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“Andor” Season 2 is back and with it, several familiar faces.

The second season of the Star Wars prequel series picks up after the first with Cassian (Diego Luna), Luthen (Stellan Skarsgård) and the rest of the group doing what they can from the shadows to fight the Empire. The show’s return brings back a number of the mainstays from Season 1.

Below are the stars of “Andor” Season 2 and where else you might have seen them outside a galaxy far, far, away.

Diego Luna in “Andor.” (Lucasfilm) Diego Luna as Cassian Andor

Diego Luna plays the titular spy Cassian Andor.

Luna is most known for starring in “Y tu mamá también” and first appearing as Cassian Andor in the 2016 Star Wars film “Rogue One.” He’s also appeared more recently in “Narcos: Mexico,” “The Book of Life,” and “Open Range.”

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From director Mat Whitcross comes Sleeping Lions, a new UK film set to star Jonathan Pryce and Nick Mohammed. More here.

Hiding away on Disney+, and well worth digging into the menu system to find it, is the film See How They Run. Starring the brilliant Saoirse Ronan in a rare comedy role, it’s a particularly good British murder mystery comedy – a combination we rarely see these days.

Hang on, though! Here might be another. Sleeping Lions is a new film based on a 1951 novel by Cyril Hare: An English Murder. The adaptation will update the book’s events to the present day, we’re told.

James Roblin is currently penning the adapted screenplay Directing the movie will be Mat Whitecross. The plan is for shooting to take place in the UK later this year. What’s more, distribution is sorted, too: Sky has dug into its coffers and will be distributing the film.

Stars: Jaeden Martell, Tim Heidecker, Alicia Silverstone, Julian Dennison, Rachel Zegler, Fred Durst, Kyle Mooney | Written by Evan Winter | Directed by Kyle Mooney

At the end of 1999 humanity faced the first major crisis of the computer era, the Y2K Bug. For those lucky enough to be too young to remember, it was feared the fact most programs hard coded the “19” and only stored the last two digits of a year in memory would cause them to think the year 2000 was actually 1900 and plunge the world into chaos.

While there were some problems, it ended up being considerably less than the end of the world as we know it. The biggest problem I had to deal with was my copy of WWE 2K20 crashing until I could download and installed a patch. The characters in Saturday Night Live regular turned first-time director Kyle Mooney and co-writer Evan Winter’s alternate history...

A Lego Ninjago live-action movie is now in the works at Universal Pictures. The creators of the long-running Ninjago animated series will work on the new film.

Deadline reports that brothers Kevin and Dan Hageman are working on the script for the Lego Ninjago franchise's live-action film, while Jake Kasdan (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Patty Jenkins (Wonder Woman), Joe Cornish (The Kid Who Would Be King) were announced to be on board to direct different live-action Lego movies for Universal. The exact plot of the Hagemans' film has yet to be revealed, nor are any actors currently attached to the project. Ninjago was first introduced in 2011 by Lego to coincide with the animated television series of the same name and has gone on to spawn films, video games and comics.

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Universal will team up with The Lego Group to co-produce a trio of untitled live-action films based around the popular toys, with Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins and Joe Cornish all set to direct.

Kasdan, who directed Sony’s revival of “Jumanji,” will direct his Lego film from a script written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows wrote a previous draft of the script. Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians from The Lego Group will produce alongside Kasdan and Melvin Mar, who will produce through their company Detective Agency.

Jenkins will direct from a script she co-wrote with “Wonder Woman 1984” writing partner Geoff Johns. She will also produce through Wicious Pictures alongside Wilfert and Christians.

Cornish, director of “The Kid Who Would Be King,” will write off a previous draft of the script by “Rick & Morty” writer Heather Anne Campbell, which was based on a treatment by Simon Rich.

The Lego Group has enlisted directors Jake Kasdan, Patty Jenkins and Joe Cornish to helm a trio of live-action movies for Universal Pictures.

Plot details of the three untitled movies are yet to be revealed, but the filmmakers behind each project have been announced. All three films will be produced by the Lego Group’s Jill Wilfert and Ryan Christians.

Kasdan will direct from a script written by Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The project is based on an original idea and previous draft by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows. Kasdan will also produce the film with Melvin Mar under their Detective Agency banner.

Jenkins will direct from a script she co-wrote with Geoff Johns, reteaming after they co-wrote “Wonder Woman 1984” (with Dave Callaham). Jenkins will produce the movie through her Wicious Pictures.

Cornish will rewrite to direct the third film. Heather Anne Campbell wrote a previous draft of...

