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Franchise bits : Alien, It, Quiet Place, Cop & more!

Plus what is HBO Max’s The Penguin series actually about? who are the main characters?

Cailee Spaeney (“Mare of Easttown”) is in talks to star in writer/director Fede Alvaez’s Alien film, which is set up at 20th Century Studios. [More...]

Derek Kolstad is penning a Streets of Rage film, based on the game of the same name, for Lionsgate. [More...]

Joseph Quinn (“Stranger Things”) is set for Paramount Pictures’ A Quiet Place : Day One, the prequel to the hit Blunt/Krasinski movie. [More…]

Expect a plethora of sequels to James Wan’s films to come out of Universal in future years. Wan’s Atomic Monster looks to be merging with Blumhouse. [More…]

Though Netflix’s Beverly Hills Cop 4 is still filming in, of course, Beverly Hills, actors John Ashton and Judge Reinhold have wrapped their scenes.

The synopsis for the upcoming Penguin TV show, based on The Batman is, “Daughter of Carmine, just getting out of Arkham, fighting with Penguin for control of the city.” [More….]

Bill Skarsgard is expected to reprise his role as Pennywise in the upcoming It series Welcome to Derry. [More…]

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