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When it comes to playing characters who aren't quite human, Alexander Skarsgård has form. The eldest son of clan Skarsgård, Alexander has been a vampire in True Blood (and What We Do In The Shadows), a demon in The Stand, several clones in Infinity Pool, and even a billionaire tech bro *shudder* in Succession. And now The Northman star is about to play Murderbot, a bot who doesn't actually do murders, in Apple TV+ bound sci-fi thriller/comedy series Murderbot. Adapted by About A Boy directorial duo Chris and Paul Weitz from Martha Wells' bestselling Murderbot Diaries, Murderbot is due to hit our screens in May — and today Apple revealed our first look at the non-lethal droid. Check it out below:

Yes, he may look a bit like a cross between The Spot from Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, DC's Deadshot, and a member of The Force Awakens' Guavian Death Gang,...

Welcome to the latest instalment of our Dissected feature here on Nerdly, where one of our comic gurus, Ian Wells, delves into comics history and looks back at Comics Interview, the long-running journal of interviews and criticism from David Anthony Kraft (Dak).

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First of all, credit where credit is due. The little cartoon of David that accompanies every Upfront this time is sporting a hat like Grim Jack and is captioned ‘Grim Dak’. I do love a good pun. We get a peak behind the creative process at Ci as here Dak outlines the duties of Jim Salicrup as Editorial Consultant. Now he doesn’t go big on detail, it is more a chance to pay tribute to a friend. That is something that always comes across in the pages of Ci, everyone who works on it seems like friends first, working colleagues second. The pair have known...

The Dcu’s canon has been a point of confusion ever since it was announced that The Flash was going to reboot the Dceu. There were plans for Michael Keaton’s Batman to serve in a NIck-Fury-esque sort of role within the Dceu, Batgirl was a major player, Supergirl was going to replace Superman, and more. It was certainly a confusing time.

When Gunn took over, it didn’t really become less confusing, just confusing in a different way. Gunn initially said that some things in the Dceu would become canon in the Dcu, but did not specify at first. It was clear to fans, however, that what would stay canon are the films that were popular and made money. Slowly, it was clear that The Flash would not be canon after it bombed, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom would not be canon after it also bombed but not quite as bad,...

The Dcu’s canon has been a point of confusion ever since it was announced that The Flash was going to reboot the Dceu. There were plans for Michael Keaton’s Batman to serve in a NIck-Fury-esque sort of role within the Dceu, Batgirl was a major player, Supergirl was going to replace Superman, and more. It was certainly a confusing time.

When Gunn took over, it didn’t really become less confusing, just confusing in a different way. Gunn initially said that some things in the Dceu would become canon in the Dcu, but did not specify at first. It was clear to fans, however, that what would stay canon are the films that were popular and made money. Slowly, it was clear that The Flash would not be canon after it bombed, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom would not be canon after it also bombed but not quite as bad,...

The Dcu’s cannon has been a point of confusion ever since it was announced that The Flash was going to reboot the Dceu. There were plans for Michael Keaton’s Batman to serve in a NIck-Fury-esque sort of role within the Dceu, Batgirl was a major player, Supergirl was going to replace Superman, and more. It was certainly a confusing time.

When Gunn took over, it didn’t really become less confusing, just confusing in a different way. Gunn initially said that some things in the Dceu would become cannon in the Dcu, but did not specify at first. It was clear to fans, however, that what would stay cannon are the films that were popular and made money. Slowly, it was clear that The Flash would not be cannon after it bombed, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom would not be cannon after it also bombed but not quite as bad,...

James Gunn is putting on a pair of red pants, grabbing the Lasso of Truth, and lighting up the Bat-Signal, as the man behind Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy gets to work building a new DC Cinematic Universe alongside producer Peter Safran. The pair have unveiled some of their plans for this Phase 1 of this new endeavor, which they're calling, "Chapter One: Gods and Monsters.” Gunn has worked with DC characters before, having helmed 2021’s The Suicide Squad and the John Cena-led Peacemaker TV series.

Despite some confusion about what parts of the old Dceu — the one developed by Zack Snyder in movies like Man of Steel and Batman v Superman — are coming over to the Dcu, Gunn has made it clear that the animated show Creature Commandos is the official starting point for his continuity. Effectively The Suicide Squad with the training wheels taken off, Creature Commandos is...

A huge part of the draw to most superhero movies is their action, making it all the more disappointing when they fail to deliver a climactic final fight sequence. From the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to the many one-off films featuring DC characters, most comic book movies rely heavily on their fight scenes to draw audiences' attention. This focus on combat usually results in one final battle against the film's overarching villain to close out the story, pulling out all the stops for a memorable last battle.

