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The Irregular at Magic High School spin-off The Honor at Magic High School will be coming to Funimation this summer.
Announced by Funimation, in collaboration with Aniplex of America, The Honor at Magic High School is officially part of the anime streaming service’s Summer 2021 lineup. If you’re unfamiliar, the spin-off is based on the manga of the same name with the focus shifting to Miyuki Shiba.
RELATED: The Honor at Magic High School Reveals Cast, Gets New Visual
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Deadline brings word that Emmy nominees Nathan Lane (The Producers, Modern Family, The Birdcage) and Patti LuPone (Frasier, Hollywood, Witness) along with Oscar nominee Amy Ryan (Gone Baby Gone, Birdman, The Office) and Kylie Rogers (Home Before Dark, Yellowstone) are joining Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker, Gladiator, The Master) in Ari Aster’s next A24 feature Disappointment Blvd.
RELATED: Disappointment Blvd.: Joaquin

Today, CyberConnect2 revealed a set of new videos featuring fighters from the Demon Slayer game, titled Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles. This time around, Sakonji, Sabito, and Makomo got the spotlight.While all of the presented fighters all use the Water Breathing technique, they each have their little quirks to set themselves apart. Tanjiro’s initial trainer Sakonji Urokodaki mixes his swordmanship with a number of traps including bamboo shoots that shoo

"Is that my old T-shirt?" "Yup." "Looks good on you." This sensual summer short film comes from Quebec and is made by a filmmaker named Ariane Louis-Seize and it's another excellent short discovery. Little Waves is a 12-minute film about a young woman discovering some new sexual sensations one evening. On family reunion day in the summer, Amélie feels out of place and lonely as her favorite cousin brings a lover over for the first time. The couple's passion threatens to overwhelm her unt

Final Fantasy is no stranger to spreading out into other mediums and now one of its numbered entries is getting a television adaptation. Final Fantasy IX will be getting an animated series aimed at children and young teenagers. It will reportedly be quite some time until it airs because production is being projected to start “by the end of 2021 or beginning of 2022.”
MORE: Metroid Dread Has Had a 16-Year-Long, Rumor-Heavy Development
Kidscreen reports that C

Warner Music Group is set to release nine memorable film scores on vinyl this year, including Space Jam, Jackie Brown and more.READ MORE: ‘Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood’ film review – Tarantino’s most satisfying work in decadesA number of acclaimed blockbusters will see their scores pressed onto vinyl in a new series, including three Quentin Tarantino films, due for reissues on September 3 and 17.
The original Space Jam film will receive a spec

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Batman: The Long Halloween Part One releases on Blu-ray and digital tomorrow, June 22. An adaptation of the classic comic of the same name, the film features Batman (voiced by Jensen Ackles) finding himself at a loss in capturing the mysterious Holiday, a killer that strikes on holidays. The cast is rounded out by Billy Burke, Josh Duhamel, Naya Rivera, and David Dastmalchian.
ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese spoke with actor David Da

With Fruits Basket The Final Season currently underway, the anime is surely tugging at the heartstrings of its viewers. It seems that notion will only get stronger as the voice for Katsuya Honda has officially been cast.
Announced on Funimation’s website, it was revealed that Yoshimasa Hosoya and J. Michael Tatam will be lending their voices to Katsuya Honda in Fruits Basket The Final Season Japanese sub and English dub respectively.
RELATED: Fruits Basket Casts God for Its Final Season,

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According to Deadline, Constantin Film is currently in the process of developing a new adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic French novel The Count of Monte Cristo, which centers around a man seeking revenge for his wrongful imprisonment. Jack Huston (Fargo, American Hustle, Boardwalk Empire) has been tapped for the leading role of Nicolas Cristo. Huston is also set to pen the adaptation, with Into the Badlands filmmaker Stephen Fung att

