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Kenya Barris to produce Ben Crump documentary at Netflix
Kenya Barris (#BlackAF) is keeping his partnership going with Netflix as he has signed on to produce a documentary on the life and career of civil rights attorney Ben Crump for the streaming platform with Emmy nominee Nadia Hallgren attached to direct.
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Over the past twenty years, Crump has made a name for himself as one of the nation’s foremost lawyers a

"When will our debt be paid?" Kino Lorber has released an official US trailer for an acclaimed indie thriller titled Buoyancy, marking the feature directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Rodd Rathjen. This was Australia's submission to the Academy Awards for 2019, after premiering at the Berlin Film Festival earlier in the year. Buoyancy tells the story of 14-year-old Cambodian boy named Chakra who is sold as a slave laborer to the captain of a Thai fishing vessel. The captain's rule is cruel

NBCUniversal’s Peacock acquires Clueless series reboot
After word initially broke last October that CBS TV Studios had begun development on a series reboot of Clueless, Variety has brought word that NBCUniversal’s fresh streaming platform Peacock has acquired the project, which will focus on the character of Dionne, formerly portrayed by Stacey Dash in the original film.
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The untitled series is being described

CS Video: Little Voice Interview With Bathina & Richardson
Ahead of its first season finale, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with stars Shalini Bathina (underGRAD) and Phillip Johnson Richardson (Haunt) to discuss their characters in Apple TV’s Little Voice. Our interview can be viewed in the player below!
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Little Voice is a love letter to the diverse musicality of New York. It follows the st

Screened as a selection of the virtual 2020 Fantasia Film Festival. Shortly after watching The Columnist, I noticed that Twitter enabled a very interesting feature – you can now control who can reply to your tweets. It would be a highly valuable benefit for Femke Boot (played by Dutch actress Katja Herbers), the titular columnist of a local newspaper, and author of an upcoming book. The film, directed by Ivo van Aart (of Quantum Zeno) and written by Daan Windhorst, is a powerful revenge c

"It's your turn to do the dishes." This "masterpiece" short film was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the Cesar Awards earlier this year, France's version of the Oscars. I'm Going Out for Cigarettes, also known as Je Sors Acheter Des Cigarettes originally in French, is written and directed by animation filmmaker Osman Cerfon. The film is about a 12-year-old boy who lives with his mother and sister, while men with the same face begin appearing around his apartment. The film examines

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First Look at Welcome to the Blumhouse’s First Four Films
Four new photos have been released for Amazon Prime Video’s Welcome To The Blumhouse, a program of eight unsettling, genre movies produced by Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Television and Amazon Studios. The photos offer a first look at the first four films that will premiere worldwide in October: The Lie, Black Box, Evil Eye, and Nocturne. You can check out the photos now in the gallery below!
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Aquaman star Jason Momoa has posted a video of himself jamming to Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ 1989 cover of Stevie Wonder‘s ‘Higher Ground’.
It came after the star received a new Fender Precision Bass guitar as a 41st birthday gift, courtesy of Fender Custom Shop Master Builder Vincent Van Trigt.
In the clip, which you can watch below, Momoa channels his inner Flea with a brief noodle of the 1989 cover. It featured on the Chilli Peppers’ album ‘Mother’s Milk&

Zack Snyder swaps Chris D’Elia with Tig Notaro for Army of the Dead
Following a wave of sexual harassment allegations leveled at the comedian, Zack Snyder is swapping out Chris D’Elia (You) from the ensemble roster of Army of the Dead with fellow comedian/actress Tig Notaro (Instant Family), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Though filming initially wrapped on the project last October, sources report that

"It is true, we shall be monsters, cut off from all the world; but on that account we shall be more attached to one another." –Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Big news in the film festival world! Five genre festivals have decided to come together and launch a special event this year to circumvent challenges of hosting festivals during an ongoing pandemic. Nightstream is a "collective virtual event" launching online in October this year. The five participating genre film festivals include: Bos

Freida Pinto to lead & produce The Henna Artist TV adaptation
It’s been a few years since we last saw Freida Pinto (Mira, Royal Detective) on the small screen with her recurring role in the third and final season of Hulu’s The Path and now the 35-year-old actress is eying a return to live-action TV with Miramax TV’s adaptation of The Henna Artist, according to Deadline.
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Universal Releases New Jurassic World: Dominion Pics As Production Resumes
In Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the choice was made to release the dinosaurs into the wild. That means Jurassic World: Dominion will explore the consequences of that strange new world. However, the cast and crew are adjusting to their own new reality in the era of COVID-19. Through The New York Times, Universal Pictures has released new photos from Jurassic World: Dominion to mark the return

