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Netflix’s ‘The Monkey King’ Swings in with Mostly Positive Reviews
By Animation Magazine August 17, 2023 This Friday, August 18, a classic Chinese antihero returns to screens in a new Western animated feature: Netflix original The...
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‘The Monkey King’ Review: Netflix Toon Deftly Reshapes Chinese Literary Classic Into Action-Packed Fun for Kids
By David Rooney August 15, 2023 The 16th century literary classic Journey to the West is the mother of all Chinese fantasy. The mythological saga has spawned...
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‘The Monkey King’ Producer Peilin Chou & Director Anthony Stacchi Give Us the Scoop on Their Wild Netflix Movie (New Clip)
By Ramin Zahed August 14. 2023 The beloved 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West and its mischievous hero, The Monkey King (a.k.a. Sun Wukong) have...
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‘Disenchantment’ to End With Season 5 on Netflix
By Lesley Goldberg August 1, 2023 The sun is setting on Netflix’s Disenchantment. The streaming giant on Tuesday announced that the animated comedy from The...
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‘Disenchantment’ to End With Part 5 at Netflix, Sets Premiere Date
By Joe Otterson August 1, 2023 Matt Groening’s Netflix animated comedy “Disenchantment” will end with its upcoming fifth batch of episodes. The final 10 episodes...
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‘Disenchantment’ To End With Season 5; Premiere Date Set, Teaser Released By Netflix
By Nellie Andreeva August 1, 2023 Matt Groening’s Disenchantment is coming to an end. The upcoming fifth season of the Netflix adult animated fantasy comedy...
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‘Spider-Verse’ Directors Give Message to Filmmakers: ‘I Want All of You to Make the Movie You Want and for the Studios to Support That’ At Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch
By Sophia Scorziello July 19, 2023 It was a special night at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif. celebrating the forces behind some of Hollywood’s...
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‘The Monkey King’ Trailer: Jimmy O. Yang Leads Netflix Animated Film Based On Chinese Folklore
By Valerie Complex July 17, 2023 Netflix has dropped a trailer for the animated movie The Monkey King. The film stars Jimmy O. Yang, Lin Jolie Hoang-Rappaport,...
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Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang Face Off as Part of an Epic Animated Quest in ‘The Monkey King’ Trailer
By Abbey White July 17, 2023 Debuting Aug. 18, the Netflix animated film from ‘The Boxtrolls’ director Anthony Stacchi also stars Jo Koy, Stephanie...
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‘The Monkey King’ Swings into Action in Official Netflix Trailer
By Mercedes Milligan July 17, 2023 Netflix today unveiled the official trailer and new images for its animated feature The Monkey King, based on the classic...
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10 Animators to Watch: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’ ‘Chicken Run 2’ Artists Among 2023 Honorees
By Andrew Barker, Murtada Elfadl, Paula Hendrickson, Stuart Miller, Rafael Motamayor, Paul Plunkett July 13, 2023 Variety and Nickelodeon are joining forces...
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‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’ Aardman Team Unveil First Footage & New Characters At Netflix Animation Event – Annecy
By Melanie Goodfellow June 14, 2023 Aardman founder Peter Lord and director Sam Fell took to the stage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on...
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Heather Graham Horror Thriller ‘Suitable Flesh’ Based On Lovecraft Story Acquired By RLJE Films & Shudder Ahead Of Tribeca Bow
By Matt Grobar June 5, 2023 Based on the short story “The Thing on the Doorstep” by H.P. Lovecraft, Suitable Flesh follows psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby (Graham),...
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'An irresistible mix of art and genitals': Caligula finally comes to Cannes
By Catherine Bray May 19, 2023 As quixotic quests go, it’s a doozy: take 96 hours of raw footage filmed during one of the craziest and most tumultuous shoots...
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J.J. Abrams’ ‘Duster’ Adds Sofia Vassilieva & Dan Tracy As Recurring
By Denise Petski May 8, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Vassilieva and Dan Tracy are set for recurring roles in J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan’s Max period drama Duster,...
