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Minx comedy pilot gets series order at HBO Max
Ten episodes of the half hour comedy Minx from Ellen Rapoport, Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate has officially been ordered to series at HBO Max. Minx follows an earnest young feminist who joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women in 1970’s LA.
“We fell in love with Ellen’s trunkful of male nudie magazines and her amazing vision for this funny and liberating series the second we heard i

BEGIN SLIDESHOWStar Trek: Picard Season 2 teaser hints at character return
Patrick Stewart narrates over the teaser trailer of Star Trek: Picard Season 2 as a hint of what’s to come on the Paramount+ series. which is now in production. That is answered when John de Lancie’s voice interrupts the narration as his character Q. In a virtual panel, de Lancie confirmed he will appear as Q in Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard when it premieres in 2022!Check out the teaser in the player below!

Bill Murray has discussed what it was like filming the upcoming new Ghostbusters movie, revealing that it was “physically painful”.READ MORE: Busting makes us feel good: all the fun from the Ghostbusters Fan FestLast year, the actor confirmed after much speculation that he would be appearing in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the forthcoming Ghostbusters sequel directed by Jason Reitman. It will also see the return of original cast members Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver an

"Business is good." Thanks to the power of the internet, the "sugar daddy" has evolved into an entirely new fetish: "pay pigs" - men who simply send money and fancy gifts to their dominatrix online to get off. Pay Pig is a dark comedy social commentary short film from filmmaker Hunt Beaty that originally debuted as part of the Six Short Films project online in (in collaboration with José Andrés Cardona & Wesley Wingo). Blane is a bodybuilder who happens to get turned on when h

"Unleash the lion." Lionsgate has released an official US trailer for an indie underground fighting drama titled American Fighter, which originally premiered at the Fantasia Film Festival in 2019. A desperate teenager is forced into the dangerous world of underground fighting to win enough money to save his ailing mother. He finds out what he is made of in the face of these violent, hungry competitors. Sean Patrick Flanery co-stars as a a troubled handler who takes pity on the boy and trains hi

BEGIN SLIDESHOWBill Murray on pain & glory of returning for Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Bill Murray shared his experience working on the forthcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife in a Q&A when he was awarded the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 36th Santa Barbara Film Festival. Collider highlighted the Q&A, where Murray looked back on the Ghostbusters legacy and opened up about being approached to join the cast of Afterlife.
Murray shared how the conversation between him

Edgar Ramirez joins Eli Roth’s all-star Borderlands movie
As production continues on Eli Roth’s Borderlands adaptation, Golden Globe nominee Edgar Ramirez (The Undoing) has officially signed on to join the star-studded cast of upcoming film adaptation in the role of Atlas, who is being described as a business titan and arms manufacturer and is also the most powerful person in the universe. Though not technically a character from the video game franchise, Atlas doe have a basis in th

"I hope it's both a reward for the fans, and a new experience." Let the fight begin! Warner Bros has debuted a making of featurette for the new Mortal Kombat movie - watch the first trailer here. The video takes us through all of the main characters and actors who play them. This reboot based on the classic fighting video game has been in the works for years, ever since that short film Mortal Kombat: Rebirth shook up WB and got them to start working on it. The main cast: Lewis Tan as Cole Young

"If this were to spiral out of control…" Saban Films has released an official US trailer for the indie horror Initiation, the latest from director John Berardo (also of The Labyrinth). This premiered at the Sitges & Screamfest Film Festivals last fall, and it will be arriving on VOD this May. Whiton University unravels the night a star-athlete is found murdered in his dorm during pledge week, kicking off a spree of social media slayings that force the students to uncover the truth be

Sylvester Stallone reveals whether he’ll return for Creed III
While he’s currently developing another film for him to star as the iconic boxer, three-time Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone did state upon the release of Creed II that he would not be reprising the role of Rocky Balboa in any future projects though with a new Creed film in the works, it was up in the air whether he would return for the threequel. But now, in response to a comment on his Instagra

Bridgerton Season 2 casts Calam Lynch and Shelley Conn
The Netflix period drama Bridgerton has added Shelley Conn (Liar) and Calam Lynch (Benediction) to its roster. Conn joins the cast as Mary Sharma, the matriarch of a new family Season 2 will focus on in addition to the Bridgerton clan. Also joining the cast are Charithra Chandran (Alex Rider) as Edwina Sharma (Kate’s younger sister) and Rupert Young (The Secret Garden) who will play Jack.
The Sharma family’s

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMortal Kombat featurette highlights its diverse players & violent action
Warner Bros. Pictures has released a new behind-the-scenes featurette for their highly-anticipated Mortal Kombat reboot film, offering lots of new action-packed footage. The video features interviews by director Simon McQuoid and the main cast as they talk about the importance of delivering an authentic story that will give justice to the beloved video game and its fan favorite players. Check out the vid

