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Crunchyroll has released a brand new sneak peek at the upcoming anime series Fena: Pirate Princess, giving fans a look at the first four minutes of the highly anticipated show.
RELATED: Fena: Pirate Princess Gets Release Date, English Dub Cast Revealed
In the clip, we’re introduced to Fena as she goes on the run, before she’s introduced to the samurai who will help her on her search throughout the entirety of the show.
You can check out the sneak peek below:An exclusive sneak pe

Must get firewood to stay warm for the winter. This gorgeous, moving stop-motion animated short film is made by a filmmaker based in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. Winter's Blight is a stop-motion short written and directed and animated by filmmaker Claire Campbell, and it's available to watch on Vimeo now after playing at festivals for a few years. The film tells the story of a reclusive elderly man Bill who livies in a remote forest in Central Otago. "This film has been a true labour of lo

The Tokyo Olympics are currently underway, and the ongoing competitions have seen a handful of surprise references and homages to the hugely popular manga and anime series One Piece throughout the events.
MORE: Hulu Orders Animated Comedy Standing By Starring Dan Levy
Taking to Twitter on Thursday, the official account of One Piece’s staff tweeted out two messages to the two athletes who performed the homages, Greek long jumper Miltiadis Tentoglou and American shot-putter Payton Otter

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HBO has added even more to the cast of its upcoming half-hour comedy series Rap Shi*t, according to a recent report from Deadline.
RELATED: Issa Rae & City Girls’ HBO Max Series Rap Sh*t Gets Trio of Actresses
Daniel Augustin (Grey’s Anatomy, David Makes Man), Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut (Cruel Summer), Amandla Jahava (DMZ), and Jaboukie Young-White (The Daily Show, Dating & New York) have all been tapped for recurring roles in th

Hulu has ordered a presentation for Standing By, an animated comedy from Schitt’s Creek co-creator, executive producer, and star Dan Levy, according to a recent report from Deadline.
MORE: Dear White People Vol. 4 Teaser Sets Date For Musical Final Season
The comedy comes from Levy, writer-director Ally Pankiw, and 20th Television Animation, with Levy also lending his voice to one of the lead characters in the project. According to the report, Standing By is a satirical look into the

"Leave my girl out of it. If you want to fight, just tell me when and where." Screen Daily has released an early festival promo trailer for an Indonesian film called Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash. Which is a damn cool title for a unique film like this. It's premiering at the Locarno Film Festival which just kicked off this week, hence the new trailer to build up some buzz - before it heads to TIFF later this fall. In a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious m

Netflix has finally announced the release date for the upcoming fourth and final installment of Justin Simien’s comedy-drama Dear White People. The Logan Browning-led series is scheduled to make its return on September 22. The first Dear White People Vol. 4 teaser, which you can check out below, provides us a glimpse of what to expect in the final season, which is being described as a musical event that will feature hit ’90s songs.The only way to move forward is to throw it back

"Do the traumas of the past stay with us?" The Cinema Guild has unveiled a new US trailer for a fantastic indie discovery from Spain, a docu-drama hybrid titled 499. We originally covered this last year when a festival promo trailer dropped, but the film is now getting a theatrical US release at the end of the summer. Which is great news! I hope some intrepid cinephiles go out and watch this. The film mixes documentary footage from Latin America, along with a simple story of a time traveler. Up

Marvel Studios’ Eternals is one of the most highly anticipated films of the year, and according to actress Gemma Chan, when fans finally get to see the film, they’ll come away with new expectations around superheroes.
RELATED: Marvel Studios’ Eternals Gets First Teaser Trailer & Poster
Speaking to Vogue UK (via The Hollywood Reporter), Chan and director Chloe Zhao both spoke about Chan’s character Sersi, with Zhao noting that it’s been one of her personal p

Electronic Arts recently held its latest earnings call (via GameSpot) announced its plans for the Battlefield series, and what it might be planning for future releases in the franchise.
RELATED: Battlefield 2042 First Gameplay Trailer Released During E3 2021
When asked whether or not Battlefield would ever return to a more normal schedule of releasing a major installment of the franchise every other year, CEO Andrew Wilson hinted that it was likely, saying that he “[thinks] it is

