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Previously slated for a 2021 release, the upcoming anime series Spriggan is now set for a 2022 release. A teaser trailer and new images have been revealed.
The trailer gives a good look at what to expect from the action-packed anime including a glimpse of Spriggan protagonist Yu Ominae. Several stills, as well as a key visual, have also been revealed, which puts the protagonist front and center. You can check out all the new images in the gallery below.
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Tom Hanks has curated a new hour-long DJ set for an independent radio station to celebrate his 65th birthday.
The set, titled ‘Songs From The Back Of The Station Wagon’, was created for online radio station Boss Radio 66, which specialises in playing obscure rock’n’roll, surf rock and garage rock. A quote on the station’s website from Hanks reads: “I have yet to hear a song on BR66 that I have not swooned over.”
The hour-long set was produced by Johnny &

Jason Bourne star Matt Damon turned down the lead role of James Cameron’s sci-fi film Avatar due to scheduling conflicts and passed on a staggering amount of money.
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During his Cannes Film Festival masterclass, Damon discussed declining Cameron’s offer to play the lead role in the 2009 blockbuster despite the generous money offer he would have received.
“I was offered a little mov

The Dragon Ball Special Panel for Comic-Con@Home 2021 has been revealed. The announcement comes from the official English Dragon Ball Twitter account confirming that the special panel is indeed happening. The anime’s website also has a page dedicated to the panel, which gives users a sneak peek of what to expect. The Dragon Ball Special Panel is scheduled to start on July 23, 2021 at 10 a.m. PT.
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As part of the first-ever WitcherCon virtual celebration, Netflix has revealed the first teaser trailer for The Witcher Season 2, which you can check out below. The second season will premiere on the streamer on December 17.What you’ve all been waiting for, Witcher family. Here’s the first teaser trailer for Season 2, premiering December 17 on @netflix. #WitcherCon pic.twitter.com/TT4yYttA5F
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) July 9, 2021RELATED: WitcherCon: Sneak

Even six years after its initial release, CD Projekt Red’s third entry in Geralt of Rivia’s adventure remains relevant. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt next-gen update is set for a 2021 release and will include DLC based on the Netflix TV show.
RELATED: WitcherCon: Sneak Peeks Featuring Ciri, Lambert & Jaskier in Witcher Season 2
The announcement was revealed on The Witcher game’s official Twitter account. It states The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt next-gen update would be coming to

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AMC Networks has greenlit a new AMC Studios series called Dark Winds for AMC+ and AMC. Created and executive produced by Graham Roland (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, The Returned, Almost Human), the series stars Zahn McClarnon (The Son, Westworld, Fargo), who is also an executive producer, and Kiowa Gordon (The Red Road, Roswell, New Mexico).
Vince Calandra (Castle Rock, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, Sharp Objects) is showrunner and also

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Lionsgate has announced two new comedies are currently in development, the first titled Revenge Wedding which will be produced by Jordan Schur of Suretone Pictures, Andrew O’Connor of What If It Barks Films, and Kristin Burr of BURR! Productions, with Jessica Friedman of BURR! co-producing. The logline for the film is being kept under wraps. James Myers and Chisom Ude are overseeing the project for Lionsgate.
Erin Westerman, president

According to Deadline, Netflix has officially decided not to renew Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller’s fantasy drama series Cursed for a second season. The cancellation comes after nearly a year since the Katherine Langford-led series debuted its 10-episode first season. This was actually Langford’s first TV comeback after her memorable performance in Netflix’s hit teen drama 13 Reasons Why, which earned the Australian actress her first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress.
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During WitcherCon, the first teaser for the anime feature The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf was released, which you can check out below, along with the announcement that the movie will debut on August 23, 2021, on the streamer.Face your demons. Nightmare of the Wolf premieres August 23. #WitcherCon pic.twitter.com/qDRdxMRHfD
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) July 9, 2021RELATED: WitcherCon: Sneak Peeks Featuring Ciri, Lambert & Jaskier in Witcher Season 2
The Witcher: Nightmare of the

