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Mike Flanagan reveals Revival adaptation no longer happening
While busy with a number of projects for both the big and small screen, fans have come to adore Mike Flanagan’s adaptations of Stephen King’s bibliography but after much excitement and development of bringing Revival to the screen for Warner Bros., it appears that the project is now dead again.
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Freestyle DM has released an official trailer for an indie film titled Beware of Dog, a Russian drama that premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival last year. The film tells the story of three different young adults struggling with their mental health problems in their cities - Moscow, Berlin, NYC. Alienated in politically-ambiguous Moscow, a young woman deals with OCD, while her cousin in Berlin tries to build a romantic relationship ignoring her own condition. In New York City, a heartbroken

Movie fans can watch some of Universal Pictures’ classic horror films for free this month.READ MORE: The best British horror films of all timeNBCUniversal is showing seven classic films on YouTube’s ‘Fear: The Home of Horror’ channel starting on January 15.
Dracula (1931), Frankenstein (1931), The Mummy (1932), The Invisible Man (1933), The Wolf Man (1941), Bride Of Frankenstein (1935) and Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) will each be available to watch for a

"It changed everything about America." Netflix is releasing this doc film in a few weeks this month, and we have yet to share the trailer. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy is made by filmmaker Stanley Nelson and will be streaming on Netflix soon. The film is a comprehensive and extensive look at the modern history of cocaine in America. It "examines not only the personal devastation caused by the drug, but also the shadowy origins of the crisis and the resultant, ongoing marginalizat

New to Stream: Magnolia Selects’ January 2021 Lineup
Magnolia Selects has unveiled its full list of titles set to debut on the streaming service in January, including the acclaimed indie dramedy Tangerine, Roar Uthaug’s nearly-Oscar-nominated disaster pic The Wave and two of Oscar winner Bong Joon-Ho’s acclaimed early works, The Host and Mother! You can check out the full list below!
RELATED: New to Stream: HBO Max January 2021 Highlights
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Zack Snyder has said he has no current plans to make more DC movies.READ MORE: ‘Justice League Dark’ could be TV’s greatest superhero adventure – but don’t get your hopes upThe filmmaker, whose director’s cut of Justice League is due to be released in March, said he is busy working on other projects beyond the DC Extended Universe.
Speaking to ComicBook Debate yesterday (January 4) the director said he’s not opposed to the idea of making more DC fil

Win four tickets to The Mads: A Night of Shorts 2 live riff!
Just a month after giving audiences a holiday treat with a live riff of Santa Claus vs. The Devil, beloved Mystery Science Theater 3000 duo Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, collectively known as The Mads, are coming back for a special livestream entitled A Night of Shorts 2 and Dumb Industries has provided ComingSoon.net with four complimentary tickets for our readers to win! All you have to do to win is emai

Steven Soderbergh has shared his annual list of everything he read and watched last year.READ MORE: Please Hollywood, don’t make a coronavirus movieThe director – known for his work on Erin Brockovich, Contagion, Traffic and the Oceans franchise among many more films – keeps a thorough, daily record of all the movies, TV shows, plays and short films he’s watched as well as the literature he’s read.
Among his list of TV series are Better Call Saul, Below Deck, D

Clancy Brown Joins Showtime’s Dexter Revival as Primary Villain
Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Billions, Carnivàle) has joined Showtime’s revival of Dexter as Kurt Caldwell, the primary villain of the show, according to Variety.
RELATED: The Curse: Emma Stone to Star in Safdie Brothers’ Showtime Comedy Series
The character is described as the “unofficial mayor of the small town of Iron Lake. He’s realized the American dream by going from drivin