According to Collider, Luis Guzmán (Traffic, Code Black) has officially been tapped for the role of Gomez Addams in Netflix’s upcoming live-action Addams Family series titled Wednesday, which hails from acclaimed filmmaker Tim Burton. Luis Guzmán will join Yes Day star Jenna Ortega, who is set to portray the titular role of Wednesday Addams.
The Addams Family patriarch was first played by John Astin in the original TV series, followed by Golden Globe and Emmy winner

The Suicide Squad star John Cena has admitted that he made a lot of “bad movies” when starting out in his acting career.READ MORE: The Suicide Squad review: a bold and boisterous reunion with DC’s best bad guysCena, who still wrestles as part of his longstanding WWE career, spoke about his formative years as an actor in a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Suicide Squad co-star Margot Robbie and director James Gunn.
The actor cited films like The Marine and 12 Ro

The PlayStation 5’s standard, disc-based edition is now officially a profitable console for Sony, the company confirmed during a recent earnings briefing.
MORE: Psychonauts 2 Has Gone Gold, Ready for Release Later This Month
In the briefing (via Bloomberg), Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki confirmed the news, but did note that the $400 digital edition of the PS5 is still being sold for a loss than what it costs Sony to manufacture, but that the losses from that console are still being offset by

The PlayStation 5’s standard, disc-based edition is now officially a profitable console for Sony, the company confirmed during a recent earnings briefing.
MORE: Psychonauts 2 Has Gone Gold, Ready for Release Later This Month
In the briefing (via Bloomberg), Sony CFO Hiroki Totoki confirmed the news, but did note that the $400 digital edition of the PS5 is still being sold for a loss than what it costs Sony to manufacture, but that the losses from that console are still being offset by

Labyrinth, a milestone film in David Bowie‘s acting career, will return to the big screen in celebration of its 35th anniversary.
The film, which was directed by Jim Henson and co-stars Jennifer Connelly in her breakout role, will embark on a limited theatrical run in the US on September 12, 13 and 15. The screenings come via Fanthom Events.READ MORE: An oral history of David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’ – five years on from his deathBowie stars as Jareth the Goblin King in

It has been over nine years since the theatrical release of Josh Trank’s hit sci-fi thriller Chronicle, and now producer John Davis has confirmed that they’re currently in the process of developing a sequel to the found footage movie, which will be led by female protagonists. Speaking with Forbes, Davis revealed that the project is set up at 20th Century Studios, who were the ones that handled the theatrical distribution of the first film in 2012. He also went on to reveal more about

Double Fine took to social media on Friday to confirm the news that Psychonauts 2 has gone gold, marking the game officially ready for release later this month.It’s been a long time coming, but Psychonauts 2 has officially gone GOLD.
Enjoy the adventure on August 25th on @Xbox and play it Day One with @xboxgamepass!
Pre-order here: https://t.co/XnDI6g0GRf … and then pre-install immediately too! pic.twitter.com/2580Zu8dy4
— Double Fine (@DoubleFine) August 6, 2021
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Bandai Namco and developer Dimps have released a brand new trailer for Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, showcasing the upcoming DLC character Jiren (Full Power) in all his glory.
RELATED: Full Power Jiren Arrives in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 This Fall
In the trailer, you can see Jiren (Full Power) taking it to some of the characters in the game, and also get a brief tease for the next downloadable character to be announced as Goku and Vegeta prepare to do the fusion dance. Jiren will be landing in th

According to Variety, MCU vet Cobie Smulders has officially signed on to join the cast of FX’s upcoming third installment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology drama Impeachment: American Crime Story. Smulders will be replacing Emmy nominee Betty Gilpin for the role of Ann Coulter, the conservative media specialist who was the legal adviser for Paula Jones’ attorneys, who represented Jones in her sexual harassment suit against Bill Clinton. After a year of preparing for character, the GLO

ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive clip from the new disaster-thriller The Unthinkable, the debut feature film from director Victor Danell. The movie is now available on DVD and On Demand (order your copy here) from Magnolia Home Entertainment under the Magnet Label.
RELATED: Exclusive Class Trailer for Ash McNair & Enzo Cellucci’s Short Film
“Sweden wakes up to a state of emergency following the bombing of a major bridge in Stockholm,” reads the official synopsis.

