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Twisted Metal was one of the bigger hits on the original PlayStation, one that didn’t quite transfer into the modern age. But it appears as though Sony is going to give it one more go as a recent report states that there is a new Twisted Metal in the works that will coincide with the upcoming television show starring Anthony Mackie.
VideoGamesChronicle has said report (which corroborates a tweet from leaker Tom Henderson), which comes by way of some unnamed sources familiar with the projec

I Am Samuel, an LGBTQ+ documentary about a Kenyan man struggling with his sexuality, has been banned by the Kenya Film Classification Board.READ MORE: ‘I Am Samuel’ and the fight for gay rights in Kenya: “It’s not safe for them here”In a statement, the board described the film as “a clear and deliberate attempt by the producer to promote same-sex marriage as an acceptable way of life”.
The board went on to claim that the film was “demeaning of Chri

Dave Chappelle’s sixth Netflix stand-up special is set to release in just under a week, and ahead of that, the streaming platform has released a new teaser for the upcoming special.
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The new special, titled The Closer, is billed as “the sixth chapter” in Chappelle’s long-running history with Netflix and will premiere on October 5, 2021. Like the previous stand-up specials, The Closer will be direct

Now that he’s done portraying the infamous James Bond, Daniel Craig is headed back to Broadway, as he has joined the cast of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, according to a recent report from Deadline.
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Craig will be joined by Ruth Negga, who has also joined the cast to play the titular Lady Macbeth in the upcoming stage production. The play is set to begin performances on March 29, 2022 at Broadway’s Ly

HBO Max has released the full trailer for the upcoming second season of the romantic dramedy anthology series Love Life, which will now be led by The Good Place alum William Jackson Harper. He will be succeeding Anna Kendrick from the first season, who is still attached as an executive producer and is expected to appear in the new season. The series is currently slated to make its return on October 28 with the first three episodes. The 10-episode season continues with three episodes on Nove

Ahead of its launch later this year on November 12 on the Nintendo Switch, Atlus has revealed a brand new trailer for the upcoming Shin Megami Tensei V, as well as some new information on the English voice cast.
RELATED: Shin Megami Tensei V Release Date and Story Details Leak Ahead of E3
The latest trailer showcases some new gameplay and cinematics while also introducing players to the various characters players will meet in the game, as well as their voice actor counterparts. As is custom

HBO has released the official trailer for the upcoming fifth and final season of the acclaimed comedy-drama Insecure, starring creator and executive producer Issa Rae as she reprises her Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated leading role for the final time. The series is scheduled to make its return on Sunday, October 24. The final ten episodes will debut weekly on HBO and will be available to stream on HBO Max.
The Insecure final season trailer, which you can check out in the player below, begins wit

Sword Art Online the Movie – Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night officially has a release date for fans outside of Japan looking to see the latest in the Sword Art Online anime series.
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After launching in Japanese theaters on October 30, 2021, Funimation will bring the highly anticipated film stateside, where it will release in theaters and on IMAX screens on December 3, 2021, in the United States and

A new HBO documentary exploring January’s US Capitol insurrection, Four Hours At The Capitol, is set to air next month.
Supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill on January 6 this year to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory in Congress, which resulted in five deaths and a Congressional investigation – as well as Trump being banned from social media.READ MORE: The best anti-Donald Trump protest songs from the past four yearsThe

"The job is far too dangerous." eOne UK has released an official UK trailer for an animated adventure called Fireheart, an animated movie from the same team behind the animated ballerina movie Leap! from a few years ago. Arriving in the UK in early 2022, though there's no US release set yet. 16-year-old Georgia Nolan dreams of being the world's first-ever female firefighter. When a mysterious arsonist starts burning down Broadway, New York's firemen begin vanishing. Georgia's father, Shawn, is

SYFY has released the first teaser trailer for Shout! Studios’ upcoming Slumber Party Massacre remake of 1982’s cult classic slasher film. The video, which you can check out in the player below, gives us our first glimpse at some of the film’s gory scenes as a bunch of coeds get hunted down by a power drill-wielding serial killer. The remake is scheduled to make its debut on Saturday, October 16.
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Insomniac Games’ Spider-Man 2 isn’t slated to come out on PlayStation 5 until 2023 and the developer hasn’t revealed much about the title. However, Marvel has given some slight teases about what’s in store for the sequel, saying it will be darker than the other two Insomniac-developed Spider-Man games.
Vice President of Marvel Games Bill Rosemann recently spoke about the game on the September 17 episode of the This Week In Marvel podcast, as stated by Eurogamer. At a

