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Disney+ has announced the main cast for the upcoming series adaptation of American Born Chinese, which is based on Gene Luen Yang’s 2006 graphic novel. Leading the talented international cast is Michelle Yeoh, who is reuniting with director and executive producer Destin Daniel Cretton after last year’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Production is expected to begin later this month in Los Angeles.
Joining Yeoh are Ben Wang (MacGyver), Yeo Yann Yann (Wet Season), Chin

Demon Slayer‘s Entertainment District Arc is getting an extended finale, with the eleventh and final episode of the arc set to be a 45-minute special.
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The news comes via the official website of the anime (via Funimation), which announced that next week’s episode of Demon Slayer will act as a 45-minute “extended finale” of the Entertainment District Arc. The title of the episode was also r

One of the first things animators learn when starting out is how to animate a bouncing ball, an important part of mastering the techniques. This entertaining animation project continues that intriguing concept by inviting collaboration worldwide with a simple pitch: pass the ball. Created by animation filmmaker Nathan Boey, Pass the Ball features a total of 40 unique animated segments. His idea: "I always liked how rappers were able to collaborate with other rappers by featuring them on their s

Prime Video has debuted the official trailer for the upcoming fourth season of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, featuring the return of Rachel Brosnahan as the titular aspiring stand-up comedian. It is currently scheduled to return on February 18.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Season 4 trailer, which you can check out below, features a more fierce and determined Midge as she now thrives for creative freedom by turning down opening act gigs and trying to become the headliner on all of her shows.
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Eddie Izzard has been cast as Dr. Nina Jekyll in Joe Stephenson’s forthcoming film Dr. Jekyll.
The new story promises to reimagine Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr Hyde in a “modern” way.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Eddie IzzardDr. Jekyll will follow Nina as she finds friendship with her newly hired help, Rob (emerging actor Scott Chambers) who “must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her li

Hulu has revealed the official trailer for the upcoming limited drama series The Dropout, which stars Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried as Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. It is scheduled to make its debut on March 3, 2022, with the release of the first three episodes.
The Dropout trailer, which you can check out below along with the key art, highlights a college dropout’s idea about a portable blood-testing machine that could potentially change the world. However, due to her greed for succe

Steven Soderbergh has said he’s unlikely to direct a major franchise blockbuster because there’s “no fucking”.
The Ocean’s Eleven filmmaker was asked in a recent interview with The Daily Beast whether he’s often approached to direct the likes of superhero films and explained why “I just don’t know where to start.”READ MORE: Magic Mike XXL – Film ReviewDiscussing his difference in taste, Soderbergh clarified “it’s n

As promised, Telltale Games is giving an update on The Wolf Among Us 2, a game that was originally announced in 2019 after the team collapsed the year prior. The Game Awards’ Geoff Keighley is hosting a behind-the-scenes stream of the game on February 9 at 10 a.m. PT. This stream will also have a trailer.Wednesday, it's finally time: Greetings from Fabletown!
You’re invited to join me for a behind-the-scenes look at The Wolf Among Us 2 #TWAU2Streaming live Wednesday 2/9, 10am PT on T

"Is it about what's right, or what's practical?" Grasshopper Film has revealed a new US trailer for Friends and Strangers, an experimental indie from Australia which originally premiered at last year's Rotterdam Film Festival. The film also played at New Directors/New Films Fest and the Chicago Film Festival last year. Friends and Strangers follows two upper-middle class wanderers in a dryly comic exploration displacement and ennui in contemporary Australia. Reviews talk about how eccentric but

A British man has been sentenced to 22 months in prison over his involvement in a global film piracy ring.
George Bridi was sentenced today (February 7) after pleading guilty to a copyright infringement conspiracy charge last November, according to Yahoo! News.
“Infringement of US copyrights is a big problem in our economy,” US District Judge Richard Berman reportedly said. “It’s doubly troubling that it can be conducted…from outside the US.”
Bridi had a

"Something happened on the island a few years ago." Well Go USA has revealed another official trailer for time loop horror thriller 6:45, made by filmmaker Craig Singer. This already opened last year, apparently although we never heard about it, and it lands on DVD coming up in March (which is what this new trailer is for). What if one of the best days of your life suddenly turned into your very worst nightmare? What if you were forced to relive that same day again and again? A couple embarks o

YouTuber Corpse Husband, who is known for his particularly deep voice, announced that he would be making his voice acting debut in the new action sci-fi anime Tribe Nine.
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Corpse Husband will serve as the voice of the masked antagonist Ouijiro Otori, the leader of the Chiyoda Tribe and someone who believes that winning is more important than anything else. The popular YouTuber and musician will be