The best comic book movie final fights are able to balance characterization with smooth editing, believable special effects, and creative uses of powers to maintain an exciting bout. Conversely, the worst finales in superhero movie history can be the result of a lackluster final battle, especially in films featuring otherwise great combat scenes. Both Marvel and DC have committed the sin...

James Gunn's Dcu can still bring back Will Smith's Deadshot and give him the Suicide Squad spinoff the actor originally wanted. From David Corenswet's Superman and Milly Alcock's Supergirl to The Brave and the Bold's Batman and a yet-to-be-cast Wonder Woman, the Dcu will introduce a new set of DC characters in both animation and live-action. However, various Dceu characters have survived the Dcu reboot — mostly those related to James Gunn's The Suicide Squad: John Cena's Peacemaker, Freddie Stroma's Vigilante, Viola Davis' Amanda Waller, Sean Gunn's Weasel, among others.

The Suicide Squad was itself a soft-reboot of Suicide Squad. Characters such as Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn and Jai Courtney's Captain Boomerang appear to be the same version of the characters in both movies, but The Suicide Squad doesn't directly reference the events of the first movie. Now that Dcu...

No live-action DC movie released so far has attempted what the fourth Dark Knight installment, Batman: Gotham Knight, achieved. To say that Christopher Nolan's highly-acclaimed The Dark Knight trilogy was incredibly influential for the superhero genre and Hollywood filmmaking as a whole would be an understatement. Not only did The Dark Knight trilogy offer one of the most beloved villain performances in Heath Ledger's Joker, but it also proved that comic book adaptations could thrive on the big screen as high-quality cinema.

Although Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy was a massive hit at the box office, its chances of becoming a cinematic universe were slim from the start. Nolan envisioned the trilogy as a grounded, self-contained story with a well-defined beginning, middle, and end. Hence, there were never plans for a fourth Dark Knight movie, and despite the passing of the torch teased in The Dark Knight Rises' ending sequence,...

DC has released some truly dark movies, but a few of them rank above the others due to their overall tone, major deaths, and more. All of the Dceu's movies were piled together as being extremely dark, which is not true. DC has had somber releases in recent years, but many of the shared universe's projects were more light-hearted in nature, with films like the Shazam! franchise, Blue Beetle, and the Aquaman movies falling into that designation.

Still, both before and during the Dceu, the comic book giant did really deliver a few very dark movies and events. Based on the projects announced for the new DC Universe's Chapter One, such as the upcoming Swamp Thing and The Authority movies, more dark feature films are on the way for DC. Before they arrive, a look back at DC's darkest movies so far can show how the upcoming DC movies...

There are a few things from comics that are better left outside of the mainstream audience’s minds. While there is some sillier stuff that gets adapted out for the sake of the story being palatable to the mainstream audience, there are also some…downright disturbing aspects of the comics that are left out…for the most part.

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Manu Bennet managed to deliver a great performance as Deathstroke, but there was one aspect of the character that the Arrowverse saw fit to adapt out, even if it showed up in some of the animated versions of the Dcu. Given that Slade is very famously a pe**phile in the comics, fans could rest easy that that part of the character was completely cut out in The CW’s version of the Dcu.

Manu Bennet might have left out the p**ophile part of Deathstroke, but the...

Warning: Contains Potential Spoilers for Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #5!A long-standing fan criticism is the sheer absurdity that no one, not even his closest acquaintances, can recognize Clark Kent as Superman, despite his flimsy disguise of glasses, a different hairstyle, and a mild-mannered attitude. And with the Man of Steel's newest civilian identity, this criticism becomes even more glaring, making it almost laughable that Clark still tries to maintain a secret identity at all.

Superman officially makes his debut in Andy Diggle, Leandro Fernndez, and Matt Hollingsworths Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #5. This Elseworlds series, a sequel to the 1989 classic Batman: Gotham by Gaslight by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola, reimagines fan-favorite DC characters in the 19th century.

In this world, Clark Kent remains the Kryptonian hero fans know and love, but instead of a mild-mannered investigative journalist, he's a bumbling yet beloved sheriff.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for Batman: Gotham By Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #5!One of my favorite things about DCs Elseworlds imprint is the chance to see different versions of beloved characters like Superman reimagined across various alternate universes. While the main continuitys Man of Steel will always have a special place in my heart, his Gotham by Gaslight counterpart has officially taken the crown as my favorite Clark Kent.

