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Early in Netflix’s globe-trotting romp Red Notice, a priceless artifact is revealed to be a clever fake by the application of a fizzy drink. You won’t need sugary beverages to catch writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber’s comedy-thriller out, because it’s exactly what it seems to be: a starry and undemanding caper, …

Wes Anderson’s movies are never short of stars, but his next project, Asteroid City, looks set to blow everything else he’s done out the water. This is according to actor Fisher Stevens, who appeared in the director’s latest, The French Dispatch, and has re-teamed with him for Asteroid City. “I …

A new series of set photos from Thor: Love and Thunder suggest the Taika Waititi-directed movie will further explore Thor and Jane Foster’s relationship in flashback scenes. Twitter user @NaberriePower has revealed images of Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder and Natalie Portman’s astrophysicist holding hands. No, they’re not back together: …

Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige’s first idea for Avengers: Endgame would have seen every member of the original superhero team die. “Kevin’s initial pitch was that it was Toy Story 3 – a ‘they’re all gonna jump into a furnace together’ concept,'” director Joe Russo is quoted in new MCU …

The first teaser trailer for Pixar’s Lightyear is here, with Chris Evans voicing the iconic animated astronaut.  But this isn’t the Buzz we know and love – Evans previously cleared up who exactly his character is, tweeting: “Just to be clear, this isn’t Buzz Lightyear the toy. This is the origin …

The scrapped DC movie The Trench was actually going to be a Black Manta film, Aquaman director James Wan has revealed. “I’ll let you in on a secret, the canceled Trench spin-off movie was really going to be a secret Black Manta movie,” Wan wrote in an Instagram comment on …

Brendan Fraser is joining upcoming DC movie Batgirl as a villain that should be familiar to some Batman fans. Deadline (opens in new tab) – among other industry trades – reports that Fraser will be portraying Firefly, a supervillain with a propensity for pyrotechnics and other flame-based weapons. Real name …

Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff has addressed the potential for a Dune sequel in a new interview. Speaking to Deadline (opens in new tab), Sarnoff said, “Will we have a sequel to Dune? If you watch the movie you see how it ends. I think you pretty much know the …

DC’s iconic hero Superman has been namechecked in a new Eternals clip – seemingly confirming that he exists as a fictional character in Marvel’s universe. The “Introducing the Eternals” featurette shows the son of Brian Tyree Henry’s Phastos confusing Richard Madden’s Ikaris not with a bird or a plane – …

Dune is heading to HBO Max shortly – but plans have changed. A new release date and time has been announced for the at-home arrival of Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic, while the cinema release date (and, if you can do so safely, the cinema experience is highly recommended) remains the …