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Netflix has canceled the detective drama series The Irregulars after just one season, according to a recent report from Deadline. The series was based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and produced by Drama Republic, the company behind other projects like Doctor Foster and Black Earth Rising. 
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The series, which premiered just this year on March 26, followed the adventures of a gang of trou

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Vertical Entertainment has released the official trailer for the upcoming movie Rogue Hostage, starring Tyrese Gibson (The Fast Saga, Transformers franchise) and Oscar nominee John Malkovich (In the Line of Fire, Heart of Darkness, Billions). Written by Mickey Solis and directed by Jon Keeyes, the action-thriller will arrive in select theaters and On Demand on June 11, 2021. You can check out the trailer now in the player below!
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The developers at Bungie have revealed what’s next for Destiny 2, their ongoing massively multiplayer looter shooter. The Season of the Splicer will kick off on May 11 and run until August 24.
Over those there and a half months, players can go after three new exotic cosmetics, 30 new and reprised legendary weapons, and a new six-man matchmaking game type called Override. Bungie states in their update that the mode lets players team up to “unlock secrets and steal Vex code.

According to a report from Deadline, Golden Globe-nominated actor, producer, and director David Oyelowo (Nightingale, Selma) and his wife, actress, writer, and producer Jessica Oyelowo (Sleepy Hollow) have signed a two-year-first-look-deal with Walt Disney Pictures for future feature-length films. 
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The Oyelowos will produce the films through their Yoruba Saxon label, with the report stating that the films coul

Composer Danny Elfman has said he was “terribly unhappy” with the dub of his score on Tim Burton’s 1989 movie Batman.
Addressing rumours regarding his displeasure with the score on the Premier Guitar podcast, Elfman explained the recording “didn’t have any care put into it.”READ MORE: 50 things you didn’t know about The Simpsons“I was terribly unhappy with the dub in Batman,” Elfman explained. “They did it in th

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Oscar nominees Amy Adams (American Hustle, Vice, The Fighter) and Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain, Prisoners) are teaming up to produce the feature adaptation of scientist Suzanne Simard’s memoir Finding the Mother Tree after their respective production companies landed rights to the project, according to Variety. Simard’s book, fully titled Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, was published

The Wonder Boy series continues to expand in the modern era with Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch later this month.
This is a full-scale remake of an action-adventure platformer called Monster World IV, originally only released in Japan on the Sega Mega Drive (or Genesis for those in North America). The original release was included in the Genesis Mini in all regions, but this will be the first time the game stands on its own on digital

An unannounced plan for a cloud streaming service from retail giant Walmart leaked out today from the ongoing court battle between Fortnite maker Epic Games and Apple. The service, dubbed Project Storm, would have worked in a similar fashion to Nvidia’s GeForce Now service, allowing users to hook into cloud computers and run games at higher fidelity than what their home machines can allow.Walmart has been working on an unannounced game streaming service, codenamed Project Storm

George A. Romero’s final zombie film Twilight of the Dead is being finished by his widow Suzanne.
The filmmaker died of lung cancer aged 77 in 2017, and was developing his final film before his death – intended to be “his final statement on the genre”.READ MORE: The best horror movies on Netflix right nowSuzanne Romero has now told the Hollywood Reporter that she has been meeting with three screenwriters over the last four years and is preparing to meet pot

"I can't wait to get home and just put my feet up." Me too, Zig Man… Every once in a while, an advertising campaign knocks it out of the park with a fantastic short film and… this is one of those times. Zigman vs. The Spacecraft is a wacky, vintage short film written and directed by Jonny Look, created as a promotion for the new Brain Dead + Reebok collaboration "Zig Kinetica II" shoes. Starring Demorge Brown as Roger Jones, aka the Zig Man. "This campaign follows the story of 'Zi

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Deadline is reporting that The Lord of the Rings alums Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd are launching a new podcast called The Friendship Onion, produced by Kast Media. The friends and co-stars, known in the LOTR realm as the popular Hobbit duo Merry and Pippin, will take a look back at their time on the films, including interviews with cast and crew, a deep-dive into life behind-the-scenes, and answering many fan questions. The Friendship Onion will debut on May 18, and you

HBO Max has released the official Gomorrah Season 4 trailer teasing a gritty new installment in the critically-acclaimed Italian mafia drama. The streamer will launch the entire fourth season of the Max Original on Thursday, May 20, marking the season’s premiere for U.S. audiences. The third season of Gomorrah debuted exclusively on HBO Max this January and the first three seasons are available to stream now. You can check out the trailer for the fourth season in the player below!
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Welcome to ComingSoon.net’s week of May 4 new releases column! We’ve highlighted this week’s Blu-ray, Digital HD and DVD releases below! Click each highlighted title to purchase through Amazon or other retailers! 
Movies on Blu-ray/DVD
Judas and the Black MessiahThe critically acclaimed film is now on Blu-ray. Starring Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield, this movie follows FBI informant William O’Neal as he infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party to keep an e

