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Ava DuVernay’s Colin Kaepernick limited series finds lead star
After initially teasing his excitement over the casting of a younger star to bring his story to life on screen in the Ava DuVernay-produced limited series at Netflix, Colin Kaepernick took to Twitter to reveal that Jaden Michael (Vampire vs. the Bronx) will lead the series entitled Colin in Black and White. The former football star’s post can be viewed below!
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John David Washington & Alicia Vikander thriller lands at Netflix
Nearly a year and a half after landing the Golden Globe nominees and Oscar winner to star in the film, Netflix has acquired the rights to the Luca Guadagnino-produced thriller Born to Be Murdered starring John David Washington (Tenet) and Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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In addition to the awards-worthy duo,

"If you're Cinderella, come meet your Prince Charming…" Saban Films has unveiled the official trailer for a lovable romantic comedy titled Love, Weddings & Other Disasters, the latest ensemble movie from actor / director Dennis Dugan (Happy Gilmore, Beverly Hills Ninja, Big Daddy, Saving Silverman) since he last made Grown Ups 2 in 2013. With a couple's impending wedding as the backdrop, Love, Weddings & Other Disasters weaves multiple storylines as it follows the search for love

Jeanise Jones, the woman who plays Tutar’s babysitter in Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has said she feels “betrayed” after filmmakers didn’t tell her it was a satirical production.Read more: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review: how the controversial Kazakh journalist got wokeThe 62-year-old said she was led to believe she was participating in a real documentary about a teen being groomed to marry a rich man — and prayed for her until

Jeanise Jones, the woman who plays Tutar’s babysitter in Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, has said she feels “betrayed” after filmmakers didn’t tell her it was a satirical production.Read more: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm review: how the controversial Kazakh journalist got wokeThe 62-year-old said she was led to believe she was participating in a real documentary about a teen being groomed to marry a rich man — and prayed for her until

In Treatment: Uzo Aduba to Star in Season 4 of Reimagined Series
Golden Globe nominee and Emmy winner Uzo Aduba (Orange Is the New Black, Mrs. America, Steven Universe) is set to star in the fourth season of the drama series In Treatment at HBO, according to Variety.
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The new season will serve as a reimagining of the series that will focus on a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic

"I wish this could be real and not just imaginary." This love doll short film is as creepy as they come. A Doll Distorted is a horror short made by filmmaker Niall Shukla, and after playing at festivals for the last few years, it's finally available online. Just in time for Halloween so everyone can extra unnerved. Jane suffers from haphephobia (the pathological fear of touch) - tormented by years of loneliness and isolation she orders a synthetic love doll online to nightmarish consequences. T

"I wish this could be real and not just imaginary." This love doll short film is as creepy as they come. A Doll Distorted is a horror short made by filmmaker Niall Shukla, and after playing at festivals for the last few years, it's finally available online. Just in time for Halloween so everyone can extra unnerved. Jane suffers from haphephobia (the pathological fear of touch) - tormented by years of loneliness and isolation she orders a synthetic love doll online to nightmarish consequences. T

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Watch Amazon’s Hilarious Blooper Reel for The Boys Season 2!
Amazon Prime Video has released a hilarious new blooper reel for The Boys Season 2, which you can check out in the player below! The first two seasons of the series are streaming now on Prime Video.Turns out we have fun. @TheBoysTV #TheBoysTV https://t.co/GvFJvDyKba
— Jack Quaid (@JackQuaid92) October 27, 2020RELATED: Eric Kripke Reveals The Boys Season 3 Premiere Title & New Details!
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Bryan Edward Hill set to pen Power Rangers film for eOne
Just a week after partnering with director Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F***ing World) for a new film and TV franchise of the iconic Hasbro characters, eOne has tapped Bryan Edward Hill (Titans) to pen a new Power Rangers film, according to Deadline. The comic book author and screenwriter took to Twitter to confirm the news and express his excitement about the project.
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Love, Weddings & Other Disasters trailer & poster unveiled!
Saban Films has unveiled the first trailer and poster for Dennis Dugan’s (Just Go With It, Happy Gilmore) upcoming romantic comedy Love, Weddings & Other Disasters featuring an ensemble cast led by Diane Keaton (Something’s Gotta Give), as well as a December release date! The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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Platonic: Rose Byrne & Seth Rogen to Star in Apple TV+ Comedy Series
Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are set to star in Apple TV+’s upcoming comedy series Platonic, directed and co-written by Nicholas Stoller, according to Deadline. The trio is reuniting on the project after working together on the 2014 comedy movie Neighbors and the sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising.
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Platonic explores the inner w