Netflix has been looking to push into the world of video games over the past few years, and today marks another big step in that journey, as the streaming platform has released new mobile games out to subscribers in a handful of countries.
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Three new gaming titles have hit the service (via TechCrunch), all of them aimed at the more casual gaming experience. Shooting Hoops, Teeter Up, and Card Blast are all available now to Netf

Many games have roots in mods. Rocket League started out in Unreal Tournament. PUBG had its early days in ARMA. DOTA 2 can be traced back to Warcraft III. The Forgotten City is one of those titles as it began as a Skyrim mod and has since blossomed into its own game. But it’s not just noteworthy because of its origins; it’s noteworthy because it’s an unforgettable adventure and one of the best games of the year.
It may not seem that way from the outside. While it is v

Following the recent addition of Keegan-Michael Key, Warner Bros. Pictures continues to expand the ensemble cast who are set to star opposite Oscar nominee Timothée Chalamet in the upcoming Charlie and the Chocolate Factory musical prequel, Wonka.According to Deadline, Golden Globe winners Olivia Colman (The Crown) and Sally Hawkins (Happy-Go-Lucky) have officially signed on along with Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) to join the cast of the studio’s newest Roald Dahl adaptation, whic

The first reviews for No Time To Die, which features Daniel Craig’s last performance as James Bond, have been released.READ MORE: ‘No Time To Die’ review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingThe response to the film has been largely positive, with many hailing the film a fitting send off for the current 007.
In its four-star review, NME credited the film as “surprisingly emotional.”
“No Time To Die‘s depiction of a traumatised, battle-

Another familiar face has been confirmed to be returning for Sonic the Hedgehog 2 as Lee Majdoub announced on Twitter that he’ll be in the upcoming sequel. Majdoub played Agent Stone in Sonic the Hedgehog. Stone is Dr. Robotnik’s assistant that aids him in trying to capture the titular hedgehog.
RELATED: Idris Elba Will Play Knuckles in Sonic the Hedgehog Sequel
Check out the Sonic the Hedgehog 2 casting announcement below:I’m back for #SonicMovie2!!!Wh

STXfilms has finally announced the release date for director Guy Ritchie’s newest Jason Statham-led action spy film, which has now been officially titled as Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre. The upcoming film is scheduled to arrive in theaters on January 21, 2022.From Director Guy Ritchie, Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre stars Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, Cary Elwes, Bugzy Malone, and Hugh Grant.
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While it was wholly leaked earlier, Sony has finally officially revealed the October 2021 PlayStation Plus lineup. It includes one new title, a sports game, and one of the best-selling fighting games of all time. All three will be available from October 5 to November 1.
Hell Let Loose is the new game and is a PlayStation 5 entry in the trio. This World War II first-person shooter has 100-player online battles with a real-time strategy metagame looming above it. There are 14 roles and all have &l

"He isn't a stranger to himself anymore, he can see inside himself." Strand Releasing has unveiled a new US trailer for an indie drama titled Minyan, which originally premiered at last year's Berlin Film Festival. It also played at Outfest last year, and stopped by the New York Jewish Film Festival earlier this year. The film stars Samuel H. Levine as a young Russian Jewish immigrant caught between thrilling private trysts and his repressive family. Set in 1980s Brooklyn, he develops a close fr

2021 serves as the 20th anniversary of the Super Monkey Ball franchise, so Sega is going all out with Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, which is a curated remastering of the best parts of the series’ first three titles. It’s a little strange since the third title in the series, Super Monkey Ball Deluxe, already put together the content of the first two games into one compilation, but this new offering puts an even fancier bow on top of a package that should be pretty fam

Life Is Strange: True Colors was released earlier this month and was a brilliant entry in Square Enix’s narrative-focused adventure game series. For those that want to learn more about Haven Springs and the past of Steph, the Wavelengths DLC is out September 30. It focuses on the returning character from Before the Storm as she gets used to life in a small town.
RELATED: Life Is Strange: True Colors Review: A Return to Form
Ahead of the DLC’s release, ComingSoon E

Disney+ has officially announced the release date for Lucasfilm’s newest live-action Star Wars series, The Book of Boba Fett. Starring Temuera Morrison, and Ming-Na Wen, the series is scheduled to make its debut on Wednesday, December 29, more than a year since the project was first teased during the second season finale of The Mandalorian.
The date announcement also comes with the release of the first poster, which you can check out below, featuring Morrison’s titular bounty hunter

