Not much is known about the plot of this sequel, but it’s safe to assume it will be set in the same post-apocalyptic world as its predecessor. This franchise kicked off with 28 Days Later starring Cillian Murphy in 2002, and produced a sequel 28 Weeks Later, led by Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, and Idris Elba.

Almost two decades passed since then, and director Danny Boyle is finally ready to revisit this world, alongside screenwriter Alex Garland. 28 Years Later is reportedly being developed as the first film in a new trilogy, and Sony Pictures brought Nia DaCosta on board to direct a potential second film in this series.

28 Years Later cast will be as star-studded as it gets, and it will include Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes. Comer is the Emmy-winning star of Killing Eve, who most recently starred in The End We Start From and The Bikeriders. Marvel star Aaron Taylor-Johnson will next be seen in The Fall Guy and Kraven the Hunter, while the Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes will soon play Odysseus in The Return.

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Deadpool & Wolverine was years in the making, and it will mark the first Deadpool film in the MCU. The first trailer sees Wade Wilson taking many digs at Marvel, while also trying to convince Wolverine to join him on a mission to save the MCU, after being pulled from a peaceful life in his timeline by the Time Variance Authority.

Deadpool & Wolverine will feature many familiar faces – and we’re not just talking about Reynolds and Jackman. Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Brianna Hildebrand will return as their respective characters from the previous Deadpool movies, while Jennifer Garner will be back as Elektra. Emma Corrin will play the film’s main villain, Cassandra Nova, while Matthew Macfadyen joined the cast as Paradox.

Deadpool & Wolverine is hitting the theatres on July 26, as the latest film in the MCU’s Phase Five. It will be followed by Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts next year.

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Tarantino’s career has always been full of surprises, and he just made one of his most unexpected decisions yet. Despite managing to build a lot of hype for The Movie Critic, he eventually decided to scrap this project and go back to the drawing board.

Brad Pitt, who previously starred in Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was supposed to star in this film set in California during the 70s. It was also rumored that several cast members from the director’s previous films would take part.

Tarantino has been plotting his potential retirement for over a decade and said he’d like to wrap things up with a 10-film filmography because he wants to leave people wanting more.

“If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career. If, later on, I come across a good movie, I won’t do it just because I said I wouldn’t. But 10 and done, leaving them wanting more – that sounds right,” he told Deadline in 2014.

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Over the course of the first two films, the Now You See Me franchise followed the adventures of the Four Horsemen, the group of illusionists whose stage productions serve as a front for elaborate heists. The third film is expected to introduce us to a new generation of illusionists, but exact plot details are being kept under wraps.

Barbie star Ariana Greenblatt is the first new cast member to join this project, as a part of its young ensemble. She’ll be joined by The Holdovers breakout star Dominic Sessa and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Justice Smith.

Several members of the star-studded Now You See Me cast are also expected to return for this sequel, including Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, and Morgan Freeman. Ruben Fleischer will be sitting in the director’s chair, while Eric Warren Singer, Seth Graham Smith, and Mike Lesslie wrote the latest version of the script.

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Despite losing the Academy Award for best original screenplay at the Oscar to Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers won over the WGA Awards voters. David Hemingson won the trophy for writing this film, beating Air, Barbie, May December, and Past Lives.

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction replicated its Oscars success, winning another trophy for the best original screenplay. It defeated tough competition in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad, and Oppenheimer.

Winners in the TV categories were pretty easy to predict, and the three main awards went to TV shows that dominated the entire award season. Succession won best drama series, The Bear was named the best comedy series, while Beef was crowned the best limited series. The Last of Us collected the trophy for the best new series, despite losing in the best drama field.

The Writers Guild of America Awards took place on April 14, after being delayed by several months in the face of the writers’ strike.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2024 WGA AWARDS:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Pigeon Tunnel, Written by Errol Morris; Apple Original Films

DRAMA SERIES
Succession, Written by Will Arbery, Jesse Armstrong, Miriam Battye, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Nate Elston, Francesca Gardiner, Callie Hersheway, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO | Max

COMEDY SERIES
The Bear, Written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Kelly Galuska, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer; FX Networks

LIMITED SERIES
Beef, Written by Joanna Calo, Bathsheba Doran, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Niko Gutierrez-Kovner, Lee Sung Jin, Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper, Mike Makowsky, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen, Kevin Rosen, Alex Russell; Netflix