Jesus Christ, three more Lego movies? Yes, three additional films about the beloved Danish interlocking blocks are being developed at Universal. Presumably riding high off the unending enthusiasm surrounding animated Pharrell propaganda, Piece By Piece, Universal and Lego are connecting for three movies about the barefoot's worst enemy: Lego blocks.

Although Rebecca Ferguson played a great villain role five years ago in a woefully underrated fantasy film, the Dune actor now has the chance to give a higher profile villain performance in The Magic Faraway Tree. Recently, it was announced that an adaptation of a classic children's novel will star Ferguson as well as other acclaimed actors, including Claire Foy (The Crown), Andrew Garfield, and Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton). The book of the same name is the second in a series of four novels by Enid Blyton that center on an enchanted wood where the titular tree grows.

The giant, magical tree grows so tall that its branches reach the clouds, while its trunk is so wide that there are houses carved into its trunk. In the books, Polly (Foy) and Tim Thompson (Garfield) relocate to the remote countryside near the woods with their three children. Set to be directed by...

Patrick Stewart is undoubtedly an acting genius, and his work on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Captain Jean-Luc Picard is widely celebrated. His performance in the series is often hailed as one of the best in television history. However, one episode featuring Stewart stands out among fans for its remarkable writing and chilling sequence.

Patrick Stewart in Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) || Paramount Pictures

Some Reddit users have even argued that the premise of the episode was so frightening that it could have easily supported an entire season.

A Star Trek Episode That Deserved a Whole Season

Star Trek: The Next Generation, created under the cinematic canvas of Gene Roddenberry, ran for a total of seven seasons from 1987 to 1994. It also boasted a star-studded ensemble, the most notable of which was Patrick Stewart. The actor played the iconic Captain Jean-Luc Picard and brought a great depth and nuance to the show.

Warning: Contains Spoilers for the book Fire & Blood, on which House of the Dragon is based.

Cregan Stark is introduced in House of the Dragon season 2, with Jacaerys Velaryon arriving in Winterfell to win his support for Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen. Tom Taylor plays Cregan Stark in House of the Dragon season 2. Cregan's alliance and the backing of the North will be important for Rhaenyra's Team Black in the Dance of the Dragons.

Cregan Stark appears in House of the Dragon season 2, and the character will be even more important later in the Dance of the Dragons. House Stark was mostly absent from season 1, but the North is about to become a more prominent player. House of the Dragon season 1s ending saw Jacaerys Velaryon flying off to the Vale, to treat with Jeyne Arryn, and then to Winterfell, to strike a deal with Cregan.

With House of the Dragon season...

After giving a stunning performance as the Holy Reverend Mother, Rebecca Ferguson is rumored to land a role in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie. The much-awaited film following the six-season crime-drama show will mark the return of Cillian Murphy’s Thomas Shelby. With the rumors of Ferguson joining the cast, the fans have expressed their interest in having her as the primary villain.

Rebecca Ferguson as Reverend Mother in Dune: Part Two | Warner Bros. Pictures

Earlier, Rebecca Ferguson has given some commendable performances in projects like The White Queen, Mission Impossible, Doctor Sleep, and Dune. While she shines in almost every character, Ferguson flaunted an exciting charm while playing antagonists in some notable projects. It can be undoubtedly said that she can play an incredible villain if the rumor is true.

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"Don't you get it? It's not you vs. me, it's us vs. them." Sky Cinemas has revealed an official trailer for a fun family adventure movie called Robin and the Hoods, set for a release in the UK this summer. This Sky Original Film creation is the latest directed by film geek filmmaker Phil Hawkins, probably best known for the fan film Star Wars: Origins and the most recent Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022) update. This time he reinvents Robin Hood as a fresh new urban tale. For the tenacious 11-year-old Robin and her loyal band of friends 'The Hoods', the patch of overgrown scrubland at the end of their cul-de-sac is a magical kingdom. When a property developer wants to take it over, the kids fight back and do everything they can to get their parents to speak out and stop the gentrification. Starring Darcey Ewart as Robin, with Naomie Harris,...

Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Clara Rugaard and Til Schweiger lead the international cast of “Desperate Journey,” a newly-announced thriller set in the burlesque world of 1940s Paris.

The film — which has now wrapped production — comes from Emblem Pictures, and was written by two-time Oscar nominee Michael Radford (best known for directing 1994 global sensation “Il Postino”) and directed by Emmy winner Annabel Jankel (“Tell It to the Bees”).

