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As part of the Netflix Geeked Week, we got the first look of the Godzilla: Singular Point English dub coming to Netflix later this month.
The clip, which you can see below, shows what this particular version of Jet Jaguar, a mech built by members of the Otaki Factory, looks like. It cuts to one of the anime’s main protagonists, Yun Arikawa, as he works on the mech and a couple of kids bust his chops about how “bad” its name is. The kids then see something in the sky, which tur

The final season of the anime Fruits Basket is upon us and God is coming. The voice actor for the original show and the English dub has been revealed.
According to Funimation, Hiroshi Kamiya will voice God in Fruits Basket The Final Season. For the unfamiliar, Kamiya is lent his voice to characters such as Levi Ackermann from Attack on Titan, Akashi Seijuro in Kuroko’s Basketball, and Yato in Noragami.
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Sony Pictures Animation’s Wish Dragon is now out on Netflix. The animated Chinese adventure stars Jimmy Wong as Din, “a working-class college student with big dreams but small means.” After he finds a magical dragon (played by John Cho) that can grant wishes, he goes on an adventure through Shanghai as he looks to reconnect with his childhood friend Lina.
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with director Chris Appelhans about living in China for three

"Somebody there?" Alter has debuted a freaky new horror short film titled The Silent Lay Steady to give you a good scare this summer. This is the latest creation of Canadian filmmaker Travis Laidlaw - we also featured his other horror short Dead House a few years ago. Set in the 1860s, The Silent Lay Steady is about a woman who finds herself alone with the body after a funeral in her farmhouse. As mysterious occurrences start to occur she is forced to confront a horrifying truth. This stars Kat

Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order is received an update in early 2021 that allowed it to take more advantage of the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. And now it has its own native port that will utilize even more of that power. After a few leaks that prematurely spoiled the imminent release, the well-received Star Wars title is now on both the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S for $40, but, more importantly, is free for those who currently have the game on previous systems. These PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions

Arcade1Up is known for its home-friendly cabinets, bringing the arcade experience of the ’80s and ’90s right to your door. The company has revealed another slew of cabinets featuring iconic arcade games Street Fighter II, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.
Like much of Arcade1Up’s collection of cabinets, the Street Fighter II Big Blue Arcade Machine is based on the original cabinet design. More importantly, it celebrates the 30th anniversar

Arcade1Up is known for its home-friendly cabinets, bringing the arcade experience of the ’80s and ’90s right to your door. The company has revealed another slew of cabinets featuring iconic arcade games Street Fighter II, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time.
Like much of Arcade1Up’s collection of cabinets, the Street Fighter II Big Blue Arcade Machine is based on the original cabinet design. More importantly, it celebrates the 30th anniversar

The CW has released the official promo for Walker Episode 1.14 titled “Mehar’s Jacket,” featuring the Walker family and friends dealing with the aftermath of the traumatic and heartbreaking events in last night’s episode. The episode, originally titled “Trips,” will air on Thursday, June 17, and will be available to stream on The CW app and CWTV.com the following day.
Written by Casey Fisher and directed by Diana Valentine, the official synopsis for

Chris Rock has said he’s previously fired people on set because “they couldn’t listen to a woman.”
The comedian recounted his actions to Nicole Kidman in a recent Variety ‘Actors on Actors’ interview.
Rock said: “I’ve fired people because they couldn’t listen to a woman. I was like, ‘How come he’s not doing…?’ And then I realise, ‘Oh.'”READ MORE: ‘Spiral: From The Book Of Saw’ review:

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Netflix has released the opening clip from their newest original anime series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, which is scheduled to debut worldwide on Thursday, July 8. The nearly three-minute video, which you can check out in the player below, begins with three military units heading towards the U.S. military base. However, things go sideways when the Alpha Two unit’s helicopter gets suddenly taken down. The Mad Dogs unit led by Ray Chase’s Jason goes against stan

