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CS Interview: Co-writer/director Aaron B. Koontz on The Pale Door
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with co-writer and director Aaron B. Koontz (Scare Package) to discuss his ensemble indie western horror pic The Pale Door, which is now available in select theaters and on digital platforms! Click here to rent or purchase The Pale Door!
RELATED: CS Interview: Noah Segan on Western Horror The Pale Door
Looking back at the conception of the story for the film, Koontz explai

Neil Young was meant to have a cameo appearance in Almost Famous, director and writer Cameron Crowe has revealed.
The iconic film, which follows a young music journalist on his first assignment for Rolling Stone, celebrates its 20th anniversary next month.Read more: Why Almost Famous was the best film of 2001In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Crowe said Young was planned to appear as Harry Hammond, the estranged father of Russell Hammond (played by Billy Crudup). “Neil was going to com

How far would you go to save someone in the face of danger? Or would you only care about yourself? Those questions and many survival quandaries are present in the original Train to Busan. Writer / director Yeon Sang-ho focuses the story on humanity, self-preservation, and greed. Coincidentally, I watched the original movie just a few weeks ago, and it completely changed my perspective on zombie films. Returning for the sequel, Yeon Sang-ho touches on similar themes in Train to Busan 2: Peninsul

I Am Not Okay With This & The Society axed at Netflix
After shutting down the theatrical releases of a number of films in 2020, the effects of COVID-19 are affecting TV even further as Netflix has chosen to cancel I Am Not Okay With This and The Society due to complications with filming under new safety guidelines, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Warrior Nun Renewed for a Second Season at Netflix
The decision comes as a bit of a surprise given that not only did both

Further casting for Ridley Scott’s forthcoming Gucci movie starring Lady Gaga has been announced, with Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino joining the project.
Gaga, who will portray Patrizia Reggiani, the ex-wife of Gucci heir Maurizio Gucci who was killed in a 1995 hit she orchestrated, was announced for the lead role last year. No further casting decisions had been revealed until now, with a host of Hollywood A-listers teaming up with the Oscar-nominated actress a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Interview: Writer/star Mike White on The One and Only Ivan
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with Mike White (School of Rock, Beatriz at Dinner) to discuss his work on Disney’s live-action/CGI adaptation of The One and Only Ivan, in which he both stars and penned the screenplay!
RELATED: CS Video: The One and Only Ivan Interview With Director Thea Sharrock
When the Katherine Applegate children’s novel first hit shelves in 2012, White recalls that

Official DC FanDome Store Launching Tomorrow Through September
The official DC FanDome store is launching tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. PST/1:00 p.m. EST at shop.dcfandome.com and will run through September 13 at midnight. With something for every DC fan, the store will offer an array of must-have products inspired by DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains, including DC FanDome exclusives, limited-edition merch, original artwork, and comic cover art to create customizable collections, new Warner Bros. fil

I Wish I Made That: Mars Attacks & Critters
Welcome to this month’s edition of ComingSoon.net’s I Wish I Made That, in which filmmakers Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Mohawk) and Victoria Negri (Gold Star) each pick a film they wish they had actually made! This discussion focuses on alien comedy sci-fi classics Mars Attacks (1996) and Critters (1986). Check out their conversation below!
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Victoria Neg

Justice League Snyder Cut teaser shows new Cyborg footage
As the weekend event is about to kick off with the promise of a full trailer for the notorious cut, Zack Snyder has taken to Twitter to share a brief teaser of Justice League featuring new footage of Ray Fisher’s Cyborg. The teaser can be viewed below!
RELATED: Check Out Zack Snyder’s Justice League Teaser Ahead of DC FanDome!Teaser Premiere 8/22 2:30pm (PDT) #DCFanDome pic.twitter.com/3RfF6LXhr3
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Clark Kent Takes on Lobo in New Superman: Man of Tomorrow Clip
A new clip from Superman: Man of Tomorrow has made its way on the web. The upcoming animated movie will focus on the early days of Clark Kent as the Man of Steel as he encounters his first intergalactic enemies. In the latest video, Superman is going at it with Lobo, an alien mercenary/bounty hunter. And it looks like Clark’s not quite ready for someone with Lobo’s power or savagery.
You can watch the new 

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The Boys Season 2 Character Posters: Heroes Aren’t Born, They’re Made
Ahead of the September 4 premiere of The Boys Season 2, 12 new character posters have been released, stating that heroes aren’t born, they’re made, and they’re ready to expose the truth. You can check out the posters now in the gallery below!We’re ready to expose the truth. Are you ready to hear it? #TheBoys Season 2 starts in two weeks pic.twitter.com/F09Yl4e7PJ
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CS Interview: Noah Segan on western horror The Pale Door
Just in time for the film hitting select theaters, digital platforms, and VOD, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with star Noah Segan (Knives Out, Scare Package) to discuss his role in the western horror pic The Pale Door! Click here to rent or purchase The Pale Door!
RELATED: The Pale Door Review: Slow Start Followed by Thrilling Genre Blend
Segan has worked with co-writer Cameron Burns and co-writer/director Aaro