During a recent quarterly earnings call, Lionsgate chairman Joe Drake has revealed some new details about their upcoming film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. He confirmed that they’re planning to start production on the project in the first half of 2022, which will once again be directed by Francis Lawrence, who directed the last three installments of the franchise. Drake also revealed that the President Snow-centered prequel is

Matt Damon’s latest feature film is now in theaters. In Stillwater, Damon plays an Oklahoma roughneck that finds himself in France to visit his daughter, who is suspected of murder. The film is directed by Tom McCarthy and also stars Camille Cottin, Abigail Breslin, Deanna Dunagan, and Lilou Siauvaud.
RELATED: Matt Damon Passed on Avatar Despite Being Offered 10% Of Profits
“Stillwater follows an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma who travels to Marseille to

Following the release of the Free Guy reaction video that featured Deadpool and Korg, fans of the Merc with a Mouth are definitely getting hyped up for his long-awaited official MCU debut as they eagerly await for updates regarding Marvel Studios’ Deadpool 3. Fortunately, while Ryan Reynolds has been recently doing his interview rounds to promote Free Guy, the 44-year-old actor was able to open up about the upcoming third installment, confirming that it remains to be in active development

Mangrove star Nathaniel Martello-White has spoken of his surprise that Steve McQueen‘s Small Axe series only managed to pick up one Emmy nomination.READ MORE: The music of Steve McQueen: inside his ‘Small Axe’ soundtrack“It was disappointing,” he said during an interview with NME.
“It’s hard, isn’t it? Awards are great and awards help, but I try not to get too caught up in that because sometimes things win and you’re like ‘How did that

Jennifer Hudson has reflected on her experience filming director Tom Hooper’s feline musical Cats, admitting some of the ‘digital fur technology’ came as a surprise.READ MORE: ‘Cats’ review: weird and occasionally wonderful, this feline flick is no cat-astropheReleased in 2019, Cats became a notorious meme fever dream blending Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson, James Corden and Dame Judi Dench in questionable digital cat outfits.
Anchoring the film was Hudson, who pla

The latest installment of Hallmark’s long-running Murder, She Baked series, Sweet Revenge: A Hannah Swensen Mystery airs Sunday, August 8 (9 p.m. ET/PT) as part of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. ComingSoon reached out to one of the film’s stars, Gabriel Hogan, to discuss his role in the film.
“Starring Alison Sweeney, Cameron Mathison, Barbara Niven, and Gabriel Hogan, Sweet Revenge picks up as Hannah (Sweeney) and Mike (Mathison) experience engaged life while

Open Road Films has released the official Copshop trailer for Joe Carnahan’s latest action thriller movie, starring Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, and Alexis Louder.
The video, which you can check out below, features Grillo as a double-crossing con man who tries to evade death threats by getting himself lock-up in a small-town jail. However, unfortunately for him, his hitman is Butler’s Bob Viddick, who’s very determined to get the job done. In the middle of the chaos of assassin

"You can't defend someone like him." Peccadillo Pictures in the UK has unveiled a new official UK trailer for the German legal thriller The Collini Case, from German filmmaker Marco Kreuzpaintner. This originally opened in Germany back in 2019, but is only now getting an official UK release in cinemas this September. Apparently this also opened in the US online last year, but we haven't heard about it until now, time to catch up with it anyway. Based on the international best-seller by Ferdinan

Netflix has finally released a brand new teaser for the highly-anticipated fourth season of Strangers Things, confirming that the fan-favorite sci-fi series has been slated to make its return in 2022.
The video provides us our first footage of the long-awaited return of our favorite Hawkins heroes including Eleven and Hopper, who are once again expected to be put in difficult situations. It also teases the teamed-up among Max, Dustin, Lucas, Steve, Nancy, and Robin as well as the arrival of

