Actor Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks, Portlandia) has joined the cast of Peacock’s upcoming Joe Exotic series, according to Variety. A premiere date has not yet been announced. MacLachlan will star as Howard Baskin, opposite series lead Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live), who will play Carole Baskin. The NBC series was …
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HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon has cast Milly Alcock (The Gloaming) and Emily Carey (Get Even) in recurring roles for the upcoming show, according to Variety. The new spinoff is expected to debut sometime in 2022. Alcock has been cast as “the young version of …
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Paddington 3 is expected to begin filming sometime during Q2 2022, according to Deadline. The date was shared by production company Studiocanal during the Cannes Film Festival. Expectations are high for this third outing to surpass its predecessors–after all, Paddington 2 was the film that briefly dethroned Citizen Kane as …
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American manga publisher and anime distributor Viz Media has announced, and also recently opened pre-orders for, Star Wars: Guardians of the Whills. The manga is expected to be released on August 10, and runs 196 pages. The manga’s synopsis reads as follows: “Presiding over the Kyber Temple on Jedha, the …
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Netflix has released a new trailer for Beckett, an upcoming drama/thriller directed by Ferdinando Cito Filomarino (Antonia). The film will hit the streaming service on August 13. Check out the trailer below which, well, kinda puts a damper on plans we all might have had to leave quarantine behind, and …
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Amazon’s Lord of the Rings live-action TV series has reportedly completed casting for its ambitious first season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Charles Edwards (The Crown), Will Fletcher (The Girl Who Fell), Amelie Child-Villiers (The Machine), and Beau Cassidy (Chinese Food) will join the prequel series. These newcomers join what’s …
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Atlanta is placing a major bet that people are hungry and ready for communal in-person entertainment, with the grand opening of the Illuminarium–described in a release as “VR, without the glasses.” The attraction will transport users to exotic destinations with the aid of immersive video, touch feedback, and more. Visitors …
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In a recent interview, director Quentin Tarantino has made it abundantly clear that he’s standing by his 2019 film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s depiction of martial artist and actor Bruce Lee. Discussion of the portrayal–which at the time was criticized as being inaccurate and disheartening–resurfaced again when Tarantino …
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John Cena is using his pull as co-host of TBS game show Wipeout to have the cast and writer-director of The Suicide Squad appear on the obstacle-course series compete on August 1. Or, as writer-director James Gunn jokes about his upcoming Wipeout appearance in a newly released promo, “Well, John, …
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Amazon’s series adapting the classic Geena Davis and Tom Hanks comedy A League of Their Own has cast Nick Offerman (Parks and Recreation) in its version of the Jimmy Dugan role. The casting news was first reported by The Hollywood Reporter. This new adaptation will be an hourlong, live-action series …
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