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Mahershala Ali is stepping into big shoes for his role as Blade in the upcoming Marvel Studios film. The previous actor to do so, Wesley Snipes, recently stated that he thinks Ali will do great taking up the mantle. And now, Ali has responded to Snipes’ words of encouragement.
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“Man, you know, [I’m] humbled and so encouraged by that,” Ali said during a recent appearance on The Breakfast Cl

"Anton may be done with life, but life ain’t done with Anton." This animated short film originally premiered in 2013 and we're just now catching up with it thanks to a reminder from our friends at Short of the Week. Life is Beautiful is made by an Amsterdam-based filmmaker named Ben Brand, who has won awards for his many short films over the years (you'll recognize gifs from this one). This one is about an aging man who makes a decision to change his measly existence, and in doing so "dis

Spider-Man: No Way Home is just a week away from release, and ahead of its premiere, actor Willem Dafoe teased how his Green Goblin costume might be much different in this film.
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“The costumes are much more comfortable than they were before,” Dafoe said during a recent panel at CCXP, where he was joined by Alfred Molina and Jamie Foxx. “I remember the initial fitting, to create the costume fo

Jennifer Lawrence and Adam McKay are teaming up again on Bad Blood, a biopic about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes.
The actor will play Holmes in the forthcoming film, set to be written, directed and produced by McKay. The pair most recently worked together on the Netflix film Don’t Look Up.
Bad Blood will follow Holmes’ “spectacular rise and fall, one that began with the promise of revolutionizing the health care system and ended with the collapse of her compa

Voice actress Colleen O’Shaughnessey has confirmed that she will voice Miles “Tails” Prower in the upcoming sequel to the Sonic the Hedgehog film.
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O’Shaughnessey announced on Twitter that she would be doing the voice and couldn’t wait for fans to see how the character will be in the film. Fans got a small tease at Tails at the end of the first film when he arrives through a ring portal

A new trailer for the upcoming mobile and Nintendo Switch game Star Wars: Hunters has been released, showcasing some gameplay as well as how the four-on-four title will look on mobile devices.
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In the trailer, players are dropped into the multiplayer arena, and are treated to a variety of combat scenes featuring some of the characters from the game, including the Mandalorian combatant Aran Tal, a Wookie named Grozz seeking ch

James Cameron has opened up about his vision for his unmade Spider-Man film.
The Avatar filmmaker had been interested in bringing the Marvel web-slinger to the big screen before Sam Raimi’s trilogy began in 2002, but he failed to secure the rights.
In his new book Tech Noir: The Art Of James Cameron, the director calls his version of Spider-Man “the greatest movie I never made,” according to IndieWire.
Cameron went on to describe his ideas for the project in

"I want to do everything properly this time. When you're there, it works…" Sky Cinema has unveiled the first trailer for a charming holiday time loop comedy called Last Train to Christmas, streaming on Sky Cinema in the UK in a few weeks. I hope it lands in the US soon, too! I LOVE this concept. Things are going pretty great for successful nightclub manager Tony Towers in 1985. He is a local celebrity and engaged to Sue, but events take a turn for the strange when he gets the 3:17 train

ComingSoon is excited to premiere the official The Translator trailer for the upcoming action thriller set during the Syrian revolution. Launch Releasing is putting out the film on VOD on February 1, 2022. Directed by Rana Kazkaz and Anas Khalaf, the film stars Ziad Bakri, Yumma Marwan, David Field, Sawsan Arsheed, and Miranda Tapsell.
“In 2000, Sami was the Arabic-English translator for the Syrian Olympic team in Sydney, Australia. A slip of the tongue forced him to st

One of the most iconic cartoon cats is set to join the roster of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, as publisher GameMill Entertainment and developer Ludosity have announced that Garfield is entering the platform fighter. The classic character from the iconic Jim Davis comic strips will join the game on December 9 on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation as a free downloadable character. Switch owners have to wait a little longer, but that specific date has not been revealed.
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Following her return to the Halloween franchise in this year’s Halloween Kills, Variety brings word that Kyle Richards has officially finalized the deal for her return in David Gordon Green’s forthcoming third installment titled Halloween Ends. Richards will be once again be reprising her role as Lindsey Wallace, a character that she first played at the age of eight in the original 1978 horror classic.
“We are thrilled that Kyle will be reprising her role in Halloween Ends,&rdq

Get Out has been named the greatest screenplay of the 21st century, by the Writers Guild of America West.
The guild revealed its updated list of “101 Greatest Screenplays of the 21st century (so far” yesterday (December 6), with Jordan Peele’s breakout horror making it to the top spot.READ MORE: Daniel Kaluuya: “My life’s mad, I can’t even process it”“As the number one vote-getter, Get Out is this list’s version of Casabla

