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Humanity. What have we become? What is real anymore? This mesmerizing short film explores this idea in only three minutes. Pile is an experimental animated short film created by an animation filmmaker named Toby Auberg, also known as "Toberg", who finished this project last year after two years of work putting it together on his own. "Simple to complex. Concrete to abstract. Dirt to clouds. Real to unreal." The short follows a diorama from the bottom all the way up, showing humanity's progress

Isekai anime series are everywhere these days, and there’s another one to add to the mix as the light novel series Reincarnated as a Sword is officially getting an anime adaption. The news was announced by the series’ official Twitter account, although no details were shared on which studio will be handling the adaption or a release window. 
Reincarnated as a Sword first launched as a web novel in 2015, and the light novel series is ongoing and currently has 12 volumes. The seri

Warner Bros. Pictures has released a brand new featurette for Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary’s long-awaited film adaptation of Dune, providing us with some the behind-the-scenes look at one of the film’s thrilling action sequences. The video, which you can check out below, gives highlight to Jason Momoa’s fight training for the role of Duncan Idaho, a noble guardian and legendary warrior of House Atreides.
The film recently had its world premiere at the 2021 Veni

The schedule for the movie and TV titles coming to Amazon Prime Video in October 2021 has been revealed, which you can view below. This includes the arrival of new Amazon Originals: the upcoming series reboot of hit slasher films I Know What You Did Last Summer starring Madison Iseman, Michael D. Ratner’s new docufilm Justin Bieber: Our World, and this year’s new edition of Welcome to The Blumhouse, which is set to feature four new horror films titled Bingo Hell, Black as N

A TV adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting follow-up novel The Blade Artist is in the early stages, actor Robert Carlyle has confirmed to NME.
Carlyle played Edinburgh hardman Begbie in Danny Boyle’s 1996 cult classic and its long-awaited 2017 sequel T2: Trainspotting. There have been rumours of a third film – encouraged by Welsh in press interviews – ever since, but now a small-screen adventure appears to be arriving first.
Speaking to NME‘s Paul Bradshaw

John Benjamin Hickey is set to join the cast of New Line’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot, according to a recent report from Deadline.
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The recent Tony Award-nominated actor is set to portray Father Callahan in the film. In the novel that the film will be based on, Callahan joins the fight against vampires in the town after meeting with Ben Mears, the protagonist of the st

Viz Media and Rooster Teeth are partnering together to release The Art of gen:LOCK, a hardcover companion to the hit animated mecha series.
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The artbook comes from New York Times bestselling author Daniel Wallace, and will release on October 12, 2021. The 160-page book aims to offer an exclusive, “behind-the-scenes look at the show,” and will include a variety of artwork, in

Regé-Jean Page is set to star in an upcoming heist thriller for Netflix, according to a recent report from The Hollywood Reporter.
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The upcoming project will come from writer-director Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion), who will produce the film via his 26 Keys production company. Joe and Anthony Russo and Mike Larocca also attached as producers via AGBO. Page will also get an executive producer credit for the film, with Angela Rus

Ahead of its release next month on October 26, another trailer for the upcoming Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy has been released. But this one hones in one platform and highlights some of the biggest features that players on the PC version of the game will be able to benefit from.
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The trailer didn’t have many new scenes or bits of gameplay, but it did show what PC players can

Rumors of a remastered version of three classic Grand Theft Auto titles have been floating around for some time, but a recent listing may have confirmed that the games are in the works.
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Recently, a listing for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was spotted on South Korea’s game rating board’s site (via Nibel on Twitter). The details of the listing reveal that the application for

ComingSoon is excited to debut an exclusive Curious George: Cape Ahoy clip from the family film, which is now available to stream on Peacock. The animated movie adds a new adventure to the iconic story of Curious George, and stars Frank Welker (Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?) and Jeff Bennett (The Loud House).
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ComingSoon’s clip shows off some of the big names returning to the film with Welker and

Disney+ has dropped the official Just Beyond trailer for the upcoming anthology series adaptation of R.L. Stine’s horror graphic novels of the same name. All eight episodes will be available for streaming on Wednesday, October 13 as a part of the streaming service’s Hallowstream.
The video, which you can check out below, teases the eight unique supernatural stories that will haunt viewers this Halloween season including stories about witches, aliens, and ghosts. Just like R.L. S

