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SummaryTOHO Animation announced that a new Godzilla anime series is in production with studios Orange and IglooThe show will feature a boy who possesses the power of GodzillaTOHO Animation confirmed at Anime Festival Asia Singapore 2025 that a new Godzilla anime series is in production. The series is set to be a joint production by studio Orange, known for Godzilla Singular Point, and Thailand-based Igloo Studio.During the announcement, Keiji Ota, TOHO's Chief Godzilla Officer, unveiled concept art and stated: "This work is a first for the franchise, featuring a boy who possesses the power of Godzilla, and we believe it will be able to more deeply portray both the fear and hope of the modern era." This indicates a potential shift toward a shonen anime-style plot, diverging from the franchi...

SummaryThe Oxford Word of the Year for 2025 is "rage bait," selected after a public vote and linguistic analysisThe term is defined as online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage to boost traffic or engagementIts usage has tripled over the last year, reflecting a digital shift toward hijacking and manipulating emotionsThe cultural zeitgeist has spoken: the official Oxford University Press Word of the Year for 2025 is "rage bait." This compound term was selected by language experts, following a public vote involving over 30,000 people, which also considered public commentary and lexical data analysis. It ultimately beat out other strong contenders like “aura farming” and “biohack,” reflecting the dominant conversations and preoccupations of the past year."Rage bait" is f...

SummaryQuentin Tarantino is considering revisiting Kill Bill: Vol. 3 with an idea for a prequel focusing on Bill's originsThe plot would center on the three godfathers who trained him: Esteban Vihaio, Pai Mei, and Hattori HanzōRecasting is a major issue, as actors for Bill and his mentors have passed away, which Tarantino acknowledgedDespite previously shutting down a third film, Quentin Tarantino could be revisiting the idea of a Kill Bill: Vol. 3.As per ScreenRant, the filmmaker opened up about the possibility of a third film again during a screening of his Kill Bill lost chapter, Yuki’s Revenge, at his Vista Theater in Los Angeles. “I've got other things to do right now, but I had a whole Kill Bill idea in my mind when we were doing it, and then I was so wiped out from doing the movie,”...

SummaryCulinary Class Wars Season 2 will premiere on Netflix, December 16, 2025The new trailer teases new rules, fierce rivalries and the return of masked contestantsWhite Spoon masters face bold Black Spoon challengers in blind tastings and dramatic clashesIn a newly unveiled trailer, Netflix confirms that hit Korean reality cooking competition, Culinary Class Wars, is making its anticipated return for Season 2.First released in September 2024, the unscripted cooking competition made a record-breaking debut season that topped Netflix’s Global Top 10 (Non-English TV) list for three consecutive weeks and was named “the most beloved series among Korean viewers” in Gallup Korea’s 2024 survey. Its cultural impact extended even to the real world, as the series was credited with revitalizing Seo...

SummaryParamount scheduled a new family-friendly live-action/CG hybrid TMNT movie for November 17, 2028The project, produced by Neal H. Moritz (Sonic trilogy), effectively kills the darker The Last Ronin R-rated adaptationThis "Sonic-fied" reboot aims for a crowd-pleasing spectacle and is the studio's major pre-Thanksgiving playParamount has officially locked in a new live-action/CG hybrid Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie for November 17, 2028, positioning the Turtles as the studio’s big pre-Thanksgiving family play.The untitled film is produced by Neal H. Moritz, the franchise whisperer behind the money-printing Sonic the Hedgehog trilogy and Fast & Furious, signaling a push for four-quadrant, crowd-pleasing spectacle. This project kills off the darker, R-rated The Last Ronin adapta...

SummarySam Raimi and Jordan Peele are partnering to produce a feature film adaptation of Dylan Clark’s viral horror short, Portrait of GodClark will both direct and co-write the religious horror thriller, which explores whether a godlike presence is benevolent or malevolentThis collaboration marks the first time the Evil Dead auteur and the Get Out mastermind have shared a producer creditSam Raimi and Jordan Peele are finally joining forces, producing a feature adaptation of Dylan Clark’s viral horror short Portrait of God for Universal Pictures. The move unites two generations of horror visionaries behind the camera instead of in front of it.Plot details are locked down, but expect the feature to push deeper into questions of whether a godlike presence is benevolent, indifferent, or outri...