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"Our moment." Step aside Godfrey Reggio, it's time for other filmmakers to present their vision of our world in glorious 4K HDR. Awaken is a documentary feature from filmmaker / cinematographer Tom Löwe, of the timelapse film TimeScapes previously. This is his latest creation - shot over a 5-year period in more than 30 countries, he pioneers state-of-the-art timelapse, time-dilation, underwater, and aerial cinematography techniques to give audiences new eyes with which to see our world. Ex

"You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier." Hollywood screenwriter Gary Whitta has revealed a special pitch trailer "sizzle reel" that they created for The Last Starfigher sequel already in development (tentatively) called The Last Starfighters. This trailer features concept art with a score and a tiny bit of dialogue from the original shown at the end. Whitta originally dropped some of the concept on Twitter back in 2018, so we've seen most of this stuff before, but th

Emmy winner & Golden Globe nominee Jessica Walter dies at age 80
ComingSoon.net is saddened to report (via Variety) that Emmy winner and two-time Golden Globe nominee Jessica Walter, best known for her roles in the Jason Bateman-led ensemble sitcom Arrested Development and beloved FX animated series Archer, has died at the age of 80. Though an exact cause of death has yet to be determined, sources report that Walter passed away in her sleep in her New York home.
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"So I guess we're not having any fun today?" Vanishing Angle has released official trailer for indie coming-of-age film Beast Beast, which originally premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last year to some solid reviews. This looks like a super indie, shoot-from-the-hip, creative low key story about "what it means to come of age in an era marked by technology and social media, where violent clashes awaken dormant passions and teenagers are faced with growing up all too quickly." The cast

Arrested Development star Jessica Walter has died after passing away in her sleep in her New York City home.
The 80-year-old’s career spanned six decades including everything from a standout turn as the unhinged Evelyn in Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, Play Misty For Me, to The Flamingo Kid and her Emmy-nominated turns on Trapper John M..D. and Streets Of San Francisco.
But she was best known more recently for her role as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, for which he

"I feel like someone from Mars coming to Earth." Juno Films debuts a trailer for a music documentary film titled Tiny Tim: King For A Day, another music doc about a musician most don't know much about. This originally premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival last year, and also stopped by DOC NYC and the Calgary Underground Film Festival. Narrated by Weird Al Yankovic, Tiny Tim: King For A Day is a biographical doc about a musician who is not only well known for hits such as "Tip Toe Through The

The 10 best movies about addiction
ComingSoon.net is looking back on film history’s long list of movies about addiction to determine which ones handle the heavy subject the best. Check out our selections in the gallery below!
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Addiction is one of the most painful, most horrible things imaginable. It ruins lives, it ruins families, it ruins careers, it ruins everything. It’s all-consuming, it’s practically

Arrested Development star Jessica Walter has died after passing away in her sleep in her New York City home.
The 80-year-old’s career spanned six decades including everything from a standout turn in Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, Play Misty For Me, to The Flamingo Kid and her Emmy-nominated turns on Trapper John M..D. and Streets Of San Francisco.
But she was best known more recently for her role as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, for which he earned an Emmy nominati

HBO’s L.A. Lakers drama series adds Bo Burnham as Larry Bird
Following the recent addition of Michael Chiklis as former Boston Celtics coach Red Auerbach, Deadline brings word that Bo Burnham (Promising Young Woman) has been cast to join Adam McKay’s upcoming Los Angeles Lakers drama series for HBO. Burnham is set to portray the role of another Boston Celtics icon, Larry Bird, who was a prominent figure during the famed 1980s rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics. The

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Magic: The Gathering Arena on Mobile, Plus Strixhaven Preview
Wizards of the Coast has announced that Magic: The Gathering Arena is now available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play. With new touch screen controls the new mobile app allows players to manage and grow their Magic: The Gathering Arena collection wherever they go, and match against others on mobile, tablets, Windows PC or Mac OS. Check out a new trailer featuring Danny Trejo and Patton Oswalt below

"Something is up with the animals." The Asylum has just released an official trailer for one of their latest ridiculous B-movie horrors called Aquarium of the Dead, which is arriving direct-to-DVD (because that's the right release for this) in May this year. This is actually a sort-of-sequel to director Glenn Miller's other Asylum zombie animal movies Zoombies and Zoombies 2. Surprise – there is not much of a plot here: a scientific accident causes creatures to become zombies. But I'd rat