Superman makes his 19th-century debut in Batman: Gotham by Gaslight - The Kryptonian Age #5, the fifth installment to the sequel of the classic Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (1989) by Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola. Written by Andy Diggle with art by Leandro Fernndez and Matt Hollingsworth, this Elseworlds series reimagines DC characters with a Victorian twist and new origin stories.

While Superman remains the powerful Kryptonian fans know and love, he takes on a new civilian identity as Smallvilles bumbling yet beloved sheriff.

Warning! Spoilers for Absolute Power: Origins #3!Batman is one of the most popular comic book characters ever created, and I've noticed that DC Comics tends to inflate that reputation every chance the publisher gets by making him the most dangerous and powerful person in the room. This ego-inflation most recently led to a strange retcon as a major Suicide Squad moment is changed to prop up Batman even more.

The surprising retcon to the Suicide Squad was seen in Absolute Power: Origins #3 by John Ridley, Alitha Martinez, Norm Rapmund, Andrew Dalhouse, and Steve Wands. This book details Amanda Waller's rise to absolute power in the DC Universe and goes over a few events that avid DC readers have already seen. One such event is Batman's assault on Belle Reve when he discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad, but the way this story retells the event is very different...

After seeing the first trailer for Marvel's Thunderbolts*, I'm very confident the upcoming movie will be far more than the "McU's Suicide Squad". Coming from Warner Bros. and the Dceu, 2016 and 2021's Suicide Squad movies feature collections of incarcerated criminals coming together to complete missions for the US government. While Thunderbolts* does appear to have some shared DNA concerning that general DC Comics' premise, I do feel that the upcoming MCU movie will be a much bigger affair across the board.

Coming from director Jake Schreier, Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts* is set to debut a brand-new team of characters in the MCU, the majority of whom have been featured in past films. This new roster predominantly includes Sebastian Stan's Winter Soldier, Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, Wyatt Russell's U.S.Agent, David Harbour's Red Guardian, Hannah John-Kamen's Ghost, and Olga Kurylenko's Taskmaster. Each member has a dark past,...

DC had infiltrated the anime world way before it was the trend, and the DC adaptations continue to be popular among fans. From Batman Gotham Knights and Galactic Warrior Wonder Princess to Batman Ninja, several anime have been produced based on DC characters.

In fact, DC has received more anime adaptations than Marvel, and all of them have received positive attention from fans. So why end here? Why not let the anime wave carry DC forward? Otakus would love nothing more than to watch their favorite heroes and villains again, but in anime form.

Batman Gotham Knight Could be the Beginning of Dceu’s Revival Batman Gotham Knights | Warner Bros.

Batman Gotham Knight is a Japanese-American anthology film consisting of six parts, and it debuted in 2008. Each segment was animated by different Japanese studios: Madhouse, Bee Train, Studio 4°C, and Production I.G. Among the sex parts, Studio Madhouse animated two,...

The Suicide Squad Isekai has captivated audiences with its gritty depiction of a team of super-powered anti-heroes fighting for survival in a fantastical isekai world. As the season progresses, the stakes have only continued to rise, with Suicide Squad battling against a seemingly unstoppable undead army led by Undead King.

Harley Quinn Firing the Magical Gun | Credit: Wit Studio

However, the writers of the series have made a critical misstep that could have drastically altered the course of this conflict, their decision to give the team’s resident loose cannon, Harley Quinn, a powerful magical gun, rather than placing it in the hands of the far more disciplined and tactically-minded Deadshot.

Deadshot Alone Could Have Turned the Tide of Battle Deadshot Fighting against the Undead Army | Credit: Wit Studio

In the latest episode of Suicide Squad Isekai, Harley Quinn‘s acquisition of the magical gun has given her tremendous firepower,...

Filmmaker David Ayer continues to go back and forth on whether he wishes to #ReleaseTheAyerCut of Suicide Squad and, following the 2016 movie's recent 8th anniversary, he's shared some never-before-seen script pages.

As well as providing a greatly expanded version of the moment Joker uses the electroshock machine on Dr. Harleen Quinzel, we learn more about the moment Harley Quinn finally turns her back on the Clown Prince of Crime during the final battle with Enchantress.

We don't see what happens next after Joker threatens to kill her but know from previous leaks that Task Force X drove him off, finally freeing Harley from the twisted gangster's grasp.

In the theatrical cut of Suicide Squad, we were led to believe Joker died in that helicopter crash before making his surprise return in the movie's closing moments to break Harley out of Belle Reve. Warner Bros. decided Ayer's vision was too dark...