HBO Max has officially decided to renew creator Mindy Kaling’s comedy-drama series The Sex Lives of College Girls for a second season. According to the streamer, the series has been consistently ranking among its top titles since it made its debut nearly three weeks ago. The renewal comes ahead of this Thursday’s premiere of the first season’s final two episodes.
“Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble have created and written a show that is full of heart, female friendships,

According to Deadline, Apple Original Films has successfully acquired the distribution rights to Adam McKay’s long-in-development biographical drama film Bad Blood, after several months of negotiations. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence has been attached for the leading role since the project was first announced in 2016, where Legendary originally won the rights to the project in a bidding war against multiple studios.
The acquisition comes ahead of McKay and Lawrence’s forthcoming sci-

Ubisoft unveiled Quartz on Tuesday, a move into the world of blockchain technology and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs as they’re most commonly known. Quartz will be an NFT platform for its games when it launches on December 9, with the first game set to support the platform being Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint.
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In essence, players will be able to unlock limited-edition cosmetic items (called “Digits” in Q

Film geeks! This one is for you! A projectionist recently uploaded a video of his work in the projection booth threading a 70mm print of Paul Thomas Anderson's new film Licorice Pizza. The video was shot at the Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn and follows Yves (in POV) as he threads the giant 70mm film reels and prepares them for projection in the cinema. Yay! It's like watching those decadent cooking videos where they make the most incredible food. But with cinema! Ah… the lost art of threadin

Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings is getting a sequel film and spin-off series, courtesy of Disney+.READ MORE: Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings review: martial arts blockbuster kickstarts Marvel’s next phaseThe Marvel film, released in cinemas earlier this year, will set up further stories with writer and director Destin Daniel Cretton at the helm.
“Destin is an amazing collaborator who brought a unique perspective and skill to Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rin

According to Deadline, Oscar nominee Sylvester Stallone is currently in talks for the leading role in Paramount+’s crime drama series titled Kansas City, which hails from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. This marks Sheridan’s latest Paramount+ project after heading Mayor of Kingstown and 1883.
“Taylor is a prolific creator because of the multi-dimensional characters he creates and the complex worlds he builds,” executive producer David C. Glasser said in a s

Developer Heart Machine’s first title, Hyper Light Drifter, was a solid debut that took the trappings of an early 2D Legend of Zelda game and layered in a beautiful pixelated aesthetic and simple yet satisfying combat system. Solar Ash, the team’s second game, is radically different, keeping an inherently alluring visual style, but taking place in a small, 3D semi-open world. However, unlike the studio’s last game, Solar Ash lacks any sort of mechanical complexity or narrative

A movie musical based on the music of R&B group Boyz II Men is in the works.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Malcolm D. Lee (Space Jam: A New Legacy, Girls Trip) is in talks to direct and produce the film, titled Brotherly.
The film follows a group of men who “will return to West Philadelphia for a high school reunion 20 years after having gone their separate ways – eventually finding hope, redemption and a new understanding of the enduring power of friendship,” accord

"You can hear it too?" "It's calling." Netflix has released an official teaser trailer for the new anime project Bubble, a new feature film from the "Death Note" and "Attack on Titan" filmmaker Tetsuro Araki. How's this for a wild concept: The story is set in Tokyo, after bubbles that broke the laws of gravity rained down upon the world. Cut off from the outside world, Tokyo has become a playground for a group of young people who have lost their families, acting as a battlefield for parkour tea

After its reveal during September’s PlayStation Showcase, Sony had stated that the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection, a upgraded bundle of the two PlayStation 4 Uncharted games, was coming out on PlayStation 5 in early 2022. Now, three months later, the company has gotten more specific. The Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection PS5 release date is January 28, 2022 and will be $49.99 (but there are upgrade paths for those with the PS4 versions). The PC port is co

"You've gotta watch your water, stay out of the town. Ain't no joke out here." Madman Films in Australia has unveiled an official trailer for the film Gold, not to be confused with the other Gold film with Matthew McConaughey. This one is a thriller about two drifters traveling across a deserted wasteland who stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found. It was filmed in Australia last year, and opens down there first starting in January. No US release is set yet. Zac Efron co-stars with A