BEGIN SLIDESHOWDune: WB reportedly still unsure about film’s HBO Max release plan
When WarnerMedia first announced their same-day release plans, Legendary Entertainment and Dune director Denis Villenueve were the first ones to publicly express their disappointment with the decision. It was also previously rumored last December that Legendary was planning to sue WarnerMedia in order to challenge the HBO Max release of Godzilla vs. Kong and the highly-anticipated Dune. Despite this, both mo

BEGIN SLIDESHOWAlways bet on dead in new poster for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead!
While fans are still poring over the filmmaker’s cut of the DC Extended Universe blockbuster on HBO Max, Zack Snyder (Justice League) has taken to Twitter to debut a new poster for his upcoming zombie heist pic Army of the Dead! The new poster, which advises fans to always bet on dead in keeping with its Las Vegas setting, can be viewed below!
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Game of Thrones 10 Year Anniversary: Month-Long Iron Celebration announced
April marks the 10th anniversary of Game of Thrones, the HBO series was a monumental event in pop culture. The network will be launching a month-long celebration to commemorate the show. The event kicks off With a spotlight page on HBO Max where ans can participate in a binge-watching “Mara”throne, find more behind-the-scenes content, and seek out special edition products. Check out the promo i

Selena: The Series sets May return in Bidi Bidi Bom Bom teaser!
Just a few months after the biographical drama first debuted on the streaming platform, Netflix has unveiled a new teaser for the second part of Selena: The Series announcing a May 4 return date for the Christian Serratos-led series. The teaser, which sees the lead alongside her co-stars as they perform the titular artist’s iconic song “Bidi Bidi Bom Bom,” can be viewed below!
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BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe Suicide Squad breaks Mortal Kombat record as most-viewed red band trailer
More than a week after the first trailer for The Suicide Squad had hit the internet, director James Gunn took to Twitter to excitedly reveal that the upcoming DC film’s trailer is now the most-watched red band trailer of all time with over 150 million views worldwide. According to Warner Bros., The Suicide Squad trailer trended in 40 markets on YouTube and 28 markets on Twitter. The said reco

BEGIN SLIDESHOWWaxwork Records debuts The Lords of Salem vinyl soundtrack!
As the film nears its eight-year anniversary, Waxwork Records has revealed a special vinyl pressing edition of Rob Zombie’s The Lords of Salem Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from the 2013 horror thriller that is set to go on sale beginning April 9! The special version of the soundtrack can be viewed in the gallery below!
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"He's a hunter, he wants to seduce me first!" Focus Features has unveiled an official US trailer for an indie computer screen thriller titled Profile, from filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov. This originally premiered back in 2018 at the Berlinale & SXSW Film Festival, which is when I first saw it (here's my positive review). The content might be exactly why it has taken so long for it to finally open. An undercover British journalist infiltrates the online propaganda of the so-called Islamic Stat

Profile Trailer: The profile is fake, the danger is real in Screenlife thriller
Over two years after debuting at the Berlin International and South by Southwest film festivals, the first trailer for Timur Bekmambetov’s latest Screenlife thriller Profile has been revealed, teasing the dangerous journey inspired by a true story. The trailer, offering a look at the lengths its central journalist goes to get her story and the thin line she walks before going over the line, can be vi

Even though 2021 continues to be as strange and meandering as 2020, the awards season rolls on. The 27th annual SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild Awards) honor the greatest performances from 2020, as chosen by other actors which means this is one of the most definitive lists of the best performances. Actors know their profession better than anyone and are very particular about good performances. The four individual winners are an impressive set of people of color winners, the first time in SAG hi

The actor known as Thandie Newton is reclaiming the original Shona spelling of her name, Thandiwe, for use in her professional career.READ MORE: ‘Westworld’ season four: everything we know so farFor over 30 years, the actor, who was born Melanie Thandiwe Newton Parker, has been known by an anglicised version of her name after the ‘w’ form ‘Thandiwe’ was dropped “carelessly” from her first acting credit.
In a new interview with British Vogue, N

FX’s Atlanta Season 3 officially begins production!
Emmy and Golden Globe winner Donald Glover took to Instagram to reveal a new behind-the-scenes set photo, confirming that production on the long-awaited third season of FX’s Atlanta has begun. This comes three years since the series wrapped its 11-episode second season in 2018, which was nominated for multiple Emmy awards including Outstanding Comedy series. Featuring Glover, Zazie Beetz, LaKeith Stanfield and Brian Tyree Henry, yo

Nat Geo’s The Right Stuff series cancelled at Disney+ after one season
Disney+ has officially decided not to renew National Geographic’s historical drama series adaptation of The Right Stuff for a second season. The cancellation comes six months after the Patrick J. Adams-led series had debuted its 8-episode first season last October. This also marks the first time that Disney+ has cancelled a scripted series.
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. Television is currently trying to sho

The 10 best live action movies based on cartoons
ComingSoon.net is checking out the best cartoon-to-live-action adaptations. Check out our picks in the gallery below!
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A cartoon’s appeal has almost everything to do with the limitless potential of the medium. Live action projects are confined to reality, with budget constraints and the actual limits of human ability keeping these sorts of projects from reaching the high heights and