"Fight me like a man! Come on!" 11:11 Ent. has released an official trailer for an epic new sci-fi action movie titled Monsters of Men, yet another robots-are-extremely-dangerous movie. This is also the feature debut of a very successful commercials director named Mark Toia, making the leap into narrative filmmaking. A robotics company teams up with a corrupt CIA agent dropping four prototype robots into a suspecting drug camp in the Golden triangle. Six doctors on a good cause mission witness

VR Gameplay Revealed in New The Walking Dead Onslaught Trailer!
Survios Inc. and AMC have debuted a new trailer for the upcoming virtual reality action game The Walking Dead Onslaught that gives players a deeper look at the first-person world of zombie fighting to be seen in the forthcoming title! The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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The Walking Dead Onslaught is set shortly after the Savior War in a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe New Mutants cast introduces film’s premise in new featurette
A brand new The New Mutants featurette for 20th Century Studios’ long-delayed X-Men film has surfaced online, featuring new footage while the main cast talks about the film’s premise in 60 seconds. Assuming that everything finally falls into place, the PG-13 film is currently set to hit the theaters on August 28 with tickets reportedly scheduled to go on sale this August 18. Check out the

Idris Elba to star in Apple’s spy thriller film from Simon Kinberg
Following a competitive bidding war against other studios, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Apple has successfully won the rights to Simon Kinberg’s untitled spy thriller film with Golden Globe-winning actor Idris Elba (The Wire, Avengers: Infinity War) signing on for the leading role. Elba is also set to produce along with Kinberg and Audrey Chon of Genre Films
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Undergods Trailer: Failed 20th Century Utopias Meet 21st Century Nightmares
United Kingdom’s Z56FILM has debuted the first trailer for the upcoming dystopian fantasy anthology film Undergods from debuting writer/director Chino Moya that features an ensemble European cast. The trailer can be viewed in the player below along with the full poster! (Via Deadline)
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Written and directed by Moya the film is set i

New The Walking Dead: World Beyond sneak peek teases October premiere
AMC has released a brand new sneak peek clip from their second and newest TWD spinoff series The Walking Dead: World Beyond, featuring a group of sheltered teens as they go outside of their safe environment for the first time in ten years since the outbreak began in order to achieve a cross-country quest. The series is scheduled to make its debut on Sunday, October 4, following the Season 10 finale of The Walking De

Daniel Kaluuya has been confirmed for a role in Netflix‘s adaptation of The Upper World, the upcoming debut sci-fi novel by Femi Fadugba.
The Black Panther and Get Out star is also set to produce the film, the story of which focuses on Esso, a man who is able to see glimpses of the past and the future.Read more: Daniel Kaluuya: “My life’s mad, I can’t even process it”Deadline reports that the film is based on the first installment of Fadugba’s planned series o

Netflix’s Love Hard casts Dobrev, Yang & Melton
After acquiring the rights to the romantic comedy last summer, Netflix has begun building an ensemble cast for the forthcoming Love Hard with the additions of Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries), Jimmy O. Yang (Fantasy Island) and Charles Melton (Bad Boys for Life), according to Deadline.
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Written by Danny Mackey and former literary-agent-turned scree

Dennis Quaid has revealed he’s adopted a cat of his namesake, saying that he “couldn’t resist” helping a feline friend.Read more: The ultimate collection of animals that look like celebritiesThe Parent Trap and The Day After Tomorrow actor adopted a black feline named after him from Virginia’s Lynchburg Humane Society, regional news station WSLS reported.
Quaid responded to an advert that said the cat is a six-year-old male that seeks a life full of endless movie ma

Scare Me teaser: Shudder sets new horror comedy film for October
Shudder has released the teaser trailer for their upcoming horror comedy film titled Scare Me, featuring Aya Cash (The Boys) and Josh Ruben as their characters try to come up with new ways to scare each other. The film had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and will be available for streaming on Thursday, October 1. Check out the video in the player below! (via EW)
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"Stop analyzing her. You can't even analyze yourself." Music Box Films has released an official US trailer for the French drama Sibyl, which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year. This complex, "sly, sultry character study from filmmaker Justine Triet" is about a jaded psychotherapist named Sibyl, who decides to return to her first passion of becoming a writer. But it's much more than that. She ends up being convinced by a patient of hers, a famous actress, to go to the tropical

