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Ghostbusters Afterlife: Bill Murray Says It Has Original's Vibe

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 begins filming later this year, according to James Gunn on Twitter.
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During a recent interview with Collider, Bill Murray stated he believes
Ghostbusters: Afterlife will have “the feel of the first” movie due to “the very high misery quotient” he experienced during filming.
I remember him calling me and saying, ‘I’ve got an idea for another
Ghostbusters. I’ve had this idea for years.I thought, ‘What the heck could that possibly be?’ I remember him when he was a kid. I remember his Bar Mitzvah. I was like, ‘What the heck? What does this kid know?’ But he had a really, really wonderful idea that he wrote with another wonderful guy that I got to work with, Gil Kenan, who made

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Walking Dead Preview: Negan Backstory Previewed

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Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) and his wife Lucille (Hilarie Burton, Morgan’s real-life wife), seen before she was a baseball bat.
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The Walking Dead’s 10th season, which will premiere February 28, will include a look back at big bad-turned-mistrusted-anti-hero Negan and his life before the zombie apocalypse. Now, the show has released a small—okay, very small—glimpse of what’s in store.
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Really, the clip (via Uproxx) is trying to imply Negan has done a heel turn—yet again—and has Maggie trapped somewhere, where the former Savior is threatening to murder her. Given that Maggie still wants Negan dead for killing her beloved Glenn, they’re definitely headed for a conflict, and Negan could turn the tables on her only to then start smarmily gloating he’s going to kill her, being his former

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Walking Dead Season 10 Finale Recap: Here's Negan, and His Bat

Pride and Prejudice to his wife Lucille (Hilarie Burton Morton) and hates it.
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The Walking Dead’s only villain-turned-protagonist, Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) has always been one of the series’ richest characters. Giving us a look at his life before he led the Saviors, before he wielded his baseball bat, and even before the zombie apocalypse could have made him even more fascinating. Instead,
The Walking Dead manages to tell Negan’s origin story without really telling us anything at all.
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Here’s what we knew about Negan’s life, primarily thanks to his confession to Gabriel back in season six: he had a wife named Lucille (played here by Hilarie Burton Morgan, Jeffrey’s real-life spouse) who died of cancer after the dead rose from the grave. After she passed, he named his trademark baseball bat after her, which was a strange homage that nevertheless revealed his true affection, given that Negan freaked out when he thought the bat was lost.

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Godzilla vs. Kong Trailer Teases Mechagodzilla's Arrival

We already knew that Mechagodzilla would be popping up in
Godzilla vs. Kong—check him outin toy form—but the latest teaser hyping the movie’s March 31 bow on HBO Max gives us a glimmer of his robotically glowing orbs...via his archrival Godzilla’s giant peeper. Feast your
own eyes and see for yourself:
Neon, underwater battles, lots of monstrous snarling and bellowing, some shots of worried-looking human characters we can’t really be bothered to care about, and...yep, there it is, captured with a lingering pause to make sure we don’t miss it.
That arrival should make things interesting for the two “alpha titans” who’ve already got their names in the movie title.

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Godzilla vs Kong Director Talks Spoilers, Mechagodzilla Leaks

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Godzilla vs. Kong has been out for nearly a week at this point, but even then, you were likely enough to have already gotten glimpses of the film’s “twist” well beforehand—and not through leaks, but in either keeping up with the film’s marketing or walking down a toy aisle in Target. A surprise to be sure, but for director Adam Wingard, it was part of a long history of dealing with the Hollywood machine.
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By now then, you probably know that
Godzilla vs. Kong’s titular matchup is not the endgame of the movie—part of the reason the titans have been brought together on an international scale is through the manipulation of the seedy cybernetics company Apex, headlined by Demián Bichir’s villain, Walter Simmons. By studying Godzilla and harnessing energies from both the remnants of Ghidorah and the “Hollow Earth” that Titan life emanates from in the first place, Apex has constructed humanity’s own Titan in the form of Mechagodzilla, an homage to the classic robotic foe from Toho’s long line of Kaiju movies.

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The Nevers Review: Joss Whedon's Overstuffed HBO Fantasy Series

Watching
The Nevers—HBO’s new epic fantasy series created by Joss Whedon, who’s no longer involved with the show—can be overwhelming. “Victorian ladies with superpowers” is already a high-concept idea, but
The Nevers, while entertaining, somehow finds a way to make things
even busier.
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An apparently lavish budget gives the worldbuilding a huge assist; the costumes, production design, and vaguely steampunk gadgets and flourishes provide ample amounts of Victorian eye candy, though there’s often an issue of wanting to look too many places at once (and since this is HBO, the visuals include a not-insignificant amount of nudity, in case you have any kids around who’re intrigued by the premise). This busyness isn’t helped by the fact that

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Star Wars Skywalker Family at War Excerpt: Ben Solo and Rey

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Crop of the cover to Skywalker: A Family at War by Kristin Baver. Artwork by Matt Ferguson.
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Original trilogy, prequel trilogy, sequel trilogy, it’s all just one story: the Skywalker Saga. From the very beginning of
Star Wars, George Lucas’ tale from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away has been almost singularly about one family whose fate would change the universe. Now, with that story complete, Lucasfilm has decided it should be retold in a different and intriguing way. It’s called
Star Wars Skywalker—A Family at War by Kristin Baver, it’s out this Tuesday, and io9 has an exclusive excerpt for you to read.

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Star Trek Discover Season 4 Teaser Trailer: Captain Michael Burnham

Star Trek: Discovery, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) finally received her much-deserved promotion to captain. But now that she’s in charge, she’s the one who’s going to have to keep the
Discovery together...and its crew alive.
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Martin-Green revealed the trailer during today’s First Contact Day virtual panels, which are available to view on Paramount+’s YouTube Channel.
Here’s the
Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the
U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.”

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Game of Thrones 10th Anniversary: Celebrating the HBO Show

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What does this anniversary party involve? First, a quick teaser to remind you why you became obsessed in the first place: Tyrion being the smartest guy in the room, King Joffrey taking his last gasp, Cersei smirking, dragons galore, etc:
Starting today,
Game of Thrones faithful can head to HBO Max to access an app “with curations for every level of fandom” including “a treasure trove of content, with over 150 videos of behind-the-scenes extras, cast interviews, clips, and trailers—many of which have never been available on the streaming platform before.” Then starting April 10, the network launches a “MaraThrone” (sigh) with “all episodes of season one airing on HBO2 starting at 10:00 a.m. ET, challenging fans to continue to binge watch all 73 episodes of the series on HBO Max while raising money for select global charities.”

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Star Trek Prodigy Captain Janeway First Look at CGI Animation

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Grab a pot of coffee and raise a cup in celebration: Kathryn Janeway is back, and she’s here to teach a whole new generation of heroes how to lead.
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Just revealed by Kate Mulgrew herself as part of CBS and Paramount’s “First Contact Day”
Star Trek celebration, we now have our first look as to how Captain Janeway will appear in the CG animated style of the upcoming, kids-focused series
Star Trek: Prodigy. The most interesting news from the panel is that Mulgrew will reprise her role as Janeway in a slightly unorthodox manner. She won’t be a captain to the alien crew of

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