"If you don't know your history, it will repeat itself. Well, it's repeating itself…" PBS has debuted an official trailer for a documentary titled Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten, an extensive look at the infamous Tulsa race riot of 1921. This terrible event gained extra attention when featured in the excellent "Watchmen" HBO series, and has since then become required teaching when it comes to US history. Learn more about the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, on the 100th anniversary of the cr

Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers is set to open this year’s Sundance London film festival.
The Baby Driver director’s first documentary, focusing on musical brothers Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks, will receive its UK premiere at the physical iteration of the festival, taking place this summer.READ MORE: Sparks tell us about working with Adam Driver and “coming from a different realm of pop”“We’re thrilled to return to London and expand acros

"He's facing the wrong way!" Warner Bros UK has unveiled a brand new official UK trailer for indie horse racing drama Dream Horse, which is now reset for release this summer. You may remember this one as it premiered at Sundance 2020 and was originally scheduled to open in May of 2020 - until the pandemic hit and shut everything down. Dream Horse is now rescheduled to open later this month (May 21st, 2021) in the US. Toni Collette stars as Jan Vokes, a local cashier and bartender, who decides t

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Harold Perrineau (Lost, The Rookie, Claws) is set to headline Epix’s upcoming sci-fi horror series From, created by John Griffin, according to Deadline. Perrineau will reunite with Emmy winner Jack Bender (Alias, Game of Thrones, Mr. Mercedes), who previously directed and executive produced for Lost and will direct the first four episodes of the new show. From is expected to begin filming later this month with plans to premiere on the streamer in 2022.
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Warner Bros. Pictures has officially changed the release date again for Westworld creator Lisa Joy’s upcoming sci-fi thriller film Reminiscence, starring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson. Originally scheduled to debut on August 27, the film will now arrive in theaters and on HBO Max, a week earlier on Friday, August 20, which puts the film against Lionsgate’s action pic The Protégé starring Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, and Maggie Q.
This marks the fourth ti

Kidulthood star Adam Deacon has shared his support for the women who have accused Noel Clarke of sexual assault, sexual harassment and bullying.
Clarke was suspended by BAFTA last week in the wake of 20 women’s accusations published in The Guardian. He subsequently had his recent Outstanding Contribution to Cinema award withdrawn. In response, the writer and director “vehemently” denied allegations of sexual misconduct and criminal behaviour but apologised “deeply”

Kelly Marie Tran has shared an emotional poem written by a fan about her Star Wars character Rose Tico.
In a video shared by Entertainment Weekly, Tran can be seen listening to a poem written by young poet MJ Park, who will be starring in new film Summertime.READ MORE: Star Wars movie order: a definitive viewing chronology for the galaxy far, far away“We are all but left to watch a small Asian girl tear apart the First Order with nothing but a heart made of scrap metal and a

"I'm afraid. I hope to God they won't catch and deport me." Optimist Films has released a trailer for the documentary Five Years North, which originally premiered at last year's Full Frame Film Festival. It also played at last year's San Antonio Film Festival; the film opens first at the Film Forum cinema in NYC at the end of this month. Five Years North is the coming-of-age story of Luis, an undocumented Guatemalan boy who just arrived alone in New York City. He struggles to work, study, and e

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It has been two months since WandaVision concluded its successful 9-episode run on Disney+, and MCU fans are still divided on its series finale. Some are satisfied with how the show handled Wanda’s moving on and full transition into becoming the Scarlet Witch, while others are disappointed with the lack of major cameos and reveals that was previously teased by the cast. One of the cameos that some fans theorized was the appearance of Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Str

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Amazon Prime Video has released new character collages and descriptions for Panic, a thrilling new one-hour YA drama series premiering on May 28. The show was written and created by Lauren Oliver, based on her New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. You can check out the character descriptions below along with the collages and official poster in the gallery!
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The Amazon Original series takes pla

Spider-Man: No Way Home might see some characters from past Spider-Man film incarnations (such as Doc Ock), but The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield isn’t one of them.
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On the latest episode of the ‎Happy Sad Confused podcast, Andrew Garfield addressed rumors that he would appear in the upcoming Spider-Man: No Way Home alongside Tom Holland and Tobey Maguire’s Spider

Zack Snyder has revealed that he feared getting sued by Warner Bros. for campaigning to release his version of Justice League.READ MORE: Zack Snyder’s Justice League review – an unflinching update fans can be proud ofThe director, who was helming the project until May 2017 at which point he exited the project due to his daughter’s suicide, said in a new interview that he thought the studio would try to silence him.
Speaking to The Sunday Times, Snyder said he was more worried a

Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema have released a first look featurette for Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming neo-Western thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead, starring Oscar winner Angelina Jolie. The video features interviews by Sheridan and the main cast as they talk about the film’s three converging themes of survival and redemption while highlighting its practical sets. The film will arrive in theaters and on HBO Max on May 14. Check out the video in the player below!
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Fresh off his Academy Awards Best Actor win for The Father, legendary actor Anthony Hopkins has a new film that is out today on Blu-ray and DVD. Called The Virtuoso, Hopkins is the boss of a professional assassin played by Anson Mount. With a mysterious new mission assigned to him, the assassin sets out to identify his target. The Virtuoso is available in select theaters and everywhere you buy or rent movies.
Check out the exclusive synopsis of the film:
Danger, deception, and mu

"I'm a product of chaos!" Vertical Entertainment has released an official trailer for an action thriller titled Rogue Hostage, the latest from filmmaker Jon Keeyes (of Living & Dying, Fall Down Dead, Doom Room, The Harrowing). This hasn't played at any film festivals and is dropping in theaters + on VOD starting this summer. Rogue Hostage stars Tyrese Gibson as a single father and former Marine who gets caught up in a hostage situation involving a dangerous domestic terrorist. Locked inside

Paramount+ has finally announced the premiere date for their upcoming CG-animated Rugrats revival, featuring the original voice cast of the titular toddlers including E.G. Daily and Nancy Cartwright. The series is scheduled to make its debut later this month on Thursday, May 27. The date announcement also came with the release of Paramount+ May sizzle reel, which you can check out below, featuring a short Rugrats teaser highlighting cousins Angelica and Tommy.New month, new shows, who

Dolly Parton has paid tribute to actress Olympia Dukakis who died on Saturday (May 1) aged 89.
Dukakis and Parton starred together in the 1989 film Steel Magnolias. In a tweet sent earlier today (May 4) Parton remembered Dukakis as one of her “favourite” people to have ever worked with.
“I was so sorry to hear that Olympia Dukakis had passed away,” Parton wrote.
“She has been one of my favourite people that I have ever known or worked with. I really got very close t

"The past can draw you in… it can create the illusion that anything is possible. But can we learn to forge ahead, to try again?" Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for an emotional romantic drama called The Last Letter From Your Lover, a feature adaption of the novel of the same name written by Jojo Moyes. A pair of interwoven stories, set in the past and present, follow an ambitious journalist determined to solve the mystery of a forbidden love affair at the center of a trove of s

Netflix and Studiocanal have released the official trailers for Augustine Frizzell’s upcoming film adaptation of Jojo Moyes’ romance drama novel titled The Last Letter From Your Lover, starring Felicity Jones and Shailene Woodley.The videos, which you can check out below, highlight the forbidden love affair between a 1960s couple told through their old love letters found by a present-day journalist. The film will be available for streaming on July 23 as part of the streamer’s

Adam Sandler has reacted to a viral TikTok of him leaving a pancake house, which has received more than two million likes online.READ MORE: Adam Sandler didn’t ‘get good’, you were just being a snobThe actor was told by a waitress at an IHOP restaurant in the US that there was a 30-minute wait for a table. The waitress later realised that she hadn’t recognised Sandler behind his face mask, and shared CCTV via TikTok of the moment she spoke to him.
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Can you believe it’s been 20 years since The Mummy Returns released in theaters? The blockbuster epic arrived with plenty of fanfare on May 4, 2001, as a sequel to 1999’s surprisingly terrific The Mummy and promised more high-spirited adventure with Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser), his wife Evy (Rachel Weisz), and … their kid Alex?
Cue record scratch sound effect. Don’t worry. The film only went downhill from there.
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Coming off from the critical success of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Deadline brings rising actress Taylour Paige has been tapped to star as the female lead opposite Peter Dinklage in Legendary’s upcoming Toxic Avenger reboot. This new casting addition comes after nearly a month since Jacob Tremblay (Room, Good Boys) was confirmed as the first actor to join Dinklage in the project.
This marks Paige’s first high-profile project as one of t

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In celebration of May the 4th, Walt Disney World has revealed new details about their highly-anticipated Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser, confirming the introduction of a brand new lightsaber created by Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development. Originally scheduled to launch in 2021, the Star Wars-themed luxury hotel has been set to make its long-awaited launch in 2022 at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is being described as an all-imm

