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CS Recommends Easter Edition: Zootopia, Plus Gifts & More!
Stuck inside? Don’t know what to watch/read/play/listen to? ComingSoon.net has got you covered. In this week’s CS Recommends our staff kicks off gives you solid tips on the best media to consume during your downtime, including games like Disney’s Zootopia and more! Check out our picks below!
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YA Drama #FBF casts Ashley Judd in leading role
Variety exclusively reports, #FBF, Ashley Judd (The Divergent Series: Insurgent) will star as the head of a family whose smart devices get switched with their daughter’s. Cree Cicchino co-stars as Anne, who accidentally takes her mother’s laptop instead of hers when she visits her dad in New Jersey. The teen realizes that with her mom’s laptop, she can fix their lives by posing as her to save her parent’s marriage

Friends unscripted reunion special to tape next week!
Deadline‘s sources have confirmed that the taping of the unscripted Friends reunion special will begin taping in Los Angeles sometime in the next week. HBO Max has not confirmed. The delay of the taping was one of the biggest Covid-19 lockdown studio casualties. Its shooting was originally slated for last year.
The highly anticipated special will feature Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt

"How could you navigate this world without any roots? It would be like roaming this Earth lost if you did not know who you were…" Another excellent short documentary about a place most of us have never heard of before. Seawolf is a short made by Canadian filmmaker Alexander Sworik, taking us on a journey to the Great Bear Rainforest located on the coast of British Colombia up near Alaska (Google Maps). This particular land is a "a naturally rich and diverse land home to many First Nation

Netflix Bridgerton: Regé-Jean Page will not return as the Duke.
Lady Whistletown revealed that Regé-Jean Page will be bidding Bridgerton adieu. Following the announcement, Page told Angelique Jackson of Variety exclusively, “It’s a one-season arc. It’s going to have a beginning, middle, end – give us a year,” the actor shared, revealing it was a part of the plan all along. “[I thought] ‘That’s interesting,’ becau

Zack Snyder unveils deleted Joker scene from Snyder Cut epilogue
With a four-hour runtime, it’s shocking to think any footage was left on the cutting room floor of the Snyder Cut of Justice League but director Zack Snyder has taken to Twitter to unveil a deleted scene involving Jared Leto’s Joker from the Knightmare epilogue of the film. The scene, which was featured in the trailers for the cut and went viral for the villain’s “We live in a society” speec

Zatanna scribe Emerald Fennell on the possibility of directing the DC film
Last week, it was confirmed that Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell has been tapped to pen the screenplay for DC Films and Bad Robot Productions’ upcoming live-action Zatanna movie and in a recent interview with Variety, the Oscar-nominated filmmaker has finally opened up about her involvement in the new superhero project.
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWRidley Scott’s House of Gucci adds Salma Hayek to A-list cast
As production continues on House of Gucci in Italy, Ridley Scott has added another A-list star to its ensemble cast with Oscar nominee Salma Hayek signing on for the true crime drama as Pina Auriemma, who was the clairvoyant friend of Maurizio Gucci’s ex-wife Patrizia Reggiani, portrayed in the film by Grammy winner and Oscar winner Lady Gaga.
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Exclusive: Solo’s Erin Kellyman on what she wants for Enfys Nest
While chatting with the Falcon and The Winter Soldier star to discuss her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series, ComingSoon.net looked up to the cosmos with Erin Kellyman to discuss what she’d like to see next for her Solo: A Star Wars story character Enfys Nest.
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Initially appearing as an antagonist in the film,

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Godzilla Vs. Kong opens with $16.3 million two-day haul!
There’s nothing like watching the MonsterVerse Titans duke it out on the biggest screens possible. Adam Wingard’s Godzilla vs. Kong raked in $6.7M yesterday, smashing the box office as we ease into a Holiday weekend. The Warner Bros. and Legendary film now brings its two-day total up to $16.3 million at 2,409 sites, a number that will only increase as more theaters open this weekend. Los Angeles and H

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Space Jam: A New Legacy poster dropped ahead of trailer!
With only one day left until the arrival of the first trailer for the long-awaited Looney Tunes movie sequel, Warner Bros. has unveiled a new poster for Space Jam: A New Legacy featuring stars LeBron James and Bugs Bunny! The poster can be viewed below, while the trailer is set to premiere on Saturday at 9 a.m. EST!
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"Traylor lived his life between two radically different worlds: rural & urban, old & new, black & white." Kino Lorber has revealed the official trailer for an indie art documentary called Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts, a loving profile of this American artist not many people know about. Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1853, but then spent the last years of his living free in Montgomery, creating many paintings & drawings. Using historical and cultural context, Bill Traylor:

