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It’s has been just over a year since Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, the remaster of the first game, came out on the Nintendo Switch. And, if a new report is to be believed, the next entry in the series is well underway.
This report comes from Fanbyte. According to their sources, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, or whatever it will be called, is indeed real and was supposed to have a reveal earlier in 2021. Monolith Soft has run into issues optimizing the title for the Switch on

Nicole Kidman has revealed she stayed in character for five months after filming Nine Perfect Strangers.READ MORE: Big Little Lies season 2 episode 7 finale review: A strong end to a slightly inessential seasonThe Big Little Lies star recently opened up about her role in the Hulu adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s book, joking that she was “batshit crazy” while playing her character Masha.
“I’d only respond as Masha,” she said at a Television Critics Ass

Big news in the anime space as Crunchyroll and Funimation are now one company after Sony Group purchased Crunchyroll from AT&T. The deal was worth roughly $1.175 billion and AT&T will use the proceeds to reduce its debt. The acquisition was first announced in December 2020 with it becoming official today.
“We are very excited to welcome Crunchyroll to the Sony Group,” said Kenichiro Yoshida, Chairman, President and CEO, Sony Group Corporation. “Anime is a rapidly g

Hulu has announced the release date for the upcoming second season of their animated revival of Animaniacs. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Animaniacs Season 2 has been slated to make its return on Friday, November 5. The date announcement also came with the release of its first teaser which you can check out below, featuring Yakko, Wakko, and Dot.
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Animaniacs features the return of the original voice cast includ

Former Jackass star Bam Margera is suing the film’s producers over his exit from Jackass 4: Forever.
The actor, who was set to star in the newest sequel – scheduled for release on September 3 – filed a complaint today (August 9) claiming a violation of his civil rights after producers made him sign a “Wellness Agreement” and fired him after a positive drug test, claiming he broke his contract.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Margera allegedly said he

"Hope hinges on two men with no hope." Grab a beer and watch this! Forsaken Mandalorian and the Drunken Jedi Master is an amusing Star Wars fan film made by the "Create Sci-Fi" YouTube channel creator - filmmaker Anthony Ferraro. He explains: "Deep into COVID lockdown, it occurred to me I could shoot a Star Wars fan film outdoors with a Mandalorian as a lead character. The Mando costume by design is full body PPE. I wrote two-person scenes to be filmed safely with a skeleton crew and cast mysel

Michael Keaton stars as an attorney investigating the aftermath of 9/11 and compensating victims in new Netflix drama Worth – check out the first trailer below.READ MORE: Michael Keaton: I learned the stunts for American Assassin on Spider-Man: HomecomingKeaton stars as Kenneth Feinberg in the new film directed by Sara Colangelo, which is based on true events following the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund launched by Congress.
An official synopsis for Worth reads: &ld

"Who are you?" "I'm the big bad wolf." Signature Ent. has released an official UK trailer for a new revenge thriller titled Bull, the latest from filmmaker Paul Andrew Williams (of London to Brighton, Cherry Tree Lane). Not to be confused with the rodeo film also titled Bull. This is premiering at the upcoming Fantasia Film Festival, hence this trailer being out now to build some buzz. Neil Maskell stars as "Bull," a former enforcer, mysteriously returns home after a ten year absence to seek re

Peacock has released the full trailer for the upcoming fourth season of its hit comedy series A.P. Bio, which is scheduled to make its return on September 2, with all eight episodes dropping at once.  The A.P. Bio Season 4 trailer, which you can check out below, highlights the antics that fans should expect in the new episodes including a uniform policy and tornado threats. It also teases the guest-starring appearance of Bruce Campbell as John Griffin, the absent father of Glenn Howerton&rs

Netflix has released the official Worth trailer for its upcoming biographical drama centering around the events after the horrendous 9/11 terrorist attacks. The film is currently slated to make its debut on the streaming service on Friday, September 3.
The video features Keaton’s character as he’s been given the difficult task to lead the Victim Compensation Fund. Now, he must find a way to properly and equally compensate all families of the 9/11 victims without offending them a

"Help me! I need help!" Gravitas Ventures has unveiled an early teaser trailer for a film titled The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, telling the real story of the killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. This premiered at both the Oxford Film Festival and American Black Film Festival last year, and is releasing on VOD and in select theaters beginning September. Based on the true events that led to the death of Mr. Chamberlain, an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed

HBO Max has finally released the first teaser for the highly-anticipated third season of Doom Patrol, confirming that the popular DC series is scheduled to make its return next month on September 23, with the first three episodes. The premiere will then be followed by subsequent episodes launching weekly every Thursday up until November 11.
The Doom Patrol Season 3 teaser, which you can check out below, teases yet another trippy season as we get a preview of what to expect following the events o

"We can't bring them back, but we can help their loved ones." Netflix has unveiled an official trailer for the indie legal drama Worth, which first premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival last year. They will be debuting this streaming in September in less than a month, just in time for the upcoming 9/11 anniversary – because it's about an attorney in Washington D.C. who battles against cynicism, bureaucracy and politics to help the victims of 9/11. Ken Feinberg learns a lesson in em