RLJE Films has released the official No Man of God trailer for their upcoming thriller drama feature, starring Lord of the Rings alum Elijah Wood and Emmy winner Luke Kirby (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel). The video, which you can check out in the player below along with the poster, features an FBI analyst as he dives into the twisted mind of one of America’s most notorious serial killers, Ted Bundy in his final years on death row. The film is slated to make its debut on August 27 in theaters

"There are a lot of myths and misunderstandings about me…" RLJE Films has debuted an official trailer for a chilling film titled No Man of God, from filmmaker Amber Sealey, and with a script written by C. Robert Cargill (formerly known as the blogger Massawyrm). This just premiered at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival, and arrives in theaters and on VOD starting in August. Another film about Ted Bundy and his twisted ways. In 1980, Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution. In the years

"Ahhh I'm too stoned for this." Decal Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for an indie heartfelt comedy called Ride the Eagle, from filmmaker Trent O'Donnell, and co-written by the film's star, Jake Johnson. Leif is left with a "conditional inheritance" when his estranged mother Honey dies. Before he can move into her picturesque Yosemite cabin that she left him, he has to complete her elaborate, and sometimes dubious, to-do list. "Life is a long, weird trip." Off he goes to complete her

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ComingSoon.net is debuting the exclusive character art posters from A Soldier’s Story II: Return from the Dead, the Nigerian action-thriller from writer and director Frankie Ogar (A Soldier’s Story). The movie stars Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (Runaway Train), and is currently available on Digital HD and will hit DVD on July 13 from Indican Pictures. You can check out the character posters now in the gallery below!
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According to Deadline, Grey’s Anatomy vet Justin Chambers has officially been cast to join Miles Teller in Paramount+’s forthcoming limited series The Offer, centering around the making of The Godfather. Chambers is set to portray the role of the acclaimed actor Marlon Brando, who famously played the leading role of mafia boss Vito Corleone in the classic 1972 film.
This marks Chambers’ first major TV project in over a year following his surprise exit from the long-running ABC

During WitcherCon, the first panel revealed a sneak peek at Kaer Morhen with Ciri (Freya Allan) and Lambert (Paul Bullion), as well as Jaskier’s (Joey Batey) new look in The Witcher Season 2, which you can check out below! It was also announced that Season 2 will launch on Netflix on December 17.Ciri and Lambert; the student and the teacher, though from the sounds of it, not quite clear on which is which #WitcherCon pic.twitter.com/28knEn9k4D
— The Witcher (@witchernetflix) July 9,

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A post-credits sequence for Black Widow has hinted at what we can expect to see from an upcoming Marvel series.
In the film, we meet Florence Pugh’s character Yelena Belova for the first time. The character is a former Black Widow herself, and adoptive sister to Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff.READ MORE: ‘Black Widow’ review: Marvel’s cinematic web ensnares a new generationIn the post-credit sequence, Yelena visits the g

After skipping last year’s edition due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Cannes Film Festival opened with Leos Carax’s Annette. The latest work by the versatile French artist should have been part of the film festival’s 2020 edition, but the director opted to wait for a whole year before releasing the movie so that it could be watched in theaters. After seeing it, it was certainly worth waiting for.
Written by Ron and Russel Mael of the band Sparks, Annette is the l

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It has been two years since we’ve last heard an update regarding Warner Bros. Pictures’ live-action Barbie movie, and now Variety brings word that titular star Margot Robbie has confirmed through a recent interview for British Vogue’s upcoming August 2021 issue that Lady Bird filmmaker Greta Gerwig is indeed officially directing the project. Gerwig and long-time partner and collaborator Noah Baumbach have actually been attached to co-wr

Jack Dylan Grazer has labelled his return to Shazam! his “shot at redemption.”READ MORE: Jack Dylan Grazer: “No one expected me to become an actor – I wanna be a rock star”The actor will reprise his role as sidekick Freddy Freeman for Shazam! Fury of the Gods. Zachary Levi and Helen Mirren also star in the sequel. Production is currently underway, with the film set for release in 2023.
Grazer has been itching to get back to the role since the original film was relea