BEGIN SLIDESHOWExclusive: André Øvredal talks Scary Stories sequel & The Long Walk
While chatting with the writer/director for his latest project, the fantasy action pic Mortal, ComingSoon.net took a walk down future lane with André Øvredal to discuss his work developing the upcoming Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark sequel and adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk!
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Amazon Enjoys ‘Great Success’ With Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Opening Weekend
Amazon Studios’ global tentpole original movie, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, starring Sacha Baron Cohen and Maria Bakalova, premiered last weekend to “great success,” streamed by “tens of millions of customers” during its opening weekend. You can watch the movie here!
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Jennifer Lopez & Armie Hammer to lead Lionsgate’s Shotgun Wedding
After partnering with Mandeville Films for the project, Lionsgate’s action-comedy Shotgun Wedding is getting its wheels in motion as Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers, Marry Me) and Armie Hammer (Death on the Nile, Rebecca) have signed on to star in the project.
RELATED: Universal Pictures Sets Release Date for Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson’s Marry Me
Written by Mark Hammer (Two Night Stand) and Liz Meriw

Why Women Kill: Allison Tolman & Nick Frost Join Season 2 of CBS All Access’ Anthology Series
Golden Globe nominee Allison Tolman (Fargo, Emergence, The Gift) and Nick Frost (Into the Badlands, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) have joined the second season of CBS All Access’ dark comedy anthology series Why Women Kill, according to Variety.
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Season 2 is set in 1949 and will explore what it means to be beautiful, the hidden

"I'm just sitting back and… letting life do what it does." Gravitas has released the first official trailer for an indie dark comedy called King of Knives, marking the feature directorial debut of cinematographer Jon Delgado. The title is reference to the tarot card (aka "King of Swords"). No relation to Knives Out, this one is about a New York City family the implodes over three days as they careen through mid-life and quarter-life crises. We've seen plenty of these dysfunctional family

Tim Curry is set to make a rare public appearance during a Rocky Horror Picture Show livestream event for the Democratic Party of Wisconsin.
The actor, who played Frank N Furter in the 1975 musical classic, will be joining his original cast members Barry Bostwick and Nell Campbell for the Halloween fundraiser on October 31.
Read more: “A four-hour-long nightmare comedy”: why Ari Aster can perfect cinema’s most misused genre
The fundraiser is being described as a music

Cyberpunk 2077 Once Again Delayed, New Release Date Set for December
CD Projekt Red announced on Twitter today that Cyberpunk 2077 has once again been delayed, now with a new release date set for December 10, 2020. You can check out the full announcement below:We have important news to share with you pic.twitter.com/qZUaD6IwmM
— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) October 27, 2020RELATED: Keanu Reeves Wants You to Seize the Day in Cyberpunk 2077 TV Spot
“The biggest challenge for us rig

The trailer for Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan has just been released – check it out below.
The new film, directed by Julien Temple, explores the life and career of founding member of the Pogues, poet and musician Shane MacGowan.
Read more: The Pogues – How we wrote ‘Fairytale of New York’
Crock of Gold, produced by Temple, Johnny Depp, Stephen Deuters, and Stephen Malit, and is set to include new interviews and unseen archive footage, as well as spe

CS Video: Gallagher Jr. & Jacobs on Returning to Horror in Come Play
ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with stars John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane, The Belko Experiment) and Gillian Jacobs (Visions, Community) to discuss their returns to the horror genre in Jacob Chase’s Come Play, which is set to hit theaters this week! Our interview can be viewed in the player below!
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"He went away… and he didn't come back." Magnolia Pictures has released an official trailer for the punk rock doc film Crock of Gold, made by acclaimed music filmmaker Julien Temple. The full title is Crock of Gold – A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan, described as a "deep dive" into and celebration of Irish punk poet Shane MacGowan, the composer and lead singer with The Pogues, combining unpublished archive footage and family footage with animation. MacGowan is known for combining "

