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Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has been out on HBO Max and in theaters for a few weeks and has been received relatively well. And while this has been a chance for some to check out the original books or David Lynch’s bizarre 1984 film, some have taken it upon themselves to look into more obscure parts of the series’ history. Retro Room Games is trying to capitalize on this by delving into a canceled Dune shooter video game for the Game Boy Advance. The company is stripping o

Who's ready for a mischievous adventure? This fun animated short titled Boys Night in Sidera Institute is worth a quick watch, especially if you're into animation and/or character design. The short is made by the filmmaker Adam Musa Othman - who's studying character animation at the well-known CalArts Institute in California. "It's a film about these two animals in space," is how Adam introduces this. Two scientists roam in the institute they work for, way past space curfew. They go around tryi

According to Variety, Miramax has filed a lawsuit accusing filmmaker Quentin Tarantino of copyright infringement over selling NFTs based on the Pulp Fiction screenplay. The sale was recently announced at a crypto-art convention in New York.
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The apparent plan is to auction off NFT based on excerpts from Tarantino’s original handwritten script for the movie “accompanied by commentary.” The outlet re

Matt Reeves’ The Batman film is still slated for March 4, 2022, but that’s not the only piece of media with that title that’s coming next year. Warner Bros. announced that it was releasing The Batman: The Complete Series on Blu-ray, which will be a remaster of the six-time Daytime Emmy-winning The Batman TV series that debuted in 2004. It is coming out on February 1, 2022 for $69.99 in a bundle that includes both a physical and digital copy.
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"I just killed a dead guy!" Lionsgate has unveiled an official trailer for an indie direct-to-VHS horror film called Amityville Uprising, another B-movie creation from the genre filmmaker Thomas J. Churchill - of Amityville Harvest, The Business of Christmas, and Big Freaking Rat recently. The Amityville franchise has entered public domain, hence the over-use of the concept despite none of it having any real connection to the original story or the original ghosts or anything. Amityville Uprisin

According to Variety, Starz has officially given a series order to the upcoming Party Down revival of the short-lived sitcom from Paul Rudd, John Enbom, Rob Thomas, and Dan Etheridge, who are all coming back to serve as executive producers. The original cast including Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, and Megan Mullally have signed on to reprise their respective roles as Henry, Constance, Ron, Roman, Kyle, and Lydia.
However, Emmy nominee Lizzy Caplan will not be abl

The original cast of Harry Potter will reunite for a HBO special to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first film, Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone.READ MORE: Harry Potter & The Cursed Movie: how Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald became JK Rowling’s most controversial filmDaniel Radcliffe (Harry), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), alongside director Chris Columbus and other cast members over the franchise, will feat

Dragon Ball is known for its fighting games and RPGs, but now it’s getting into asymmetrical multiplayer game territory with Dragon Ball: The Breakers. This upcoming online title is coming out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC in 2022. A closed beta is “coming soon” to PC.
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The announcement trailer debuts both in-game footage and a cinematic meant to convey

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone just turned 20, folks! Yeah, it’s officially an old movie. Kids who were 10 when the Chris Columbus film was released are now 30. Daniel Radcliffe is 32. Let that sink in.
Yet, perhaps because the final installment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II, wrapped up the Potter saga a mere 10 years ago, the series still feels fresh. Indeed, if Columbus actually managed to make a big-screen adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, I w

Amazon Prime Video has revealed the full trailer for the upcoming sixth and final season of The Expanse. The video highlights the Rocinante crew and the combined fleet of Earth and Mars continuing space war against Marco Inaros and his Free Navy. It also teases the arrival of a new threat beyond the Rings.
Check out The Expanse Season 6 trailer in the player below.Brace yourselves for a hard burn. #TheExpanse final season is almost here! pic.twitter.com/P6yS4mCN9H
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Let’s talk Red Notice, Netflix’s newest $200 million action comedy written and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who has previously given us films like Central Intelligence and Skyscraper. This movie tells the story of a heist surrounding Cleopatra’s eggs surrounding an FBI profiler and two of the most skilled thieves in the world. But let’s be honest—you’re not going to watch this movie because you think the premise is interesting. You’re going to wa

"This is why businesses slow down, neither of you know how to stick at one thing." Samuel Goldwyn Films has debuted a new US trailer for this indie dramedy from Australia titled June Again, made by filmmaker JJ Winlove. This already opened in Australia & New Zealand months ago, and is arriving in the US on VOD starting next January. During a fleeting bout of lucidity from her dementia, June Wilton has precious little time to bring together her estranged children, save the family business, a

The original cast of Ghostbusters reunited on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ahead of the release of Ghostbusters: Afterlife.READ MORE: Finn Wolfhard: “It still doesn’t feel real that I’m in Ghostbusters”Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson all appeared on the popular chat show to discuss their involvement in the sequel. The trio starred in 1984’s Ghostbusters and its sequel in 1989, alongside the late Harold Ramis who played Egon Spengler.
They also fi