"I've come across some information about myself, I think it explains quite a lot…" Vertical Entertainment has released an official US trailer for a quirky British romantic comedy titled Love Type D, which initially premiered a few years back at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2019. It's finally getting a US release on VOD this summer for those interested in catching up with it. And it looks good! A charming new take on always-feeling-like-a-failure at romance concept. A woman who has been

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Netflix has released the first Arcane photos and clip from their upcoming animated series adaptation of League of Legends, based on Riot Games’ popular multiplayer online video game. The photos and clip, which you can check out below, both show off the series’ unique and visually stunning animation style which featured a new look at the popular characters of Jinx and Vi. The series will be available for streaming this Fall of 2021.Nothing like a little sibling rivalr

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After multiple positive reviews, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is finally out on PS5. The series has always been associated with Sony platforms and even has a few teases to Sony characters in one of its weapons. But it also contains more than a couple direct references to Sunset Overdrive, the Insomniac-developed open-world game that Microsoft published on Xbox One and PC. Insomniac had previously hinted at some sort of collaboration, but it’s more than just a cheek

"Well that's what real music is." Gravitas has released an official trailer for an indie rock band comedy titled Love Spreads, the latest from writer / director Jamie Adams (Black Mountain Poets, Wild Honey Pie!, Bittersweet Symphony). Even though this already opened in the UK last year, it's just now premiering in the US at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, before arriving on VOD a few days later (which is not a good sign). It is time to record the all important second album and Glass Heart is b

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Following last Wednesday’s series debut on Disney+, Marvel Studios has released a new Loki featurette for their newest MCU series, which gives the spotlight to Gugu Mbatha-Raw’s Ravonna Renslayer, who was briefly introduced in the first episode. The video, which you can check out below, features some new footage from the upcoming episodes, highlighting Judge Renslayer in action.
The new MCU character is a high-ranking judge in the Time Variance Authority, who has mor

"Sully, what about everything we ever worked for, does that matter?" This wonderful tribute was made to celebrate the release of Pixar's 24th feature film, Luca (watch the trailer), arriving this summer. It features footage from all of their films, including a few of their shorts and their excellent SparkShorts series, edited together and it's just beautiful. It's hard not to get watery watching this. For as long as I can remember, I've been a fan of Pixar. I've been lucky to visit the studio a

During today’s Netflix Geeked Week, Netflix finally announced the main cast for their forthcoming live-action series adaptation of Resident Evil, based on Capcom’s popular video game franchise. John Wick star Lance Reddick, Ella Balinska (Charlie’s Angels), Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Tamara Smart (A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting), Siena Agudong (No Good Nick), and Paola Nuñez (Bad Boys for Life) have officially been tapped to st

The Cuphead Show was announced way back in 2019, but now we finally have a clip for the upcoming animated series that shows off our first look at King Dice
Cuphead, which was released in 2017, sports a look inspired by the classic (and terrifying) Max Fleischer cartoons from the 1930s and has sold over 4 million copies since then. It also took home Best Indie Game at the 2017 Game Awards as well as a BAFTA Games award. The show takes a similar approach.
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During the final day of Netflix’s Geeked Week, a brief first look at The Witcher Season 2 was released, heavily featuring the Lion Cub of Cintra, Ciri (played by Freya Allan) along with a few quick glimpses teasing the upcoming season. Along with the new video, which you can check out below, the streamer and CD PROJEKT RED announced a WitcherCon event next month to celebrate the world of The Witcher.Destiny awaits the Lion Cub of Cintra in Season 2… #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com

Director James Wan has confirmed that Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom will be the title of the DC sequel.READ MORE: Aquaman – stars Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson and director James Wan on the Superman of the seaThe filmmaker took to his Instagram to reveal that the title. “The tide is rising,” he wrote on the post.View this post on InstagramA post shared by James Wan (@creepypuppet)Wan, who directed the original Aquaman, will reprise his collaboration with Jason Momoa as lea

Ubisoft has had its franchises in other mediums for quite some time and now some of its animated ventures are coming into fruition. Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, which is an anime set in the Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon universe, and the Splinter Cell animated series got their first images today as a part of the Netflix Geeked event. An animated series based on the non-Blood Dragon version of Far Cry was also announced to be coming to Netflix, but no images of that have come out