Lionsgate’s Moonfall is now playing in theaters. Directed by Roland Emmerich, the film stars Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Patrick Wilson (Midway, The Conjuring films), and John Bradley (Game of Thrones).
“In the film, a mysterious force knocks the Moon from its orbit around Earth and sends it hurtling on a collision course with life as we know it,” reads the synopsis. “With mere weeks before impact and the world on the brink of annihilation, NASA executive and

Singer/songwriter Rita Ora is set to join the cast of the upcoming Disney+ Beauty and the Beast prequel series.
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According to a report from Variety, Ora will star as “a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom.” Ora will join a cast that’s shaping up to be incredibly star-studded, and already includes Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Briana Middlet

Netflix has revealed the full Vikings: Valhalla trailer for the upcoming historical action drama, which will start streaming later this month on February 25. The video highlights the conflict between the Vikings and the English King as they battle for the North. It also teases the rise of legendary warriors Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, and Harald Sigurdsson.
Check out the Vikings: Valhalla trailer below:

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There haven’t been any Batman games in some time. But according to a now-deleted listing from a French retailer, that may soon change as the Batman: Arkham Collection may soon be coming to the Nintendo Switch.
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The bundle on French site WTT, which presumably includes all three of Rocksteady Studios’ Batman titles — Arkham Asylum, Arkham City, and Arkham Knight — was spotted on the site on Monday (via Vi

According to Variety, award-winning filmmaker David Lynch (The Elephant Man) has officially joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama film The Fabelmans. This marks Lynch’s first acting project in four years since appearing in the 2017 film Lucky and Twin Peaks Season 3.
The film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on November 23, 2022, pitting it against Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut film Creed III. It is also set to d

The 2022 Golden Raspberry (or Razzies) nominations have been announced, with Bruce Willis earning his own category.
The annual film awards honour the worst in filmmaking for the past year, with Netflix‘s Diana musical earning the most nods this time with nine nominations in total – including Worst Picture.
However, Willis has been given a special category called ‘Worst Bruce Willis Performance in a 2021 movie’ after releasing eight films – namely American Siege, Ape

CyberConnect2’s high-quality video game adaptation of Demon Slayer is coming to Nintendo Switch.
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Sega announced today that the Nintendo Switch version of Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles will release June 10 for Nintendo’s portable console. The game originally launched last year in October for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. It’ll receive a physical and d

"I got a lot of things to do… And I need my memory to do it." Apple TV+ has revealed an official trailer for an upcoming streaming series titled The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, starring Samuel L. Jackson as "an ailing man forgotten by his family, by his friends, and by even himself." So sad. Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of an orphaned teenager named Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy’s dementia-addl

The 2022 Academy Award nominations are almost upon us, with film fans counting down as the biggest night in the film awards calendar arrives next month.
Following last year’s later-than-usual Oscars, this year’s ceremony is due to take place fairly late usual too, and will cap off an awards season that kicked off with a muted Golden Globes.
Last year’s Academy Awards saw Nomadland reign triumphant, with three wins including Best Picture, so the question remains over which films

Disney+ has officially announced that Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on for a leading role opposite newcomer Lisette Alexis in the upcoming National Treasure series. Zeta-Jones is set to portray the role of Billie, a badass billionaire, black-market antiquities expert, and treasure hunter, who lives by her own code.
“She transformed herself from a penniless orphan to a shrewd, stylish businesswoman and adventurer.” reads the full character description. “Billie&rsq

"Your eyes are getting worse!" Gravitas Ventures has unveiled a trailer for The Other Me, an indie drama from a Georgian filmmaker named Giga Agladze. This was quietly dumped this month without marketing or promotion at all, and no festival debuts. Jim Sturgess stars as an architect who is diagnosed with a rare eye disease, sending him into a surreal reality in which he sees people's "true motives". As these visions get more intolerable, he falls for a mysterious woman and confronts the truth a

In a recent interview with Swedish news site Dagens Nyheter, Star Wars: Andor star Stellan Skarsgård has teased an interesting new detail about the upcoming Disney+ series ahead of its long-awaited debut later this year. While talking about his filming schedule for this year, the acclaimed actor confirmed that he is currently slated to start production on the not-yet-announced second season of Star Wars: Andor in the autumn of this year after completing his work on Denis Villeneuve&rs

"Wait, you have 10 kids!?" Disney has revealed an official trailer for their new remake of Cheaper by the Dozen, an "diverse" take on the family comedy. The original Cheaper by the Dozen opened in 2003 with Steve Martin with a big cast including Hilary Duff and Piper Perabo. The Disney+ Original movie Cheaper by the Dozen, which is a fresh new take on the 2003 hit family comedy will premiere in March exclusively on Disney+. Check out the trailer for a glimpse at the funny and heartwarming story

