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Netflix’s ‘Matilda’ Remake Will Put Ralph Fiennes In Drag To Play Miss Trunchbull Ralph Fiennesisn’t the first name you’d think of to play Miss Trunchbull, the intimidating and monstrous villain of Roald Dahl’sMatilda. But you should start imagining him in a dress, because he’s set to play the antagonist of Netflix’s feature film adaptation of theMatilda The Musical. Deadline reports that Ralph Fiennes is attached to star as Miss Trunchbull in Netflix and Working Title’sMatilda....

Netflix’s New Dating Show ‘Sexy Beasts’ Will Live Forever In Our Nightmares Netflix has somehow cracked open the barrier that separates our world from some sort of Lovecraftian cosmic nightmare universe and turned what spilled out into a dating show.Sexy Beastsis a reality series that features contestants going on blind dates. But these singles are going to have their work cut out for them, because they’re all wearing terrifying, elaborate makeup and prosthetics that turns them into animals, and bugs, and the devil, and also a scarecrow?...

New ‘Aquaman’ Set Photo Gives A New Look At Amber Heard As Mera, Queen Of Atlantis Production isunderway down in Australiaon the first big screen adaptation of the DC Comics superheroAquaman. At the helm isThe ConjuringandFurious 7directorJames Wan, and the filmmaker took to social media yesterday to post a new look atAmber Heardas Mera, Queen of Atlantis and the wife of the hero played byJason Momoa. Check out the newAquamanphoto below!...

New ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer In Front Of ‘The Avengers’ As if you needed more incentive to check outThe Avengerson May 4, a Warner Bros. exhibitor site has let it slip that a brand new trailer forChristopher Nolan’sThe Dark Knight Riseswill likely play in front of the Marvel superhero movie. It’s not guaranteed though. Read more after the jump. The news comes fromNolan Fans(viaComic Book Movie) who saw the information on an official Warner Bros....

New ‘Logan’ Photo Teases Reavers As Another Problem For Wolverine To Deal With There have been endless teases for the next film in the standaloneWolverinefranchise that has spun off from the primaryX-Menfilm series. Ever since the film’s title was revealed to beLogan, as seen in the first teaser poster, there has been a barrage of behind-the-scenes photos and details giving us plenty of insight into what we can expect from the R-rated comic book sequel this time....

New ‘Ultraman’ Movie Coming From The Creator Of ‘Neon Genesis Evangelion’ Hideaki Anno, whose anime masterpieceNeon Genesis Evangelionrecently made its streaming debut on Netflix, is reteaming with hisShin Godzillaco-director to direct a newUltramanmovie. TitledShin Ultraman, the live-action feature film is based “on the iconic 1966 tokusatsu TV series about a giant alien that battles space monsters to save the Earth.“Varietyreports that Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, who co-directed the award-winning 2016 smash hitShin Godzilla, are reuniting to directShin Ultraman, a feature film adaptation of the beloved 1966 tokusatsu TV series (read: “special effects”) that follows a giant alien who battles space monsters to save the Earth....

New Photos And Video Blog: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Twixt’ Francis Ford Coppola’s panel for his new filmTwixtwas one of the absolute highlights of Comic Con this year. (It was one of the highlights of my entire run of Comic Con experiences, truth be told.) Not necessarily because of the film, which may or may not actually be good, but because of the innovative manner in which it will be presented....

Pen15 Season 2, Part 2 Trailer: If You’re Lucky Enough To Live, Live. After what feels like decades of a 1980s stranglehold on nostalgia properties, millennials were given the relatable gift of revisiting middle school in the form of “Pen15.” The groundbreaking comedy created by Anna Konkle, Maya Erskine, and Sam Zvibleman features Konkle and Erskine (both actors in their mid-30s) playing middle school versions of themselves, while everyone else (with the exception of Chau Long as Anna’s crush, Steve) played by age appropriate performers....

Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Novel Will Reveal Cliff Booth’s Backstory Quentin Tarantino’s novelization ofOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodis almost as highly anticipated as his Oscar-winning 2019 film was, if only because it invites us to once again hang out in that world of 1960s Hollywood. A world that Tarantino plans to expand upon in hisOnce Upon a Time in Hollywoodnovel, which will throw in asome deleted scenesas well as expand on the characters played byLeonardo DiCaprioandBrad Pitt....

Saturday Box Office: Treasure Down, Headed For $50M; Charlie Beats Sweeney Nicolas Cage’s National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Disney) was down on Saturday from its enthusiastic Friday opening. The return of treasure hunter Ben Gates added an estimated $16.9M with a Per Theatre Average of $4,410.Now the question becomes how will the weekend box office play out considering that Monday is Christmas Eve and a holiday for most Americans? My sources are telling me that today (Sunday) will play more like a Saturday but to keep in mind that many moviegoers are wrapping up their Christmas shopping....

Superhero Bits: ‘Ant-Man And The Wasp’ Tickets On Sale, ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Set Videos & More IsGal Gadotdriving an invisible vehicle in a newWonder Woman 1984set video? Have you gotten yourAnt-Man and the Wasptickets yet? What Marvel character does producerNate Moorekeep trying to fit into the MCU? WhichSupergirlcast member is only going to be recurring on the show’s fourth season? Could Disney and Comcast split 20th Century Fox’s assets? All that and more in this edition ofSuperhero Bits....

Superhero Bits: Arrow, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Age Of Ultron, The Flash, Batman How accurate a shot isArrow? Who isTJ Millerplaying inDeadpool? CouldSpider-Mancameo inDaredevil? IsDaniel Bruhlexcited forCaptain America: Civil War? Will Marvel bring back theAge of Apocalypsein their comics? What’s the link betweenCaptain Americaand Cinderella? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits. InterestingArrowInfographic by@George_Matzis, viaComic Book Movie. TJ Millerteased onTwitterthat he’s playing Weasel inDeadpool. Too late. RT @Marvel_CMU:@stevendeknightany chance The Daily Bugle could be added to Daredevil in post?...

Superhero Bits: Captain America: Civil War, Daredevil, Suicide Squad, Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D, Thor DoesJoss Whedontease mystery superheroes appearing inAvengers: Age of Ultron? Want to seeEdward James OlmosinAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D? Has a plot synopsis forCaptain America: Civil Warleaked? IsDavid Tennantenjoying hisA.K.A Jessica Jonesscripts? How wouldMax Landishave openedThe Amazing Spider-Man 2? WillSophie Turnerbe different as Jean Grey inX-Men Apocalpyse? WhichWatchmenstar could be inSuicide Squad? Read about all this and more in today’s Superhero Bits....