Criticism of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is plentiful on social media, and you might be tired of hearing it.

It’s back again, however, after gaming insider Jason Schreier and Bloomberg released an extensive report on the behind-the-scenes disaster that went down and sealed the game’s fate. Mismanagement seems to be the name of the game, and there’s no more question about why it turned out the way it did.

Suicide Squad’s Director Killed an Idea Months into Experimentation The new Suicide Squad game had everything going against it during development.

In Bloomberg’s report about the reason for the game’s failure (which isn’t Sweet Baby Inc.), Schreier detailed how Rocksteady’s co-founders, Jamie Walker and Sefton Hill, had ditched plans for a project named Stones, which would’ve been an original multiplayer puzzle-solving game.

Instead, they were enchanted by the idea of...

James Wan's recent sequel, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, marked the end of what came to be known as the Dceu era, and as we head towards James Gunn and Peter Safran's Dcu relaunch, we've decided to rank all 15 movies in the franchise.

Warner Bros.' attempt to establish a shared movie universe in the same vein as The MCU began with Man of Steel in 2013, and despite some bright spots and box office successes along the way, most would agree that it never really took flight - at least not to the level DC fans were hoping for.

Things appeared to turn a corner with Wonder Woman, which led to a lot more optimism for the future of the Dceu overall. Of course, a lot of fans still felt that things were better when Zack Snyder was in the picture, and the positive reaction to the "Snyder...

Exclusive: Felicity Jones is set to star in Michael Showalter’s holiday comedy Oh. What. Fun. for Amazon MGM Studios, joining Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloë Grace Moretz and Dominic Sessa.

Showalter, who co-wrote the script with Chandler Baker, is producing via Semi-Formal Productions alongside Jordana Mollick; Tribeca’s Berry Welsh and Jane Rosenthal; and Kate Churchill. The script is based on a short story by Baker, who is also executive producing, that was originally published by Amazon Original Stories.

In the film, Claire Clauster (Pfeiffer) organizes a special Christmas outing when her family forgets her in the shuffle. By the time they realize their mistake, she’s gone missing. Their Christmas is in jeopardy, but Claire has other plans. The pic will be available to stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Jones is best known for her Oscar-nominated starring role opposite Eddie Redmayne in James Marsh’s The Theory of Everything.

Saudi’s Joy Awards Honors Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner & More

The likes of Anthony Hopkins, Kevin Costner and Mark Wahlberg were honored at Saudi Arabia’s Joy Awards 2024 on Saturday. Jean Reno, Eva Longoria, Salman Khan, Martin Lawrence, Quincy Jones, Alia Bhatt, Georgina Rodriguez, Anthony Anderson, Sam Worthington and Paul Anderson were also either celebrated or in attendance in Riyadh, along with the likes directors Zach Schneider and Doug Liman, and global sports stars Tyson Fury, John Cena and Francis Ngannou. The awards are part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 program and recognize major names in music, cinema, television, sports, and more from the Arab world. Hopkins, Costner and Jones were among several recipients of Lifetime Achievement honors, while industry awards went to Bollywood star Bhatt, Schneider and Bad Boys actor Martin Lawrence among others. Mbc Group, the Middle East’s largest broadcast and media firm, co-hosts the awards, which...

From penning Training Day (2001) to helming the one-two punch of End of Watch (2012) and Fury (2014), David Ayer has had the film industry in the palm of his hand on a couple of different occasions.

Following the success of the latter, he then punched his own ticket to the Dceu, opting to write and direct Suicide Squad as a supervillain take on The Dirty Dozen. The film would star the likes of Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn, Will Smith’s Deadshot and Jared Leto’s Joker, but despite one of the most celebrated trailers of all time at 2015’s San Diego Comic-Con, the subsequent poor reception to Zack Snyder’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and the adulation for Tim Miller’s irreverent Deadpool (2016) caused Warners to panic and retool Squad on the fly.

What resulted was a bake-off between the studio’s cut and Ayer’s cut, and the...

Exclusive: British actress Sophia Brown has signed with Anonymous Content.

Brown most notably starred in Netflix’s The Witcher: Blood Origin, a spinoff of the fantasy drama series, The Witcher. The four-part limited series, set in an elven world 1,200 years before the world of The Witcher, tells a story lost to time – one of seven outcasts who unite against an unstoppable power that took everything from them. Their blood quest gives rise to a prototype Witcher in a conflict that brings about the “conjunction of the spheres,” when the worlds of monsters, men, and elves merge to become one. Brown starred opposite Michelle Yeoh, Francesca Mills and Laurence O’Fuarain.

