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Watchmen executive producer and Emmy winner Tom Spezialy has joined Sony Pictures Television’s live-action Marvel series Silk as showrunner and executive producer with the project reportedly heading to Amazon Prime Video (via Deadline). The announcement comes as Spezialy has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios.
Silk is being penned and also executive produced by Good Trouble and Atypical writer Lauren Moon, who is Kore

A brand new clip for the upcoming anime film The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed By Light has been revealed and features the characters Zeldris and Gelda. You can check out the clip in the player below.
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed By Light is the second feature-length film based on the popular anime television series and manga. It will be directed by Takayuki Hamana and feature a brand new story set after The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon’s Judgement anime by the manga’s original writer and

Jim Carrey had quite the mid-90s run. The actor was already fairly well-known thanks to his stint on In Living Color, but back-to-back hits in Ace Venture: Pet Detective ($107 million worldwide), The Mask ($351M), Dumb and Dumber ($246M), Batman Forever ($336M), and Ace Venture: When Nature Calls ($212M) from February 1994 to November 1995 made the comedian a household name and earned him a $20M payday for his next venture, Ben Stiller’s The Cable Guy.
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The first season of AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. To celebrate the release, ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with star Alexa Mansour about the newest spinoff of The Walking Dead. Mansour discussed her thoughts on the first season, what it meant to join such a huge franchise, and even teased the upcoming Season 2.
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Today, Funimation announced subscribers to its anime streaming service in the United Kingdom and Ireland can now watch My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising.
My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising is the second film based on the popular anime television series. It is directed by Kenji Nagasaki and produced by Japan-based animation studio Bones. It originally released in Japan in December 2019. It came to North America in February 2020. The events in the film take place after the Meta Liberation Army arc in

The 2021 Mortal Kombat movie was relatively divisive, but many seemed to come a consensus that Josh Lawson’s Kano stole the show. In an upcoming interview for Long Story Short, the comedy he wrote and directed that’s slated to come out on July 2, he told ComingSoon that he not only appreciated the kind words, but also that he wasn’t expecting the best reviews of his career to come from his portrayal as the foul-mouthed Black Dragon leader.
When prompted about the praise,

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AJ Michalka (The Goldbergs, Schooled, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) has joined the cast of Showtime’s upcoming Ray Donovan follow-up movie, according to Deadline. Michalka is set to portray the younger version of Abby Donovan (previously played by Paula Malcomson) in the feature-length film.
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Leading star Liev Schreiber returns in the titular role for the movie, which p

Have you been itching to play Final Fantasy VII Remake but don’t own a PlayStation console? Or maybe you’ve been dying to play a remastered version of Alan Wake after playing Control? Whichever of those scenarios you fall under, you may be in luck. Both of those games might be coming to the Epic Games Store.
According to a recent leak, both Final Fantasy VII Remake and Alan Wake Remastered may be on its way to Epic’s digital storefront. The leaks hail from EpicData, a website

Konami hasn’t released a new Castlevania game since Lords of Shadow 2 in 2014 and has mainly focused on rereleases since. And a recent ratings board seems to point at that still being the case. The Australian games rating board has rated a game called Castlevania Advance Collection. While Konami hasn’t spoken about any such title, if real, it is likely a collection of the three Game Boy Advance Castlevania games: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, a

The CW has released the official promo for Walker Episode 1.15 titled “Four Stones In Hand,” featuring Cordell landing into some trouble after turning in his badge but seemingly finding himself unable to stay away from crime-solving. The episode will air on Thursday, June 24, and will be available to stream on The CW app and CWTV.com the following day.
Written by Paula Sabbaga and directed by Tessa Blake, the official synopsis for the episode reads:
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Following the recent cancellation of the sci-fi drama Manifest at NBC, Deadline brings word that Netflix is currently in talks with Manifest studio Warner Bros. TV to pick up the series. The streamer reportedly became the best possible destination for the canceled series after the first two seasons debuted on Netflix last week and climbed to the top spot in the U.S. The streamer is “evaluating the viability and financials” of possibly continuing the series. Creator Jeff Rake, who ha

Elizabeth Olsen has claimed she once saw Jessica Chastain rescue Naomi Watts from an aggressive security guard.READ MORE: ‘WandaVision’ review: a Marvel deep-dive into America’s treasure chest of telly treatsThe actor spoke on YouTube series First We Feast about the event, which she claimed took place at a fashion show.
“I was part of one of the craziest things I had ever seen,” Olsen said. The actor did not disclose the name of the design company, bu

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Amazon Studios and Millennium Media have finally announced the release date for Tanya Wexler’s forthcoming action-comedy feature titled Jolt, which will be led by Underworld alum Kate Beckinsale, who is making her return to the action genre after five years since Underworld: Blood Words. In addition, the date announcement also came with the release of first look photos, which you can check out in the gallery below, providing us our first glimpse at Beckinsale’s