Rhys Darby Reuniting With Taika Waititi for Our Flag Means Death
After working with the Oscar-winning director on his beloved comedies What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeeple, Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi are reuniting as the Jumanji star is set to lead the latter’s HBO Max series Our Flag Means Death, according to Deadline.
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Ahead of its premiere next Thursday on the streaming platform, HBO Max has unveiled a twisty new trailer for the upcoming fourth season of the acclaimed mystery thriller comedy Search Party, which has shifted from its original TBS home. The trailer can be viewed below!
RELATED: HBO Max’s Search Party Season 4 First Look Photos & Premiere Date Revealed.@HBOMax debuts new trailer for season four of Max

David Hasselhoff is auctioning off a giant replica of himself from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and will donate a portion of the proceeds to charity.READ MORE: This incredible Spongebob montage sums up every Radiohead album“Big Dave”, a giant replica of The Hoff that was used in the 2004 film, is now open for bidding. Hasselhoff posted an Instagram video of himself atop the model earlier today (January 5) saying “everything goes”.
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"What if he escape from a zoo, or something?" Lionsgate has released a trailer for Lena and Snowball, a charming lion cub drama based on a true story. This seems to be a cheesy American remake of the French film Mia and the White Lion, about a young woman who befriends a lion cub living in Africa. This one has a similar story. Lena tries to keep playful Snowball out of trouble, but the clumsy poachers who kidnapped the valuable cub, and the cruel trophy collector who paid for him, are desperate

Disney’s Live-Action Little Mermaid Adds The Undoing’s Noma Dumezweni
After revealing its full star-studded cast last month, Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid is expanding its roster a little further with the addition of The Undoing alum Noma Dumezweni as a character not seen in the beloved animated original, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Little Mermaid Cast, Plus Pinocchio & Peter Pan Films Go to Disney+
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Orson Welles’ Magnificent Ambersons being reconstructed via animation
With all the news coming forward about Zack Snyder’s Justice League, it seems that another marred masterpiece may yet get its day in the sun. According to Wellesnet, the long-lost original cut of Orson Welles’ 1942 film The Magnificent Ambersons is getting a reconstruction from documentary filmmaker Brian Robert Rose (When I Last Saw Jesse), who will use animation to complete the footage originally exci

Tiffany Haddish in Talks for Landscape With Invisible Hand
After reigning the world of comedy since her breakout turns in Girls Trip and The Carmichael Show, Emmy winner Tiffany Haddish is gearing up to explore the stars as she has entered final negotiations with MGM to lead the film adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s Landscape with Invisible Hand, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Tiffany Haddish Joins Nicolas Cage’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
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Barry Gibb has said he won’t watch the new documentary The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart because the subject matter is too painful.READ MORE: The story behind the new Bee Gees documentary – ‘Saturday Night Fever ‘changed their lives foreverFrank Marshall’s new film, which traces the rise of the Gibb brothers’ band, was released last month. Barry is the only surviving member of The Bee Gees, having outlived his fellow band members – his t

Exclusive Don’t Tell a Soul Clip Starring Rainn Wilson & Jack Dylan Grazer
ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip for the upcoming thriller Don’t Tell a Soul starring Emmy nominee Rainn Wilson (The Office, Utopia, Super), Jack Dylan Grazer (IT, IT Chapter Two, Shazam!), Fionn Whitehead (Dunkirk, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Voyagers), and BAFTA nominee Mena Suvari (American Beauty, What Lies Below, American Woman). You can check out the clip now in the play

"Lock down one last ride." Warner Bros has released the first official trailer for a movie titled Locked Down, formerly known as Lockdown, yet another new film made by director Doug Liman (who also made Chaos Walking releasing sometime this year). "When the world is locked down, they'll find their ticket out." One old description for this film explains that "a couple attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at a department store." But the new official synopsis says "just as they decide

"Lock down one last ride." Warner Bros has released the first official trailer for a movie titled Locked Down, formerly known as Lockdown, yet another new film made by director Doug Liman (who also made Chaos Walking releasing sometime this year). "When the world is locked down, they'll find their ticket out." One old description for this film explains that "a couple attempt a high-risk, high-stakes jewellery heist at a department store." But the new official synopsis says "just as they decide

