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The holiday season is here, and 343 Industries is ready to celebrate with a new Winter Contingency event in Halo Infinite. It will extend through January 4, 2022, meaning players who may miss out on grabbing items can catch up by simply playing until the end of the event.
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Winter Contingency, which is already live in the game, will give players the chance to earn 10 unique, holiday-themed rewards that will launch onc

After premiering this year, the anime series Komi Can’t Communicate will be getting a second season, with the anime set to release sometime in 2022.
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The news comes alongside a brief trailer for the series, which reveals the news in a short skit featuring many of the characters from the anime. Alongside the news, Netflix also announced that the second season of the series will be landing on the subscription service in 2022 as we

FX’s Golden Globe and Emmy-winning comedy-drama series Atlanta has finally set a premiere date for its third season, officially returning on March 24, 2022, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The second season concluded on May 10, 2018.
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“We are thrilled to have Atlanta back with a new season on March 24,” said FX Entertainment president Eric Schrier. “Once again, Donald Glover, the producers and [the] ste

The cast of Batgirl just got a major addition as Michael Keaton has been confirmed to be in the upcoming film by Warner Bros.
Per an update on the official cast listing, the veteran actor is expected to return as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Keaton is staying busy as he has a starring role in The Flash, which will see him reprise the role that he originally played in 1989’s Batman. Fans will get to see Keaton’s DC Extended Universe entry when the Ezra Miller-led film

"Where there is great power, there is great responsibility…" The Multiverse is real. In Spider-Man: No Way Home, playing in theaters worldwide, the Multiverse finally reveals itself in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Holland's Spider-Man faces his most nefarious threats yet in the third chapter of this trilogy for this popular webslinger. What's more is that while No Way Home pays homage to the last three cinematic incarnations of the superhero, it also finally allows Holland's Peter

Lionsgate has announced John Wick: Chapter 4 will now be released in cinemas worldwide on March 24, 2023.READ MORE: ‘John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ review: a brutal, blood-soaked sequelThe new release date was revealed in a short teaser from the studio, pushing the film back nearly a year from its planned release on May 27, 2022.
Keanu Reeves will return to play the titular assassin for the fourth instalment, alongside Lawrence Fishburne, Shamier Anderson, Donnie Yen,

WWE superstar Roman Reigns took some lighthearted shots at the DC Extended Universe during a recent WWE live event, saying the Aquaman film would have made more money with him in it.
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The moment itself was uploaded to TikTok this week and shows Reigns taking part in a six-man tag team match. While not tagged in, a fan yells that he loved Reigns in Aquaman, taking an obvious shot at the fact that Reigns and

Disney+’s Hawkeye is celebrating its season finale today with a treat for those still playing Marvel’s Avengers. The game is getting Hawkeye’s costume from the streaming series on December 23.Things have gotten complicated.Inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Marvel Studios' Hawkeye Outfit features Clint confronting enemies from his past.
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Aaron Sorkin, the writer of The Social Network and The Trial of the Chicago 7, writes and directs Being the Ricardos, a biographical drama about Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), the couple starring in the 1950’s TV sitcom, I Love Lucy. The film follows the couple over one tumultuous week in the production of an I Love Lucy episode, where the two deal with issues in their romantic and professional relationship.
This is one of the most impressive films of 2021. Ra

A new photo from the upcoming The Batman film has been released, showcasing Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz in costume and staring each other down.
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The latest image comes as part of Empire Magazine’s coverage of the film, and sees Pattinson’s Batman and Kravitz’s Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman, staring off on what looks to be a balcony of some sort. Catwoman’s iconic motorcycle is seen beside her, w

Double the trick arrows, double the explosive fights, and double the Christmas in today’s heartwarming and exciting season finale of Hawkeye. Characters and their season-long arcs come to a head with reconciliations and heartbreak, and we finally get the beloved pizza dog a fitting name. Needless to say, this Hawkeye Season 1 Episode 6 recap includes spoilers for both the show and related films.
Feel free to browse through our previous episode recaps where we discuss Kate Bishop’s in

Let me preface this article by saying I like The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, but I don’t love them. This isn’t an article designed to convince you of their greatness or slap you in the face for “not getting them” as a lot of online fodder will suggest. Rather, I think the much-maligned sequels to 1999’s The Matrix are enjoyable blockbusters that, perhaps, get too much-undeserved hate tossed their way.
Understandable.
The Matrix, directed by

Lionsgate has revealed that John Wick: Chapter 4 won’t be releasing on May 27, 2022, as originally planned. The Keanu Reeves-led action sequel will now release in 2023 with the delay almost lasting a full year. Fans will finally get to see the fourth entry on March 24, 2023.
Check out the John Wick 4 delay announcement video below:

