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Following his popular Netflix western The Harder They Fall, Jeymes Samuel is hard at work on his follow-up film, The Book of Clarence. According to Deadline, the forthcoming project is slated to star Atlanta‘s LaKeith Stanfield and Lupin‘s Omar Sy. Samuel will direct, produce and compose the movie based on a script that he wrote. At this time, plot details are largely unavailable, though it is known that it will take place in 29 AD, with Stanfield depicting Clarence. Notably, the project will arrive under the Legendary Pictures banner. James Lassiter, Shawn Carter and Tendo Nagenda are also set to produce, marking the second time the trio will join forces for a Samuel film, after their joint effort on The Harder They Fall. Samuel first announced the project in May, revealing...

Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle have dates for their co-headlining tour. Set to take place across seven dates this December, the comedians will kick off their engagement on December 1 in San Diego and will appear in Phoenix, Anaheim, San Jose, San Francisco and Sacramento before closing it out in Thousand Palms on December 14. The tour will take place just shortly after Rock finishes his solo engagements, and a week or so before Chappelle begins his three-date shows in Hollywood, Florida from December 27 to December 29. Check out the list of tour dates below. Live Nation’s pre-sale tickets will be available on October 20 while tickets for the general public will be available on October 21. Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle 2022 Tour Dates12/01 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena12/05 – Phoenix, AZ @ ...

After receiving an official poster accompanied by a release date, we now have the first trailer for Creed III. The third installment serves as the sequel to 2018’s Creed II and the ninth film in the Rocky franchise. It is also interesting to note that Creed III will also be Michael B. Jordan‘s directorial debut. Based on a screenplay by Keenan Coogler and Zach Baylin, adapted from a story they co-wrote with Ryan Coogler, Creed III chronicles Adonis “Donnie” Creed’s rise and places him in a testing situation brought on by his past. Jonathan Majors stars as Damian Anderson, a former friend of Adonis that comes back and is looking to claim everything Adonis has worked for. The cast also features Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad, Wood Harris, and Florian Munteanu, Rocky franchise creator Sylves...

Following the craze of studio MAPPA‘s anime adaptation of Chainsaw Man airing on Crunchyroll last week, the streaming platform announced that the English dub will be made available starting October 25 on Crunchyroll, with new episodes dropping every Tuesday at 12:30 PM Pacific Time. Mike McFarland – the ADR Director heading the English dub – has previously worked on other critically-acclaimed anime adaptations of  Attack on Titan and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. The revealed English cast for Chainsaw Man currently includes Ryan Colt Levy as Denji, Suzie Yeung as Makima, Reagan Murdock as Aki, Sarah Wiedenheft as Power, and Lindsay Seidel as the fan-favorite character, Pochita. Other English voice actors will be revealed soon. Crunchyro...

Knives Out director Rian Johnson has publicly confirmed that Benoit Blanc, portrayed by Daniel Craig, is “obviously” gay. During a press conference at the London Film Festival, the filmmaker was asked about the possibility of Blanc being queer as a scene in the upcoming Glass Onion sequel suggested that the main character was living with another man. “Yes, he obviously is,” Johnson answered. “And there’s nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with,” he continued, referring to still-unnamed actor who cameos as Blanc’s partner. “No spoilers [but] who wouldn’t want to live with that person?” Craig chimed in. Glass Onion follows the return of Benoit Blanc as he’s tasked to solve a murder mystery on a private Greek Island owned by tech billionaire Miles...

Netflix has announced that it will start charging password-sharing fees in early 2023. The streaming giant broke the news during its recent quarterly earnings call, confirming that Netflix will put an additional fee on top of the user’s monthly subscription price if they share the account’s password with those who do not live in the same house. Although Netflix is yet to announce exactly when and which regions will be affected by this measure in early 2023, the company has actually already begun its crack down on password sharing — first in Chile, Costa Rica and Peru. Reports add that the fee’s exact number was not revealed, but could amount to around $3 USD or $4 USD if it follows the “one quarter of the basic rate” strategy. Those who are looking to get their own subscriptions can n...

While DC Films and Warner Bros. Pictures continue to develop the future of the DC Extended Universe, reports are now noting that director Matt Reeves is exploring a “Batman Universe.” Warner Bros. Discovery’s new position in the DC Universe is currently expected to see key players like James Gunn leading different live-action franchises, with Reeves potentially tasked to expand the world of The Batman. Already working on a Penguin and Arkham Asylum series, Matt Reeves is reportedly developing other spin-off films with writers and directors. Already offering his take on the Riddler, Penguin, and Joker briefly, Reeves is noted to be particularly focused on Mr. Freeze, Scarecrow, Clayface, and Professor Pyg. Stay tuned for more details regarding Matt Reeves’ potential “Batman Universe.” For m...

Sacha Baron Cohen, the star of the classic black comedy films Ali G Indahouse, The Dictator, Borat, and Brüno is reportedly appearing in the upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart as the powerful demon Mephisto. The various reports are confirmed by Cosmic Circus Editor-in-Chief, Lizzie Hill, who believes Cohen will be playing the dark lord who many fans have surmised has been plotting behind-the-scenes in multiple Marvel Studios Disney+ series including WandaVision, Moon Knight, and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. However, when asked about the hints, WandaVision, filmmaker Jac Schaeffer revealed that she never had Mephisto in mind when putting together the series. “He wasn’t ever part of our storytelling conversations. We were very clear that the big bad is grief. And then the external bad is Agatha...

Halloween Ends reigns at the domestic box office as it earned $41.25 million USD from its opening weekend. The Jamie Lee Curtis-starring horror film collected the total earnings from 3,901 North American theaters and although it fell below the $50 million USD to $55 million USD estimates, the opening numbers still prove to be impressive as it also debuted on Peacock and became its most-watched series/ film of all time over two days. Halloween Ends is the first film since Jordan Peele’s NOPE in July to debut with more than $40 million USD and was competing with Paramount’s Smile. “Horror films have been performing extremely well at the box office,” David A. Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research said. “Young audiences like seeing these movies at a theater,” he added, “When that...

’80s and ’90s babies the world over recoiled in horror last week as rumors of Cartoon Network’s closure began to swirl across the Internet. Now, Cartoon Network itself has debunked those rumors with a self-aware tweet that read “Yall we’re not dead, we’re just turning 30.” When the internet says you’re dead but you’re sitting here like ?️??️ — Cartoon Network (@cartoonnetwork) October 14, 2022 As part of the recent merger between Warner Bros. and Discovery, Cartoon Network was set to be combined with Warner Bros. Animation — but news that the freshly-merged company had laid off 82 staffers across its animation, scripted and unscripted departments caused a minor social media panic, with plenty of speculation that Cartoon Network, which was founded in 1992, would be...

Schitt’s Creek co-creator Dan Levy is making the move to film with his directorial debut Good Grief at Netflix. The film stars Levy, Ruth Negga (Loving), Himesh Patel (Station Eleven), Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast), Celia Imrie (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Arnaud Valois (Beats Per Minute), David Bradley (Game of Thrones) and Jamael Westman (Hamilton). The bittersweet comedy follows Levy in the role of Marc Dreyfus, a man whose life is upended after his partner unexpectedly passes away, forcing him to face his long-buried grief over the passing of his mother. Spiraling, Dreyfus embarks on a chaotic trip to Paris with two friends in an attempt to heal himself from his trauma. “’Good Grief’ is a cautionary tale about friendship and loss and all the mess that comes...