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Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation is officially returning for a second cour as part of Funimation’s Fall 2021 anime season. 
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After finishing its first cour (also known as a block of episodes) earlier this year, fans have been waiting for more information on when to expect more episodes, and thankfully for them, they won’t have to wait long. Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation debuted in Ja

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Warner Bros.’ DC feature Batgirl has found its directors in the form of Bad Boys for Life duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The movie, reportedly planned for HBO Max, is written by Christina Hodson (Bumblebee, Birds of Prey, The Flash) and produced by Kristin Burr (Cruella).
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Batgirl will center on Barbara Gordon, the daug

"Besides, I love talking to you…" It's always nice to come across some fascinating minimal sci-fi filmmaking in a short film - and this one is definitely worth a watch. Mirror Site is "subtle sci-fi" short film made by writer / director Karl Richter in Los Angeles. It's a bit of a Black Mirror-esque story about a guy talking to a woman on the phone, who starts to wonder if he's stuck inside some kind of digital prison of sorts. After playing at film festivals last year, it's online for a

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Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator franchise, Predator, The Expendables films) and Monica Barbaro (Stumptown, Splitting Up Together, Top Gun: Maverick) are set to star in an untitled global spy adventure series at Netflix, according to Variety. The streamer gave the project an eight-episode one-hour series order with Schwarzenegger also serving as executive producer. The project comes from Emmy nominee Nick

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch is a bit of a divisive film amongst fans. While some love it, others didn’t like the film upon its release. According to Snyder himself, however, a director’s cut of the film does exist. 
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During a recent interview with Vanity Fair where he broke down his career, Snyder touched on Sucker Punch, noting that working on the film was the first time he really faced hav

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Deadline is reporting that Jon Bernthal (The Walking Dead, The Punisher, Those Who Wish Me Dead), Emmy nominee Josh Charles (The Good Wife, Away, The Loudest Voice), and Jamie Hector (The Wire, Bosch, Queen of the South) will star as the lead’s in HBO’s six-hour limited series We Own This City, based on Justin Fenton’s book We Own This City

"What are you hiding from me?" Oscope Labs has released a new US trailer for an indie "social suspense" film titled Les Nôtres, the second feature from Quebecois filmmaker Jeanne Leblanc. The film originally premiered at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma Festival, and won Best Narrative Feature at the Santa Fe Film Festival last year. Our Own is about 13-year-old Magalie, who will have no choice but to take back the reins of her own life. Against all odds. Played by Emilie Bierr

The critically acclaimed third-person air combat game The Falconeer has been out on Xbox consoles and PC since late last year. Now, the game is soaring to other platforms.
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Wired Productions and independent developer Tomas Sala announced on Wednesday that an enhanced version of The Falconeer would be launching on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch on August 5, 2021. The Falconeer: Warrior Edition will inclu

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HBO Max has released the first images for BBC One’s upcoming mystery limited series The Tourist, starring Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan. The photos, which you can check out in the gallery below, feature our first look at Dornan’s character who is seen alone in the middle of the hot Australian desert road. In addition, Deadline brings word that The Matrix alum Hugo Weaving has decided to exit the project due to scheduling conflicts. The vacant role of Ag

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Peacock has given a straight to series 10-episode order for Vampire Academy from Universal Television and executive producer Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals). Plec is adapting the series — a story of romance, friendship, death, sex, and scandal — with longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre, who will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner.
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STXfilms Motion Picture Group chairman Adam Fogelson announced that ErosSTX’s sports drama National Champions has added three performers to its cast.
New to the film are Kristin Chenoweth (Holidate, Pushing Daisies), Jeffrey Donovan (Wrath of Man), and Lil Rel Howery (Fatherhood, Free Guy). The trio of co-stars joins the National Champions cast that already includes Stephan James, J.K. Simmons, Uzo Aduba, and Alexander Ludwig. Also attached to the film are Andrew