Following the recent addition of Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, Netflix has announced three new cast members who are set to join the forthcoming live-action Avatar: The Airbender series. This includes Kim’s Convenience star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as he officially signs on for the fan-favorite role of Uncle Iroh, the Fire Lord’s older brother. The beloved character is described as a retired Fire Nation general and the wise and nurturing mentor to his hot-headed nephew, Prince Zuko.
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Marvel has released a humorous Hawkeye clip showing the banter fans can expect to see between Clin Barton and Kate Bishop in the show. The Disney+ series’ two-episode streaming premiere is on November 24 with weekly episodes following suit.
The new Hawkeye clip features the two talking about branding after a kid ignores Hawkeye for a cosplayer dressed as Ant-Man. Bishop believes one is dressed as him, but it’s of The Hunger Games‘ Katniss Everdeen instead.In this day

ComingSoon is thrilled to debut an exclusive clip from the bonus features of Candyman, available now on 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD from MGM and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (order here). The clip features director and co-writer Nia DaCosta, co-writer and producer Jordan Peele, and the original Candyman aka Daniel Robitaille played by Tony Todd.
The clip is from the Say My Name featurette titled “Robitaille Story” as the group discusses the story of the horrific murder of Danie

In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the theatrical release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, the original cast including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint are officially reuniting for the first time ever in HBO Max’s newest reunion special titled Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts. The long-awaited reunion is scheduled to make its HBO Max debut on New Year’s Day, January 1 when the clock strikes midnight.
“It has been an inc

Time for a first look at the upcoming Elvis movie! Director Baz Luhrmann tweeted out a very short teaser video with barely 15 seconds of footage of the new Elvis Presley movie he's working on. It was supposed to open this year, but they delayed it due to the pandemic and now it's scheduled for release in June 2022 next summer. "Made a little something to let you good people know we are taking care of business on June 24, 2022," he tweeted. The film chronicles the life and career of rock-and-rol

Ana de Armas’ role in No Time To Die was originally even smaller than the final cut, the film’s writers have revealed.READ MORE: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingNeal Purvis and Robert Wade recently told The Guardian that de Armas’ character, CIA agent Paloma, was “just a contact” at first.
“There’s no denying that what goes down very well with an audience is the whole Paloma sequence,” Pu

Starz has finally set the premiere date for Jeff Astrof and Sharon Horgan’s forthcoming horror-comedy Shining Vale, centering around a dysfunctional family who moves into a haunted house. The Courteney Cox-led series has now been scheduled to make its debut on March 6, 2022.Get ready to meet the newest (and oldest) residents of #ShiningVale when the @STARZ Original Series premieres on March 6. pic.twitter.com/VmaedGBD4N
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ComingSoon has an exclusive clip from The Horror Collective and Entertainment Squad’s horror-thriller Motherly, starring Lora Burke (For The Sake Of Vicious). The home invasion revenge tale is available now On Demand and on Digital.
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“A single mother and her nine-year-old daughter try to start a new life after her husband was imprisoned for murdering a young girl,” reads the official synopsis. “The mo

The Game Awards will continue on December 9 at 5 p.m. PT where one game will be crowned Game of the Year. And now, the Game of the Year nominees for the 2021 show have finally been revealed.
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As stated by Geoff Keighley during a short nominee reveal stream, the Game of the Year nominees are:Resident Evil Village
It Takes Two
Deathloop
Metroid Dread
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Psychonauts 2Keighley stated that 103 memb

STXfilms has dropped the official National Champions trailer for Ric Roman Waugh’s forthcoming sports drama film, starring Golden Globe nominee Stephan James and Oscar winner J.K. Simmons. The video, which you can check out below, features a rising star quarterback as he risk his future NFL career leading a player strike in hopes of getting fair compensation for all college football players.
The film is scheduled to make its debut in theaters on Friday, December 10, pitting it against thre

The new trailer for Adam McKay’s Netflix film Don’t Look Up has just been released – check it out below.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence star as climate scientists trying to save the world from a comet heading to Earth in the new satire.READ MORE: The best Leonardo DiCaprio memes the internet has to offerThe star-studded ensemble cast also features Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Cate Blanchett and more.
Check out the trailer

Golden Globe winner Baz Luhrmann took to Instagram to share the first Elvis footage from Warner Bros. Pictures’ forthcoming musical drama. The 21-second teaser, which you can check out below, provides our first glimpse of Austin Butler’s portrayal of the King of Rock.
The all-star biopic was recently delayed for three weeks and is currently slated to hit theaters on June 24, 2022, which pits it against Sony Pictures’ Reese Witherspoon-produced drama film Where the Crawdads Sing

"This is the worst news in the history of humanity and they just blew us off." Netflix has revealed the full-length official trailer for Don't Look Up, an epic ensemble sci-fi apocalypse comedy made by filmmaker Adam McKay, following his two other political satires The Big Short and Vice previously. The first teaser dropped a few months ago, but didn't show that much. The film tells the story of two low-level astronomers, Lawrence and DiCaprio, who go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an

