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Disney and Pixar’s Luca is fast approaching, as the film is set to release on June 18, 2021, on Disney+. Ahead of its launch, and to celebrate National Streaming Day, Disney has released a brand new featurette for the film, detailing the power of friendship. 
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In the featurette, friendship — a key theme in the upcoming film — is discussed, with director Enrico Casarosa and members of the v

During an Overwatch 2 player-versus-player livestream, Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller announced teams in the upcoming game will be decreased to five players instead of the first entry’s six-character team size.
“Overwatch has changed over time. We’ve gone from having no hero limits… to having a hero limit. We ended up introducing a role lock over the course of the game.” says Keller. We feel like this is the next step in the way Overwatch ought t

"It's kind of a mess, but that's the nature of foley." Step inside a "foley farm" up in Canada in this fantastic short Footsteps. From filmmaker Jeremy Benning, who usually works as a cinematographer (on shows like "The Expanse", "The Boys"), he directed this short film about an old friend. When he was growing up, Benning first met Andy Malcolm on a trip to a film house. Nowadays, Malcolm runs Footsteps Studios, known as "The Foley Farm", a big house an hour outside of Toronto, Canada, up in th

ComingSoon.net has an exclusive clip from AMC Networks’ new seaside mystery series Whitstable Pearl, starring Kerry Godliman (Adult Material, Save Me, After Life) and premiering on May 24 on Acorn TV. Godliman plays the titular Pearl Nolan in the six-part British detective drama, based on the much-loved novels The Whitstable Pearl Mystery and Disappearance at Oare by Julie Wassmer (EastEnders). You can check out the clip now in the player below!
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Have you been waiting to watch Kemono Jihen until the English dub releases? Well, the wait is almost over! Starting May 23, the Kemono Jihen English dub will be available to watch on Funimation.
The Kemono Jihen English dub features a talented group of voice actors including Madeleine Morris and Patrick Seitz, both of which provided voices for the hit anime My Hero Academia. Additionally, Kristen McGuire has also been cast, who is known for her work in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime. M

The CW superhero universe is getting bigger, as Batwoman continues to add some more costumed heroes to its roster. Thanks to new set photos from the show’s production, fans can get their first look at Camrus Johnson’s Batwing. 
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Johnson, who plays Luke Fox in the show, looks to be the next in line to don a costume, as he was seen wearing what looks to be a costume very similar to the recent

Kate Hudson has joined the ever-growing list of stars for Rian Johnson’s forthcoming Knives Out sequel.READ MORE: Knives Out review: Rian Johnson returns to fold with thrilling, expertly-crafted whodunitAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Hudson has signed on for a role in the film although no details have yet been released.
She is the fifth newcomer linked to the project in the last week, following Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton and Janelle Monae.
Earlier this year,

Marvel has released a new featurette for Disney+’s upcoming series Loki, featuring Tom Hiddleston on the clock as he attempts to quickly catch fans up on the character’s history and teases a little about what to expect in the new show. You can check out the promo now in the player below!
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Loki tells the story of the Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization tasked with making sur

Following last week’s Biomutant footage, gameplay for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X version of the Experiment 101 and THQ Nordic game has been revealed ahead of its May 25 release.
Similar to the previously revealed PC footage, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X gameplay shows off Biomutant‘s “Something Unprofitable” and “The Keepsake” missions. As you probably expected from a team comprised of several former Just Cause developers, the footage flaunts

Amazon Studios has confirmed that production on the upcoming series adaptation of Robert Jordan’s bestselling novel series The Wheel of Time has finally been completed in the Czech Republic. The filming wrap also comes with the announcement that Amazon has officially granted the Rosamund Pike-led fantasy series an early second season renewal.With this many Ta’veren in one place, one season was never going to be enough. #TheWheelOfTime #TwitterOfTime pic.twitter.com/CtuGitxPSn
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Square Enix is bringing a new game event to Marvel’s Avengers called Red Room Takeover. It will take place between May 20 to May 31.
In the all-new single-player event, Agent James “Jimmy” Woo has uncovered several anomalies within the HARM Room, the virtual training simulator the Avengers use to practice and master their abilities. These anomalies are linked to an unknown computer virus, courtesy of Rooskaya Protocols. Along with the virus are encrypted messages sent by