The list for the new Netflix June 2021 movies and TV titles has been released, which you can now view below, along with the titles set to leave the streaming service next month. This includes the arrival of new seasons for Netflix’s hit International shows such as the hit South Korean medical dramedy Hospital Playlist Season 2, and the fourth season of the Spanish teen drama Elite. In addition, the upcoming series adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s DC comic Sweet Tooth will also

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Tony Award-winner Sara Ramírez (Grey’s Anatomy, Madam Secretary, Monty Python’s Spamalot) has joined the HBO Max Sex and the City revival And Just Like That…, the new chapter of the groundbreaking HBO series. Ramirez will star as Che Diaz (they/them) a non-binary, queer, stand-up comedian that hosts a podcast on which Carrie Bradshaw is regularly featured. Che is a big presence with a big heart whose outrageous sense of humor and pr

HBO Max announced at today’s 2021 WarnerMedia Upfront that it will debut its ad-supported subscription tier the first week of June, providing consumers a choice between the existing ad-free version of HBO Max at $14.99 per month, or an ad-supported experience for $9.99 per month.
In addition to advertising-specific news, the brand debuted highly anticipated new and original series including And Just Like That…, teased special events like Friends: The Reunion, a real-life unscripted

James Gunn has revealed he receives threats daily from fans over the potential deaths of characters in his films.
Speaking in a new interview, Gunn, who is directing the upcoming new Suicide Squad film, all but confirmed that a character will be getting killed off in the DC blockbuster.
Asked about the film’s storyline, he said it’s bound to upset some fans. “Well, the first thing I had to do was ignore the potential blowback from killing a character,” he told D

HBO Max has released the official Friends: The Reunion trailer for the highly-anticipated special, giving us a preview of the epic, fun, and emotional reunion of the beloved sitcom’s iconic cast. The video teases the six stars visiting their sets and loosely recreating some of the fan-favorite moments of Friends including the quiz game, Phoebe’s reaction to first finding out about Monica and Chandler, and more. The HBO Max special will be available for streaming on May 27. Check out

"It's as if Mount Rushmore fell down…" An official trailer has debuted for a documentary titled City of Ali, focusing on the champ's hometown and connection to the place. Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born in 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, and spent most of his youth there learning how to box in his teens. He later went on to win six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles before becoming the world famous boxer known as Muhammad Ali. City of Ali details how the death of Muhammad Ali brought the pe

TBS has released a new teaser for Miracle Workers Season 3, titled Miracle Workers: Oregon Trail, with the top-rated anthology comedy series starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter franchise, Guns Akimbo, Escape from Pretoria) set to return on July 13. Also starring Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Viswanathan, and Karan Soni, the new season heads to the American Old West. You can check out the teaser in the player below!
Set in the year 1844, the new season of Miracle Workers will follow an idealistic

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It has been three months since the development of Tim Burton’s new Addams Family series, Wednesday, was confirmed, and now Netflix has announced that the live-action project has finally found its leading star. Rising actress Jenna Ortega has officially been tapped to portray the titular role of Wednesday Addams, a character created by cartoonist Charles Addams in 1938. This marks the 18-year-old actress’s latest collaboration with Netflix after sh

"Should I marry someone I don't love?" Peccadillo Pictures in the UK has released an official UK trailer for the indie drama Carmen & Lola, a Spanish love story between two Roma women. This premiered in 2019 in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar at the Cannes Film Festival, and it played at the London, Palm Springs, and Santa Barbara Film Festivals, but has never been released in the US yet. Like every other woman she has ever met, Carmen, from a Roma suburb in Madrid, is destined to be marri

TNT has released the official trailer for Animal Kingdom Season 5, featuring the return of the Codys following the death of Smurf who now have the chance to do things their own way, but the fight for who will lead this crime family could divide them. The new season will also reveal truths about Smurf’s early years as the Cody boys learn more about her life after death.
The series was renewed for a sixth and final season in January; Season 5 will premiere on Sunday, July 11. You can check

