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November 10 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s November 10 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
Bill & Ted Face the MusicYet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the stakes are higher than ever for the now middle-aged Bill and Ted who set out on a new adventure

A casting call has been sent out on behalf of the upcoming Cosey Fanni Tutti film, looking for someone to play the role of the legendary experimental artist.
The biopic is set to be loosely based on Tutti’s 2017 autobiography of the same name, Art Sex Music, charting her formative days as a member of the art collective COUM Transmissions and the band Throbbing Gristle, which she formed alongside Genesis P-Orridge.
Posting on Twitter, the callout reads: “We are casting the iconic role

The Fighting Shirley Chisholm: Danai Gurira to Play First Black Congresswoman in New Film
Danai Gurira (The Walking Dead, Avengers: Endgame, Black Panther) is attached to star in The Fighting Shirley Chisholm, portraying the first Black congresswoman Shirley Chrisholm in the new film about Chisholm’s historic 1972 presidential run, according to Variety.
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"We saw the world the way we wanted it to be, we did not see the owrld the way it was." Sony Classics has unveiled an official trailer for an acclaimed documentary titled The Human Factor, which played at lots of fests last year including the Hamptons, Chicago, AFI Docs, Denver, and Telluride Film Festivals. From the Oscar-nominated director of The Gatekeepers comes the untold, behind-the-scenes story of America's 30-year effort to secure peace in the Middle East, told from the perspective of t

Michael Bay in talks with Gyllenhaal, eyeing González & O’Brien for Ambulance
After teaming with two of Fox’s Marvel stars on his last action-packed project, Michael Bay is looking to the MCU as he has entered talks with Spider-Man: Far From Home‘s Jake Gyllenhaal to star in his upcoming thriller Ambulance, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The film, which is being pen

BBC America’s Doctor Who Begins Filming Season 13
The Thirteenth Doctor is on her way back as filming for Season 13 of Doctor Who is now underway. With Jodie Whittaker once again reprising her role as the Doctor, fans can look forward to seeing her on her adventures once again as she fights the good fight across space and time.
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With safety protocols in place, the Doctor Who team is now filming under strict indus

"A sensitive and nuanced portrait of modernity at odds with tradition." Array has debuted a US trailer for an indie coming-of-age drama from Japan titled Ainu Mosir, made by filmmaker Takeshi Fukunaga. This premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival (where it received a Special Jury Mention) and Taipei Film Festival this year, and already opened in Japan back in October. Set in northern Japan's Hokkaido community, 14-year-old indigenous Ainu teen Kanto (played by Kanto Shimokura) searches for a spi

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CS Video: Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Cast & Filmmaker on the Netflix Musical
ComingSoon.net had the opportunity to speak with Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey writer and director David E. Talbert, as well as cast members Keegan-Michael Key, Ricky Martin, Phylicia Rashad, Madalen Mills, Anika Noni Rose, and Forest Whitaker about Netflix’s upcoming family holiday musical debuting on Friday, November 13. You can check out the interviews now in the player below!

Miles Teller & Shailene Woodley to Reunite in Political Satire The Fence
According to Deadline, Whiplash star Miles Teller and two-time Golden Globe nominee Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) have officially signed for the leading roles in Icelandic filmmaker Grímur Hákonarson’s forthcoming political satire film titled The Fence. In addition, Academy Award winner and MCU alum William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman, A History of Violence, Avengers: End

"Some people use it to fight and kill. Some people use it for self-improvement. And as for me, I use it for justice." Magnolia Pictures has debuted an official US trailer for yet another Ip Man movie, this one titled Ip Man: Kung Fu Master. This martial arts extravaganza stars Donnie To as the Ip Man, Bruce Lee's legendary kung fu tutor, his third time playing this role (including The Legend Is Born: Ip Man in 2010 and Kung Fu League in 2018). This film isn't connected to the Donnie Yen series

