Brace yourselves, movie audiences: a new “Cliffhanger” movie is on the way.  But the upcoming reboot isn’t the same concept that once had Sylvester Stallone returning and Ana Lily Amirpour attached to direct.  It turns out Stallone isn’t back after all, and Amirpour’s out behind the camera, although her all-female story is still the basis of the script.

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Instead Jaume Collet-Serra directs Lily James and Pierce Brosnan in the starring roles of the action reboot.

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The prolific Guy Ritchie has been on a filmmaking tear over the past half-decade. Since 2019, the British director has shot eight films (two of them, “In The Grey“ and “Fountain Of Youth“ are in post-production now) and also worked on two TV series: Netflix’s “The Gentlemen“ and the upcoming “Young Sherlock.” So is Ritchie going to keep churning out projects?

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Following Daniel Craig’s final entry in the franchise with “No Time To Die,” James Bond is the latest piece of big Hollywood I.P. in search of a new leading man. This casting gap, of course, has led the British tabloid press to go into overdrive speculating on who might be the new 007, proclaiming a new find one day and then contradicting themselves the next day with a new frontrunner as if nothing happened.

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Having debuted four projects in fewer than 12 months, always prodigious filmmaker Steven Soderbergh (“Logan Lucky”) is back at it and returning to the espionage genre with his new movie, “Black Bag.” The spy pic stars Cate Blanchett (“Tár”) and Michael Fassbender (“The Killer”) in the lead roles. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed three more names to the growing cast, with production ramping up this spring. 

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Who will be the next James Bond? That’s the question on every 007 fan’s lips since “No Time To Die” hit theaters in 2021. But two and half years later, there’s still no answer, and Bond producer Barbara Broccoli won’t provide one, saying last October that “Bond 26” won’t reach theaters for another “three or four years.” That leaves everyone to speculate on their favorite hypothetical picks, like Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Dev Patel, and James Norton, to name a few.

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When you’re in a serious relationship, there are few things more nerve-wracking than meeting your partner’s parents. But a typical person doesn’t have to deal with the situation in “The Out-Laws,” where a guy’s future in-laws are notorious bank robbers.

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As seen in the trailer for “The Out-Laws,” the film follows the story of a dorky bank manager who is meeting his fiancee’s parents for the first time, right before their wedding.

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“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” opens in theaters today in the US to close out Phase 4 for the MCU. But don’t expect the film’s worldwide box office numbers to reach those of Ryan Coogler‘s 2018 film. How come? The Hollywood Reporter reports that it looks like China blocks “Wakanda Forever” and another Fall 2022 superhero movie, “Black Adam,” from release in the world’s second-biggest theatrical market.

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Jesus Christ, am I ever tired of superhero movies. Maybe you’re not, in which case, you should close the tab and move on; anything that follows doesn’t matter because superhero movies are critic-proof, hence their limitless boosting (in funding, in marketing, in overall dominance) by a risk-averse industry. But maybe you’re here because you’re a little tired of them, but not all of ‘em, not the good ones, and you’re wondering if maybe DC’s “Black Adam” is one of those occasional good ones, like “Black Panther” (well, the first three-quarters) or “Wonder Woman” (well, the first three-quarters) or “Thor: Ragnarok” (well, the first – you get the idea).

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Before he enters the DCEU as Doctor Fate in “Black Adam,” in theaters next Friday, and before he became James Bond for four films, Pierce Brosnan was almost Batman for Tim Burton. EW reports that in an interview on “The Tonight Show,” Brosnan mentioned he was up for the lead role in Burton’s 1989 “Batman,” but a “stupid” comment may have cost him the job.

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It’s something of a miracle of perseverance that “Black Adam,” the upcoming DC Films/Warner Bros. movie, exists. Dwayne Johnson had seemingly been talking up the character since the late ’00s; after a while, it all felt like all talk, and most actors wouldn’t attach themselves to a project for this long. But Johnson kept the faith, and in their expansion, which certainly has hit many bumps and challenges along the way, DC Films has finally caught up to the point where they’ve introduced a character like Black Adam.

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When he transitioned from the squared circle to the silver screen, Dwayne Johnson built his Hollywood pedigree playing good guys with a tough exterior and a just as solid moral code. Of course, one has to overlook his villainous early turn as The Scorpion King in “The Mummy Returns” for that narrative to work. Now, Johnson returns to ancient super-villainy, or at least anti-heroism, in DC Film‘s upcoming blockbuster “Black Adam,” and he cannot wait to don the mantle.

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A mermaid’s life could hold the key to immortality in “The King’s Daughter.” The adaptation of Vonda N. McIntyre’s novel “The Moon and the Sun” sees a young creature captured by none other than King Louis XIV. His quest to live forever puts her in danger, but the ruler’s illegitimate daughter might hold the key to saving the aquatic being. In the process, a father and daughter may finally break the barriers between them.

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When movie fans think of the DCEU, they think more often of Batman, Superman, and other members of the Justice League that have already received standalone films. There’s more to the DCEU than the Justice League, though, and 2019’s “Shazam!” was a preview of that broader canon. And thanks to DC FanDome, now we have our first look at Dwayne Johnson‘s “Black Adam.”

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In the next couple of years, the DCEU plans to branch out even further.

