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April 6 Blu-ray, Digital and DVD Releases
Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s April 6 Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD column! We’ve highlighted this week’s releases in detailed write-ups of different titles below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon! 
New Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del MarFrom Bridesmaids co-stars and co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo comes this comedy about two best friends who leave their small town and embark on the

Amandla Stenberg & Maria Bakalova to lead A24’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies
On the heels of landing both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for her breakout role in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Maria Bakalova has already lined up another big project on her dance card by joining Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) for the A24 thriller Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, according to Deadline.
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Though pl

Joss Whedon allegedly threatened to harm Gal Gadot’s career during the making of Justice League.READ MORE: Zack Snyder’s Justice League review – an unflinching update fans can be proud ofThat’s according to new claims shared to The Hollywood Reporter today (April 6) as part of a broader interview with Justice League star Ray Fisher.
In the article, Fisher and other unnamed sources claim that Whedon, who took over directing the DC film from Zack Snyder in 2016, was &l

Dune might premiere in theatres instead of a proposed simultaneous release on HBO Max.READ MORE: Dune release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farReports say that the film’s production company, Legendary Entertainment, hasn’t yet firmed up plans with Warner Bros. to release Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic in cinemas and on HBO‘s streamer on the same day (October 1, 2021).
Deadline writes that the success of Legendary’s other film with Warner Bros.,

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Over 15 years ago, LucasArts continued its expansion of the larger Star Wars universe with the Xbox and PC game title Republic Commando, an experiment of testing the tactical shooter formula in the sci-fi series and the initial result was great. Sure, its controls were a bit finicky at times and the sound design faltered under the franchise&rs

Oscar nominees and their guests will be permitted to attend the 2021 awards ceremony in person using an essential worker waiver.READ MORE: Oscars 2021 nominations – see the full listThe 93rd Academy Awards, which is due to be broadcast on April 25 from Union Station, LA and the Dolby Theatre, will allow attendance provided nominees and guests complete the necessary documentation, quarantining and testing ahead of the event.
Variety has seen a letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts

CS Score interviews Promising Young Woman composer Anthony Willis
Hey, there film score lovers! Welcome to another edition of CS Score, your place for everything film soundtrack related! Today, we’ve got a great interview with Anthony Willis, the composer of the Academy Award nominated drama Promising Young Woman. Willis received a BAFTA nomination for his incredible work on the film and takes the time to really delve into his scoring process.
We also got a chance to speak with Gabriel Ha

Andrew Garfield goes YouTuber in Mainstream trailer
Andrew Garfield (Under The Silver Lake) stars in Mainstream from director Gia Coppola (Palo Alto), and IFC films has debuted its trailer today. Maya Hawke (Stranger Things) co-leads the film as Frankie, who thinks she’s on her way to internet stardom when she crosses paths with a charismatic stranger named Link (Garfield). Watch the Mainstream trailer in the player below!
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Pose final season trailer: The House of Evangelista fights for their legacy
FX has released the first trailer for the upcoming third and final season of Ryan Murphy’s acclaimed series Pose, which is set to premiere on May 2. The video highlights the new obstacles that the House of Evangelista members must face as they try to to fight for their legacy and also gives viewers a preview of some of the new season’s many glamorous ballroom scenes as well as its continued approach of addre

"You can't be following me!? Like, I'm 'No One Special', man." IFC Films has unveiled an official trailer for the indie film Mainstream, which originally premiered at last year's big Venice Film Festival during the pandemic. The second feature from filmmaker Gia Coppola (following Palo Alto) is another intense social media cautionary tale about a wacky personality that gets sucked into internet fame. Three people struggle to preserve their identities as they form an eccentric love triangle with

Blu-ray & DVD details announced for Oscar nominee Minari!
As the film gears up for its turn at the Academy Awards and hopes of taking home some golden statues, Lionsgate and A24 have unveiled the Blu-ray, DVD and digital release date and details for the six-time Oscar-nominated drama Minari! The film will hit shelves on Blu-ray and DVD on May 18!
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Blu-ray/DVD Special Features:Deleted Scenes
Sowing Seeds: Making Minari
Audi

Tina Fey and Meredith Scardino’s Girls5eva trailer & premiere date
The Peacock Comedy Girls5eva created and written by Meredith Scardino and executive produced by Tina Fey will drop on the NBC streaming platform on Thursday, May 6. The show follows a one-hit-wonder group from the 90’s who find a second life when a young rapper samples their music. Girls5eva reunite to give pop star stardom another shot while being grown women. The show follows their attempt at a comeba