Produced by Warren Derosa and Zsófia Kende, “Desperate Journey” is based on the true story of Freddie Knoller (played by Tønnesen), a young man forced to flee Vienna as Nazi hysteria takes hold. Knoller’s captivating story has been widely recognized around the world and he was honored by the late Queen Elizabeth.

Rounding out the supporting cast of the film are Sienna Guillory (“Meg 2: The Trench,” “Clifford the Big Red Dog”), Steven Berkoff, Fernando Guallar (“Love Divided”), Hugo Speer (“The Full Monty...

Cillian Murphy's 2019 flop Anna has seen a resurgence on Netflix, ranking as the #4 most watched movie globally for the week of April 15-21. Murphy's recent success in Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer may have contributed to Anna's newfound popularity. Anna was viewed for 11.7 million hours, ranking #4 on the chart.

Cillian Murphy's 2019 box office flop Anna has found a new lease on life on Netflix. Written, directed, and produced by Luc Besson, the movie is an action thriller focused on a beautiful yet deadly global government assassin. The Anna cast list also includes Helen Mirren, Alexander Petrov, Luke Evans, Eric Godon, and Russian actor and model Sasha Luss in the title role. It grossed $31.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million, making it a box office flop.

Now, years after its release, Anna has found success on Netflix. The movie has ascended to the Netflix Top 10 Global Movie list...

In any given year, British TV can be relied on to provide plenty in the way of crime drama, and 2023 was no different. Between these returning series and newcomers A Town Called Malice, Blue Lights, Marlow, Payback, Rebus, Steeltown Murders, The Gold, The Sixth Commandment, Wolf and more, crime continued to flourish on the small screen.

Happily though, that was far from all that UK TV offered this year. There was fantasy too, in the form of Netflix’s South London super-powers drama Supacell, ghost detective series Lockwood & Co., Greek and Roman mythology series Kaos, and sci-fi in Prime Video’s The Rig.

Add to all those the romances, dramas inspired by real-life, and several other book adaptations, period and otherwise plus music-based dramas Champion and This Town, and it was a pretty full slate.

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Succession‘s Matthew Macfadyen and Crossfire‘s Keeley Hawes star in this three-part ITV drama,...

Henry Cavill won't be playing Lord Cregan Stark in House of the Dragon season 2, with Tom Taylor cast in the role. Taylor makes more sense than Cavill for Cregan Stark, due to both his younger age and being a lesser-known actor. Cavill could still play Aegon the Conqueror in an upcoming prequel. His experience as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher showcases many of the skills that would make him great for the role.

Henry Cavill's most frequent House of the Dragon fancasting definitely won't happen, but that could allow the actor to take on a role in a different Game of Thrones prequel. As a major British actor who is no stranger to the fantasy genre, it's no surprise Cavill has been linked to several roles in the Game of Thrones franchise. That certainly picked up after House of the Dragon season 1's ending, with the promise of new characters,...

Modern fantasy projects need more swagger to be successful, as many entries in the genre are seen as lame. Some fantasy films that have embraced a cooler image, such as "Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves," have found critical success. Marvel's "Iron Man" showed that a cool and relatable character can change the perception of an entire genre, and fantasy needs its own version of this.

Fantasy movies and TV shows have struggled to make their big break in recent years, and they need one crucial element in order to be successful - and Marvel has always had it. The fantasy genre has had some periods in the spotlight, with series like The Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter making waves in the early 2000s. However, fantasy has seriously struggled to get a foothold in popular culture in the past few years, and the many failed fantasy films need...

Hulu's new dark comedy thriller Culprits follows Joe, a man whose dark past catches up with him, jeopardizing the peaceful life he has built in the American suburbs. The series begins after a high-stakes heist, when a ruthless assassin starts targeting the crew of elite criminals who have tried to leave their old lives behind. Culprits features a talented cast, including Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Gemma Arterton, Niamh Algar, Kirby, Kamel El Basha, Tara Abboud, Kevin Vidal, Ned Dennehy, and Eddie Izzard.

Hulu has released the official trailer for their latest dark comedy thriller Culprits, coming to the streaming platform on December 8th. The past always catches up with those with dark secrets, and Joe Petrus is no exception. As he builds a dream life in the American suburbs with his fiancée and children, Joe believes he has finally gotten everything he wants to live in peace. But that life is...

After being canceled and removed from Paramount+, “Star Trek Prodigy” has found a new streaming home: Netflix.

The series will debut on the streamer later in 2023. Additionally, a second season of the series is currently in production and is slated to debut on Netflix in 2024.