Millie Bobby Brown to Lead Netflix’s New Fantasy Film Damsel
Coming off of the successful release of Enola Holmes, it looks like Emmy-nominated actress Millie Bobby Brown has found her next project for Netflix with Collider bringing word that the Stranger Things star has officially signed on for the leading role in the streamer’s new fantasy film titled Damsel. Brown is set to portray the role of Princess Elodie, who is described as someone that has a fierce warrior spirit.
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Disney+ Unveils Trailer for New Documentary Series Inside Pixar
Disney+ has unveiled the first look trailer at the latest documentary series to join the streaming platform’s growing library, Inside Pixar, which offers viewers an inside look at the lives and stories of the creative minds behind their favorite Pixar films. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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Peacemaker: Danielle Brooks Joins HBO Max’s Suicide Squad Spinoff Series
Danielle Brooks (Orange Is the New Black, Close Enough, Broadway’s The Color Purple) has joined Peacemaker, HBO Max’s spinoff sequel series of James Gunn’s upcoming The Suicide Squad film, according to Deadline.
The Grammy and SAG winner will star as Leota Adebayo in the series, joining John Cena, who plays the title character, as well as the previously announced Steve Agee, who

"A bleak, unnerving, brilliant acted slice of Americana." The Match Factory has released a promo trailer for an indie drama titled One of These Days, a film about an American event made by a German filmmaker. This premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, but still doesn't even have a US distributor setup yet. One of These Days follows competitors at one of these "Hands On" events where people have to keep their hand on a car to win it, which is a crazy thing to do but people are

Watch The Croods: A New Age Wildest Wildlife Croodimals Documentary
Peacock Kids has released a new “documentary” for Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation’s The Croods: A New Age, providing an inside look at the upcoming animated sequel. You can check out the video now in the player below!
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The Croods have survived their fair share of dangers and disasters, from fanged prehistoric beasts to surviving the en

Max Cloud Trailer: Scott Adkins Stars in New Sci-Fi Comedy Film
Well Go USA Entertainment has released the official trailer for their forthcoming sci-fi action comedy film titled Max Cloud, featuring English actor Scott Adkins as a video game avatar. The film is scheduled for a VOD release on December 18. Check out the video in the player below!
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When teen gamer Sarah finds an “easter egg” and accidentally o

Lord & Miller’s The Afterparty Series Lines Up A-List Ensemble Cast
Phil Lord and Chris Miller are no strangers to attracting all-star casts for their projects and their upcoming Apple TV+ series The Afterparty continues this ensemble streak as it has landed a large roster of talent including Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), Sam Richardson (Detroiters), Zoë Chao (Downhill) and many more to star, according to Deadline.
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Ryan Murphy Shares American Horror Story Season 10 Poster
Teasing more clues for the upcoming season, Ryan Murphy posted the American Horror Story Season 10 poster on his Instagram, featuring rows of wickedly sharp fangs. The franchise co-creator also marked the post as being in Provincetown, Massachusetts. You can check out the poster below!
 
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Viggo Mortensen has defended straight actors playing gay roles in light of his new film Falling.
The actor has made his directorial debut with the film, which he also wrote and stars in. Mortensen plays John, a gay man who finds himself caring for his racist and homophobic father when he starts showing dementia symptoms.Read more: “Queer culture is internet culture now”: how the LGBTQ+ scene is making the best of lockdownWhen asked about his decision to play a gay character as a

"Yeah I just did that, so what?" Greenwich Entertainment has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Assassins, which originally premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. The film is an account of two women convicted of assassinating Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam. The film follows the women's trials in an attempt to understand whether they are trained killers or simply pawns. The spectacularly brazen murder happened in broad daylight, filmed entirely by

Zack Snyder is planning a Justice League spinoff focusing on Darkseid.
The filmmaker recently explained he has a story in mind which focuses on the villainous character from his 2017 film, played by Ray Porter.Read more: ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ is finally on the way – but does it have to take itself so seriously?“If you said to any of the actors in the movie ‘Well what happens in the movie’ or ‘What happens later’ or whatever for any m

The Water Dancer: Oprah & Brad Pitt to Adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Debut Novel into Film
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oscar nominee Oprah Winfrey has officially partnered up with Oscar-winning actor-producer Brad Pitt to develop the film adaptation of author Ta-Nehisi Coates’ fantasy drama novel titled The Water Dancer. MGM will also produce and will handle the theatrical distribution of the film.
“Ta-Nehisi’s debut fiction novel has at its heart, a beautiful cha

Exclusive Last Three Days Featurette Goes Behind-the-Scenes With Robert Palmer Watkins
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette for the action mystery movie Last Three Days, featuring star Robert Palmer Watkins (The Walking Dead: World Beyond). You can check out the exclusive featurette now in the player below!
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Jack (Watkins) is a police officer with a marriage on the rocks working undercover to take d

