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Chadwick Boseman died without a will, it has been revealed after his wife Taylor Simone Ledward filed a probate case in court.
The Black Panther star died on August 28 after a four-year battle with colon cancer, which he kept private from the public and many of those around him.Chadwick Boseman – 1976-2020: a real-life superhero who gave hope to manyAccording to court documents obtained by ET, the actor “died intestate” – i.e. without a legal will. Ledward is asking a jud

Denis Villeneuve turned down Timothée Chalamet for a role in his movie Prisoners, the director has revealed.
The 2013 kidnapping thriller was cast before Chalamet had not yet had his big breakthrough in Hollywood.Read more: Dune: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farAccording to a new GQ profile of the actor, when the pair met to discuss Dune, the director told Chalamet he was happy to finally meet him, prompting the star to remind him of their last meeting.
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Star Trek: Discovery Renewed for a Fourth Season at CBS All Access
Star Trek: Discovery has been renewed for a fourth season a day after premiering its third season at CBS All Access, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Production on Season 4 is expected to resume November 2 with Alex Kurtzman and Michelle Paradise continuing to serve as co-showrunners for the new season. You can check out the announcement video below!We are back! #StarTrekDiscovery Season 4 production begins November 2. pic.t

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Cast:
Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman
Eddie Redmayne as Tom Hayden
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Richard Schultz
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Bobby Seale
Michael Keaton as Ramsey Clark
Frank Langella as Judge Julius Hoffman
John Carroll Lynch as David Dellinger
Mark Rylance as William Kunstler
Alex Sharp as Rennie Davis
Jeremy Strong as Jerry Rubin
Noah Robbins as Lee Weiner
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Supernatural 15.16 Promo & Photos: Drag Me Away (From You)
The CW has released the promo for Supernatural 15.16 titled “Drag Me Away (From You),” exploring an old case from Sam and Dean’s past. You can check out the promo in the player below along with the new photos and catch the episode next Thursday, October 22!
Written by Meghan Fitzmartin and directed by Amyn Kaderali, the official synopsis for episode 15.16 reads:
“Sam (Jared Padalecki) and

Philippe Lacôte's Night of the Kings follows a young pickpocket in his first night at the "MACA", one of the main prisons in Abidjan, the largest city in the Ivory Coast. As the Ivory Coast's entry for International Feature Film at this upcoming Academy Awards, Night of the Kings has the power and storytelling to inject its reality into the category. First-time actor Koné Bakary plays wide-eyed, unassured Roman, the name of the selected storyteller during the red moon, a real-life

Mandatory Streamers: Marvel’s Helstrom Introduces a New Dysfunctional Family Horror Story
Welcome to Mandatory Streamers, our column covering the best new streaming content coming your way every week! After last week’s Season 2 finale of Amazon Prime Video’s The Boys and Netflix’s debut of The Haunting of Bly Manor, the week of October 12 brings Hulu’s series adaptation Helstrom, based on the Marvel comics, introducing a new dysfunctional family

Truth Be Told Season 2: Kate Hudson Joins Octavia Spencer in Apple TV+ Series
According to Deadline, Golden Globe winner Kate Hudson has officially signed for a leading role opposite Oscar winner Octavia Spencer in the upcoming second season of Apple TV+‘s drama series Truth Be Told. The Almost Famous star is set to portray the role of a lifestyle guru and a longtime friend of Spencer’s Poppy Parnell named Micah Keith. This marks Hudson’s first major TV project as a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDisney Investor Pushing for Disney+ Debuts for Big Films Like Black Widow
Last month, Black Widow was among the many high-profile film releases that were pushed back to 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic that has still been affecting theater chains around the world. To some people, Disney made the right call to make the delays while others including Disney investor Dan Loeb think that the company should have just foregone its planned theatrical releases and move them to streaming in

"Each one of these stones from darker worlds has its own story. And the bigger ones have changed entire landscapes." Apple has unveiled the first official trailer for Fireball: Visitors From Darker Worlds, the latest documentary made by Werner Herzog, and co-directed by volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer (also seen in Into the Inferno). This recently premiered at the Toronto Film Festival (where I saw it - it's good!), and will be available streaming on Apple TV+ in November to watch this fall. Fi