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Watch Weezer’s ‘Beginning Of The End’ Music Video From Bill & Ted Face the Music
Orion Pictures’ Bill & Ted Face the Music and Weezer have released a most excellent music video for Weezer’s new original song, “Beginning Of The End (Wyld Stallyns Edit)”. The video brings together Weezer with iconic duo William “Bill” S. Preston Esq. (Alex Winter) and Theodore “Ted” Logan (Keanu Reeves) to rock out to Weezer

Vue is reportedly on the verge of being awarded a fresh funding buffer to help it survive the impact of coronavirus on its business.
The cinema chain, which operates 90 cinemas in the UK and employs approximately 9,000 staff across Europe, is on course to secure the funding days after reopening some of its UK multiplexes.
Sky News reports that the new funding package is being lined up in addition to Vue’s existing borrowing facilities. It comes as cinemas gear up to show several big-budget

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMulan: Christina Aguilera drops music video for ‘Loyal Brave True’ track
Grammy winner Christina Aguilera has officially released the full music video for her newest single titled “Loyal Brave True” from the soundtrack of Walt Disney Studios‘ highly-anticipated live-action adaptation of Mulan. In addition to the new single, the upcoming film soundtrack, which is set to be released on September 4, will also feature a new version of

"This is what you have to do - brake as late as possible." 1091 Pictures has released an official US trailer for a documentary titled Hitting the Apex, which is finally getting an official release in the US this year. The film originally opened in the UK back in 2015, but considering it's about motorcycle racing, which isn't that popular in the US (at least compared to NASCAR), it never opened. Until now. Hitting the Apex, narrated by Brad Pitt (who also produced the doc film), is the story of

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMalignant: Annabelle Wallis teases James Wan’s ‘Genre-Bending’ horror film
In recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Annabelle Wallis (Peaky Blinders, Annabelle) was asked about what it was like to work with The Conjuring universe creator James Wan on his forthcoming new original horror film titled Malignant. Wallis excitedly opened up about the project by describing it as unique and genre-bending film that definitely amazed audiences when they finally get

Cuba Gooding Jr has been accused of unwanted touching by 30 women.
The actor is currently appearing in court in Manhattan on three counts of forcible touching and three counts of sex abuse to the third degree in separate incidents involving three different women in New York. He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges and denies any wrongdoing.
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Gooding was initially ordered to appear in court in April before the coronavirus pandemic forced a hiatus.
Since April, more women have

Jamie Foxx Says Black Panther Opened the Door For the Spawn Reboot
The superhero movie landscape has undergone big changes in recent years. Studios are bringing in new talent to tell stories featuring characters from a wide array of different backgrounds. Their ultimate goal is increased representation on the big screen. And to a lot of people, including future Spawn star Jamie Foxx, the success of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther in 2018 paved the way for these changes to take effect (via S

New Unhinged trailer introduces safety rules to avoid road rage
Solstice Studios has released a brand new trailer for Russell Crowe’s upcoming thriller film Unhinged, providing us a set of rules in order to avoid crazy drivers with the tendency to road rage. Also featuring new footage of Crowe’s antagonistic character, you can check out the video in the player below!
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"What are you waiting for?!" Scream Factory has released a trailer for an indie horror thriller titled Let's Scare Julie (also known as Let's Scare Julie to Death), marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jud Cremata. A group of teen girls set out to scare their reclusive neighbor, but the prank turns to terror when some of them don't return. Filmed in real time on a single camera in one uninterrupted, continuous take, the freaky tension rapidly escalates as the girls' seemingly harm

Lovecraft Country featurette takes us behind the scenes of HBO’s new horror series
HBO has released the first featurette for Misha Green and Jordan Peele’s forthcoming horror drama series adaptation of Lovecraft Country, featuring the main cast led by Jonathan Majors as they chat about each of their characters. Based on author Matt Ruff’s novel of the same name, the series is scheduled to make its debut on Sunday, August 16. Check out the video in the player bel

DC FanDome unveils full schedule of film & TV panels!
Ahead of next week’s highly-anticipated launch of Warner Bros’ DC FanDome, the full list of film and TV panels have been revealed along with its assigned schedule. The first-ever virtual event will be available to all fans around the world for 24 hours with over 100 hours of content that is expected to be available in 10 languages including English, French, Korean, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, German, Brazil Portuguese and Chi