Ready for the next arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations? Well, you won’t have to wait long as the Kawaki Arc: Otsutsuki Awakening will begin in July.
The new arc was announced on the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations official website. To celebrate the upcoming next phase of the Kawaki arc, a new visual was also revealed. As you can see below, it features the main characters Naruto, Boruto, Kawaki, and Sasuke in action.
RELATED: VIZ’s Demon Slayer Complete Box Set Features 23 Manga V

Several cast members from Quadrophenia are set to reunite in new film To Be Someone this summer.READ MORE: The stars of Quadrophenia – then and nowThe upcoming film, telling “a thrilling tale of mods, music and organised crime”, will see actors from the 1979 classic, which was a love letter to The Who, reunite on the big screen in a continuation of a celebration of British mod culture.
Returning actors will include Leslie Ash, Toyah Willcox, Mark Wingett, Trevoir

Few things are truly ever dead, even if they have “dead” in the title. According to a few reports, EA is planning to show another Dead Space at its EA Play event on July 22. EA has not uttered any such hints on the matter so whether or not it a sequel, remaster, or a reboot is unclear (even it even exists at all).
There are two reports that appear to corroborate each other. This all stemmed from GamesBeat’s Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti on their Games Mess show on March 5. When

BEGIN SLIDESHOWSony Pictures has released the book trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming novelization of his award-winning 2019 movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, June 29. The Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel will first be published as a Harper Perennial mass market paperback, alongside an e-book and digital audio edition. A deluxe hardcover edition is expected to be released later this year. You can now pre-order the paperback

This Is England star Thomas Turgoose has revealed that Stephen Graham and Shane Meadows offered to adopt him.READ MORE: ‘This Is England’ star Thomas Turgoose: “I was a little shit when I was a kid – but now I’m a man”Turgoose, who first met Graham on set of Meadows’ 2006 film, recently said on the Private Parts podcast that the actor and filmmaker said they could take him in after his mother died of lung cancer.
“My mum passed away from lung

The full lineup for the movie and TV titles coming to HBO Max this July has been unveiled, including Malcolm D. Lee’s Space Jam: A New Legacy. In the film, basketball champion and global icon LeBron James goes on an epic adventure alongside the timeless Tune Bugs Bunny and the Tune Squad in this animated/live-action event. This transformational journey is a manic mash-up of two worlds that reveals just how far some parents will go to connect with their kids. The Warner Bros. Pictures

"Do you believe that your dreams are your own?" Music Box has released the official trailer for a wacky, lo-fi indie sensation from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival this year called Strawberry Mansion. It's made by filmmakers Kentucker Audley & Albert Birney (both of Sylvio previously) and will play in theaters later this year. Not many critics gave this film a chance during Sundance, but it ended up being one of my Best of the Fest picks. In a world where the government records & taxes

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A brand new Respect featurette for MGM’s forthcoming Aretha Franklin biopic drama has been released, which is scheduled to arrive in theaters on Friday, August 13. The video features interviews from director Liesl Tommy, Forest Whitaker, Mary J. Blige, and more as they talked about the process of how Jennifer Hudson transformed into the legendary singer including learning how to play piano and getting a movement coach. Hudson was personally hand-picked by Franklin, who was

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Disney+ has announced that their newest coming-of-age adventure series The Mysterious Benedict Society will officially make its premiere this Friday, June 25, with the first two episodes. This announcement also came with the release of a new TV spot and character posters, which you can check out in the gallery below, highlighting Emmy-winning actor Tony Hale’s dual roles as twin brothers-turned-enemies Mr. Benedict and L.D. Curtain. The upcoming Disney+ series marks Hale&r

ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive trailer for In the Footsteps of Killers, BritBox’s upcoming docuseries that features an interesting new take on the true-crime format. Debuting all episodes on July 6, the series pairs Emilia Fox, an actress known for playing an investigator on the long-running Silent Witness, with Dr. David Wilson, a renowned criminologist who specializes in serial killers — specifically their psychology and motives.
RELATED: BritBox Unveils What’s Com

