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Director James Gunn has taken to social media to reveal that he has officially finished the first draft of the script for the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. 
RELATED: James Gunn to Write/Direct Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special!This is the wrapping. The present is inside. #GotGHSpic.twitter.com/NqDw5s6ed8
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) April 22, 2021In a new tweet sent out earlier Thursday, Gunn showed off the title page for the script, which was jokingly cre

Publisher Square Enix has revealed one of the opening scenes for their highly anticipated next chapter in the Life is Strange franchise, Life is Strange: True Colors.
The two-minute teaser serves as a character introduction for Alex Chen, the new protagonist for this entry in the series. Speaking to her social worker, Alex talks about the unique abilities she hopes to suppress as she moves to a new location with her brother.
RELATED: Square Enix Unveils New Life is Strange G

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Professional wrestling legend Dave Bautista has made a name for himself in the entertainment world as of late, thanks to his now fan-favorite role in Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Although he loves the role, Bautista said he has no plans to take the character to the streaming world. 
RELATED: James Gunn to Write/Direct Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special!
Speaking in a new interview with JoBlo during a recent set visit to Netflix’s Army

Disney’s iconic The Haunted Mansion theme park attraction has been featured in countless forms of media, and now it looks as if the company is ready to dive into another film centered on it. According to a report from Deadline, Disney is in negotiations with director Justin Simien (Caught a Ghost: Get Your Life) on a new feature based on the popular theme park ride. 
MORE: Russell Crowe Will Portray Zeus In Thor: Love and Thunder
The Haunted Mansion ride has been a subject

Showtime cut through the social media hubbub today with a brief tease for their revival of the classic dark comedy/crime show Dexter.
Announced in October 2020, the 10-episode limited series will pick up ten years after where Season 8 left things in 2013. Michael C. Hall is returning as the titular serial killer in a brand new location far away from the original Miami locale. The tweet teaser showcases an ax embedded in a tree stump while Dexter ironically waxes poetic about returning to n

Shortly after Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite was released, news that HBO had begun work on a television series adaptation broke. In a recent interview, Adam McKay eased worries on the Parasite series, noting that the HBO project would not be a remake but its own original story instead. 
RELATED: Parasite Scores New Streaming Record on Hulu After One Week
Speaking on MTV’s “Happy Sad Confused” podcast earlier this week, McKay briefly touched on the upcoming project, sa

"Loving takes your further than 'not hating', because to love someone is to know what hurts them." Yep. An important short doc film about racism. Battleground is the creation of filmmakers Kwesi Thomas & Mark Bone, developed through conversations immediately following the murder of George Floyd last year (finally there is some justice a year later). Vimeo premiered the 18-minute film and says: "the short captures the particular discomfort of having to argue for one’s value in a societ

"It's just not safe out there." Gravitas Ventures has debuted an official trailer for a very meta indie comedy called Welcome Matt, the feature directorial debut from filmmaker Leon Pierce Jr. The film is not only commentary on the process of making a film, but is also a story about staying home even though it doesn't reference or have any connection to the pandemic (or to lockdowns). Matt, a well known writer and director, suffers a traumatic experience on the verge of his big break, that lead

HBO has announced its slate for new additions to HBO Max in May, meaning that we are indeed almost halfway through 2021. Help yourself come to peace with that fact with new original programming like Adventure Time: Distant Lands – Together Again, The Big Shot with Bethenny, and Hacks, all coming to the service next month.
RELATED: Angelina Jolie’s Those Who Wish Me Dead Unleashes Intense Trailer
May will also mark the premiere of Those Who Wish Me Dead 

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Legendary film directors  Martin Scorsese and Irwin Winkler are teaming up with Modern Love showrunner John Carney on the upcoming musical feature Fascinating Rhythm, according to a report from Deadline. 
RELATED: Martin Scorsese Directing 1970s Music Documentary
The feature is inspired by the life and music of American composer George Gershwin, with Scorcese and Winkler attached as producers and Carney set to direct and co-write the film. The na