The TNets (TBS, TNT, and truTV) have announced second season renewals for freshman series Chad and Wipeout, both airing on TBS, as well as Fast Foodies for truTV. These recent pickups join critically acclaimed scripted series, Snowpiercer, which was previously greenlit for a third season, the fifth and sixth seasons of Animal Kingdom, and unscripted series The Cube, The Big D, Rat in the Kitchen, and Rhodes to the Top.
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HBO Max and Cartoon Network have officially given a two-season order to Warner Bros. Animation’s newest DC animated comedy series titled My Adventures with Superman, centering around Clark, Lois, and Jimmy Olsen as they become an investigative reporting team at the Daily Planet. This serialized coming-of-age story will feature the voices of Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) and The Boys star Jack Quaid who have been tapped for the leading voice roles of Superman/ Clark Kent

Director Paul Feig and Golden Globe nominee Kerry Washington took to Twitter to reveal the first School for Good and Evil photos for Netflix’s forthcoming film adaptation of Soman Chainani’s fantasy YA novel of the same name. Set for a 2022 debut, the film will center around a group of young adults as they enroll in an enchanted school where they will be trained to either become heroes or villains.
The first photo is a behind-the-scenes look at the project’s ongoing

The Last of Us Part II now looks and runs better when played on a PlayStation 5. Developer Naughty Dog released a new patch for their critically acclaimed third-person stealth game that takes a look at how life in a post-apocalyptic world continues as Ellie (Ashley Johnson) finds herself up against an equally capable foe in Abby (Laura Bailey). The new patch has increased resolution, faster load times, and an enhanced framerate.
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After nearly six years since the project was first announced, Netflix has officially released the first teaser trailer and key art for Chernin Entertainment’s long-awaited film adaptations of R.L. Stine’s YA horror novel series Fear Street. The streamer has also confirmed the release dates for the upcoming trilogy, promising an epic summer movie event over three consecutive weeks this coming July. The Fear Street trilogy will kick off with Part 1: 1994 starting

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The comedy world is in mourning today as Paul Mooney (born Paul Gladney) has passed away at the age of 79 from a heart attack.
Roland Martin announced the death of Mooney on his Twitter page. “Comedic legend Paul Mooney has passed away,” Martin said. “His cousin, Rudy Ealy, just called me from Paul’s phone and said he passed away two hours ago after suffering a heart attack at his home in Oakland. He was 79.”
Mooney

"Feels like I'm winning, but feels like I'm also losing at the same time." Hulu has released an official trailer for a sports documentary titled Changing the Game, which originally premiered in 2019 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film is an empathetic and eye-opening look at transgender inclusion in sports and the challenges of access. Transgender high school athletes from across the country compete at the top of their fields, while also challenging the boundaries and perceptions of fairness

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Netflix has finally released the full Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness trailer for their upcoming anime series adaptation of Capcom’s long-running horror video game franchise. The video provides us a closer look at the animated versions of popular characters Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield as they investigate a conspiracy surrounding another possible zombie outbreak. The new anime will be available for streaming on Thursday, July 8.
In addition, the streamer has also a

HBO Max and Cartoon Network has ordered a new Batman animated series called Batman: Caped Crusader. It will be executive produced by Bruce Timm, J.J. Abrams, and Matt Reeves. This is the first time Timm has returned to Batman for an animated series since the Emmy Award-winning Batman: The Animated Series.
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“Batman: The Animated Series was a masterpiece that shaped the perception of the characte

"You're special, Re… You have a talent they call 'genius'." MGM has released a full-length official trailer for Respect about the life of legendary singer Aretha Franklin. The film stars Jennifer Hudson as the singer, and it aims to tell her entire life story - from her start as a child singing in her father's church's choir to her superstar fame performing around the world. This was initially scheduled to open last year (watch the teaser trailer), but has been delayed a year - now set t

The documentary Citizen Penn is currently streaming on Discovery+, and we have an exclusive track from multi-Grammy Nominated, Golden Globe Nominated, Songwriter Hall of Fame Inducted Singer-Songwriter, Producer, and Composer Linda Perry’s score for the film, titled “Progress and Hope.”
Check out the song below!

