Someone really should tell filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie that he can’t just go and announce cast members for his “Mission: Impossible” sequels on social media. Doesn’t he know that film outlets would die for these sorts of scoops? Oh well. At least the latest actors joining the Tom Cruise-led franchise are pretty damn exciting.

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According to McQuarrie’s latest posts on social media, he’s expanding his “Mission: Impossible” cast to include Cary Elwes, Rob Delaney, Indira Varma, Charles Parnell, and Mark Gatiss.

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As the world enters a second year under the sway of COVID-19, it’s just about the last topic anyone wants to see featured in a new movie release. Hollywood has a history of taking advantage of lousy situations for the sake of a timely story, however. Why should 2021 be any different? 

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“Locked Down,” previously titled “Lockdown” and the first of what will likely be many COVID/pandemic-themed films in the next few years, debuts in just two weeks on January 14 on HBO Max.

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Recently, it was revealed that Doug Liman is taking a moment before he ventures off into space with Tom Cruise to work on a pandemic-inspired heist film, “Lockdown,” starring Anne Hathaway. And while the film is said to have a fairly modest budget, especially when you consider Liman’s usual blockbusters, “Lockdown” is still going to have quite an all-star cast.

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According to Deadline, Hathaway is set to be joined by Chiwetel Ejiofor, Ben Stiller, Lily James, Stephen Merchant, Dulé Hill, Jazmyn Simon, and Mark Gatiss in the ensemble cast of Doug Liman’s upcoming heist film, “Lockdown.” The film is said to tell the story of a sparring couple (Hathaway and Ejiofor) that are willing to put their differences aside for one more heist, this time targeting the world-famous Harrods department store, which houses plenty of expensive jewelry.

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PARK CITY – We may have all forgotten just how talented Anthony Hopkins is. And considering he’s “Anthony Hopkins” that’s sort of insane.  The legendary actor may have earned the fifth Oscar nomination of his career earlier this month for his role as Pope Benedict in “The Two Popes” but he’s already topped himself for his best work this century (yes, century) with his next picture, Florian Zeller’s “The Father,” which premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival earlier this week.

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Remember the age of TV when you basically had breaks every now and then between debuts of huge, highly-anticipated series? Well, those days are long gone as the era of Peak TV rules all and with that, a never-ending flood of TV shows that your friends, family, and co-workers will swear that “you must watch!” We’re barely a few days into 2020 and Netflix has the latest series to fit that bill — “Dracula.”

“Wait, Dracula?

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Ripping off fingernails is always unsettling. The same with extreme close-ups of bloody red meat and a fly crawling on someone’s eyeball. Obviously, if you’re trying to freak people out in a trailer, these are the types of images you show. And that’s exactly what Netflix has done in the new teaser for its upcoming “Dracula” series.

This new take on Bram Stoker’s classic tale comes from Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the two men responsible for coming up with a great reimagining of Sherlock Holmes in the BBC drama “Sherlock.” And if the new teaser for “Dracula” is any indication, the guys are taking their unique viewpoint and putting it through a horror lens, creating a series that aims to tell the classic story of Count Dracula, but with the style and creativity that was shown in “Sherlock.” And yes, it looks pretty scary.

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If you’re a filmmaker in 2019 and you want to do a film based on Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” then you better have a damn good reason. Not that remakes and adaptations don’t happen all the time, but we’ve really seen quite a few “Dracula” films and TV series over the decade, with many being really great. But thankfully, it appears Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are bringing something unique to their adaptation of the horror classic, which is coming to BBC and Netflix soon.

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“Game Of Thrones” fans may be waiting until 2019 to see where the story of Jon Snow winds up. However, Kit Harington will return to HBO in some different clothes and facial hair for the miniseries “Gunpowder.”

Also starring Liv Tyler, Mark Gatiss, and Peter Mullan, and directed by J Blakeson (“The Disappearance of Alice Creed”), “Gunpowder” will the tell the story of Gunpowder Plot, in which a group of provincial English Catholics planned to blow up the House of Lords and kill King James I.

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Upon first glance, you might wonder why on Earth we need a new “Dracula” TV series. Well, the same could have been said about Sherlock Holmes before “Sherlock.” So, it’s good news that the creative team behind that series, Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, are reuniting for the upcoming “Dracula” reboot series, according to Variety.

“Dracula” is based on the Bram Stoker classic, so there’s no need to go over the premise.

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Watch: First Trailer For Spy Thriller 'Our Kind Of Traitor' Starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris & Stellan Skarsgard

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