ENTERTAINMENT
‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’ Leads Box Office With $13.7 Million USD Opening Day Debut
The Jason Momoa-led Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom opens on top of the box office with its opening day debut of $13.7 million USD opening.As per Variety, the sequel opens across 3,706 locations with the help of premieres in "premium large format auditoriums" such as IMAX. However, the sum is still significantly lower than its predecessor, which debuted with $27.7 million USD during the 2018 holiday season. James Wan's film is still expected to lead the box office this holiday season, however the likelihood of it closing out with even just half of the first Aquaman — which finished with $335 million USD in North America and over $1 billion USD globally — seems unlikely.Momoa returns as the titular character alongside Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Manta, Patrick Wilson as Orm, Amber Heard as Mera, ...
‘Captains of the World’ Trailer Offers a Closer Look at the 2022 FIFA World Cup
Netflix has dropped off the first trailer for Captains of the World, a forthcoming series that will offer a closer look at the 2022 FIFA World Cup.Made in partnership with FIFA+ and produced by Fulwell 73, the six-episode project is set to go behind the scenes of the global soccer tournament, which took place in Qatar in November and December of last year. The series will arrive as the follow-up to Captains, which previously chronicled various players' journeys through the qualifying rounds for the event.The trailer includes big moments from the games, as well as snippets from exclusive interviews with some of the sport's best players, including Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Harry Kane, Gareth Bale and Simon Kjær. “This is a World Cup, and it’s really tough,” Messi says t...
HBO’s ‘The Regime’ Sees Kate Winslet Play a Troubled Authoritarian Leader
HBO is closing 2023 by releasing the official trailer for its new political drama miniseries, The Regime. The six-episode show stars British actress Kate Winslet, who takes on the role of an authoritarian chancellor struggling to promote a falling UK country. The HBO Original written by Succession's Will Tracy invites interchanging directors Stephen Frears and Jessica Hobbs to juggle episodes. The Regime manages an extended cast, including Martha Plimpton, Andrea Riseborough, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Hugh Grant. The Regime follows Winslet's dictatorial rule as she fights to maintain control of a rebellious nation and skeptical political team. Her modern European regime unravels into chaos throughout the year as additional sovereigns seek a replacement against her wishes. Watch the inaugur...
TOHO Announces Production for ‘Dr Stone: Science Future’
The final episode of the third anime season of Dr. Stone: New World finished airing yesterday. Shortly after, TOHO Animation released a teaser announcing that production for the anime’s final season had begun.Adapted from Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki’s popular shonen manga, Dr. Stone has received three anime seasons and one feature film since 2019. Season 3’s last episode laid the first steps to reach the end of the story. In the episode, Senku successfully revived Tsukasa from his petrification to proceed with his next big plan — to go to the moon. However, before that’s made possible, Senku and his squad first need to gather the materials that are imperative for their space program.Considering the amount of story arcs that were in the original following the events of Dr. Stone: New World...
Peter Safran Says Jason Momoa “Will Always Have a Home at DC and at Warner Bros.”
Despite doubtful comments made by Jason Momoa recently regarding the future of Aquaman, DC Studios boss Peter Safran spoke to The Independent about how he hopes the franchise and Momoa's character will unfold. While both Momoa and Safran are waiting to see how fans respond to Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, Safran also told the publication that no matter what happens Momoa will always be part of the DC and Warner Bros. family. He said, "When I think of Jason in this role, he is the definitive Aquaman. He's redefined it. It's been an 11 or 12 year journey for him — a lot of the audience doesn't realize that he was cast so long ago. It's kind of redefined him. When he took this role he was known as Khal Drogo, and now he's really Aquaman." He added, "What I hope is that people will really be h...
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global in Talks for a Merger
Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global are reportedly in a early conversations about a merger. Conversations about a merger between the two media companies were first ignited when Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav met with Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish for a lunch meeting earlier this Tuesday. Axios reported that Zaslav was also in talks with Shari Redstone of National Amusements Inc., which owns a controlling stake of Paramount Global. The specific terms of the potential merger has not been learned but both companies have enlisted bankers. The conversation is still preliminary but if the merger is successful, WBD and Paramount would be able to pool their assets which span TV, film, sports and streaming to gain a greater scale and operational efficiencies. WBD and Paramount wo...