HBO’s The Last of Us series targets July 2021 production start
According to CBC Canada, HBO is planning to start production on their highly-anticipated live-action series adaptation of The Last of Us this coming summer on July 5 in Calgary, Alberta. Filming is expected to be wrapped next year on June 8, 2022. This comes after Game of Thrones alums Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey were officially enlisted to portray the leading roles of Joel and Ellie, respectively.
The project was first

Minari’s Steven Yeun is set to appear in the next film from Get Out’s Jordan Peele, it has been reported.READ MORE: Minari review: faith, family and DIY farming in rural ArkansasThe as-yet-undisclosed role is Yeun’s first to be confirmed since he was nominated for Best Actor at this year’s Oscar for his portrayal of Jacob Yi in Minari.
Peele will direct and produce the new movie, which doesn’t have a title at present. Keke Palmer has also been confirmed to appear in

The first trailer for Netflix‘s upcoming anime series Yasuke has been released – you can watch it below.READ MORE: The best anime movies ever: a beginner’s guide to the wonderful, overwhelming genreThe series, which was created and directed by LeSean Thomas and Studio MAPPA, stars LaKeith Stanfield as the show’s titular character and features an original score by Flying Lotus.
Due to land on the streaming giant on April 29, Yasuke will see Stanfield also serve a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Interview: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier star Erin Kellyman
Ahead of the debut of the third episode of the exciting new Marvel Cinematic Universe Disney+ series, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with The Falcon and The Winter Soldier star Erin Kellyman to discus her role of Flag Smasher leader Karli Morgenthau and her journey to come in the rest of the season.
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The CW’s Powerpuff Girls pilot adds Nicholas Podany as Mojo Jojo’s son
Following the recent casting of Scrubs alum Donald Faison as Professor Drake Utonium, The CW has added a new cast member for another major role in their upcoming live-action reboot of classic animated series The Powerpuff Girls, now been simply titled Powerpuff. According to Deadline, Nicholas Podany (Hart of Dixie) has officially been tapped for the role of Joseph “Jojo” Mondel Jr., who is the son of

Yasuke teaser: LaKeith Stanfield becomes a samurai in Netflix’s new anime series
Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for their newest anime series titled Yasuke, based on the true story of the first African samurai who served under warlord Oda Nobunaga in 16th Century Japan. Starring Oscar nominee LaKeith Stanfield, the series will be available for streaming on April 29. Check out the Yasuke teaser in the player!
The video features the titular Black warrior as he fight

Toho in Japan has unveiled the first official trailer for the new film titled Belle made by acclaimed, award-winning Japanese animation director Mamoru Hosoda (of the films The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and Mirai). The short title is just Belle (perhaps a reference to Beauty and the Beast), but the film's full Japanese title is Belle: The Princess of Dragons and Freckles and it's currently set to tour in Japan this summer. The film is about

The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Ep. 3: Clues, takeaways & predictions
After finally uniting the titular heroes with last week’s hilarious and action-packed episode, Disney+’s latest Marvel Cinematic Universe series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier has returned for its third episode and the world of the story is starting to grow in interesting ways.
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Clues: Welcome to Madripoor, T

Eli Roth’s star-studded Borderlands movie begins production
Love and Monsters star Ariana Greenblatt took to Twitter to share a behind-the-scenes set photo, confirming that production on Eli Roth’s live-action film adaptation of the hit video game series Borderlands has officially begun in Hungary. The action-comedy film has been in-development since 2015, which was six years after Gearbox Software launched the first game of the series back in 2009. Featuring Greenblatt and Roth, yo

The 10 Best Film à Clefs
ComingSoon.net isn’t going to hide the truth like these other movies: these are the absolute greatest film à clefs. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
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Everyone knows the difference between fiction and nonfiction films. Additionally, most fiction films that come from true stories let the viewer know so—either they say “Based on a True Story” as the opening credits roll, or the audience is

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNetflix’s The Witcher Season 2 finally wraps production!
Netflix has officially announced production on the long-awaited second season of The Witcher has finally been completed over a year since its started filming. The announcement came with the release of a new video, featuring showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich as she gives a behind-the-scenes look at the series’ 158 filming days across 15 locations with 89 cast members and over 1000 crew members. Also featuri

Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo is set to produce a Chinese superhero film based on a story created by late Marvel legend Stan Lee.READ MORE: Excelsior! Stan Lee’s 10 greatest Marvel creations – and how he found humanity in superhumansThe film will be an adaptation of Monkey Master, an unreleased comic book series that Lee and his longtime collaborator Sharad Devarajan created in 2016 loosely based on the Chinese legend of The Monkey King.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the f

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Soapbox: DCEU fans really just want their own Kevin Feige
So the time finally came for a certain group of fans of the DC Extended Universe to get their long-cried-out-for director’s cut of the crossover blockbuster Zack Snyder’s Justice League, which saw Warner Bros. and HBO Max provide the filmmaker with the resources needed to reinstate his original, four-hour vision for the film. Though the film wasn’t a critical darling akin to the Marvel Cinematic U

BEGIN SLIDESHOWWatched at Home: Top streaming films for the week of March 27
Wow! In a shocking development for this week’s DEG Watched at Home Top 20 list, the Tom Hanks drama News of the World catapulted to the top of the streaming list after spending the last few months lingering around the top 10. The move bumps long-time champ The Croods: A New Age down to No. 2 and Monster Hunter down to No. 3. Interestingly enough, Wonder Woman 1984 also fell a few spots after making its debut

"Ain't nothing good going to come from messing with a federal cop." Lionsgate has unveiled a new official US trailer for the gritty crime-thriller titled Above Suspicion, which originally opened last year in most of Europe direct-to-DVD. The US is the last to get this one, which is finally arriving in May. Based on the book "Above Suspicion: An Undercover FBI Agent, an Illicit Affair, and a Murder of Passion", the film tells the story of the first conviction for murder of an FBI agent. A hot sh

Margot Robbie has revealed that there’s a 20-hour cut of Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood.READ MORE: Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood film review – Tarantino’s most satisfying work in decadesSpeaking in a new interview, the actor who stars as Sharon Tate in the 2019 film said she would love to see extended versions of all the movies she’s starred in.
“I’d love to watch the five-hour cut of every movie I’ve ever do

A surprise second trailer has been shared for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad – watch it below.READ MORE: ‘The Suicide Squad’ movie: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farThe new teaser comes just a week after the film’s long-awaited first trailer was released.
The new film will act as a “soft reboot” of Suicide Squad, the 2016 film which was directed by David Ayer.
Margot Robbie, Taika Waititi, Idris Elba, Pete Davidson, Viola Dav

Iggy Pop has joined the cast of Canadian director Jeremy LaLonde’s upcoming comedy film Blue Iguana.READ MORE: The Big Read – Iggy Pop: “Punk has to have a sense of hopelessness about it”The godfather of punk, whose first band was called The Iguanas, which led to his nickname Iggy, will star as Edward, the wealthy patriarch whose death kicks off a chain of unfortunate events for son Daniel whose plan to reconnect with his siblings hits a snag when he discovers t

The latest round of the UK government’s Cultural Recovery Fund has been announced today (April 2).READ MORE: Restarting live music in 2021: Gig and festival bosses on what to expectThe £1.57bn support package, which was announced last July, provides financial support for music venues, independent cinemas, museums, galleries, theatres and heritage sites as they weather the financial impact of coronavirus.
After Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden confirmed that the funding will

Bruce Campbell shares joke script page from Doctor Strange sequel
As if the 62-year-old acting legend teasing his involvement in the Marvel Cinematic Universe sequel earlier this month wasn’t enough, Bruce Campbell took to Twitter to share a script page from the highly-anticipated Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness indicating his appearing as the fan-favorite horror icon Ash Williams from The Evil Dead franchise. While it’s entirely likely that Campbell is in

"Nothing like a bloodbath to start the day." Time for more already! Warner Bros has dropped in yet another trailer for James Gunn's new The Suicide Squad movie, following up the original Suicide Squad from 2017. This is a "green band" trailer they made to initially show in theaters exclusively with Godzilla vs Kong, and it plays totally differently than the first full red band trailer. You just gotta see it. This ensemble anti-hero DC action comedy boasts one hell of an explosive ensemble cast,

Jordan Peele’s Next Horror Film Eyes Oscar-Nominee Steven Yeun
Deadline reports that Minari star and award contender Steven Yeun is in negotiations to join Jordan Peele’s upcoming untitled horror film. He is currently a top contender in the Academy Award’s Best Actor category. Additionally, Yeun was recently announced for an A24 project as the lead in new comedy-drama series with Ali Wong.
The yet-to-be-titled Universal Pictures film recently announced fellow Os