"He was an doting, loving, caring, ordinary father." Oscilliscope Labs in the US has revealed an official US trailer for a fascinating music history documentary called No Ordinary Man, from acclaimed filmmakers Aisling Chin-Yee & Chase Joynt. This premiered at TIFF last year and already opened in Canada (watch the first official trailer) with a theatrical release in the US set for this July. More than just a simple story about a musician many don't know… No Ordinary Man is an in-dept

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Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment have revealed the first teaser for Colin Trevorrow’s long-awaited Jurassic World: Dominion, continuing to hype up its upcoming 5-minute special extended preview that will be exclusively shown at the IMAX screenings of F9, starting this Friday, June 25. The 15-second teaser is set around 65 million years ago, during the Cretaceous period. It gives us a glimpse of a number of dinosaurs that have never been featured in the Jura

When the Xbox Series consoles launched late in 2020, one of the most intriguing launch titles available on day one was Bright Memory. Created by a single developer by the name of FYQD Studio, the game was a budget-priced, visually compelling hors d’oeuvre for a full game by the name of Bright Memory: Infinite.
MORE: The Falconeer PS5 Preview – Smooth Flying in 4K
While that initial taster didn’t necessarily set the world of review scores alight, it looks as though the final pr

Get ready to meet some new dinosaurs! Universal + Amblin have revealed a very tiny teaser to promote the "Special Extended Preview" of Jurassic World: Dominion playing in IMAX in front of showings of F9 starting this weekend. This used to be Christopher Nolan's exclusive marketing technique! But now they're continuing the tradition with the new Jurassic World, the third movie in this new generation of JP movies after Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (in 2018). "Partially set 65 million years ago,

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Steven Spielberg’s production company Amblin Partners has signed a new partnership with Netflix allowing Amblin to produce multiple films for the streaming giant each year. The deal will co-exist with Amblin’s pact already established at Universal Pictures, according to The Hollywood Reporter, with some features being produced by Spielberg for Universal and others for Netflix.
RELATED: Sam Rechner Lands Key Role in Spielberg’s Semi-Autobiographic

According to Deadline, Netflix has officially decided not to renew creator and star Jamie Foxx’s newest sitcom Dad Stop Embarrassing Me for a second season. The cancellation comes after more than two months since the series debuted its 8-episode first season last April. The series was actually the Oscar-winning actor’s sitcom comeback in 20 years after starring in ’90s sitcoms such as In Living Color and The Jamie Foxx Show.
Despite this, Foxx’s partnership with Net

"I'm forty-five years old, and I hunt dead bodies for a living." ScreenDaily has revealed an official promo trailer for an indie film from Africa titled The Gravedigger's Wife, marking the feature directorial debut of a Somalian filmmaker named Khadar Ahmed. This is premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in the sidebar known as Critics' Week (Semaine de la Critique), where they often premiere a lot of great under-the-radar films. The Gravedigger's Wife is set in the East Africa country of

Apple TV+ has finally released the official trailer for the upcoming second season of their acclaimed sports comedy series Ted Lasso, starring Jason Sudeikis in his Golden Globe-winning role as the titular coach. The series is scheduled to make its return on Friday, July 23.
The video gives a preview of the aftermath following AFC Richmond’s heartbreaking loss during the first season finale. It also teases the partnership between Ted and Hannah Waddingham’s Rebecca as they finally w

Director Ben Wheatley has given an update on where things stand with his new film The Meg 2.
The High-Rise director is set to take on the sequel to the 2018 shark-centric Jason Statham blockbuster, and has confirmed the actor’s claims that it will start filming early next year.READ MORE: Cult director Ben Wheatley picks his five fave horror filmsAsked by NME when production commences, Wheatley replied: “January, if what Jason Statham is saying in the press is to be believed, yes.&rdq