"You're not big on trust, are you?" Marvel + Disney have revealed a full-length official trailer for their next new series titled Loki, debuting on Disney+ streaming starting this June. They know how to keep the flow going! After Wanda Vision and Falcon & The Winter Soldier this year already, they're moving right into Loki and his mysteries and madness. The series takes place after/during the events of Avengers: Endgame when Loki steals the Tesseract. He's brought to the mysterious Time Var

2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards winners revealed!
The 27th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired last night, with Netflix’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The Crown leading in the major film and TV categories, respectively. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s ceremony was cut down to an hour and only featured pre-taped monologues and speeches.
The SAG awards also made history with last night’s individual acting categories as the winners for Best Actress, Best Actor

The Walking Dead’s Final Season Premiere Date Revealed in New Teaser
The Walking Dead has unveiled the date that Season 11 will begin. This will mark the final season for the main Walking Dead series, though of course there’s a Carol and Daryl series coming after that. And the long-discussed Rick Grimes movie. And undoubtedly more.
In a brief clip filled with ominous empty images, we hear what sounds like Eugene being interrogated. Asked the same questions as Princess two episodes a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Loki trailer: The god of mischief breaks reality in new MCU series
Marvel Studios has released a brand new Loki trailer for Disney+’s highly-anticipated MCU series, starring Tom Hiddleston. The video provides us a better idea of what’s in store for the titular god of Mischief as he must help the Time Variant Authority fix the reality that he broke. It also gives us a preview of the chemistry between Hiddleston’s Loki and Owen Wilson’s Mobius, as well a

"Don't read the comments." Film Movement has revealed yet another new US trailer for the Dutch revenge thriller The Columnist, from filmmaker Ivo van Aart. This premiered at numerous genre film festivals last year including Fantasia, FrightFest, and the Telluride Horror Show. Columnist and author Femke is flooded with anonymous nasty messages and death threats on social media. One day she has enough and decides to take revenge. A "cautionary tale" about what happens when someone decides to go a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWGodzilla vs. Kong destroys the box office!
Now, that’s more like it. After a year of meager box office weekends due to the COVID pandemic, during which high profile films such as Tenet and Wonder Woman 1984 managed paltry sums, Warner Bros. and Legendary’s monster bash Godzilla vs. Kong smashed all industry expectations on route to a massive $48.5M over a 5-day period; and $32.2M from Fri-Sun, with $12M coming on Sunday (+8%).
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"Standard procedure's gonna kill that kid!" Oscope Labs has released a trailer for a film titled Silo, which originally premiered in 2019 and is finally getting a "virtual cinema" release this May. Disaster strikes in a small American farm town when teenager Cody Rose becomes the victim of a grain entrapment accident. As corn becomes quicksand inside of a 50-foot tall silo, the town locals must put aside their differences to save Cody from drowning in the crop they harvest. "Silo is the product

"I just really need the world to see what I can do." Vertical Ent. has debuted an official trailer for an indie film titled Reefa, based on the true story of Israel "Reefa" Hernandez Jr, a young Colombian immigrant and talented artist. Tyler Dean Flores stars as Israel, spending his last summer in Miami with friends, family and his new girl Frankie before moving to New York City. While Israel and his friends skateboard the city streets and spray paint the walls of Wynwood, Miami's graffiti Mecc

Benedict Cumberbatch has said he wants Guantánamo Bay closed following his work on recent film The Mauritanian.READ MORE: ‘The Mauritanian’ review: Guantanamo Bay nail-biter examines the politics of prisonThe film, which is being produced by SunnyMarch – an independent film and television company that Cumberbatch jointly owns – explores the experiences of Mohamedou Ould Slahi who was incarcerated at Guantánamo Bay for 14 years without charge.
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People living in England will be offered COVID-19 tests twice a week from Friday (April 9) in a bid to ease the nation out of lockdown and to live with the virus in circulation.READ MORE: UK Festivals on COVID testing and vaccination passports this summer – “Safety is all we think about”Boris Johnson is set to announce the new scheme later today (April 5) in a televised press briefing from Downing Street. The Prime Minister will detail the roll-out of lateral flow tests th

The winners of the 2021 Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG) have been announced, with Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Minari leading the pack regarding the most awards.
Held virtually in a pre-recorded, shortened ceremony last night (April 4), the awards also recognised Anya Taylor-Joy for her work in The Queen’s Gambit (for which she also won a Golden Globe last month), and Chadwick Boseman continued his posthumous winning streak for his leading role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
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Organisers of the majority of events listed in the government’s pilot scheme to test entertainment environment safety have said COVID-19 passports will not be required.READ MORE: Festival bosses speak out on how COVID will impact on line-ups this summerThe heads of five of the nine events in the pilot programme have confirmed they will not use proof of vaccination for participation. It follows the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) announcement yesterday (April