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It's totally understandable that Netflix would want to quickly capitalize on the success of Tiger King. The docuseries about the feud between zoo owner Joe Exotic and animal rights activist Carole Baskin captured the imagination of the world and has been a nice distraction from you-know-what. So, it's laudable that they decided to give audiences more of what they craved in the form of a bonus episode catching up with some of the cast.
Netflix giveth and Netflix taketh away. Everyone who uses streaming services will know that as rights deals expire, movies come and go from various platforms. However, May looks to be an especially tough month for Netflix, with a lot of amazing films departing. This includes classics like Goodfellas, The Dirty Dozen, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Blade Runner: The Final Cut.
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings looks set to bring some genuinely neat martial arts action to the MCU. The character is renowned for his hand-to-hand skills, with the plot reportedly centering on the titular hero battling his way through a fighting tournament in order to win the Ten Rings. Along the way, he'll fight mystical and magical opponents, apparently concluding with a titanic battle against the dragon Fin Fang Foom.
Brad Pitt is often named as the man of many people's dreams. But if he gets this new part then they might want to reconsider. We're hearing that he's being eyed for the role of the Boogeyman in a monster movie of the same name. There's not much known about the project yet, save that the concept will be of a monster that haunts people in their dreams.
It sounds like romance is in the air in Gotham City. We're hearing from our sources that Warner Bros have nailed down some of the plot arcs for Robert Pattinson's The Batman trilogy. The first film will see this new version of the character being established (along with a sizeable chunk of his rogue's gallery). After that, expect to see their version of the Joker taking centre stage in the second film, along with the beginnings of a full-on love story.