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Even More Fast and Even More Furious: Charlize Theron to Star in Cipher Spin-Off

Posted By themoviesleuth 1383 days ago on Entertainment

http://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com - image courtesy Universal Pictures The Fast and Furious franchise continues to roll on with even more spin off news. Just this week it was teased that the next movies might feature a return for Paul Walker's character via visual effects in F10 and F11. But today, word broke that Universal is moving forward on a spin off feature that will focus on Charlize Theron's cyber antagonist, Cipher. She first appeared in the eighth entry, The Fate of the Furious and returned for F9. Now they want to give her a movie that will be strictly focused on the development of her character. At one time, Theron didn't seem to do these types of movies but has recently been doing several action-centric features including projects for Netflix including The Old Guard. Variety has confirmed that Vin Dies

Spiral Crashes: Saw Spin-Off Fails Box Office Expectations

Posted By themoviesleuth 1423 days ago on Entertainment

http://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com - image courtesy Lionsgate The long running Saw franchise saw its latest release hit cinemas this weekend. Unfortunately after several delays caused by COVID-19, the Chris Rock brainchild didn't live up to expectations. Spiral, a film which is a direct spin-off to the Saw movies, has had a rough road that didn't get any better when it released this weekend. Although analysts were expecting the film to gross somewhere around $13-15 million in its opening frame, the horror flick only made $8.7 million over the three day window. As could potentially be expected from a series that's gone on for over 15 years, this does not bode well for the franchise as a whole. It seems that the low budget flicks are seeing dwindling returns from an audience that's seemingly beginning to grow out of this