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Peter Jackson: Gollum is two weeks from wrapping, and Tintin 2 has finally been written (film news).
Peter Jackson says The Hunt for Gollum has two weeks of filming left, Shadow of the Past is being scripted, and Tintin 2…
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Best Pancakes in the County Trailer: Nicolas Cage Brings a Prosthetic Nose to a Gunfight.
Nicolas Cage, Justin Long and Shelley Hennig fight it out over one long night in a small-town diner in Ken Sanzel's action thriller,…
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Narnia gets new jackets by Vance Kovacs, and Aslan has sneaked onto every one of them (book news).
HarperCollins unveils Vance Kovacs's movie-inspired Narnia covers for Gerwig's The Magician's Nephew, with hardcovers and box sets from November.
NewsHorror
Thunderbolts*: an unused storyboard shows Man-Thing nearly joined the team, before a swamp monster was ruled too distracting (film news).
An unused Thunderbolts* storyboard shows Man-Thing with the team. Writer Eric Pearson explains why Marvel's swamp monster didn't make the cut.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! banlist: Konami forbids 34 cards and limits a dragon that hasn’t been released yet (card games news).
Konami's October 2026 Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG banlist forbids 34 cards, including Called by the Grave and Trishula, and limits an unreleased dragon.
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Enshrouded 1.0: Keen Games lifts the fog, and 100,000 players walk straight back into it (games news).
Enshrouded 1.0 leaves early access and passes 100,000 concurrent Steam players, adding Cinder's Cradle, a story finale and a PS5 version.
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Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film goes ‘very iced’, and joins Han Solo in the carbonite cupboard (film news).
Taika Waititi says his Star Wars film is 'very iced' as he and Tony McNamara move on to another project. Six years on,…
NewsHorror
Crystal Lake: Linda Cardellini gives Mrs Voorhees her own show, and the canon police reach for their machetes (TV series).
Crystal Lake, the Friday the 13th prequel with Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees, lands on Sky and NOW today. Gore, grief and one…
NewsHorror
Fangs for the rumour: is A24’s bachelor-party horror from The First Omen’s Arkasha Stevenson a vampire film? (news).
A24 has a horror film on the way from The First Omen director Arkasha Stevenson, and the internet has decided, more or less…
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Shattered Legends: Matt Mercer runs Daggerheart for a party of hololive VTubers, and it’s canon to Exandria (video).
Watch the teaser on YouTube: Shattered Legends Teaser | hololive production x Critical Role Matthew Mercer has run tables for voice actors, celebrities…
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A Court of Splintered Harmony: Prythian tunes up for 27 October, leaks, teeth and all (spoiler-free book news).
Sarah J. Maas readers have spent two months staring at a cover of burning bones and a set of teeth as if it…
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The Batman film we never got: Joe Manganiello’s memoir reveals how Deathstroke planned to ruin Bruce Wayne’s life (news).
There is a whole branch of film history devoted to the films that never got made: Jodorowsky’s Dune, Tim Burton’s Superman Lives, George…