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ComingSoon’s Favorite Movies of 2020 Lists!
It goes without saying that 2020 has been a compromised year at the movies. While many of the blockbusters we were so looking forward to never saw the light of day, there were still plenty of worthy films, to be sure. The staff of ComingSoon.net is keeping up the holiday tradition of its annual countdown of those worthy entries in our Favorite Movies of 2020 lists, which you can check out below! Click each title to purchase through Amazon!
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Whether or not the soul really truly exists, as we humans perceive it, doesn't really matter. Pixar's Soul is a profound and moving experience and one of their best movies in years. It is a spiritual sequel to Inside Out, but only in concept, in that it visualizes and rationalizes the irrational concept of a "soul" (rather than our emotions like Inside Out) and takes us on a journey to the other side, the great beyond, to remind us how beautiful our lives really are. Much like Inside Out, also

"You're not humbling yourself, you're not learning, you're not even listening" Freestyle Digital Media has unveiled an official trailer for Gun and a Hotel Bible, an indie drama based on the original play of the same name. Filmmakers Raja Gosnell (The Smurfs, Show Dogs) & Alicia Joy LeBlanc team up to tell this story of infidelity and anger. "Can Gideon sway Pete before he pulls the trigger? When all hope is lost, can the lost find hope?" It is a "provocative film" about a man on the verge

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Exclusive The Craft: Legacy Deleted Scenes Clip Features the Four Witches Learning a New Spell
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive The Craft: Legacy deleted scenes clip featuring the four witches learning a new spell. The movie is now available on Blu-ray and DVD from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. You can check out our exclusive clip in the player below and order your copy of the movie here!
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Taika Waititi’s New Comedy Reservation Dogs Gets a Series Order at FX
FX has officially given a series order to Oscar winner Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit) and Sterlin Harjo’s upcoming comedy series titled Reservation Dogs. The pilot was directed by Harjo, who co-wrote the script with Waititi. The 8-episode first season is scheduled to make its debut sometime next year.
“As longtime friends, it was only natural that Taika and I found a project together, and what better than a sho

Batman: Soul of the Dragon First Clip Features David Giuntoli’s Bruce Wayne
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released its first official clip from the upcoming animated movie Batman: Soul of the Dragon, featuring David Giuntoli (Grimm, A Million Little Things) voicing Bruce Wayne/Batman. You can check out the clip now in the player below and pre-order your copy here!
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An all-new original animated film, Bat

"That's it, mate. They're taking the whole bloody valley…" Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled an official US trailer for the US release of Rams, the English-language remake of the award-winning Icelandic film of the same name from 2015. This Australian remake stars Sam Neill and Michael Caton as sheep farmers, and as brothers who don't like each other and haven't talked to each other in 40 years. When a livestock disease hits their farms, the local townspeople bond together trying to figu

New to Stream: Acorn TV’s January 2021 Lineup!
Acorn TV has announced its upcoming lineup for the month of January, including the new season Finding Joy, starring Amy Huberman, the series finale of A Suitable Boy, as well as the return of all four seasons of the acclaimed Canadian police drama 19-2, and more. You can check out the full lineup below!
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This richly-nuanced character-driven d

"What has Tiger done to Tiger Woods?" HBO has revealed the full-length trailer for an epic biopic doc titled Tiger, described as a monumental and definitive look at the life of golf legend Tiger Woods. The doc will be released as a two-part "series" premiering together in January. Co-directed by doc filmmakers Matthew Hamachek & Matthew Heineman (of Cartel Land, City of Ghosts, and The Boy from Medellín). Tiger is driven by never-before-seen footage and revealing interviews with thos

M. Night Shyamalan has revealed he’s been in talks to direct Marvel and DC movies.Read more: M. Night Shyamalan: “To evoke fear in somebody, you just have to create the unknown”The filmmaker, currently an executive producer on Servant, explained that discussions in the past have seen him in the running to helm superhero stories for a number of major franchise-led studios.
“I’ve had many conversations over the years about many of the superheroes with many of the

BEGIN SLIDESHOWHBO Max’s Titans Season 3 Officially Wraps Production for 2020
Titans cinematographer Boris Mojsovksi took to Instagram to share a new behind-the-scenes photo, confirming the last day of filming in 2020 on the upcoming third season of HBO Max’s newly added DC series. Featuring Curran Walters’ Jason Todd, you can check out the full Titans Season 3 BTS photo below!
 
