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Hulu Greenlights Fifth Season of The Handmaid’s Tale
During today’s Walt Disney Investors Day presentation and ahead of the fourth season premiere, Walt Disney Television Chairman of Entertainment Dana Walden confirmed The Handmaid’s Tale has been renewed for a fifth season at Hulu!
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Hulu launching original films from 20th Century Studios & Searchlight
Following the large successes of projects such as Palm Springs, Bad Hair and Run earlier this year, Hulu President Kelly Campbell revealed at the Disney Investors Day presentation that the streaming platform would be expanding its original film library with new titles co-produced with newly-acquired 20th Century Studios and Searchlight Pictures, with a promise to reveal more in the coming months.
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Disney+ unveils Star channel for mature audiences
With 20th Century Fox under their wing, Disney is finally expanding their streaming platform Disney+ with all of the more mature content from the banner under a new tile known as Star that will include everything from Family Guy to Atlanta, Logan, Kingsman and more!
As announced during today’s Investors presentation, all audiences have to do will be to log in to the streaming platform and head to the options and opt int

Raya and the Last Dragon to Debut Simultaneously in Theaters & on Disney+ with Premier Access
During Disney’s Investor Day stream today it was announced that Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Raya and the Last Dragon will be arriving in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access on March 5, 2021.Welcome to the Kingdom of Kumandra. Raya and the Last Dragon is coming to theaters and on #DisneyPlus with Premier Access on March 5, 2021. #DisneyRaya pic.twitter.com/tF94qRTo0E
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"Just to have somebody say 'we believe in you'…" 1091 Pictures has released an official trailer for a sports documentary titled The House That Rob Built, from the same filmmakers behind The Dating Project and Pray: The Story of Patrick Peyton. The acclaimed film originally premiered at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Montana earlier this year. Coach Robin Selvig was a college women's basketball coach at the University of Montana, his alma mater, from 1978 to 2016 (for 38 years).

Crag Banyon P.I.: Shane Black Developing Animated Comedy Adaptation for Fox
Shane Black (Iron Man 3, The Predator, The Nice Guys) is developing a new animated comedy project at Fox titled Crag Banyon P.I., based on the book series by James Mullaney, according to Deadline.
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Crag Banyon P.I. follows the supernatural adventures of Banyon, an alcoholic ex-cop and current private detective investigator as he solves cases

"Requesting permission to fire on an enemy attacker!" Vertical Ent. has just dropped in with a full-length trailer for the awesome contained action horror film Shadow in the Sky, a major breakout from Chinese-New Zealand filmmaker Roseanne Liang. We're big fans of this badass little film and hope viewers will give it a look. This fearsome WWII action-thriller is set entirely on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. The story follows a female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents who catches a

"Requesting permission to fire on an enemy attacker!" Vertical Ent. has just dropped in with a full-length trailer for the awesome contained action horror film Shadow in the Cloud, a big breakout from Chinese-New Zealand filmmaker Roseanne Liang. We're big fans of this badass little film and hope viewers will give it a look. This fearsome WWII action-thriller is set entirely on a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber. The story follows a female WWII pilot traveling with top secret documents who catches a

"What's it like watching your son grow up?" Four8 has unveiled an official trailer for a new short film titled I Am Mary, premiering on their YouTube channel soon. I Am Mary follows in the footsteps of Four8's previous shorts in their trilogy – I Am Joseph and I Am Pilate – which "reintroduce biblical characters in timeless settings, expanding on their individual journeys and providing audiences with the opportunity to connect with these human stories." Essentially, I Am Mary is a r

The Curse: Emma Stone to Star in Safdie Brothers’ Showtime Comedy Series
Oscar winner Emma Stone (La La Land, The Favourite, Birdman) is set to star in the Safdie Brothers’ (Uncut Gems) Showtime comedy The Curse, which has been ordered to series by the premium cable network (via The Hollywood Reporter).
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The series is described as a “genre-bending scripted comedy that explores