Quentin Tarantino Scrapped ‘Star Trek’ Film Over Fear of It Being His Final Film
For years, Quentin Tarantino has been contemplating what film to end his career on and it looks like he really did not want it to end on a Star Trek film.The project was initially announced by Paramount in 2017. J.J. Abrams was said to be teaming up with the studio and screenwriter Mark L. Smith, however, the film was ultimately scrapped. In a recent interview with Collider, Smith shared the reasoning Tarantino had for later dropping out of the Star Trek project. He said that Tarantino just could not bring himself to end on the film, having being quite adamant about directing 10 films and then retiring. Smith explained when he wrote the script, "It was a different thing, but this was such a particular different type of story that Quentin wanted to tell with it that it fit my kind of sensib...
‘South Park’ Drops “Not Suitable For Children” OnlyFans Special on Paramount+
South Park is rounding out the year with an OnlyFans special, "Not Suitable for Children. Now available to watch on Paramount+, the trailer released shows that the episode parodies the online content subscription site OnlyFans, known for its adult content. The synopsis of the episode reads, "After discovering a South Park Elementary teacher's OnlyFans page, Randy is compelled to take a closer look at the world of influencers." The teaser shared to social media earlier shows Mr. Skinner bursting into a classroom announcing that they "have a problem." Concerned parents meet at South Park Elementary in fear their children will find the content online. Tweak's dad can be heard exclaiming, "We're talking about someone who influences our children! This isn't just softcore porn we're talking abou...
BLACKPINK Reveals Trailer for ‘BLACKPINK: A VR Encore’
Miss out on BLACKPINK's Born Pink World Tour? Or want to relive your experience at the record-breaking global event? You're in luck. Indulge in a captivating virtual reality experience of the group's finale performance of the Born Pink World Tour in the forthcoming virtual concert BLACKPINK: A VR Encore.The VR concert will immerse fans in BLACKPINK's performance in Seoul, South Korea's Gocheok Sky Dome. With a run time of 70 minutes, the Diamond Bros-directed film is slated to feature tracks including “Shut Down,” “Pink Venom” and “How You Like That.”"Filming our upcoming VR concert in the heart of Seoul has added an extra layer of magic to this project," the group noted in a press statement. "It’s where it all began for us, and being able to share this unique experience with our fans arou...
‘Kaiju No. 8′ Will Release in Spring 2024
Over the weekend at the Jump Festa’ 24 event, TOHO Animation shared the latest promotional trailer for Kaiju No. 8, the upcoming TV anime based on Naoya Matsumoto's shonen manga.Spanning 87 seconds in length, the trailer provides a glimpse into the life of its protagonist, Kafka Hibino — an average worker at a professional cleaning company that specializes in the battle aftermath of Kaiju monsters. The seemingly mundane tone then quickly cuts to snappy action shots that depict the horrors of the monsters, and the effects it had on the city the character resides in. The video abruptly switches its tone when a mysterious insect invades Hibino’s body, turning the protagonist into a hybrid monster.Additional cast members have also been revealed for the newly-teased characters. 16-year-old Kiko...
Netflix’s ‘Yu Yu Hakusho’ Brings Its Formidable Creatures and Blood-Boiling Action to Life
On December 13, 2023, Netflix hosted an exclusive screening for the first live-action episode of Yu Yu Hakusho at Tokyo’s Ariake Arena, marking the streaming service’s biggest world premiere event to date. As one of the few permanent arenas that were specially built for the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, the venue was transformed for a night to immerse nearly 5,000 attendees in the world of Yu Yu Hakusho, with merch stalls, displays of props and costumes, as well as interactive games for fans to indulge in.The original Yu Yu Hakusho manga debuted in 1990 on Weekly Shonen Jump and eventually became one of Yoshihiro Togashi’s most iconic and best-selling works. During its original run from 1990 to 1994, the manga gained popularity for its nuanced approach to the Japanese juvenile deli...
Daniel Kaluuya’s ‘The Kitchen’ Will Be Available on Netflix Next Month
Following its successful debut at this year's London Film Festival, the new thriller The Kitchen -- co-directed by Daniel Kaluuya and Kibwe Tavares -- is landing on Netflix next month. And to give viewers a real feel for the soon-to-be-released movie, the trailer has now surfaced online.Written by Kaluuya and Joe Murtagh, The Kitchen is set in a dystopian London, where the gap between the rich and the poor has been stretched to its limits. This means that all forms of social housing have been eradicated and only "The Kitchen" remains -- a location that over time, has built a solid community, one that refuses to move out of the place they call home. At this point in the story, Izi (Kane Robinson), the story's protagonist, is living by necessity and desperately trying to find a way out, whil...
