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Feb. 19, 2022

Chris Pratt Returns To TV With Amazon Series "The Terminal List"

After The Tomorrow War, actor Chris Pratt seems to be returning to Amazon with a new eight-episode original series called The Terminal List, scheduled to debut this July. Based on the novel of the same name by Jack Carr, the story follows James Ree…

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Feb. 19, 2022

John Williams And Jimmy Smits Return For Obi-Wan Series (Maybe)

Disney+ is bringing in fan favorite and master film score composer John Williams to compose the theme for the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series according to Variety. This should help to quell at least some of the fandom who feels like there is a discon…

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Feb. 19, 2022

How James Gunn Made The Peacemaker Cameos Happen...

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR The PEACEMAKER FINALE The Peacemaker series on HBOMax ended its first season with surprise appearances from some familiar faces in the DCEU - namely, members of The Justice League. Four members of that team show up in the end…

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Feb. 18, 2022

Loki Season 2 Scores Synchronic & Moon Knight Directors

Things are gearing up for everyone's favorite God of Mischief. Filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have officially signed on to co-direct a majority of the episodes for the upcoming second season of Marvel Studios’ Loki. Michael Wald…

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Feb. 18, 2022

Want More Sopranos? Fuggit About It!

The Many Saints Of Newark, the prequel to the Sopranos series, opened last year to mixed reviews and poor box-office (mostly thanks to the pandemic shutting down cinemas). Though the film was said to have performed well for HBOMax, the streaming se…

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Feb. 18, 2022

The Batman & Uncharted Set To Get Some Of That Sweet Chinese Box Office

China has a ton of people who love to watch movies in it, and thus is one of the most coveted "new markets" for Hollywood studios to try to milk for box office gold.  However, in recent months, even some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters (l…

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Feb. 18, 2022

No Ripley In The ALIEN TV Series?

Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen, because we have some news about the new ALIEN TV series!  John Landgraf, the head of the FX Network, spoke about the upcoming Alien adaptation as part of FX’s TCA panel. The Alien series is being d…

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Feb. 17, 2022

Why The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power Is Basically Fan Fiction

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay recently sat down with Vanity Fair to discuss their series and more specifically the source material they’re using. The Rings Of Power show takes place …

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Feb. 17, 2022

Yellowstone Creator Taylor Sheridan Basically Takes Over CBS

It looks like the success of Yellowstone has catapulted its creator, Taylor Sheridan, to the top of Paramount's TV production hierarchy. Following the success of Yellowstone and its spin-off 1883, along with his other original series Mayor of Kings…

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Feb. 17, 2022

Star Trek 4 Is Officially Happening - JJ Trek Lives!

ViacomCBS is becoming Paramount, and with a renewed focus on streaming and having all their IPs under one roof once more, the studio is looking to start getting Star Trek into theaters once more.  As part of its three-hour investor presentation…

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