Following the recent addition of Gunpowder Milkshake star Michelle Yeoh, Deadline brings word that rising British actress Sophia Brown (Giri/Haji, Marcella) has officially been cast for one of the leading roles in Netflix’s forthcoming prequel series The Witcher: Blood Origin. Brown will be replacing Jodie Turner-Smith for the role of Éile after the Queen & Slim star exited the project due to scheduling conflicts. Production is scheduled to begin in August and will ta

Netflix’s Fear Street trilogy continues this week with the release of Fear Street Part 2: 1978 today. Taking place at a summer camp, the film follows a group of Shadysiders as they discover a terrible curse that haunts their town. The second streaming release stars Sadie Sink, Emily Rudd, Ryan Simpkins, McCabe Slye, Gillian Jacobs, Matthew Zuk, and more.
“Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin,&rdquo

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Showtime has announced that Emmy and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland has signed on to star opposite Gillian Anderson in their forthcoming anthology drama series The First Lady. Sutherland is set to portray the role of former United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who is the only U.S. president to serve for more than two terms from 1933 up until his death in 1945. This marks the 24 vet’s latest television project since starring in last year’

Matt Damon has said that he was “overwhelmed” by the standing ovation that he received at Cannes.
The actor was speaking at a press conference following the world premiere of his new film Stillwater.READ MORE: Downsizing review: “Little people, medium-sized disappointment”As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Damon attributed his emotional response to being with his peers for the first time after the coronavirus outbreak.
“I think we’ll all look back and reme

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Paramount Pictures has released a brand new Snake Eyes featurette for their upcoming G.I. Joe spinoff, starring Henry Golding as the titular ninja commando. The film is currently slated to hit the theaters on Friday, July 23.
The video, which you can check out below, features commentaries from the cast including Golding and Andrew Koji as they talked about the intense ninja training they’ve gone through for the sword and gunfight sequences under the supervision of fight co

Australian police have said that Natalie Portman and Sacha Baron Cohen did not breach lockdown rules over a recent boat ride on Sydney harbour.READ MORE: The rise of Sacha Baron Cohen: from Hammersmith to HollywoodPublic concerns were raised against the actors after it was announced that harsher coronavirus restrictions were being enforced in Sydney from last Friday (July 2).
According to Sydney’s stay-at-home order, people should only leave their homes for essential reasons.
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Netflix has released the official Sweet Girl trailer for their forthcoming revenge thriller movie, starring Aquaman‘s Jason Momoa and Isabela Merced. The film is scheduled to make its debut on Friday, August 20.
The video, which you can check out below along with the new key art, features a devastated husband as he vows to bring down the greedy people of a pharmaceutical company who were the ones responsible for his wife’s death. In his search for justice, he is joined by his o

It's not often that the Cannes Film Festival plays science fiction films, but when they do, they're some of the best science fiction films all year. After Yang is the second feature film directed by the Korean-American filmmaker known as "Kogonada", who made his debut in 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival with a feature called Columbus after creating video essays about cinema for years before that. It seems he has taken his experience with that film (and his vast knowledge of cinema) and develo

There will be before Cow, and there will be after Cow. But in all seriousness… Andrea Arnold's documentary film Cow is the latest offering on the Vegan Cinema menu, premiering at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival in a brand new out-of-competition section called Cannes Première. The film features almost no talking, and no dialogue except for a few words spoken in the background by farm workers. There is some music, but that's a different surprise. Instead, the camera focuses on cows at

"The question is: what do you do now?" Apple TV has unveiled the first official trailer for Mr. Corman, a new series for Apple TV+ that is written by, directed by, produced by, and stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Which is why we're featuring this trailer. Mr. Corman looks like a very 30-something series about what life is like today for those of us stuck in this exact kind of situation. Mr. Corman is described as a deep cut into the days and nights of a public school teacher in the San Fernando Val