"Are there issues in your life that might complicate the transition process?" Dark Star Pictures has released an official trailer for an indie drama called The Garden Left Behind, from Brazilian filmmaker Flavio Alves. This initially premiered at the SXSW Film Festival last year, where it won the prestigious Audience Award in the Visions section. It also won tons of other awards at various film festivals last year, including Best Editing in a Narrative Feature at the Woodstock Film Festival. Th

Watched at Home: Top 20 Streaming Films for the Week of August 7
Woah, we’ve got some shakeups with The Digital Entertainment Group’s Top 20 Streaming Films, fellow couch potatoes! The biggest one? David Ayer’s The Tax Collector, starring Bobby Soto and Shia LaBeouf as a couple of “tax collectors” working for a local crime lord, sprung to the top of the charts in its first week of release, usurping reigning champ Trolls World Tour in the process. Not bad for a

CS Plays: Fast & Furious Crossroads Walkthrough Video!
Welp, it was bound to happen. After the terrific one-two-three punch of Doom Eternal, The Last of Us Part II and Ghost of Tsushima, we finally got a really bad game. Ladies and gentlemen, behold Fast & Furious Crossroads, which managed to lure the likes of Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Peter Stormare (!) and still somehow botched every aspect of the gameplay. Click here to purchase Fast & Furious Crossroads!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Batman Co-Writer Says Bruce Wayne’s Trauma Will Be Explored in Surprising Ways
In a recent interview with Den of Geek, The Batman co-writer Mattson Tomlin revealed a few tidbits of info regarding the super-secretive film, mostly regarding Bruce Wayne’s personal trauma.
First and foremost, the writer explained that Reeves’ approach to this film (and every film he’s made for that matter) always stems from one question: what is this character’s soul?

Idris Elba feared for his life after testing positive for COVID-19, his wife has revealed.
Sabrina Dhowre, who also contracted the deadly virus, said that her actor husband was convinced he wouldn’t survive, owing to underlying health conditions and his age.
She told Grazia UK: “He has asthma. He is older. It was really scary.
Idris Elba and Sabrina Elba speak during ‘One World: Together At Home’. CREDIT: Getty Images/Getty Images for Global Citizen
“At the time tha

HBO Max has added an informative introduction to the spoof Western classic Blazing Saddles on its streaming service.
In a similar move to its other Turner Classic Movies (TCM) title Gone With The Wind, HBO’s new streaming platform has now included a presentation to explain the social context of Mel Brooks’ 1974 movie in order to warn and educate viewers of its outdated ideas.
The spoof Western, which stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, contains “racist language and attit

Russell Crowe has donated thousands of dollars to a Beirut restaurant destroyed in the city’s blast as a tribute to the late chef and travel documentarian, Anthony Bourdain.
Crowe pledged $5,000 (£3,949) to Le Chef, a 53-year-old eatery that was a favourite of Bourdain’s upon visiting the Lebanese capital.
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In response to a tweet questioning whether the donation had indeed come from the Oscar-winning

Tom Cruise refuses to let people run on screen with him in movies, it’s been revealed.
The Mission: Impossible actor, who famously conducts his own stunts, is an accomplished runner and as such doesn’t want to share scenes with anyone who can’t keep up with his pace.
That’s according to Annabelle Wallis, who told The Hollywood Reporter while promoting her new film The Silencing that the star once said they wouldn’t be running together on the set of The Mummy (2

Exclusive Red, White & Wasted Trailer From Director Andrei Bowden-Schwartz
ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer for Dark Star Pictures’ documentary Red, White & Wasted, directed by Andrei Bowden-Schwartz and Sam B. Jones. You can check out the trailer now in the player below!
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Red, White & Wasted follows a family of mudding enthusiasts as the last mudhole in Orlando, Florid

Exclusive Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro trailer & poster
Ahead of its select theaters and digital debut in early September, ComingSoon.net has exclusively received the first poster and trailer for the upcoming documentary Nail in the Coffin: The Fall and Rise of Vampiro centered on the titular semi-retired wrestler. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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"You're not tender-headed, are you?" Hulu has revealed the first teaser trailer for the acclaimed, outrageous hair horror film Bad Hair, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This is the second feature film from Dear White People director Justin Simien, and it's launching on Hulu just before Halloween later this year. In 1989 an ambitious young woman gets a weave in order to succeed in the image-obsessed world of music television. However, her flourishing c