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MAX has released the official trailer for the upcoming and highly-anticipated Batman spin-off series, The Penguin. The series, starring Colin Farrell is slated to arrive this fall. Those who attended Comic-Con this past weekend saw Gotham City return for DC's panel. Farrell joined the panel via Zoom, and was joined by director Matt Reeves as well as co-stars Cristin Milioti and Rhenzy Feliz and makeup designer Mike Marino. Reeves directed The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and is set to be working on its sequel. Sharing the new trailer, Farrell's Penguin is at the center of Gotham's crime scenes, shooting, stabbing and even dumping bodies. Aiming to gain control of the crime streets of Gotham Penguin finds himself entangled in a world of drugs at his Iceberg Lounge club. The trailer sees...

Prime Video's The Boys is getting its own prequel series. Focusing on Soldier Boy and Stormfront, the spin-off is set in 1950s New York City. Titled, Vought Rising.The original show's creator Eric Kripke, announced the spin-off in a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend. Joined by executive producer Paul Grellong, and actors Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash, Kripke and showrunner Grellong spoke of the expansion of The Boys world, "We are excited to bring you the next deranged series from the world of The Boys. It's a twisted murder mystery about the origins of Vought in the 1950s, the early exploits of Soldier Boy, and the diabolical maneuvers of a Supe known to fans as Stormfront, who was then going by the name Clara Vought." They added, "We cannot wait to blow your minds and troub...

Marvel's Deadpool & Wolverine is shaping up to be the summer blockbuster film. Combining the storylines of two of the MCU's most popular characters has lent itself to be a winning match at the box office. Skyrocketing to $205 million USD at the opening weekend box office, the sequel now holds the record for being the eighth-best debut of all time. It lands ahead of another Marvel classic, 2018's Black Panther which hit $202 million USD. Deadpool & Wolverine find themselves just below 2012's The Avengers which came in at $207 million USD and 2015's Jurassic World at $208 million USD. With its opening weekend success, the film is now the biggest R-rated debut ever. The ticket sales have surpassed the first Deadpool film which had $132 million USD in 2016 as well as Deadpool 2, which ...

At San Diego Comic-Con, Paramount released the first trailer for the upcoming movie Star Trek: Section 31. The film offers a closer look at Star Trek's Section 31, a secret division of Starfleet responsible for protecting the United Federation of Planets.Michelle Yeoh stars as Philippa Georgiou, an Emperor of the Terran Empire. After a failed coup, she’s brought to the Prime Universe to serve as a captain, following which, she’s recruited to join Section 31 as an operative.The movie builds off of Star Trek: Discovery TV series, where Yeoh is seen captaining the USS Shenzhou. In her new role helming the underground Starfleet division, Georgiou must not only protect the planets but also “must face the sins of her past.”Starring alongside Yeoh are Omari Hardwick, Kacey Rohl, Sam Richardson, S...

Marvel's anticipated panel at San Diego Comic-Con was full of surprises. Amongst them was the official reveal of the upcoming Fantastic Four film's title. It was announced that the film, which is slated to land next summer, will be called Fantastic Four: Four Steps. At the panel, Marvel also announced Oscar winner Michael Giacchino as the composer on the film. Matt Shakman is set to direct the film which stars Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing. The Fantastic Four were able to join the MCU after Disney acquired Fox. Earlier this week, Pascal shared the first cast photo on Instagram with the caption, "Our first mission." Alongside the main cast, John Malkovich and Paul Walter Hauser are also se...

Marvel and Robert Downey Jr. shook the entire fandom when they presented at San Diego Comic-Con. RDJ is officially returning to the MCU in a new Avengers film titled, Avengers: Doomsday directed by the famous Russo Brothers, Joe and Anthony. Just last week, it was reported that the brothers are currently in talks to direct two new Avengers films and now, Marvel has confirmed that the brothers will also make their return to the MCU with Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.RDJ surprised the crowd when he walked out in the villainous Victor von Doom costume. Taking to the stage, he rips off the mask, revealing himself as the Victor von Doom. The crowd in Hall H on Saturday bursts out in a collective gasp of surprise as Downey Jr. announces to the crowd, "New mask, same task." He later adds, "W...

Yesterday, at the San Diego Comic-Con, Adult Swim finally announced the official premiere date for Uzumaki, the highly-anticipated anime adaption based on one of Junji Ito’s most popular manga.The anime was first announced back in 2019 as a four-episode mini-series. While it was originally slated for a 2020 premiere on Toonami, its release date had been pushed back several times. With the latest trailer, the series’ official release is finally set in stone.Just under a minute long, the video previews more of Uzumaki’s eerie setting and unsettling atmosphere through its black and white visuals. This is topped with a spine-chilling score composed by Colin Stetson, who produced the soundtrack from Hereditary, Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2022) and The Menu.Watch the latest trailer for Uzumaki ahea...

Lazarus, the highly-anticipated new anime project from Cowboy Bebop’s director, Shinichiro Watanabe, will now be looking at a release window in 2025.A year ago, the first teaser trailer for Lazarus premiered at Adult Swim Festival’s “Toonami on the Green” event. The teaser offered a glimpse into the anime’s characters and sci-fi premise, competing with an electronic and jazz soundtrack. Production will be headed by MAPPA, the studio responsible for animating spectacular projects such as Jujutsu Kaisen and the final season of Attack on Titan, while John Wick’s Chad Stahleski is onboard as the anime’s action director.Lazarus was originally set for a 2024 release. But at the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday, Adult Swim announced that the anime will premiere sometime in 2025. While no new visuals...

It is no surprise that Kevin Feige has a propensity for sequels when it comes to his MCU legacy. The Marvel head honcho recently spoke to Variety about his professional life in Hollywood and his future with Marvel.With Deadpool & Wolverine's imminent arrival in cinemas across the world, marking the MCU's 49th title across film and television, Feige recently received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Reflecting on his career and what he has accomplished, the 51-year-old expressed how watch films as a kid inspired him in his career today. He expressed the importance of sequels and shared, "I always liked the world-building and being able to return to characters. I was always excited for sequels. I was never cynical or rolling my eyes the way people still do today for some reason, ...

The first trailer for the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet has been released. The highly anticipated film features Chalamet as the legendary folk singer-songwriter alongside Monica Barbaro and Elle Fanning.Directed by James Mangold and written by Mangold and Jay Cocks, the film focuses on Dylan's early days as a singer in New York City up until his iconic 1965 Newport Folk Festival performance. The trailer starts with a glimpse of culture-shaping NYC staple Hotel Chelsea which Dylan and many other musical legends of the time were known to frequent. From then we get many shots of Chalamet walking the streets of 1960s New York City while Chalamet's rendition of the 1963 song “A Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall" plays. The iconic Cafe Wha can also be spotted as Chalamet ...

In a recent interview with DiscussingFilm, Kevin Feige spoke about the return of Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine film. To fans' surprise, he brought up how it potentially leaves an opening for the return of Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man to the MCU or even the Chris Evans' Captain America.Feige said on the Downey and Evans' comeback, "That's the key, right? How do you do it in a way that maintains what has come before, and in a great way? And we've been spending, you know, the last two-plus years figuring that out for Wolverine. So, what's to come? We'll see. We're just proud that we, I think, have figured it out for Wolverine. I think Hugh’s appearance and starring role in [Deadpool & Wolverine] is a great sign that it can be done — if great care is tak...