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Cast:
Vince Vaughn as Barney Calvin Garris / the Blissfield Butcher
Kathryn Newton as Millie Kessler
Katie Finneran as Paula Kessler
Celeste O’Connor as Nyla
Alan Ruck as Mr. Fletcher
Misha Osherovich as Josh
Uriah Shelton as Booker
Co-Written & Directed by Christopher Landon; Co-Written by Michael Kennedy
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Even before breaking out with the hit Happy Death Day films, writer/director Christopher Lando

CS Soapbox: How Jared Leto’s Joker Will Fit Into Zack Snyder’s Justice League
Jared Leto’s tattooed debut as the Joker in David Ayer’s Suicide Squad didn’t live up to anyone’s expectations. What was supposed to be the DC Extended Universe’s definitive Clown Prince of Crime was discarded at the first sign of trouble. Blame this on Mr. J’s minimal screentime or Suicide Squad‘s creative confusion. Regardless, Leto’s Joker i

Netflix’s Emily in Paris Renewed for a Second Season
Netflix has renewed the rom-com series Emily in Paris, starring Golden Globe nominee Lily Collins (Rules Don’t Apply), for a second season, according to Deadline. The announcement was released in the form of a letter from Emily’s (Collins) fiction boss Sylvia Grateau (Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu) which you can check out below!
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New Another Round Trailer Debuts Ahead of December Release
Samuel Goldwyn Films has released a brand new Another Round trailer for Thomas Vinterberg’s upcoming Danish-Swedish drama film, featuring acclaimed actor Mads Mikkelsen as his character experiments with alcohol in order to improve his life. The film will have its U.S. theatrical release on December 4 which will be followed by a VOD release on December 18. Check out the video in the player below!
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Bruce Willis Fights Off Aliens in Saban Films’ Breach Trailer
Saban Films has released the official trailer for their forthcoming sci-fi action film titled Breach, featuring Golden Globe winner Bruce Willis as he tries to defend his spaceship from aliens who have the ability to shape-shift and corrupt people. The film will arrive on December 18 in theaters and on VOD and digital. Check out the video in the player below!
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Kate Winslet has broken Tom Cruise’s underwater filming record while filming Avatar 2.
The Titanic star beat Cruise’s previously set record from 2011 when the latter was filming Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, during which he held his breath underwater in a whirlpool for six minutes.READ MORE: Avatar – it’s not the future of cinema, but it is damn goodWinslet, who is set to star in James Cameron’s sci-fi sequel, managed to stay underwat

"It's really about global healing - not just benefiting you scientifically, physically…" Freestyle Digital has debuted a trailer for an indie documentary titled The Power of Movement, which is launching on VOD this month for those curious to learn more. This sounds totally kooky and absurd as a healing technique, and it is, but it also isn't. The underlying concerns – that we lack physical activity and movement to sustain healthy bodies – is accurate and legit, but we all kno

Black Beauty Trailer: Mackenzie Foy & Kate Winslet Star in Disney+ Film
Disney+ has released the official trailer for Ashley Avis’ forthcoming film adaptation of Black Beauty, featuring Mackenzie Foy’s Jo as she finds hope and strength in a black mustang. Also featuring the voice of Kate Winslet, the film will be available for streaming on Friday, November 27. Check out the video in the player below!Find your way home. #BlackBeautyMovie, starring @MackenzieFoy and featuring Acad

George Lucas Planned to Make Darth Maul the Main Villain of Star Wars VII – IX
After years of waiting, fans finally got a new trilogy of Star Wars films titled, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, all of which were met with mixed results. Specifically because there didn’t seem to be any linear plot connecting each film into a satisfying whole, to say nothing of the trilogy’s lack of a clear-cut villain. As it turns out, George Lucas would have remedied

"How could a horse save a person?" Disney has unveiled an official trailer for a new Black Beauty movie on Disney+, which is more of a "re-adaptation" of the original novel than a remake of the 1994 Black Beauty movie. Yes, the original Black Beauty is based on a classic book from the 1800s written by Anna Sewell. The film's generic plot follows a wild horse and a teenage girl who forge an unbreakable bond which keeps them connected for a lifetime. When the horse is sold, Jo is determined to re

