Benedict Cumberbatch will reprise Marvel supernatural hero Doctor Strange for the latest Spider-Man movie installment, starring Tom Holland and being made by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures.
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Lord of the Rings 4K Gift Set BluRay available to order
A new Lord of the Rings Trilogy Giftset on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray is now available to order from Amazon.
‘Dune’ release delayed till 2021
Denis Villenueve’s Dune will no longer release on its planned date. Warner Bros. and Legendary have not yet officially set a new release date for the film, but sources tell The Hollywood Reporter it will be moved to early October 2021. The film was due to be released in theaters December 18th 2020.
A trailer for the film was recently released.
Original Star Wars actor passes away
Trailer released for ‘The Craft: Legacy’
Surprise! We’ve learned today that Blumhouse’s upcoming new take on The Craft isn’t a remake but rather a sequel, and it’s been given the official title The Craft: Legacy.
In this year’s continuation of the cult hit from the ’90s, an eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into theirnewfound powers.
The film is released on VOD in USA/Canada October 28 2020 (with a UK cinema release planned for the same date). Check out the trailer below, which introduces the new weirdos and confirms that this is indeed a sequel to the 1996 film! Continue reading
‘Black Widow’ release pushed back to 2021
Disney have announced more release date changes, and has confirmed that for the time being no tiles are heading to Disney+ instead of theaters like they did recently with Mulan. And that includes Pixar’s Soul which is currently sticking to its Nov. 20 release against MGM’s No Time To Die.
Star Wars ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ art director passes away
We are sad to report the death of film Art Director Alan Tomkins. Tomkins was the art director for Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back. His work on the film earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction. Throughout an incredible career in film Tomkins art directed and contributed to films such as Batman Begins, A Bridge Too Far, JFK, Saving Private Ryan, Die Another Day, Natural Born Killers and Disney’s 101 Dalmations as well as numerous assisting art direction/draughtsmen credits including A View To A Kill, From Russia With Love and work on Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Robert Pattinson returns to filming for ‘The Batman’
Robert Pattinson has been cleared to return to filming ‘The Batman’ again after his positive COVID-19 test brought production on the comic book movie to a standstill. The studio has never confirmed the identity of the person with the positive test and did not reveal any information about Pattinson’s condition or if anyone else on the production tested positive. Representatives for Pattinson also never acknowledged that he had contracted the virus, though Variety confirmed an initial report in Vanity Fair that the actor had COVID-19. 
Original Star Wars actress passes away
Marvel considering new ‘Black Widow’ release date.
Warner Bros.’ domestic box office for Tenet, which only made $6.7M in its second stateside weekend (technically 3rd) is an indicator of this, of course, with New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco closures being a further stumbling block. As such, exhibition sources told Deadline that Disney is pondering a theatrical release date move for Black Widow off its current Nov. 6 date. There’s no concrete idea of where it goes, whether its somewhere in December or next year yet. It could easily move to Marvel’s The Eternals release date of Feb. 12 next year.
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