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John Wick: Chapter 4 was first announced two years ago imme

It's that time of the year again - time to discuss everyone's favorite films of the year, all the best of the best that cinema brought us in 2021. The UK-based film magazine Little White Lies has published their The 30 Best Films of 2021 list, made up of selections from all of the various critics that write for them. Included with this end of the year reveal is a video countdown, edited together by Luís Azevedo (we've featured many of his video essays). This countdown contains footage fr

James Franco has addressed allegations of sexual misconduct against him after nearly four years.
In 2018, the actor was accused by five women of sexual misconduct. An attorney for Franco denied all the allegations at the time.
In February 2021, Franco settled a lawsuit with two accusers, Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal, who were former students at now-defunct acting school Studio 4 – where they claimed he pushed his acting students to perform explicit scenes on camera. According to recor

It has been nearly nine years since the theatrical release of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, and now it looks like one of its leading stars is set to make his return to the DC Extended Universe. In a new press release for the studio’s 2022 movie preview that was recently posted on Warner Bros. UK, Warner Bros. Pictures seemingly confirmed Michael Shannon’s return as the Oscar nominee has been listed as one of the cast members for Andy Muschietti’s upcoming Ezra Miller-led su

The cast of the Red Ribbon Army in the upcoming Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero film has been expanded, with three new members being added to the film.
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The news comes via an update to the official website (via Anime News Network) for the upcoming anime film, and reveals the following additions to the cast of the highly anticipated movie:Miyu Irino as Dr. Hedo, a brilliant scientist developing new androids
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Although Disney seemingly won out over a lawsuit filed against them and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in 2019, the suit was recently revived by a Court of Appeals.
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According to a recent report from The Hollywood Reporter, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit initially filed against Disney in November 2017. The lawsuit — started by A. Lee Alfred II and Ezequiel Martine

Disney Animation has unveiled a trailer for the short film Far From the Tree, which will be available for streaming on Disney+ later this week. You might've already seen this short if you went to see Encanto in the cinema, as it played in front of showings of that Disney Animation movie when it opened last month. In Far From the Tree, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe. They will learn that while there is reason to be fearful, as

According to Deadline, the long-awaited second season of Netflix’s The Witcher has made a successful return as it instantly leads the streamer’s top ten list. Netflix has confirmed that the popular action fantasy series’ 8-episode second season has already been streamed for 142 million hours during its first three days. Because of this, the first season also gained traction as it reached the number two spot with 49 million hours streamed.
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Sonic the Hedgehog 2 isn’t set to hit theaters until April, but the film is already ramping up its marketing and capitalizing on another big property by parodying the recently released The Matrix Resurrections.
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A poster for the upcoming sequel asks players whether they’ll take the red quill or the blue quill, an obvious homage to the red and blue pills that Neo is asked to choose between in The Matrix films. Another

ComingSoon is excited to debut the exclusive trailer for the horror film The Curse of La Patasola. Producers of the movie have also announced that Vertical Entertainment has secured the rights to distribute the indie thriller across North America. The horror feature is scheduled to hit theaters and will be available across streaming media and other platforms on January 14, 2022.
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A brand new Jurassic World: Dominion photo from Universal Pictures’ highly-anticipated third installment has been released, offering us our first look at Chris Pratt’s return as Owen Grady. It also shows the introduction of Atrociraptors to the series as one of them chases Owen. It will serve as one of at least two new types of raptors in the film.
Check out the Jurassic World: Dominion photo below:Meet the ‘brutal, vicious’ Atrociraptors – one of the deadliest

HBO Max has released the official trailer for the upcoming fifth and final season of the Alia Shawkat-led dark comedy-thriller Search Party. It is currently scheduled to return on January 7, 2022.
The Search Party final season trailer, which you can check out below, features Dory as she attains enlightenment following her near-death experience during the fourth season. She partners with a billionaire to lead a cult-like group, where she’ll convince other people to follow her ideas about en

The first full-length trailer for Marvel sequel Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness has been released.READ MORE: Spider-Man: No Way Home review: Marvel’s mad mash-up in the multiverseThe preview was first shown as a post-credits sequence for Spider-Man: No Way Home, and has now been made publicly available.
The film is directed by Sam Raimi, and will see Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange venture further into the ever looming multiverse and undo the damage that was caused

"I never meant for any of this to happen…" Marvel has unveiled a teaser trailer for the next sequel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, opening in theaters in May of 2022 next summer. This teaser originally played at the end of the credits for Spider-Man: No Way Home, because it connects directly with that movie. After Strange opened the Multiverse for Peter Parker, causing the calamity that appears in that movie, things have been knocked out of balance and they don't know what