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Netflix Dives In For Mexican Underwater Heist Drama ‘Bandidos’; ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ Director Adrian Grunberg Attached
By Jesse Whittock April 27, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has put Bandidos, a thriller series about an underwater heist, into production. The drama follows the story...
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Carey Mulligan To Lead Podcast ‘The Foxes Of Hydesville’ About Sisters Who Claimed They Could Speak To The Dead
By Andreas Wiseman April 24, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) will star in and executive produce historical-fiction podcast series The...
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Mia Goth Joins Marvel's 'Blade' With Mahershala Ali
By Angelique Jackson April 12, 2023 After a massive year in 2022 with back-to-back buzzworthy performances in “X” and “Pearl,” Mia Goth has added a role in...
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'Blade': Mia Goth Joins Mahershala Ali In Marvel Pic
By Justin Kroll April 12, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: After spending the past year terrifying audiences and wowing critics, Pearl and X star Mia Goth looks ready to take...
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[Interview] Director Joe Lynch Teases His Secret Screening at Panic Fest 2023 and Shares Details on Upcoming Lovecraft Adaptation A SUITABLE FLESH
By Jonathan Dehaan April 11, 2023 Panic Fest is one of the best damn genre film festivals in the United States, but don’t take our word for it. “I try to take...
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Rob Corddry Joins ‘JumpStart’; Glynn Turman To Guest Star In CBS Comedy Pilot
By Nellie Andreeva April 10, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Rob Corddry is set as a lead opposite Terry Crews and Ryan Michelle Bathé in JumpStart, CBS’ multi-camera comedy...
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CBS Comedy Pilot Based on ‘JumpStart’ Comic Strip Casts Ryan Michelle Bathé
By Joe Otterson April 5, 2023 Ryan Michelle Bathé has been cast in a leading role in CBS’ comedy pilot based on the “JumpStart” comic strip, Variety has learned...
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Corbin Bernsen Set To Recur In J.J. Abrams’ HBO Max Series ‘Duster’
By Denise Petski March 30, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Corbin Bernsen (City on a Hill) is set for a key recurring role opposite Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson in J.J....
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'Evil Dead Rise' Filmmaker Lee Cronin Tackling Horror Thriller 'Thaw' for New Line
By Borys Kit March 29, 2023 Lee Cronin, director of New Line’s upcoming Evil Dead Rise, is reuniting with the studio to direct the original horror feature Thaw....
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Terry Crews To Headline ‘JumpStart’ CBS Comedy Pilot Based On Comic Strip
March 17, 2023 By Nellie Andreeva Brooklyn Nine-Nine alum Terry Crews has been tapped as the lead and also will executive produce JumpStart, CBS’ multi-camera...
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‘Phineas and Ferb’ Revival at Disney to Bring Back Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh
March 16, 2023 By Joe Otterson “Phineas and Ferb” co-creator and executive producer Jeff “Swampy” Marsh is officially joining the revival of the series in the...
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Kelly Park To Direct & Exec Produce ‘JumpStart’ Comedy Pilot At CBS
By Denise Petski February 22, 2023 Kelly Park has been tapped to direct and executive produce CBS multi-camera comedy pilot JumpStart, based on Robb Armstrong’s...
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Pilot Season 2023: Volume Takes Another Dive Amid Solid Broadcast Debuts & Looming Writers Strike
By Peter White, Nellie Andreeva February 17, 2023 It’s pilot season, right? In the old world order, by mid-February, the broadcast networks would have whittled...
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Rachel Hilson To Star In J.J. Abrams & LaToya Morgan’s ‘Duster’ As HBO Max Hands Out Official Series Order
By Peter White February 16, 2023 Rachel Hilson will star alongside Josh Holloway in J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan’s period drama Duster as HBO Max has finally...
