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Icon Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) has joined Paramount’s Pet Sematary prequel horror movie, joining Jackson White as a young Jud Crandall, Forrest Goodluck, Jack Mulhern, Natalie Alyn Lind, and Isabella Star LeBlanc (via Variety).
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Screenwriter Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, The Magic Order, Bambi) is set to helm the next installment, which will serve as her directorial debut. The movie is a follow-up a

Based on a true story, the film Midnight in the Switchgrass chronicles the serial abductions and murders of young women and the FBI agents that are trying to stop them. The directorial debut of Randall Emmett, the film stars Bruce Willis, Megan Fox, Emile Hirsch, Lukas Haas, and Caitlin Carmichael. It’s out in theaters and on demand on Friday, July 23, and releases on Blu-ray and DVD on July 27.
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Michael B. Jordan and his Black Superman project may have not gone anywhere a few years ago, but it looks like that is about to change as a new report claims that such a project is finally underway at HBO Max.
Collider reports that Jordan and his production company, Outlier Society, are making a project surrounding Val-Zod. The company has hired a writer, but their identity is still a secret. It’s also unclear if it is a series or a film. Jordan’s role has not been identified ei

We now have an official title for Dragon Ball Super Movie 2 as the 2022 release is now called Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.
The announcement of the new title came at Comic-Con at Home. It serves as the second Dragon Ball Super movie as Dragon Ball Super: Broly was previously released and took place after the anime series wrapped up.
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Check out the Dragon Ball Super: Super Her teaser trail

Steve Schirripa has spoken out about the forthcoming Sopranos sequel The Many Saints Of Newark.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: ‘The Sopranos’ actor Steve SchirripaThe actor who played Bobby Bacala in the original HBO series, which ran from 1999-2007, hailed the film’s recent trailer and said he’s hearing great things about the prequel.
“I saw the trailer, it looks great,” he told NME before adding: “I hear it’s wonderful and I’m lookin

Mark Wahlberg stars alongsideReid Miller in Joe Bell, which is out July 23 in theaters. Based on the tragic story behind the death of Jadin Bell, Wahlberg puts on an emotional performance as the father of a teenager that was bullied in school for being gay.
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“Joe Bell tells the intimate and emotional true story of an Oregonian father who pays tribute to his gay teenage son Jadin, embarking on a self-re

Following the recent addition of Kiefer Sutherland as U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Deadline brings word that Oscar-winning vet Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist) has officially signed on for a recurring role in Showtime’s forthcoming anthology series The First Lady. Burstyn will be portraying the role of Sara Delano Roosevelt, FDR’s mother who’s fiercely devoted to her only son. She was known to have had a complex and often domineering relationship with daughter-in-law, Elea

Focus Features has released the behind-the-scenes featurette and clip for Tom McCarthy’s upcoming Matt Damon-led drama Stillwater, which just had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. The featurette includes interviews by McCarthy, Damon, Abigail Breslin, and Camille Cottin as they talk about the unique and emotional story of a father who is just trying to save his daughter. As for the clip, it features Breslin’s character as she confides with her father about her form

Warner Bros. has announced that it will release at least 10 movies on HBO Max in 2022.
WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar revealed the development yesterday (July 22) and said distribution plans for the studio’s 2022 slate will be taken on a film-by-film basis, reports Variety.
Kilar claims the studio is leaning towards the 45-day window plan for movies that debut first in cinemas while at the same time Warner Bros. will step up the volume of made-for-HBO Max originals.
Movies that could premiere

During Amazon’s Comic-Con@Home panel, the streamer released The Wheel of Time poster, revealing the series will debut this November. You can check out the full poster, featuring Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) as Moiraine, now in the gallery below!
It was announced in May that the fantasy adventure series had received an early Season 2 renewal, which is currently in production.
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Based on the bestselling novel serie