The Falconeer released late last year on Xbox platforms and PC, serving as one of the early graphical showcases for the Xbox Series X. It’s now slated to arrive on PlayStation consoles and Nintendo Switch in August under the name The Falconeer: Warrior Edition. The new version features all of the previously released downloadable content (The Kraken, The Hunter, and Atun’s Folly), which was free anyhow, plus a new expansion called Edge of the World among other tweaks and refinem

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As production continues on The Flash in London, another batch of behind-the-scenes photos from the set of Warner Bros. Pictures’ highly-anticipated DC film has surfaced online, featuring our first look at Ezra Miller’s Barry Allen and Kiersey Clemons’ Iris West, who DCEU fans have last seen together on Zack Snyder’s Justice League cut. The UK set photos, which you can check out below, also provided us our first look at Michael Keaton’s Bruce Wayne,

In order to get ahead of impending set photo leaks, Shazam! director David F. Sandberg took to Twitter to share an official behind-the-scenes photo from the Atlanta set of Shazam! Fury of the Gods. The new photo provides us our first look at the Shazam Family led by Zachary Levi’s titular hero in their new upgraded suits, which bear a more define and mature look than their previous padded costumes from the first film.
In addition, Sandberg also went on to confirm that Grace Fulton, who po

The internet in general was (understandably) rapturously delighted with Nintendo’s E3 2021 showing, but it seems that some are refusing to let those frowns be turned upside down, instead deciding to keep them as, well, frowns. The reason for their malaise is that Platinum’s Bayonetta 3 didn’t make an appearance. Not only did it not make an appearance, but the name wasn’t even mentioned in any capacity.
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Based on a mostly true story written by star and comedian Iliza Shlesinger, Good on Paper is a romantic drama that is directed by Kimmy Gatewood in her feature debut. The cast is rounded out by Ryan Hansen, Margaret Cho, and Rebecca Rittenhouse. Netflix will release the film on Wednesday, June 23.
“Andrea Singer always put her stand-up career first, and while dating came easy, love wasn’t a priority… that is until she meets Dennis, a quirky nerd with disarming

Meet The Beatles of Zambia! Utopia has released an official trailer for a music history / rock documentary called We Intend To Cause Havoc, which originally premiered at festivals in 2019 and is finally getting a US release this summer. Directed by Gio Arlotta, We Intend To Cause Havoc highlights W.I.T.C.H. (We Intend to Cause Havoc), Zambia's most popular rock band of the 1970s led by the powerful vocalist, Jagari, whose name is an Africanisation of Mick Jagger's. Through the resurrection of a

Six months after being pulled from the PlayStation Store, CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 has finally been made available for purchase on Sony systems once more.
RELATED: Sony Removes Cyberpunk 2077 from PS Store
After the game’s horrendously buggy initial launch, Sony took the step of preventing digital sales of the title whilst the developer got busy working on trying to make it actually playable. This Monday, the game showed up again on the PlayStation Store, with Sony addin

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Paramount Pictures has released a brand new Snake Eyes trailer for their forthcoming G.I. Joe spinoff, starring Henry Golding and Andrew Koji. The film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on Friday, July 23. Its current release date pits it against three competitors in the form of M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming thriller Old and the Mark Wahlberg-led biopic drama Joe Bell.
The video begins with Golding’s titular character as he saves Koji’s Storm Shadow from the m

"If you survive, you will gain access to our knowledge, and our power." Wow!! Paramount has debuted the second official trailer for Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins – a new G.I. Joe spin-off movie focusing on the badass character of Snake Eyes. And it kicks some serious ass! Every warrior has a beginning. After the pandemic shut downs, this was reset for release in 2022, but Paramount decided to move it up and drop it in theaters this summer for an action-packed big screen treat. Henry Goldin