Naomi Watts to star in Amazon’s English remake of Goodnight Mommy
It’s been over two years since we last heard word about director Matt Sobel’s English remake of the 2014 Austrian horror thriller Goodnight Mommy but now Variety has brought word that Oscar nominee Naomi Watts (Boss Level) has officially signed on to star in and executive produce the Amazon Studios project.
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“My favori

"It sounds so crazy now." HBO has revealed an official trailer for a mysterious, compelling new true crime doc series titled Pray, Obey, Kill. Yeah this one joins the ranks of many other religious cult / crazy sect stories before it. On a cold night in January 2004, gunshots rang out across the remote Swedish village, Knutby, home to a small, tight-knit Pentecostal congregation, leaving a young woman murdered in her bed. Attention soon turned towards the community – the victim's husband,

"Awaken your magic!" Yay! One of the best animated films from last year is now playing in cinemas again. GKids has re-released Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart's magical adventure Wolfwalkers in select theaters in the US, with more venues playing it nationwide coming up this weekend. A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves

Universal sets Clooney & Roberts-led Ticket to Paradise for Fall 2022
Just over a month after first announcing development on the romantic comedy, Universal Pictures is fast-tracking the George Clooney and Julia Roberts-led Ticket to Paradise as the studio has slated the film for a September 30, 2022 release.
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Directed by Ol Parker (Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again) on a script from him and D

"All they see is another black man with a rap sheet." Netflix has debuted an official trailer for an acclaimed indie drama titled Monster, which originally premiered years ago at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. It's finally getting a streaming release on Netflix this spring. Not to be confused with Luce, the other acclaimed Kelvin Harrison Jr. film from Sundance. Monster tells the story of Steve Harmon, an honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony

Olivia Colman in talks for Sam Mendes’ romance drama Empire of Light
Over a year after the critical and box office success of 1917, acclaimed director Sam Mendes has finally found his next major directing project in the form of a romantic drama film titled Empire of Light. Searchlight Pictures has officially boarded the project, with Academy Award-winning actress Olivia Colman in negotiations to lead the feature.
Should the deal push through, Empire of Light will be the British actress&rs

Borderlands Film will exist in different universe than game
The Borderlands film recently announced Edgar Ramirez in a leading role as we learn more about the film as the shoot begins. Randy Pitchford, executive producer of the Borderlands video game franchise and founder of Gearbox Entertainment Company, took to Twitter to clarify the film’s relationship to the universe.
Pitchford stated that “The Borderlands Cinematic Universe is not identical to the Borderlands Videogam

"The only thing he has more than kills, are medals." Amazon Studios has debuted a second official trailer for Without Remorse, the latest Tom Clancy action movie adaptation. This time Michael B. Jordan stars as John Kelly (originally the name is John Clark in the novel), an elite Navy SEAL specialist who goes after an escaped operative hiding out in Russia. The explosive origin story of action hero John Clark, one of the most popular characters in author Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan universe, Without

BEGIN SLIDESHOWMythic Quest getting bonus episode ahead of Season 2 premiere!
With just over a month left until the highly-anticipated return of the hit workplace comedy, Apple TV+ has announced that Mythic Quest will be getting a special bonus season episode entitled “Everlight” ahead of the second season premiere in May! The episode, which is being directed by co-creator, executive producer and star Rob McElhenney and written by star Ashly Burch, marks the second special

Jurassic World VelociCoaster at Universal Orlando opening date announced
It’s official: The VelociCoaster opens Thursday June 10. Run with the Raptors on the VelociCoaster, a new thrill ride inspired by Jurassic World at Universal Studios Orlando. The highly anticipated new coaster has dropped a trailer that gives us a POV first look at Florida’s fastest and tallest launch coaster at Islands of Adventure. Check it out in the player below!
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New to stream: Acorn TV’s April 2021 lineup!
Acorn TV has announced its upcoming lineup for the month of April, including the premieres of Acorn TV Original series Bäckström, Keeping Faith, Series 3, Bloodlands, Murdoch Mysteries, Series 14 and The Brokenwood Mysteries, Series 7.
Check out the full Acorn TV April 2021 lineup below!
Friday, April 2
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 14 (Episodes 1-6)
Set in Toronto at the dawn of the 20th century, this one-hour drama series explores the i

A lawsuit against Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape Of Water has been dismissed.READ MORE: The Shape Of Water – film reviewThe copyright lawsuit claimed del Toro’s Oscar-winning film stole from the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel whose play, Let Me Hear You Whisper also involved a plot based around a creature in a research facility.
However, as reported in The Hollywood Reporter, US District Court Judge Percy Anderson, ruled “the basic premis