"Someone inevitably had a story about my dad." Central City Media has released a new UK trailer for an indie documentary called Laddie: The Man Behind The Movies, which we haven't heard of before even though it originally premiered back in 2017. And it looks entertaining and informative. Laddie is a doc film about Alan Ladd Jr., producer and former 20th Century Fox chairman, directed by his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones. The untold story of the movie mogul who green lit Star Wars. And Blade Runner

"There's no reception in there… People get a bit funny in the woods sometimes." Neon has debuted the full-length official trailer for Ben Wheatley's latest unsettling horror film In the Earth, which just premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This is Wheatley new hallucinogenic eco-horror that he secretly shot during the pandemic summer last year in the woods in the UK. As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture dee

"There's no reception in there… People get a bit funny in the woods sometimes." Neon has debuted the full-length official trailer for Ben Wheatley's latest unsettling horror film In the Earth, which just premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This is Wheatley new hallucinogenic eco-horror that he secretly shot during the pandemic summer last year in the woods in the UK. As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture dee

BEGIN SLIDESHOWFirst poster for Guy Ritchie’s Wrath of Man revealed ahead of trailer
On the heels of this morning’s announcement that the action film would be coming out two weeks late, Guy Ritchie has taken to Twitter to unveil the first poster for his latest collaboration with Jason Statham, Wrath of Man, and announce the trailer is set to arrive on Monday! The poster can be viewed below!
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The first trailer for Ben Wheatley’s new coronavirus horror film In The Earth has just been released – check it out below.READ MORE: ‘Rebecca’ director Ben Wheatley: “Cinemas will return after COVID”The film, shot over four weeks last August, stars Joel Fry, Reece Shearsmith, Haley Squires, Ellora Torchia, Mark Monero and John Hollingworth.
A synopsis for In The Earth reads: “As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and pa

CS Interview: Stephen Lang Talks The Seventh Day
Justin P. Lang’s creepy new horror film The Seventh Day opens in select theaters and on VOD this Friday, and ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to speak with one of the film’s stars, Stephen Lang (Avatar), who discussed his role in the film, his acting process and what it was like working alongside Guy Pearce.
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The Seventh Day stars Guy Pearce, Vadhir Derbez, Step

The Academy has received backlash following a rule mandating there will be no Zoom acceptance speeches during this year’s Oscars telecast.
Several nominees, as well as studio executives, awards strategists and personal publicists have shared their frustration with the decision made by the Oscar telecast producers.READ MORE: Oscars 2021 nominations – see the full list“There’s been no clarity,” one studio executive told Variety. “It’s incredibly frust

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Falcon and the Winter Soldier featurette continues legacy of the shield
Ahead of the second episode’s debut, Disney+ has released a brand behind-the-scenes featurette for Marvel Studios’ newest Marvel Cinematic Universe series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, providing new footage for the remaining five episodes this season. Check out the video in the player below!
The featurette features Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan along with director Kari Skogland and N

Sony & Chad Stahelski teaming for Ghost of Tsushima film adaptation
Nearly a year after the game first hit shelves to rave reviews from critics and gamers alike, Sony Pictures and PlayStation Productions have begun development on a film adaptation of Ghost of Tsushima and have enlisted John Wick helmer Chad Stahelski to direct, according to Deadline.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWIn The Earth Trailer: Take the trip in new Ben Wheatley horror pic
Following its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and a slew of character posters for the film, NEON has debuted the first trailer for the latest horror film from writer/director Ben Wheatley (Kill List), In The Earth, inviting audiences to take a trip in to its mind-bending narrative. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!
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Exclusive Beast Beast trailer & poster for Sundance breakout dramedy
As the coming-of-age dramedy gears up for its limited theatrical and video on demand releases, Vanishing Angle has provided ComingSoon.net with the exclusive first trailer and poster from the 2019 Sundance breakout Beast Beast from executive producer Alec Baldwin (30 Rock) and producer Jim Cummings (The Wolf of Snow Hollow). The trailer and posters can be viewed below!
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"What you need is a do-over - grab those '40s and let's dip!" FilmRise Releasing has debuted an official trailer for an indie comedy titled Drunk Bus, starring Charlie Tahan (from Super Dark Times, "Ozark", "Wayward Pines"). This originally premiered at the San Diego Film Festival last year, and just stopped by the Cinequest Film Festival this month. A directionless, young campus bus driver and a punk rock, Samoan security guard named Pineapple form an unlikely kinship as they navigate the unpr