The Don’t Look Up trailer has finally been released for the highly anticipated Netflix comedy directed by Adam McKay. The film has a star-studded cast featuring Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, and Meryl Streep. It’s out in theaters on December 10, 2021, and will release on Netflix on December 24.
Check out the Don’t Look Up trailer below:.@DontLookUpFilm is in select theaters December 10 and on @Netflix December 2

ComingSoon is debuting the exclusive trailer for the upcoming documentary Keep Sweet, which follows the FLDS and what is left of it ten years after their infamous prophet, Warren Jeffs, was imprisoned. The movie will premiere exclusively on discovery+ on November 24.
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“Warren Jeffs was the Prophet of the FLDS, an offshoot of Mormonism,” reads the official synopsis. “Jeffs’ demanded absolute loyalty

According to The New Yorker, César Award winner Kristen Stewart has signed on to join the cast of HBO’s forthcoming Irma Vep miniseries, based on Olivier Assayas’ 1996 cult classic film. The outlet notes that Stewart will be playing a small role in the Alicia Vikander-led drama, which is currently filming in Paris.
This marks the third collaboration between Stewart and Assayas after working together on 2014’s Clouds Sils Maria and 2016’s Personal Shopper.

"We gotta stick together on this, fellas." STX Films has unveiled the trailer for National Champions, an intriguing new football movie arriving in theaters this December. Unlike American Underdog (also out this fall), this one isn't so triumphant, as it tells the story of the student athlete strike. This movie follows a star quarterback, LeMarcus James plus teammate Emmett Sunday, who ignites a players strike hours before the biggest game of the year to fight for fair compensation, equality and

"The journey is understanding what the purpose is. I think everyone struggles with their journey." Oscope Labs has unveiled a trailer for a music documentary called Anonymous Club, profiling the Australian musician named Courtney Barnett. This film recently premiered at the 2021 Melbourne Film Festival, as Barnett is a Melbourne-based artist, and it's arriving in the US soon thanks to Oscope. This intro from MIFF sets up the film best: "The narration, forthright and unguarded, is voiced by Barn

Lionsgate is currently in the process of developing an English-language remake of Riders of Justice, based on the Danish action-thriller dramedy film which debuted last year. The project will be produced by Stranger Things producer Shawn Levy through his 21 Laps banner.
“There are few films that balance the action, emotion, and dark humor that Anders did so successfully in Riders of Justice,” Lionsgate’s President of Production, Erin Westerman said in a statement to The Ho

Tom Holland has called Spider-Man: No Way Home “dark” and “brutal”, saying it is “not fun” to watch.
The actor, who plays the titular superhero in the Marvel franchise, opened up about the forthcoming film which will be the final entry in the current trilogy.
“What people will be really surprised about is that it’s not fun, this film,” Holland told Total Film. “It’s dark and it’s sad, and it’s going to be really a

Lady Gaga‘s dialect coach on House of Gucci has said her accent is “more Russian” than Italian.
The musician and actor plays Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s biopic about the notorious murder of Maurizio Gucci.READ MORE: Lady Gaga – ‘Chromatica’ review: pure pop celebration from an icon in a world of her ownGaga had previously said she “spoke with an accent for nine months” to prepare for her role in the film, also saying she exp

Harry Styles has spoken out about his forthcoming role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The musician and actor broke his silence about being cast as Eros, the brother of notorious villain Thanos, in the future of the franchise.READ MORE: ‘Eternals’ review: a frequently stunning MCU origin storyAsked by Dazed about his first appearance, a brief cameo in the post-credits scene of Chloé Zhao’s Eternals, Styles said: “I’m only in right at the very end.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has revealed he wants to be the next James Bond.
The actor opened up about his interest in the role in light of Daniel Craig retiring from Bond after No Time To Die, in a new interview with Esquire.READ MORE: ‘No Time To Die’ review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingNodding to the fact that his grandfather Peter Maivia had starred in the franchise, as a villain in the 1967 entry You Only Live Twice, Johns

Halle Berry has said she wants to remake Catwoman as director.
The actor, who played the titular role in the 2004 film, has reflected on the character and said she would be keen to rework it behind the camera.READ MORE: ‘The Batman’ movie: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so far“I would love to direct Catwoman,” Berry recently told Jake’s Takes, reflecting on her experience having made her directorial debut with sports drama Bruised.
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Heavy Rain and Detroit: Become Human developer Quantic Dream is reportedly making a Star Wars game. The studio has yet to confirm or deny these reports, but it seems as though there’s more evidence that points towards its existence as another report has stated its alleged setting and codename.
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As picked up by Eurogamer, GameBeat’s Jeff Grubb spoke about Quantic’s Star Wars game during his weekly

The Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, starring Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson, is currently available to own on Blu-ray/DVD and digital platforms, and ComingSoon was able to speak with the film’s production/set designer, Ina Mayhew, about her work on the acclaimed pic.
Mayhew is known for her work with Spike Lee, Tyler Perry and has recently been praised for her visionary work on Respect by Architectural Digest, Film & Furniture, and Arch Daily.Jeff Ames: What led you to a career i