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Dua Lipa has secured her first-ever major acting gig in Matthew Vaughn’s recently announced spy thriller film Argylle. Based on the eponymous novel from Ellie Conway, the movie follows an accomplished spy as he scours the globe on a fast-paced adventure. The “Levitating” singer joins a star-studded cast that includes Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena and Samuel L. Jackson. She will also provide original music for the film score and title track. “When I read this early draft manuscript I felt it was the most incredible and original spy franchise since Ian Fleming’s books of the ’50s,” Vaughn told The Hollywood Reporter. “This is going to reinvent the spy genre.” The film’s script was written by Wonder Woman co-writer Jason Fuchs. Va...

Netflix has officially released its latest trailer for its new docuseries Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified. The series is set to delve deeper into the idea that aliens exist as extraterrestrial life on Earth and that the government has been covering up this knowledge for years. The trailer gives audiences a peak at some of the jaw-dropping imagery that proves that aliens exist. The opening of the trailer takes audiences through a series of black-and-white footage that depicts large-eyed alien-like figures roaming the desert and UFOs flying in the sky. The trailer introduces viewers to the exploration process, explaining why the footage was never released beforehand. The trailer goes on to depict the docuseries as one of the most in-depth explorations of extraterrestrial life on Earth ...

50 Cent continues to add to his small-screen portfolio as he is currently developing a new celebrity hip-hop competition series for ABC. Deadline recently reported that the show, titled, Unrapped will follow a rap battle format that sees celebrities compete with the help of the music industry’s most iconic mentors. The show, which is dubbed as “Hip-Hop’s American Idol,” is set to be produced by G-Unit Film & Television and SFO Entertainment. Joining 50 as an executive producer for the ABC show are Antonio Collier, Susie Ursitti Sheinberg, Jon Sheinberg, Gwen Osborne and Matt Feige. In a statement, 50 said, “I am excited to expand my relationship with ABC. Unrapped brings G-Unit Film and Television’s ability to put incredible music and musical talent on screen to the competition space.”...

In recent months, fans of the Fast & Furious have been toying with an idea that brings together the cinematic universe in the most unexpected of ways. A purely hypothetical crossover would see the Fast franchise collide worlds with Jurassic World. Wanda Sykes, who recently guest-hosted an episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, proposed the fan mashup to Ludacris. Ludacris commented on the potential rumors sharing, “That’s the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life. I’m just going to be honest with you. Look, they surprised me in this franchise with a lot of things of how we continue to top ourselves. But nowhere in my right mind do I see Jurassic World and Fast & Furious coming together. Maybe they gotta convince me but I just don’t see it. That’s ludicrous. Pun intended, f...

Last year, HBO announced that Oscar-winning director Bong Joon-ho will be helming a new HBO project that will bring the critically acclaimed film, Parasite to TV. Bong will work alongside Succession‘s Adam McKay to bring a Parasite-inspired TV show. IndieWire reported on Bong speaking about the project at length at the recent Cannes Film Festival stating, “Parasite is a film on wealthy and poor families, and that is a problem everywhere. [The television series] will be something of great genius, I hope. I worked with Adam McKay and he’s figuring out the scenario. We’re going to do it in the United States.” The director added, “The subject continues to have resonance in France and elsewhere. Many of [us] would like to be rich, but I think in all of us there is a fear of becoming poor. I’m i...

Netflix has shared the official trailer of its eponymous documentary about tennis superstar Naomi Osaka. Directed by Academy Award nominee Garrett Bradley and executive produced by LeBron James, Naomi Osaka is an intimate three-part series that follows the rise and struggles of the Grand Slam singles champ for two years: “With unprecedented access, we follow Osaka during a historic two years in which she works on her game but also begins to find her voice. Whether she’s defending her grand slam titles —while wearing masks in defense of Black lives — mourning the unexpected loss of mentor Kobe Bryant, or finding her independence, the challenges Naomi faces on a personal level begin to align with those in the public sphere. Empathetic in its approach, the series chronicles Osaka’s hectic tra...

Quentin Tarantino recently hopped onto CinemaBlend’s ReelBlend podcast to discuss a variety of topics spanning from his career, a Pulp Fiction prequel, a Kill Bill debate and an in-depth outlook on his latest film, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Tarantino discloses his favorite scene in the 2019 film and why it didn’t make the final cut. According to the 58-year-old American film director, the scene focused on Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Rick Dalton and Julia Butters’ Trudi Fraser as they had an emotional conversation that had everyone in tears with every take. The scene was so moving, it had too much finality that felt more like an ending than a regular piece to the puzzle. “That was my favorite scene in the script,” Tarantino stated. “So the idea that that wouldn’t be in the movie was ...

Following the release of his latest Netflix project Army of the Dead, filmmaker Zack Snyder is now set to direct the streamer’s upcoming sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon. The film will follow “a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy” that “is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Balisarius.” A young woman “with a mysterious past” is then sent by the colony to find warriors from their neighboring planets to help. “This is me growing up as an Akira Kurosawa fan, a Star Wars fan,” Snyder said to The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s my love of sci-fi and a giant adventure. My hope is that this also becomes a massive IP and a universe that can be built out.” Reports further state that the origins of Rebel Moon comes from a Star Wars pitch that Snyder developed 10 years ago. It didn’t come ...

The first season of HBO‘s The Last of Us will reportedly include a total of 10 episodes. The news was revealed by writer and executive producer Craig Mazin during a recent appearance on Scriptnotes. He also noted that the season one of the TV series adaptation will be helmed by five directors — Ali Abbasi, Kantemir Balagov and Jasmila Zbanic, with the other two still under wraps. Not a lot of information is known about the show, but it was confirmed that production just began. The Last of Us will see Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie, Nico Parker as Sarah and Gabriel Luna as Joel’s brother, Tommy. Luna recently shared a photo of him, Pascal, Parker, cinematographer Ksenia Sereda and director Balagov on-location in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. “Already love these folks. #MillerTi...