"You knew going after powerful people was a dangerous business." Netflix has dropped the official trailer for an action thriller titled Sweet Girl, marking the feature directorial debut of producer Brian Andrew Mendoza. Produced by and starring Jason Momoa, the film is about a devastated husband who vows to bring justice to the people responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter. Sounds intense. Don't mess with Momoa! This is set primarily in Pitts

Danny Trejo has opened up about a time when he met Charles Manson while serving time in prison.
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In his newly released memoir Trejo, the actor confirmed that he met Manson in 1961, eight years before the Tate murders. Trejo was 17 at the time.
“While I was waiting to get shipped out to Tracy, there was a greasy, dirty, scrawny white boy in County,” the actor wrote.

"It's not even a good painting!" Sony Pictures Classics has unveiled the first official trailer for a fascinating art documentary titled The Lost Leonardo, which was supposed to open last year but was delayed until this year. It's now set to open in theaters in the US this August. The film examines the mystery surrounding the Salvator Mundi, the first painting by Leonardo da Vinci to be discovered for more than a century, which has now seemingly gone missing. It was the most expensive painting

"Focus! Stop being scared." Vertical Ent. has released an official trailer for a new sports comedy movie titled She Ball, which is dropping in August this summer. Written and directed by and starring Nick Cannon, She Ball follows the love of the game through the struggles of Avery Watts, who enlists the baddest women's streetball league in the city to help him win and save the embattled Inglewood Community Center, which he manages, all while trying to raise his seven year old daughter. Newcomer

The first trailer for Marvel series What If…? has landed, and features Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa for the last time.
The upcoming animated show will stream on Disney+. It explores major events that have taken place in the Marvel universe through a new lens.READ MORE: Chadwick Boseman – 1976-2020: a real-life superhero who gave hope to manyOne such storyline will show an alternative reality in which Boseman’s character T’Challa is not the Black Panther, but rather

Sainsbury’s has confirmed that it will no longer sell CDs and DVDs in its stores, though sales of vinyl records will continue.READ MORE: UK vinyl sales in 2020 are the highest since the early ’90sThe supermarket giant said that the huge popularity and customer preference for the streaming market had influenced the decision.
“Our customers increasingly go online for entertainment, so earlier this year we took the decision to gradually phase out the sale of DVDs and CDs, so that

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Now streaming on Netflix, Matt Thompson’s America: The Motion Picture features an all-star cast of Channing Tatum as George Washington, Simon Pegg as King James, Judy Greer as Martha Dandridge, Bobby Moynihan as Paul Revere, Raoul Trujillo as Geronimo, Jason Mantzoukas as Samuel Adams, Olivia Munn as Thomas Edison, Will Forte as Abraham Lincoln, Killer Mike as Blacksmith, and Andy Samberg as Benedict Arnold. The film is a satirical look at the foundin

New Wave Toys announced on Thursday that the next classic game in its line of premium miniature arcade cabinets is Q*bert, with the Q*bert X RepliCade set to be a 1/6-scale recreation of the 1982 hit game. 
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The latest arcade cabinet from the company will feature a diagonally mounted four-way joystick, a fully-functional mini knocker coil that thumbs when Q*bert falls off of the pyramid, and is fully playable. The cabine

Paramount Home Entertainment and CBS Home Entertainment announced on Thursday that the first four Star Trek films will be released in a newly remastered format later this year. 
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Just in time to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the airing of the very first Star Trek episode, the four films will release in 4K Ultra HD. All four films are newly remastered from original elements to ensure optimal picture quality, and each

Sony’s State of Play from July 8, 2021 did contain a lot of Deathloop, but it also had a fair few indie games as well. Here’s everything from the July 8 State of Play.
Moss Book IIOne of PSVR’s biggest platformers, Moss, is getting a sequel called Moss Book II. Polyarc showed off the first trailer for the newly announced game, which sees the return of Quill, the protagonist. No release date was given.
ArcadeageddonIllfonic, the team behind the Friday the 13th multiplayer game