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNetflix debuts first trailer & key art for Sundance drama Monster
It’s been three years since the John Legend executive-produced drama first debuted at 2018’s Sundance Film Festival and now Netflix has unveiled the first trailer and key art for the ensemble adaptation of the legal drama novel Monster. The trailer can be viewed below while photos and the key art can be viewed in the gallery at the bottom!
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Star Trek: Lower Decks gets early Season 3 order, plus Season 2 trailer!
Ahead of its return later this year, Paramount+ has officially renewed Mike McMahan’s adult-animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks for another 10-episode third season as well as releasing the first official trailer for its upcoming second season, confirming a summer return date! Featuring the voices of Tawny Newsome and Jack Quaid, Season 2 is scheduled to premiere on Thursday, August 12, which marks over a

BEGIN SLIDESHOWNew Without Remorse trailer debuts ahead of April premiere
Amazon Prime Video has released the final trailer for its upcoming adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse, starring Michael B. Jordan as John Kelly ahead of the film’s debut on the streaming platform on April 30. The trailer, which can be viewed below, features new footage of the film’s explosive action sequences that highlights Kelly’s formidable skills as a soldier and that he will stop

Chucky series teaser wants you to reconnect with an old friend
SYFY and USA Network have released a brand new teaser for Don Mancini’s upcoming Chucky series, warning viewers the iconic slasher toy is coming back for more terror. The video, which you can check out below, features a behind-the-scenes look at the process of making the titular killer doll as the series is set to use robotics to bring the iconic villain to life.
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The 5 Scariest Clowns in Film
ComingSoon.net is taking a look at the scariest clowns in film history. Check out our selections in the gallery below!
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Many would likely thank Stephen King for making clowns terrifying, but the truth is that they’ve always been a source for fear and horror—dating back even before the publication of one of King’s most notable works. Across horror, science fiction, fantasy, and even action genres

Star Trek: Discovery Season 4 trailer faces an unknown threat
Paramount+ has released the first trailer for the upcoming fourth season of Star Trek: Discovery, which is set to premiere later this year. The video features Sonequa Martin-Green’s Captain Burnham as she leads the crew against an unknown threat that could possibly destroy all of them without any warning. This comes after the hit sci-fi series wrapped up its 13-episode third season earlier this year. Check out the video in the

Jennifer Jason Leigh to lead Amazon’s Hunters Season 2
According to Deadline, Academy Award nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight, Atypical) has officially signed on for the leading role in the upcoming second season of Amazon Prime Video’s action-thriller series Hunters. Leigh is set to portray the new role of Chava, who is being described as a top Nazi Hunter. She will be leading the new season alongside Logan Lerman, who is reprising his role Jonah Heidelbaum from the f

Raya and the Last Dragon takes over Vudu and FandangoNOW
Movie watchers were eager for a little Disney magic this weekend, which helped vault Raya and the Last Dragon to No. 1 on both of Fandango’s transactional streaming services, Vudu and FandangoNOW. The animated pic bowed simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ and earned high praise from critics, though it has amassed just $32M domestically/$86M worldwide after four weeks.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: Gunn confirms filming start for ‘huge’ MCU threequel
Following the increasing hype surrounding Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Suicide Squad due to its record-breaking red band trailer, Marvel fans are also getting eager to hear something new about James Gunn’s long-awaited Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Because of this the director took to Twitter to confirm a few details about the upcoming MCU threequel, revealing that they’re indeed p

"Those were revolutionary times." Screen Media has released an official trailer for acclaimed documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, directed by the doc filmmaker Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom). This premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival this year, and will be arriving in theaters + on VOD soon. The film chronicles the improbable origins and expansion of the groundbreaking show that not only changed children's TV, but it also had real-world effects on equality, educatio

John Williams has been voted the ‘most popular living composer’ in a new poll.READ MORE: Ennio Morricone – 1928-2020: the legendary film composer who changed music foreverThe legendary composer, who has scored a vast number of films including Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park, had a total nine entries in the latest Classic FM ‘Hall of Fame’ poll, from a total of 300 entries.
Williams’ nine entities in the poll were Close

Mark Elliott, the voice behind a vast range of Disney film trailers, has died aged 81.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elliott died last Saturday (April 3) in a Los Angeles hospital after suffering two heart attacks. The voice actor was also battling lung cancer.
Elliott began his career in media in the late ’50s, working as a DJ on commercial radio. After two decades working for stations across Iowa, Ohio, Ontario, San Francisco and Los Angeles, Elliott began picking up voiceover wor

BEGIN SLIDESHOWCS Unboxed: McFarlane DC Figures, Plus Spawn, Witcher & More!
McFarlane Toys has provided ComingSoon.net with the chance to unbox their February through March lineup of new toys, including many DC Comics figures just in time to celebrate the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League! Check out our figure unboxing in the gallery below, along with buy links for each toy!
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