Most recently she appeared in the Itvx limited series You & Me, opposite Harry Lawtey and Jessica Barden, and, prior to that, Joe Barton’s Netflix limited series Giri/Haji in which she starred opposite Will Sharpe and Kelly Macdonald.

In addition...

National Amusements fires up ‘BlackBerry’; MetFilm has ‘Golda’ starring Helen Mirren and ‘The Burial’.

Universal’s franchise horror The Exorcist: Believer and Warner Bros’ UK drama The Great Escaper will be targeting different audiences at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, with both films opening wide.

Starting in 616 cinemas, The Great Escaper stars Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, in her final film role before her death in June aged 87. Shot along the south coast of the UK including at Dover, Camber Sands and Hastings, the film follows a pensioner who escapes from his care home to attend the 70th anniversary...

’Silent Roar’, ‘Shoshana’ and ’How To Have Sex’ will also play at the French seaside festival that spotlights UK and Irish cinema.

France’s Dinard Festival of British Film has unveiled the line-up of its 34th edition, which includes Cannes titles Ken Loach’s The Old Oak, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone Of Interest and Molly Manning Walker’s How To Have Sex.

Also on the line-up is Charlotte Regan’s Sundance title Scrapper. The comedy drama stars Harris Dickinson and follows a young girl forced to confront reality when her estranged father returns, and is currently on release in...

The new Brit produced action thriller "Dead Shot" written and directed by Tom and Charles Guard, stars Felicity Jones ("Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"), Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Sophia Brown, Máiréad Tyers and Mark Strong, with a North American release Tba:

"...a retired Irish paramilitary man (Morgan) witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife by an 'Sas' officer (Ameen)...

"...but escapes, wounded and presumed dead, to 1970's London to plot his revenge..."

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Dead Shot is a gripping cat-and-mouse thriller centered around a British sergeant who becomes the target of a revenge-driven Ira member after killing his pregnant wife. The movie is a throwback to crime thrillers of the past and features an ensemble cast including Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, and Felicity Jones. Directors Tom and Charles Guard aimed to capture the intensity and visual language of films like Heat and The French Connection while incorporating contemporary themes like Brexit and Covid.

Dedication to duty leads to a vengeance-driven game of cat and mouse in Dead Shot. The movie centers on a British sergeant who is recruited to join a clandestine team to bring down Provisional Irish Republican Army sects in the U.K. after stopping a member from crossing the border, then becomes the target of said figure after having killed his pregnant wife during the confrontation.

Aml Ameen and Colin Morgan...

Colin Morgan plays a retired Irish paramilitary in Dead Shot, who seeks revenge on British Sergeant Tempest after witnessing him kill his pregnant wife. Dead Shot sets a personal revenge tale against the backdrop of the conflict between Ireland and England, adding to the tension. The film explores the violence and unrest of 1970s London, using it as a backdrop for a cat-and-mouse revenge story, and the exclusive clip highlights Felicity Jones' character.

Screen Rant is proud to present an exclusive clip from the new action thriller Dead Shot. The movie is inspired by Steven P. Moysey's book, The Road to Balcombe Street. Michael O'Hara (Colin Morgan), a retired Irish paramilitary, is persuaded by his pregnant wife to run and escape a border ambush, but things go horribly wrong when he witnesses British Sergeant Tempest (Aml Ameen) shoot and kill her. Michael, now presumed dead, escapes and follows Tempest to London.

"I'm going after the soldier that killed Carol." "The man you want is working for the police." Quiver Distr. has revealed an official trailer for Dead Shot, another new action thriller to enjoy. But this one finally has something unique to offer - it's set on the dark and paranoid streets of 1970's London, with some extra gritty chase scenes. Opening in the US on VOD in August. A retired Irish paramilitary witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an Sas officer. After outwitting the government, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the streets. It looks like he catches up with the killer and might have a change of heart. "Raw and suspenseful, Dead Shot is an adrenaline-fueled thriller that will leave audiences weighing up the true cost of revenge." Just hope it's good. Starring Aml Ameen, Colin Morgan, Máiréad Tyers, Dara Devaney,...

It’s a great testament to an actor when they can take a character who murders a pregnant woman in the opening scene, and make them human, and dare I say, likeable. But when it comes to British actor Aml Ameen, that’s hardly a surprise, as the talented performer’s career continues to go from strength to strength.