Beach House have soundtracked a new short film, Marin’s Dreams – you can watch it below.Read More: Beach House – ‘Depression Cherry’The film has been produced in collaboration with arts collective Meow Wolf for a psychedelic new exhibition in Las Vegas.
Speaking about the collaboration, the group’s keyboarddist Alex Scally told Rolling Stone: “It was kind of a no-brainer for us. Anything immersive fits with us. We’re interested in fu

Imagine suddenly waking up disoriented in an unfamiliar place. As you walk through the narrow, round tunnel hallway, you reach the window and look out to see space – vast, uncharted blackness with millions of stars. Suddenly, you spot the Earth, your home. That's where you're supposed to be and where your family is. Soon you learn that you're now on a two-year mission to Mars, and you're not coming back any earlier than that. That's the situation that Michael (played by Shamier Anderson)

Jonah Hill once turned down a starring role in Transformers after Seth Rogen advised him to.READ MORE: 10 times Superbad was totally relatableHill was approached to join main stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox in Michael Bay’s 2009 sequel Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen. But his Superbad co-star at the time advised him to avoid the role.
Speaking to the New York Times in a new interview, Rogen said: “I can see if Steven Spielberg’s calling you, asking you to do something

Sony Interactive Entertainment has a new multiplayer-focused franchise in the works, and they’ve brought in ProbablyMonsters developer Firewalk Studios for the heavy lifting. Announced via the official PlayStation blog this morning, there’s no release date or even a title for the new game, but this original IP is said to be a next-generation AAA production set in a unique new world.
Firewalk Studios is one of three developers under the ProbablyMonsters umbrella. Formed in 2018,

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Russell Crowe is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thor: Love and Thunder. The actor revealed in a radio interview that he was doing his last day of filming as Zeus, who is famously the father of Heracles and ruler of the Olympian Gods.
RELATED: Christian Bale Sports Shaved Head While Filming Thor: Love and Thunder
“I’m going to get on my bicycle and I’m going to ride up to Disney Fox Studios,” said Crowe to Australia

HBO Max has secured yet another documentary series for air on their platform. Award-winning journalist Lisa Ling will reteam with Part2 Pictures for Take Out, a six-part show about the lives of people behind the counter at some of the more than 45,000 Asian restaurants that do the United States.
Ling, who previously worked with Part2 on This is Life with Lisa Ling, stated that she cannot wait to learn about people who share the same American origin story as her own. “It is time

Stranger Things Season 4 should “hopefully” be out next year according to star Finn Wolfhard. Filming of the next installment in the popular Netflix series has been delayed due to the pandemic and Season 3 came out in 2019, which will mark around two years between seasons. There was a similar gap between Season 2 and 3, so this isn’t totally uncalled for.
However, the news does come with a caveat due to the pandemic. “There are very few dates that are reliable,&rdqu

A cinema George Harrison and John Lennon spent their teenage years attending has been saved from demolition.
The Abbey Cinema in Wavertree, Liverpool which featured in The Beatles‘ personal writings and the original lyrics of their 1966 song ‘In My Life’, officially closed in 1979.
The cinema, which was designed by renowned architect and Liverpool City Council leader Sir Alfred Ernest Shennan, first opened in 1939.
It has since been used as a bingo hall, snooker club and, most

"Bring the rain." Signature Entertainment in the UK has unveiled the official UK trailer for an Australian sci-fi action thriller titled Occupation: Rainfall, from filmmaker Luke Sparke. Two years after aliens land on Earth, survivors from Sydney, Australia, fight in a desperate war as the number of casualties continue to grow. It's described as "Avatar meets Star Wars meets Independence Day," which is a hell of a marketing pitch for a film that definitely won't live up to any of those (sorry n

