As studios have strip-mined comic books and the superhero genre to death, different types of content like video game IP and more traditional toy brands are becoming more and more critical to their longevity. Classic toy adaptations have always been on the table: the “Transformers” franchise continuing to churn, a live-action “Barbie” movie at Warners is on the way, and a new “Masters of The Universe” film at Netflix is about to shoot later this year.

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Right now, Kumail Nanjiani and Andy Muschietti are knee-deep in the world of superheroes with “Eternals” and “The Flash,” respectively. However, they are also about to bring in their partners and work together on a new film “The Doubtful Guest.”

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According to THR, director Andy Muschietti and his producing partner, Barbara Muschietti, are set to team up with Kumail Nanjiani and his wife/writing partner, Emily V.

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If you have Apple TV+ and haven’t watched the critically acclaimed anthology series “Little America,” make it a priority in your binge list. Based on a collection of real-life stories published in Epic Magazine, the eight-part program chronicles unexpected stories of first-generation immigrants in the United States. It’s the brainchild of executive producers Lee Eisenberg, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon and the latter two joined the Four Quadrant podcast last week to discuss there Emmy-worthy show.

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It appears that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Emily Blunt will be superheroes after all. According to a new report from THR, both A-listers are set to join the upcoming film, “Ball and Chain,” bringing marital strife to the world of tights and capes.

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The report claims that Johnson and Blunt, who set to appear together as co-stars in the upcoming Disney film, “Jungle Cruise,” are going to reteam to play a married superhero couple in the upcoming film, “Ball and Chain,” which is written by Oscar-nominated scribe Emily V.

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Author, comedy writer, and producer Emily V. Gordon and actor, comedian, and writer Kumail Nanjiani made their Oscar-nominated screenwriting debut last year with “The Big Sick.” The film is based on the bizarre but heartwarming circumstances surrounding the couple’s relationship after they first met. Now, the husband and wife screenwriting duo are back with a new half-hour anthology series “Little America” that has been picked up by Apple, according to THR.

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Tonight, “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” will feature a visit from none other than former House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.  The series has become an increasingly popular pit stop for many celebrities and the 10th season of the Emmy Award winning “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” the mother series,  is no exception.  The new season will debut on March 22nd and VH1 has lined up an impressive list of Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy Award winners and nominees to judge the contestants.

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This week, The Hollywood Reporter has released the full uncensored video for their writers roundtable featuring Academy Award screenplay nominees Jordan Peele (“Get Out”), Aaron Sorkin (“Molly’s Game”), and Emily V. Gordon (“The Big Sick”), in addition to writer/directors Darren Aronofsky (“mother!”) and Fatih Akin (“In the Fade”) and “Darkest Hour” scribe Andrew McCarten.

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We’re a week into the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, and, like American democracy, things are starting to wind down. Most of the major movies have premiered, critics have their favorites (and least favorites), and many of the hot-ticket movies have already been snapped up by distributors, with the box-office success of “Manchester By The Sea” fueling a healthy market for sellers. There’s plenty more to come — we’ll be filing more reviews in the days ahead — but we wanted to start to take a view of the festival as a whole.

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Zoe Kazan can transform even the most stock role into something indelible. In the broadest sense, her character Emily in the romantic dramedy “The Big Sick” is about as basic as they come. She’s “the girlfriend” — the woman whose humor, kindness, and vivacity gives the hero the catalyst he needs for change. But Kazan’s so hilarious and three-dimensional, able to turn on a dime from goofy to guarded to outright angry.

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