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Deadline has confirmed that Matthew Robinson will pen Patty Jenkins’ upcoming Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron. Robinsin co-wrote and co-directed with Ricky Gervais the 2009 comedy The Invention of Lying.  Disney had no comment. Of late, Lucasfilm has been steering Star Wars onto the Disney+ streaming service with The Mandalorian and the upcoming The Book of Boba Fett. Rogue Squadron will be the
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The BBC and AMC’s medical memoir series This Is Going To Hurt has rounded out its cast with stars including Harriet Walter (Killing Eve) and Alex Jennings (The Crown), while the broadcasters have revealed the first look at Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Ben Whishaw in the lead role. The seven-part drama, which was first announced by
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With F9 on the heels of releasing, mega star Vin Diesel already knows how the Fast & Furious franchise will end. Since 2001’s The Fast and the Furious, Diesel has played professional street racer, Dominic Toretto, in over eight different installments of the series. Though his character mostly sat out during 2006’s Tokyo Drift, Toretto has been front and
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SPOILER ALERT: The following contains details about Episode 3 of Disney+/Marvel’s Loki. Marvel has been faulted for its lack of LGBTQ representation in its characters, until now. On today’s third episode of Loki, the Tom Hiddleston-portrayed title character revealed that he’s bisexual to fellow trickster femme loki Sylvie (Sophia Di Martino). He thus becomes the MCU’s first
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As she shared, Nicki Minaj didn’t believe the Black Panther star intentionally hurt Caribbean people with the rum line, but she felt it was important to share the importance and why people were getting upset. Back in the 1800s, the celebration had roots in landowners gathering and imitating their slaves working in the sugarcanes. Once
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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the lineup for its 2021 Cannes Classics section. Made up of a selection of restored prints, the roster also includes new documentaries that explore the history of cinema. Among the offerings is Mark Cousins’ pre-opening doc, The Storms Of Jeremy Thomas, which covers a yearly drive with the British
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MNTN has acquired Maximum Effort Marketing, the creative advertising hot shop of Ryan Reynolds and George Dewey. The fast-growing adtech company, described as a leader in Connected TV and self-serve ads, made the announcement on Wednesday, in concert with Reynolds. “The explosion of the Connected TV presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to bring creative and media
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Resident Evil Village is not very connected with the events of the first several games of the series. But at the very end, we are told that the BSAA, the organization that employs several of the main characters, is using zombie-like creatures as soldiers. Why would a peacekeeping organization founded to stop the spread of zombie-creating
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Specialty box office is ready for liftoff. With Los Angeles and New York completely peeling back restrictions on theater capacity for the first weekend, we are starting to see rays of hope illuminate the limited release space. Meet The Blacks 2 blasted expectations last week by posting a $1M+ debut (per screen average of $2,533).
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Studiocanal and Imperative Entertainment are teaming up on psychological thriller Cat Person, based on Kristen Roupenian’s well-received short story published in The New Yorker in 2017. Directed by Susanna Fogel (The Flight Attendant) and written by Michelle Ashford (Masters of Sex), the package will star Nicholas Braun (Succession) and Emilia Jones (Locke & Key). The story follows the brief
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