Fans are anxiously awaiting any information they can get on Warner Bros.’ upcoming The Batman film ahead of its March 4, 2022 premiere, and according to star Robert Pattinson, they won’t have to wait too long for some surprises.
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Speaking to Variety during a recent red carpet event for the Academy Museum’s premiere party, Pattison noted that he and The Batman co-star Zoë Kravitz had alr

What does it all mean?! Now available for listening: one hour-long podcast chat with M Sayibu discussing theories and thoughts about The Matrix Resurrections. After the first trailer dropped a few weeks ago, my mind was abuzz with so many thoughts. What's going on here, who is that in this shot? Is that really Neo and Trinity? Where is Agent Smith? I've been looking forward to hopping on a podcast to geek out about all things The Matrix, so I recently connected with M Sayibu on Twitter (@msayib

Acclaimed director Antoine Fuqua’s latest film The Guilty arrives on Netflix on October 1. The thriller is a remake of the 2018 Danish film of the same name and stars Jake Gyllenhaal in the lead role.
“The film takes place over the course of a single morning in a 911 dispatch call center,” reads the official logline. “Call operator Joe Baylor (Gyllenhaal) tries to save a caller in grave danger—but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, and facing the tr

20th Century Studios has released the first clip from acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott’s upcoming medieval epic drama The Last Duel, which is currently slated to arrive in theaters on Friday, October 15.
The Last Duel clip, which you can check out in the player below, features Matt Damon’s Jean and Jodie Comer’s Marguerite as they argue about the dire consequences of Jean’s potential defeat. Marguerite makes him realize that she will also face death and their child w

In a recent interview with Variety, Tony winner Matthew López (The Inheritance) opened up about Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming The Bodyguard remake of the 1992 romantic drama thriller, revealing some new details about its’ potential story. The scribe went on to confirm that unlike the original film which centered around an established singer, the upcoming project will instead be led by a young Latina protagonist who is trying to deal with her newfound fame.
“W

"I work alone!" Animortal Studio has revealed an official UK trailer for a totally gnarly, crazy badass stop-motion action horror film called Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, written & directed by animator Mike Mort. This originally premiered in 2018 at the Annecy Film Festival (where I first saw it) and at the Sitges Film Festival, but has never been released since then. Which is a shame because this film rocks! A full-on, R-rated, guts & gore, stop-motion 80s throwback. Set in 198

The first reviews for the Tom Hardy-fronted Marvel sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage have come in, and the results are mixed.READ MORE: Venom 2: release date, plot details, cast and everything we know so farThe film, which is co-written by Hardy and directed by Andy Serkis, sees Hardy’s antihero and alien symbiote Venom square off against a new villain, Woody Harrelson’s serial killer Cletus Kasady.
In its two-star review, The Guardian labelled the film “an admirably ligh

It's the end of an era. After starring in 5 movies over the last 15 years, English actor Daniel Craig is done with James Bond. No Time To Die is Craig's final Bond outing, his swan song in many ways, as these 5 movies have connected with storylines playing out across each of them. And this final one wraps things up as best it can. Years ago when they rebooted with Casino Royale, Eon Productions decided to try making the new Bond movies with ongoing narratives. Almost every other movie before th

ComingSoon is excited to debut a The Ghost and Molly McGee clip from Disney Channel’s new animated series. The show is intended for kids six through 11 and stars Ashly Burch (Mythic Quest) as Molly and Dana Snyder (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) as a grumpy ghost named Scratch.
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“When one of Scratch’s curses backfires, he finds himself forever bound to Molly, creating an unli

Daniel Craig has shared with NME the piece of advice that helped him most during his five-film stint as James Bond.Read more: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingNo Time To Die, Craig’s final outing as the MI6 agent, is released today (September 30) in cinemas after multiple delays due to COVID-19 and the closure of cinemas around the world.
Craig was first cast as Bond back in 2006 ahead of franchise reboot Casino Royale, and he says Pierce B

Valdimar Jóhannsson’s slow-burn feature directorial debut Lamb, written by Jóhannsson and Icelandic author Sjón and starring Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, is a uniquely bizarre and moving supernatural thriller examining grief, parenthood, family, hope, loss, betrayal, and the unforgiving wild encompassed by an escalating tension that promises an unexpected reckoning on the desperate couple at the center of the dark

"The more idiotic an opinion, the more important it is." Magnolia Pics has unveiled an official US trailer for the award-winning Romanian indie film Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, the latest from filmmaker Radu Jude. This was made during the pandemic last year, with many scenes of people wearing masks. It premiered at the 2021 Berlin Film Festival earlier this year, where it won the top prize - the Golden Bear. THE big winner of the festival this year. It's also played at Melbourne, New Horizo

