The most important film news you may have missed (August 5-9)

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From a Top boy star landing a major movie role to Deadpool's future in the MCU, here are the biggest movie news of the week (August 5-9) that you may have missed.

Deadpool and Wolverine continues to dominate the box office and is heading for another record-breaking third weekend. The new MCU film introduces Ryan Reynolds' foul-mouthed superhero to a whole new franchise alongside Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.

However, if you're staying home, Netflix has some great new additions too, and of course you can check out the best the streamer has to offer with our lists of the best thrillers, best comedies, best horror movies, best action movies, and best family movies.

While you decide what to watch this weekend, here's a look at the week's top new movies.

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The Thursday Murder Club Author Richard Osman provided a very exciting update on the saga this week as he is hard at work on book number five.

Osman shared on Instagram that he has started working on the fifth volume of his crime saga. “Every new book starts somewhere,” he teased in the caption, alongside a photo of a notepad with the letters TTMC and the number 5 at the top of the page.

With the film adaptation of the first book currently in production, the saga continues to grow.

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Top boy Star Jasmine Jobson has a big new role as leading actress in In the shadowa film biography of the British-Somali boxer Ramla Ali.

In the film, which is set in Great Britain, Jobson takes on the role of the groundbreaking professional boxer and thus takes over Black Panther Star Letitia Wright, who was originally cast as Ali last year (via diversity).

Peaky Blinders Actor Finn Cole as Ali’s husband Richard and Andor Star Gershwyn Eustache Jr., who plays her boxing trainer, completes the film's main cast.

Marvel Studios

Deadpool and Wolverine Star Ryan Reynolds is currently at the peak of his career with his first MCU film, but what will the future hold for his popular, foul-mouthed character?

The actor has spoken about his future in the Marvel Cinematic Universe following his box office success, as Deadpool 3 is now the second highest grossing film of the year. He and director Shawn Levy had no intention of making a sequel to the film.

“Right now, I have no idea if I'll ever wear this Deadpool suit again – I hope I do – but I don't know. Now it's time to just hang it up for a while and see what happens next,” Reynolds said to Collider.

Sony Pictures

Blake Lively spoke with Digital Spy about her producer role at It ends with us.

“So when I really get into it – which is what I did in this film – my work as an actress in this film pales in comparison to the work I've done outside of acting,” she said.

“It was very minimalist compared to everything else. I was so grateful for that level of authorship and involvement, it makes me even more proud of the film.”

The romantic drama, based on the 2016 novel by Colleen Hoover, follows Lily Bloom (Lively) in the midst of an abusive relationship with her husband Ryle (Justin Baldoni) as she reconnects with her first love Atlas (Brendan Sklenar).

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Timothée Chalamet's new film A complete unknown has finally set release dates for the UK and the US.

The film is scheduled to be released at the end of the awards season and will be released in the US on Christmas Day (December 25) and in the UK on January 17, 2025.

Chalamet plays the legendary Bob Dylan in the biopic, which covers the early years of the singer-songwriter's career as an unsuccessful songwriter in New York City and his transformation into a pioneer of the folk-rock movement after a performance at the Newport Folk Festival.

Universal

Five Nights at Freddy's was an unexpected box office success, so the sequel is already on the way. Thanks to star Matthew Lillard, we now know when we can see the film in theaters.

When appearing on a Scooby Doo The actor, who played Steve Raglan in the horror film, confirmed on his YouTube channel that production on the sequel is set to begin in October.

Jim Orr, president of Universal's domestic distribution, had already announced the horror film's return during the studio's CinemaCon presentation in April before confirming a 2025 release.

Deputy Film Editor, Digital Spy
Mireia (she/her) has been working as a film and television journalist for over seven years, mainly for the Spanish magazine Photos.

Her work has been published in other media, including esquire And Elle in Spain and WeLoveCinema in Great Britain.

She is also a published author and wrote the essay Biblioteca Studio Ghibli: Nicky, the bruja about Hayao Miyazaki's Kiki's little delivery service.
During her years as a freelance journalist and film critic, Mireia has covered festivals around the world and interviewed top-notch talent such as Kristen Stewart, Ryan Gosling, Jake Gyllenhaal and many others. She has also served on juries such as the FIPRESCI Jury at the Venice Film Festival and the Short Film Jury at the Kingston International Film Festival in London.
Mireia now lives in the UK and is Digital Spy in June 2023 as deputy film editor.

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