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Brendan Fraser has been cast as the villain in Batgirl, according to Deadline. The actor will join Leslie Grace, who is slated to star as the titular superhero in the upcoming Warner Bros. and DC film, as the pyro-themed Batman villain Firefly, according to sources via The Hollywood Reporter. Though plot details are largely under wraps, it is known that the film follows Barbara Gordon, the daughter of Commissioner Gordon, as Batgirl. The movie, directed by Bad Boys for Life filmmakers Adil El Arbi and Bilall Falla from a script by Birds of Prey screenwriter Christina Hodson, also stars Jacob Scipio and J.K. Simmons, who returns in the role of Jim Gordon after depicting the character in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The film will premiere on HBO Max in 2022, ma...

Following a trailer reveal earlier this year, Matthew Vaughn‘s The King’s Man has released a series of character posters to welcome the long-awaited action-comedy blockbuster. The King’s Man is the spy prequel to all of the Kingsman films and follows the origin story of how the Kingsman organization was founded during World War I as the first independent intelligence agency. The posters feature Ralph Fiennes as Oxford, Harris Dickinson as Conrad, Djimon Hounsou as Shola, Gemma Arterton as Polly, Tom Hollander as the King, Matthew Goode as Morton, and Rhys Ifans as the main antagonist Rasputin. The King’s Man was first scheduled to arrive in November 2019 but was pushed back several times partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The highly anticipated film is now set to arrive in theaters on...

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has finally wrapped production and in celebration, Steven Caple Jr. has now shared an on-set look of Optimus Prime. Pictured below, the film’s director has offered fans another look at the Autobots leader in the upcoming installment, which is seen in his semi-truck form with a simpler, more nostalgic aesthetic than his previous appearances in the franchise. Speaking of the upcoming project, Caple Jr. — who also directed Creed II — explained how he wanted to give classic Transformers fans a sense of nostalgia while introducing new elements into the series. “You have the Autobots and the Decepticons, and I would say my new flair to this is the Terracons,” he said. “The Terracons are a new threat to Optimus Prime, and it’s something I pride...

Following the breakout success of Squid Game, Netflix has revealed promotional posters for its newest original South Korean thriller series Hellbound. Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho who created the webtoon this series is adapted from will be directing this upcoming Netflix original. The play is set in an alternate version of Earth where supernatural gorilla-like angels of death suddenly appear to condemn people to hell. Those who are condemned hear predictions on when they will die, and when the time comes, the death angels appear to seal their fate. A mysterious new religion Saejinrihwe lead by Jung Jin-soo (Yoo Ah-in) seems to have answers behind this phenomenon, and the play follows a program director of a broadcasting station Bae Young-jae (Park Jung-min), lawyer Min Hey-jin (Kim...

Ryan Gosling could be suiting up as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie film. According to reports, the Canadian actor “is in final negotiations” to star opposite Margot Robbie, who will be taking on the role of Barbie. Gosling supposedly initially turned down the role due to his busy schedule, but as pre-production for Gerwig’s title “dragged out,” Warner Bros. continued to pursue him as Ken and his scheduled opened up, he began talks for the role. The film’s plot remains under wraps. Gerwig and Noah Baumbach co-wrote the movie’s script, while Robbie and Tom Ackerley are producing it via her LuckyChap Entertainment banner alongside Robbie Brenner and David Heyman of Mattel. Josey McNamara of LuckyChap and Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz are serving as executive producers. Elsewhere in entertai...

Dennis Villeneuve‘s Dune is projected to enter atop the domestic box office, with projections stating that the film could earn $33 million USD in its opening weekend. According to reports, the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic opened with $17.5 million USD on its theatrical premiere date of October 22, with other industry professionals hinting that the film could even reach $39. 1 million USD. As of writing, it has earned a total of $130 million USD from the international box office. Dune, which stars Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Javier Bardem, premiered on HBO Max a day early. WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff previously hinted to Variety that the viewership on the platform will be one of t...