"Where–where is it?" "It's gotta be out there somewhere…" RLJE Films + Shudder have released an official US trailer for the shark survival horror Great White, made in Australia where most Great White Sharks roam. A blissful tourist trip quickly turns into a nightmare when five passengers on a seaplane become stranded miles from shore. In a desperate bid for survival the group try to make it to land before they either run out of supplies or are taken by a menacing terror lurking jus

During Day 5 of Netflix’s Geeked Week it was announced that while Castlevania’s fourth and final season is now streaming, this isn’t the end of the Castlevania universe. A new animated series starring Richter Belmont (the son of Sypha and Trevor) and Maria Renard is on the way from executive producer Kevin Kolde, director Sam Deats, and assistant director Adam Deats.The Castlevania Universe is getting even bigger.
An all new series starring Richter Belmont (the son of Sypha an

Riz Ahmed has spoken out about the “toxic portrayal” of Muslims on screen.READ MORE: Riz Ahmed on being an actor, activist and rapper: “Representation stretches culture – it might even heal people”In a passionate speech posted on the actor’s YouTube channel, Ahmed addressed “racist” Hollywood films and described his own difficult experiences as a Muslim man.
He also spoke about the “bittersweet” experience of receiving his first Os

Apple TV+ has officially renewed its action sci-fi drama series See for a third season, which has already started production in Toronto, Canada. The early renewal also came with the release of the first teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of the Jason Momoa-led series, featuring our first look at Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista as he portrays the antagonistic role of Edo Voss, the estranged brother of Momoa’s character, Baba Voss. See Season 2 is scheduled to make its

ComingSoon.net is debuting an exclusive clip from Lionsgate’s upcoming action-thriller Night Walk, starring Oscar nominees Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Eric Roberts (Runaway Train), along with Sean Stone (Battle Fields). The movie will arrive on Digital and On Demand come June 15.
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Rourke stars in this gritty action-thriller about one man’s quest for justice. It starts as Frank, an American, visits the Middle East

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Disney+ has officially changed the release date for Pixar’s forthcoming Monsters, Inc. spinoff series Monsters at Work, which hails from Bobs Gannaway. Originally slated for July 2, the new animated series has been pushed back a few days later to July 7, 2021, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday.
The project has been in development since 2017 and was officially announced during 2019’s D23 Expo. Monsters at Work is set to feature the return of some of the origi

With only less than month before the long-awaited premiere of Black Widow, Marvel Studios has released a brand new TV Spot, featurette, and clip for the Scarlett Johansson-led MCU film, confirming that advance movie tickets are now on sale starting today. In addition, for fans who are planning to watch the highly-anticipated film through Disney+, they can now also pre-order Black Widow’s Premier Access for an additional one-time fee of $29.99 from June 11 to July 8 in the U.S. and Canada.

"We've heard a lot of great things about you." "They're all true." Film Stories has debuted a new trailer for their special edition Blu-ray release of the hacker classic Sneakers, from filmmaker Phil Alden Robinson. I'm posting this just because it's a chance to talk about how much I LOVE this movie, always have. I watched it so many times with my brother growing up, and it's super nerdy but so much fun. A revenge tale wrapped in a tech heist tale lead by a bunch of geeky hackers, played by an

Rose Byrne has been cast as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern in a film about the 2019 New Zealand mosque shooting.
The film, called They Are Us, will be helmed by The Truman Show writer Andrew Niccol. It will follow the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks on New Zealand’s Muslim community.
Ardern, who was also Prime Minister at the time of the attack, went on to ban assault rifles in her country as a result.
A synopsis has described the film as “an inspirational story about the young

Following the recent casting of Chernobyl actor Robert Emms, The Playlist brings word that Oscar-winning actor Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) is reportedly making his return to the Star Wars universe in Disney+’s upcoming Andor series. Whitaker is expected to reprise his role as Clone Wars vet Saw Gerrera, reuniting him with Rogue One co-star Diego Luna. Before making his live-action debut, the character first appeared in The Clone Wars and Rebels animated series and was

