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Casting roundup, Nov 6: Teyonah Parris joins Denzel Washington and 8 more
Nine casting moves in one place: Teyonah Parris opposite Denzel Washington, Tim Robbins in the Monsterverse and more.
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Stranger Things gets a live-action prequel set in the 1950s, coming in 2028
Netflix has announced Other Worlds: A Stranger Things Adventure, a new series from the Duffer brothers and showrunner Kate Trefry, with Joe Wright directing.
BioWare’s rise and shutdown get a documentary, filmed before EA closed the studio
Massive Effect: The BioWare Story follows the Mass Effect and Dragon Age studio from its 1995 founding to its closure, with all three co-founders on camera.
Kamen Rider studio Toei now makes film with generative AI, sets first games for 2027
Toei has written rules for generative AI and already uses it for backgrounds, its CEO said in Taipei. Its new games label has dated three original titles for 2027.
New Cliff Booth trailer finally shows what Fincher’s Brad Pitt film is about
The red band trailer for David Fincher's Tarantino-scripted follow-up explains why a TV star hires Cliff Booth, ahead of the Nov. 25 IMAX release.
Nicholas Galitzine reportedly in talks to play Ichabod Crane opposite Sydney Sweeney
Deadline reports that the Masters of the Universe star is in final negotiations to join Sony's Hollow, a gothic retelling of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Adam Driver confirms he is the villain of Heat 2 and says Kylo Ren’s story is over
Driver will play Otis Wardell in Michael Mann's Heat 2 and says the rejected Ben Solo film means "no more Star Wars" for him.
Rosamund Pike plays a momfluencer in Feed, body horror from The Acolyte’s Leslye Headland
Rosamund Pike will star in and produce Feed, a body horror film about a mother chasing online fame for her daughter. Leslye Headland directs, and sales start at the American Film Market.
Paul Bettany joins Steven Yeun in Pagans, Netflix’s supernatural family drama
The VisionQuest star will play a charismatic stranger named Mag in the series from Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer, Deadline reports.
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Avatar: Seven Havens reviews: critics love the new world, not all of the animation
Eight reviews of the new Avatar series on Paramount+ praise the story, the twins and the music. The split is over how it looks in motion.
Nolan’s The Odyssey returns to 1,000+ screens and IMAX 70mm on December 11
After a $1.80 billion run, Universal is bringing Christopher Nolan's epic back to US and Canadian cinemas in every format, a week before Dune: Part Three.
Godzilla Minus Zero roars to about $6M in US previews, a record for its distributor
Takashi Yamazaki's sequel made around $6 million before its wide release, Deadline reports, far ahead of Godzilla Minus One and the best preview result in GKIDS history.