NEW SERIES
The Last of Us, Written by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Craig Mazin, Bo Shim; HBO | Max

ANIMATION
“Carl Carlson Rides Again” (The Simpsons), Written by Loni Steele Sosthand; Fox 

EPISODIC DRAMA
“Living+” (Succession), Written by Georgia Pritchett & Will Arbery; HBO | Max

EPISODIC COMEDY
“Escape From Shit Mountain” (Poker Face), Written by Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman; Peacock

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES  
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Senior Writers Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali Writers Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO | Max

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love, Written by Sarah Silverman; HBO | Max

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES 
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Writers Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary Richardson, Reggie Henke, Brendan Jennings, Patti Harrison; Netflix

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
The Chase, Head Writer David Levinson Wilk Writers Erik Agard, Kyle Beakley, Micki Boden, Megan Broussard, Jonathan Daly, Brian Greene, Robert King, Jason Lundell, Sierra Mannie, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut; NBC

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“Romance Dawn” (One Piece), Written by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda; Netflix

DAYTIME DRAMA
Days of Our Lives, Head Writer Ron Carlivati Creative Consultant Ryan Quan Writers Sonja Alar, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock; Peacock

TV & NEW MEDIA MOTION PICTURES
Quiz Lady, Written by Jen D’Angelo; Hulu

SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA
Carpool Karaoke, Written by Casey Stewart, David Young; Apple TV+

NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Healing and Hope” (60 Minutes), Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News

NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT 
“Surprise Attack!” (CBS Weekend News), Written by J. Craig Wilson, Ambrose Raferty; CBS News

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT
“Episode One: Blood Memory” (The American Buffalo), Written by Dayton Duncan; PBS

DIGITAL NEWS
“The Persuaders: A 5-Part Investigation into the Union-Busting Industry,” Written by Dave Jamieson; HuffPost

RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“The Call” (This American Life), Written by Mary Harris; Slate

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“World News This Week – Week of March 17, 2023,” Written by Joy Piazza; ABC News Radio

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn’t Get an Abortion” (What Next), Written by Madeline Ducharme and Mary Harris; Slate

ON AIR PROMOTION
“WCBS AM Promos,” Written by Bill Tynan; WCBS Newsradio 880

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Inspired by Helen Fielding’s book Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the upcoming sequel will reunite us with the titular quirky heroine, now in her early fifties. This novel saw Bridget Jones ponder many modern dilemmas while stumbling through the challenges of single motherhood, tweeting, texting, and rediscovering love and joy.

Renée Zellweger will be back as Bridget Jones for the fourth time, and she’ll be in pretty good company. Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson will also reprise their roles from the previous films in the franchise, and they’ll be joined by Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Leo Woodall (One Day) in supporting roles.

Fielding wrote the script for the adaptation of her own book, which will be directed by Michael Morris (To Leslie). She’s also coming on board as one of the EPs alongside Working Title’s Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright, while Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Jo Wallett will produce.

This rom-com franchise kicked off with the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary, which earned Zellweger an Oscar nomination, and it produced two more sequels – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones’s Baby.

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Joker: Folie à Deux will reunite us with Arthur Fleck aka Joker, who found himself stuck at Arkham Asylum at the end of the last movie – but he’s no longer all alone. His life takes an even wilder turn when he meets a fellow asylum inmate Harley Quinn, who turns out to be a perfect partner in crime.

Joker: Folie à Deux has been billed as a musical, and the first trailer gives us a glimpse of several dance numbers we’ll get to see in the film. One of them sees Joker and Harley Quinn dancing to “What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)” under the moonlight sky, while wearing elegant outfits featured in the film’s poster.

Joker: Folie à Deux will also star Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey, plus Zazie Beetz reprising her role from the first film. It will hit the theaters on October 4 via Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Maxine Minx was the only survivor of the bloody massacre in rural Texas in the first X film, and the stakes will be higher than ever when she returns in this highly-anticipated sequel.

“In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past,” reads A24’s official logline.

MaXXXine is the third film in the X trilogy directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, following the success of X and its acclaimed prequel Pearl, which also centered on a young woman who aspired to be a movie star before finding herself on a deathly path.

MaXXXine will hit the theatres on July 5, and it will also star Kevin Bacon, Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Lily Collins, Halsey, and Giancarlo Esposito.