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As surely as the glass slipper always fits Ella’s foot, it seems we’re destined to be treated to a new take on “Cinderella“ every few years, and the latest incarnation of the Disney classic is an Amazon-distributed jukebox musical starring pop star Camila Cabello. Though “Cinderella” makes a number of attempts to update the original fairy tale through quips, female “empowerment,” and a soundtrack full of familiar tunes, this latest reimagining runs out of magic far before the clock strikes midnight.

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If you’re in the mood for an action flick without imagination, then “The Misfits” is the film for you. Recycling genre tropes, characters, and camerawork, “The Misfits” feels like you’re watching a montage of better movies.

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Directed by “Die Hard 2” filmmaker Renny Harlin, the script by Kurt Wimmer feels as if it was written by a child.

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With his latest film, “False Positive,” director John Lee takes the always thrilling psychological horror genre, and he combines it with his signature dark comedy to construct a commentary on pregnancy and a woman’s right to her own bodily autonomy. Written by Lee, Ilana Glazer, and Alissa Nutting, “False Positive” stars Glazer as Lucy, who—along with her husband Adrian (Justin Theroux)—has been trying and failing to get pregnant.

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Given the amount of nervousness, fear, and uncertainty many women face with the unpredictability of pregnancy—not to mention the strange-to-reckon-with fact that a small, separate being in a liquid sack is slowly incubating inside you—it’s a wonder there aren’t dozens of horror pregnancy films conceived every year. Ilana Glazer’s riff on this genre, “False Positive,” from A24 and Hulu, is born from the emotional turmoil that often accompanies pregnancy.

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British actor Mark Strong has made a career playing cinematic bad guys for big studio movies, but there has been one franchise that has been allusive to him: James Bond. The actor revealed to Sky One’s There’s Something About Movies (via Express) that he blew a potential villain role in a James Bond film that Pierce Brosnan led. 

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“I went up for a villain in a Bond movie [in the] Pierce Brosnan era…And I learnt the lines… and to celebrate I went out for a drink, and I got pissed.

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A24‘s faith in the horror genre continues with “False Positive.” If Ari Aster, Robert Eggers celebrated films (“Hereditary,” “The Witch“) provided a modern update to the folk horror and demonic possession tropes from ’70s horror, it sounds like this film, “False Positive,” is a “Rosemary’s Baby” for the 21st century.

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Here’s the official synopsis:

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After months of trying and failing to get pregnant, Lucy and Adrian finally find their dream fertility doctor in the illustrious Dr.

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With two RIAA-certified platinum albums, it’s safe to say that Camila Cabello is one of this generation’s pop stars on the rise. Now, Cabello looks to extend her reach to the big screen, with her feature film debut in “Cinderella,” hitting Amazon Prime this September.

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In this modern musical update to the traditional fairy tale, Cabelo stars as the eponymous young woman whose dreams of love and fortune miraculously come true.  Nicolas Galitzine (‘The Craft: Legacy‘) plays Prince Charming to Cabelo’s Cinderella, while singer and style icon Billy Porter plays Fab G, this version’s take on the girl’s fairy godmother.

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Dwayne, “The Rock” Johnson, teased some “Black Adam” news on Instagram today, and making good on that promise, the global superstar eventually revealed the release date to his long-gestating DC Superhero film. “Black Adam” will now arrive in theaters, summer 2022 and July 29, 2022, to be exact. This is about seven months earlier than originally scheduled. Warner Bros. had originally set “Black Adam” for release this year, December 2021, during the holidays, but eventually, it seemed like the script and casting weren’t quite ready.

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While fans continue to either lament or argue over the fate of Zack Snyder‘s version of the DC Universe—WarnerMedia recently reiterated that the Snyderverse ends with “Zack Snyder’s Justice League” and won’t continue past that — Warner Bros. and DC Films continue to show they are moving on to new chapters with new characters. Tonight casting arrives for two upcoming DC Films.

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In 2005, filmmaker David Dobkin struck comedy gold with “Wedding Crashers,” an oafish, but hilarious bromantic buddy comedy—shades of Todd Phillips’ “Old School”— with some earnest notes of sweetness that has become something of a contemporary comedy classic (it celebrates its 15th anniversary this summer, please call us so we can do an Oral history of this masterpiece, David). Dobkins veered much too far into the dunderheaded, toxic side of bro-ish masculine comedy in 2011’s coarse “The Change-Up,” but for his latest effort, his first feature and comedy since then, “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga,” the filmmaker finds a sweet spot of zany comedy that lays on the sentimental feel-goodery rather thick.

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Over the course of his filmmaking career, Quentin Tarantino has only really worked with original films based on his own writing (and, of course, his various film influences). But he has yet to do a franchise film. Sure, he’s teased the possibility of “Star Trek,” but that doesn’t seem likely. However, it’s obvious that Tarantino is a huge film buff and loves all genres. And according to one James Bond actor, the filmmaker’s love extends to super spies, as well.

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Next year, Daniel Craig sails off into the proverbial sunset after the release of his final James Bond film, “No Time to Die.” Well, at least, that’s what we all assume. However, after the last film, “Spectre,” Craig said he’s rather slit his wrists than come back to the franchise, and last we checked, his wrists are in fine shape. But, for the time being, let’s assume Craig is done after the new film.

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