Under Wraps, a remake of the first Disney Channel Original Movie, will premiere Friday, October 1 on Disney Channel before arriving on Disney+ a week later on October 8. The film follows three students that come across an ancient reawakened mummy that they quickly become friends with. Directed by Alex Zamm, it stars Malachi Barton, Christian J. Simon, Sophia Hammons, and Phil Wright in the main roles.
“The story follows three 12-year-old friends, Marshall, Gilbert, and Amy, as th

Netflix has debuted the full trailer Jorge R. Gutiérrez’s upcoming animated event titled Maya and the Three, which is set to be told in nine epic chapters in a new hybrid format. Featuring the voices of Zoe Saldaña, Gabriel Iglesias, Allen Maldonado, and Stephanie Beatriz, the series will be available for streaming on Friday, October 21.
The Maya and the Three trailer, which you can check out below along with the poster, introduces a brave warrior princess name

Sony accidentally let it slip that it was purchasing Bluepoint Games near its acquisition of Housemarque and now it has made the deal more official. Bluepoint Games is now a first-party Sony studio and, more surprisingly, the next game for the team won’t be a remake; a second for the team that was established in 2006.
PlayStation announced this on the PlayStation Blog. Bluepoint Games President Marco Thrush spoke briefly on the topic, saying that it had grown to over 70 people since i

In a recent interview with Argentinian radio station 221 Radio, Marvel Studios’ long-time producer Victoria Alonso, who has recently been promoted as the studio’s President of Physical, Post Production, VFX & Animation, has opened up about the future of the expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Alonso confirmed that the blockbuster studio currently has 31 MCU projects in development. It’s unclear if the said number pertains to projects that haven’t been announced yet o

With the release of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune right around the corner, the illustrator of The Promised Neverland manga series, Posuka Demizu, has created a spectacular Dune poster in celebration. The film is set to hit Japan on October 15, one week before it launches in theaters in the United States on October 22. 
The poster, of course, bears a striking similarity to the art style of The Promised Neverland, and it even drew praise from Villeneuve himself. “It’s very me

Remakes have been a trend for quite a while and have shown little signs of slowing down as nostalgia continues to grow. From recent anime examples like Fruits Basket, FullMetal Alchemist, and Sailor Moon, it’s clear it’s not just for western media. Many of these anime remakes are more faithful adaptations, while others update the material in a fresh way. With some surprise announcements like the upcoming Tokyo Mew Mew series, I decided to take a look at some of the animes that are mo

"Life is no fairy tale… Is it?" Focus Features has released an official trailer for the film titled Wolf, which recently premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival at the end of the fest. This is the "high concept" drama starring the very talented actor George MacKay as a boy who believes he is a wolf. When he is sent to a clinic, Jacob and his animal-bound peers are "forced to undergo increasingly extreme forms of 'curative' therapies." However, once he meets the mysterious Wildcat, ev

Keir Starmer believes that a female actor should follow Daniel Craig as James Bond.
Craig makes his last appearance as 007 in No Time To Die, with speculation over who his successor will be back in the spotlight.READ MORE: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingThe conversation has now extended to the Labour leader, who was asked on ITV’s Good Morning Britain about his favourite Bond actor.
Starmer replied: “I don’t have a favour

After three years, audiences are getting a sequel to the 2018 superhero film, Venom. The sequel called Venom: Let There Be Carnage is directed by Andy Serkis, the motion capture and voice behind Gollum, Snoke, King Kong, Caesar, and he has previously stepped into the Marvel universe with his portrayal of Ulysses Klaue in the MCU. Getting an icon of pop culture to helm a superhero flick was a fantastic idea that worked marvelously. This is a wickedly entertaining movie that moves at a breakn

Ricky Gervais has nominated himself to play James Bond following Daniel Craig – although he has some conditions.
Following the release of Craig’s last bow as Bond in No Time To Die, rumours over who will replace him as 007 are back in full swing.READ MORE: No Time To Die review: Daniel Craig’s surprisingly emotional final flingGervais has since thrown his name into contention, sharing a picture of himself sporting a tuxedo from when he hosted the Golden Globes in 2020.
The come

"I think this is a cover-up." Gravitas Ventures + Kamikaze Dogfight have revealed the official trailer for an indie psychological thriller film titled Dashcam, the feature directorial debut of a producer / filmmaker named Christian Nilsson. Not to be confused with the new found footage horror feature also titled Dashcam from filmmaker Rob Savage, which recently premiered at TIFF. Two different films. Inspired by Antonioni's Blow-Up, Brian De Palma’s Blow Out, and Francis Ford Coppola&rsqu