CS Unboxed: Mondo MOTU Man At Arms Action Figure
Welcome to another edition of CS Unboxed -ComingSoon.net’s premium unboxing show- where today we’ve got an amazingly detailed deluxe Masters of the Universe Man At Arms action figure from Mondo, which we previously revealed some photos of earlier this year! Check out the MOTU fun in the video below!
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"This is this place of imagination and dreaming." Kino Lorber has released an official trailer for an art doc called Museum Town, from journalist-turned-director Jennifer Trainer. It premiered at last year's SXSW Film Festival, and launches in virtual cinemas this month. A rural American town suffering economically from factory closures finds an unconventional route to recovery with the help of MASS MoCA. Directed by Jennifer Trainer, a former journalist and one of the original builders, and na

The Last Thing He Told Me: Julia Roberts to Lead New Apple TV+ Miniseries From Reese Witherspoon
According to Deadline, Apple TV+ has given a straight-to-series order to executive producer Reese Witherspoon’s limited series adaptation of author Laura Dave’s upcoming novel titled The Last Thing He Told Me, with Oscar winner Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich, August: Osage County) officially signing on for the leading role. On top of starring, Roberts will also be serving as an executive

EPIX’s Godfather of Harlem Season 2 Teaser Trailer Released
EPIX has released the official Godfather of Harlem Season 2 teaser trailer ahead of the series’ return in April 2021. Starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Black Panther), you can check out the teaser for the second season of the crime drama now in the player below!
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Godfather of Harlem tells a s

"There is something very, very wrong here…" IFC Midnight has revealed a teaser trailer (to celebrate the start of Hanukkah today) for the supernatural horror film titled The Vigil, which originally premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival. Marking the feature directorial debut of writer / director Keith Thomas, the horror film is set in the Orthodox Jewish community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, and steeped in Jewish lore and demonology. A Brooklyn man who agrees to be a "shomer", hir

Jurassic Park Scribe David Koepp to Pen The Green Hornet and Kato
Screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, Mission: Impossible) is set to pen the screenplay for Univeral Pictures and Amasia Entertainment’s The Green Hornet and Kato movie, according to TheWrap. It was announced back in April that the project was in development after Universal optioned the rights to the characters.
RELATED: Nobody Trailer: Bob Odenkirk Gives John Wick a Run for His Money
The characters were firs

Industry Renewed for a Second Season at HBO
HBO has renewed its new London-set drama series Industry for a second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. All of the episodes for Season 1 are available to stream now on HBO Max, with episodes also releasing weekly on the HBO channel until the season finale on December 21.
RELATED: Industry Trailer: HBO’s New Drama Series From Mickey Down & Konrad Kay
“Mickey and Konrad have captured an authentic, fresh angle on workplace cult

Don’t Look Up: Chris Evans Joins Adam McKay’s Netflix Film
According to Deadline, MCU alum Chris Evans (Avengers: Endgame, Knives Out, Defending Jacob) has joined Adam McKay’s upcoming Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up, expanding the A-list ensemble cast. Details regarding Evans’ character in the project are being kept under wraps.
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The film, which is being written and directed

Deliver us from delusion in new Servant season 2 trailer
With just over a month remaining until the M. Night Shyamalan-executive-produced psychological thriller series returns, Apple TV+ has debuted a new trailer for Servant season 2 teasing the mystery behind the disappearance of Jericho in the first season finale. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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Exclusive: Glenn Howerton offers update on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
With the season 15 renewal establishing the series as the longest-running American TV comedy, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has some big shoes to fill upon its return and while chatting with co-developer and star Glenn Howerton for his upcoming crime thriller, Archenemy, ComingSoon.net got an update on how development’s going for the new season.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWBatwoman Season 2 Promo Teases Kate Kane’s Fate
The CW has released the promo trailer for upcoming second season premiere of Batwoman, featuring Luke, Mary, Sophie, and the rest of Gotham as they deal with the sudden absence of Kate Kane. The series will be making its return on Sunday, January 17, 2021 with episode 2.01 titled “Whatever Happened to Kate Kane?” Also featuring Javicia Leslie’s scarlet knight in action, you can check out the video in the playe

