It’s the time of year again when everyone braces for the American Film Market, where filmmakers from around the world come to sell their projects to studios. These film packages feature some of the most interesting casts and filmmakers of the year. One such project is “Dutch & Razzlekhan.”

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According to Deadline, Gabriel LaBelle and Isabela Merced are joining Chloë Grace Moretz in the cast of the forthcoming film, “Dutch & Razzlekhan.” The film, which is directed by Jon S.

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Destined initially to a debut on Hulu (or the Disney-owned equivalent internationally), “Alien: Romulus” was switched to theatrical before it went into production. 

In a time where Hollywood is making questionable decision after questionable decision, the powers that be made the right one here. Kudos to the shot callers at Disney’s 20th Century Studios for realizing what a home run “Alien: Romulus” is, and audiences need to experience it at least once in its natural environment.

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As summer enters its final stretch, all eyes are on what movies might make it big in the August box office. Is Fede Álvarez‘s “Alien: Romulus” a movie that could make a big splash in a way that “Furiosa” and “The Fall Guy” didn’t? It’s entirely possible, but maybe the official first clip from the movie will provide intel on this sci-fi horror’s commercial potential.

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Is there any hope for Fede Álvarez‘s “Alien: Romulus” in the disappointing 2024 summer box office? After all, the long-running sci-fi horror franchise isn’t exactly a hot property. It’s been seven years since Ridley Scott‘s ho-hum “Alien: Covenant,” and almost thirty years since a sequel not a part of Scott’s “Prometheus” saga. And harsher critics may be even more severe: has there been a good “Alien” movie since James Cameron‘s lauded 1986 sequel “Aliens“?

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Maybe it’s inflation, maybe it’s Trump, perhaps it’s the hangover from the pandemic, and maybe it’s the worry that Trump will regain office in November, but cultural anxiety and worry have been on the rise in recent years. And that entire idea, not being able to shut off your brain and worrying, is at the center of a new coming-of-age film about anxiety called “Turtles” All The Way Down.”

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A film from New Line Cinema and Temple Hill, “Turtles All The Way Down,” is based on John Green’s bestselling novel of the same name and debuts Thursday, May 2, on HBO’s streaming service Max.

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While Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” film series was basically killed off after its underperforming sequel, “Alien: Covenant,” clearly, 20 Century Studios believes the show must go on for the Alien/xenomorph franchise. And maybe it needs a cheaper cast to be cost-effective. Because both FX’s “Alien” series from Noah Hawley and the upcoming film, “Alien: Romulus” are A-list star-free, relying on new up-and-comers instead.

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While there seems to be a big debate raging this year about superhero fatigue and the decline of Marvel Studios, Sony has quite a few new superhero films ready to go over the next year or so. You have to imagine the studio is desperately hoping superhero fatigue will take a break in 2024. We’ve already seen the trailer for “Kraven the Hunter,” and now, we have yet another Sony superhero film, “Madame Web.”

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There’s been a lot of discussion about “Madame Web” during the film’s production.

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James Gunn’s upcoming “Superman: Legacy” (summer 2025) promises to be the first theatrical entry point for the newly branded DCU. And it has been said that the superhero pic will usher in a heap of various DC Comics characters that will get fleshed out down the road as DC Studios looks to create their own cinematic universe. It turns out that talk is correct, and there is now a big update on what some of those characters will be with new actors joining the cast.

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Yesterday, it was announced that actress Isabela Mercer (“Rosaline”) would be joining fellow rising star Cailee Spaeny (“Mare of Easttown”) in the next big “Alien” feature film that is being spearheaded by filmmaker Fede Álvarez (“The Evil Dead”) and frequent writing partner Rodo Sayagues with Ridley Scott producing via his production company Scott Free.

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Back in November, Cailee Spaeny became the first name attached to Fede Alvarez‘s upcoming “Alien” movie. Now Deadline has the name of her first cast mate: Isabela Merced, who adds Alvarez’s film to her bundle of other upcoming projects that includes “Madame Web” and “Turtles All The Way Down.”  

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What’s out there on Alvarez’s “Alien” film?

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Thanks to the box-office success of “Venom: Let There Be Carnage,” which raked in over $500 million worldwide, Sony Pictures has high hopes for its future Spidey-verse movies. And while critics and audiences loathed “Morbius,” it did make a modest profit and finish first at the box office on its opening weekend. All the more reason for Sony to make its next Spidey-adjacent venture, “Madame Web,” that much more bankable as it approaches release next summer.

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Is it harder to picture Jason Momoa getting manhandled by dudes in a fight, or to buy the wacky plot device excusing his manhandling? “Sweet Girl,” Brian Andrew Mendoza’s directorial debut, leaves it to the audience to choose their own misgiving. 

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From a macro perspective, the whole enterprise is baffling.

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One of the biggest films that are currently in development from DC Films and Warner Bros. is the feature, “Batgirl.” Originally, the film was expected to debut in theaters with Joss Whedon writing and directing. Over the past few years, things have changed and now the film is set to debut on HBO Max from directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah and writer Christina Hodson.

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With his Khal Drogo days well behind him and “Aquaman 2” not coming until 2022, it’s time for Jason Momoa to start building out his resume. The actor arguably already has, but Denis Villeneuve‘s “Dune” still doesn’t come out in theaters and HBO Max until October 1, and “See,” his AppleTV+ show, is on hiatus due to COVID despite being renewed for a second season.

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Netflix has been killing it recently with its slew of teen-focused rom-coms. It seems that with each and every release, the streaming service has found a way to capture the hearts and minds of young people all across the world with these films’ mix of up-and-coming young talent and a story that is just dramatic enough to pull at the heartstrings, but just sweet enough to make you want to put posters on your wall and go on social media to talk about how dreamy the actors and actresses are.

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