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Legally Blonde went down in history as one of the most beloved girl-power comedies of the early 2000s, and its next chapter is on the horizon. Amazon MGM Studios is developing a spin-off series inspired by the original movie, produced by its star Reese Witherspoon.

Deadline described this project as an “offshoot” so it’s possible it won’t center on the original Legally Blonde heroine Elle Woods, while still being set in the same universe. Amazon is also looking into expanding this franchise with another potential spin-off, which is still in the preliminary stages of development.

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The Silver Surfer was the main villain in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, when it was portrayed by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne. This was a completely different version of the famous Marvel villain, and Garner’s character Shalla-Bal was portrayed as his lover and the empress of Zenn-La in the comics.

Garner will be in pretty good company on the set of this Marvel movie, which hails from director Matt Shakman. Its cast will also include Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) as Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) as Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) as Ben Grimm aka the Thing.

Garner is best known as the star of the Netflix crime drama Ozark, which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She most recently starred in the Netflix limited series Inventing Anna and the psychological thriller The Royal Hotel, and will next be seen in the supernatural horror film Wolf Man.

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Not much is known about the plot of this sequel, but it’s safe to assume it will be set in the same post-apocalyptic world as its predecessor. This franchise kicked off with 28 Days Later starring Cillian Murphy in 2002, and produced a sequel 28 Weeks Later, led by Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, and Idris Elba.

Almost two decades passed since then, and director Danny Boyle is finally ready to revisit this world, alongside screenwriter Alex Garland. 28 Years Later is reportedly being developed as the first film in a new trilogy, and Sony Pictures brought Nia DaCosta on board to direct a potential second film in this series.

28 Years Later cast will be as star-studded as it gets, and it will include Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes. Comer is the Emmy-winning star of Killing Eve, who most recently starred in The End We Start From and The Bikeriders. Marvel star Aaron Taylor-Johnson will next be seen in The Fall Guy and Kraven the Hunter, while the Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes will soon play Odysseus in The Return.

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Deadpool & Wolverine was years in the making, and it will mark the first Deadpool film in the MCU. The first trailer sees Wade Wilson taking many digs at Marvel, while also trying to convince Wolverine to join him on a mission to save the MCU, after being pulled from a peaceful life in his timeline by the Time Variance Authority.

Deadpool & Wolverine will feature many familiar faces – and we’re not just talking about Reynolds and Jackman. Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Brianna Hildebrand will return as their respective characters from the previous Deadpool movies, while Jennifer Garner will be back as Elektra. Emma Corrin will play the film’s main villain, Cassandra Nova, while Matthew Macfadyen joined the cast as Paradox.

Deadpool & Wolverine is hitting the theatres on July 26, as the latest film in the MCU’s Phase Five. It will be followed by Captain America: Brave New World and Thunderbolts next year.

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Tarantino’s career has always been full of surprises, and he just made one of his most unexpected decisions yet. Despite managing to build a lot of hype for The Movie Critic, he eventually decided to scrap this project and go back to the drawing board.

Brad Pitt, who previously starred in Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, was supposed to star in this film set in California during the 70s. It was also rumored that several cast members from the director’s previous films would take part.

Tarantino has been plotting his potential retirement for over a decade and said he’d like to wrap things up with a 10-film filmography because he wants to leave people wanting more.

“If I get to the 10th, do a good job and don’t screw it up, well that sounds like a good way to end the old career. If, later on, I come across a good movie, I won’t do it just because I said I wouldn’t. But 10 and done, leaving them wanting more – that sounds right,” he told Deadline in 2014.

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Over the course of the first two films, the Now You See Me franchise followed the adventures of the Four Horsemen, the group of illusionists whose stage productions serve as a front for elaborate heists. The third film is expected to introduce us to a new generation of illusionists, but exact plot details are being kept under wraps.

Barbie star Ariana Greenblatt is the first new cast member to join this project, as a part of its young ensemble. She’ll be joined by The Holdovers breakout star Dominic Sessa and Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ Justice Smith.

Several members of the star-studded Now You See Me cast are also expected to return for this sequel, including Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, Mark Ruffalo, and Morgan Freeman. Ruben Fleischer will be sitting in the director’s chair, while Eric Warren Singer, Seth Graham Smith, and Mike Lesslie wrote the latest version of the script.

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Despite losing the Academy Award for best original screenplay at the Oscar to Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers won over the WGA Awards voters. David Hemingson won the trophy for writing this film, beating Air, Barbie, May December, and Past Lives.

Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction replicated its Oscars success, winning another trophy for the best original screenplay. It defeated tough competition in Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad, and Oppenheimer.

Winners in the TV categories were pretty easy to predict, and the three main awards went to TV shows that dominated the entire award season. Succession won best drama series, The Bear was named the best comedy series, while Beef was crowned the best limited series. The Last of Us collected the trophy for the best new series, despite losing in the best drama field.

The Writers Guild of America Awards took place on April 14, after being delayed by several months in the face of the writers’ strike.

FULL LIST OF WINNERS AT THE 2024 WGA AWARDS:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
The Pigeon Tunnel, Written by Errol Morris; Apple Original Films

DRAMA SERIES
Succession, Written by Will Arbery, Jesse Armstrong, Miriam Battye, Jon Brown, Jamie Carragher, Ted Cohen, Nate Elston, Francesca Gardiner, Callie Hersheway, Lucy Prebble, Georgia Pritchett, Tony Roche, Susan Soon He Stanton, Will Tracy; HBO | Max

COMEDY SERIES
The Bear, Written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Kelly Galuska, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer; FX Networks

LIMITED SERIES
Beef, Written by Joanna Calo, Bathsheba Doran, Jean Kyoung Frazier, Niko Gutierrez-Kovner, Lee Sung Jin, Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper, Mike Makowsky, Marie Hanhnhon Nguyen, Kevin Rosen, Alex Russell; Netflix

NEW SERIES
The Last of Us, Written by Neil Druckmann, Halley Gross, Craig Mazin, Bo Shim; HBO | Max

ANIMATION
“Carl Carlson Rides Again” (The Simpsons), Written by Loni Steele Sosthand; Fox 

EPISODIC DRAMA
“Living+” (Succession), Written by Georgia Pritchett & Will Arbery; HBO | Max

EPISODIC COMEDY
“Escape From Shit Mountain” (Poker Face), Written by Nora Zuckerman & Lilla Zuckerman; Peacock

COMEDY/VARIETY TALK SERIES  
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Senior Writers Daniel O’Brien, Owen Parsons, Charlie Redd, Joanna Rothkopf, Seena Vali Writers Johnathan Appel, Ali Barthwell, Tim Carvell, Liz Hynes, Ryan Ken, Mark Kramer, Sofia Manfredi, John Oliver, Taylor Kay Phillips, Chrissy Shackelford; HBO | Max

COMEDY/VARIETY SPECIALS
Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love, Written by Sarah Silverman; HBO | Max

COMEDY/VARIETY SKETCH SERIES 
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, Writers Tim Robinson, Zach Kanin, John Solomon, Gary Richardson, Reggie Henke, Brendan Jennings, Patti Harrison; Netflix

QUIZ AND AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
The Chase, Head Writer David Levinson Wilk Writers Erik Agard, Kyle Beakley, Micki Boden, Megan Broussard, Jonathan Daly, Brian Greene, Robert King, Jason Lundell, Sierra Mannie, Amy Ozols, Bobby Patton, Ellen Teitel, Ari Yolkut; NBC

CHILDREN’S EPISODIC, LONG FORM AND SPECIALS
“Romance Dawn” (One Piece), Written by Matt Owens & Steven Maeda; Netflix

DAYTIME DRAMA
Days of Our Lives, Head Writer Ron Carlivati Creative Consultant Ryan Quan Writers Sonja Alar, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Joanna Cohen, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Cheryl Davis, Kirk Doering, Christopher Dunn, Jamey Giddens, David Kreizman, Henry Newman, Dave Ryan, Katherine D. Schock; Peacock

TV & NEW MEDIA MOTION PICTURES
Quiz Lady, Written by Jen D’Angelo; Hulu

SHORT FORM NEW MEDIA
Carpool Karaoke, Written by Casey Stewart, David Young; Apple TV+

NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“Healing and Hope” (60 Minutes), Written by Scott Pelley, Nicole Young, Kristin Steve; CBS News

NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT 
“Surprise Attack!” (CBS Weekend News), Written by J. Craig Wilson, Ambrose Raferty; CBS News

DOCUMENTARY SCRIPT
“Episode One: Blood Memory” (The American Buffalo), Written by Dayton Duncan; PBS

DIGITAL NEWS
“The Persuaders: A 5-Part Investigation into the Union-Busting Industry,” Written by Dave Jamieson; HuffPost

