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VIZ Media has officially announced that Part 2 of Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War will return to the U.S. and select countries internationally on July 8. Last year, the Bleach anime returned for the first time in over a decade, adapting the final arc of Tite Kubo's manga series.In Part 1, we saw Yhwach, the father of all Quincies declare war against the Soul Reapers and vow to destroy all of Soul Society. In the initial wave of attacks, the Bankai of many of the Squad captains were stolen from them. Furthermore, Ishida Uryu, who's shown diverging from the path of protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki in the new poster, chose to leave his friends to join Yhwach's Sternritter. For Part 2- The Separation, we'll witness the culmination of a thousand-year-long feud between the Soul Reapers and Quincies.B...

Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid film topped the Memorial Day weekend box office with $118 million USD in its opening.According to reports, the Halle Bailey-starring film broke the record for the fifth-highest Memorial Day opening in history, with $96 million USD of the $118 million USD grossing from three of the four-day weekend. Meanwhile, the film has earned $68.3 million USD from 51 international markets so far and is still shy of its $250 million USD production budget.“It’s a classic,” Tony Chambers, Disney’s head of distribution, said. “You ask a lot of women or men of my age and it’s ‘Little Mermaid’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast’ that rank as their favorite animated movie. It’s a story that takes them back to their respective childhoods and this movie is the perfect opportunity ...

Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning - Part One is expected to be the longest film in the entire franchise. Ethan Hunt, played by the titular actor Tom Cruise, is expected to embark on his longest journey yet. After the incredible commercial success of Top Gun: Maverick, fans are eagerly awaiting the next action-packed film from Cruise. Fans will be delighted to hear that the next Mission: Impossible is shaping up to be the longest operation yet.The first part of Dead Reckoning is set to clock in at two hours and 36 minutes, without credits. In comparison, 2018's Mission: Impossible - Fallout was considered the longest film in the franchise at two hours and 27 minutes. Much has changed from the original film, where it was only 50 minutes long. The success of the franchise has led to the bloc...

Disney's latest live-action film The Little Mermaid starring Halle Bailey is slated to hit No. 1 at its box office opening weekend. The film made $38 million USD domestically on opening day and is also expected to gross between $120 to $130 million USD over the course of the four-day Memorial Day weekend. The film opened in 4,320 theaters and is a musical remake that saw Bailey take on the titular role of the mermaid princess Ariel. In previews, the movie raked in $10.3 million USD and ranked the seventh-highest haul for a rated G or PG film. The numbers put the film on track to grossing over $100 million USD over the holiday weekend. The budget of the film sat at $250 million USD. The Little Mermaid faces competition from Fast X which opened last weekend to $67 million USD nationwide. Thi...

Will Ferrell is gearing up to potentially take a role that will see him playing NFL’s John Madden, according to a report from Deadline, citing multiple sources close to the matter.Amazon and MGM are developing a biopic entitled Madden based on the legendary coach and color commentator. David O. Russell, who helmed the film Amsterdam last year, will direct. Russell co-wrote the script with Cambron Clark and was reportedly in the process of undergoing a rewrite when work was put on pause due to the writer’s strike.Madden is produced by Todd Black, Jonathan Shukat, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch for Escape Artists.The film will be released as a Prime Video Sports Original, telling the come-up story of the Oakland Raiders head coach, who never had a losing season during his decade-long tenur...

With May coming to an end, Netflix has unveiled its slate of new programming for June 2023.Next month's list is led by the return of Black Mirror for its sixth season, as well as the premieres of Extraction 2, Arnold, Never Have I Ever season four, The Witcher season three and Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series part three, to name a few. Meanwhile, June will be the last month for subscribers to stream the likes of Chappelle's Show, Resident Evil: Afterlife, Resident Evil: Apocalypse and more.Coming To NetflixComing SoonBlack Mirror: Season 6 (UK) -- NETFLIX SERIESThe Emmy-winning sci-fi drama series returns for a new season.Celebrity (KR) -- NETFLIX SERIESFame. Money. Power. One young woman fights to become the next hottest celebrity in the glamorous yet scandalous world of influencers ...

