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Neil Gaiman‘s The Sandman has now debuted as the most-streamed series on Netflix, topping the charts so far in August. According to new numbers published by the streaming giant, the long-awaited first season was streamed for 69.48 million hours across the globe, putting it at the very top of the list of the most-streamed shows between August 1 and August 7. The achievement becomes even more impressive when taking into account that The Sandman only launched on August 5, meaning it accrued almost 70 million hours in watch time over just two days. Based on the dark fantasy comic written by Gaiman, The Sandman follows Morpheus, the Lord of Dreams who forms one of the seven Endless alongside Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction. Throughout the show, he confr...

As Better Call Saul comes to an end on August 15, creator Vince Gilligan touched on whether he will ever return to the Breaking Bad universe. Speaking to AMC.com, Gilligan explained that his return to Breaking Bad may not be any time soon, ”I guess secretly in my heart of hearts, I’d like to revisit Breaking Bad at some point, but I think it would have to be years from now. I think I need to prove to myself I’m not a one-trick pony.” He also publicly shared his gratitude for the world of Breaking Bad but admitted that he wants to step back after delivering three projects in that universe, ”As bittersweet a thing as this is to say, I’d like to take a break from the Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad world because we have three additions to that world I’m very proud of.” He continued,”O...

Fans of Katsuhiro Otomo will be delighted to learn that he has just confirmed that is currently still working on his first long-form manga since AKIRA. While talked about since 2012, the manga was officially brought back to the light in 2018 by Otomo, although there has yet to be a given timeline. Leading up to the release of AKIRA on Crunchyroll, Otomo jumped on Twitter to answer questions from fans. One user asked whether or not he would continue creating manga in the future, to which he replied, “Actually, I am drawing it and it may be published somewhere in a little while. Manga is hard work.” On top of answering questions regarding manga, Otomo revealed his most memorable place as a rice field near his hometown in Tome, Miyagi, and his favorite musicians. はっと。関東ではすいとんです。（大友） https://t...

Idris Elba is open to diving into the backstory of his DC character Bloodsport, which he last played in 2021’s The Suicide Squad. Speaking to Variety during the New York premiere of his latest film Beast, the actor stressed on the importance of explaining the reason as to why Bloodsport was sent to prison. “I would definitely like to tell the Superman story. There’s no doubt,” he said, referring to his character sending Superman to the ICU after he shot him with a kryptonite bullet. “Bloodsport versus Superman. It needs to happen.” In The Suicide Squad, Bloodsport was last seen blackmailing Amanda Waller, played by Viola Davis, into letting him and his surviving teammates go without consequence. Whether or not he will return in the DC cinematic universe is still unconfirmed as of writing. ...