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Netflix’s ‘Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget’ Saves Animal Friends From Sizzling Faits
In early 2020, it was announced that Aardman Animation Studios' Chicken Run would receive a highly-anticipated sequel adapted by Netflix. Three years later, the first trailer has finally arrived. The original film follows a fleet of chickens attempting to escape their farm after realizing Mr. Tweedy planned to kill them. The resistance was led by Ginger the chicken, who meets Rocky the rooster and successfully break free from death's grip. Chicken Run 2: Dawn of the Nugget sees roles reversed as the original crew works to trespass their new bird sanctuary and save other chickens at risk. Zachary Levi, Thandiwe Newton, Romesh Ranganathan, and Daniel Mays will voice Rocky, Ginger, Nick, and Fetcher. David Bradley will play Fowler, while Nick Mohammed and Josie Sedgwick-Davies are cast as two...
Bicycle Announces Limited-Edition Decks Featuring Bored Apes Following Its Purchase of #1227 Bored Ape NFT
For over 135 years, Bicycle Playing Cards have been the preferred deck for collectors, renowned magicians, card game enthusiasts, and, most recently, NFT collectors. After purchasing the #1227 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT, Bicycle held a worldwide casting call (#1227CastingCall) for its community playing card deck on Twitter (X), giving fans a chance to participate in a “Joker Fan Vote Bracket” tournament. Bicycle's long-awaited Bored Ape Community Playing Card Collection presents two limited-edition decks now available for preorder, featuring selected 57 Bored Apes appearing on the tuck cases and 54 Bored Apes appearing on the playing card decks. As a newly-minted member of the growing BAYC Community, Bicycle, in collaboration with designer AV Tones, has added fan-favorite Bored Apes to the n...
The Equalizer 3
While on a trip to Southern Italy, Robert McCall finds solace in the possibility of a new beginning. When he discovers his new friends live under the mercy of mafia bosses, he decides to use his assassin skills to face the nob.
Netflix’s Final ‘Top Boy’ Season 3 Trailer Is a Warning for What’s to Come
Netflix's British drama series Top Boy has grown a loyal fanbase like few others, preparing to debut its third season in the coming days. Last month, Netflix released a first look at what the future holds and has now dropped the final trailer that gives a warning sign for what's to come. Top Boy's last season will see the UK cast reunite in hopes of regaining power against authority figures. All trust has been lost as Dushane and Sully proclaim an unrepairable friendship, while additional characters seek to honor Jaime after he was brutally murdered in season two. Elsewhere, Jacqueline looks to protect her growing family and asks Dushane for mercy. Police riots and masked concerts break out on UK streets, declaring the end of time as more characters meet their fate. Take a look at the seco...
Aaron Paul Reveals Netflix Doesn’t Pay Him ‘Breaking Bad’ Residuals
Aaron Paul has shared that he does not receive payment for Breaking Bad's streams on Netflix, despite the show achieving "enduring popularity" on the streaming service.The actor, who played Jesse Pinkman for the entirety of the hit AMC show, revealed the shocking news at the SAG-AFTRA picket line outside Sony Pictures Studios, where he was joined by fellow cast members such as Jesse Plemons and Bryan Cranston. “I don’t get a piece from Netflix on Breaking Bad to be totally honest and that’s insane to me,” Paul said. “I think a lot of these streamers know that they have been getting away with not paying people a fair wage and now it’s time to pony up.”Cranston added that the cast chose to reunite at the picket line outside of Sony as it was the studio in charge of Breaking Bad, its Better C...
The Second Season of ‘Arcane’ Will Air in Late 2024
After nearly two years, a release window for the second season of Arcane has finally been announced.The League of Legends animated spinoff series first premiered on Netflix back in 2021 and was quickly greenlit for another season following an incredible reception, and overwhelmingly positive reviews. Earlier this year, Riot Games CEO, Nicolo Laurent mentioned in an interview that the new season won’t be ready in time for a 2023 release date.At the recent Video V Vision Conference hosted by Tencent, Riot Games announced that season two of Arcane will air during the fourth quarter of 2024. Although no official release dates, fans speculate that the new season will likely premiere around October to November time, to coincide with League of Legends’ 15th anniversary, and also Arcane’s season o...
‘Succession’ Creator Reveals If Kendall Roy’s Name Was Crossed Out or Underlined
Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has revealed the correct answer to whether Kendall Roy's name was crossed out or underlined during a pivotal scene in the show's fourth season. Spoilers ahead for those who have yet to finish the series.Armstrong confirmed the answer during a recent appearance at a Financial Times event in London, referring back to season four's fourth episode which saw the Roy family and the other heads of their company, Waystar Royco, come across a version of Logan Roy's last will and testament that had Kendall's name as Logan's successor. The name, however, also had a line drawn from the bottom up to the middle, confusing many as to whether Kendall's name was underlined or crossed out.The showrunner shared that Kendall's name was, in fact, underlined, meaning that Loga...
Netflix Shares Behind-The-Scenes Video on How They Built the Live-Action World of ‘One Piece’
Netflix’s One Piece live-action series officially premiered last week and has already garnered positive reviews amongst fans, on top of an 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Around the same time, the streaming service also released a special video, offering fans and viewers what went into bringing the fantastical world of Eichiro Oda’s source material into real life.“I’ve been a massive fan of One Piece for years and years,” says showrunner/executive producer, Matt Owens. As many of the cast members and production fans are also fans of the original work, Owens highlights both the pros and cons in the making of the series, ”Having a built-in fan base is a phenomenal thing, and that also comes with a lot of responsibility to get it right.” He adds “The series has been running for 25 years, and we...
GKIDS Shares Pre-Teaser for Studio Ghibli’s “The Boy and the Heron”
GKIDS just released an introduction video for The Boy and the Heron ahead of its premiere in North America.The 32-second-long video introduces a summary of the plot of the new Studio Ghibli film:A young boy named Mahito, yearning for his mother, ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.The Boy and the Heron will make its overseas premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which will take place from September 7 - 17. Later on in the month, it will also be shown as part of the lineup for the 61st New York Film Festival (NYFF) between September 29 – October 15.The first official...
Netflix Looks Back on ‘One Piece’s’ 26-Year Influence Across Pop Culture Following Its Live-Action Debut
It's not every day you set off to become a pirate, rally a stylish squad of misfits and begin challenging and transcending societal barriers in hopes of grand treasure. If Eiichiro Oda’s cult-favorite manga series One Piece has taught the masses anything, it’s that adventures are best experienced alongside friends. One Piece is beloved for a reason or two, and Netflix aims to make a third. The streamer’s latest live-action adaptation, ONE PIECE, sets sail with loyal fans and first-time viewers, bringing the series’ beloved cast to cinematic heights. Since its serialization in weekly Japanese anthology magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1997, over 500 million copies of Eiichiro Oda’s treasured manga are in circulation in 61 countries, making it the best-selling manga in history. In the video be...
‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Receives Second, Spookier Teaser Trailer Ahead of October Release
The first trailer for Five Nights at Freddy’s arrived in June, giving viewers a brief overview at the movie adaptation of the long-running video franchise but not much in terms of real action. A second trailer has now debuted with a more gorey look at the upcoming flick.Josh Hutcherson stars as a nighttime security guard who isn’t aware of what he signed up for when taking on a gig at Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza. Come the evening, he learns he’ll have to fight for his life to make it through the night.Also making an appearance in the film are murderous animatronics by the names of Foxy, Bonnie, Chica and Freddy.Emma Tammi is directing a script co-written with Seth Cuddeback and the original video game’s creator, Scott Cawthorn. Alongside Hutcherson, the cast includes Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio...