Neon has unveiled a promo teaser trailer for the the film Titane, the second feature film made by acclaimed French filmmaker Julia Ducournau following her horror hit Raw a few years ago. There is not much of a synopsis available yet, only that "Titane" means "A metal, highly resistant to heat and corrosion, with high tensile strength alloys often used in medical prostheses due to pronounced biocompatibility." There's clearly a lot of crazy things going on in this! It stars Agathe Rousselle and

"Made me want to vomit." Same. Shark Dog Films has debuted an official US trailer for the documentary called The Boys in Red Hats, which initially premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival earlier this year. This isn't as bad as that title sounds, thank goodness, but it definitely is an attempt to soften the blow and shift the blame instead of actually confront any real problems. It film follows an "incident" in 2019 in which a student was caught on camera acting racist, then "instantly and unwi

Two members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which oversees the Golden Globes, have resigned in protest at the organisation.
Wenting Xu and Diederik van Hoogstraten said in a letter (obtained by the LA Times) that the HFPA was “toxic”, which comes after an exposé earlier this year alleged corruption and lack of diversity in the association.
In their reasoning, the two claimed that the “majority of the membership resists deep change” and that new r

The soundtrack for the Fast & Furious 9 has been released, featuring the likes of The Prodigy, A$AP Rocky, Pop Smoke and more – you can listen to it below.
The latest instalment in the long-running action film saga is set for release in the UK on June 24 and in the US a day later.READ MORE: Pay tribute to the late, great Pop Smoke with his 10 best tracksThe original motion picture soundtrack for F9 was released on Thursday (June 17), with the collection including a guest verse fro

Jackass star Steve-O has been recruiting men to donate their pubic hair in order to make a Bigfoot costume.
The star, who is due to appear in the upcoming fourth Jackass film, revealed that he had been on a mission over the last two years to create the Sasquatch suit by shaving his own pubic hair.
After posting an appeal on social media recently for other men to donate theirs, last week many answered his call – with footage shared by TMZ showing a raft of volunteers having their intimate a

Will Smith has announced details of his forthcoming new memoir, Will.
The musician and actor will publish the book in the UK on November 9 via Century.READ MORE: Hey, Will Smith, you’ve become the world’s most embarrassing dadWritten with The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck author Mark Manson, Will will see Smith “opening up fully about his life in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness, and human connectio

Manga publishing company VIZ Media revealed a brand new collection that will excite any Kimetsu no Yaiba fan. Releasing on October 5, you’ll be able to get every volume of the popular manga in one package with the Demon Slayer Complete Box Set.
The box set comes with all 23 volumes of the Demon Slayer packaged in a box featuring art from the manga. On one side of the box, we have a brilliant look at most of the manga’s ensemble cast including Tanjiro and Nezuko. On the opposite side

Nicolas Cage’s upcoming new film will see the Oscar-winner go on the hunt for a stolen pig – you can watch the trailer below.READ MORE: “Oh no! Not the bees!”: Nicolas Cage’s maddest, most Nicolas Cage-y rolesPig follows a truffle hunter (Cage) who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness but must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped.
In the trailer, Cage’s character is seen preparing a series of

If you watched the Elden Ring trailer, you probably thought it looked a lot like Dark Souls. Well, that could be said for just about any modern FromSoftware game. It’s a good thing George R.R. Martin has our backs confirming the upcoming action RPG is indeed a sequel to the influential 2011 release.
RELATED: Elden Ring Finally Fully Revealed, Coming Next Year
The A Game of Thrones author was recently interviewed by the Chicago-based WTTW network after receiving an honorary doctorate from

Are you ready for a new My Hero Academia arc? The incredibly popular anime is entering its second cours of its fifth season with the Endeavor Agency arc.
Starting next Saturday, the fourteenth episode of My Hero Academia Season 5 will begin the anime’s newest arc. Titled “Off to Endeavor’s Agency,” the episode will also debut a brand new opening song from MAN WITH A MISSION called “Merry-Go-Round.” The new ending theme song “Uso ja nai”