Nearly two years after its initial planned release date and a surplus of “well, I guess there’s PLENTY of time to die!” jokes later, we have No Time to Die, an action spy film directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. This film serves as the 25th installment in Eon’s long-running James Bond franchise. Daniel Craig’s fifth and final outing as the eponymous spy was a long time coming. Unfortunately, this was the first movie to get delayed at the beginning of the pandemic, but w

Eminem has announced a new collaboration for Venom 2 – check out the teaser below.
The rapper contributed his ‘Kamikaze’ track ‘Venom’ to the 2018 film of the same name, with recent online rumours suggesting he was on board for its upcoming sequel, Venom: Let There Be Carnage.READ MORE: Venom 2: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farTaking to social media today (September 29), Marshall Mathers shared an 18-second instrumental of a new team-up

After the confirmation of Louis Partridge’s return as Tewkesbury during last Saturday’s TUDUM event, Variety brings word that Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) and Susan Wokoma (Chewing Gum) have officially signed on to reprise their respective roles of Eudoria Holmes and Edith in Netflix’s forthcoming Enola Holmes sequel.
They will be joining previously announced leads Millie Bobby Brown, and Henry Cavill. As of now, it seems like The Hunger Games alum Sam Claflin is the only o

ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive American Night clip from the upcoming thriller starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emile Hirsch, Jeremy Piven, Paz Vega, and Michael Madsen. Saban Films is releasing the film in theaters and on demand on October 1.
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“Art and life collide in this stylish and wildly entertaining neo-noir thriller,” explains the official synopsis. “When a highly coveted Andy

Walt Disney Animation Studios has finally dropped the official Encanto trailer for the upcoming comedy fantasy adventure film, featuring the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, and Wilmer Valderrama. The film is currently slated for an exclusive 30-day theatrical run, starting on November 24, just in time for this year’s Thanksgiving.
The video, which you can check out below along with the new poster, features the magical Madrigal family whose each member was gifted with exception

Walt Disney Animation Studios has finally dropped the official Encanto trailer for the upcoming comedy fantasy adventure film, featuring the voices of Stephanie Beatriz, Diane Guerrero, and Wilmer Valderrama. The film is currently slated for an exclusive 30-day theatrical run, starting on November 24, just in time for this year’s Thanksgiving.
The video, which you can check out below along with the new poster, features the magical Madrigal family whose each member was gifted with exception

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced that George Miller’s classic Mad Max series is getting the full 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Combo Pack and Digital HD treatment on November 2.
The set comes with 1979’s Mad Max, 1981’s Mad Max The Road Warrior, 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, and 2015’s Mad Max Fury Road. Additionally, Mad Max The Road Warrior and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome will also be available individually in 4K, joining Mad Max and Mad Max Fury Road whic

"This is my chance! I will save the magic! Wait… how do I save the magic?" Disney has unveiled a new full-length official trailer for Encanto, an original Disney Animation project arriving in theaters in November. Encanto is made by the directors of Zootopia, Byron Howard & Jared Bush, and is also co-written and co-directed by Charise Castro Smith. One other teaser trailer debuted earlier in the summer. The animated adventure centers on a young Colombian girl who, in spite of coming

"What did it make you feel?!" A24 has revealed an official trailer for the film The Souvenir: Part II, a follow-up to the 2019 film The Souvenir, both of them written and directed by filmmaker Joanna Hogg. This premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year playing in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar, and is also stopping by the Zurich, New York, and London Film Festivals this fall before its release. This is a direct sequel to The Souvenir, continuing the story of Julie, a young

Ben Whishaw, who has played tech wizard Q in the last three James Bond films, has said that he would like a gay actor to play the next 007.
The star made his Bond debut opposite Daniel Craig in 2012’s Skyfall, and features in the latest film No Time To Die.READ MORE: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingNow that Craig has departed from the franchise a replacement must be found, and Whishaw believes that hiring a gay actor for the job would be &ldquo

"Inspired by an epic true love story." Apple has revealed an official trailer for an animated short film titled Blush, from an animation filmmaker named Joe Mateo directing his first film after years of work in the animation industry as a story artist. Created by Skydance Animation (currently working on Spellbound and Luck) for Apple TV. A stranded horticulturist-astronaut meets an ethereal visitor on a desolate dwarf planet. His chance encounter with an ethereal being leads to an astonishing a

