puerto Rican, Haitian and Dominican descent, was criticised for wearing dark makeup to portray the singer. Saldana also wore a full body suit, a prosthetic nose and false teeth.
In an emotional new livestream published via her Instagram, Saldana expressed regr

Lily Wachowski has addressed the trans allegory in The Matrix, saying she’s “glad” the meaning is being understood and discussed two decades after the film debuted.
The filmmaker, who co-wrote and co-directed the groundbreaking 1999 movie with her sister, Lana – who also came out as trans in the 2010s – said “the world wasn’t quite ready for” a trans narrative at the turn of the millennium.
Read more: The Matrix at 20 – the enduring impact of

MGM have acquired Cyrano, a musical film soundtracked by The National‘s Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger.
Read more: The National’s Matt Berninger on 10 years of ‘High Violet’: “We wanted to reach everybody”
Directed by Joe Wright, the musical will see Peter Dinklage back in the title role with Haley Bennett reprising as Roxanne after both performed together in a stage version that played at the historic Goodspeed Opera House’s Terris

After being postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic, Disney has announced its live-action remake of Mulan will be foregoing a theatrical release.
The film will instead premiere on the entertainment giant’s streaming subscription service, Disney+, for a premium rental price.
As reported by Variety, Mulan will be available to rent on September 4 on the service. US consumers will have to pay $29.99 to view the film, on top of the service’s $6.99 monthly sub

"We wanted audiences to feel like they could reach through the screen and touch this world." One of the best stop-motion animation studios is celebrating 15 years this year! Laika Animation originally opened in 2005 and worked on their first feature film Corpse Bride. The first film made entirely by the studio was Coraline, which opened in theaters in 2009. They followed up with four more outstanding stop-motion animated films: ParaNorman in 2012, The Boxtrolls in 2014, Kubo and the Two Strings

BEGIN SLIDESHOWAugust 4 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s August 4 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
Promare Collector’s EditionThirty years has passed since the appearance of the Burnish, a race of flame-wielding mutant beings who destroyed half of the world with fire. When

Star Wars actor John Boyega is set to star in a new Steve McQueen directed drama, Small Axe.Read more: How to support Black Lives Matter and anti-racist organisations if you can’t protestThe drama, which is airing on the BBC and Amazon later this year, has now shared a first-look photo of Boyega in character. The image comes almost five years after the project was first announced.
As reported on Digital Spy, the mini-series will tell “five stories from within London&rs