Guy Ritchie’s Five Eyes expands cast with Cary Elwes
After beginning the expansion of his Jason Statham-led cast with the addition of Parks and Recreation alum Aubrey Plaza last month, Guy Ritchie is keeping the casting train rolling for his spy thriller Five Eyes with the addition of The Princess Bride star Cary Elwes, according to Deadline.
RELATED: Aubrey Plaza Joins Jason Statham in Guy Ritchie’s Spy Thriller Film
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Horror film icon Barbara Shelley has died aged 88, her agent has confirmed.
When sharing the news, Thomas Bowington revealed that Shelley had contracted COVID-19 in hospital, though “it wasn’t the COVID that took her”.
Shelley, who was hailed as the ‘technicolour queen of Hammer’ and remembered as an early horror icon, starred in a number of Hammer Horror films across the 1950s and 60s including Dracula and The Gorgon.
Announcing the news, Bowington said: “She

Report: The Mandalorian Characters May Be Coming To Galaxy’s Edge
For the past two years, The Mandalorian has reinvigorated interest in the Star Wars franchise. Mando, Baby Yoda/Grogu, Cara Dune, Boba Fett, and the live-action debuts of Bo-Katan Kryze and Ahsoka Tano have also been fan favorites. Now, some of these Mandalorian characters may be heading to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and Walt Disney World (via SuperHeroHype).
Via Collider, Jim Hill Media is

HBO Max Unveils Trailer for Doug Liman Ensemble Thriller Locked Down
After acquiring the rights to the ensemble heist romantic comedy-thriller last month, HBO Max has unveiled the first trailer for the latest project from Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow, Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Locked Down, led by Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s 8, The Witches) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (The Old Guard, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness), which can be viewed below!
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Jared Leto Shares Support for Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad
During an interview with Variety on their Awards Circuit Podcast, Suicide Squad’s Joker Jared Leto revealed that he fully supports a director’s cut of the 2016 movie should filmmaker David Ayer ever get the opportunity to see his original vision for the project realized and would return for reshoots if he was asked.
RELATED: The Little Things Trailer: Denzel Washington Stars in New Crime Thriller
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The UK box office dropped a staggering 76 per cent in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic had huge effects on the film industry.
The drop comes after five consecutive years of the box office topping £1.3billion, while 2020’s earnings came in at just £323m.READ MORE: UK cinema staff react to closures: “The government and studios have left us to rot”The new report from Comscore revealed that revenues in the first three months of 2020 were up 20 per cent year on year, tho

"I want to be remembered for who I was… and not who I'm about to become." Bleecker Street Media has released an official US trailer for the indie romantic drama Supernova, the second feature from filmmaker Harry Macqueen (Hinterland). This initially premiered last year at the San Sebastian Film Festival last year and already opened in the UK, earning some rave reviews. Starring Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci and from the award-winning producers of 45 Years comes an intimate and modern lov

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We Can Be Heroes Sequel in Development at Netflix with Robert Rodriguez
The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Netflix is developing a sequel to Robert Rodriguez’s superhero family movie We Can Be Heroes with the director, writer, and producer returning to helm the project.
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The streaming service revealed that 44 million households viewed We Can Be Heroes in its first 28 days on Netflix. Ac

"Nothing that happens here matters in the real world." This is not a film we support, especially because the people releasing it are so deranged, but a trailer is out for anyone to watch anyway. Run Hide Fight is a Die Hard-esque film about a school shooting in America. A sore, sad subject to focus on. It premiered at the Venice Film Festival last year, and worst of all, it's being distributed by a hardcore right-wing propaganda organization. It's important to point out this fact - and let you

Tanya Roberts, the actress who starred in That ’70s Show and James Bond’s A View To A Kill, has died the day after she was prematurely declared dead.
After her partner Lance O’Brien mistakenly revealed that Roberts had died on Sunday (January 3), he has now confirmed to TMZ that Roberts died last night (January 4) at the Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles.
The 65-year-old had collapsed on Christmas Eve after going for a walk with her dogs, TMZ had previously reported. She was

