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New US Trailer for Eccentric Film 'The Show' Written by Alan Moore

New US Trailer for Eccentric Film 'The Show' Written by Alan Moore
"We've saved you the best seat in the house..." Shout Factory has released a new official US trailer for the strange, eccentric, indie film titled The Show, directed by filmmaker Mitch Jenkins. This premiered at the Sitges Film Festival last year, and we featured an early teaser trailer back then. A man's search for a stolen artifact leads him to the haunted town ("Northampton - a strange and haunted town in the heart of England as dangerous as he is") filled with Voodoo gangsters, masked adventurers, Depression-era private eyes and violent chiaroscuro women. From the mind of writer Alan Moore comes a new feature film starring Tom Burke (seen in The Souvenir), Siobhan Hewlett, Alan Moore (oh yes), Ellie Bamber, Darrell D'Silva, Richard Dillane, Christopher Fairbank, and Sheila Atim. Welcome to The Show. I'm still not sure what to make of it, and this new trailer doesn't really help much.
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‘Batwoman 2×18: Power’ Review

‘Batwoman 2×18: Power’ Review
Stars: Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson, Dougray Scott | Created by Caroline Dries

Batwoman’s season finale is finally here (much apology as I was on vacation last week) and months of storylines will finally be wrapped up…hopefully. The season has been tumultuous with the lead actress leaving and the writers tasked with creating a new character taking over the mantle, but the series took the challenges and will be better for it in the long run. Let’s see if they can stick the landing this season.

What Happened This Week? Judgement Night

Black Mask has taken over all the television channels and has called on the citizens of Gotham to rise up and instead of just defunding the police, they should attack the banks, the police, and the institutions that keep the average citizens down. Much like V for Vendetta, Black Mask also
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The Matrix 4 Is Rumored to Have Recast Agent Smith

The Matrix 4 Is Rumored to Have Recast Agent Smith
A new The Matrix 4 rumor claims to reveal a surprising role for Agent Smith in the upcoming sci-fi sequel, with the report stating that the beloved villain has been recast. Potential Spoilers to follow. While his role in the story remains unknown, the rumor claims that Mindhunter star Jonathan Groff will portray the character, taking over from Hugo Weaving, who was sadly unable to reprise the role due to scheduling conflicts.

Thus, it is now being claimed that a plan was put into action that will see Groff play a new version of Agent Smith, who will no doubt once again clash with Keanu Reeves' Neo and the rest of his freedom fighters. This being a computer simulation there will be several ways to sell this, including the infamous Agent perhaps being rebooted for the new version of The Matrix. Or it's possible that some semblance of the virus
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Horror Thriller ‘Curs>R,’ Starring Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, Joins Anton’s Cannes Slate

Horror Thriller ‘Curs>R,’ Starring Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans, Eddie Marsan, Joins Anton’s Cannes Slate
Producer and financier Anton, whose credits include “Greenland,” “His Dark Materials” and “The Night House,” has announced that its latest production, the feature film “Curs>R,” has wrapped principal photography in the U.K. A dark twist on the ‘80s gaming obsession, the horror thriller stars Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans and Eddie Marsan.

Anton will oversee world sales and introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes virtual market later this month, in association with Endeavor Content, which is co-representing the U.S.

The film also features horror maestro Robert Englund, who played Freddy Krueger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Rounding out the cast is Angela Griffin, Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage,” and Joe Bolland (“The Trial of Christine Keeler”).

In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout (Evans) decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced
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Inside Out Reveals Finance Forum Projects and Exec Participants (Exclusive)

Inside Out Reveals Finance Forum Projects and Exec Participants (Exclusive)
Inside Out, Canada’s largest 2Slgbtq+ film festival and single largest promoter and distributor of 2Slgbtq+ content in Canada, has announced eight new feature film projects that will participate in the festival’s fifth annual Finance Forum during the festival’s 31st year.

The Finance Forum, taking place online from May 31-June 4, during the festival (running May 27-June 6), will provide 2Slgbtq+-identified producers and/or producers creating 2Slgbtq+ content an opportunity to pitch their projects directly to top decision makers. All participating executives will be taking one-on-one meetings online with the creative teams.

