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As if Chris Hemsworth didn’t already have enough franchise cred from playing Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Kevin in the Ghostbusters reboot and Agent H in Men in Black: International, now he’s lending his talents to the world of Mad Max. Hemsworth is starring opposite Anya Taylor-Joy in the Furiosa prequel spinoff, and the fifth entry in the Mad Max film series has finally been filming. The Australian actor announced this big piece of news with a social media post.Warner Bros. Pictures officially confirmed…

Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images Léa Seydoux is no stranger to the world of big budget blockbusters having appeared in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, along with her recurring turn as Madeleine Swann in James Bond duo Spectre and No Time to Die, but her first attempt at getting into the superhero business ended up collapsing when Disney canceled Gambit. Channing Tatum had spent years developing the project, with the actor set to produce as well as…

The animated TV sitcom gets a movie spin-off, in which Bob and his family struggle to save their burger restaurant from the twin threats of a recalled bank loan and a giant sinkhole that opens directly in front of the door to the premises. The business suffers a further blow when it’s revealed that the hole contains the remains of a murdered fairground employee.But this brief plot synopsis can barely scratch the surface of the elliptical weirdness and bone-dry humour of this immensely enjoyable film. Fans will eat it up…

Photo by Eamonn M. McCormack/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick is preparing to take flight, and one of the film’s biggest stars is open to a spinoff for their character — with or without facial hair. Miles Teller embraces the exciting and essential role of Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw, the son of Maverick’s fallen comrade, Goose, in Top Gun: Maverick. He enjoyed the character so much that he revealed he’s not ready to stop playing him just yet in a chat with Screen Rant.  “I’m trying to get a…

On Tuesday, the trailer of Russo Brothers' big-budget action film The Gray Man was released. The Netflix original stars Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling in the lead role apart from a big ensemble cast. For the Indian fans, the big draw, however, is the Hollywood debut of Dhanush. The actor plays a small but pivotal role in the film. Hours after the trailer’s release, the director duo spoke to fans on Twitter Spaces and hinted that a spin-off with Dhanush in the lead may be on the cards. Also read: Russo Brothers, IMDb post…

Image via Marvel Information about the Spider-Man offshoot movie Madame Web is coming in slowly, but it is coming. After being announced earlier this year, now we’re finally getting plot details. The details aren’t exactly lengthy, but they do give us a sense of what the movie will be about and what direction it will follow. In addition to that info, Sony also revealed that Celeste O’Connor from Ghostbusters: Afterlife will also appear in the movie, although their role is so far a mystery. Madame Web is Sony’s…

| The next volume of the Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Omnibus is coming to Dark Horse Comics in December. Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Omnibus Volume 6 collects volumes 16-18 of the popular manga by Osamu Takahashi. The collection will retail for $24.99 and is available for preorder now. It will hit both comic shops and bookstores together on December 28, 2022. The cover to Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Omnibus Volume 6, by Osamu…

Fans were heartbroken when Johnny Depp confirmed during his recent stint in court that no amount of money could persuade him to return to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, which drew a pretty definitive line under his two-decade tenure as the big screen’s Jack Sparrow. We’re making that definition because the actor has become famous for bringing his pirate costume with him everywhere he goes, solely to bring joy to fans of the character. With Depp out of the picture, there doesn’t really seem to be much point in…

As with any side-project or solo album by a member of a celebrated band, the first question prompted by the Smile’s debut is: why? There are plenty of reasonable stock answers: an opportunity to do something entirely different; a surfeit of material that either couldn’t be fitted into the schedule of a major band or was perhaps received with something less than enthusiasm by its other members; an invigorating chance to play with different musicians. These are categories that virtually every Radiohead offshoot thus far…

Modern Love Mumbai — the first Indian spin-off of rom-com anthology Modern Love, now streaming on Amazon Prime Video — opens with the same words as its American counterpart: “Inspired by personal essays from The New York Times column Modern Love. Certain elements have been fictionalised.” But curiously, unlike the original, Modern Love Mumbai doesn't reveal who wrote the columns the six episodes are inspired by. Why is it hiding the names of the authors? It begs the question: are these truly Mumbai stories submitted by…