Coming off from the record-breaking theatrical debut of Spider-Man: No Way Home, Marvel Studios has finally dropped the official teaser for Sam Raimi’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which will be led by Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen. The sequel is currently slated to arrive in theaters on May 6, 2022.
The Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness teaser, which you can check out below along with the poster and images, teases the major consequences that Doctor Str

Nicole Kidman has opened up about age discrimination in the film industry, saying that women over 40 stand no chance of continuing their acting careers.
The actor reflected upon getting older in Hollywood in a recent interview to promote her new movie Being The Ricardos.READ MORE: ‘Being The Ricardos’ review: Nicole Kidman plays Lucille Ball in a well-rounded biopic“There’s a consensus in the industry that as a female actor, at about 40, you’re done,” Kidman t

Disney+ has debuted an exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette for Lucasfilm’s forthcoming The Mandalorian spin-off The Book of Boba Fett, featuring commentaries from Temuera Morrison, Ming-Na Wen, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Robert Rodriguez. The new live-action Star Wars series is set to be released next Wednesday, December 29.
The Book of Boba Fett featurette, which you can check out below, recounts the titular character’s history within the Star Wars universe from his mysterious

"I was obsessed with him instantly." HBO has unveiled the trailer for a documentary biopic film titled The Super Bob Einstein Movie, made by journalist / filmmaker Danny Gold. It'll be streaming on HBO Max this December. The doc follows the life of the late actor, writer and producer Bob Einstein, featuring some of his greatest comedic contributions. Punctuated with a treasure trove of archival clips + interviews, Bob's unique sensibility is remembered by his family, his friends, and fellow com

HBO Max has officially dropped the first promo teaser for the highly-anticipated shows and films that are set to debut in 2022. It provided us with our first look at the upcoming HBO originals series such as Julian Fellowes’ period drama The Gilded Age, Adam McKay’s sports biopic Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, the first Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon, The White House Plumbers miniseries, and more.
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A new trailer has been released for Disney‘s Death On The Nile, which still stars Armie Hammer in spite of multiple accusations of sexual and emotional abuse made against him.
The Agatha Christie adaptation is the latest directorial effort from Kenneth Branagh, and sees Hammer star opposite Branagh, Gal Gadot, Tom Bateman and Letitia Wright.
He plays Simon Doyle, husband to Gadot’s moneyed Linnet Ridgeway-Doyle. Watch the newly-released trailer below.Allegations against Hammer first

"We're in Hair Camp, and you're out flirting with hot royalty." Netflix has unveiled the official trailer for another sappy romantic comedy called The Royal Treatment. Which just copies so many other romcom stories with "what if she could be a princess by marrying this guy?!" Been there, done that, this isn't new, yet they keep making these. New York hairdresser Izzy, played by Laura Marano, seizes the chance to work at the wedding of a charming prince, but when sparks between them fly, will lo

"It's too late for me… I'm already dead." Uncork'd Ent. has revealed the trailer for a UK action thriller titled Confession, from filmmaker David Beton. This one is arriving in theaters + on VOD in the US starting in January, despite not picking up any buzz before this debut. One church, one priest, a wounded man and his loaded gun. An intense thriller that plays out in real time during one night where a vengeful confession must take place. Starring Stephen Moyer & Colm Meaney, with

"O, full of scorpions is my mind…" O Macbeth, you are so doomed. Apple + A24 has revealed a fourth teaser trailer for the film The Tragedy of Macbeth, Joel Coen's stylish black & white Shakespeare adaptation arriving in theaters soon - starting on Christmas Day, December 25th this year. Watch the first two teasers for more footage. This already premiered at the New York and London Film Festivals, and lands on Apple TV+ in January in just a few more weeks. Bruno Delbonnel's cinematogr

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II who plays Morpheus in The Matrix Resurrections, has said to expect “something completely different” from the original character.
Laurence Fishburne played the elusive leader in the original trilogy from the Wachowski siblings, but was replaced by the Candyman star for the fourth instalment.READ MORE: ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ review: a nostalgia-heavy red pill of a blockbusterFishburne said that he didn’t “have an answer” as to why

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced shortlists in 10 categories for the 94th annual Academy Awards, set to be held in March of next year. Among those are two music categories – Original Score and Original Song.
Nominees for Original Song include Beyoncé for her King Richard track ‘Be Alive’, Jay-Z and Kid Cudi for The Harder They Fall‘s ‘Guns Go Bang’, and Billie Eilish and brother Finneas for the theme song to the latest Jame