“Thank you to our incredible ‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ fans, who championed not just a show, but a community that’s always been connected by the belief that we build a better future together,” executive producer Alex Kurtzman and co-showrunners Dan and Kevin Hageman said in a press release. “We set out to inspire you, but you inspired us. The team is still hard at work on the second season, and we can’t wait to share it with the amazing fans around the world.”

“I’ve always held that the ‘Star Trek’ fan base is among the strongest and most intelligent in the world. They have shown their collective passion,...

Writer-director Joe Cornish is perhaps best known for 2011’s cult hit Attack the Block. While he's done other movies in the meantime, most notably 2019's The Kid Who Would Be King, they're all a far cry from Attack the Block, with the main similarity being a plot that focuses on underdog kids forced to thwart a supernatural force to save their home.

Ctam and Common Sense Media have partnered on StreamSafely Summer Camp,, an online destination at StreamSafely.com where parents and kids can find safe, family-friendly programming without the risks that come with pirated content. The site includes a collection of 46 movies curated by the nonprofit Common Sense Media available through June, July and August, along with a checklist for parents on safe streaming.

A Ctam study from October 2022 found that 38% of households with kids report accessing pirated content a few times a year, well above the mean for the US adult population overall (26%). Piracy sites appear free, but they make money by stealing personal information, often by installing destructive malware or ransomware on users’ home computers. Digital video piracy accounts for more than $50 billion in revenue losses for the global tv and movie industry, according to the study.

“Many families stream pirated content...

While some fantasy movies strike gold at the box office, a lot of stunning entries into the genre end up flopping despite their immersive worlds and effective mythology. Fantasy is a tough genre for filmmakers to succeed in. While horror movies can be made relatively cheap, fantasy tends to require a lot of elaborate world-building. For authors, this might mean a few lines describing a lush kingdom or a desolate wasteland but, for directors, it can mean a lot of money. Fantasy movies are often a big-budget endeavor, which makes them a high-risk investment.

However, like many genres, fantasy yields inconsistent results. Some of the biggest box-office bombs of all time are fantasy movies, but some of the most successful franchises in cinema history belong to the same genre. While the Lord of the Rings movies might make a prospective filmmaker eager to delve into fantasy movies, a movie like...

From writer/director Joe Cornish (Attack the Block, The Kid Who Would Be King, Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn), “Lockwood & Co.” premiered on Netflix back in January, and we’ve learned that the series has already been given the axe.

Netflix has cancelled “Lockwood & Co.” after one season, the latest in a long line of streaming shows that have been cancelled by Netflix before they had a chance to build an audience.

Variety reports this afternoon, “Variety understands that while Netflix was very pleased with the show, and especially the work that had gone into it, viewing numbers didn’t meet the threshold to greenlight a second season. But Complete Fiction, which was founded by Cornish together with Edgar Wright, Nira Park and Rachael Prior, will continue to work with Netflix. The companies already have a number of projects in development.”

Complete Fiction said in a statement of their own,...

Hey, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" fans. It's that time again. We are back in your faces to let you know that you can count on Jimmy Kimmel Live being brand new, once again, tonight, April 19, 2023. That's right, guys. The ABC people are serving up another new round of late night entertainment for you guys tonight, and we've got some new preview intel for tonight's new installment. In tonight's new episode, you guys are going to see another set of actors arrive on the set to speak with Jimmy. After all of that, you will get treated to another new musical performance. The first description for tonight's new,April 19, 2023 episode reveals that 82 year old English actor Patrick Stewart is going to hit up the set to speak with Jimmy at some point. Patrick has been seen in many productions like: Marvel's Doctor Strange movies, Charlie's Angels movie, The Kid Who Would Be King,...

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, the prequel series to Netflix’s Bridgerton, features some of the main cast members from the original and adds new actors to play younger versions of the characters. The limited series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story focuses on the titular supporting character from the main series as she rises from a young princess to Queen of Great Britain and of Ireland. Queen Charlotte and King George III’s courtship and Charlotte’s journey through English court life serve as the main plot. As a newcomer to England and the royal court, Charlotte contends with scheming advisors and nobles all vying for palace prominence.

Set during the Regency era of England, the main Bridgerton series follows the title family as they navigate London high society. The show's second season broke viewership records (via Variety), and its huge success led to the prequel series Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story,...

Lockwood & Co. coming to Netflix just six weeks after the streaming service cancelled its last solid adaptation of a British fantasy YA book series in The Bastard Son & The Devil Itself, feels a bit like getting a new puppy after your last one was run over. You’re happy it’s here, obviously, but there’s a tug of wariness about getting too attached.