"I'm going to have to ask you to gimme my sword back." A festival teaser has arrived for a comedy called King Knight, from filmmaker Richard Bates, Jr. This is premiering at the Fantasia Film Festival kicking off this month. Matthew Gray Gubler & Angela Sarafyan star in this film as Thorn & Willow, husband-and-wife high priest and priestess of a coven of witches in Cali - basically a hippie commune. When Willow unearths a secret from Thorn's past, their lives are thrown into turmoil and

"Their government said they would never forget… but they did. They fought back." Discovery has released an official trailer for a documentary film called No Responders Left Behind. Every time I hear this story, I think how the hell could the government stop caring about these people - THESE PEOPLE. The ones who volunteered and went down to the destruction of 9/11 and worked so hard to try & save lives and clean up. No Responders Left Behind follows 9/11 social activists Jon Stewart a

Netflix’s latest action thriller Hit & Run is now streaming. The series, which takes place in Israel and the United States, features Lior Raz, Sanaa Lathan, Kaelen Ohm, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblatt, Lior Ashkenazi, and Gregg Henry.
“In this new action thriller, a happily married man’s life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit and run accident in Tel Aviv,” reads the official synopsis. “Grief-stricken and confused, he searches for

Chvrches have teamed up with legendary horror film director John Carpenter for a series of remixes.READ MORE: Chvrches – “Are the machines evil, or are we?”Carpenter, who is known for horror classics including The Thing and Halloween, has done his own spin on the trio’s recent single ‘Good Girls‘ taken from their forthcoming album, ‘Screen Violence‘.
Chvrches have also returned the favour and remixed ‘Turning The Bones’, taken from

Neill Blomkamp has provided an update on the highly anticipated sequel to District 9.READ MORE: ‘District 9’ director Neill Blomkamp: “At its height, COVID felt like science fiction”Released in 2009, District 9 revolved around a refugee camp in Johannesburg, South Africa, where aliens resided in slum-like conditions. It marked Blomkamp’s feature film debut and was a huge success, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture.
There’s been rumours of a sequel ov

The director of Framing Britney Spears has responded to the singer’s criticism of the documentary, explaining how she “totally understands” her complaints.READ MORE: Britney Spears’ court appearance was a display of her strength, and the power of #FreeBritneyThe documentary, which was released in February, covers the popstar’s struggles with paparazzi harassment leading up to her current conservatorship battle. Posting on Instagram after its release, Spear

Once upon a time, Brendan Fraser was a star on the rise after appearing in hits like George of the Jungle and The Mummy where he displayed a knack for blending heroic bravado with deft comedy.
Then, one day, the man simply fell off the map. Last I saw, he was battling insane animals alongside Brooke Shields in Furry Vengeance.
Now, with news that Fraser will appear in Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and his recent role in Doom Patrol, there’s hope that our once budd

Netflix’s latest action thriller Hit & Run is out tomorrow, August 6. The series, which takes place in Israel and the United States, features Lior Raz, Sanaa Lathan, Kaelen Ohm, Gal Toren, Moran Rosenblatt, Lior Ashkenazi, and Gregg Henry.
“In this new action thriller, a happily married man’s life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a mysterious hit and run accident in Tel Aviv,” reads the official synopsis. “Grief-stricken and confused, he sea

South Park has a whole new suite of seasons and movies lined up, thanks to a new deal with Paramount+. But that report also contained a tidbit revealing a new unannounced South Park game.
The report from Bloomberg doesn’t contain much on this alleged South Park title, only that it is “a 3D video game that is set in the world of ‘South Park‘” that Parker and Stone will invest in using their money from Paramount. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier c

"You used to be strong… macho." "I used to be a lot of things, but I'm not now…" Warner Bros has finally unveiled the first official trailer for Clint Eastwood's latest film titled Cry Macho, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The script is an adaptation of N. Richard Nash's novel of the same name, and Eastwood isn't credited as a writer. He stars as a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder named Mike Milo. After he loses his wife and child, he sinks into an alcohol