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David Oyelowo, Taylor Sheridan's 'Bass Reeves' Series at Paramount+ Casts Barry Pepper
By Joe Otterson February 16, 2023 The David Oyelowo-led “Bass Reeves” series at Paramount+ from Taylor Sheridan has cast Barry Pepper in a series regular role,...
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CBS Orders Comedy Pilot Based on 'JumpStart' Comic Strip
By Joe Otterson February 15, 2023 CBS has given a pilot order to a multi-cam comedy series based on the “JumpStart” comic strip, Variety has learned. The project...
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‘JumpStart’ Comedy Based On Comic Strip Gets CBS Pilot Order From Wayne Conley, Kapital & TrillTV
By Nellie Andreeva February 15, 2023 CBS has handed a pilot order to JumpStart, a multi-camera comedy based on Robb Armstrong’s long-running comic strip. Wayne...
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David Oyelowo, Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Bass Reeves’ Series at Paramount+ Adds Forrest Goodluck & Lauren E. Banks
Joe Otterson February 14, 2023 The “Bass Reeves” series from Taylor Sheridan starring David Oyelowo has added two new series regulars, Variety has learned exclusively....
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Apple TV+ Shares ‘Pretzel and Puppies’ Season 2 Trailer
By Debbie Diamond Sarto February 9, 2023 Ahead of its February 24 Season 2 global release, Apple TV+ has dropped a trailer to treat fans to a look at what’s...
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‘The Portable Door’ Starring Christoph Waltz And Sam Neill To Get Exclusive Release On MGM+ In April
By Valerie Complex February 7, 2023 MGM+ new original fantasy-adventure comedy The Portable Door will debut exclusively on MGM+ and come exclusively to the...
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'La Brea' Renewed for Third Season on NBC
By Rick Porter January 31, 2023 NBC’s time-hopping drama La Brea will continue into the future. The network has picked up a third season of the sci-fi series...
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Dennis Quaid Joins David Oyelowo In Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Bass Reeves’ Series For Paramount+
By Nellie Andreeva January 19, 2023 Dennis Quaid is set to star opposite David Oyelowo in Paramount+’s new original series Bass Reeves, from Yellowstone co-creator/showrunner...
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Dennis Quaid Joins David Oyelowo in ‘Bass Reeves’ Series at Paramount+ With Taylor Sheridan Producing
By Joe Otterson January 19, 2023 Dennis Quaid has signed on to star opposite David Oyelowo in the upcoming Paramount+ series “Bass Reeves,” Variety has learned....
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MGM Acquiring Worldwide Rights To ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ Sequel Directed By ‘Nanny’s Nikyatu Jusu
By Matt Grobar December 15, 2022 EXCLUSIVE: Amazon’s MGM division is in final negotiations to acquire worldwide rights to the Night of the Living Dead sequel...
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New Line Picks Up Fantasy Pitch ‘Crescenthia’ from ‘Black Adam’ Producer Beau Flynn (Exclusive)
By Borys Kit December 8, 2022 New Line has acquired the high-concept fantasy pitch Crescenthia from Beau Flynn, the producer of the company’s DC movie, Black...
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‘Blade’: Yann Demange Steps In As Director On Marvel Film, Michael Starrbury To Write Script
By Justin Kroll November 21, 2022 After parting ways with director Bassam Tariq, Marvel Studios has moved fast and found not only his replacement but a new...
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Marvel’s ‘Blade’ Finds New Director With ‘Lovecraft Country’ Helmer Yann Demange
BY Borys Kit November 21, 2022 Marvel Studios’ Blade is being unsheathed once more, this time with a whole new creative team. Yann Demange, who directed the...
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Nikyatu Jusu Confirms Her Next Horror Film For Monkeypaw & Universal Is “Expansion” Of Black Vampire Short ‘Suicide By Sunlight’
By Matt Grobar November 19, 2022 Sundance prize-winning filmmaker Nikyatu Jusu has unveiled new details about her forthcoming feature for Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw...