Nearly six years since Supergirl had aired its first episode in 2015, the main cast including titular star Melissa Benoist took to their social media accounts to confirm that production on sixth and final season of the Arrowverse series has officially wrapped. In their post which you can check out below, they’ve also went on to say their goodbyes to the series, with each expressing how thankful they are for the cast and crew.
The series is scheduled to resume its sixth and final season lat

The world of Fortnite is no stranger to crossovers, and Epic Games announced another big one on Monday, confirming that Gamora from the Guardians of the Galaxy comic series would be making her way into the game.
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Gamora joins the game alongside some new updates to the lore of Fortnite, with the Guardian making her way to Fortnite’s island to try and help stave off the invasion of what seems to be an alien race. For players looking to pick up

"Please… this is a serious mission!" Lionsgate has released an official trailer for an Ace Entertainment Films production called C.I.Ape and if that title isn't cringe enough, just wait until you see the footage. I didn't know they still made trash like this nowadays. It's as if they paid to use the CGI model of the chimpanzee from the recent Planet of the Apes movie, but didn't pay the VFX artists to make him look any good. In the world of espionage, some missions require an agent with

Netflix has announced that the upcoming fifth season of the popular anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure will officially be available for streaming worldwide this coming December. The latest installment titled Stone Ocean will be based on the manga’s sixth part.
In addition, the official trailer for JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean has also been released which you can check out below along with the key-art, teasing the final battle in the century-spanning, intertwining fat

Johnny Depp will receive a Donostia Award at this year’s San Sebastian film festival.
The Donostia is the festival’s highest honorary award, with Depp described in their official statement as “one of contemporary cinema’s most talented and versatile actors”.
He will be presented with the Donostia award at the Kursaal Auditorium on Wednesday (September 22), during the 69th edition of the festival. Previous winners include Judi Dench, Viggo Mortensen, Sigourney Weaver

When No Man’s Sky launched in 2016, it was met with near-universal disappointment. After months and years of excitement, players seemed underwhelmed at the product that launched. Now, five years to the day of the game’s initial release, Hello Games’ founder Sean Murray has looked back on what has been one of the most surprising and best turnarounds in gaming history.
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In a recent post on the PlayStation

"Once a Mod, always a Mod." Munro Films has released an official UK trailer for an indie drama titled The Pebble and The Boy, written & directed by filmmaker Chris Green. Inspired by Mod culture, The Pebble and The Boy is described as "a British road movie with a big heart. Director and writer Chris Green lives and breathes everything Mod – and that really shows. From the music, the fashion and the scooters, he gives the audience a glimpse into his world." A boy, his Dad's ashes and a

ComingSoon is debuting the exclusive character art for the horror-thriller Victim of Love, written and directed by Danish filmmaker Jesper Isaksen in his feature-length directorial debut. The movie is currently available on Digital and will release on DVD tomorrow, August 10, from Indican Pictures.
You can check out the character posters in the gallery below. VIEW GALLERY
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Netflix has released the teaser trailer for Mike Flanagan’s newest horror limited series Midnight Mass, which is slated to make its debut on September 24.
Unlike the filmmaker’s previous Haunting of series that centered around haunted houses, the Midnight Mass teaser now takes us to an isolated island community called Crockett Island and gives us our first look at its characters. The video, which you can check out in the player below along with first-look images, also highlights some

Microsoft is working on fully implementing a new night mode for its Xbox Consoles, with owners able to dim their screens, controller LED brightness, and even the power button the Xbox button itself.
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The company began rolling out the new mode to Xbox Insiders in its latest Alpha Skip-Ahead ring (via The Verge), with users able to customize a ton of components to their console and controller. Players will be able to schedule the night

James Gunn has discussed The Suicide Squad’s joint release in cinemas and streaming services, stating that films “last because they’re seen on television”.READ MORE: ‘The Suicide Squad’ review: a bold and boisterous reunion with DC’s best bad guysThe Suicide Squad has underperformed at the box office in its opening weekend by grossing $26.5million of its $30million projection in the US. Between an adult age rating and acting as a quasi-reboot of the crit

Microsoft announced on Monday that Amplitude Studios and Sega’s Humankind will launch on Xbox Game Pass PC on day one of the game’s launch.
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The 4X strategy game will throw players into the role of kingmakers, as players will have to create your own civilization that can be as unique as you’d like it to be. Along the way, players will be able to re-write the course of human

Ed Sheeran, Nile Rodgers, Annie Lennox and other entertainment figures including Steven Spielberg will feature in the We For India: Saving Lives, Protecting Livelihoods livestream.
The virtual event will broadcast via Facebook at 9.30am ET (2.30pm BST) this Sunday (August 15) to raise funds for vital coronavirus missions in India. Viewers can donate money via the event’s affiliated social enterprise, The World We Want, here.
The live-streamed fundraiser will feature musical performances, s