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Adam Brody … Abe ApplebaumSophie Nélisse … CarolineSarah Sutherland … LucyJesse Noah Gruman … Young AbeWendy Crewson … Mrs. ApplebaumJonathan Whittaker … Mr. ApplebaumPeter MacNeill … Principal ErwinLisa Truong … LisaSophia Webster … JackieDallas Edwards … CalvinTzi Ma … Mr. Chang
Written and directed by Evan Morgan
The Kid Detective is now playing in theaters.
The Kid Detective Review
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Cast:
Elle Lorraine as Anna Bludso
Zaria Kelley as Young Anna
Vanessa Williams as Zora
Jay Pharoah as Julius
Lena Waithe as Brook-Lynne
Blair Underwood as Amos Bludso
Laverne Cox as Virgie
Michelle Hurd as Maxine Bludso
Judith Scott as Edna
Robin Thede as Denise
Ashley Blaine Featherson as Rosalyn
Steve Zissis as Baxter Tannen
MC Lyte as Coral
Kelly Rowland as Sandra
James Van Der Beek as Grant Madison
Usher 

Simpsons Forever: Disney+ Celebrates Groundbreaking Series With Themed Collections & More
Disney+, which launched last November giving The Simpsons a new streaming home, is now the ultimate entertainment hub for fans of Springfield’s most famous residents. With the recently added 31st season and nearly 300 hours of the world’s longest-running scripted primetime sitcom, today Disney+ kicked off its new Simpsons Forever brand campaign celebrating the forever place of everyone&rsqu

"Imagine if it were like that with everything that's beautiful. One minute it's there. And then it's gone." Peccadillo Pics in the UK has released a UK trailer for the German coming-of-age / sexual awakening drama Cocoon, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year. Kreuzberg is Nora's microcosm. The silent observer, she's always tagging along: at parties, at school, at the pool, on rooftops. Nora drifts around the monotonous housing blocks with her big sister and her friends&

Industry Trailer: HBO’s New Drama Series From Mickey Down & Konrad Kay
HBO has released the official trailer for the network’s upcoming drama series Industry, from first-time creators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. Debuting on Monday, November 9, and also available to stream on HBO Max, you can check out the trailer now for the eight-episode drama in the player below!
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CS Video: Dylan O’Brien & Jessica Henwick talk Love and Monsters
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with stars Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner trilogy) and Jessica Henwick (Iron Fist) to discuss their roles in the acclaimed post-apocalyptic rom-com Love and Monsters, which is now available on premium VOD and digital platforms! Our interview can be viewed in the player below!
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Jungleland Trailer Starring Charlie Hunnam & Jack O’Connell
Paramount Movies has released the official trailer for the upcoming drama thriller Jungleland, starring Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy, The Gentlemen, Pacific Rim) and Jack O’Connell (Unbroken, Godless, Seberg). You can check out the trailer now in the player below!
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Stan (Charlie Hunnam) and Lion (Jack O’Connell) are

Xochitl Gomez Joins Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Deadline brings word that Xochitl Gomez (The Baby-Sitters Club) has joined Benedict Cumberbatch in Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Details on Gomez’s role in the sequel are being kept under wraps.
RELATED: Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange Joins Spider-Man 3!
Cumberbatch will next be reprising his role as Dr. Stephen Strange in the Tom Holland-led Spider-Man 3 in addition to Doctor S

George Clooney and Bob Dylan are set to work on a new film adaptation together.
The pair will adapt John Grisham’s lauded baseball-themed book Calico Joe in a forthcoming feature film.
The new project sees Clooney and his Smokehouse Pictures partner Grant Heslov teaming up with Dylan’s Grey Water Park Productions. Calico Joe is the story of a father and son, set against the backdrop of Major League Baseball in the United States.
“John has written a beautiful story and the chanc

