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Rocksteady Studios, WB Games Before Warners and Matt Reeves gave the go-ahead for “The Batman” film and well before James Gunn and Peter Safran took over DC, Ben Affleck was lining up a solo Batman film. At the time, Affleck was playing Bruce Wayne/Batman for Zack Snyder’s DCEU and was teaming with Geoff Johns to […]

Lucasfilm While he may be disappointed that it didn’t happen, don’t expect filmmaker Steven Soderbergh to keep pursuing his rejected “The Hunt for Ben Solo” film. As previously reported, Soderbergh, actor Adam Driver and writer Rebecca Blunt teamed up to develop a film that would’ve taken place after the events of “Star Wars: The Rise […]

Adult Swim The Adult Swim animated comedy “Rick and Morty” returns for a ninth season on May 24th and the network has premiered a new trailer for it below. Promising “No AI slop! Just Grade A organic slop,” the new run sees one scene in which the floor legitimately becomes lava after the Smith-Sanchez house […]

Stan HBO, The BBC and Stan have premiered the trailer for the six-episode drama series “Half Man” from “Baby Reindeer” creator Richard Gadd who writes, executive produces and stars alongside Jamie Bell. The story follows Ruben (Gadd) and Niall (Bell). Brothers. Not related in blood but the closest you can get. One, fierce and loyal. […]

Warner Bros. Pictures Back in July last year, tickets for IMAX 70mm screenings of Christopher Nolan’s next feature “The Odyssey” went on sale a full year before the film’s release. The 18 cinemas involved offered only one session per day for the film’s opening weekend – specifically 7pm ones – and unsurprisingly, they were snapped […]

A24 A24 has unveiled the official trailer for actress/filmmaker Olivia Wilde’s star-studded comedy “The Invite”. Wilde and Seth Rogen play Angela and Joe, a couple whose marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbours (Edward Norton, Penelope Cruz) for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited […]

TriStar Pictures. Courtesy of Alamy. Now here’s quite the pairing of director and material. British actress/filmmaker Emerald Fennell of “Saltburn,” “Promising Young Woman” and the recent “Wuthering Heights” fame, is reportedly in negotiations to direct the reboot of the iconic 1992 erotic thriller “Basic Instinct”. Word came in July last year that the original film’s […]

Netflix It’s official, Netflix’s live-action “One Piece” series is returning to screens in 2027 with the third season, which has been in production in South Africa since the end of last year. The streamer has unveiled the third season’s subtitle, ‘The Battle of Alabasta’, which follows on from the second season’s ‘Into the Grand Line’, […]

Netflix Update: A reliable source has shot down the report, dismissing it as “not true”. Original: “Wednesday,” “Scream” and “Beetlejuice 2” actress Jenna Ortega has reportedly been offered the female lead role in the new “Gremlins” film. The report originates from scooper DanielRPK with no further details other than the offer and talks. At present, […]

20th Century Studios. Courtesy of Alamy. HBO Max has unexpectedly premiered “Alien 3: The Assembly Cut” on the service, the title appearing over the weekend. This alternate version, which clocks in at 144 minutes – a full half-hour longer than the theatrical cut – was born out of director David Fincher’s refusal to do a […]