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Citizen Penn is directed by Don Hardy (Theory of Obscurity) and focuses

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MGM has released the official Respect trailer for MGM’s long-awaited Aretha Franklin biopic drama, featuring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson. The video highlights Aretha Franklin’s musical journey into finding her own voice and becoming the legendary Queen of Soul she is known today. Initially set for a 2020 release, the film is currently slated to hit theaters on August 13, 2021. The said theatrical release date pits the film against tough competitors in the form

"You can't stop her… your best chance is to run from this place!" Three Movies. Three Weeks. One Killer Story. Netflix has unveiled the first teaser for Fear Street, a horror trilogy of three feature films debuting this summer on the streaming service. Based on the popular R.L. Stine best-selling horror series, the trilogy follows the nightmare through Shadyside's sinister history. A murder mystery shakes up a town in Ohio: a group of teenagers discovers that the terrifying events that h

Adult Swim has several spin-offs of popular shows set to release in the near future that will be released across global digital platforms. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, and Pretty Face Is Going to Hell are all receiving spin-offs that will consist of 8-10 episodes.
“We see it as our mission to put something hilarious within a fingers’ swipe of anyone on the planet,” said Adult Swim president Michael Ouweleen. “These shorts are a way to

"It was never about tombs or gods or monuments… Happiness for us was uncomplicated." Row House has released an official trailer for an indie drama titled Monuments, which originally premiered at last year's Nashville Film Festival in the fall. A grieving widower decides to travel across the country in a stolen pick-up truck, determined to scatter his wife's ashes in Chicago. Ted attempts to sidestep more grief, loss, and familial dysfunction when he steals his wife's ashes and sets off o

Platforming battle royale Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout is getting some new limited-time costumes that Disney fans are going to love. Starting on May 24, there will be an array of iconic Tron costumes that will be placed in the store. This coincides with Season 4 having a retro-future aesthetic. As seen above, there are four costumes based upon Tron, Quorra, Rinzler, and Sark to unlock by gaining in-game crowns and points.
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Robert De Niro has payed tribute to Charles Grodin, the Midnight Run actor who passed away yesterday (May 18).
De Niro starred opposite Grodin in the 1988 comedy, and has called the actor “as good a person as he was an actor.”
“Chuck was as good a person as he was an actor. Midnight Run was a great project to work on, and Chuck made it an even better one,” De Niro said in a statement obtained by the Independent.
He added: “He will be missed. I am very

In a new video posted to social media, singer and performer Demi Lovato announced that they are non-binary and will be going by they/them pronouns moving forward.
“Over the past year and a half, I’ve been doing some healing and self-reflective work,” stated Lovato in a newly released video. “Through this work, I’ve had the revelation that I identify as non-binary. With that said, I’ll officially be changing my pronouns to they/them. I feel this best represent

Have you seen Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon? Disney Animation Studios’ latest animated romp, which is now available to buy on digital, is about a young girl who goes on a quest to find a mysterious dragon in order to save the world from a mystical force known as the Druun. Well, I’ve seen it precisely 6,322 times. No, really. I’m keeping count. 
I decided to shell out $30 to purchase the flick on Disney+ back in early March since the studio’s past films, M

The Godzilla anime that released earlier this year in Japan is set to make its worldwide debut on Netflix in June. Netflix announced today that Godzilla Singular Point will release June 24, 2021. The show features a unique art style as it blends hand-drawn and computer animation.
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The show premiered in Japan via Netflix on March 25, 2021, and was then began airing on Tokyo MX the following wee

A brand new look at Loki, Marvel Studios’ upcoming series based on Tom Hiddleston’s character, has been released in the form of a new TV spot for the show. 
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In the new clip, Loki arrives at the Time Variance Authority’s headquarters, where he’s stripped down and introduced to the protocols thanks to a helpful, yet rather forceful, robot. A few more clips and bits of the show are then showcased, givi

Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War recently brought players back into the world of the 80s, but this week things will get even bigger as some major action movie stars are set to join the game. 
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On May 20, 2021, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War will be hosting an 80s Action Heroes event, which will see limited-time bundles, game modes, and more rewards join Season Three Reloaded of both Black Ops Cold War and