To mark the release of the aforementioned, dark thriller Dead Shot, we had the pleasure in speaking to Ameen via Zoom, as we speak about the challenges in playing a role of this nature, and the fulfillment of working with a complex, nuanced protagonist. He also talks about his directing career and his ambitions post-Boxing Day, while we speak about a rather big role he has coming up, playing Martin Luther King Jr in Rustin.

Watch the full interview with Aml Ameen here:

Synopsis

When a border ambush goes wrong, a...

Dead Shot is a film directed by Charles and Thomas Guard. It stars Colin Morgan and Aml Ameen and features the always grateful presence of Mark Strong.

A film that takes itself quite seriously in a revenge romp with political undertones in Ireland.

Dead Shot Storyline

In the 1970s, a member of the Ira takes over an Active Service Unit in London after his wife is accidentally shot dead in Ireland. The unit’s mission is to cause chaos and destruction, while his personal aim is to hunt down his wife’s killer — an Sas captain, who is also hunting him.

Movie Review

A good opportunity to revisit the thriller genre with a well-constructed cinematic flavor and with intention, characters and a whole story to tell. It has a lot of style thanks to the setting and the climate of instability in which the plot is framed.

Dead Shot knows...

It's been 30 years since Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers and Chris, in a special preview of a bigger interview to come, sat down with Nick Park to talk all things Aardman. And Aml Ameen joins us to discuss hunting down paramilitaries in '70s London with Sky original Dead Shot.

Plus, with Chris in LA, James Dyer, Helen O'Hara and John Nugent converge upon the studio to chat about the movie location landmarks that take them to their respective happy places, whether The Meg 2 will be the greatest film ever made and quite who Jenna Ortega plays in the new Beetlejuice sequel.

Listen to the episode on the pod app of your choice — or via the PlanetRadio player above.

There’s a crunchy veracity to the script for this evocative story of two men on opposing sides of the Northern Ireland conflict

The recent 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement underscored how much the Troubles, and those many years of bloodshed, have receded into historical memory. With the wounds less raw, it’s easier to mine the period for drama spiked with high-stakes violence and leavened with moral conundrums about justice, loyalty and political expediency. Belfast-born novelist and screenwriter Ronan Bennett is just the right man to map out this terrain. It’s not just his having roots in the region that helps, but also his longtime involvement in British crime drama, from Face back in 1997 through TV series Top Boy, to historical mini-series Gunpowder about the Guy Fawkes plot.

The script for Dead Shot, co-written by Bennett and directors Charles and Thomas Guard, has a crunchy veracity,...

Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer for the upcoming season 2 of ‘Heartstopper.’

In season 2, Nick and Charlie navigate their new relationship; Tara and Darcy face unforeseen challenges and Tao and Elle work out if they can ever be more than just friends. With exams on the horizon, a school trip to Paris and a prom to plan, the gang has a lot to juggle as they journey through the next stages of life, love and friendship.

Written and Created by Alice Oseman, the cast includes Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Yasmin Finney, William Gao, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Sebastian Croft, Tobie Donovan, Rhea Norwood, Jenny Walser, Cormac Hyde-Corrin and Olivia Colman.

Also in trailers – Explosive first look trailer drops for ‘Dead Shot’

Season 2 drops on Netflix on the 3rd August.

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Sky has released the high-octane first-look trailer for ‘Dead Shot’ (previously titled Borderland), a new Sky Original action-filled political thriller.

Aml Ameen (I May Destroy You) and Colin Morgan (Belfast, Humans) lead an ensemble cast of scene-stealing British and Irish talent featuring Academy Award® nominee Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything, Rogue One), Mark Strong (Tár, 1917), Sophia Brown (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Endgame).

When a border ambush goes wrong, a retired Irish paramilitary Michael (Morgan) witnesses the fatal shooting of his pregnant wife by an Sas officer Tempest (Ameen). After outwitting the Sas, now wounded, and presumed dead, he escapes, taking his revenge to the dark and paranoid streets of 1970’s London.

Written and directed by Tom and Charles Guard (The Uninvited) based on the screenplay by Ronan Bennett (Top Boy).

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The film will...

Despite Rocksteady's acclaimed takes on its adaptations of DC characters in the Arkhamverse, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League's version of Deadshot will likely be worse than his comics counterpart. Rocksteady's next entry in the Arkhamverse will be a third-person shooter that will allow players to take control of Amanda Waller's Task Force X - a group comprising some of DC's villains and antiheroes - as they take on Brainiac, who has brainwashed the most powerful heroes in the DC Universe: the Justice League.