"What, I'm not making it up… I saw it… You saw it!" Kamikaze Dogfight has revealed the full-length official trailer for an indie psychological thriller titled Go/Don't Go, made by, starring and directed by filmmaker Alex Knapp. This originally premiered at the San Francisco Independent Film Festival last year, and drops on VOD later in January. Caught between a lost love story and inescapable paranoia, Knapp's Go/Don't Go is a "genre-bending" slow burn thriller that follows Adam,

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Reports of Michael Keaton leading the DCEU debunked… for now
A lot of confusion was created yesterday when New York Times writer Brooks Barnes clarified a point in a recent profile of DC Films president Walter Hamada where the DC exec stated there will be “two different film sagas involving Batman,” seemingly confirming on Twitter that the second, non-Robert Pattinson one would be led by Keaton.
Now Barnes is backtracking, blaming the confusion created on

Watched at Home: Top Streaming Films for the Week of December 26
Welp, the holidays have come and gone rather quickly this year. On the one hand, it sucks because the holidays are always a blast, but on the other hand it’s nice to get way the hell out of 2020. At any rate, you couch potatoes sure livened up the festivities with a bunch of Christmas classics in this week’s Watched at Home list (via the Digital Entertainment Group). Surprisingly, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vac

Exclusive Love and Monsters Deleted Scene Clip Starring Dylan O’Brien
To celebrate Love and Monsters‘ arrival on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD today from Paramount Home Entertainment, ComingSoon.net is debuting an exclusive deleted scene featuring star Dylan O’Brien (Maze Runner franchise) in a new clip as the “hopeless romantic” Joel. You can check out the clip now in the player below and order your copy of the movie here!
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Indiana Jones fans have shared their anger after Channel 4 aired a censored version of Raiders Of The Lost Ark this weekend.
The classic 1981 film aired before the 9pm watershed on Sunday (January 3), and thus was edited to cut out a number of iconic scenes from the film.
Among those axed from the edited version was the scene where a group of Nazi villains have their faces melted after opening the Ark of the Covenant, and other scenes that depict graphic bloody injury.
In the wake of the film&r

A prominent Star Wars plot hole from the original trilogy appears to have been resolved after confusing fans for decades.
The scene in question, from 1980’s The Empire Strikes Back, concerns Yoda and R2-D2 meeting on the planet Dagobah.READ MORE: Star Wars movie order: a definitive viewing chronology for the galaxy far, far awayIn the scene, Luke Skywalker and R2-D2 visit Yoda on the planet so Skywalker can become a Jedi. Yoda greets R2-D2 as though the pair have never met, though it&rsquo

Ryan Reynolds has detailed the “heartbreaking” experience of recording a segment for Alex Trebek’s final episode of Jeopardy!.
A new episode of the show, taped before Trebek’s death in November, airs tonight (January 5).
“It’s an honour (and a little heartbreaking) to be with Alex Trebek one last time on Jeopardy,” Reynolds tweeted yesterday (January 4) of the upcoming episode.
On the new episode, Reynolds appeared from his home to quiz contestants about

DC Films have clarified the future of Batman, detailing two separate “film sagas” starring Michael Keaton and Robert Pattinson.
Pattinson is set to star in the forthcoming film The Batman, while Keaton will reprise his role as Batman alongside Ben Affleck in The Flash.READ MORE: Hold your horses, R-Batz fans – the last superstar-packed Batman movie was a disasterWhen Keaton was first rumoured to be involved with The Flash, it was believed that he would be replacing Affleck

Tanya Roberts, who starred in That ’70s Show and appeared in A View To A Kill, is reportedly still alive, contradicting reports of her death yesterday.
The 65-year-old American actress had collapsed on Christmas eve after going for a walk with her dogs, TMZ had previously reported. She was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Despite reports from her representative that she died on Sunday (January 3), Roberts’ partner Lance O’Br