Marvel’s Avengers Open BETA Kicks Off This Weekend
Marvel’s Avengers open BETA weekend starts today, allowing players to save innocent lives on A-Day, put the Avengers to the test in HARM Challenge Rooms, clear out War Zones with friends, and more! You can check out the BETA trailer below and pre-order your copy of the game by clicking here!
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The Marvel’s Avengers BETA was built to give gamers a slice of the fu

"Man these people have no respect for other human being's lives." Amazon Prime has released the first full trailer for a documentary film titled Time, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It won the Directing Award in the US Documentary category at the fest this year, and also won the Emerging Artist & Filmmaker Award at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival this year. The title is a reference to "doing time", and the story follows a woman who spend

Play our DC FanDome bingo cards this Saturday!
This weekend is marking the exciting arrival of the first-ever DC FanDome, which is chock-full of exciting film and TV panels for the comic book world! To prepare, ComingSoon.net has drawn up some bingo cards with our picks of what we expect to see announced this weekend, as well as some thoughts that would turn some heads! Be sure to check out our DC FanDome bingo cards below and play along with us this weekend!
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Early Tenet Reviews Are Here, See What Critics Have to Say!
The first reviews for Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie Tenet are trickling in, with some commending the film’s originality and for being “grandly entertaining” as others claim that the film is “almost impossible to love.”  You can check out some of the reviews and reactions below!‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Grandly Entertaining, Time-Slipping

CS Video: Little Voice interview with star Brittany O’Grady
Just in time for the first season finale of the Apple TV+ music drama, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to talk to Little Voice star Brittany O’Grady to discuss her character’s journey thus far and a possible future for the series. Our interview can be viewed in the player below!
RELATED: CS Video: Little Voice Interview With Bathina & Richardson
Little Voice is a love letter to the diverse musica

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The Boys in the Band First Look Featuring Jim Parsons, Zachary Quinto & More
Netflix has released new photos from the upcoming feature The Boys in the Band, offering a first look at the Ryan Murphy-produced project centering on a group of gay men who gather for a birthday party in 1968 New York City, only to find the drinks and laughs interrupted when a visitor from the host’s past turns the evening upside down. You can check out the photos now in the gallery below!
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CS Video: Random Acts of Violence interview with Jay Baruchel!
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with co-writer, director and star of the film adaptation of Random Acts of Violence to discuss its long road to making it to the screen, Shudder release and more! Click here to rent or purchase the social horror-thriller!
RELATED: Random Acts of Violence Review: Stylish, Gory & Thematically Compelling
Based on the graphic novel by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, Ran

Drew Barrymore has confirmed the rumours about her grandfather’s “corpse party”.
A story claiming that the actor’s grandfather John Barrymore had been removed from the morgue in order to sit at one final party with friends began to circulate, with Drew now saying it’s true.
The rumour explained how actor Errol Flynn, comedian W.C. Fields and poet Sadakichi Hartmann took the body and sat it against a poker table in 1942, when Barrymore had passed away at the age of 6

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8.5/10
Cast:
Devin Druid as Jake
Zachary Knighton as Duncan
James Whitecloud as Chief
Bill Sage as Dodd
Noah Segan as Truman
Pat Healy as Wylie
Stan Shaw as Lester
Tina Parker as Brenda
Natasha Bassett as Pearl
Melora Walters as Maria
Directed & Co-Written by Aaron B. Koontz; Co-Written by Keith Lansdale and Cameron Burns
Click here to rent or purchase the horror western!
The Pale Door Review:
The western genre is one of the most long-standing in film and the Weird West subgenr

BEGIN SLIDESHOWExclusive: Noah Segan discusses possible Knives Out 2 return
While Rian Johnson’s 2019 whodunnit comedy featured an outstanding ensemble, one face not a surprise to fans of the writer/director was Noah Segan, a longtime collaborator of Johnson’s, and while chatting with the 36-year-old star for the western horror The Pale Door, ComingSoon.net got a little tease about whether he would return for the highly-anticipated Knives Out 2.
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Wonder Woman 1984 Poster Released Ahead of New Trailer Tomorrow
A new Wonder Woman 1984 poster has been released ahead of tomorrow’s virtual DC FanDome event, with the tease that a new trailer will be dropping for the highly-anticipated sequel. You can check out the poster now below!
 