Among those taking part are executives from the U.S.’s Neon, Bleecker Street, Killer Films, Cinetic Media, The Film Collaborative, Verve, Powderkeg Media, Little Punk, Symbolic Exchange, Chicago Media Angels, and GLAAD; the U.K.’s Protagonist Pictures and Bankside Films; France’s MK2 Films; Germany’s Films Boutique; and Canada’s CBC Films and WaZabi Films.
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‘Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore Signs Publishing Deal For Fantasy Series ‘Long London’

‘Watchmen’ Creator Alan Moore Signs Publishing Deal For Fantasy Series ‘Long London’
Alan Moore has signed a publishing agreement for Long London, a five-volume series of epic fantasy novels chronicling a fictionalized version of the titular city.

The Watchmen and V For Vendetta creator has inked the deal with UK publisher Bloomsbury, which will publish the books in 2024. The agreement also covers a collection of short stories, Illuminations, which will be published in 2022.

Moore famously retired from comics in 2018 but continues to create, including writing the original feature film The Show, which debuted at festivals last year. Back in October, Deadline was given a rare chance to interview Moore about his career.

Here’s a bit more on Long London:

From the beloved creator of Watchmen and numerous other classics, the Long London series is a tour-de-force that tells the story of the timeless shadow city full of magic and memory somewhere beyond the “real London.”

Long London is a series about
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‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy

‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy
The Kick-Ass and Kingsman creator is back with a TV series about a warring super-powered family. The Scot reveals how Carrie Fisher helped inspire it – and why he’s delighted Covid scuppered his move to Hollywood

Mark Millar is remembering one of the best bits of advice he ever came across, something he read as a teenager that was said by Alan Moore, the legendary creator of such milestones in comics as Watchmen and V for Vendetta. “Never believe that you’re a genius,” quotes Millar, himself the creator of such revered titles as Kick-Ass and Kingsman, “and also never believe you’re rubbish.” Speaking by Zoom from the office he keeps in his Glasgow home, Millar rounds this off with the words: “You’ve just got to do your best and enjoy it.”

It’s a healthy rule to live by, given the sometimes toxic fandom that surrounds the comics world.
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‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy

‘What if Superman was your dad?’ Comics legend Mark Millar on Jupiter’s Legacy
The Kick-Ass and Kingsman creator is back with a TV series about a warring super-powered family. The Scot reveals how Carrie Fisher helped inspire it – and why he’s delighted Covid scuppered his move to Hollywood

Mark Millar is remembering one of the best bits of advice he ever came across, something he read as a teenager that was said by Alan Moore, the legendary creator of such milestones in comics as Watchmen and V for Vendetta. “Never believe that you’re a genius,” quotes Millar, himself the creator of such revered titles as Kick-Ass and Kingsman, “and also never believe you’re rubbish.” Speaking by Zoom from the office he keeps in his Glasgow home, Millar rounds this off with the words: “You’ve just got to do your best and enjoy it.”

It’s a healthy rule to live by, given the sometimes toxic fandom that surrounds the comics world.
See full article at The Guardian - TV News »

Iceage Drop ‘Gold City,’ Map 2022 Tour

Iceage Drop ‘Gold City,’ Map 2022 Tour
Ahead of their new album Seek Shelter, Iceage have dropped the new track “Gold City.”

The song opens with a harmonica and searing guitar as Elias Bender Rønnenfelt’s vocals enter. The frontman said of the song: “At home and enraptured in the fleeting moment, the sky becomes technicolor in its makeshift lucidity. A culmination made so that everything felt briefly complete. Traffic lights and the setting sun through a polluted filter, shimmering and golden.”

The band also announced a spring 2022 tour, which kicks off in San Francisco on February 12th.
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10 R-Rated Comic Book Movies You Probably Haven't Seen (But Should)

10 R-Rated Comic Book Movies You Probably Haven't Seen (But Should)
For many years, the conventional approach to big-budget comic book adaptations was to avoid anything that might risk earning the film an R-rating, which could limit the box office potential. However, thanks to the recent success of R-rated comic book movies such as Logan, Deadpool, and Zack Snyder's Justice League, studios are beginning to rethink their approach.

