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Furiosa, Mad Max prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, to be shot in Australia
•Furiosa's writer and director George Miller said he was grateful to shoot the film in Australia, his home country, thanks to financial support from the state and federal governments.
The New Mutants movie review: X-Men spinoff starring Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy attempts troubled teen horror with mixed results
Menon •The New Mutants could have delved deeper into the psyche of these rather special, rebellious kids but wastes its setup by following a predictable route
Following Netflix success, The Queen's Gambit to be turned into a stage musical
Fp Staff •The story revolves around the orphan Beth Harmon, who discovers early on her preternatural talent for chess and chronicles her adventures from a small town in Kentucky to Moscow whilst battling an addiction to pills.
Before Oscars 2021 ceremony, lessons from recent pandemic-era award shows
•It won’t be easy for Oscars to mount a glitzy gala during a still-raging pandemic, but here are learnings from the awards shows that were unlucky enough to go first.
Stephen King’s The Running Man to get movie adaptation; Baby Driver helmer Edgar Wright set to direct
Trendingdesk •Edgar Wright will also co-write the screenplay for the upcoming adaptation, which he says will be more closely based on Stephen King's original dystopian novel than the 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Golden Globes 2021 nominations: David Fincher's Netflix film Mank in lead with six nods; see full list
Fp Staff •The 78th annual Golden Globe Awards will air on 28 February.
A chess expert examines if Netflix series The Queen's Gambit got all its moves right
•The Queen's Gambit is one of the best and most successful screen adaptations of the game, a short list that includes the 2016 film Queen of Katwe and Searching for Bobby Fischer, from 1993.
The Queen's Gambit review: Anya Taylor-Joy mesmerises in gripping study of genius marred by addiction
Prahlad Srihari •The Queen's Gambit traces a thriving subculture of nerds who eat, breathe, walk, talk and live chess. It's a nerd subculture worlds away from some of its modern variants, where misogynists band together in their shared sense of aggrieved entitlement.
The New Mutants, Disney's X-Men spinoff starring Maisie Williams, to now release on 28 August
Fp Staff •The New Mutants, based on the comic of the same name, was the first X-Men spinoff and released in 1982.
The New Mutants trailer introduces horror undertones to X-Men universe; Fox film to release on 3 April
Fp Staff •The New Mutants shows the band of five combatting the powers of Demon Bear