"Who's responsible… for my misery?!?" Paramount has debuted a official trailer for an indie crime drama set in Los Angeles titled Gully, made by filmmaker Nabil Elderkin, making his first narrative feature film after tons of music videos previously. This originally premiered at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival a few years ago, finally available to watch this summer in select theaters and VOD. Three teens living in L.A., all victims of extreme childhoods, wreak a hedonistic riot across the

NBC has released a new promo for the eighth and final season of the hit comedy series Brooklyn Nine-Nine, featuring behind-the-scenes moments with the cast and footage of the show. The video, which you can check out in the player below, also revealed that Season 8 will premiere on Thursday, August 12, on NBC.
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As previously reported, in response to the murder of George Floyd, the final season has been redeveloped a few times wi

Marvel boss Kevin Feige has admitted that he regrets whitewashing The Ancient One character in Doctor Strange.
Tilda Swinton took up the role in the 2016 movie despite the fact the character is portrayed in the comics as an Asian man.
Marvel Studios defended the casting leading up to the film’s release, which led to a backlash.
“Marvel has a very strong record of diversity in its casting of films and regularly departs from stereotypes and source material to bring its MCU [Marvel cine

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Warner Bros. Pictures has released another behind-the-scenes featurette for Michael Chaves’ highly-anticipated The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, starring franchise leads Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga. The video provides some new footage that highlights the terrifying true events that inspired the story for the upcoming horror threequel. It also features a snippet from the actual exorcism of David Glatzel as well as an interview from Debbie Johnson, David’s si

"He's a basketball genius." Crackle has released the official trailer for a docu-series titled Promiseland, directed by filmmaker Dexton Deboree. Take an intimate journey with the NBA rookie Ja Morant as he navigates the perils of the 2019–2020 season—not just a challenging year for live basketball, but for all of humanity. Apart from the NBA pausing the season, the young point guard must grapple with a world utterly transformed by the pandemic and the urgent call for racial justice

"I'm doing this my way…" Vertical Ent. has released the official trailer for Akilla's Escape, an acclaimed "crime noir" film that originally premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival last fall. The second feature from Jamaica-Canadian filmmaker Charles Officer (also of Nurse.Fighter.Boy), the film is about the modern urban child-soldier. Saul Williams stars as Akilla Brown, who is about to cash out of his cannabis growing business. He then captures a fifteen-year-old Jamaican boy in

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Oscar nominee Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) is the latest star to join the ever-growing cast of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery sequel Knives Out 2 (via Deadline). Hudson will appear alongside Daniel Craig, who is reprising his role as Benoit Blanc, and the previously announced cast members Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, and Leslie Odom Jr. No plot or character details have been released yet for the upcom

After more than five months since the official confirmation of Hocus Pocus 2, Disney+ has finally announced that Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy have officially signed on to reprise their iconic witchy roles as the Sanderson sisters in the long-awaited sequel. In addition, executive producer Adam Shankman (Hairspray), who is currently in production for Disney+’s Enchanted sequel Disenchanted, has decided to exit the director’s chair due to scheduling conflicts.

Maisie Williams has launched her own film podcast, Frank Film Club.READ MORE: Maisie Williams: “Following ‘Game Of Thrones’ is an impossible challenge”The Game of Thrones actress’ new show takes a deep dive into cinema through the lens of four young women in the industry covering a wide range of genres: from pre-2000s to independent and box office, through to documentaries and foreign language.
Every Tuesday and Friday the hosts watch a film and get together to

