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‘Castlevania’ Producer Kevin Kolde On The Future Of The Franchise On Netflix And Injecting Hope Into Darkness [Interview] By Caroline Cao/May 20, 2021 9:00 am EST Set in the demon-populated dark fantasy medieval Wallachia, the anime-influenced Castlevania series on Netflix follows a cast of both the villainous and the virtuous…or rather, those on the spectrum of virtuous. Setting a high bar for what makes a successful video game adaptation, this Frederator Studios-produced adult animated series takes its plot and character blueprints from the Konami video game franchise, with art work inspired by Ayami Kojima’s designs in Castlevania: Symphony of the Night....

By Ben Pearson/March 25, 2021 2:30 pm EST After his Oscar-winning success with the Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter Jackson rolled right into one of his long-time passion projects: directing a remake of King Kong. That 2005 film made more than $562 million worldwide, which ultimately wasn’t quite enough to justify a sequel. But before the notion of a sequel was scrapped, one was actually in development, and Jackson had his eye on a director for the project: Adam Wingard, who eventually went on to direct the Eighth Wonder of the World in this month’s Godzilla vs....

‘Gossip Girl’ Trailer: Kristen Bell’s Voice Is Back To Bully Some Rich Gen-Z Kids In HBO Max Sequel Series By Hoai-Tran Bui/June 10, 2021 9:34 am EST You know you love her. And you know you love her even more when Gossip Girl has turned her sights on the rich Gen-Z influencers of Manhattan, emerging after a nine-year silence to bully some more wealthy teens. HBO Max’s Gossip Girl sequel series introduces a new generation of sexy 20-somethings playing elite Manhattan high schoolers, who take a new girl under their wing, only to find themselves all targeted by an Instagram account calling itself Gossip Girl....

‘Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots’ Movie Will Star Vin Diesel By Chris Evangelista/April 19, 2021 12:00 pm EST The entire history of cinema has been leading to this moment. A Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie is on the way, and it will star Vin Diesel, because of course it will. The film is inspired by the classic toy fighting game from Mattel in which two clunky plastic robots punch each other’s heads off....

‘Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings’ Trailer: Marvel’s First Asian Superhero Is Here By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 19, 2021 7:03 am EST “You can’t outrun who you really are.” Nor can Marvel outrun the tides of change, as we begin a new post-Avengers: Endgame era with one of the biggest “firsts” for Marvel Studios: the onscreen debut of its first Asian superhero. Simu Liu stars in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, which introduces the titular Shang-Chi, a martial arts master with superhuman abilities....

‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Mid-Season Trailer Promises More Clone Trooper Confrontation By Ethan Anderton/June 24, 2021 11:04 am EST Star Wars: The Bad Batch is now halfway through its debut season on Disney+. The animated spin-off of The Clone Wars follows the the elite and experimental clones known as the Bad Batch as they protect a mysterious young female clone named Omega from dangerous bounty hunters trying to capture her....

‘The Last Of Us’ TV Show Casts ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ Actor Gabriel Luna As Tommy By Ben Pearson/April 16, 2021 8:30 am EST Gabriel Luna is the latest actor to join HBO’s The Last of Us cast. A new report says the Terminator: Dark Fate and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. actor will play Tommy, the younger brother of Pedro Pascal’s character, Joel. Variety reports that Luna has come aboard HBO’s television adaptation of the popular The Last of Us video game, and he’ll be playing the part of Tommy, who is described as “a former soldier who hasn’t lost his sense of idealism and hope for a better world....

Let the Past Live? Speaking of Star Wars on YouTube, The Mandalorian recently made headlines when Industrial Light & Magic hired the deepfake expert who came up with a better de-aged Luke than the one in the show. This is why they say “Deepfake it till you make it.” Over the weekend, The Last Jedi also started trending on Twitter again, seemingly at random, after someone tweeted about the importance of the sacred Jedi texts (or lack thereof) in Rian Johnson’s polarizing 2017 film....

‘Zola’ Trailer: A Viral Twitter Thread Becomes One Of The Wildest Movies Of The Year By Chris Evangelista/March 31, 2021 6:01 am EST The true-ish story of a road trip gone to hell and back gets the big-screen treatment with Zola, a wild, provocative film from director Janicza Bravo. Taylour Paige plays a dancer who meets another woman, played by Riley Keough, and gets talked into going along on a trip to make some serious money....

15 Shows Like Umbrella Academy That Fans Really Need To Check Out Netflix By Leah Marilla Thomas/Dec. 10, 2021 2:48 pm EST “The Umbrella Academy” is an eccentric comic book adaptation about a team of misfit superheroes. Are any other shows exactly that? Quite a few. But superpowers, time travel, and wacky sci-fi hijinks aren’t the only things that make “The Umbrella Academy” so special. It’s also a show about a found family, which can mean a few different things....

