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Jake Schreier’s X-Men movie has its cast. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has proven a record-shattering hit. Avengers: Endgame Encore is mere days away. A Ryan Gosling Ghost Rider movie is actually happening. And — AND! — Avengers: Doomsday is just around the corner, bringing with it the introduction proper of Robert Downey Jr. as one Victor Von Doom. Seriously, could things get any better for MCU fans just now? Well, if you happen to live in the UK then yes, actually, they can. As confirmed to Digital Spy by Disney, The Russo Brothers’ upcoming multiversal epic is officially set to…

As anyone who has seen Suzie Miller’s acclaimed one-woman stage play will know, Prima Facie is arguably one of the most important pieces of theatre in recent memory. The story of a young barrister, Tessa, who specialises in defending men accused of sexual assault and then finds her view of the legal system changed forever when she herself is assaulted, Miller’s play is a timely, urgent meditation on consent and the flaws in the judicial process. And now it’s also a movie from BAFTA winner Susanna White, starring none other than Wicked’s Cynthia Erivo as Tessa — and if the…

Before 2026 is through, we’ll finally get to see what became of Cliff Booth – the stuntman of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood – in the 1970s. And yet, until now, the project has been kept tightly under wraps, with plot details scarce and no trailer to be seen. Not that you need such things to be excited for a film written by Quentin Tarantino, directed by David Fincher, and featuring the return of Brad Pitt in the role that won him an Oscar. But finally, here we have it: a trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth…

Across his career, Daniel Craig has dealt with major character archetypes: he’s played the super-spy, as James Bond. The ultimate detective as Benoit Blanc in the Knives Out films. And now, we’re about to see him play a magician. More specifically, the magician of The Magician’s Nephew, in Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of C. S. Lewis’ Narnia stories. It’s Craig’s Uncle Andrew that sets the whole affair in motion, a man who has spent his life tinkering with magical objects and artefacts, with life-changing results for his young nephew Digory (David McKenna) and neighbour Polly (Beatrice Campbell).Since Andrew’s attention is firmly…

If your entryway into Narnia has always been The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, you already know that Jadis is bad news: this, after all, is the White Witch, who by the time of that story has imposed her rule over the fantasy kingdom. But in The Magician’s Nephew, chronologically the first Narnia tale, Jadis is in a very different place (literally and metaphorically) though clearly on the path to who she’ll eventually become. In Greta Gerwig’s adaptation – Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew – the role is being played by Emma Mackey, previously one of Barbie’s Barbies (Physicist Barbie,…

With Resident Evil hitting cinemas today, The Last Of Us back in the news cycle in recent weeks, and spooky season well and truly upon us, we’ve had zombies on the brain here at Empire HQ. And clearly the top brass at Paramount have been feeling the same, as THR has today dropped the unexpected but not at all unwelcome news that a sequel to Marc Forster’s 2013 zombie movie World War Z is finally moving forwards at the studio. What’s more, not only is Brad Pitt returning, but he’s also bringing Oscar-nominated Conclave director Edward Berger with him.Per THR’s…

In the last five years, Guy Ritchie has made no fewer than six movies and three TV shows — including such feature-length fare as Wrath Of Man, the cannily titled Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant, and Fountain Of Youth alongside bingeable small-screen offerings MobLand, The Gentlemen, and Young Sherlock. But while some of the British auteur’s recent projects — mostly on the movie front — may have fallen a little short of the Snatch director’s glory days, his latest film, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rosamund Pike, and Sir Anthony Hopkins led thriller Wife & Dog, looks like it could be a real return…

Whether in front of the camera, behind it, or — occasionally — both, Ben Affleck is a man who knows his way around a taut, tense thriller. From The Town to Argo and from Gone Girl to The Accountant, an Affleck under pressure is generally an Affleck well worth tuning in for. And now, having already starred in one banger Netflix thriller this year (The Rip — go check it out!), the two-time Oscar winner is back directing and starring in what looks to be another: Animals. Check out the trailer below;Hoo boy! Well that was intense, wasn’t it? “In…

Quentin Tarantino’s eternal quest not to make his 10th — and supposedly final — movie continues, friends. Having written a Once Upon A Time In Hollywood novel, a non-fiction book on 70s cinema, founded The Video Archives podcast with Roger Avary, penned The Further Mis-Adventures Of Cliff Booth for pal David Fincher to direct, named his favourite films of the 21st century, and set his West End playwriting debut, you’d be forgiven for thinking there were no side quests left for QT. But, per Variety’s reporting, that ain’t so: the fêted auteur’s only gone and written the Cliff Booth movie’s official tie-in novelisation.Titled The Adventures Of Cliff Booth,…

To me, my X-Men casting news! After D23’s major X-Men MCU cast reveal last month, things had been all quiet on the mutant front for a little while… until now, that is. Per THR’s reporting, Jake Schreier’s hotly anticipated mutie movie has just cast a key member of Professor X’s superhero team — and it’s someone who knows a thing or two about playing a superpowered character. Asa Germann, perhaps best known as Gen V’s super strong Sam Riordan, is officially set to play X-Men OG Warren Worthington III — aka Angel — in Schreier’s upcoming MCU film.As THR reports,…