The full Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season 3 trailer for the upcoming return of Netflix and DreamWorks Animation’s hit animated series has been released, which will be available for streaming on May 21. The video features our young survivors in a much more dangerous situation as their plans for survival are challenged by Dr. Wu’s top-secret creation, which is being described as far more terrifying than the Indominus Rex.
Check out the Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous Season

Square Enix continues to expand its superhero service game with a new event that lets Marvel’s Avengers players roll deep as a squad of four Iron Men, Incredible Hulks, or Captains America.AIM has tampered with the timeline of Marvel’s gaming universe, creating Tachyon Anomalies that threaten to unravel the fabric of space and time. The Avengers must assemble to take on this threat in a set of newly introduced missions, and they’ll have assistance from other timelines.
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"Might I be allowed to go up river?" Samuel Goldwyn Films has released an official US trailer for a colonial historic thriller titled Edge of the World, a jungle crusade movie from director Michael Haussman. We already posted the epic UK trailer one month ago. The film takes us on the true "adventures" of Sir James Brooke, who defied the British Empire to rule a jungle kingdom in 1840s Borneo, embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy, slavery and head-hunting, and partly inspired both the R

Don’t Look Up director Adam McKay wasn’t expecting Leonardo DiCaprio to star in his upcoming Netflix comedy. As he eloquently put it on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, why would someone of DiCaprio’s stature choose to work with anyone but Martin Scorsese?
Luckily for McKay and fans, DiCaprio wound up interested in the script after several months of discussing the flick, which revolves around two low-level astronomers that embark on a media tour around the globe to wa

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According to Deadline, PEN15 star and creator Maya Erskine is officially be making her Star Wars debut as she signs on for a recurring role in Disney+’s highly-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series. Further details about her character are still being kept under wraps, but she will appear in at least three episodes. Lucasfilm is currently preparing for the six-episode series’ impending production start this month which is expected to

Black Adam star Quintessa Swindell has shared their thoughts on how the new DC film might differ from the comics.READ MORE: In praise of The Rock: why Dwayne Johnson is the hero we all needSwindell, who has been cast as Maxine Hunkell / Cyclone in the forthcoming Shazam! spin-off, recently told NME how the process has been different to other titles in the cinematic universe.
The film will star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as the titular character, who “is blessed by magic wit

"I'm writing something… I have to finish before my words run out." Sony Pictures has debuted an official trailer for a mainstream comedy titled Here Today, directed by the beloved Billy Crystal. When veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz meets New York singer Emma Payge, they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust. Starring Billy Crystal & Tiffany Haddish, with Penn Badgley, Laura Benanti, a

Sony Pictures has released the official Here Today trailer for acclaimed actor-director Billy Crystal‘s upcoming new comedy feature, which stars Crystal and Emmy winner Tiffany Haddish. The video features a singer and a long-time comedy writer as their unexpected friendship changes their lives for the better. It will arrive in theaters on Friday, May 7, which pits the film against Jason Statham’s Wrath of Man and David Oyelowo’s The Water Man.
RELATED: Tiffany Haddish to

Interview: Director Robert Lorenz talks The Marksman
Just in time for The Marksman’s digital release, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with director Robert Lorenz, who discussed the Liam Neeson action drama and took a moment to reflect back on the Academy Award-winning film Million Dollar Baby for which he served as producer and first assistant director.
The official logline for The Marksman reads as follows:
“Hardened Arizona rancher Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) simply wants

"She just brings such authority and such honesty to whatever she's playing." Roadside Attractions debuted an official trailer for a documentary film titled Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It, made by Puerto Rican filmmaker Mariem Pérez Riera. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and also played at the Miami, San Francisco, Seattle, and Sarasota Film Festivals. The film offers a celebratory look at the life and 70+ year career of Rita Moreno