Related: 10 Recent Horror Movies You May Not Have Realized Are Based On Books

Even before this recent uptick in R-rated superhero comic book adaptations, there have long been other R-rated films adapted from graphic novels and comics. Some of these, such as V for Vendetta and 300, were well-known hits, but others have flown under the radar for comic book fans and are worth watching.
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Natalie Portman to Lead HBO Film ‘Days of Abandonment’

Natalie Portman to Lead HBO Film ‘Days of Abandonment’
Natalie Portman has signed on to lead the cast of the upcoming HBO Films production “The Days of Abandonment.”

The movie, which is currently in pre-production, is based on the Elena Ferrante novel of the same name. In the film, when Tess (Portman), a woman who abandoned her own dreams for a stable home life, is in turn abandoned by her husband, her world is thrown off its axis.

Maggie Betts will write, direct, and executive produce the adaptation. Portman will executive produce in addition to starring along with Sophie Mas under the pair’s MountainA production banner. Celine Rattray and Trudie Styler of Maven Screen Media will also executive produce, as will Len Amato of Crash&Salvage, Ferrante, Domenico Procacci of Fandango, and Maria Zuckerman. “The Days of Abandonment” will be produced in association with Medusa.

News of Portman’s involvement in the film comes about a month after it
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10 Essential Works To Read By Alan Moore, Ranked

10 Essential Works To Read By Alan Moore, Ranked
British comics writer Alan Moore got his start in underground publications before releasing comic strips in 2000 Ad and Warrior. This eventually put Moore on DC's radar, where he was hired to write about Batman, Superman, and Swamp Thing. While Moore took these characters into his signature dark and esoteric environs, he was able to compose the original works that would really make him famous.

Related: Watchmen and 9 Other Comic Book Movies To Watch If You Don't Like The MCU Or Dceu

These days, Moore is a household name thanks to the many cinematic adaptions of his comics and graphic novels. Alongside Watchmen and V for Vendetta, Moore's other essential works attest to his unique interpretations of history, examinations of superhero tropes, and endless insights into magic and occultism.
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The Best Gifts for DC Comics Fans

The Best Gifts for DC Comics Fans
With the fan-anticipated release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, now streaming on HBO Max, and the upcoming The Suicide Squad in August, 2021 is shaping up to be another big year for the Dceu (DC Extended Universe).

DC Comics was founded more than 85 years ago, but their popularity really kicked off when writers Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster introduced Superman with the release of “Action Comics #1,” which is considered to be the first comic book to feature the a true “superhero” character as we know it today.

DC Films, meanwhile,
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Shout! Acquires North American Rights to ‘The Show,’ Created by Alan Moore, From Protagonist (Exclusive)

Shout! Acquires North American Rights to ‘The Show,’ Created by Alan Moore, From Protagonist (Exclusive)
Shout! Studios has secured all distribution rights in North America from Protagonist Pictures to “The Show,” the mystery fantasy feature film written by Alan Moore, the creator of iconic comic-books such as “Watchmen,” “V for Vendetta,” “From Hell” and “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” “The Show,” directed by Mitch Jenkins, will be launched across all major platforms later this year.

Tom Burke stars in the film, alongside Siobhan Hewlett, Ellie Bamber, Sheila Atim, Christopher Fairbank and Moore himself.

The pic centers on Fletcher Dennis (Burke), a man of many talents, passports and identities, who arrives in Northampton – a strange and haunted town in the heart of England as dangerous as he is. On a mission to locate a stolen artefact for his menacing client, Fletcher finds himself entangled in a twilight world populated with vampires, sleeping beauties, voodoo gangsters, noir private eyes, and masked avengers.

The North American deal was
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Iceage Find Comfort Among Friends and Family in New ‘Shelter Song’ Video

Iceage Find Comfort Among Friends and Family in New ‘Shelter Song’ Video
Danish punks Iceage have released a new track, “Shelter Song,” from their next album, Seek Shelter, out May 7th via Mexican Summer.

“Shelter Song” boasts shades of Britpop at its most reverb-soaked and festival-ready, with big guitars and the Lisboa Gospel Collective backing up frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt as he sings, “Come lay here right beside me/They kick when you’re up, they knock you when you’re down/Some shielding from the fighting/They beat you from the left, they hit you from the right.”

