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Netflix is set to release Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area later this summer as a spin to its popular Spanish series Money Heist. In the months leading up to the debut, the streaming giant has released another teaser trailer, this time focusing on how the unification of both North and South Korea is looking to produce more conflict than expected. The trailer gives audiences a glimpse of what the socio-political climate will look like after both nations’ reunification leads to the production of a newly united currency for the joint economic area. The issues that surface point toward an unjust system that benefits only the rich. A group of criminals with nothing to lose find themselves banding together to pull off one of the biggest money heist missions in the familiar red jumpsuits ...

Squid Game was unarguably one of most popular TV shows in 2021 and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is timid about being a victim of his success. During an interview with Deadline, Hwang revealed that he is developing three new shows — Squid Game season two, a feature film a novel inspired by respected Italian essayist Umberto Eco with the working title Killing Old Man’s Club and a satirical series reflecting Squid Game’s overnight success, currently entitled The Best Show on the Planet. “Season 1’s success has given me an immense amount of pressure and I am having nightmares about the reception for Season 2 not being so good,” he told Deadline. Hwang is putting his all into preparing for Squid Game season two, recently confirming that fan-favorite Gi-hun and Lee ...

Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Ackie and Toni Collette are reportedly joining Robert Pattinson in the ensemble cast of Bong Joon-ho‘s next Warner Bros. film. According to sources, the upcoming movie will be based on Edward Ashton’s recently-released novel Mickey7, which follows the story of an Expendable named Mickey7, “a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal—the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.” The untitled film will be Bong’s followup to his 2019’s Parasite, and will see him write, direct and ...

Paramount Pictures on Monday dropped off the first official teaser for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, starring Tom Cruise. Dead Reckoning will arrive as the seventh installment in the decades-spanning spy thriller franchise, which sees Cruise play a special agent from the Impossible Missions Force named Ethan Hunt. The teaser confirms the return of several Mission: Impossible veterans, including Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby. Additionally, the trailer reveals that Henry Czerny will reprise his role as IMF director Eugene Kittridge from the original 1996 Mission: Impossible film. “Your days of fighting for the so-called ‘Greater Good’ are over,” Czerny tells Cruise in the preview. “This is our chance to control the truth. The conc...