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Exclusive: Mondo Releasing Four Killer Universal Monsters Puzzles!
ComingSoon.net is thrilled to exclusively announce that Mondo is getting into the Halloween spirit and will be releasing four killer Universal Monsters puzzles including Frankenstein, The Wolf Man, Dracula, and Creature from the Black Lagoon! You can check out photos of the puzzles in the gallery below and order them when they go on sale at 1 p.m. CT at MondoShop.com!
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News of the World: A Look Inside Tom Hanks’ Upcoming Drama
Universal Pictures has released an inside look at Tom Hanks’ upcoming drama News of the World, based on the novel of the same name by Paulette Jiles. Releasing in theaters on December 25, you can check out the featurette now for the movie in the player below!
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Five years after the end of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd (Han

Sacha Baron Cohen has said he wore a bulletproof vest while filming Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.
The Borat actor explained how he took the precautions when attending a gun rally for a scene which sees him singing a song about coronavirus called ‘The Wuhan Flu’.Read more: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ review: how the controversial Kazakh journalist got woke“Word got out that it was me and then the organizers and a lot of people in the crowd, got very angry,&r

Neil Gaiman Announces American Gods Season 3 Debut Date for January
American Gods will officially return at the beginning of next year. The story about the quarrelsome gods from worldwide mythology will run for at least one more season. Neil Gaiman, the author of the book and executive producer of the show, broke the news on his Twitter account. Gaiman increased the level of his involvement in the sophomore season year, but, even so, fans didn’t seem to like the show a

ComingSoon’s 2020 Halloween Gift Guide Video!
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s annual Halloween Gift Guide! In 2020 we are choosing to celebrate the spooky season with as much gusto as always, even if our party and trick-or-treat options may have dwindled due to the current pandemic. Whether you’re stuck at home or heading out you’ll find lots of options to stir up the Halloween spirit in our video below, along with purchase links!
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"Who knows how many of our friends he's going to kill?!" Universal + Blumhouse have debuted a crazy new trailer for Freaky, the clever slasher horror from the creators of Happy Death Day (and Happy Death Day 2U). After swapping bodies with a deranged killer, a young girl in high school discovers she has less than 24 hours before the change becomes permanent. [High school teenager scream!] Starring Kathryn Newton and Vince Vaughn as the body swappers. With some help from her friends—ultra-

Kaiju Are Back in First Look at Netflix’s Pacific Rim: The Black
It’s been a while since fans heard some news from the Pacific Rim universe. The franchise is currently developing an anime-style adaptation that will debut on Netflix. A lot of details about the story are still under wraps, but it seems that the animated series will expand upon the story of the 2013’s blockbuster movie and its sequel, Pacific Rim Uprising. And now, Netflix has released the first lo

Assassin’s Creed Live-Action Series in Development at Netflix
Netflix has officially partnered with Ubisoft to produce brand new scripted content based on the game company’s worldwide best-selling action-adventure video game franchise Assassin’s Creed. The deal includes the development of the first-ever live-action series adaptation of Assassin’s Creed, which is being described as an epic and genre-bending project with Ubisoft Film & Television’s Jason Alt

Stargirl Season 2 Adds Nick Tarabay & Jonathan Cake as New Villains
According to Deadline, Nick Tarabay (The Expanse, Pacific Rim: Uprising) and Jonathan Cake (The Affair) have been tapped as the new DC villains for the upcoming second season of The CW’s Stargirl. Tarabay is set to play the series regular role of Eclipso while Cake will be playing the recurring role of The Shade. In addition, up-and-coming young actress Ysa Penarejo (Project Mc2) has also joined the new season for a m

"To change the world, you've got to risk a little." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an indie Italian film titled Rose Island, from filmmaker Sydney Sibilia (of the I Can Quit Whenever I Want series). This reminds me of the UK film Pirate Radio about the ship broadcasting in international waters, or about the party-on-a-homemade-raft experiment examined in the doc The Raft. An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world

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BlumFest: Blumhouse Sets First Halloween Virtual Event this Thursday!
In celebration of Halloween, Blumhouse has officially announced they’ll be having their first ever annual event called BlumFest where horror fans can get a sneak preview of the studio’s upcoming movie and TV projects including David Gordon Green’s Halloween Kills. The virtual event will be taking place this Thursday, October 29 at 10AM PT on Blumhouse’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Midnight Sky Trailer: George Clooney Tries to Save Humanity
Netflix has released the official trailer for actor-director George Clooney’s upcoming sci-fi drama film The Midnight Sky, featuring a scientist as he tries to prevent the spaceship of Aether, which is humanity’s last hope and future, from returning to Earth. The film is scheduled to be released in select theaters on December and will be available for streaming on December 23. Check out the video in the pl