Sony's February 2023 State of Play showcase revealed 15 minutes of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League footage, including its best look at the title's gameplay to date. A leaked image of Suicide Squad: Ktjl's menu revealed live-service-esque features such as a battle pass, gear scores and builds, and an in-game store, and the showcase confirmed that many of these features would be in the final game.

Re/Member's dark and violent spin on a well-known time travel trope proves that Groundhog Day could have worked well as a horror movie. Adapted from a manga titled Re/member – Karada Sagashi, Netflix's Re/Member uses a high school as a setting to unravel a gripping survival drama. While its primary appeal comes from its central “Body Search” game in which six students race against time to find the missing pieces of a dead body, the Japanese horror movie effectively includes jump scares and breezily enjoyable heartfelt moments to keep viewers entertained throughout its runtime.

While unfolding its murder mystery drama with a paranormal time travel twist, Netflix's Re/Member also explores coming-of-age themes surrounding loneliness and the human memory's ambiguousness. Owing to these themes and its vast roster of well-written characters, Re/Member manages to stand out in the time travel sub-genre. However, despite all of these distinct elements, Re/Member,...

William Jackson Harper (Love Life), Tom Pelphrey (Ozark), Aml Ameen (Boxing Day), Sarah Jones (For All Mankind), Jon Michael Hill (Widows), and Chanté Adams (A League of Their Own) have been cast opposite Jeff Daniels and Diane Lane in A Man in Full, Netflix’s six-episode limited series from David E. Kelley and Regina King based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel.

In A Man in Full, when Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy, political and business interests collide as he defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace.

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Harper plays Wes Jordan, the incumbent mayor of Atlanta who’s up for re-election. Wes will do whatever it takes to ensure victory over his opponent, who is quickly gaining in the polls.

Pelphrey plays Raymond Peepgrass. Subordinated, libidinous and frustrated, he is an oppressed and lowly loan officer...

This article contains Star Trek: Strange New Worlds spoilers.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Episode 3

Like the classic episodes “The Naked Time” or “The Deadly Years,” Strange New Worlds has entered into Star Trek-storytelling mode all about a weird alien virus sweeping the ship. From The Next Generation to Deep Space 9 and beyond, every Trek show needs an episode like this, and in “Ghosts of Illyria,” we get a great one. When a virus that’s transmitted by light starts to make everyone lose it, it’s up to Number One to sort everything out.

“Ghosts of Illyria,” is, arguably, the first big episode to feature Rebecca Romijn’s Una Chin-Riley as the focus of the story. And as such, we get a lot of references to previous moments in Trek canon, many of which directly connect to her backstory, and La’an’s backstory, too. Here’s every...

Middle-Earth had come to Minneapolis. There was no doubt about that. Standing in line for Sean Astin’s autograph at Wizard World in 2014, I could see reminders of Peter Jackson’s epic J.R.R. Tolkien adaptations all around me. Everyone else in the long line seemed to be clutching action figures, photographs, and posters featuring Samwise and his Fellowship friends, with the Lord of the Rings celebration interrupted only by the occasional The Goonies or Rudy memorabilia.

As the line inched closer to Astin’s table, I decided that I could safely presume I was one of only a few people without Lord of the Rings memorabilia to be autographed, and I was most likely—okay, very likely—the only one in line holding a DVD copy of the 2007 horror film Borderland to get signed by the beloved actor.

It’s not that I wasn’t a Lord of the Rings...

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Star Trek Picard is, unsurprisingly, an absolutely treasure trove of continuity and easter eggs. Sometimes that’s fun, like when Seven of Nine silences the same bus punk that Spock did in Star Trek IV, and sometimes it’s baffling, such as when Guinan mysteriously de-ages and forgets Picard existed some time between the 19th and 21st centuries, or Picard’s Hallucination Dad adding a bunch of unnecessary backstory while gloating he kept his hair (despite the fact we already know he didn’t).

One of the subtler and longer-running threads of this series has been the plot around geneticist Adam Soong, ancestor of Data’s creator and excuse to keep casting Brent Spiner after Data has been killed off.

But Soong’s plotline is more than just “A 400 year-long male line of eerily identical mad scientists” and it ties into a piece of plot arc and worldbuilding that traces...

Exclusive: Cast has been finalized on Borderland, the long-gestating thriller set on the paranoid streets of 1970s London.