RADIO/AUDIO DOCUMENTARY
“The Call” (This American Life), Written by Mary Harris; Slate

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – REGULARLY SCHEDULED, BULLETIN, OR BREAKING REPORT
“World News This Week – Week of March 17, 2023,” Written by Joy Piazza; ABC News Radio

RADIO/AUDIO NEWS SCRIPT – ANALYSIS, FEATURE, OR COMMENTARY
“The Diagnosis Was Fatal. She Couldn’t Get an Abortion” (What Next), Written by Madeline Ducharme and Mary Harris; Slate

ON AIR PROMOTION
“WCBS AM Promos,” Written by Bill Tynan; WCBS Newsradio 880

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Inspired by Helen Fielding’s book Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the upcoming sequel will reunite us with the titular quirky heroine, now in her early fifties. This novel saw Bridget Jones ponder many modern dilemmas while stumbling through the challenges of single motherhood, tweeting, texting, and rediscovering love and joy.

Renée Zellweger will be back as Bridget Jones for the fourth time, and she’ll be in pretty good company. Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson will also reprise their roles from the previous films in the franchise, and they’ll be joined by Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Leo Woodall (One Day) in supporting roles.

Fielding wrote the script for the adaptation of her own book, which will be directed by Michael Morris (To Leslie). She’s also coming on board as one of the EPs alongside Working Title’s Amelia Granger and Sarah-Jane Wright, while Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Jo Wallett will produce.

This rom-com franchise kicked off with the 2001 film Bridget Jones’s Diary, which earned Zellweger an Oscar nomination, and it produced two more sequels – Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones’s Baby.

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Joker: Folie à Deux will reunite us with Arthur Fleck aka Joker, who found himself stuck at Arkham Asylum at the end of the last movie – but he’s no longer all alone. His life takes an even wilder turn when he meets a fellow asylum inmate Harley Quinn, who turns out to be a perfect partner in crime.

Joker: Folie à Deux has been billed as a musical, and the first trailer gives us a glimpse of several dance numbers we’ll get to see in the film. One of them sees Joker and Harley Quinn dancing to “What the World Needs Now (Is Love Sweet Love)” under the moonlight sky, while wearing elegant outfits featured in the film’s poster.

Joker: Folie à Deux will also star Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Jacob Lofland, Steve Coogan, Ken Leung, and Harry Lawtey, plus Zazie Beetz reprising her role from the first film. It will hit the theaters on October 4 via Warner Bros. Pictures.

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Maxine Minx was the only survivor of the bloody massacre in rural Texas in the first X film, and the stakes will be higher than ever when she returns in this highly-anticipated sequel.

“In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past,” reads A24’s official logline.

MaXXXine is the third film in the X trilogy directed by Ti West and starring Mia Goth, following the success of X and its acclaimed prequel Pearl, which also centered on a young woman who aspired to be a movie star before finding herself on a deathly path.

MaXXXine will hit the theatres on July 5, and it will also star Kevin Bacon, Bobby Cannavale, Elizabeth Debicki, Moses Sumney, Michelle Monaghan, Lily Collins, Halsey, and Giancarlo Esposito.

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Legally Blonde went down in history as one of the most beloved girl-power comedies of the early 2000s, and its next chapter is on the horizon. Amazon MGM Studios is developing a spin-off series inspired by the original movie, produced by its star Reese Witherspoon.

Deadline described this project as an “offshoot” so it’s possible it won’t center on the original Legally Blonde heroine Elle Woods, while still being set in the same universe. Amazon is also looking into expanding this franchise with another potential spin-off, which is still in the preliminary stages of development.

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The Silver Surfer was the main villain in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, when it was portrayed by Doug Jones and voiced by Laurence Fishburne. This was a completely different version of the famous Marvel villain, and Garner’s character Shalla-Bal was portrayed as his lover and the empress of Zenn-La in the comics.

Garner will be in pretty good company on the set of this Marvel movie, which hails from director Matt Shakman. Its cast will also include Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us) as Reed Richards aka Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) as Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn (Stranger Things) as Johnny Storm aka the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear) as Ben Grimm aka the Thing.

Garner is best known as the star of the Netflix crime drama Ozark, which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe. She most recently starred in the Netflix limited series Inventing Anna and the psychological thriller The Royal Hotel, and will next be seen in the supernatural horror film Wolf Man.

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