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"A necessary fiction… about a reality in the very near future." The Match Factory has released a full-length official trailer for the Mexican film New Order, which originally premiered at the Venice + Toronto Film Festivals this year. Nuevo Orden (in Spanish) is the latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Michel Franco (After Lucia, Chronic, April's Daughter) and is described as a "gripping, hard-hitting, dystopian drama." A high-society wedding is interrupted by the arrival of unwelcome gu

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Netflix’s The Witcher Season 2 Premiere Script Page Released
Netflix has released a page from The Witcher Season 2 premiere script, providing a sneak peek at the upcoming season that features a terrifying monster attack and a voiceover from Geralt of Rivia. You can check out the script page below, and discover more hidden gems on the show’s website here!This page from the Witcher Season 2 script shows the next season isn’t holding back. pic.twitter.com/O2ucSltl

New to Stream: Peacock January 2021 Movie & TV Titles Announced
The schedule for the movie and TV titles coming to NBCUniversal’s streaming service Peacock in January 2021 has been revealed, which you can view below! This includes the upcoming Peacock debut of the iconic sitcom The Office with all nine seasons set to be exclusively available on the streamer on January 1.
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Die Hard writer Steven E de Souza has made a definitive argument explaining why the film is in fact a Christmas movie.
Comparing the action thriller to Bing Crosby’s White Christmas, the screenwriter went through a checklist of “Christmas Movie or Not” characteristics on the Script Apart podcast.READ MORE: NME Recommends: the definitive Christmas films“I think we can all agree, even the sceptics on why Die Hard is a Christmas movie or not, that White C

"Come with me, my child. Take my hand." A new trailer has been released for an international film titled Songs of Solomon, made by Armenian actor Arman Nshanian. He was initially going to make it as a short film, but turned into a full feature instead thanks to the push of producers. Inspired by true events, this is a film about a childhood friendship, torn apart by the horrific Hamidian massacres infiltrated by the Ottoman Empire under the rule of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1894-1896). This epic p

History of Swear Words Trailer: Join Nicolas Cage For an Education in Expletives
Netflix has released the official trailer for their upcoming new six-part comedy series History of Swear Words, featuring Oscar winner Nicolas Cage as he guides us to through the history, evolution and cultural impact of curse words. Featuring guest stars including Sarah Silverman and Nick Offerman, the series will be available for streaming on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Check out the video in the player below!

His Dark Materials Renewed for a Third Season at HBO & BBC One
HBO and BBC One have renewed the drama series His Dark Materials for a third season! Production on the eight-episode third season is slated to begin in Cardiff in 2021.
“Bringing Phillip Pullman’s epic, intricate and culturally resonant body of work to television has been a tremendous privilege,” said Francesca Orsi, Executive Vice President, HBO Programming. “We thank our incredible partners at the BBC a

The Little Things Trailer: Denzel Washington Stars in New Crime Thriller
Warner Bros. Pictures has released the official trailer for John Lee Hancock’s upcoming crime thriller film titled The Little Things, starring Oscar winner Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. This marks Washington’s first acting project after three years since starring in 2018’s The Equalizer 2. The film will be arriving in theaters and on HBO Max on January 29, 2021. Check out the video in the

MGM Looking to Sell Entire Film Library and Studio
According to The Wall Street Journal, MGM is planning to sell its entire film studio which includes its wide and rich film library as well as TV-titles they’ve produced. The company, who has a reported market value of around $5.5 billion, has already tapped two investment banks -Morgan Stanley and Lion Tree LLC.- in order to kick-start the formal sale process.
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"How's the trunk space?" Warner Bros has released an official trailer for The Little Things, a serial killer investigative thriller from filmmaker John Lee Hancock - director of The Blind Side, Saving Mr. Banks, The Founder, The Highwaymen. This is currently set for release in January from Warner Bros - one of the first releases to try the dual theatrical + HBO Max debut. The Little Things centers around Deke, a burnt-out Kern County, CA deputy sheriff who teams with Baxter, a crack L.A. Sherif

The Croods: A New Age Tops Streaming Lists On Vudu and FandangoNOW
The Croods: A New Age topped the streaming lists for both Vudu and FandangoNOW this week, leaving new releases Greenland and Tenet vying for spots No. 2 and 3. The War With Grandpa rounded out the top four.
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Vudu’s list also included Love and Monsters, The New Mutants, Honest Thief, the holiday favorite Elf, Fatman and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacatio

The first trailer for Coming 2 America has just been released – check it out below.
The film, which sees Eddie Murphy reprise his role as King Akeem from the much-loved 1988 movie directed by John Landis, will be released next year on Amazon Prime Video.READ MORE: Dolemite Is My Name review: Eddie Murphy makes firecracker return in entertaining but predictable biopicComing 2 America is also set to star Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Tracy Morgan, KiKi Layne, Shari Headle