Confirmed as starring are Aml Ameen (I May Destroy You) and Colin Morgan (Belfast), who lead an ensemble cast featuring Felicity Jones (Rogue One), Mark Strong (1917), Sophia Brown (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Avengers: Endgame).

The project is now shooting in Glasgow. Sky has boarded the pic and will release on Sky Cinema in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2022; theatrical releases will take place outside of those markets, including in the U.S., the film team said.

Borderland is written by Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett and the Guard Brothers, Tom and Charles, who are helming.

Previously iterations of the movie were set to star the likes of John Boyega, Jack Reynor, Jamie Dornan and Sam Claflin.

The project is an Upper Street, Stylopic, A Piecrust and Highland Midgie Production,...

This post contains minor spoilers for Star Trek: Picard season two.

The upcoming Star Trek ongoing Strange New Worlds is all about making the familiar seem new and interesting. The series stars Anson Mount as Captain Christopher Pike, the predecessor to the U.S.S. Enterprise’s most famous skipper, James T. Kirk. He’ll be joined by other updates to well-known Trek characters, including Rebecca Romijn as first officer Una Chin-Riley aka Number One and Ethan Peck as science officer Mr. Spock.

With that in mind, a recent conversation between Mount and his podcast co-host Branan Edgens is much more than the usual small talk. Broadcast via Instagram, Mount and Edgens chatted about the next season of their podcast The Well, a series of interviews about the nature of creativity. As the two hosts vamped through technical difficulties, Edgens asked his friend about recent happens with the show.

“It’s really good,...

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Star Trek: Picard Season 2 Episode 2

Based on trailers, promotional material, and interviews, Star Trek fans have been made aware that Brent Spiner is back for Star Trek: Picard Season 2, but in an entirely new role, playing a member of the Soong family that we’ve never seen before. After the first two episodes of season 2, we haven’t seen Spiner in this new role, or have we?

In an extremely brief Easter egg toward the end of Picard season 2, episode 2, “Penance,” Brent Spiner’s secret new character is fully revealed. And, it looks like this specific detail is the entire key to the mystery of the altered timeline.

Around the 42:40 time stamp in this episode, just before we get to the “Eradication Day” ceremony, there’s a brief shot of San Francisco, viewed from one side of the Golden Gate Bridge. Positioned...

Exclusive: Ira thriller Borderland is set to feature an exciting cast of John Boyega (Star Wars), Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim) and Felicity Jones (The Theory Of Everything).

The film will follow an Irish paramilitary, Michael (Reynor), who witnesses the shooting of his pregnant wife at the hands of an Sas sergeant named Tempest (Boyega) when a border ambush goes wrong. When Tempest is sent back to London to lead a covert counter-terrorist operation, Michael joins a ruthless active service unit (Asu) wreaking havoc in the capital. For Michael, the mission is personal – to hunt down Tempest – and he’ll stop at nothing to avenge his wife’s death.

UK sales firm Rocket Science is selling and financing the film, which heralds from director duo the Guard Brothers (The Uninvited). Endeavour Content is co-repping domestic rights.

Chris Coen (Funny Games), Rebecca Brown, Felicity Jones’s Piecrust Productions and...

Narcos’ Pedro Pascal and Edgar Ramirez, who played Gianni Versace in Ryan Murphy’s recent American Crime Story franchise, have signed up to star in Oliver Assayas’ forthcoming Cuban spy drama Wasp Network.

The pair will star in the feature, which is based on the true story of Cuban spies in American territories during the 1990s and explores the reach of a terrorist network based in Florida that had ramifications across Central America.

Personal Shopper director Assayas wrote and directed the film, which is based on Fernando Morais’ book, The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. Rt Features’ Rodrigo Teixeira is producing alongside CG Cinema’s Charles Gillibert, while Rt’s Lourenço Sant’Anna and Sophie Mas are executive producing.

Imr International is launching the film to foreign buyers in Cannes, with CAA is handling U.S. rights.

Rt Features is the company behind Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name...

Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville and Noel Clarke also star in the film.Show Fullscreen

Screen can unveil a first look at Sam Claflin in director Ron Scalpello’s London-set crime thriller The Corrupted.

Claflin stars as Liam McDonagh, an ex-con determined to rebuild his life after losing everything at the hands of a local crime syndicate.

Timothy Spall, Hugh Bonneville and Noel Clarke also star in the film.

The Exchange are selling worldwide rights in Cannes. Entertainment Film Distributors will release in the UK.

With a screenplay from Urban Hymn writer Nick Moorcroft, the film is being produced by Andrew Berg...