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TRAILER: The Son of King Kong is Ready For War in ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’

News April 19, 2023 9:31 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

https://youtu.be/jT2PUT5kwwo This latest entry follows up the explosive showdown of Godzilla vs. Kong with an all-new cinematic adventure, pitting the almighty Kong and the fearsome Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden within our world, challenging their very existence – and our own. Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire hits theaters March 2024 READ MORE...

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Legendary Developing a ‘Street Fighter’ Live-Action Movie

News April 3, 2023 12:30 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Deadline announced that Legendary Pictures has acquired the film and TV Series for Street Fighter from Capcom Games. The announcement reveals that the studio is looking to develop a live-action movie first. All of the adaptions will be co-developed with Capcom. The film (like the games) will go head-to-head with Mortal Kombat, developed by... READ MORE...

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Director Jonathan Krisel Set To Helm ‘Detective Pikachu 2’

News March 3, 2023 11:15 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Deadline announced that director Jonathan Krisel is set to helm the upcoming sequel to Detective Pikachu. He is best known for directing Portlandia. Movement was quiet on the highly anticipated sequel until last month when Legendary confirmed the film was still in active development. Krisel takes over from director Rob Letterman who helmed the... READ MORE...

‘Detective Pikachu 2’ Still In Active Development at Legendary

News February 2, 2023 3:43 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

In 2019, Legendary Pictures released the first live-action Pokemon movie starring Justice Smith and Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu. The film was a commercial and critical success, with fans praising it for its humor and accurate adaption of the Japanese anime. The studio quickly put into development a sequel, but the COVID-19 pandemic hit the... READ MORE...

Tim Blake Nelson Secretly Joined ‘Dune: Part 2’ Last Year

News January 6, 2023 5:25 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that actor Tim Blake Nelson joined the cast of Dune: Part 2 late last year. Production on the sequel to the original Dune was completed in mid-December with the new incoming cast of Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Léa Seydoux, and Christopher Walken. They join the returning cast of Timothée Chalamet,... READ MORE...

Netflix Teams With Legendary For ‘My Hero Academia’ Live-Action Movie From Director Shinsuke Sato

News December 13, 2022 7:01 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Netflix, alongside Legendary Pictures, is in early development on an English-language live-action movie of the anime My Hero Academia. The original manga debuted back in 2014 and was eventually developed into an anime in Japan. For superhero fanboy Izuku Midoriya (aka Deku), being born without a quirk makes him... READ MORE...

‘Monarch’ Full Cast Announced; ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ Sequel Pushed To 2024

News June 30, 2022 7:08 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Legendary Pictures is further developing their expanded Godzilla monster universe through the secret organization Monarch. Over on Apple+ the streamin.g service announced a Godzilla series set between King of the Monsters and Godzilla vs Kong was in devlopment. We at Knight Edge Media revealed that a casting call had gone out for a multitude of... READ MORE...

Léa Seydoux Next To Join ‘Dune: Part Two’ For Legendary Pictures

News June 21, 2022 4:26 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that actress Léa Seydoux has joined the cast of Dune: Part Two. She was most recently seen in No Time To Die as the final lover of James Bond. She will play Lady Margot Fenring and ally to Paul Atreides against the evil House Harkonnen. She joins fellow newcomers Florence Pugh... READ MORE...

Legendary Pictures Moving Forward With a ‘Duke Nukem’ Adaption

News June 11, 2022 3:49 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Recently, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Legendary Pictures will be developing a Duke Nukem live-action film. A film has long been trying to get off the ground since the video game character debuted in the 1990s. Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg have all boarded the project to produce. In 2018,... READ MORE...

‘Godzilla vs Kong 2’ Re-teams Dan Stevens with Director Adam Wingard

News May 13, 2022 10:16 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Deadline announced that Dan Stevens has joined the cast of the Godzilla vs. Kong sequel. Stevens first teamed with director Adam Wingard in the critically acclaimed suspense thriller The Guest. The plot is being kept under wraps but is rumored to feature the Son of King Kong. The original film brought together several mega... READ MORE...