Following an intense bidding war against multiple major competitors including Netflix, Amazon, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros. Pictures, Deadline brings word that Apple Studios has successfully won the rights to Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts’ high-profile project. The deal also reportedly includes a theatrical release component. The untitled thriller film is set to reunite Oscar winners George Clooney and Brad Pitt after 13 years since The Coen Brothers’ 2008 black c

"We're the warriors from the great prophecy!" Netflix has launched the full-length official trailer for the new animation series titled Maya and the Three, the latest creation from acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Jorge R. Gutiérrez (of The Book of Life), who is also well known on Twitter as @mexopolis. We featured the first teaser a few weeks ago, and even though this is a series it's worth a watch anyway. "An Animated Event Told in 9 Chapters." In a mythical world, where magic is real and f

"We're the warriors from the great prophecy!" Netflix has launched the full-length official trailer for the new animation series titled Maya and the Three, the latest creation from acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Jorge R. Gutiérrez (of The Book of Life), who is also well known on Twitter as @mexopolis. We featured the first teaser a few weeks ago, and even though this is a series it's worth a watch anyway. "An Animated Event Told in 9 Chapters." In a mythical world, where magic is real and f

October 1 will see the release of The Many Saints of Newark in theaters and on HBO Max. A prequel to the legendary television series The Sopranos, the film stars Michael Gandolfini in the lead role as Tony Soprano. However, the film also sees William Ludwig (check out his Instagram) as a younger version of Tony. ComingSoon Editor-in-Chief Tyler Treese had a chance to speak with Ludwig about The Many Saints of Newark, how casting went, and the pressure of playing young Tony Soprano.


Ridley Scott has provided an update on Gladiator 2, confirming the sequel is being “written now”.
The director, who helmed the 2000 classic Gladiator starring Russell Crowe, stated his plans to helm the sequel once he concludes work on his next project, KitBag.READ MORE: Raised by Wolves review: Ridley Scott’s AI stunner is on a different planet Starring Joaquin Phoenix as Napoléon Bonaparte opposite Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) as his wife Josephine, KitBag follows th

Netflix has revealed rankings of its most popular original TV shows and movies, measured by hours-watched during the first month of release.
The streaming platform, who have been hesitant about releasing worthwhile viewing statistics in the past, have published the “most comprehensive look so far” at the service’s most popular shows and movies.READ MORE: Squid Game review: child’s play turns deadly in a cutting critique of late-stage capitalismSpeaking at Vox Media’

Former Jackass star Bam Margera was taken to rehab by police on Sunday (September 26) after an incident at a hotel in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Officers from the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of an “emotionally disturbed person” at the Don CeSar Hotel in St. Pete Beach, a department spokesperson told Page Six.
While he wasn’t arrested, officers were informed that Margera had a legal order against him which required the police to take him to rehab, so he

Amazon have launched their free IMDb TV streaming service in the UK.
The service, which is related to the film/TV industry database IMDb, launched three years ago in the US as a free service supported by advertising.
The new UK version is currently available via Amazon Prime Video – though a subscription to Amazon Prime is not required to access the service – and it will soon be available as a standalone app via Fire TV.
Alongside a host of the service’s own productions, the li

Disney’s recently launched Onyx Collective has greenlit its first series, a legal drama from Kerry Washington, according to a recent report from The Hollywood Reporter.
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Onyx Collective launched recently with the purpose to release and highlight work from creators of color and other underrepresented voices. The series, titled Reasonable Doubt, will come from executive producers Kerry Washington and Larry Wilm

HBO Max’s latest adult animated comedy series debuts September 30. Created by The Life & Times of Tim creator Steve Dildarian, the show is a hilarious look at youth in modern-day America.
“Ten Year Old Tom follows the misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him,” says the official synopsis. “Being a kid is hard enough for Tom, but when bad influences seem to lurk around every corner – f

"A lot of things go through your head when you're sitting here going through stuff." Would you go hunting for diamonds in the dirt if you knew you could actually find one worth some good money? The Diamond is a clever, fascinating short documentary film made by filmmaker Caitlyn Greene. The film is about a place in Arkansas called the Crater of Diamonds State Park (find it on Google Maps) where anyone can freely search for and/or mine diamonds, as well as other rocks and minerals located in an