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Back in December, Netflix announced that it would be producing a One Piece remake anime that will go by the name of THE ONE PIECE. In a recent livestream by The One Piece Day '24, it’s revealed that the anime features a rather impressive production staff list.Netflix and WIT Studio have brought on Masashi Koizuka, the director of Attack on Titan to direct the series. Taking on the role of assistant director is Hideaki Abe, who has worked as an episode director for Jujutsu Kaisen and also as the key animator for projects such as Mob Psycho 100.With the premise of One Piece being adventure and action-heavy, veteran animators such as Ken Imaizumi (Boruto) and Shuhei Fukuda (My Hero Academia) are also on the list of credits. Takatoshi Honda, the animation director for The First Slam Dunk is al...

Following up on the last update that production has begun for Dr Stone: Science Future, the production team recently announced the anime’s final season is set to release in 2025.The previous season, Dr. Stone: New World, finished airing in December 2023. The last episode set the final arcs in motion as Senku and his crew began the first steps to their space program. Given the length and key events as explored in Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki’s Dr. Stone manga, fans have been concerned whether another two-part season will suffice to end the series.But with the latest announcement, it’s confirmed that Dr. Stone: Science Future will comprise three cours instead. Based on the pattern of past seasons, each cour will likely be split across different seasons, with each part comprising around 12 ep...

Tom Cruise's latest mission saw him hand over the Olympics flag from Paris to Los Angeles in yet another death-defying stunt.The actor and stuntman made a special appearance at both the closing ceremony in Paris and at the handover ceremony in Los Angeles, where the Olympic Games are set to take place in 2028. After jumping off the Stade de France and landing on the stage, he collected the Olympic flag from Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, hopped on a motorbike and rode through the streets of Paris — with H.E.R., who just performed the US national anthem in Paris, soundtracking his pursuit.Cruise then enters a massive plane and began to get ready for his skydive with the Red Hot Chili Peppers performing “By the Way” in the background. Upon landing in Los Angeles, he runs his way to the iconic Hol...

While Star Wars is experiencing an offseason of sorts, with Star Wars: The Acolyte concluding last month, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew was announced at the end of July as the next live action series to release. Details regarding the Jude Law-led show have remained sparse, until now, as the first trailer for the upcoming series has been presented as part of D23.Clocking in at under two minutes, the brief trailer begins with a look at suburban life, with Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers) expressing his eagerness to explore the galaxy. From there, him and three other kids find themselves in more danger than they could've imagined as various action sequences preview the mayhem to come. Jod (Jude Law) enters the mix at the trailer's conclusion, seemingly using the Force to float a key into his hand, prompti...

Ahead of the highly-anticipated premiere of Arcane’s second and final season, Netflix has shared a sneak peek at what’s to come for sisters Vi and Jinx.The show’s first season left off with Jinx transforming a hextech gemstone into a rocket launcher, which she then aims at the Piltover Council. The act likely put an end to any sort of peace treaty between Piltover and Zaun, possibly foreshadowing a civil war between the two cities.In the opening of the teaser for the new season, Jinx is on the run through the alleyways of Zaun carrying a mysterious package, likely fleeing repercussions for her attack on the Piltover Council. When Jinx is attacked by a group of thugs, she drops the package but fortuitously, as she’s being cornered, the thugs are intercepted by Sevika’s sudden return.Based o...

Nearly a decade ago, Christopher Nolan premiered his sci-fic epic, Interstellar. With people on a near-future Earth facing potential extinction, a group of scientists travel through a wormhole near Saturn to seek out a new home for humankind.Upon its release in October 2014, Interstellar became an instant box office hit and went on to garner over $700 million USD, making it one of the highest-grossing movies of the year.In honor of the film’s upcoming 10th anniversary, Interstellar will be shown in 70mm IMAX prints in theater globally. Nolan has previously espoused his desire for viewers to watch his movies in IMAX, most recently while discussing Oppenheimer.“You rarely get the chance to really talk to moviegoers directly about why you love a particular format and why if they can find an I...

A new promotional teaser for MF Ghost has been released, confirming the anime’s second season release date as well as a new theme song.Adapted from Shuuichi Shigeno’s manga of the same name, MF Ghost is also known as the sequel of Initial D — a highly iconic and hugely successful Japanese street racing manga that inspired a series of era-defining anime, films and games.The first anime season of MF Ghost premiered on October 2023 and finished airing in mid-December. The final episode ended just as Kanata Rivington began his race on the Lake Ashinoko GT qualifying round. As hinted in the latest teaser video, the new installment appears to continue just where the last season had left off.The new theme song, "ROCK ME KISS ME feat. MOTSU" is a hyper-electronic track written and performed by Yu ...

Ever wonder how the members of BTS spend their days off? Jimin and Jung Kook have teamed up for a new 8-part travel reality series on Disney+.The show is called Are You Sure?! and takes viewers on vacation with Jimin and Jung Kook across three different destinations: New York, South Korea’s Jeju Island and Sapporo, Japan.First announced in July, Are You Sure?! “follows the duo as they eat, shop, cook, camp, canoe, and road trip together, sharing countless stories and laugh-out-loud moments,” per a synopsis.BTS has already taken fans along with them on their globe-trotting adventures in two other travel shows, Bon Voyage and BTS In the Soop. Are You Sure?! was filmed in 2023 prior to Jimin and Jung Kook’s military enlistments, as the two are the youngest members of the K-pop group.The first...

Stranger Things may be gearing up to release its fifth and final season but the sci-fi show will live on as a Broadway play.Stranger Things: The First Shadow first debuted on London’s West End late last year. A prequel set 24 years before the Netflix series, the production looks back on the lives of young Jim Hopper, Joyce Maldonado and Bob Newby and his sister Patty, in Hawkins, Indiana in 1959.“Before the world turned upside down. Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously, and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy … and the shadows of the past have a very long reach,” the...