The official Gold trailer for Australian actor-director Anthony Hayes’ forthcoming survival thriller film has been revealed, starring Zac Efron (The Greatest Showman). The film is scheduled to arrive in Australian cinemas on January 13, 2022. Meanwhile, Screen Media will officially be handling its North American theatrical distribution, but they haven’t currently set a date yet for its U.S. debut.
The Gold trailer features a man as he finds a gold nugget in the middle of a

Leonardo DiCaprio’s father George has a cameo in Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film Licorice Pizza.READ MORE: ‘Licorice Pizza’ review: a sunny slice of California life topped with Alana HaimLast week, New York Times reporter Kyle Buchanan revealed some outtakes from his interview with the director where Anderson discussed how he cast George for the role of a man who “owned a wig shop that sold water beds”.
Speaking to Entertainment Tonight about his father’

"Giovana, you have to accept the cloud." Blue Fox Entertainment has released an official US trailer for the Brazilian indie sci-fi drama The Pink Cloud. This originally premiered at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and is finally getting a theatrical release (in NY & LA) starting in January 2022. The whole film is eerily related to the pandemic, but was actually written & shot all before it happened. After a toxic and mysterious pink cloud appears, Giovana finds hersel

Three new official Black Adam photos for Warner Bros. Pictures’ long-in-development superhero film have been released (via Total Film), offering us a closer look at Dwayne Johnson as he dons the anti-hero’s iconic black suit. The film is currently slated to hit theaters on July 29, 2022.
The photos, which you can check out below, reveal the behind-the-scenes look at the film’s electrifying first sneak peek clip, which was first shown during last October’s DC FanDome 2021.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock has said her Little Mix bandmates were “very supportive” of her move into acting for new film Boxing Day.READ MORE: Aml Ameen on directing the UK’s first all-Black Christmas romcomThe singer makes her acting debut as Georgia in the rom-com, which is the first UK Christmas film to feature an all-Black cast, where she stars opposite the film’s writer and director Aml Ameen.
Speaking to NME about how Little Mix bandmates Jade Thirlwall and Perrie Edwards r

Alec Baldwin has deleted his Twitter account days after his first TV interview about the recent Rust tragedy.
The actor’s main verified account @AlecBaldwin is no longer on the site, listed as “this account doesn’t exist” when searched. His other account @AlecBaldwin___ however remains active but hasn’t been used in over a year.
The deleted account was used to issue Baldwin’s first statement following the shooting. His wife, Hilaria Baldwin, has sinc

When asked about the future of Sony Pictures’ Tom Hardy-led Venom franchise, executive producer Amy Pascal has confirmed that Venom 3 is currently in the “planning stages right now.” However, Pascal understandably wasn’t able to elaborate more about their plans for the third installment following Venom: Let There Be Carnage as their current focus is towards the debut of the highly-anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home.
“We are in the planning stages right now but what

Coming off from starring in Netflix’s Army of the Dead, and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune remake, Deadline brings word that Dave Bautista has entered negotiations for the leading role in M. Night Shyamalan’s next Universal Pictures film titled Knock at the Cabin. Further details about the project’s plot and characters are still being kept under wraps.
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Set to arrive in theaters on February 3, 2

Hide and Seek is currently available to rent or purchase on digital platforms, and to commemorate the release, ComingSoon.net spoke with composer Timothy Stuart Jones who discussed his work on the thriller.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars in the intense psychological thriller filled with shocking twists and turns. After the death of his wealthy father, Noah seeks his outcast brother to make amends and share the family fortune. But the family harbors a dark secret and a series of cryptic clues will le

A new trailer has been released for The Matrix Resurrections ahead of its worldwide release on December 22.READ MORE: The Matrix Resurrections: release date, trailers, cast and everything we know so farDirected by Lana Wachowski, who helmed every previous film in the franchise alongside sister Lilly, The Matrix Resurrections sees Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss reprise their roles as Neo and Trinity respectively.
While previous trailers have focused on where the narrative picks up followi

Demon Slayer’s second season, and the “Entertainment District Arc,” has officially kicked off with an episode double the usual run-time. Despite all that extra time, however, this first episode is a much slower-paced one that does a lot of exposition and groundwork for what’s to come. 
Things start off right at the end of the Mugen Train Arc, as the party mourns the death of Rengoku, the Flame Hashira. In fact, the whole first half of the episode feels like a way to

James Cameron is known for his movies about xenomorphs, a big boat, blue aliens, and killer robots. However, he is not known for his movies about men who have been bitten by radioactive spiders. This is because, despite his efforts, he never actually got to make a Spider-Man movie. Cameron recently opened up more about the Spider-Man film he wanted to make after Terminator 2 and what he was aiming to do with Marvel’s most famous web slinger.
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