This year’s Tribeca Film Festival has just announced their lineup, with films about Anthony Bourdain and Brian Wilson both premiering.
The film festival is going virtual for its 20th edition this year, running from June 9-20.READ MORE: The best rock star cameos in Anthony Bourdain’s ‘Parts Unknown’Brian Wilson’s official Twitter account confirmed today (April 22) that forthcoming documentary Long Promised Road had been added to the lineup, focusing on the career of

After Master of None‘s three-year hiatus, Netflix has finally confirmed that Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang‘s acclaimed comedy series is indeed coming back for its third season sometime in May. According to Collider, the new season will be titled Master of None Presents: Moments in Love which will now put the spotlight on Emmy winner Lena Waithe‘s character Denise instead of Ansari’s lead character Dev. The Rise of Skywalker actress Naomi Ackie was reportedly in tal

HBO Max’s growth continues to impress as the streaming service had a great first quarter of 2021. Thanks to debuting blockbusters such as Godzilla vs. Kong and Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the streaming service saw nearly 3 million additional subscribers. That amounts to a staggering number of 44.2 million customers for both HBO and HBO Max domestically. That is up from 2020’s $41.5 million mark.
RELATED: Snyder Cut Draws 1.8M Households in First Five Minutes o

"I need more action. I need more blood." The very last country to debut this film years after its premiere. Picturehouse Entertainment has debuted one final UK trailer for the wacky, weird, killer film from French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux (of Rubber, Wrong, Mandibules) titled Deerskin. This originally premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2019 in Directors' Fortnight, and already opened last year in the US. The film stars Oscar-winner Jean Dujardin as a man who loves his new deerskin jacket

Coming off from her first leading role in last year’s action-comedy My Spy, rising young star Chloe Coleman has found her next major project in the form of Paramount Pictures’ Dungeons & Dragons movie. According to Deadline, the 12-year-old actress has been tapped to join the all-star ensemble of the upcoming film adaptation of Hasbro’s popular game franchise. She will be joining previously announced cast members Chris Pine (Wonder Woman 1984), Michelle Rodriguez

The official trailer for The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It has been released – check it out below.READ MORE: The Conjuring Universe explained: how all the films are connected, from Annabelle to La LloronaThe third film in the franchise, based on the real-life experiences of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, will see Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise their roles.
According to an official synopsis, The Devil Made Me Do It “reveals a chilling story of terr

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Episode 4 of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, “The Whole World is Watching,” ends in desecration. Following the abrupt death of his brother in arms, Lemar Hoskins/Battlestar (Clé Bennett), an enraged John Walker (Wyatt Russell) chases down one of Karli Morgenthau’s Flag Smashers, Nico (the one who mentioned idolizing Captain America back in the day), and beats him to death. Surrounded by people recording on their phones, th

Hulu has released the full Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K trailer for their newest adult-animated series, starring Patton Oswalt as the voice of the fan-favorite supervillain. The video features MODOK having a hard time running his evil organization, which is on the verge of bankruptcy, while also trying to balance his failing marriage and family life. The 10-episode series will be available for streaming on Friday, May 21. It also features appearances from Marvel heroes such as Iron Man and Won

"Studying whale culture might be more about glimpsing something of ourselves… How we can connect differently a million years from now." Apple TV+ has revealed an official trailer for a documentary titled Fathom, in celebration of Earth Day. The film introduces us to the most dedicated whale researchers, Dr. Michelle Fournet and Dr. Ellen Garland, exploring both their groundbreaking work and how a life at sea has shaped them. The film is a "deep dive" into these two scientists' quest, on

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Following a bidding competition, Deadline brings word that Netflix has entered the final negotiations to acquire the upcoming biographical drama film titled Shout It Out Loud, centering around legendary rock band KISS. The outlet notes that the KISS biopic is currently being fast-tracked to coincide with the band’s final tour, “End of the Road,” which has been delayed by the pandemic but is expected to resume this fall.
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"I shall reclaim my family!" Hulu has unveiled the official trailer for a new animated series streaming in May called Marvel's M.O.D.O.K., about an egomaniacal super villain. This stop-motion animated series is from one of the lead animators on "Robot Chicken", and features 10 episodes of mayhem and depression. M.O.D.O.K., a bad guy with a really big head and a really little body, struggles to maintain control of his evil organization after it is bought by a multinational tech company, while ju

