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Actors Jani Zhao, Indya Moore, and Vincent Regan have joined the cast. The upcoming ‘Aquaman’ sequel, fronted by Jason Momoa. Randall Park will reprise his role of Dr. Stephen Shin, a marine biologist obsessed with finding the lost city of Atlantis, in ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ from the Warner Bros/ DC film.
‘Aquaman’, which was released in 2018, features Momoa as Arthur Curry aka Aquaman, a half-Atlantean, half-human. He sets out to lead the underwater kingdom of Atlantis and stop his half-brother, King Orm, from uniting the seven underwater kingdoms to destroy the surface world.

British thespian Regan stars as Atlan, the ancient ruler of Atlantis who caused the city to sink into the sea. The character appears briefly in the 2018 “Aquaman” movie and was then representes by Graham McTavish.

James Wan, who directed ‘Aquaman’, is returning to direct the much-anticipated follow-up. He is also producing the film with Peter Safran. David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is also coming back to pen the script.

‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ is slate releases on December 16, 2022.

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Fantastic Beasts 3 now has an official title — it’s called Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. Additionally, Warner Bros. has decided to bring forward the Fantastic Beasts 3 release date by three months. Instead of July 15, 2022, the third entry in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter spin-off franchise will now open April 15, 2022, in cinemas worldwide.

Fantastic Beasts shows the stories of younger versions of characters such as Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law). Eddie Redmayne essays the role of Newt Scamander. He goes on a global excursion to find and document an extraordinary variety of magical creatures.

Mads Mikkelsen seen in the role of the evil wizard Gellert Grindelwald. While Johnny Depp portrayed the character in the previous films. The actor asks to step down by Warner Bros following his failed libel case against a British tabloid for a 2018 article that labeled him as a ‘wife-beater’.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will release April 15, 2022, in cinemas in India and around the world.

The Tragedy of Macbeth is based on English playwright William Shakespeare’s acclaimed Scottish play by the same name. It stars Denzel Washington as Lord Macbeth and Frances McDormand.

The official description said the film is, “A work of stark chiaroscuro and incantatory rage”. That nods to both the visuals and aspect ratios of Laurence Olivier’s Shakespeare adaptations as well as Akira Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood”. But added that “Coen’s tale of sound and fury is entirely his own.”

The film shot in black and white and in the 4:3 aspect ratio by Coen Brothers’ long-time collaborator, Bruno Delbonnel. The film recently closed the 65th BFI London Film Festival in August. Joel had said in a statement, “Shakespeare belongs to the world but comes from Britain.

Joel has previously co-directed films with his brother Ethan. This is the first time that he has worked on a film on his own. Together with the Coen Brothers, as they are known, have made classics such as Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country for Old Men, True Grit, Inside Llewyn Davis, and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.

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Justin Lin’s got a lot to celebrate and enjoy right now with the success of F9: The Fast Saga. It was recently announced that the next installment in the main saga, Fast and Furious 10, will make its way into theaters in the Spring of 2023, with Vin Diesel revealing that filming will begin in January of 2022.

While we don’t have a release date for the final film, Fast and Furious 11. Tyrese Gibson did reveal that the plan is to shoot these last two installments back to back. While I’d like to bet Lin and the folks at Universal know what they’re doing with this hugely successful franchise. Filming two massive blockbusters, one after the next is bound to feel like a bit of a marathon for Lin and the Fast family

While celebrating the digital and Blu-ray release of the F9 director’s cut, I got the chance to catch up with Lin and asked him about the potential challenges that could come with filming Fast 10 and 11 back to back. He began:

“There’s an ambition of what we want to do and there are also real-world issues that we’re encountering. But I feel like, for me, I don’t want to be greedy. I want to do what’s best for the process.”

“The idea of the last chapter being two films is correct. I have to say, I’m so glad — because I think when I first entered this franchise, a sequel was not a given. You had to earn it, you know? And so to be sitting here talking to you and go, ‘Oh yeah, there’s gonna be two more movies!’ I’m like, ‘Wow.’ It means a lot. So, every day when I wake up, I’m trying to reconfigure and make sure hopefully whatever we’re talking about process wise is gonna yield the best result. But I think having one chapter in two movies is correct. That’s where I sit today.”

Actor John Challis, play the role of Boycie in the UK series ‘Only Fools And Horses’. He passes away after a fight with cancer. He was 79. His family has confirmed the news in a statement saying, “He passed away peacefully in his sleep. After a long battle with cancer.”
His ‘Beindorm’ co-star Crissy Rock said she was heartbroken. She tweeted: “John you were a true gentleman and always so loving and supportive towards me. I am thinking of your family and close friends at this hard time. Rest well. Crissy xx”

Earlier this month, the actor canceled his tour due to ill health.

Though his role as Boycie made him popular among the audience. He is able to stay in his television career for a long run by playing Captain Peacock in ‘Are You Being Served?’ and Monty Staines in ‘Benidorm’.

Born in Clifton, Bristol, he was the only child of Alec, a civil servant, and Jean (nee Harden), a drama teacher and keen amateur actress.

Challis recently became an honorary citizen of Serbia, where his sitcom ‘Only Fools and Horses is one of the popular shows.

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7 Prisoners, the second feature from Brazilian American filmmaker Alexandre Moratto and set for release on Netflix in November. An aching coming-of-age story wrapped in a harrowing examination of human trafficking in Brazil. It is a truth that for many capitalisms degrades the experience of living. Forcing people to make undignified decisions in order to meet basic needs. Survival becomes an individual pursuit, and everyone loses. Through a pointed script and propulsive storytelling. Moratto smartly makes the stakes of living within such a perverse system clear.

Tucked in the verdant hills of rural Brazil sits a humble house with a tin roof. A young man hammers a piece of wood onto a structure, his brown skin glistening under the oppressive heat of the sun. His family — a graying mother, two siblings — toil away, preparing a final meal for him. Later that day, the boy will leave his quiet home for the loud, chaotic streets of São Paulo. Along with three other boys, he will work at a metal shop. They’ll send money home to their families, and, once they have made enough, done enough, they will return and tend to their own dreams. Or so they believe.

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Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s latest feature film ‘West Side Story’ will debut in Indian theatres on December 10. An adaptation of the famed 1957 Broadway musical of the same title. West Side Story stars Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, and David Alvarez among others.
“From 20th Century Studios, Disney India will release ‘West Side Story’ in cinemas on December 10, 2021.

‘West Side Story’ tells the classic story of forbidden love between Tony (Elgort) and Maria (Zegler). And the hatred and the rival Jets and Sharks gangs have for one another.

Veteran actor Rita Moreno, who had bagged an Academy Award. It’s for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 feature adaptation of the Broadway play, which will appear in a new role in Spielberg’s film.

Tony Kushner penned the screenplay for the film, produced by Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, and Kevin McCollum.

It is one of the most highly anticipated films, it was stalled by the COVID-19 pandemic.