Hayden Christensen, who portrayed Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader in the original Star Wars films, is reportedly set to return in the new Disney+ series Ahsoka. Sources told The Hollywood Reporter that Christensen will reprise the role in the upcoming spinoff, which stars Rosario Dawson as Anakin’s former apprentice and Jedi knight Ahsoka Tano. According to the outlet, production is due to begin in early 2022. Dawson appears to have confirmed Christensen’s reprisal in an Instagram post featuring a photo of the two actors alongside the caption: “Skyguy,…they know!!! See you soon, Snips.” The post has since been taken down. Rosario Dawson comments on Hayden Christensen joining #Ahsoka ? (via rosariodawson | IG) pic.twitter.com/aWMr2Y95er — Fandom (@getFANDOM) October 22, 2021...

Director Denis Villeneuve has always envisioned telling the story of the Dune universe over a number of installments in order to really pay tribute to the original book’s extensive nature, but so far Warner Bros. has yet to greenlight a sequel despite the success of the recently released first film. Luckily for fans, it now seems most likely that a sequel will indeed be on its way. Speaking to Deadline in a new interview, WarnerMedia CEO Ann Sarnoff hinted that a second movie will almost definitely happen. “Will we have a sequel to Dune? If you watch the movie you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the answer to that,” the executive said. While it’s not concrete confirmation, the sentiment does echo Villeneuve’s optimism about a second installment. The esteem...

Sony Pictures has revealed a new trailer for the highly-anticipated Ghostbusters: Afterlife film set to debut in less than a month. The movie is directed by Jason Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters filmmaker Ivan Reitman, with a cast that includes Paul Rudd as Mr. Groober, Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard as Trevor, McKenna Grace as Phoebe, Carrie Coon as Callie, with cameo appearances featuring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and the late Harold Ramis from Ghostbusters (1984). The movie follows Callie and her two children as they’re evicted from their home and are forced to move into a dilapidated farmhouse owned by the children’s late grandfather in Oklahoma. After a series of unexplained earthquakes and strange occurrences, the children soon discover their grandfather’s secret legacy. The...

Russell Crowe and Zac Efron are set to star in Peter Farrelly’s film adaptation of the book, The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War written by Joanna Molloy and John “Chickie” Donohue. The film, which has a shortened title, The Greatest Beer Run Ever, is based on a true story of the author, Donohue, who in 1967, left New York to track down a childhood friend from the army for a beer. According to Variety, Production for the film is set in Vietnam, though filming is using Thailand as a stand-in. The film is produced for Apple TV+ by Skydance Media and will see Brian Currie and Pete Jones co-write the script with Farrelly. Both Crowe and Efron have taken to social media to share their arrival in Southeast Asia. A spokesperson for the project has also confirm...

Kanye West has this innate inability to be restrained by boundary, especially when it comes to his innovations whether that involves apparel design, sneakers, architecture or music. After dropping one of the most anticipated albums of the year in DONDA, the one that you can now refer to as Ye, is aiming to further elongate his laundry list of innovations with a new initiative: his very own Donda Academy private school. The new institution is expected to be based in Simi Valley, CA. Details are still somewhat foggy in terms of when this venture will actually come into fruition, be we do know that the intention of it will be first to provide its students with a curriculum that centers around problem solving, critical thinking, creativity, and sustainability. And secondly, Ye will start to ma...

The Sopranos franchise may be receiving another series, Deadline reported. The publication spoke to a CEO at WarnerMedia who said that Chase would possibly be up for writing another spin-off for the series. “We’re talking to David about a new series, Sopranos related,” said Ann Sarnoff, CEO of Studios and Networks Chase penned a prequel to the show, The Many Saints of Newark, which hit theaters last month. Set in the late 1960s and 70s, the film follows a young Tony Soprano and his mentor Dickie Moltisanti. In an interview with Deadline last month, Chase said that any potential spin-off would take place after the events of the movie and before the original series, the latter of which begins in 1998. “There’s only one way that I would do it, and that was if Terry [Winter] and I could write ...