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‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ - Meet the Real Chickie Donohue and Watch Filmmakers Talk about Production
WATCH NOW: https://fycextras.com/the-greatest-beer-run-ever/production-featurette WATCH NOW: https://fycextras.com/the-greatest-beer-run-ever/the-real-guy WATCH...
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Hot AFM Package For Buyers To Gnaw: ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ Sequel From Village Roadshow, Vertigo, Westbrook & George Romero’s Sanibel, With ‘Nanny’s Nikyatu Jusu Helming ‘Walking Dead’s LaToya Morgan Script
By Mike Fleming Jr October 26, 2022  EXCLUSIVE: In an American Film Market package coming together that could wake the dead, Village Roadshow Pictures has partnered...
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TV Ratings: ‘East New York’ Is Fall’s Top Series Premiere After Seven Days
October 11, 2022 By Rick Porter CBS’ first-year drama series East New York plugged seamlessly into the network’s Sunday lineup — and has drawn the biggest seven-day...
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‘King Shaka’: Charles Babalola To Star In Title Role Of Showtime Series From Antoine Fuqua, 4 Others Cast
August 25, 2022 By Nellie Andreeva EXCLUSIVE: The Outlaws star Charles Babalola is set to headline Showtime’s King Shaka, (fka Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation),...
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Sylvester Stallone Signs With CAA
By Mike Fleming Jr. August 11, 2022 EXCLUSIVE: Sylvester Stallone has signed with CAA. It’s a return match for the star and the agency, which will also rep...
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‘The Horror Crowd’ Gets Buffalo 8 Release Date; Sana Soni Joins Giant Pictures; IDA Logan Elevate Grantees; Castings For ‘Macho!’, ‘Finding Nicole’, ‘What Rhymes With Reason’, ‘Site’, ‘Ganymede’ And ‘This Time’; More – Film Briefs
By Matt Grobar August 5, 2022 EXCLUSIVE: Buffalo 8 has announced that it will release Ruben Pla’s feature directorial debut The Horror Crowd on digital and...
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Joey King Talks About Working On Dystopian Fantasy ‘Uglies’ For Netflix: “A Dream Realized”
By Valerie Complex, Matt Grobar August 1, 2022 Deadline caught up with actress Joey King at the premiere of the David Leitch’s new action-thriller Bullet Train....
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Netflix’s ‘The Monkey King’ Swings in with Mostly Positive Reviews
By Animation Magazine August 17, 2023 This Friday, August 18, a classic Chinese antihero returns to screens in a new Western animated feature: Netflix original The...
Read More
‘The Monkey King’ Review: Netflix Toon Deftly Reshapes Chinese Literary Classic Into Action-Packed Fun for Kids
By David Rooney August 15, 2023 The 16th century literary classic Journey to the West is the mother of all Chinese fantasy. The mythological saga has spawned...
Read More
‘The Monkey King’ Producer Peilin Chou & Director Anthony Stacchi Give Us the Scoop on Their Wild Netflix Movie (New Clip)
By Ramin Zahed August 14. 2023 The beloved 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West and its mischievous hero, The Monkey King (a.k.a. Sun Wukong) have...
Read More
‘Disenchantment’ to End With Season 5 on Netflix
By Lesley Goldberg August 1, 2023 The sun is setting on Netflix’s Disenchantment. The streaming giant on Tuesday announced that the animated comedy from The...
Read More
‘Disenchantment’ to End With Part 5 at Netflix, Sets Premiere Date
By Joe Otterson August 1, 2023 Matt Groening’s Netflix animated comedy “Disenchantment” will end with its upcoming fifth batch of episodes. The final 10 episodes...
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‘Disenchantment’ To End With Season 5; Premiere Date Set, Teaser Released By Netflix
By Nellie Andreeva August 1, 2023 Matt Groening’s Disenchantment is coming to an end. The upcoming fifth season of the Netflix adult animated fantasy comedy...
