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Netflix has pulled back the curtain on the official trailer for its live-action series, One Piece. Coming August 31, the show is set to adapt the fan-favorite manga of the same moniker, from Eiichiro Oda.The series follows Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), a boy who possesses an elastic body, as he hunts for a hidden treasure known as "One Piece," alongside a squad named the Straw Hat Pirates. Luffy swears that he and his team will uncover the elusive prize, which has the power to name him the Pirate King, in the Grand Line, "a treacherous stretch of ocean with bigger islands and bigger pirates."The freshly-minted trailer features a slew of action scenes, filled with daring adventurous, fantasy-inspired sequences and comic relief. Notably, One Piece, which already exists as an anime series, b...

The original 1987 animated series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is headed to Nickelodeon, according to Variety.The television network has acquired the rights to the famous Fred Wolf series, just before Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is scheduled to hit theaters. The series, which ran from 1987 to 1996, follows Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo through a slew of adventures across 193 episodes.In the deal, Nickelodeon will house the entire series on its digital outposts, including YouTube, Pluto TV and O&O linear channels. The decades-old series will debut later this month in the U.S., before landing on Nickelodeon's international platforms soon after.The news was revealed art San Diego's Comic-Con, during a panel supporting Paramount Pictures' Mutant Mayhem. “We ...

The second season of Prime Video's Invincible has received an official release date and new teaser trailer.Revealing the news during San Diego Comic-Con, it was confirmed that the forthcoming season will feature a total of eight episodes, with the first four premiering on November 3 and last four in early 2024. Season two will pick up where its predecessor left off and will focus on the arrival of the new villain, Angstrom Levy, as well as lead character Mark Grayson's personal conflicts. “Still reeling from Nolan’s (Simmons) betrayal in Season 1, Mark struggles to rebuild his life as he faces a host of new threats, all while battling his greatest fear — that he might become his father without even knowing it," the logline reads.The main cast of Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh and J.K. Simmons will...

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two may not be hitting theaters until 2024.According to reports, the Warner Bros. Film Group is "strongly considering" delaying the highly-anticipated sequel to next year due to the ongoing writers and SAG-AFTRA strike. Conflicting sources tell Variety that Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. — the two co-producers of the film — need to come to a consensus on a new release date, and that although there have been no official discussions yet, the length of the strike remains to be seen.Reps for Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment have not commented.Dune: Part Two is currently scheduled to hit theaters on November 3 and will star Zendaya, Timotheé Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, S...

Amid SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America's Hollywood labor strikes, movie production studios are already shifting their release calendars as the duration of the union battles for new contracts is unpredictable. Among them, Warner Bros. is "strongly considering" postponing the release of Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi pic, Dune 2, starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, to 2024, according to Variety.The film, which is currently scheduled to come out on November 3, is a co-production from Warner Bros. and Legendary, so both parties will need to agree on a new premiere date, per the outlet's sources. Warner Bros. has not yet formally approached Legendary regarding the shift, according to one insider.Along with Dune 2, Warner Bros. is reportedly eyeing new release dates for The Color Purple ...

Adult Swim has green-lit a new original series by Shinichiro Watanabe, the renowned director behind the hugely successful Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo anime. Titled Lazarus, the new series in development will be produced by Sola Entertainment for Toonami, and entirely animated by Studio MAPPA.Set in the near future of 2052, the world is now in a utopic era where mankind is finally freed from all forms of sickness and pain — a result of a miracle cure-all drug called Hapuna developed by Dr. Skinner, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist. The doctor vanished shortly after the drug was officially introduced, only to return three years later with an ominous threat — everyone who has taken Hapuna will die in around three years, and that “death is coming for this sinful world.” In an attemp...

In the last three months, Netflix has surpassed analyst expectations by almost three times following its clampdown on password sharing.According to reports, the streaming service's latest quarterly results saw it gain 5.9 million new subscribers after it cracked down on password sharing between households — overcoming analysts projections of around 2 million new households and increasing its total global subscribers to 238 million. Netflix also posted a $1.8 billion USD profit over the quarter on $8.3 billion USD revenues.The number was released in the midst of the ongoing writers and actors strike, with co-chief executive Ted Sarandos stating that Netflix hopes that an agreement will be reached “as soon as possible.” He added, “This strike is not the outcome that we wanted."In related new...

Netflix is doing away with its Basic plan in the United States and the United Kingdom. The plan is currently the cheapest subscription option that allows for ad-free streaming at just $10 USD per month.The streaming service had already removed the option to sign up for the plan in Canada. In a weird twist, however, those who are already subscribed to the Basic Plan will be able to continue paying $10 a month, yet no new or rejoining members will be able to subscribe to the tier.In tandem with cracking down on password sharing, the move comes as part of Netflix’s efforts to steer new and old users to opt for the Standard Plan. That tier costs $15.49 USD each month and supports streaming on two devices simultaneously and the ability to download content for offline viewing. It also allows sub...

Historical biopic Oppenheimer is expected to see a $50 million USD box office debut this weekend.The Christopher Nolan film – which follows the life of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer as he crafts the atomic bomb – hits theaters this Friday, July 21, the same day as Greta Gerwig's Barbie, which is slated for a $100 million USD opening weekend.An adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “American Prometheus,” Nolan's Oppenheimer clocks in at three hours in length (thus limiting the number of screenings per day) while Barbie is just under two hours, possibly potentially attributing to the $50 million USD difference in debuts. Nolan's Universal-backed drama cost approximately $100 million USD to produce and will see its weekend debut across 3,600 North American theaters, with an...