It’s very easy to get attached to this eight-episode ghost story about three teens running a supernatural detective agency. The cast is charming, the characters are likeable and their world – in which a nightly curfew and platoons of rapier-bearing teens protects London from spectral attack – is solidly conceived.

There are ongoing mysteries plus episodic encounters and an evolving Scooby Gang dynamic between its young leads. It has a touch of Harry Potter plus a touch of Being Human, and families who enjoyed Wednesday together could...

Allow it. The low-budget indie darling "Attack the Block," which is about an alien invasion in London, singlehandedly kickstarted John Boyega's career in 2011 and turned into a cult hit thanks to those who sang its praises early on, finally crossing into the mainstream enough to justify a long-awaited sequel (while also leading us oblivious folk in the U.S. to completely misunderstand what the slang phrase "Allow it" even means in the first place). Written and directed by Joe Cornish ("The Kid Who Would Be King"), the thrilling and incisive action/comedy has taken a long, winding, but thoroughly rewarding path to reaching the current level of acclaim it now rightfully enjoys.

And those involved with the sequel are aiming their sights even higher.

"Attack the Block 2" (assuming it even goes by that title) won't have the element of surprise on its side this time around, but Cornish...

Writer/Director Joe Cornish discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode

Attack The Block (2011)

Rocks (2019)

Poltergeist (1982)

Gremlins (1984)

Avanti! (1972)

Picnic At Hanging Rock (1975)

The Last Wave (1977)

Witness (1985)

Dead Poets Society (1989)

Fearless (1993)

Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003)

Gallipoli (1981)

The Year Of Living Dangerously (1982)

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai (1984)

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

The Rescuers (1977)

Bedknobs And Broomsticks (1971)

The Rescuers Down Under (1990)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Moonraker (1979)

The Adventures Of Tintin (2011)

Bambi (1942)

Dumbo (1941)

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

This Island Earth (1955)

Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers (1956)

The Thing From Another World (1951)

Matinee (1993)

The Lord Of The Rings (1978)

The Omen (1976)

Damien: Omen II (1978)

Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)

Battleship Potemkin (1925)

The Exorcist (1973)

The Exterminator (1980)

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The jumpscare is a fundamental building block of the horror genre — they frighten the wits out of us right when our guard is down. An effective jumpscare can be pretty thrilling or jarring depending on the intensity of it, but as most horror fans will tell you, they're hard not to be fond of.

While certain filmmakers heavily rely on jump scares in film and television, there's much to be said about storytellers who prefer to build an atmosphere of fear. It could be a dimly lit home where the protagonist is seen walking down a large, empty hallway. It could be a glimpse of a terrorizing shadow in the dark. Perhaps they're both taking place against the backdrop of eerie music — or pin-drop, anxiety-inducing silence. Both evoke a consistent feeling of fear, but how do you replicate that consistency in a show where its characters fight with ghosts?

In "Lockwood & Co,...

Joe Cornish is back with another story about kids fighting for our future. The director of "Attack the Block" and "The Kid Who Would Be King" is the showrunner behind Netflix's "Lockwood & Co." The adaptation of Jonathan Stroud's book series pits young folks against deadly ghosts. In season 1, Anthony Lockwood (Cameron Chapman), George Karim (Ali Hadji-Heshmati), and Lucy Carlyle (Ruby Stokes) join forces as a scrappy team of paranormal investigators in a world haunted by the dead. 

The show is another project from Cornish that pays tribute to '80s movies. It's not nostalgia; the past is a key part of the story, not just an aesthetic or an excuse to have a rocking soundtrack. This world is a bit stuck in the '80s, thanks to the array of deadly ghosts. Cornish, who directed the first and last episodes of the season, recently took us behind...

Got your Pym particles ready? Then prepare to journey into the Quantum Realm for Ant-Man And The Wasp: Quantumania – the MCU threequel that takes Scott Lang and Hope Van Dyne and pitches them into the biggest, wildest adventure yet. The new issue of Empire presents the ultimate look at Marvel’s cosmic jamboree, going subatomic with the cast and creators of a so-tiny-it’s-gigantic sequel.

You can find the issue on newsstands from Thursday 19 January – with online orders available here – but in the meantime here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.

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Phase 5 of the MCU is about to go off with a bang – or, more accurately, a Kang, since Paul Rudd’s diminutive hero is about to face Jonathan Majors’ maniacal despot. In a major world-exclusive, Empire speaks to Rudd, Majors, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathryn Newton, director Peyton Reed, Marvel boss...