Paramount has released the official trailer and poster for Romulus Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment’s upcoming crime drama, Gully. Directed by Nabil Elderkin in his feature film debut from a script by Marcus Guillory, the powerful and unflinchingly honest movie will be available on Digital and On Demand on June 8 from Paramount Home Entertainment and in select theaters on June 6 by Vertical Entertainment.
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Netflix and Studiocanal have released the first Gunpowder Milkshake posters for their upcoming action-thriller film, starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, and Michelle Yeoh. The star-studded film is scheduled to make its U.S. debut on July 14, exclusively on Netflix. Meanwhile, Studiocanal is planning for a theatrical release in Europe, Australia, & New Zealand) on July 21, with STXfilms still handling the international distribution in Canada, Lat

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Netflix and Studiocanal have released the first Gunpowder Milkshake posters for their upcoming action-thriller film, starring Karen Gillan, Lena Headey, Angela Bassett, Carla Gugino, and Michelle Yeoh. The star-studded film is scheduled to make its U.S. debut on July 14, exclusively on Netflix. Meanwhile, Studiocanal is planning for a theatrical release in Europe, Australia, & New Zealand) on July 21, with STXfilms still handling the international distribution in Canada, Lat

The full lineup for new movie and TV titles coming to HBO Max this March 2021 has been unveiled which you can check out below, along with the titles leaving the streaming service next month. This includes the series debut of new HBO Max original titled Starstruck, which follows a 20-something millennial in London, juggling two dead-end jobs and navigating the awkward morning-after when she discovers the complications of accidentally sleeping with a movie star.
Next month will also see

Chris Rock has said he thinks cancel culture is “disrespectful” to audiences.
The Spiral actor shared his thoughts in a new interview with The Breakfast Club, during which hosts Angela Yee DJ Envy asked him what he thought about cancel culture.READ MORE: ‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’ review: Chris Rock reboot gets caught in its own trapRock said the fear of being cancelled left comedians “scared to make a move.” He added: “What happens is that

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Universal Pictures is currently in the process of developing an untitled autobiographical movie, centered around the life and career of Grammy winner and Oscar-winning singer-actress Cher (Moonstruck). The project hails from Mamma Mia! producers Judy Craymer and Playtone’s Gary Goetzman.
“Gary and I are thrilled to be working with Cher again and this time bringing her empowering and true-life odyssey to the big screen,

"We're still in Africa, right?" Film Movement has debuted an official US trailer for a film from Congo titled The Mercy of the Jungle, from Rwandan filmmaker Joël Karekezi. This initially premiered back in 2018 at the Toronto FIlm Festival, and is finally getting a US release this year. It also played at the 2019 Seattle Film Festival. The Mercy of the Jungle is a road movie that deals with wars in Congo through the eyes of two lost soldiers in the jungle by showcasing their struggle, weak

Disney+ has released the official trailer for their upcoming series adaptation of Trenton Lee Stewart’s coming-of-age adventure novel series The Mysterious Benedict Society, starring Emmy winner Tony Hale (Veep). The video features Hale’s Mr. Benedict as he forms a quartet of gifted children, enlisting them for a mission against his evil twin brother Dr. Curtain. The series will be available for streaming on Friday, June 25.
Check out The Mysterious Benedict Society trailer in the p

Amazon Studios has successfully acquired the worldwide distribution rights to 20th Century Studios‘ film adaptation of the hit West End musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. Originally scheduled for a 2021 theatrical release, the film has now been slated to make its debut on September 17, 2021, exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie has quickly become one of the most beloved musicals of recent years,” Head of Amazon Studios, Jen

During a recent appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show, Jason Momoa shared new details about Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming Aquaman sequel. The actor confirmed that production is currently scheduled to start this summer in July. He also went on to reveal how he got the chance to have an important contribution in the creative process of the sequel by co-writing its story treatment with the encouragement of director James Wan.
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"Do you think I'm a schemer?" WB + HBO Max have unveiled the first teaser trailer for No Sudden Move, the latest Steven Soderbergh film following Let Them All Talk earlier this year, as well as his gig directing the 2021 Academy Awards show. The film will be premiering at the upcoming 2021 Tribeca Film Festival as a Centerpiece Gala selection. A group of criminals brought together under mysterious circumstances must quickly figure out how work together to uncover what's really going on when the

