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Lena Headey is heading to Wednesday season 3. Mortal Kombat II rustles up some new footage as tickets go on sale. Plus, a creepy new clip from Lee Cronin’s The Mummy. Spoilers now!
Speaking on John Rocha’s Hot Mic podcast, insider Jeff Sneider claimed that both Odessa A’Zion and Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ Peter Claffey are being considered for roles in Marvel’s X-Men films, as Rogue and Beast, respectively.
THR reports Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein (Final Destination: Bloodlines) have been hired to direct a Metal Gear Solid movie for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
Deadline reports Tom Pelphrey will star alongside Vanessa Kirby and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II in Liminal, Louis Leterrier’s sci-fi action-thriller at Apple set “in a world where a tenth of the population suddenly gains telepathic powers as a result of an electromagnetic disturbance.”
The Mummy threatens to eat a kid’s toes in a new clip from Lee Cronin’s The Mummy.
A rapidly mutating virus disrupts a biotech conference in the first trailer for Yeon Sang-ho’s Colony.
The latest trailer for Mortal Kombat II reminds fight fans tickets are on sale now.
THR reports Lena Headey, Andrew McCarthy, and James Lance have joined the cast of Wednesday‘s third season in currently undisclosed roles.
The Smiling Friends meet an overworked robot in the trailer for their penultimate episode.
Stephen Root recounts the legend of the sea hag in a new trailer for Widow’s Bay.
A minotaur-raised human gets his school chums to help him find a gateway back to his own dimension in the trailer for My Brother the Minotaur, a new animated series at Apple TV.
Finally, The Deep and Noir have released the first episode of the Manhandled podcast.
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