Hulu has released the teaser trailer for their forthcoming limited series titled Dopesick, starring Michael Keaton and Rosario Dawson. The series is scheduled to make its debut on October 13.
The Dopesick teaser, which you can check out in the player below, features a pharmaceutical company as they deceived doctors with their so-called “miracle drug” which ultimately led to the worst drug epidemic in American history. It also highlights the people who tried to take down those respons

"Roge – I think there's a naked murder ghost in your house." Uncork'd Ent. has released the official US trailer for a Canadian horror thriller titled The Return, the feature debut of Canadian filmmaker BJ Verot. This first premiered at festivals last year, and won Best Feature at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival, and Best Actor (for Harmon) at the NYC Horror Film Festival. After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horror

Hulu  has finally released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of Hulu’s acclaimed period comedy series The Great, confirming that the Elle Fanning-led series has been slated to make its return on November 19.
The Great Season 2 teaser, which you can check out in the player below, continues to follow the rise of Fanning’s Catherine as she now prepares for motherhood. It also highlights Catherine’s chaotic and childish war against her husband, Emperor Pe

More experimental short films to enjoy! Disney has launched a "Season 2" collection of five short films as part of their experimental program Short Circuit, similar to Pixar's SparkShorts program. Short Circuit 2 features five new shorts each with unique visual and storytelling styles: Dinosaur Barbarian - Battling evil is all in a day's work, but what about taking out the trash? Sometimes even a superhero needs to clean up his act. Going Home - About growing up and the meaning of home in which

This weekend saw James Gunn’s highly anticipated The Suicide Squad fall short of expectations at the box office with a haul of just $26.5 million — a pandemic high for an R-rated film, for what it’s worth — leaving many analysts scrambling to figure out what those results mean. Is the delta variant taking its toll? Was the marketing for the film not appealing enough for audiences? Is the DC Extended Universe brand damaged? Did the R-rating hurt its earning potential? Did

"It ushered in a new era of photography - that hadn't really existed up until that point." Ship Of Life Films has unveiled the official UK trailer for a documentary film called Picture Stories, examining the history and prominence and importance of the British photography magazine Picture Post. Filmmaker Rob West states: "Picture Post is arguably the most important magazine in British social history. It was born under the threat of War, and survived and flourished under the intense bombardment

Netflix has released The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf trailer for its upcoming anime film that will flesh out the world of the hit Henry Cavill-led fantasy series. The film stars Theo James in the lead role of Vesemir, a character who will also be played by Kim Bodnia in the long-awaited second season of The Witcher.
The video, which you can check out below, introduces us to a young Vesemir as he slays monsters for coin and glory. It also gives us a preview of the monsters that

Ryan Reynolds has addressed the fact that Taylor Swift agreed to reveal their youngest daughter’s name in the title of her ‘Folklore’ song ‘Betty’.READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’ review: pop superstar undergoes an extraordinary indie-folk makeoverThe actor, who along with wife Blake Lively are friends with Swift, said in a new interview that he was honoured about the reveal, which also featured the names of his other two daughters.
As well as

Brian May has teased that a sequel to 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody could be on the cards.READ MORE: Will there be a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody 2’? Everything we know about the Queen and Freddie Mercury sequel filmThe Queen guitarist has said the band are “looking at ideas” for a possible sequel to the Freddie Mercury biopic, which earned Rami Malek an Oscar for Best Actor.
Speaking on Instagram Live about a sequel, May said: “We are looking at it. Yeah, we have been

Dwayne Johnson has entered the celebrity bathing discourse in announcing to the world that he showers three times a day.READ MORE: ‘Jungle Cruise’ film review: a classic summer blockbuster souped up for the modern ageThe 49-year-old actor responded to a fan on Twitter after celebrities including Jake Gyllenhaal, Ashton Kutcher and Kristen Bell declared they don’t feel the need to wash themselves (or their kids) every day.
“Nope, I’m the opposite of a ‘not wash

Dev Patel says he feels “not British enough to be fully British” and “not Indian enough to be fully Indian” while on screen.
The Oscar-nominated star told The Guardian that, after his breakout role in Slumdog Millionaire, he would “wait for an Indian role to come by, where I could put on a thick accent” as “there wasn’t anything else, it was literally the cliches: goofy sidekick, taxi driver”.
Patel said: “Sometimes I feel stuck in this

Actress Molly Ringwald has penned an obituary for her father, jazz pianist Bob Ringwald, who has died at the age of 80. The musician passed away on August 3, and no cause of death has been revealed.
“Anyone who knew Bob also knew his mischievous streak, and his ever-present, slightly ribald sense of humor,” Ringwald wrote in a tribute published by The Sacramento Bee.
“If you didn’t sufficiently beg to get off of his email joke list, you would have received one just a coup

Adam Driver’s latest film, Annette, hit US theatres this past weekend and with that came the news Rihanna was set to play a small part in the musical drama.
Annette tells the story of a stand-up comedian (Driver) who falls in love with a world-renowned opera singer (Marion Cotillard). The glamorous couple, who exist largely in the public eye, go on to have their first child, Annette – represented by a puppet.
According to director Leos Carax, Rihanna was supposed to feature directly