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Starz announced today that Emmy Award-winner Rosie O’Donnell is set to appear in its upcoming comedy series Run the World.
O’Donnell will play the therapist of the four best friends are all using. However, Dr. Nancy Josephson isn’t your typical well-mannered therapist and is described as a “brash, foul-mouthed therapist that challenges the women to take ownership of their actions and acquire new tools for problem-sol

ComingSoon.net is thrilled to debut a second exclusive Chad clip from this week’s episode. The hit TBS sitcom stars Saturday Night Live alum Nasim Pedrad in the titular role as an awkward 14-year-old. The series focuses on Chad’s cringe-inducing attempts to become popular in school while also growing into his own identity as a Persian boy.
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Following the surprise release of the new Marvel Cinematic Universe movie reel yesterday, Marvel Studios continues to tease fans with their highly-anticipated Phase 4 slate by unveiling a brand new Loki sneak peek for their newest and third MCU series on Disney+. The video, which debuted last night during ESPN’s Arena of Heroes event, featured some new footage of Tom Hiddleston’s fan-favorite villain. It also included a preview of Loki recreating one of his line

"It must feel good… to be home." Vertical Entertainment has premiered the main official trailer for an indie kidnapping thriller titled Captive, marking the feature directorial of filmmaker Savvas Christou originally from Cyprus. This first premiered at the Frightening Ass Film Fest (in Chattanooga, TN) last year, and also stopped by the Nevermore and HorrorHound Film Festivals this year. Originally titled Katherine's Lullaby, the film is about a teenage runaway who's trapped by a delusi

Odeon is set to reopen the majority of its cinemas on May 17 following months of lockdown closures.READ MORE: Pandemic at the pictures – can social distancing work in cinemas?The move is in line with the government’s roadmap out of the coronavirus lockdown that allows for indoor entertainment and hospitality, among other activities, to resume in mid-May provided certain criteria is met.
Britain’s largest cinema chain will operate new safety measures upon reopening. BBC News rep

The Water Man, which is out in theaters on May 7, is acclaimed actor David Oyelowo’s first feature film as a director. Oyelowo starred in the family adventure drama alongside Rosario Dawson, Lonnie Chavis, and Amiah Miller.
The film follows a boy named Gunner (Chavis), who sets out on a quest to save his ill mother (Dawson) by searching for a mythic figure called the Water Man that is said to possess the secret to immortality. After enlisting the help of a mysterious local

Lucy Liu has challenged an article that labelled her Kill Bill character an Asian stereotype.READ MORE: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘gracious loser’ face at BAFTAs was not up to scratch – just like his treatment of female charactersThe actress wrote in a recent op-ed that she rejects the writer’s theory that O-Ren Ishii, the role Liu took in Quentin Tarantino’s 2003 film, fits Hollywood’s “Dragon Lady” trope.
Liu rejected writer India Roby’s &l

The Spice Girls will reunite for a film sequel to Spice World, according to sources.READ MORE: The Spice Girls: their 10 best songs, rankedA film industry source has told The Sun that four members of the band – Geri Horner (Ginger Spice), Melanie C (Sport Spice), Mel Burton (Scary Spice), and Emma Bunton (Baby Spice) – have approached a screenwriter about devising a follow-up to their 1997 film.
The reported project is to help mark the group’s 25th anniversary next year. The ba

Conan has been a staple on TBS since 2010, but will finally end this June as host Conan O’Brien moves on to new projects. The channel revealed that the Conan on TBS final episode will air on June 24, 2021. This will allow host O’Brien to focus on his new HBO Max show, which is currently in development with WarnerMedia and is a “departure from his current traditional talk-show format.”
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Magnolia Selects has unveiled their full lineup of titles available to stream in May 2021, which includes all three films in the popular V/H/S horror anthology trilogy. Other films new to the streaming service include Good Ol’ Freda, which is a 2013 documentary on The Beatles secretary Freda Kelly, 2014’s The Signal, Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer, and Murder Party.
The full schedule of new Magnolia Selects May 2021 titles can be viewed be

 HBO Max has ordered the limited series Love and Death starring Elizabeth Olsen (WandaVision) as real-life Texas killer Candy Montgomery. It’s based upon the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs by Jim Atkinson and Joe Bob Briggs, plus articles from Texas Monthly. The logline for the series is, “Two church-going couples, enjoying small-town family life in Texas, until somebody picks up an axe.”
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Ahead of the Mayans M.C. Season 3 finale on May 11, FX has officially renewed the Sons of Anarchy spinoff for a fourth season, according to Variety. The next season is expected to debut in 2022. The first three seasons are available to stream on FX on Hulu.
“Elgin James, his creative collaborators, this incredible cast and crew delivered on another epic season of Mayans M.C.,” said Nick Grad, president of original programming for FX Entertainment. “Through three seasons, Mayan