Read More
‘Spider-Verse’ Directors Give Message to Filmmakers: ‘I Want All of You to Make the Movie You Want and for the Studios to Support That’ At Variety’s 10 Animators to Watch
By Sophia Scorziello July 19, 2023 It was a special night at Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif. celebrating the forces behind some of Hollywood’s...
Read More
‘The Monkey King’ Trailer: Jimmy O. Yang Leads Netflix Animated Film Based On Chinese Folklore
By Valerie Complex July 17, 2023 Netflix has dropped a trailer for the animated movie The Monkey King. The film stars Jimmy O. Yang, Lin Jolie Hoang-Rappaport,...
Read More
Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang Face Off as Part of an Epic Animated Quest in ‘The Monkey King’ Trailer
By Abbey White July 17, 2023 Debuting Aug. 18, the Netflix animated film from ‘The Boxtrolls’ director Anthony Stacchi also stars Jo Koy, Stephanie...
Read More
‘The Monkey King’ Swings into Action in Official Netflix Trailer
By Mercedes Milligan July 17, 2023 Netflix today unveiled the official trailer and new images for its animated feature The Monkey King, based on the classic...
Read More
10 Animators to Watch: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’ ‘Chicken Run 2’ Artists Among 2023 Honorees
By Andrew Barker, Murtada Elfadl, Paula Hendrickson, Stuart Miller, Rafael Motamayor, Paul Plunkett July 13, 2023 Variety and Nickelodeon are joining forces...
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‘Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget’ Aardman Team Unveil First Footage & New Characters At Netflix Animation Event – Annecy
By Melanie Goodfellow June 14, 2023 Aardman founder Peter Lord and director Sam Fell took to the stage at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on...
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Heather Graham Horror Thriller ‘Suitable Flesh’ Based On Lovecraft Story Acquired By RLJE Films & Shudder Ahead Of Tribeca Bow
By Matt Grobar June 5, 2023 Based on the short story “The Thing on the Doorstep” by H.P. Lovecraft, Suitable Flesh follows psychiatrist Elizabeth Derby (Graham),...
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'An irresistible mix of art and genitals': Caligula finally comes to Cannes
By Catherine Bray May 19, 2023 As quixotic quests go, it’s a doozy: take 96 hours of raw footage filmed during one of the craziest and most tumultuous shoots...
Read More
J.J. Abrams’ ‘Duster’ Adds Sofia Vassilieva & Dan Tracy As Recurring
By Denise Petski May 8, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Sofia Vassilieva and Dan Tracy are set for recurring roles in J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan’s Max period drama Duster,...
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Netflix Dives In For Mexican Underwater Heist Drama ‘Bandidos’; ‘Rambo: Last Blood’ Director Adrian Grunberg Attached
By Jesse Whittock April 27, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has put Bandidos, a thriller series about an underwater heist, into production. The drama follows the story...
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Carey Mulligan To Lead Podcast ‘The Foxes Of Hydesville’ About Sisters Who Claimed They Could Speak To The Dead
By Andreas Wiseman April 24, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: Oscar nominee Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) will star in and executive produce historical-fiction podcast series The...
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Mia Goth Joins Marvel's 'Blade' With Mahershala Ali
By Angelique Jackson April 12, 2023 After a massive year in 2022 with back-to-back buzzworthy performances in “X” and “Pearl,” Mia Goth has added a role in...
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'Blade': Mia Goth Joins Mahershala Ali In Marvel Pic
By Justin Kroll April 12, 2023 EXCLUSIVE: After spending the past year terrifying audiences and wowing critics, Pearl and X star Mia Goth looks ready to take...
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[Interview] Director Joe Lynch Teases His Secret Screening at Panic Fest 2023 and Shares Details on Upcoming Lovecraft Adaptation A SUITABLE FLESH
By Jonathan Dehaan April 11, 2023 Panic Fest is one of the best damn genre film festivals in the United States, but don’t take our word for it. “I try to take...
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