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In a new Candyman featurette, director and co-writer Nia DaCosta shares her Juneteenth message while also describing how “horror is a really effective tool when it comes to telling stories about things that impact us on a social level.” New photos from the upcoming film were also released, which you can check out in the gallery below.
From Universal Pictures:
Juneteenth is a day that has historically recogni

Metroid Prime 4 has been in some sort of development hell since its announcement in 2017. After a long period of silence, Nintendo came out in early 2019 to say it had restarted development on the title. But that’s just a small baby Metroid-sized development hell compared to the Mother Brain-sized development hell that Metroid Dread was stuck in. Metroid Dread was originally concepted over 16 years ago and went through years and years of rumors and hardship before finally being one of the

Batman Forever fans are campaigning for director Joel Schumacher’s original cut of the film to be released for the film’s 26th anniversary.READ MORE: Joel Schumacher – 1939-2020: the maverick director who made studio films with serious styleThe hashtag #ReleaseTheSchumacherCut has been used on social media as a call to action, in a similar vein to the successful #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign.
Batman Forever was released under Warner Bros. in 1995. Although directed by Schumache

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Only days after The Flash director Andy Muschietti debuted a sneak peek at Ezra Miller’s upgraded suit as the Scarlet Speedster, the IT filmmaker continues to hype up the Warner Bros. Pictures’ long-in-development DC film by dropping another behind-the-scenes photo from its UK set. This time, the new The Flash photo offers our first look at Sasha Calle’s Supergirl suit, teasing the Girl of Steel’s upcoming DCEU debut. Ca

Henry Cavill has shared a new Geralt teaser for the upcoming second season of Netflix’s The Witcher, offering a few quick glimpses for fans to theorize over as we await the series’ return to the streamer.
 
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A post shared by Henry Cavill (@henrycavill)Last week a teaser featuring our first look at Ciri in Season 2 was also released during Netflix’s Geeked Week, along with the news that Netflix and CD PROJEKT RED will be hosting a WitcherC

"And I summon you to a war!" Hex Studios has released the official promo trailer for a new epic fantasy project called Dragon Knight, a throwback to the fantasy epics of the 70s and 80s. The film is in the midst of a funding round on Kickstarter so they can finish up their post-production and release the film later this year. When a malevolent force takes hold over the kingdoms of Agonos, a lone knight must embark on a perilous quest to find the last dragon, and save the world from this great a

I fought against resubbing for this. I just haven’t been into World of Warcraft like I once was. Don’t misunderstand, I was an avid player for many years and devoted way more time than I care to admit into building up these characters, especially around the release of this first major content update. I began playing the game in Vanilla, just before the Naxxramas update started. There was that rush to reach level 58 so I could join my friends in the extended content and I loved the n

Adult Swim has released the opening sequence for the highly-anticipated fifth season premiere of Rick and Morty, which is slated to make its return this Sunday, June 20. The video, which you can check out below, begins with a badly injured Rick as Morty tries to save them from their ship’s failing engine. It also features the arrival of Mr. Nimbus, who introduces himself as Rick’s nemesis from the sea. 
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"No turning back." Netflix has dropped this new short film for everyone to enjoy called Divinity Streak, created as part of a partnership between Netflix Film Club and Ghetto Film School. The 12-minute short is directed by Geno Brooks, from a script written by Jess Waters - who is actually the focus of this debut from Netflix. A young writer from Ohio now based in LA. This Netflix shorts program is designed to celebrate Black directors, and will include new short films weekly from up-and-coming

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Up-and-coming Australian actor Sam Rechner (Ruby’s Choice, The Wilds) has landed a key role in Steven Spielberg’s upcoming semi-autobiographical film. Rechner will play a high school classmate of the young, aspiring filmmaker at the center of the story.
Principal photography is scheduled to begin in July near Los Angeles, with a release planned for 2022.
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It has been nearly 49 years since the theatrical release of William Crain’s blaxploitation horror film Blacula, and now Variety brings word that MGM in partnership with BRON and Hidden Empire Film Group are currently in the process of developing a reboot of the 1972 cult classic. Deon Taylor, who is known for directing Meet the Blacks, The Intruder, Black and Blue, and Fatale, has officially signed on to helm and co-write the project, w

According to Variety, young actors Cameron and Nicholas Crovetti have officially been tapped for the leading roles opposite Oscar nominee Naomi Watts (The Ring) in Amazon Studios’ forthcoming English remake of Goodnight Mommy, based on the 2014 Austrian horror thriller of the same name. The 13-year-old twins are set to portray the roles of two brothers suspecting that the woman with her face covered in bandages isn’t their real mother, who will be played by Watts.
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Netflix’s Fatherhood is out on the streamer today. Directed by Paul Weitz the film follows an emotional true story about a widower who has to take on single parenthood unexpectedly after his wife dies the day after giving birth. It’s based on Matthew Logelin’s memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love. The film stars comedy superstar Kevin Hart in the lead role, Melody Hurd (Them), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), DeWanda Wise (She’s Gott