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With just three months left to go before the highly-anticipated debut of The Suicide Squad, director James Gunn continues to hype up the upcoming DC film by teasing fans with new details of the characters. In a recent interview with Associated Press, Gunn went on to praise Margot Robbie’s performance as Harley Quinn while teasing that he has given the character the coolest and biggest action sequence in The Suicide Squad due to Robbie’s commendable talents. He also s

"You are the bravest person I know!" Amazon has unveiled an official teaser for Everybody's Talking About Jamie, the movie musical based on the beloved stage musical that premiered in the UK on West End in 2017. This is also announcing that 20th Century will no longer release this in theaters (originally set for February this year), instead they've sold it off to Amazon to debut streaming this September. The film is about a teenager from Sheffield, England who desperately wants to be a drag que

"You think this is a game?" Brainstorm Media has released an official US trailer for a mysterious new film titled A Perfect Enemy, made by Catalonian filmmaker Kike Maíllo. This originally premiered at last year's Sitges Film Festival in the fall, and arrives on VOD in the US starting this June. A successful architect meets a mysterious, chatty young woman at the airport, causing him to miss his flight. They strike up a conversation that grows stranger and more twisted until it turns dea

Salma Hayek has revealed that she almost died of COVID-19 last year.
The actress, speaking to Variety in a new cover interview, said she contracted the virus during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 and was “begged” to go to the hospital.READ MORE: Unscripted telly and sci-fi escapism: how COVID-19 will change the future of film and TV“My doctor begged me to go to the hospital because it was so bad,” Hayek told the publication, after previously keeping her dia

A new trailer for Respect, the biopic of Aretha Franklin, has been released.READ MORE: Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018: an icon for feminism, the civil rights movement and the greatest soul singer of her generationThe film will cover the life of Franklin, played by Jennifer Hudson, from her childhood days as a gospel singer to her rise to stardom as the “Queen of Soul”.
Watch the trailer below, which covers the inception of Franklin’s classic song and the film’s namesake, &lsq

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Per the Hollywood Reporter, HBO Max’s Green Lantern has found its Alan Scott. Jeremy Irvine (Treadstone) will play the iconic comic book hero, who is one of the most high-profile gay characters in all of comics. However, the character being gay is a more recent development. Scott was introduced to be gay in 2012 and to have a boyfriend named Sam Zhao.
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On the eve of her 75th birthday, Cher has announced the release of her own biopic by the producers of Mamma Mia!.
The pop icon tweeted out the news in her typically loose, caps-lock fashion this morning, confirming the as-of-yet-untitled film would arrive via Universal Pictures.
Judy Craymer, who was the one to first come up with the idea to turn ABBA’s music into a stage musical, will produce the Cher film with Gary Goetzman, who produced the two films with her.Ok Universal is Doing Biopi

On the eve of her 75th birthday, Cher has announced the release of her own biopic by the producers of Mama Mia!.
The pop icon tweeted out the news in her typically loose, caps-lock fashion this morning, confirming the as-of-yet-untitled film would arrive via Universal Pictures.
Judy Craymer, who was the one to first come up with the idea to turn ABBA’s music into a stage musical, will produce the Cher film with Gary Goetzman, who produced the two films with her.Ok Universal is Doing Biopic

Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange was a hit when it landed in theaters in 2016. However, the film came under fire due its casting of several white actors, calling many to say the studio had whitewashed its cast. 
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In a recent interview with Men’s Health, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige acknowledged the mistakes, and said he regrets how they went about things. One of the biggest criticisms the

DC has revealed that its next DC Animated Movie will be centered around the extremely popular fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us, with a movie adaptation on the way. 
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Based on the fan-favorite game and the comic series that continues the story, Injustice: Gods Among Us will adapt the story of a dark alternate timeline in the DC Universe. An advance sneak peek of the film will be availab