"Being the first is a tough job, and I think this is why she is fighting so much for us. A festival promo trailer has debuted for an indie documentary film titled The Conductor, made by Austrian filmmaker Bernadette Wegenstein. It is premiering at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival coming up very soon, and is still looking to confirm distribution before any release is set. Told she couldn't become a music conductor because she was a girl, Marin Alsop persisted – until, against all odds, she b

As Warner Bros. Pictures continues to prepare for the impending production start of the Aquaman sequel in July, director James Wan took to Instagram to reveal the official title for his highly-anticipated newest Jason Momoa-led DC film. He confirmed that the DC sequel will officially be titled as Aquaman and The Lost World, which is currently slated to arrive in theaters on December 16, 2022, after four years since the first film debuted in 2018. Its current release date will see the film

"Something strange is going on at our house…" Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for The House of Flowers: The Movie, also known as La Casa De Las Flores: La Pelicula in Spanish, from filmmaker Manolo Caro. This is a continuation of the Netflix series and the first "movie" based on the "The House of Flowers" show, created by Manolo Caro who also directs this film. The members of the De la Mora family return home, well… former Casa de las Flores, with one single purpose: to

"Why did you run away like that?" Picturehouse in the UK has revealed an official UK trailer for a Danish dark drama titled Wildland, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jeanette Nordahl. This first premiered at last year's Berlin Film Festival and also opened in Denmark last year, and is arriving in the UK and US starting in August this year. Ida moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside o

Samuel L. Jackson has listed his top five films that he’s appeared in, and only one from Quentin Tarantino has made the cut.READ MORE: Captain Marvel review – a sure-handed Marvel movie and an homage to ’90s sci-fiThe actor, speaking on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, openly admitted to watching his own films. He also voiced suspicion about actors who say that they don’t.
“Some actors lie to you about that. They watch their movies,” Jackson said. &ldq

SAINt JHN has roped in SZA for a brand-new song titled ‘Just For Me’.READ MORE: ‘Space Jam’: how it became a cult classic for ’90s kidsThe song is another preview of the upcoming soundtrack for Space Jam: A New Legacy, which stars LeBron James. Their collab follows Lil Baby and Kirk Franklin’s contribution ‘We Win’, which arrived at the end of last month.
Over a midtempo beat, produced by Pat Morrissey, SAINt JHN and SZA trade lovestruck verses. &l

If you’ve been wondering when Magia Record Season 2 was premiering, then you’re in luck. The next season of the anime will begin this summer.
Announced on the Magia Record Twitter account, Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story Season 2 will make its television debut in Japan this summer. An exact date has yet to be revealed. Alongside the premiere window is a new visual featuring its cast of magical characters.
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Adult Swim is bringing another anime under its wing later this month. The English dub of Yashahime: Princess Half- Demon is coming to its Toonami program block.
Starting June 26, Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon will make its debut on Toonami at 1:00 a.m. Unlike some of the other anime present in the program block, this will be the first episode of the series. It seems it will be taking the spot of The Promised Neverland, which currently holds the same time slot and will air its ninth episode on

A brand new video from the set of DC’s upcoming Shazam! Fury of the Gods has given fans a very brief look at Rachel Zegler in her costume. 
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The video, which was taken by fans watching over the film’s production, shows Zegler off to the side and hanging out on set in costume. From the looks of it, her costume will be all golden and looks very similar to the costumes other members of the Shazam Fa

Filmmaker Zack Snyder is producing a new Netflix animated series based on Norse mythology titled Twilight of the Gods.
As revealed during the Netflix Geeked Week stream hosted by Mari Takahashi and The Haunting of Bly Manor star Rahul Kohli, Snyder gave new details about the upcoming Twilight of the Gods animated series. Although details are a bit slim, he does mention they are working with animation studio Digital Dimension and that it is his take on Norse mythology.
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