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Netflix has offered viewers a preliminary glimpse at its upcoming science fiction series, 3 Body Problem. Based on Liu Cixin’s trilogy of books by the same name, the show is notably being helmed by the Game of Thrones adaptation co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, along with Alexander Woo.A teaser for 3 Body Problem premiered for the streamer’s Tudum fan event on Saturday, January 17. Fans of the sci-fi epic have been waiting years for it to come to television since the adaptation was first announced in 2020. The brief trailer video offers a look into an eerie alternate future, but for those who haven’t read the book, offers little in terms of how the show’s plot will unfold.“A young woman’s fateful decision in 1960s China reverberates across space and time to a group of brilliant s...

Andy Muschietti is officially set to direct James Gunn and Peter Safran's Batman: The Brave and the Bold.The DC Studios title is based on Grant Morrison's comic book series, which sees Bruce Wayne and his son, Damian, fight the evils of Gotham as Batman and Robin. “We saw ‘The Flash’; even before taking the reins at DC Studios, and knew we were in the hands of not only a visionary director but a massive DC fan,” Gunn and Safran told Variety of Muschietti. “It’s a magnificent film – funny, emotional, thrilling – and Andy’s affinity and passion for these characters and this world just resonates through every frame. So, when it came time to find a director for ‘The Brave and the Bold,’ there was really only one choice. Luckily, Andy said yes. Barbara signed on to produce with us and we were o...

The pilot of Kanye West's TV series, which he supposedly pitched to HBO in the early 2000s, has hit surfaced on YouTube.Seemingly entitled A Little Inappropriate, Far Out Magazine previously reported that Ye publicly voiced that he wanted to model the show after Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm after watching one season of the show. Curb director Larry Charles heard of the rapper's intentions and they teamed up to create the pilot, which mainly sees West visiting a fan for the Make-A-Wish foundation only to later discover that the fan wasn't actually sick.Joining the rapper in the pilot were also Don C, GLC, Curb stars Jeff Garlin and JB Smoove, and Wyatt Cenac, the latter of whom shared that although West knew he wasn't good at improvising, he took a Jerry Seinfeld quote to heart about ...

Following the release of the last episode of season 3, which ran for an extended 55 minutes, Demon Slayer immediately announced season 4 of the series.In a new teaser trailer, we see a squad of five Hashiras including Giyu Tomioka, Shinobu Kocho, Gyomei Himejima, Sanemi Shinazugawa, and Iguro Obanai, suggesting the next season will be based on the Hashira Training Arc.Below is a synopsis of what's to come as shown in the manga:"Tanjiro goes to see the Stone Hashira, Himejima, who intends to prepare him for the battles to come. The training to become a Hashira—a high-ranking member of the Demon Slayer Corps—is intense and demanding. Earning Himejima's approval seems impossible, but Tanjiro won't give up! Meanwhile, the demon lord Muzan continues to search for the location of Nezuko and Ubuy...

Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures have officially unveiled the first red band trailer of Kraven the Hunter.The forthcoming superhero film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as the titular character/Sergei Kravinoff and explores his origin story. Viewers will see how his villainous father, played by Russell Crowe, left him for dead after a lion attack — the event that seemingly turned him into a superhuman — and his path of supposedly ridding "evil" from the world in the most violent and primal of ways. It also teases the arrival of Alessandro Nivola as Rhino.As Sony's first R-rated Marvel film, the trailer also promises more brutal action scenes, including one where Kraven bites an enemy's nose off.Joining Taylor-Johnson, Crowe and Nivola in the cast are Ariana DeBose as Calypso, Fred Hechinger as ...

If The Flash is any indication of the new Warner Bros. strategy, things are not looking up at the moment. The Ezra Miller-starring film battled its way at the box office, going up against Pixar's Elemental. While it came out victorious against its competitor, it still fell relatively short of the already-low expectations. The Flash debuted with $55 million USD while Elemental debuted at the box. office with $29.5 million USD. Both films had a hefty budget with the Warner Bros. backed film costing $200 million USD to make and $100 million USD to market, marking a major disappointment for the theatrical release weekend. Leading up to the DC film, The Flash's marketing tried to cement the project as "one of the greatest superhero movies ever made," as per DC Studios' new co-chief James Gunn. ...

Mike Judge and Greg Daniels are returning to executive produce Common Side Effects, a brand new animated comedy series for Adult Swim.Created by Joe Bennett and Steve Hely, the half-hour show “delves into the complex reactions to the revelations of the mysterious elixir of life," and follows former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances as they uncover a big pharma and federal government conspiracy trying to hide the truth of a rare mushroom that could possibly cure all the diseases in the world."Tonally, this is like nothing else in animation right now, so we knew immediately that Common Side Effects belonged on Adult Swim,” said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and Boomerang. “Mike, Greg and this entire team have such deep pedigrees in the comedy and anim...

Chad Stahelski has provided a brief update on Sony's forthcoming Ghost of Tsushima movie adaptation.In a recent interview with ComicBookMovie, the director revealed that he and the team are hard at work to translate the video game for the big screen, despite the fact that there hasn't been any news about it since its announcement in 2021. "That's something we're in heavy development on. I love the property, Stahelski said. "The game story of Jin Sakai, and it being what I would say is, 'The most anti-samurai samurai movie out there,' because of the storylines, thematics in it, and the journey that Jin Sakai goes through [...] is so interesting to me. The characters in the story are definitely something I don't want to lose in any way."He added, "The trick is not do we have great material, ...

There's been a lot to unpack following the Netflix Tudum event. We received new updates regarding the highly-anticipated live-action adaptations of One Piece and Avatar: The Last Airbender as well as original titles such as the spy thriller Heart of Stone starring Gal Gadot. Adding to the list is the first official teaser for BERLIN, a prequel series to the beloved Money Heist series.Jewel thief Andrés de Fonollos,  later known as Berlin, is pictured planning an elaborate job on one of the top auction houses in all of Paris. The series captures his "golden age" before the hit on the Royal Mint of Spain as he leads a group of specialists on a high-octane trip around Europe. Having been known for his spontaneity and ambition, Berlin is seen guiding the scheme while embracing the hiccups alon...

The most talked-about title from Netflix's Tudum event in São Paulo, Brazil is Heart of Stone, a new spy thriller starring Gal Gadot, which received its first official trailer.In the film, Gadot plays Rachel Stone, a CIA agent who doubles as an intelligence operative for Charter, a shadowy peacekeeping agency. Stone is the only thing between the evil forces and The Heart, a powerful technological asset with the power to crash a market or crash a plane out of the sky. The story is written by Greg Rucka, Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders) serves as director, and co-stars include Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, and Matthias Schweighöfer.“Heart of Stone is gonna be extremely epic,” Gadot said of the film in September. “It’s a super grounded, raw, action thriller.”Take a look at the Heart of Stone trailer a...