BEGIN SLIDESHOWListen to an Exclusive Track from Amelia Warner’s Score for Wild Mountain Thyme
Wild Mountain Thyme marks the third directorial effort of legendary screenwriter John Patrick Shanley, who previously brought us big-screen classics such as Moonstruck, Joe vs. the Volcano, and Doubt. To commemorate the release of the film, starring Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan, we are presenting a track from the film’s beautiful score composed by Amelia Warner, titled “I Ca

Rachel McAdams to Return for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Oscar nominee Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) is reportedly reprising her character of Dr. Christine Palmer in the upcoming Marvel sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, according to Deadline.
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McAdams will rejoin Benedict Cumberbatch, Benedict Wong, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, who are all reprising their roles for the follow-up to 2016&rs

Ben Affleck has been cast in George Clooney’s The Tender Bar.
The Batman actor will play the lead role in Clooney’s next film as a director, based on J.R. Moehringer’s memoir of the same name.Read more: I hated Batfleck, but I’m glad he’s backMoehringer’s book details his life growing up in Long Island, “seeking out father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar,” Deadline writes.
The film was originally set for relea

Riverdale Season 5 Trailer Debuts Ahead of January Return
The CW has released the first trailer for the upcoming fifth season of their hit teen drama series Riverdale, providing us with our preview of the next season’s first three episodes which teases the Prom episode, and masked strangers who are sending threatening videos to the gang, as well as the moment Veronica learns that Archie and Betty kissed. The series will be making its return on January 20, 2021. Check out the video in the

"Its been a hell of a day." Universal Pictures has unveiled the first official trailer for an action crime thriller titled Nobody, the latest from the Russian director of the POV mayhem film Hardcore Henry. This one is basically Bob Odenkirk as John Wick - a "nobody" suburban dad decides to fight back one day and becomes the top target of a a vengeful drug lord and his cronies. Awesome! I love a good nobody is actually a badass somebody, don't underestimate him, kind of gnarly story. Bob Odenki

Daisy Ridley is set to play Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle in Young Woman and the Sea, according to Deadline.
The actress, who played Rey in the Star Wars Skywalker trilogy, is attached to the Disney+ project telling the story of the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.Read more: ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ review: a sufficiently satisfying finale that gives fans exactly what they wantJoachim Rønning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNobody Trailer: Bob Odenkirk Gives John Wick a Run for His Money
Universal Pictures has released the official Nobody trailer for Ilya Naishuller’s upcoming action-thriller film, featuring Emmy winner Bob Odenkirk as a seemingly normal suburban husband and dad, who turns out to be a retired mercenary killer. Written by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, the film is scheduled to make its debut in theaters on February 26, 2021. Check out the Nobody trailer in the player below alo

Young Woman and the Sea: Daisy Ridley to Star in Disney+’s New Drama
According to Deadline, Star Wars alum Daisy Ridley has entered negotiations for the leading role in Disney+’s upcoming film adaptation of Young Woman and the Sea, based on author Glenn Stout’s book of the same name. In addition, Joachim Rønning has signed on to helm the project, reuniting him with the House of Mouse after directing last year’s Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.
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"I have to warn them about the conditions on Earth." Netflix has revealed a final 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. Arriving on Netflix in a few more weeks. 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. Adapt

