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Adam Driver, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel and Jon Voight have joined Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis as the film’s main characters. According to reports, the esteemed filmmaker is creating the project as an independently-financed film and gave this description, ” The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius, and conflicted love.” Deadline adds that Coppola will be pushing through with a budget just below $100 million USD, with production set to begin this fall. In a recent Deadline interview, Coppola explained that he would like people to “discuss [Megalopolis]” even after his passing as a way to start meaningful conversations. “What would make me really happy? It’s not winning a...

Christopher Walken is set to play the role of Emperor Shaddam IV in Dune: Part Two, the star-studded next installment to Denis Villeneuve‘s Oscar-winning adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel. Walken will join the cast alongside returning actors Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson and Javier Bardem, among several others, as well as newcomers Florence Pugh, who will play the Emperor’s daughter Princess Irulan, and Austin Butler, who will portray Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. The second film picks up at Part One‘s conclusion, with Paul Atreides (Chalamet) spearheading Arrakis’ fight for freedom from House Harkonnen. Walken will portray the leader of the known universe who initially sends the House Atreides on a doomed mission to take over Arrakis. Part Two ...

Director Joseph Kosinski has given revealed details of why the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick will not see the return of two major characters. Characters Carole Bradshaw and Charlie Blackwood played by Meg Ryan and Kelly McGillis respectively, are noticeably absent from the sequel. While Miles Teller appears as Nick “Goose” Bradshaw’s son in the new film, his mother Carole does not seem to be involved in the storyline. In a recent interview with Insider, Kosinski addresses the reason why stating, “Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around.” He added that he did not want to bring these characters back because, “I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards. It was important to introduce some new characters.” The sequel will see Tom Cruise return as the titular Pete “Mave...

Netflix has unveiled a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming Resident Evil series. The new show is split into two timelines, with the first set in 2022 and the second set in 2036, and stars Lance Reddick, Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Nuñez, Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gossatti and Turlough Convery: “Year 2036 – 14 years after Joy caused so much pain, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and mind-shattering creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the sinister Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.” Andrew Dabb of Supernatural will serve as the showrunner, co-writer with Mary Leah Sutton and co-e...

After raking $468.2 million USD at the global box office last year, Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment have now decided to continue fleshing out the MonsterVerse with a direct sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong. Returning to the franchise will be the first installment’s director Adam Wingard, who is now reuniting with Dan Stevens for the project after previously working on the Sundance hit action horror thriller The Guest together. Stevens, whose previous works include Beauty and the Beast, Downton Abbey and Eurovision, will be taking on the lead role, although other cast members have yet to be announced. Other details regarding the plot of the film have also been kept under wraps for now, but fans can expect another colossal battle between Godzilla and King Kong once again. ...

This post contains spoilers for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Marvel‘s highly anticipated masterpiece Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has several highlights in the movie, one of which features a long-awaited appearance of the Illuminati. In the comics, the Illuminati is a secret society group of superheroes composed of Professor X, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), Black Bolt, and Namor. A lot of familiar faces were seen during the latest Doctor Strange movie. With the endless possibilities of the multiverse, theories and rumors have flowed all over the internet. Fans have predicted who would make an appearance in the sequel. Fans were right about Patrick Stewart’s appearance as an alternate Professor X but wrong about Tom Cruise pl...

Benedict Cumberbatch recently sat down with BBC Radio 1 to discuss his titular role in Marvel‘s latest film, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The Sorcerer Supreme reveals that Marvel initially recruited him for a different part of the universe. He was first offered the role of the villain Malekith in the 2013 Thor sequel, The Dark World. The surgeon turned sorcerer ultimately passed on the role which later led to him becoming Doctor Strange. Cumberbatch breaks down how this happened in the interview recalling, “[The Doctor Strange role] happened as an idea muted after, funnily enough, another little dance I did for another character in the MCU, a very brief character. I was bold enough to say, ‘I’m really flattered to be invited to the party, but I’d rather hold out for somethi...

Netflix on Thursday unveiled the official ensemble poster for Stranger Things season four, which is scheduled to arrive on the streaming service in two parts, beginning May 27. Aside from illustrations of the series’ main characters, including Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), Max (Sadie Sink), Mike (Finn Wolfhard), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Will (Noah Schnapp) and more, the new poster, which was created by digital artist Kyle Lambert, includes several motifs that first appeared in the trailer for the upcoming season. Among them are the seemingly-haunted Creel House, a blue-lit grandfather clock, terrorizing Demo-Bats and the mysterious new villain, Vecna. The season four cast also includes Charlie Heaton, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, M...

On May 6, as many Marvel fans got to see Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness for the first time, director James Gunn announced that filming for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 had officially wrapped. The decade-long journey had the production and cast feeling emotional as it would be both James Gunn’s last film ever and Dave Bautista‘s last time playing Drax the Destroyer. “Haven’t found the words yet,” Dave Bautista wrote on social media. “It ended so suddenly and I was on to my next film before I could process it all. End of a journey that changed my life.” “You know, the journey’s come full circle and I’m ready to kind of step aside and wrap it up. I didn’t think my leaving was going to be news because I figured everybody assumed it,” Bautista told Ellen Degeneres last summer. “T...

After dropping its first trailer for Jurassic World Dominion earlier last month, Universal Pictures has now released a new featurette giving fans of the iconic franchise a closer look at what’s to come. Featured above, the two-minute clip includes a range of action-packed sequences with dinosaurs dashing left and right while the film’s actors such as Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, and DeWanda Wise provide commentary on the trilogy-ending installment’s premise and what fans can expect. As Pratt explains, the film focuses on the fallout after Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, where dinosaurs escape off the island of Isla Nublar and integrate into the human world. Set four years later, Owen and Claire are now living off the grid with Maisie, and the world has to learn how to coexist wit...

Just as Netflix decides to introduce ad-supported subscriptions to its streaming service, competitor Disney+ has now also confirmed that its own ad-supported tiers will be arriving in the U.S. later this year. Plans for cheaper subscription plans supported by ads were first announced by Disney+ back in March, and the service implied that it’d be available stateside before the end of 2022. Now, Disney has confirmed the timeframe during its latest earnings call. On Wednesday morning, CEO Bob Chapek says that the ad-supported tear will arrive before the year closes in the U.S., with international availability following in 2023. He emphasized that “expanding Disney+ access to multiple price points is a win for consumers and advertisers.” “Since its launch, advertisers have been clamoring for t...