"I find the guy of my dreams, and my best friend hates him." Vertical Ent. has released an official trailer for an indie romantic comedy film titled Soulmates, also written as Soulmate(s), about two BFFs who feud when a man comes between them. Arriving on VOD in November for anyone interested. Two Vermont girls, Samantha and Jessamine, are each other's everything. Their small-town way of life is suddenly jeopardized by two out-of-staters: Jess's new fiancé and a corporation that's threat

The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third film from the Fantastic Beasts franchise, now has a confirmed release date of April 8, 2022.
The film will star Eddie Redmayne, Jude Law (as the future Hogwarts headmaster) and Mads Mikkelsen, who stepped up last year to replace Johnny Depp amidst the latter’s ongoing controversies.READ MORE: Harry Potter & The Cursed Movie: how Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald became JK Rowling’s most controversial filmA synopsis for the film

The co-producer of Billie Eilish and Finneas‘ James Bond theme song ‘No Time To Die’ has revealed how the pair won over the film’s star, Daniel Craig.
Ahead of the UK release of the long-awaited 007 film tomorrow (September 30), Stephen Lipson discussed last year’s ‘No Time To Die’ theme song, which was written and performed by Billie Eilish with help from Finneas, Lipson, Hans Zimmer and Johnny Marr.READ MORE: No Time To Die: Johnny

Britney Spears has spoken out against a new documentary that delves into the details of her conservatorship.
The singer took to Instagram to protest against the film, though she has since deleted the message.READ MORE: Controlling Britney Spears review: toxic conservatorship back under the microscope“It’s really crazy guys … I watched a little bit of the last documentary and I hate to inform you but a lot of what you heard is not true !!! I really try to disassociate myself fr

Daniel Craig has taken to the red carpet for the last time as James Bond at the premiere for No Time To Die.
The world debut of the film took place last night (September 28) at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with Craig, his co-stars, crew and members of the Royal Family in attendance.READ MORE: ‘No Time To Die’ review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final fling“I genuinely don’t have any bad memories [of playing Bond]. It’s going to take years to unpi

Netflix’s venture into games is growing as evidenced by one of its recent purchases. The streaming giant has acquired Night School Studio, the game developer most known for its narrative video games like Oxenfree and Afterparty. This is Netflix’s first game studio acquisition.
Founder and Creative Director Sean Krankel went on the studio’s website to speak more about the deal. He said that he’d been talking to the team about where they see games and storytelling and where

Apple TV+’s new series Wolfboy and the Everything Factory is now streaming and follows an oddball dreamer named Wolfboy as he discovers a strange realm where fantastical beings create things for the natural world above.
To score the series, composer Xav Clarke (Elliot From Earth, The Amazing World of Gumball) was given the brief to “go weird, be experimental, and take chances.” What he created is an organic score as playful, curious, and creative as the titular charac

The upcoming cast for the anime adaptation Komi Can’t Communicate is growing, as the official website (via Crunchyroll) for the series has been updated with even more casting announcements.
RELATED: Komi Can’t Communicate Anime Releasing in October, Watch First Teaser
Voice actresses Megumi Han, Ruriko Aoki, and Yurika Moriyama will be joining the cast as Shōko Komi’s classmates Nokoko Inaka, Nene Onemine, and  Kaede Otori respectively. Nokoko is described a

When Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock appeared at the end of the Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer, fans were shocked and excited at the possibility of what he might do in the film. Those passionate fans even included one particular director who knows the character well.
RELATED: Charlie Cox Says That Was Not Him in the Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer
Speaking to Syfy Wire recently, director Sam Raimi — who directed the original Spider-Man trilogy and directed the upcoming Doctor Strange i

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said that she would not be in favour of a female James Bond.READ MORE: 50 Things you didn’t know about James BondThe Fleabag creator, who is credited as part of the No Time To Die writing team, was asked during tonight’s (September 28) premiere of the latest Bond film whether a female actor could take over from Daniel Craig as 007.
“I think Bond is James Bond,” she responded. “We just need to cook up someone to rival him.”
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said that she would not be in favour of a female James Bond.READ MORE: 50 Things you didn’t know about James BondThe Fleabag creator, who is credited as part of the No Time To Die writing team, was asked during tonight’s (September 28) premiere of the latest Bond film whether a female actor could take over from Daniel Craig as 007.
“I think Bond is James Bond,” she responded. “We just need to cook up someone to rival him.”
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The Irregular at Magic High School is set to continue, as the official social media accounts for the anime have released a new teaser for its upcoming arc.
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Following the conclusion of the sister series The Honor at Magic High School, the official page for the anime took to Twitter to share a brief look at the upcoming adaptation of the Reminiscence arc for The Irregular at Magic High School.&