BEGIN SLIDESHOWFrench Exit Trailer Starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges
Sony Pictures Classics has released the official trailer for director Azazel Jacobs’ forthcoming dark comedy film titled French Exit, featuring Academy Award nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges as their characters move to Paris to start a new life after going broke in New York. The film will make its debut in theaters on February 12, 2021. Check out the video in the player below!
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Female-Led Zorro Series in the Works From Robert Rodriguez & Sofia Vergara
According to Deadline, NBC is currently in the process of developing a new series adaptation of the iconic masked vigilante Zorro with Sin City filmmaker Robert Rodriguez and Golden Globe nominee Sofia Vergara (Modern Family) attached to executive produce the project. Based on the character created by Johnston McCulley in 1919, the series will feature a female lead taking on the mantle of the classic hero.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWWonder Woman 1984: Patty Jenkins Says Post-Credits Scene Was Kept From Press Screeners
After conducting a number of virtual press screenings for a select group of press, including ComingSoon.net, director Patty Jenkins has confirmed that Warner Bros. Pictures’ long-delayed DC sequel Wonder Woman 1984 will definitely have a post-credits scene which was excluded from the press screeners.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWPatty Jenkins Shares Her View on Joss Whedon’s Justice League
Well, it turns out Patty Jenkins isn’t fond of Joss Whedon’s version of Zack Snyder’s Justice League. While speaking with CinemaBlend to promote her upcoming sequel Wonder Woman 1984, Jenkins revealed “all of us DC directors tossed that out just as much as the fans did.”
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“But also, I felt that that version contradicted

Star Wars star Kelly-Marie Tran has opened up about her new role in Raya and the Last Dragon.
The actress, who played Rose Tico in the Skywalker saga and will next be voicing Disney’s first Southeast Asian princess, said being cast in such a role can feel like you “have to be extra grateful because it will never happen again.”Read more: ‘I am not giving up’ – Kelly Marie Tran speaks out for first time against racist and sexist trolls“It sh

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has criticised Joss Whedon’s Justice League, calling the film “an outlier.”
Discussing the portrayal of Wonder Woman/Diana Prince across the wider DC Extended Universe, the filmmaker said she, alongside other DC directors, “tossed that [film] out.”Read more: Wonder Woman – film review“I think that all of us DC directors tossed that out just as much as the fans did,” Jenkins told CinemaBlend. &

Actor Ferdinand Kingsley has revealed that director David Fincher asked him and Gary Oldman to perform a scene nearly 50 times while filming new movie Mank.
The biographical drama stars Oldman as screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz as he struggles to write the script for Citizen Kane, with Kingsley playing wunderkind producer Irving Thalberg, who brought iconic works including Ben Hur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame to cinemas.
In an interview with NME Kingsley shared his experience of Fincher’

The controversial racist joke in Monster Hunter, which caused the film to be pulled from Chinese cinemas, will be cut from all versions of the movie.READ MORE: Video games haven’t just been escapism for me in 2020, it’s been a lifelineThis is according to the film’s director Paul W.S. Anderson, who also apologised for the “unintentional offense”, in a statement to Deadline. Production house Constantin Film and Asian-American actor Jin Au-Yeung, who said the line in

Exclusive: Paul Scheer talks Marvel hopes & The League future
Ever since his breakout work as part of the beloved comedy troupe Human Giant, Paul Scheer has literally been the man about town, appearing in everything from FX/FXX’s The League to Piranha 3D and while chatting with the comedian for his work in the upcoming crime thriller, Archenemy, ComingSoon.net explored Scheer’s hopes for his future with Marvel and a possible reunion of the fantasy footba

Sony’s Funimation Acquiring Crunchyroll From AT&T for $1.175 Billion
After calling WarnerMedia’s Otter Media home for nearly five years, popular anime platform Crunchyroll is moving as AT&T has sold it off to Funimation Global Group, LLC, a joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)’s subsidiary, Aniplex Inc., for $1.175 billion.
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Paramount+ Greenlights iCarly Revival With Original Stars Returning
It’s been just eight years since the fan-favorite comedy iCarly came to an end on Nickelodeon and now audiences can look forward to the group returning as Paramount+ has ordered a revival with stars Miranda Cosgrove, Nathan Kress and Jerry Trainor returning, according to TVLine.
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"It's just code." Gravitas has released an official trailer for Hello World, an indie documentary about bias in coding and building more diverse programming teams. A good double feature with Coded Bias, another doc film this year about bias and prejudice being worked right into software and algorithms. The film delves into the history of software development that originally started as a woman-led industry but has evolved into a majority white male and Asian dominated industry. It tackles the to