This Is Us Season 5 Trailer: The Pearson Family Deals With Timely Issues
NBC has released the first trailer for the upcoming fifth season of their critically-acclaimed family drama This Is Us, featuring the Pearson family as they continue to deal with their own family issues while also facing real world issues including the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. The series is scheduled to make its return with a two-hour premiere on October 27. Check out the video in the player below!
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"I don't know where all the bad blood came from…" Circle & Square Films has released a promo trailer for The Letter, a doc from Kenya that is screening at film festivals this fall. This originally premiered at the IDFA Doc Festival last year, and is still looking for a release - but this trailer is to bring attention to its next fest stops (DOC NYC; Denver, Tallgrass, Sante Fe Film Festivals). A Kenyan family drama of Shakespearean proportions, The Letter is a tribute to the fearless

Calico Joe: George Clooney to Direct Film Based on John Grisham’s Novel
Academy Award-nominated actor George Clooney and long-time collaborator Grant Heslov are in the process of developing a film adaptation of Calico Joe, based on bestselling author John Grisham’s baseball-themed drama novel of the same name. On top of producing, Clooney is also expected to helm the project.
“John has written a beautiful story and the chance to collaborate with Bob to bring it to the screen i

"If we kidnap you, and forbid you to sleep, what happens with your mind?" Epic Pictures has released an official US trailer for a dark psychological thriller titled Sleepless Beauty, from Russian filmmaker Pavel Khvaleev. It just premiered at the Imagine Film Festival, and arrives on VOD in the US in November. A girl named Mila doesn't notice she is under surveillance 24/7. As she comes home one day, she is kidnapped. The unknown abductors keep her in an old garage, talk to her through a loudsp

The Empty Man Trailer: James Badge Dale vs Evil
20th Century Studios has released the official trailer for their upcoming horror film adaptation of Boom! Studios’ popular graphic novel series The Empty Man, featuring the introduction of a new terrifying supernatural entity. Starring James Badge Dale, the film is expected to hit theaters on October 23, 2020. Check out the Empty Man trailer in the player below!
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Josh Gad has revealed that he’s set to host a Wayne’s World reunion as part of his YouTube series.
The actor has been hosting virtual reunions for classic films across lockdown on his Reunited Apart series, previously bringing together the cast of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back in June.
Also featured on the series during lockdown has been the cast of The Goonies, The Lord of the Rings and Ghostbusters.Read more: Make your day more excellent with these ‘Wayne

Spider-Man 3: Sony Pictures Addresses Tobey Maguire & Andrew Garfield Rumors
Following the recent additions of Jamie Foxx’s Electro and Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange, MCU fans’ speculations and theories about Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures’ highly-anticipated third Spider-Man MCU film have continued to grow this month. One very popular casting rumor is that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield are reportedly in talks to reprise their respective versions o

"You can hear him, can't you? Squirming his way into your thoughts." Surprise! 20th Century Studios has released an official trailer for a supernatural horror movie The Empty Man, set for release next weekend (in one week). This is the first bit of marketing we've seen for this movie, which is still getting a nationwide theatrical release despite every other studio movie being pulled from (theatrical release) on the schedule. On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secret group

Watched at Home: Top 20 Streaming Films for the Week of October 9
Welcome fellow couch potatoes to another edition of Watched at Home where we look back and judge your viewing choices over the last week! As it turns out, you guys are clearly itching for Halloween and helped propel four trick or treat classics into The Digital Entertainment Group’s Top 20. Let’s do this thing!
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Our last list saw Halloween favorites s

She-Hulk: Tatiana Maslany Denies Her Involvement in MCU Series
A month after news broke that Emmy-winning actress Tatiana Maslany had been tapped as the MCU’s She-Hulk, it seems her casting hasn’t been finalized yet, with the Orphan Black star finally speaking out about it. In a recent interview with The Sudbury Star, when asked about the big She-Hulk news Maslany surprisingly denied her involvement with the Disney+ project by revealing that the previous reports are just rumors

"We got one option – we fight." Paramount has released a trailer for an emotional and gritty drama about brothers titled Jungleland, the latest from talented filmmaker Max Winkler (of Ceremony and Flower). A reluctant bare-knuckle boxer and his manager / brother must travel across the country for one last fight to pay off a debt to a mob boss, but an unexpected travel companion exposes the cracks in their bond along the way. Charlie Hunnam and Jack O'Connell star as the brothers Stan and