DreamWorks’ animated film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans is out now on Netflix and sees the end of Guillermo Del Toro’s ambitious Tales of Arcadia trilogy of shows. The film has a star-studded cast featuring Emile Hirsch, Colin O’Donoghue, Alfred Molina, Nick Offerman, Kelsey Grammer, Nick Frost, Tatiana Maslany, Steven Yeun, and more.
“Following the events of the Tales of Arcadia trilogy, the heroes of Arcadia from the hit series Trollhunters, 3Below, an

During the virtual Star Trek Universe panel at Comic-Con@Home, the official trailer for Paramount+’s adult animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 2 debuted. The new season is set to premiere on August 12 on the streamer.
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Season 2 will pick up with Ensign Boimler (Jack Quaid) aboard the “U.S.S. Titan,” as captained by William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), while his o

As production continues on Paramount+’s The Offer, Deadline brings word that Anthony Ippolito has officially been tapped to portray the role of Al Pacino in the forthcoming limited series about the making of 1972’s The Godfather. This marks Ippolito’s first major TV project after previously starring in Netflix’s now-canceled teen drama Grand Army.
Pacino portrayed the role of Michael Corleone in the classic mafia film, which has been one of his most iconic characters to d

During the virtual Star Trek Universe panel at Comic-Con@Home, the teaser trailer for Nickelodeon and Paramount+’s animated series Star Trek: Prodigy was released. The series will debut on Paramount+ this fall.
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Star Trek: Prodigy follows six young aliens — Dal (Brett Gray), Gwyn (Ella Purnell), Rok-Tahk (Rylee Alazraqui), Murf (Dee Bradley Baker), Zero (Angus Imrie), and Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas) —

Showtime has released the full trailer for their newest crime thriller series titled American Rust, based on Philipp Meyer’s celebrated debut novel of the same name. Starring Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney, the series centers around a complicated and compromised chief of police, who is forced to decide how far he’s willing to go when the son of the woman he loves is accused of murder. It is scheduled to make its debut on September 12.
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The Mediapro Studio has released the teaser trailer for their forthcoming Spanish comedy feature titled Official Competition, starring Oscar winner Penélope Cruz and Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas. The film currently has no release date attached to it, but it is expected to be selected as part this year’s Venice International Film Festival lineup.
The Official Competition teaser, which you can check out below, features Cruz’s Lola Cuevas as she struggles to direct a film

Zack Snyder is developing a sequel to his Netflix zombie action movie Army Of The Dead.READ MORE: Zack Snyder’s Justice League review: an unflinching update fans can be proud ofAs confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter, Snyder has signed on for the sequel as part of a two-year first-look deal with Netflix.
However, development on the sequel won’t begin until after his next project Rebel Moon has been completed. Snyder will co-write, produce, and direct the upcoming sci-fi adve

A24 has released a new The Green Knight clip from David Lowery’s long-delayed medieval fantasy film, based on the timeless Arthurian legend. The video, which you can check out below, features Dev Patel’s Sir Gawain as he gets a cold wake-up call from Alicia Vikander’s character, who dumps a bucket of water on him.  The film is currently slated to debut in theaters next Friday on July 30. Its theatrical release sees The Green Knight going up against two competitors in

"We're surrounded by fire." CBS and Paramount+ have unveiled the official trailer for a documentary film titled Bring Your Own Brigade, the latest work from Oscar-nominated doc filmmaker Lucy Walker. This first premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and will be available both in theaters and streaming later in August this summer. Walker's documentary captures the horror and heroism of the deadliest week of wildfires in California history and explores the causes and solu

During James Gunn, John Cena, and Margot Robbie’s recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the trio have officially debuted the first two clips from Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly-anticipated DC movie The Suicide Squad, which both teases the team’s dynamic.
The first video features the titular team discussing their strategy on how they could blend in at Corto Maltese, with Alice Braga’s Sol Soria strongly suggesting that King Shark must stay out of sight due to his appearan

Vampire thriller and airplane hostage film Blood Red Sky is out today on Netflix. Directed by Peter Thorwarth, the film stars Peri Baumeister in the lead role and Dominic Purcell  as the leader of the hijackers.
“A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight,” reads the official synopsis. “In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash

ComingSoon is debuting the exclusive new key art from the upcoming horror movie Pretty Boy, directed by Marcel Walz (Blood Feast, Blind) and written by Joe Knetter (George A. Romero’s Twilight of the Dead). You can check out the art, along with a few photos from the film, in the gallery below!
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In the slasher, a masked killer named Pretty Boy takes a blind woman from her home in the Hollywood hills and cr

Comedy Central has released the official trailer for the upcoming second season of their hit comedy series Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, which is scheduled to make its return on August 18, with a special two-episode event. In addition to the trailer release, the network has also revealed Season 2’s star-studded guest lineup which includes Margaret Cho (All-American Girl), Alex Borstein (The Marvel Mrs. Maisel), Ross Butler (Shazam! Fury of Gods), Haley Joel Osment (Goliath), and Chloe Fin

They Are Us, A fictional film about the Christchurch mosque shootings starring Rose Byrne, has been put on hold.
They Are Us came under fire from New Zealand’s Muslim community when it became clear that the film’s focus would be on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Its title is pulled from one of the speeches that Ardern, who is to be played by Byrne, made at the time of the 2019 attacks. 51 people were killed in the shootings.
Ardern, who did not consult on the film, has distanced hers

"A natural anomaly," the resort manager says at the beginning of the film. Yes, indeed it is. This is one of those lines from early on in the film that is a big wink at what's to come – not only about the film itself but with the strange beach they end up at. Old is the latest film from provocative, twisty filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, trying something new by adapting a French graphic novel called "Sandcastle" by Pierre-Oscar Lévy & Frederick Peeters. The story follows a family

"What was that?" An official trailer has unveiled for a horror thriller called The Deep House, one of two new films from French horror filmmakers Alexandre Bustillo & Julien Maury arriving this year - along with Kandisha. The Deep House is premiering at this summer's Fantasia Film Festival, which is where this new trailer comes from. A young couple goes to France to explore an underwater house and share their findings on YouTube as part of their passion for "urbex" - the exploration of hard

"We float in the virtual." Cohen Media has released an official US trailer for a French romantic drama titled Who You Think I Am, made by filmmaker Safy Nebbou. This premiered back in 2019 at the Berlin Film Festival and played at a number of film festivals that year and it also opened in Europe that year. Now it's finally getting a US release after all this time. Adapted from a novel, Juliette Binoche stars as a 50-year-old divorced teacher who creates a fake online persona of a beautiful 24-y

Kevin Hart has posted friend and fellow comedian Nick Cannon’s phone number on a series of billboards as a prank.READ MORE: ‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ – Film ReviewHart posted advertisements featuring Cannon’s direct number in Los Angeles, New York and Atlanta this week.
“For any advice on fatherhood? Call my best friend Nick Cannon,” the billboards read. “Hey guys! Here is his cell #.”
Hart posted a photo of the billboard on his Instag

Yasiin Bey has said that he won’t play Thelonious Monk in a forthcoming biopic after learning that the late jazz musician’s family disapproves of the film.READ MORE: Why Mos Def’s retirement is potentially terrible news for musicThe artist, who was a successful child actor long before he found rap stardom, said in a new video that he was given “every indication” by the production company that Monk’s family were on board with the project.
But T.S. Monk –

M. Night Shyamalan’s latest thriller Old releases in theaters this Friday, July 23. The film stars Gael García Bernal, Vicky Krieps, Alex Wolff, and Thomasin McKenzie as a family whose vacation goes deadly wrong after they wind up on an inescapable beach that causes rapid aging.
“Visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few

The world of Genshin Impact is getting a familiar face soon, as MiHoYo and Guerrilla Games announced on Thursday that Aloy, the machine dinosaur hunter and main character from Horizon Zero Dawn, would be joining the game as a free playable character. 
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There’s no information on when Aloy will be joining the game, but she will be a five-star character, and will only be a limited-time offer, according to MiHoYo. As for