BEGIN SLIDESHOWThe true horror returns in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It trailer
Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have finally released the official trailer for Michael Chaves’ highly-anticipated The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, featuring the darkest chapter in James Wan’s horror cinematic universe. The video provides us our first look at the return of Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga’s Ed and Lorraine Warren as they must face a different kind of evil th

"I think it's about time they accept the existence of the Devil." Warner Bros / New Line has released the first official trailer for horror sequel The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the third entry from The Conjuring franchise that originally started with James Wan's freaky film in 2013. The series continues on with an eerie and frightening story about the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense. One of the most sensational cases from th

Kelsey Grammer has been cast as an ageing ’70s rock star in new film The Space Between, scored by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo – you can watch the trailer below.
In the film, Grammer’s character Mickey Adams is trying to find his place in the ’90s Los Angeles music scene when his label decides to drop him after he decides to start making more experimental albums.READ MORE: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it&rsq

Kelsey Grammer has been cast as an ageing ’70s rock star in new film The Space Between, scored by Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo – you can watch the trailer below.
In the film, Grammer’s character Mickey Adams is trying to find his place in the ’90s Los Angeles music scene when his label decides to drop him after he decides to start making more experimental albums.READ MORE: Weezer: “This album is about feeling isolated, alienated and secluded – it&rsq

Adam McKay and Jennifer Lawrence recently worked together on the Netflix comedy Don’t Look Up, and they have even more projects planned for the future. While on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, McKay confirmed that the Bad Blood film based upon faux-entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, the founder and CEO of Theranos, is still in development and will star Lawrence.
RELATED: Jennifer Lawrence Joins Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up at Netflix
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Cult filmmaker and producer Monte Hellman has died at the age of 91.
Hellman, who directed The Shooting and Two-Lane Blacktop among others, passed away on Tuesday (April 20).READ MORE: Django Unchained – Tarantino hasn’t felt this vital since the mid-90sHis daughter Melissa confirmed the news to the Hollywood Reporter, saying he died at Eisenhower Health hospital in Palm Desert, a week after suffering a fall in his home.
“He was my best friend,” M

The BBC’s new Britney Spears documentary The Battle for Britney: Fans, Cash and a Conservatorship has confirmed a release date.
Following New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears released earlier this year, the new film will further explore Spears’ controversial conservatorship.READ MORE: ‘Framing Britney Spears’ review: heartbreakingly human story that still lacks a happy endingJournalist Mobeen Azhar will lead the BBC’s new 60-minute film, which

DC‘s 2019 film Joker is to be screened in UK concert venues with a live orchestra playing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s award-winning score.READ MORE: ‘Joker’ review: a melancholic psychodrama punctuated by splashes of shocking violenceThe event is part of a UK tour dubbed ‘Joker – Live In Concert’ and it will kick off at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 26.
The tour will also call at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham,

DC‘s 2019 film Joker is to be screened in UK concert venues with a live orchestra playing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s award-winning score.READ MORE: ‘Joker’ review: a melancholic psychodrama punctuated by splashes of shocking violenceThe event is part of a UK tour dubbed ‘Joker – Live In Concert’ and it will kick off at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 26.
The tour will also call at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham,

DC‘s 2019 film Joker is to be screened in UK cinemas again with a live orchestra playing composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s award-winning score.READ MORE: ‘Joker’ review: a melancholic psychodrama punctuated by splashes of shocking violenceThe event is part of a UK tour dubbed ‘Joker – Live In Concert’ and it will kick off at London’s Eventim Apollo on September 26.
The tour will also call at Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dublin, Birmingham,