In "Attack The Block," Joe Cornish pit a teenage street gang against alien invaders. In "The Kid Who Would Be King," a middle school boy faced off against the powerful sorceress Morgana. So continuing the trend of British youngsters being just a little out of their depths in the fight against a powerful, mythical force, the writer-director is back with an adaptation of Jonathan Stroud's supernatural YA series, "Lockwood & Co." Which means, you guessed it, a team of teenagers are banding together to take down ghosts.

This ghost-busting adventure is set in a world where spirits are no big surprise — instead they're a constant, much too common terror. London, like the rest of their world, is overrun with ghosts and it comes down to major corporations to employ the agents capable of keeping them at bay. But those corporate shills aren't the only ones keeping people safe — there are also small agencies,...

"All it takes is a few big cases" Netflix has revealed the full-length official trailer for Lockwood & Co., a new supernatural series made by the acclaimed UK filmmaker Joe Cornish (director of Attack the Block and The Kid Who Would Be King). This is based on a book series that involves a ghost-hunters group called Lockwood & Co. - a small agency in London that runs independent of any adult supervision. A tiny startup, run by two teenage boys and a newly arrived, supremely psychically gifted girl, a renegade trio destined to unravel a mystery that will change the course of history. Starring Ruby Stokes as Lucy Carlyle, Cameron Chapman as Anthony Lockwood, Ali Hadji-Heshmati as George Karim, plus Ivanno Jeremiah, Jack Bandeira, Morven Christie, Rhianna Dorris, and Paddy Holland. Yeah this concept still looks like Ghostbusters + Harry Potter, but with Joe Cornish behind the lens it actually looks awesome anyway!

From writer/director Joe Cornish comes “Lockwood & Co.,” a brand new Netflix series.

The series premieres on January 27, and the official trailer promises a ghost-busting adventure that should entertain all audiences. Watch the “Lockwood & Co.” trailer below.

Here’s the official synopsis for “Lockwood & Co.”…

“In a world plagued by ghosts, where giant corporations employ psychic teens to battle the supernatural, only one company operates without adult supervision, and its name is Lockwood & Co.

“Run by Anthony Lockwood, a rebellious young entrepreneur haunted by his mysterious past, his brilliant but eccentric sidekick George and a newly arrived, supremely gifted girl called Lucy, this renegade trio are about to unravel a terrifying mystery that will change the course of history.”

Ruby Stokes, Cameron Chapman, Ali Hadji-Heshmati, Ivanno Jeremiah, Jack Bandeira, Luke Treadaway, Morven Christie, Hayley Konadu, Rhianna Dorris, and Paddy Holland star.

Executive Producers include Nira Park,...

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Ah, January. A fresh year, a chance to start again, with resolutions restored and hope renewed everywhere! Well, almost everywhere. If you go to the theater, you’ll likely find holdovers and awards favorites released in the final months of the previous year; the respectable stuff that does well around Oscar season. But the new offerings tend to be pretty dire. That’s when studios release dreck like the re-Heated Pacino/De Niro team-up Righteous Kill or dorm room staple The Boondock Saints. As the fine folks at Red Letter Media so eloquently point out, January is the worst time of the year for new movies.

But to the surprise of no one, studios aren’t always right about the quality of their movies, and sometimes a real classic ends up getting a January release. In fact, when you look over the past four decades,...

"Your father, that helmet, you, they're all connected." Vertical has unveiled a trailer for a peculiar fantasy action thriller titled Alpha Rift, which seems to be another homage to Dungeons & Dragons from a fan who loves to play tabletop games. When a helmet thrusts Nolan into a world of modern-day knights fighting supernatural evil, he's forced to become the hero he was destined to be. When he puts on the mysterious old armored helmet, his whole world changes. The helmet comes to life and calls out to an evil demon who was imprisoned by Nolan's father. Nolan discovers he's next in the bloodline, heir to The Nobleman, destined to become a hero whether he wants to be or not. Aaron Dalla Villa stars as Nolan, with Lance Henriksen, Richel Nielsen, Philip N. Williams, Graham Wolfe, Allyson Malandra, and Peter Patrikios. This kind of plays like a mashup of Highlander...

Severin Films Reveals Trailer And VOD Release Date For Kier-la Janisse’S Award-winning Festival Hit Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror: "Severin Films is proud to finally bring the debut feature film from Kier-La Janisse (author of “House of Psychotic Women”) to VOD platforms on October 26th, just in time for Halloween. The film will continue to play festival dates and theatrical bookings throughout Autumn.

Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched explores the folk horror phenomenon from its beginnings in a trilogy of films - Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968), Piers Haggard's Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) and Robin Hardy's The Wicker Man (1973) - through its proliferation on British television in the 1970s and its culturally specific manifestations in American, Asian, Australian and European horror, to the genre's revival over the last decade. Touching on over 100 films and featuring over 50 interviewees, Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched investigates the...

Netflix has opted to cancel Cursed after just one season. The fantasy series, which was headlined by Katherine Langford was released last summer and promised a new take on the age-old Arthurian legend. But the new take didn't generate enough buzz to garner a large enough audience that would justify a continuation. As a result, the streaming service has quietly axed the show.

According to multiple reports, Cursed season 2 is not in the cards. While Netflix has been known to save certain shows from cancelation, their shows don't move elsewhere. So this is firmly a one-and-done situation. The cast has been released from any contractual obligations and are now free to pursue other opportunities. No specific reason for the cancellation was provided. Though it likely came down to the audience it brought in relative to what it cost to produce.

Netflix is often not forthcoming in terms of the audience...

The first “Star Trek” series created for kids has its full cast. Paramount Plus and Nickelodeon announced on Monday that Ella Purnell, Brett Gray, Rylee Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Angus Imrie and Jason Mantzoukas will make up the main voice cast for “Star Trek: Prodigy,” the animated series set to premiere on Paramount Plus later this year. They’ll join Kate Mulgrew, who is reprising her role from “Star Trek: Voyager” as Kathryn Janeway.

For the first time in a “Trek” series, the main cast is made up of alien species, as these six young characters end up commandeering an abandoned Starfleet vessel and must learn how to operate it in order to survive, with Mulgrew’s Janeway serving as their guide as the ship’s emergency training hologram.

Purnell will play 17-year-old Gwyn. Her species is called the Vau N’Akat, and she grew up on her father’s mining planet,...

Writer/director Joe Cornish will also return, 10 years after the original.

A sequel to UK alien invasion thriller Attack The Block is in the works, which will reunite writer/director Joe Cornish with star John Boyega.

Studiocanal and Film4 confirmed that early development has begun on Attack The Block 2, a decade after the release of the original in 2011.

Plot details are being kept under wraps but Boyega will return as Moses, an inner-city teenage gang leader that proved his breakout role before being cast in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and more recently in Steve McQueen’s Small Axe anthology film series.

John Boyega will be back to defend his home against aliens in a long-awaited sequel to Attack the Block. Deadline confirmed that both Boyega (through his UpperRoom Productions company) and writer/director Joe Cornish will return to produce the film, and both men seemed eager about the opportunity. Additionally, Nira Park (through her Complete Fiction production company she formed with Cornish and filmmaker Edgar Wright) and James Wilson will also return to produce Attack the Block 2. John Boyega said,

"It's been a decade since Attack the Block was released and so much has changed since then. I'm excited to see this heightened story return to the streets of London. Moses has remained one of my favorite characters to play and bringing him back is a huge honor."

As for Joe Cornish, who will write and direct the sequel like he did with the original, he said, "I'm thrilled we're officially...

John Boyega is returning to his sci-fi comedy roots. A sequel to 2011’s “Attack the Block” is in the works, with the actor set to reprise his breakout role as Moses.

The project reunites Boyega with filmmaker Joe Cornish, who wrote and directed “Attack the Block.”

The follow-up film, announced a decade after the release of the original, is currently in early stages of development by Studiocanal and Film 4. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

“I’m thrilled we’re officially announcing our return to the world of ‘Attack The Block’ on the tenth anniversary of the film’s release,” Cornish said. “I can’t wait to work alongside John again, bringing audiences an even bigger slice of inner-city alien action.”

Boyega gained international fame through the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy, in which he played the ex-stormtrooper Finn. He was a relatively unknown actor, however, at the time...

Attack the Block director Joe Cornish has now been tapped to helm an adaptation of comic book icon Mark Millar's Starlight for 20th Century Studios. Known for the likes of Wanted, the Kingsman franchise and Kick-Ass, Starlight is one of several adaptations of Millar's work making the jump from ink to live action.

Debuting back in 2014, Starlight is a six-issue limited series from Image Comics, written by Mark Millar with art by Goran Parlov. The story centers on Duke McQueen who, forty years ago, was a space hero who saved the universe. But then he came back home, got married, had kids, and grew old, and no one believes his fantastical story. Now his children have left and his wife has died, leaving him alone with nothing except his memories...until a call comes from a distant world asking him back for his final and greatest adventure.