"Well, I'll be damned! Look who done come up in here!" Amazon has revealed the first trailer for Coming 2 America, the long-awaited sequel to the beloved comedy classic Coming to America from 1988. Both boys are back! Akeem learns he has a long-lost son in the United States and must return to America to meet the unlikely heir to the throne of Zamunda. This "all-new hilarious adventure" has them traversing the globe from their great African nation to the borough of Queens. Eddie Murphy and Arsen

David Gordon Green in talks to helm The Exorcist sequel for Blumhouse
Coming off from the success of 2018’s Halloween film, the Observer brings word that director David Gordon Green is looking to reunite with Blumhouse Productions in order to breathe new life into another dormant horror franchise as he officially enters negotiations to helm the studio’s upcoming sequel feature to 1973’s The Exorcist. Should the deal push through, this will probably be his first directorial pro

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Coming 2 America Trailer Journeys Back to Zamunda… & Queens!
Amazon Studios has released the trailer for the highly-anticipated Eddie Murphy-led sequel Coming 2 America. Releasing exclusively on Prime Video on March 5, 2021, you can check out the Coming 2 America trailer in the player below!
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Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, Coming 2 America continues to follow newly

Halloween filmmaker David Gordon Green is reportedly in talks to direct a remake of The Exorcist, according to Observer.
The film would be released via Blumhouse Productions and Morgan Creek, with Jason Blum, David Robinson and James Robinson on board as producers.Read more: An open letter to film fans: remakes are a thing – stop crying about itGreen would be following in the footsteps of William Friedkin who directed the original film in 1973, which went on to earn $193 million

Diego Luna Talks Star Wars: Andor!
Diego Luna recently sat down with THR to discuss his role in the upcoming Disney+ series, Star Wars: Andor, specifically speaking about what drew him to the Rogue One spinoff.
“I think it’s really interesting to tell a story even though we know where it ends,” Luna said. “The way you can approach a story like this inevitably takes you into a deeper process of reflection. I tend to use that word a lot. So once you know what Cassian is ca

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins has said Warner Bros made her change the ending of the first Wonder Woman film “at the last minute”.
She explained that it was the studio who insisted on a large-scale superhero battle between Wonder Woman and Ares, the God of War, in the film taking place during World War I.Read more: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ review: a smart and stylish superhero sequel with lots of heart“The original end of the first movie was als

David Giler, producer and writer for the Alien franchise, has died aged 77.
Reports say Giler passed away at his home in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday (December 19) of cancer. The news of his death was announced by his longtime friend and Alien co-producer Walter Hill.
“If you knew David, you knew he was special,” Hill said in a statement. “The magic of his personality is hard to describe: funny, angry, extremely knowledgeable, extremely well read; it was my privilege to write

The US Congress has passed a COVID-19 stimulus bill that includes an anti-piracy proposal that would punish for-profit, illegal streaming services with felony penalties of up to 10 years in jail.
Passed by Congress on Monday night (December 21), the US$900billion stimulus package will revive unemployment benefits and launch a round of $600 stimulus payments to many Americans, among other provisions.
The 5,000-page bill also includes a proposal by Republican senator Thom Tillis, introduced less t

Christopher Nolan has revealed that he is “interested” in turning his movies into video games.Read More: Colour me happy – colour and symbolism in video gamesDuring a recent fan Q&A session for his latest film Tenet, hosted by video game journalist and personality Geoff Keighley, Nolan was asked if he would want any of his films to be adapted into a video game.
Nolan responded by comparing the filmmaking process to video game development, saying that while both are “c

Bono, Halsey, Pharrell Williams are among those who’ve been announced as new additions to the cast for the forthcoming animated film, Sing 2.
The sequel to 2016’s Sing is set for cinematic release in December 2021, and is produced by Illumination, the same studio behind the Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets franchises.
Letitia Wright, Eric Andre, Chelsea Peretti and Bobby Cannavale will also be joining the cast, which already includes returning cast members Matthew

Bono, Halsey, Pharrell Williams are among those who’ve been announced as part of the cast for the forthcoming animated film, Sing 2, Variety reports.
The sequel to 2016’s Sing is set for cinematic release in December 2021, and is produced by Illumination, the same studio behind the Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets franchises.
Letitia Wright, Eric Andre, Chelsea Peretti and Bobby Cannavale will also be joining the cast, which already includes returning cast mem