Anthony Mackie To Star In Twisted Metal Series From PlayStation And Sony TV Sony/Disney By Ryan Scott/Sept. 15, 2021 3:18 pm EST Anthony Mackie may have just found himself at the forefront of another big franchise. The actor, best known for his work as Sam Wilson/Falcon/Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is now set to lead the upcoming “Twisted Metal” TV show. So, we can expect to see Mackie driving in weaponized vehicles and blowing up people real good....

BoJack Horseman Creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg Released A Cut Joke About David Fincher (For Charity) Netflix By Valerie Ettenhofer/Dec. 9, 2021 3:51 pm EST Yesterday, “Bojack Horseman” creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg spoke up for a good cause, with hilarious results. Initially, the showrunner tweeted a thought about Dave Chappelle’s controversial Netflix deal. “Still mystified that apparently Dave Chappelle’s deal is that he says whatever he wants and Netflix just has to air it, unedited,” he tweeted....

Elizabeth Olsen To Star In ‘Love And Death’ Limited Series At HBO Max By Ethan Anderton/May 4, 2021 11:30 am EST If grieving over the loss of her synthezoid husband in WandaVision wasn’t enough, Elizabeth Olsen is about to face even more neighborhood woes in a new HBO Max limited series called Love and Death. Inspired by the book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs and a collection of articles called “Love & Death In Silicon Prairie, Part I & II” from Texas Monthly, the series follows two churchgoing couples in a small town in Texas whose lives take a dark turn when someone picks up an axe....

Who the Hell is Starfox? Marvel Comics In Marvel Comics, Starfox is indeed Eros, the brother of Thanos, and not the ace pilot from a Nintendo video game. Raised on Titan, Eros lived his life mostly carefree and spent his time chasing women. Anyway, Eros doesn’t really live all that meaningful of a life until Thanos launched his first major attack on Titan. Eros defends Titan from Thanos several times, and he even fought alongside Captain Mar-vell, the original iteration of Captain Marvel....

Free Guy Visual Effects Supervisor Swen Gillberg On Creating Dude And Free City [Interview] 20th Century Studios By Jack Giroux/Oct. 29, 2021 9:47 am EST Swen Gillberg has helped create superheroes, fighting robots, and in the case of “Free Guy,” a virtual city called Free City. Gillberg, who works at Digital Domain, was first nominated for an Academy Award for his work with Shawn Levy. The visual effects supervisor worked on “Real Steel,” which scored him an Oscar nod, as well as the third “Night of the Museum” film....

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Release Date And Where You Can Watch It Sony Pictures Originally intended for release in the summer of 2020, Sony Pictures pushed back Ghostbusters: Afterlife to a March 2021 release date. However, since it seemed like the (dogs and cats, living together!) mass hysteria of the pandemic wouldn’t be cleared up enough for theaters to provide a lucrative wide release, it was pushed to June 2021. And then it was pushed again....

Green Lantern Series Showrunner Seth Grahame-Smith Is Very Busy, But The Show Is Still Coming DC Comics By Max Evry/Oct. 25, 2021 11:35 am EST While promoting the eight-episode Disney+ eight anthology series “Just Beyond,” which he created and produced, Seth Grahame-Smith spoke to Collider about the forthcoming HBO Max series “Green Lantern.” Serving as both showrunner and co-writer (alongside “Green Lantern” movie writers Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim), Grahame-Smith’s update marks the first official one in a while for the show, which did not have a presence at the recent DC Fandome....

Halloween Ends Is A Coming-Of-Age Film Similar To John Carpenter’s Christine Blumhouse By Chris Evangelista/Nov. 8, 2021 2:55 pm EST So just how will things end when “Halloween Ends” next year? “Halloween KIlls,” the most recent entry in this new trilogy, concluded on a shocking note, setting the stage for one final showdown between Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode and Michael “The Shape” Myers. However, according to director David Gordon Green, “Halloween Ends” is going to be considerably different from the previous two entries....

Who Is Lucky The Pizza Dog, the Goodest Boy in the MCU? Marvel Comics The Hawkeye series was announced to a lukewarm response, but there were rumblings of excitement as fans realized the possibility of seeing the 2015 Matt Fraction and David Aja “Hawkeye” run adapted to screen. One of the most popular comics of the 2010s, the series was praised by fans and critics alive for its witty dialogue, minimalist art style, and much more grounded nature....

Kenneth Branagh Stopped Anthony Hopkins From Retiring While Making Thor Marvel Studios By Joshua Meyer/Oct. 20, 2021 8:00 pm EST Sir Anthony Hopkins won his second Oscar for Best Actor this year for his performance in “The Father,” but it might never have happened had another knight of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire kept him from retiring … with a role in a Marvel movie. That’s right: it was Sir Kenneth Branagh, the director of the first “Thor” film, who convinced Hopkins not to retire by having him play Odin the Allfather....