"She was a pioneer. And pioneers are often not treated well." HBO has unveiled an official trailer for yet another new Alex Gibney documentary being released this year - Crazy, Not Insane. This joins the other Alex Gibney doc film also finished this year - Totally Under Control about America's disastrous handling of the pandemic. This Insane documentary originally debuted at the CPH DOX Film Festival, and also stopped by the Venice, Hamptons, and Montclair Film Festivals this fall. It wonders:

BEGIN SLIDESHOWKate Winslet Dons an Underwater Cape in New Avatar 2 Set Photo
Another week, another intriguing behind-the-scenes image of James Cameron’s Avatar 2. This time, we get to see star Kate Winslet, re-teaming with her Titanic director, brandishing a cape underwater. The actress revealed, via an interview with THR while promoting her new film Ammonite, that she had to learn to hold her breath for an inordinate amount of time, which is just par for the course on a James Cameron pro

The Old Gang is Back in Saved by the Bell Reboot Trailer
Peacock has released the full trailer for their upcoming Saved by the Bell revival series, featuring our first look at Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen’s return as Zack and Kelly. The series will be available for streaming on Wednesday, November 25. Check out the video in the player below!
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Ben Wheatley has opened up about his COVID-19 horror film.
The Rebecca filmmaker told NME about more details concerning his project, which he shot in 15 days in August.
Detailing his “really gritty, grungy, different thing,” following the Netflix remake of Daphne Du Maurier’s classic gothic novel, Wheatley said of the upcoming film: “It’s still under wraps, but it’s terrifying… The actual production of it was something else.
“There were

"Is anyone out there…?" "Does anyone copy…?" Netflix has released an official trailer for The Midnight Sky, a new science fiction film directed by George Clooney - who also stars as a lonely scientist living in the Arctic. The film tells two stories - that of Augustine, the Arctic scientist who makes a discovery but must reach a bigger satellite - which connects directly to the other story of astronauts returning home from a deep space mission. Adapted from the novel Good Morning,

Batwoman has shared a first look at Javicia Leslie’s new Batsuit.
The actress will be playing Ryan Wilder in season two of the CW show, following the departure of Kate Kane, played by Ruby Rose, in season one.Read more: ‘The Batman’ movie: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farThe new season will see Ryan wear Kate’s suit for two episodes before then redesigning the suit in episode three, signalling the arrival of Gotham’s new hero.
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Kate Winslet has said she learned to free-dive for the “crazy, crazy stuff” shot underwater in Avatar 2.
The actor opened up about the “incredible” filming process on James Cameron’s upcoming sequel, in which she plays “a water person”.Read more: ‘Avatar 2’: Everything we know about the upcoming sci-fi epicThe film’s producer, Jon Landau, posted a picture of Winslet on set filming one of the underwater scenes on Instagram. He refer

Gorillaz are set to make a new animated film, according to band leader Damon Albarn.
The “kind of abstract” movie is already in progress, and will be completed while the band make the next edition of their ‘Song Machine’ series.READ MORE: Gorillaz – ‘Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez’ review: bingeable brilliance from the pop oddballs“We are supposed to be making a film while we’re doing season two [of ‘Song Machine’]

James Wan has shared a first look at The Conjuring 3 – check it out below.
The filmmaker is returning to direct the third film in the rebooted franchise, which is called The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It.Read more: The Conjuring Universe explained: how all the films are connected, from Annabelle to La LloronaIn a video shared by Warner Bros, Wan and the upcoming film’s two stars, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson, who starred in the first two films, give fans a look behind th

A lawsuit filed against Amazon Prime Video and the creators of the new Borat film by a Holocaust survivor’s estate has been dismissed.
The estate of Judith Dim Evans was protesting the use of an interview recorded between creator Sacha Baron Cohen and Evans, which discussed her experience in the Holocaust, saying that Evans didn’t know she was appearing in a satire.READ MORE: ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’ review: how the controversial Kazakh journalist got wokeThe case, wh