"Amy! No!" Paramount has debuted one final promo trailer for the movie Love and Monsters, formerly known as Monster Problems, launching direct-to-VOD this weekend - skipping theaters entirely. This is directed by the South African filmmaker behind Five Fingers for Marseilles previously. Seven years after the Monsterpocalypse, Joel along with the rest of humanity, has been living underground ever since giant creatures took control of the land. After reconnecting over radio with his high school g

"You rented a car?!" "Isn't it snazzy!" Amazon has released an official trailer for Alan Ball's new film Uncle Frank, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. It also stopped by the Deauville, Atlanta, Mill Valley, and Savannah Film Festivals throughout this year. Writer-director Alan Ball's heartfelt and hilarious road movie travels from the bohemian scene of post-Stonewall New York City to rural South Carolina, following Frank's journey from hitting rock bottom to acce

Saint Maud director Rose Glass has broken down the stunning final shot from the lauded new horror film.Read more: ‘Saint Maud’ review: Rose Glass’s terrifying debut is the new saviour of cinemaNote: heavy spoilers for Saint Maud ahead in the rest of this article.
Glass’ directorial debut concerns live-in nurse Maud (played by Morfydd Clark), who becomes obsessed with the idea that she has to save the soul of new client Amanda.
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Tatiana Maslany has denied recent reports that she’s been cast as the new She-Hulk.
Last month, it was reportedly confirmed that the Orphan Black star would take on the role for Marvel‘s new series at Disney+.
In a new interview with The Sudbury Star, Maslany said that the news of her casting was taken out of context, and that she hasn’t in fact been cast in the role.
“That actually isn’t a real thing and it’s like a press release that’s g

The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal has stated his desire to turn the Disney+ Star Wars spin-off TV series into a movie.
The second season of Jon Favreau’s show is set to arrive on the streaming service later this month.Read more: ‘The Mandalorian’ season 2: release date, plot, trailer and everything we know so farSpeaking to Variety for a new cover feature ahead of the release of the second season of The Mandalorian, Pascal said he would “love” to make a movie based

Eddie Redmayne has spoken about the experience of working with Sacha Baron Cohen on the new film The Trial Of The Chicago 7.
The new Netflix drama, out today (October 16), concerns the real-life trial against a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters who incited violence at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Read more: The Trial Of The Chicago 7 review: a thrilling piece of angry social history
Speaking to NME in a new interview, which you can watch in full above, Redmayne spoke of

Matt Damon has teased Ben Affleck about losing his role as Batman to Robert Pattinson.
Pattinson will take on the iconic character in forthcoming film The Batman.Read more: ‘The Batman’ movie: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farDamon and Affleck were appearing as part of a fundraiser for the Eastern Congo Initiative and Water.org, and Damon couldn’t resist having a dig at his friend – who played Batman in 2016’s Batman v. Superman: Dawn of

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Cast:
Dylan O’Brien as Joel Dawson
Michael Rooker as Clyde Dutton
Ariana Greenblatt as Minnow
Jessica Henwick as Aimee
Dan Ewing as Cap
Donnie Baxter as Parker
Ellen Hollman as Dana
Directed by Michael Matthews; Co-Written by Brian Duffield & Matthew Robinson
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Love and Monsters Review:
2020 may have brought us a lot of terrible things, both in the world and on film, but one of the brighter thin

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Cast:
Liam Neeson as Tom Carter
Kate Walsh as Annie Sumpter
Jai Courtney as John Nivens
Jeffrey Donovan as Tom Meyers
Anthony Ramos as Ramon Hall
Robert Patrick as Sam Baker
Jasmine Cephas Jones as Beth Hall
Co-Written and Directed by Mark Williams; Co-Written by Steve Allrich
Honest Thief Review:
“Liam Neeson versus [insert enemy here].” It’s the ultimate formula for the action genre since the Oscar nominee found a new ni

CS Interview: Co-writer/director Mark Williams talks Honest Thief
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with Emmy nominee Mark Williams (Ozark) to discuss his work as co-writer and director on the Liam Neeson-starring action-thriller Honest Thief, which is set to hit select theaters this Friday!
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Looking back on its journey from his mind to the screen, Williams described the development process for th