The track also arrives with a video,
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Step Aside, MCU: Here’s All the DC Universe Content You Can Stream on HBO Max

Step Aside, MCU: Here’s All the DC Universe Content You Can Stream on HBO Max
With the release of Superman in 1978, DC Comics broke ground and practically invented the blockbuster genre of superhero films. Decades later, with dozens of animated movies, live-action shows, and a new ensemble-led Dceu (DC Extended Universe) film series set to rival Marvel, the expansive franchises have finally found their permanent home on HBO Max.

DC Universe, the former platform for Dceu content, was rebranded as DC Universe Infinite by WarnerMedia in January 2021, with a sole focus on a library of more than 24,000 comic books. HBO Max will become the exclusive streaming platform for DC content,
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Natalie Portman, Lupita Nyong’o to Star in Apple Series ‘Lady in the Lake’ From Alma Har’el, Dre Ryan

Natalie Portman, Lupita Nyong’o to Star in Apple Series ‘Lady in the Lake’ From Alma Har’el, Dre Ryan
Natalie Portman and Lupita Nyong’o will star in a series adaptation of the Laura Lipman novel “Lady in the Lake,” which has been ordered straight-to-series at Apple.

The series will be co-written by Alma Har’el and Dre Ryan, with Har’el writing the pilot and directing. Endeavor Content is the studio. Both Har’el and Ryan will executive produce, as will Portman and Nyong’o. Har’el executive produces along with Christopher Leggett via Zusa, with Portman’s producing partner Sophie Mas also executive producing. Crazyrose’s Jean-Marc Vallée and Nathan Ross will also serve as executive producers, along with Julie Gardner for Bad Wolf America. Lipmman is an executive producer on the project too.

The limited series takes place in 1960s Baltimore, where an unsolved murder pushes housewife and mother Maddie Schwartz (Portman) to reinvent her life as an investigative journalist and sets her on a collision course with
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Official trailer for pagan horror ‘Sacrilege’

Official trailer for pagan horror ‘Sacrilege’
Devilworks have announced they will be releasing Sacrilege across both the USA and Canada on March 16th. The film will debut on DVD and Premium Tvod day-and-date on March 16th, followed by a full VOD release.

The pagan cult horror follows a group of young women during celebrations for the Summer solstice, as they are offered up as a sacrifice to a mysterious pagan goddess, who has the ability to sense their greatest fears. Using this power against them, she turns their nightmares into a horrifying reality. The cast includes Tamaryn Payne, Emily Wyatt, Naomi Willow, Emma Spurgin Hussey, Rory Wilton and Sian Abrahams.

Sacrilege was written and directed by David Creed, produced by Mark Kenna for British production company Bad Blood Films. Check out the trailer and artwork for Sacrilege below:
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Iceage Preview New Album With ‘Vendetta’

Iceage Preview New Album With ‘Vendetta’
Iceage have announced their new album Seek Shelter, out May 7th via Mexican Summer.

To accompany the release, the band dropped the dark new single “Vendetta.” Directed by Jonas Bang, the video features Croatian-Danish actor Zlatko Burić in various scenes — wearing sunglasses, peeling apples, and smoking cigarettes — while the band performs the searing track.

“Crime is the undercurrent that runs through everything,” frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt said of the track. “If you don’t see it, you’re not looking. In its invincible politics, it is the glue that binds it all together.
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DC Universe Infinite Will Launch with Vertigo, Black Label Titles

DC Universe Infinite Will Launch with Vertigo, Black Label Titles
When streaming service DC Universe is relaunched as subscription comic reader DC Universe Infinite this week, it will add a number of eagerly anticipated classics, including material from mature readers imprints Vertigo and DC Black Label, DC has announced.

As part of the relaunch and rebrand, originally announced in September last year, Dcui will add selections from its back catalog of Vertigo, DC Black Label and Milestone Media titles, as well as full-length graphic novels that have previously been unavailable on the DC Universe comic reader.

Titles available at launch will include the full runs of Hellblazer, Lucifer, V for Vendetta, and Preacher, as well ...
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