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Don’t get too taken in by a first impression — that’s a lesson learned by the characters in “Monday,” but it’s valuable advice for the audience as well. What starts out as a sexy, sun-soaked romp becomes a heartbreaking examination of two people who are absolutely wrong for each other.

Not just any filmmaker can craft sex scenes that are both exhilarating in the moment and, in the aggregate, essential to building plot and character, but director Argyris Papadimitropoulos manages that delicate balance. The Greek locations (shot by Hristos Karamanis) are gorgeous, but what starts like a travelogue winds up more of a tragedy.

We first meet Chloe at a party, drunk and leaving screaming voicemails for the boyfriend who has stood her up. Host Argyris (Giorgos Pyrpasopoulos) introduces her to his friend Mickey (Sebastian Stan), the DJ, since they’re both American. Both attracted to him and emotionally fragile,...

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the release of Joe Cornish’s directorial debut, “Attack the Block.” And though that film has gone on to become a cult favorite and launch the career of actor John Boyega, Cornish has only directed one feature since, 2019’s “The Kid Who Would Be King.” Well, it appears that we won’t have to wait too much longer for the next Cornish film, as he’s signed on for a sci-fi epic, “Starlight.”

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According to Deadline, Joe Cornish is set to write and direct a feature film adaptation of the comic book series, “Starlight.” The comic series tells the story of a man that swears he went off into space and saved the universe 35 years ago, but no one believes him.

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After Attack the Block arrived in 2011, lots of folks expected Joe Cornish to become a prolific filmmaker hired by big studios to make great, original movies. Instead, he’s only directed one other film – The Kid Who Would Be King in 2019. Thankfully, Cornish is about to get back in the director’s chair again with Starlight, an adaptation of […]

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Exclusive: The 20th Century Studios adaptation of the Mark Millar comic Starlight has just gotten a jolt of excitement. Joe Cornish, best known for directing Attack the Block, has signed on to write and direct the comic by Millar, the creator of Wanted, the Kingsman films and Kick-Ass.

Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon are producing through Kinberg’s Genre Films banner, and Nira Park has joined as producer.

The comic centers on a space hero who saved the universe 35 years ago but when he came back to Earth, no one believed his fantastic stories. He married, had kids and settled into old age, but then his old rocket ship shows up, and he is called back for one fantastic adventure.

Cornish, who last directed the 2019 film The Kid Who Would Be King, is always in high demand and very selective on the projects he chooses. He also has writing credits...

The Marvel machine continues apace on Disney+ this month.

Disney+’s list of new releases of April 2021 is highlighted by the highlight of March’s list as well: The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Three episode of this highly anticipated series will premiere in April, including the series(?) finale on April 23.

But of course, it’s not all Marvel all the time on Disney+…sometimes its Star Wars time as well! There aren’t any new original Star Wars series coming to the streaming world until The Bad Batch premieres on May 4. It’s spiritual successor arrives in April, however. Star Wars: Clone Wars Volumes 1 and 2 both premiere on April 2. These are the animated classics from Genndy Tartakovsky that jumpstarted a new era of Star Wars storytelling. Now they can be seen in their entirety once agin.

The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers continues on in April, and will soon be...

Netflix announced Sunday that it is starting development on seven new shows that will be filmed in the U.K., with Andy Serkis, Rowan Atkinson and “1917” director Sam Mendes among the attached talent.

The shows will be developed by the streamer’s vice president of U.K. Original Series, Anne Mensah and will be produced alongside upcoming seasons of shows like “The Crown” and “Sex Education.”

“Setting up a team entirely based in the U.K. was always about being able to better connect to the fantastic program makers we have here — to provide a space for writers, producers, directors and actors that feels local, friendly and familiar but also provides talent the opportunity to make shows that will impact on a global scale. U.K.-made stories really do speak to the world,” Mensah said in a statement.

Among the upcoming projects are: “Man vs. Bee,” a slapstick...

Netflix has announced that it will produce seven new original scripted series in the UK, ranging from horror to science fiction, love stories to physical comedy.

All of the shows will be written and produced in the UK. The Original Series team is led by VP UK Anne Mensah.

“Setting up a team entirely based in the UK was always about being able to better connect to the fantastic program-makers we have here,” Mensah said. “To provide a space for writers, producers, directors and actors that feels local, friendly and familiar but also provides talent the opportunity to make shows that will impact on a global scale. UK-made stories really do speak to the world.

“I couldn’t be more excited by the mix of people who are now producing for Netflix. Alongside these new commissions, we have projects in development with a range of amazing creators including Andrew “Rapman” Onwubolu,...