Disney Unveils The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse Trailer
Disney has released the first trailer for its upcoming Disney+ series, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, from the team behind Disney Channel’s Emmy Award-winning Mickey Mouse cartoon shorts. You can check out the trailer in the player below!
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In The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, it’s nothing but fun and excitement for Mickey and his best pals &

Shudder December 2020 Schedule Includes Creepshow Holiday Special
The list for the new Shudder December 2020 movies and TV titles have been released, which you can now view below along with the streaming service’s new Holiday content. This includes an upcoming holiday-themed special episode for Creepshow titled “Shapeshifters Anonymous,” which is written and directed by showrunner Greg Nicotero.
“The Spirit of Christmas is alive and well in true ​Creepshow f​

"Welcome to the 'Croodaceous' period – the awkward adolescence of the world's history, when even the wildlife was still figuring out what it wanted to be." DreamWorks Animation has released a funny trailer for The Croods: A New Age, the sequel to The Croods animated movie originally released in 2013. It plays like a wildlife documentary introducing us to the various species and animals that The Croods family has to deal with during the "Croodaceous" they exist in as early humans. The

Showtime’s Live-Action Halo Series Finally Resumes Production
Showtime has officially announced that filming on the upcoming live-action series adaptation of the hit video game series Halo has finally resumed after eight months since production was temporarily shutdown due to the ongoing pandemic. The announcement also came with a new set photo which you can check out below, featuring lead star Pablo Schreiber as he wears a portion of Master Chief’s iconic helmet.We’re back on

Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has remixed Wilco‘s ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ – listen below.
The filmmaker reworked the 2001 album, now dubbed ‘Yankee Purple Foxtrot’, in collaboration with The Chopstars to tie in with Joe Biden’s projected election victory over Donald Trump at the weekend.Read more: Moonlight film review
Jenkins shared the remix on Twitter on Monday (November 9), writing: “NOBODY asked for this BUT… in a world wher

John Boyega has said he fears his activism could damage his future career.
The Star Wars actor doubled down on comments he made during his impassioned speech in Hyde Park during a Black Lives Matter protest in June, saying he “[didn’t] know if [he’s] going to have a career after this, but fuck that.”Read more: NME meets Star Wars’ John Boyega: ‘I’ll have bragging rights for the rest of my life’When asked by Radio Times whether he still be

Hannibal and Casino Royale star Mads Mikkelsen is reportedly in early talks to replace Johnny Depp as the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in Fantastic Beasts 3.
Depp, who portrayed the villainous character in the first two Fantastic Beasts movies, was asked by Warner Bros. to resign from the role last week after he lost a libel trial in the UK, related to domestic abuse allegations by his ex-wife Amber Heard.
As Deadline reports, Mikkelsen is now the frontrunner to replace Depp – who had s

Coca-Cola’s 2020 Christmas advertisement, directed by Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi, debuted earlier this week.
The Oscar-winning director, writer and actor is perhaps best known for his films Jojo Rabbit, What We Do In The Shadows and Thor: Ragnarok.
Waititi’s commercial carries the tagline “This Christmas, give something only you can give” and follows a father’s quest to deliver his daughter’s letter to Santa. Watch it below. 
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The Wolf of Snow Hollow Blu-ray & DVD details revealed!
After scoring rave reviews from critics and audiences in the festival circuit and on digital platforms, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has revealed the Blu-ray and DVD details for Jim Cummings’ incredible horror-comedy The Wolf of Snow Hollow, which is set to hit shelves this December just in time for the holiday season! The Blu-ray artwork can be viewed below!
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Universal & Dwayne Johnson to produce Scorpion King reboot
It’s been 19 years since audiences saw Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson step into the role of Mathayus for his acting debut in The Mummy Returns, followed by getting his first starring role in 2002’s spin-off The Scorpion King, and now he and Universal Pictures are partnering together to produce a reboot of the latter franchise, according to Deadline.
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Warner Bros. eyeing Mads Mikkelsen for Fantastic Beasts 3 over Depp
It’s been a whirlwind of a week for Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts 3 as it was announced the studio asked star Johnny Depp to resign from his role as villain Gellert Grindelwald and its release was pushed back to July 2022 and now it’s been revealed that the studio is in early negotiations with Hannibal alum Mads Mikkelsen to take over the role, according to Deadline.
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