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Pedro Pascal in talks to join Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent
According to The Wrap, Game of Thrones alum Pedro Pascal is currently in negotiations to join Lionsgate’s action-comedy film The Unbearable Weight of a Massive Talent, starring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Mandy) as he portrays two fictionalized versions of himself: a present-day version and a younger one. Should the deal push through, Pascal would be playing the role of a Nicolas Cage

BEGIN SLIDESHOWTrain to Busan director opens up about potential sequels following Peninsula
In recent interview with EW, South Korean director Yeon Sang-ho has opened up about the possibilities of exploring more stories within the Train to Busan universe following the theatrical release of Peninsula. He revealed that he’s still very interested in building up the zombie franchise and that he’s ready to start working on a new spinoff film, even if he might not be the one sitting on the

"I have this picture of how perfect it was gonna be when I got out…" Verve Pictures has released an official UK trailer for an acclaimed indie drama titled Body of Water, the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Lucy Brydon. The film is described as a "powerful debut feature" that "sensitively explores the impact of an eating disorder on a family." A co-production with Film London, BFI, BBC Films, Lions Den Films Bright Shadow Films and Boudica Films, Body of Water tells the story of a

Shudder September 2020 schedule starts off Halloween lineup
The list for the new Shudder September 2020 movies and TV titles have been released, which you can now view below along with the streaming service’s annual Halloween lineup. According to Vital Thrills, AMC’s horror streamer has decided to make things different this year by expanding their normal 31 Days of Halloween into 61 Days of Halloween instead. The lineup will also include weekly original/exclusive movie premieres; a

An investigation into the set of Justice League has been launched follow claims of abuse against director Joss Whedon.
Ray Fisher, who played Cyborg in the DC superhero film, tweeted on July 1 that Whedon’s “on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable.”
Fisher added at JusticeCon last month of Whedon that “the man is probably scared, and he should be, because we are going to get to

Listen to an Exclusive Clip From the Chemical Hearts Soundtrack
Lakeshore Records has provided ComingSoon.net with an exclusive clip from the upcoming soundtrack to Amazon’s Chemical Hearts. Composed by Stephen James Taylor (Maya Angelou — And Still I Rise), the clip, titled “Graveyard Walk,” features quiet ambient music comprised of synth and guitar that works to underscore Richard Tanne’s emotional film. You can listen to the exclusive clip below!
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Gucci: De Niro, Pacino & more in talks to join Ridley Scott’s crime drama
Following MGM’s acquisition of Ridley Scott’s true crime drama film Gucci last April, the studio is now eyeing to assemble an all-star cast to join Grammy winner Lady Gaga. Deadline brings word that Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Jared Leto are in negotiations to star in the project along with Oscar nominee Adam Driver, Jack Huston and Reeve Carney.Should the deals become official,

"Really, the only thing I ever got from a man is you." A promo trailer has been released for an Israeli drama titled Asia, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker / editor Ruthy Pribar, who has made a few shorts before this. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, where it won THREE different prizes: Best Actress (Shira Haas), Best Cinematography, and the Nora Ephron Prize for director Ruthy Pribar. Asia is a young mother of a teen daughter. The two have a

Watched at Home: Top 20 Streaming Films for the Week of August 14
Man, these weeks just fly by! As the world continues to morph into something resembling its past self, you couch potatoes have introduced four new titles into The Digital Entertainment Group’s Watched at Home Top 20, including Pete Davidson’s The King of Staten Island, Open Road Films’ Homefront, IFC Films’ Made in Italy and Universal’s Jurassic World.
The Dino pic is funny in that it comes right on

Netflix has issued an apology following backlash against a poster for upcoming French film Cuties deemed inappropriate for “sexualising girls”.
The streaming giant has garnered criticism ahead of the release of the film, which tells the story of Amy, an 11-year-old caught between the traditional values of her Senegalese Muslim upbringing and internet culture which sexualises young girls once she joins a dance group called ‘the cuties’.
A petition campaigning to remov

Rating: 
9/10
Cast:
Jesse Williams as Todd Walkley
Jordana Brewster as Kathy
Niamh Wilson as Aurora
Jay Baruchel as Ezra
Simon Northwood as The Man
Co-Written and Directed by Jay Baruchel; Co-Written by Jesse Chabot
Click here to rent or purchase Random Acts of Violence!
Random Acts of Violence Review:
Jay Baruchel has contributed a lot of great things to the world of cinema in his 20-plus years in the industry and though he may be best known for the How to Tra

Darkman behind-the-scenes details revealed on 30th anniversary
Long before he redefined the modern superhero genre with 2002’s Spider-Man, Sam Raimi first tried his hand with the genre in the cult classic Darkman led by Liam Neeson and Frances McDormand and in a new oral history with The Hollywood Reporter for its 30th anniversary, the talent from in front of and behind the camera have opened up with new behind-the-scenes details on the film.
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