MGM has released the official trailer for their upcoming apocalyptic comedy titled How It Ends, starring director-actress Zoe Lister-Jones and Cailee Spaeny, who have previously worked together on last year’s The Craft: Legacy. The film is scheduled to arrive in select theaters and on VOD on July 20.
The video, which you can check out below, features Lister-Jones’ Liza as she tries to reconnect and make amends with her friends and family before an asteroid hits the planet. Throughou

Netflix has finally released the full trailer for the upcoming second season of their hit coming-of-age dramedy series Never Have I Ever, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan. The series is scheduled to make its return on Thursday, July 15.
The video features Devi’s new high school dilemma as she tries to choose between former nemesis Ben and long-time crush Paxton on who will be the one to fulfill her dreams of having an American high school boyfriend. It also teases a new school competition f

"Pretty much all of ’em have been James Bond at one point or another." BritBox UK has debuted an official trailer for the documentary called Hollywood Bulldogs, telling the rough-and-tumble story of the small community of British stunt performers who went on to dominate Hollywood in the 1970s and 80s. The full title is Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman, from director Jon Spira. They created and performed the iconic action sequences of 007, Indiana Jones,

Roadside Attractions has released the official Joe Bell trailer for Reinaldo Marcus Green’s upcoming biographical drama, centering around a true father-and-son story about acceptance and redemption. The film is scheduled to make its debut in theaters on Friday, July 23. Its current release date will see the Mark Wahlberg-led drama going up against three major competitors in the form of Paramount Pictures’ action G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes, Universal Pictures’ M. Night Shyamal

"I still got a lot of road ahead of me." Roadside Attractions has unveiled an official trailer for Joe Bell, a heartfelt drama which first premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival. The latest from up-and-coming filmmaker Reinaldo Marcus Green (of Monsters and Men previously, and the upcoming King Richard). The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the entire U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being ga

Netflix’s Fatherhood is out on the streamer today. Directed by Paul Weitz the film follows an emotional true story about a widower who has to take on single parenthood unexpectedly after his wife dies the day after giving birth. It’s based on Matthew Logelin’s memoir Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love. The film stars comedy superstar Kevin Hart in the lead role, Melody Hurd (Them), Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), DeWanda Wise (She’s Gott

"Honor the fallen… by claiming revenge." Well Go USA has released an official trailer for a violent Hong Kong action film titled The Fatal Raid directed by Jacky Lee. This originally opened in Hong Kong in 2019 and is part of the new wave of "girls-with-guns" action films coming out of HK recently. It also played at the New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), and arrives in the US this August. Two elite police teams head up a secret operation following a dangerous smuggling ring across the

Milla Jovovich has spoken out about her new film Monster Hunter being pulled from cinemas in China.READ MORE: ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ review: king of the monstersAs part of an exclusive interview with NME, Jovovich addressed the backlash that the film received. The issue stemmed from a ten second-long exchange that some Chinese viewers believed to “insult China”.
The moment in question saw Jovovich’s Asian co-star MC Jin in conversation with a white male character.
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Wiz Khalifa has been confirmed to play Parliament leader George Clinton in a new Casablanca Records biopic.
As reported by Deadline, Spinning Gold, a film about Casablanca Records chief Neil Bogart, is currently in production.
The film will chart the rise of the Bogart’s Buddah and Casablanca labels during the 1960s and 1970s.
The latter put out the majority of Parliament‘s records during the 1970s. Deadline has reported that the film’s soundtrack will include new covers of cla

An All Elite Wrestling console video game has been in the works for some time now, but now fans anxiously awaiting information have some real footage of the game to check out.
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After taking a hiatus last October, Xbox Design Lab is back allowing users to create their very own custom Xbox controller. This time around, the program now features the Xbox’s newest wireless controller iteration.
The Xbox Design Lab has a plethora of options to choose from when creating your own Xbox Wireless Controller. Almost every external part of the controller can be color-customized including the body, back case, D-pad, bumpers, triggers, thumbsticks, face buttons, and the View,

The ending of the second episode of Disney’s Loki was a shocker to fans, as the show formally introduced Lady Loki to the world while also seeing Tom Hiddleston’s Loki seemingly escaping the grasps of the Time Variance Authority. 
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Speaking to ComicBookMovie in a recent interview, Loki’s head writer Michael Waldron spoke about the ending of the second episode and also said that the next e

Martial arts films have seen a resurgence lately, partially due to the popularity of mixed martial arts and the advent of streaming. Dimitri Logothetis has helped revive the legendary Kickboxer film franchise and released Jiu Jitsu starring Nicolas Cage to Netflix. Now Logothetis is looking to continue both franchises with films, comic books, and television series.
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke to Logothetis about the future of the Jiu Jitsu and Kickboxe

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Emma Tammi has officially joined on to direct STXfilms’ upcoming horror thriller Dollhouse, according to a recent report from Deadline. 
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The film, which is being written by Michael Paisley (The Witcher), is set in the world of the upper echelon of New York City’s fashion scene and is being described as a psychological thriller in the same spirit as Darre