Zack Snyder has said he threatened to quit his Justice League cut when studios deleted his Green Lantern scene.
The filmmaker opened up to Esquire about the final scene of the film, which originally featured Green Lantern rather than Martian Manhunter.READ MORE: ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ review: an unflinching update fans can be proud of“The last scene with Martian Manhunter, originally, I had shot it in England,” Snyder explained. “And the dial

Nick Cave has announced that he and Warren Ellis have recently filmed a concert movie featuring songs from recent albums ‘Carnage‘ and ‘Ghosteen’.
Cave and longterm collaborator and Bad Seeds bandmate Ellis surprised fans with the release of their first studio album as a duo when ‘Carnage’ arrived to critical acclaim last month.
Now, writing on his fan Q&A site RedHandFiles, Cave has revealed that he and Ellis have recorded a live film featuring songs from

BEGIN SLIDESHOWPOLL RESULTS: Will you see Black Widow on Disney+ or in theaters?
Just over 24 hours after asking our readers how they intend on seeing the Scarlett Johansson-led superhero blockbuster, ComingSoon.net’s poll of whether audiences plan to watch Black Widow in theaters or on Disney+ Premier Access has closed and with nearly 1,500 votes, the decision is actually pretty split, though one came out victorious! See the results of the poll below!
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Cary Fukunaga Will Direct Legendary’s Tokyo Ghost Adaptation
No Time to Die director Cary Fukunaga has set his sights on one of Image Comics’ best-selling titles for his next big film project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fukunaga has signed on to helm an adaptation of Rick Remender and Sean Murphy’s Tokyo Ghost.
Remender and Murphy launched Tokyo Ghost in 2015. The series imagines a future where humanity’s addiction to technology has run rampant. The story prima

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With the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series now underway, Hot Toys has unveiled a new 1/6-scale figure of Sebastian Stan’s robotic-armed hero from The Falcon and The Winter Soldier, which is currently available to pre-order and slated for a Summer 2022 release! The figure can be viewed in the gallery below!
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"Tell us the story of your town." HBO has revealed an official trailer for a documentary titled Our Towns, from filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan. Our Towns is a film that paints a remarkable picture of America and how the rise of civic and economic reinvention is transforming small cities and towns across the country. Based on the bestselling book "Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America" created by journalists James & Deborah Fallows, the visually stunning fea

BEGIN SLIDESHOWAya Cash confirms she won’t be back for The Boys Season 3
SPOILER ALERT!!! During the second season finale of The Boys, Stormfront was left in pretty bad shape from the heat vision attack she suffered from Homelander’s son Ryan, who also accidentally fatally hit his mother, Becca, leaving fans wondering if it was really the end of the road for the villain or not give it was previously established that she’s somewhat immortal. In a new interview with En

"When you get the high ground, you control everything…" Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted one final US trailer for High Ground, an Australian western about racism that originally premiered at the Berlin Film Fest over a year ago. We've already posted two other trailers for this last year, including the full Australian trailer. Set in the 1930s, High Ground is inspired by true events, telling the story of a policeman in Northern Australia and the local aboriginals he attempts to befriend.

Ben Affleck’s Batman film was going to feature Batgirl
These past few weeks have been something of a [in Ron Burgundy voice] rollercoaster of emotion for Zack Snyder fans. On the one hand, they finally got the long awaited Snyder Cut, which turned out to be quite awesome, but on the other hand, they’ve had to imagine what could have been had Warner Bros. continued with Snyder’s DC universe and not changed course with 2017’s Justice League. Case in point: i

Guy Ritchie’s Wrath of Man gets pushed back to May
On the heels of Marvel Studios electing to move Black Widow from that weekend to July, MGM has decided to shift the release for the latest Guy Ritchie action pic Wrath of Man reuniting the filmmaker with Jason Statham back to May 7, according to Deadline. The film’s current release date will see the film going up against to no direct competition, however, it will still debut a week before Chris Rock’s