Apple TV+ has released the first Shining Girls teaser for the upcoming metaphysical thriller drama, which stars Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss. It is currently slated to make its debut on Friday, April 29 with the first three episodes. The premiere will then be followed by one new episode weekly, premiering on every Friday.
The video, which you can check out below, reveals our first look at Moss’ leading performance as Kirby Mazrachi, who starts an investigation into her attacker’s

Lee Child, the author of the Jack Reacher series, has spoken about criticism from book fans about the casting of Tom Cruise in the 2012 film and its sequel.
The character has just returned in the Amazon Prime Video series Reacher, this time played by Alan Ritchson.
Some book fans were critical of Cruise as Reacher, particularly as the character is described at 6’5″ in the source material, while the actor is believed to be much shorter than that. However, many non-book fans liked Crui

"Silence from an audience was always my fear. And anything I could do to break that silence became more important than anything else." IFC Films has revealed the first teaser trailer for a wacky film titled Flux Gourmet, a sort of strange indie horror dark comedy about a "food collective", made by the director of Berberian Sound Studio. Their goal is to produce art and explore the sounds created by food. Uh, yeah. Set at an institute devoted to culinary and alimentary performance, a collective

Walt Disney Studios has dropped the official Cheaper by the Dozen trailer for Disney+’s upcoming modern remake of the 2003 classic family comedy film, starring Gabrielle Union and Zach Braff. The film will be available for streaming on Friday, March 18.
The video, which you can check out below along with the key art, features a married couple as they try their best to manage a hectic home life that comes with having ten kids.Stream #CheaperByTheDozen, an all-new Original movie, only o

Agatha Christie’s 1937 detective novel is being brought to the big screen. Death on the Nile is a mystery thriller directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, who plays the world-renowned private detective with a legendary mustache, Hercule Poirot. This film is a sequel to the 2017 Christie adaptation, Murder on the Orient Express. This time around, Poirot finds himself on the S.S. Karnak traveling through the Nile when suddenly, a passenger is killed, and he must use his skills to determine

The central subject of Netflix‘s new documentary The Tinder Swindler has deleted his Instagram page following his own reaction to the film.
The popular doc, which was released last week on the streaming platform, follows the story of a group of women who were conned out of millions of dollars by a user on a dating app to fund his lifestyle.
Shimon Hayut was estimated to have stolen $10million (£7.4million) from a number of victims, going under the alias of Simon Leviev and gaining tr

Riley Cusick’s second feature film The Wild Man now has its cast set as production is currently underway in the Dallas area.
Veteran actors Larry Fessenden (Jakob’s Wife), Jenna Kanell (Terrifier), and Kelli Maroney (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) have joined the cast of the upcoming indie drama directed by Cusick (Autumn Road), who will also star from a script he wrote.
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Directing duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller were once set to create Men in Black and 21 Jump Street crossover. Although it never came to be, the duo still remembers exactly what would have happened.
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Speaking to Josh Horowitz during a recent episode of the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the directors confirmed that a crossover film came “very, very close” to happening, and would have seen Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum&rs

Uma Thurman has revealed that she wasn’t keen on wearing the famous yellow tracksuit as The Bride in Kill Bill.
The actress, who starred in the 2003 film and its 2004 sequel as the central character, explained in a new interview that the outfit proved difficult given she had just given birth to son Levon at the time.READ MORE: Ranking Quentin Tarantino’s movies, from worst to best“I really didn’t want to wear the yellow tracksuit,” she said on The Graham Norton

Most of Fight Club‘s original ending has been restored on Chinese streaming service Tencent Video following cuts to its conclusion.
Last month, the 1999 film hit headlines after it emerged that its final scenes had been altered on the platform, replacing The Narrator (Edward Norton) killing of imaginary alter ego Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and watching buildings collapse.
Instead, a blank slate reads: “The police rapidly figured out the whole plan and arrested all criminals, successful

David Lynch has been cast in an undisclosed role in Steven Spielberg‘s new film The Fabelmans.
The semi-autobiographical film was first announced last year, and is loosely based on the E.T. director’s childhood. Spielberg has written the script alongside Tony Kushner.READ MORE: David Lynch is turning into cinema’s biggest lockdown heroAccording to Variety, Lynch’s role is being kept closely guarded, no doubt raising speculation over who exactly he is playing.
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It was a tale of two box offices this weekend as Paramount’s Jackass Forever racked up an impressive $23.5 million in its first week of release, while Roland Emmerich’s disaster epic Moonfall crashed and burned with just $10 million, according to Deadline.
Comparatively speaking, Jackass‘ opening was far below previous entries in the franchise, namely 2006’s Jackass: Number Two ($29 million), 2010’s Jackass 3D ($50 million), and 2013’s Jackass Presents: Bad Gr