During a Lionsgate earnings call Motion Picture Group Chair Joe Drake confirmed that a fifth film for the Keanu Reeves-led John Wick franchise is already in early development. Following the astonishing success of John Wick: Chapter 4, the studio has put John Wick 5 back on the table. The fifth sequel is slated to see Chad Stahelski return as the director alongside Reeves as the titular role of the iconic assassin. The fourth film brought in $73.8 million USD domestically and even an A CinemaScore from audiences. Overseas, the film made an impressive feat as well, with a debut of $141.1 million USD. Drake reaffirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the fifth film is no longer out of the question. He explained, "There's a will and there's an openness. And you could certainly interpret that end...

Disney's The Little Mermaid is gearing up for a big box office debut over Memorial Day Weekend, with projections stating the film will rake in a hefty $100 million USD from 4,300 theaters across North America in its first three days. The movie is expected to climb to between $120 million USD and $125 million USD by the holiday on Monday, according to Variety.If the film manages to meet expectations, it will become the fourth movie to reach the $100 million USD threshold in its debut weekend this year. Notably, The Little Mermaid will become the third film from Disney to do so, following Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 ($118 million USD) and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania ($106 million USD). The Super Mario Bros. Movie currently holds this year's highest opening figures at $146 million US...

Joaquin Phoenix and Todd Haynes are teaming up for the director's upcoming NC-17 gay film.In a recent interview with IndieWire, Haynes confirmed the movie will be his project after May December, the romantic drama that just premiered at Cannes. “The next film is a feature that’s an original script that I developed with Joaquin Phoenix based on some thoughts and ideas he brought to me,” the filmmaker revealed. “We basically wrote with him as a story writer. Me and Jon Raymond and Joaquin share the story credit. And we hope to be shooting it beginning early next year. It’s a gay love story set in 1930s L.A.”“Joaquin was pushing me further and going, ‘No, let’s go further.’ This will be an NC-17 film," Haynes continued. He also noted that he has a number of additional projects in the near fut...

In anticipation for the summer release of Warner Bros. and DC Comics' The Flash, the studio has released the final trailer for the Ezra Miller-led film. Miller is set to star as Barry Allen and as the final trailer shows some new character crossing paths with one another. Not only does the trailer tease a cameo from Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, but the trailer also gives a new look at Kiersey Clemons' Iris West. The premise of the series sees Barry travel back in time to try to prevent his mother Nora's murder. The consequence of his actions bring an unintended unraveling of the timeline. The film sees both Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton's iterations of Batman as well as Sasha Calle as Supergirl, Ron Livingston as Henry Allen, Maribel Verdu as Nora Allen, Ian Loh as a young Barry All...

For months now, Netflix has teased the enforcement of password sharing fees in the United States. Now, the time has officially come and the streamer is cracking down on users. Those who are sharing Netflix passwords with someone who does not live in the same household should get ready to pay $7.99 USD/month extra just to add another user to the account. On Tuesday, Netflix announced that it is launching its official crackdown on illicit password sharing. In an email to its U.S. customers, Netflix wrote, "Your Netflix account is for you and the people you live with your household." Those who are sharing with someone outside their household can either transfer the profile to a new membership altogether r pay the additional cost. Netflix claims that paid sharing is not available in all countr...

The newest Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny TV Spot, entitled "Steal," has shared a closer look at the film's titular artifact.The one-minute visual begins with Harrison Ford's Indy and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Helena Shaw (Indy's goddaughter) exploring and having a face-off with Mads Mikkelsen's Jürgen Voller for the Dial of Destiny. It then teases the adventures Indy and Helena will go on in search of the artifact, promising the classic Indiana Jones scenes that audiences love.Dial of Destiny is set in 1969 during the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union, with Indy unhappy about the fact that his government was working with former Nazis to get to space first. He also has to face Voller, the former Nazi and now NASA member, who has plans to “fix up” the world. Anto...