"He's done this before." Vertical Ent. has debuted the official trailer for a serial killer thriller titled Killer Among Us, formerly known as No Human Involved. The short synopsis isn't very descriptive: On the 4th of July, a rookie female cop partners with a veteran detective to save the life of a high-school student from a radicalized serial killer. But the full synopsis explains there's a more complex set of issues - after witnessing a crime, she tries to bring the abduction to her superior

Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has recalled an incident in which his family home was broken into.
Discussing his new film Nobody in which he plays Derek, a man who also experiences a home break-in, the actor said he “grabbed a baseball bat”.READ MORE: Bryan Cranston thinks ‘Breaking Bad’ had the “perfect” ending – but there’s no such thing“My family has had a home break-in,” Odenkirk told Fox News. And as a dad, I tried to

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSpiral shifts release date, will now kick off summer movie season
Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures have announced that the highly anticipated suspense-thriller Spiral: From the Book of Saw has shifted its release date and will now kick off the summer movie season on May 14, a full week ahead of its previous release date.
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Johnny Depp has been denied permission to appeal his libel case against News Group Newspapers.
The actor, who took The Sun to court last year over an article which called him “a wife beater” originally lost the case and has since been refused his application to appeal the decision.
Today (March 25), a judge ruled that Depp’s appeal had “no real prospect of success,” according to the BBC.
Depp had tried to sue News Group Newspapers (NGN) and The Sun&rs

Promising Young Woman will finally be released in the UK next month.
Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, starring Carey Mulligan, is set to premiere on Sky Cinema and NOW in April after lengthy delays due to the coronavirus pandemic.READ MORE: Oscars 2021 nominations – see the full listThe film follows a young woman named Cassie who seeks revenge on predatory “nice guys” following a tragedy that occurred in her days at medical school.
Mulligan plays Cassie, and stars opp

Promising Young Woman will finally be released in the UK next month.
Emerald Fennell’s directorial debut, starring Carey Mulligan, is set to premiere on Sky Cinema and NOW in April after lengthy delays due to the coronavirus pandemic.READ MORE: Oscars 2021 nominations – see the full listThe film follows a young woman named Cassie who seeks revenge on predatory “nice guys” following a tragedy that occurred in her days at medical school.
Mulligan plays Cassie, and stars opp

The first reviews for Warner Bros.’ monster epic Godzilla vs. Kong are in – check them out below.
The film acts as a direct sequel to both Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island, and marks the fourth entry in Legendary’s MonsterVerse.READ MORE: The 20 best films of 2020A synopsis for Godzilla Vs. Kong reads: “The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history a

The first reviews for Warner Bros.’ monster epic Godzilla vs. Kong are in – check them out below.
The film acts as a direct sequel to both Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Kong: Skull Island, and marks the fourth entry in Legendary’s MonsterVerse.READ MORE: The 20 best films of 2020A synopsis for Godzilla Vs. Kong reads: “The epic next chapter in the cinematic Monsterverse pits two of the greatest icons in motion picture history a

The US Library of Congress has announced the 25 recordings that will be added to its National Recording Registry this year, with Kermit The Frog’s ‘The Rainbow Connection’ making the cut.
Among the other recordings archived for the year are Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’, Nas’ 1994 record ‘Illmatic’, ‘Celebration’ by Kool & The Gang, ‘Lady Marmalade’ by Labelle, and Jackson Browne’s 1974 album ‘La

Pierce Brosnan joins Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam as Doctor Fate
As the film gears up to start production next month, the Dwayne Johnson-fronted DC Extended Universe outing Black Adam has rounded out its cast of Justice Society of America actors as Golden Globe nominee Pierce Brosnan (The Foreigner) has signed on to star as iconic hero Doctor Fate, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWRon Livingston replacing Billy Crudup as Henry Allen in The Flash
Nearly two weeks after word first broke that the titular hero’s father would be recast and an actress had been found to portray his mother, DC Extended Universe’s The Flash has found its replacement for Billy Crudup as Henry Allen in the form of Golden Globe nominee Ron Livingston (A Million Little Things), according to Variety.
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