Following months of waiting, TMS and Netflix are finally gearing up for the release of Season 2 of the Baki Hanma anime. Adapting Keisuke Itagaki's Hanma Baki - Son of Ogre manga, the latest English subtitled trailer for the upcoming season of the anime series previews the season's theme song and reveals new characters.Most notably, the new look shares information regarding Pickle, a warrior from a bygone, primitive age. The enigmatic figure is set to shake things up, although not much is known about the character. Pickle is known to be a primitive man found perfectly preserved in a saline rock formation, hence his name. The fighter that originally lived during the Jurassic/Cretaceous era possesses enormous raw endurance and primitive durability, often relying on his primitive instincts.Se...
After getting a multiverse pointing meme in the second trailer for Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, the sequel to 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has now received a third trailer. Serving as the final trailer for the upcoming film, the latest look recaps many scenes we have already seen and builds on the action expected in the animated feature film.Most notably, we see Miles Morales introduced to the confusing multiverse through the Spider Society after being reunited with Gwen Stacy. Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man learns about how his counterparts are charged with protecting the very existence of the multiverse, eventually clashing when he faces a new threat that pushes him to find out what it means to be a hero. The final trailer offers glimpses of a ...
Marvel Studios has released a new featurette for Secret Invasion, the ninth TV series in the MCU which follows Nick Fury and his allies who attempt to thwart an invasion of Earth.Samuel L. Jackson reprises his role as Fury, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D., and stars alongside Ben Medelson, Cobie Smulders, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Don Cheadle, Martin Freeman, and others. In the thriller series, Fury looks to restore order, having lost whatever power he had before as he navigates a duplicitous "spy versus spy" world full of unexpected twists and turns.Below is the official synopsis from Marvel:In Secret Invasion, set in the present-day MCU, Fury learns of a clandestine invasion of Earth by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls. Fury joins his allies, including Everett Ross, Mar...
Following reports of a second straight quarterly drop in subscribers in Q2 2023 on Disney+, Disney has announced that it will be purging some of its content on its streamer. It appears that the company is taking a page from Warner Bros. Discovery's book, cutting content for Disney+ and Hulu.In a recent investors call, the company disclosed that its Disney+ service has seen a loss of over two million subscribers, which has been a significant drop since its 2019 release. CEO Bob Iger assured investors that moving forward, they are being more careful about giving certain TV or movie content the green light. Their aim for the upcoming quarters is to retain and grow its streamers' subscribers. On the call, he said, "We realized that we made a lot of content that is not necessarily driving sub-g...
Season three of HBO's The Righteous Gemstones has officially received a release date.The firs two episodes of the upcoming season is set to premiere on June 18 on HBO and Max, and will see the return of the televangelist family "with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work." Season three will see the Gemstone children — Jesse, Kelvin and Judy — finally take control of their megachurch, but soon find out that "leadership is harder than they imagined and that their extravagant lifestyle comes with a heavy price."Danny McBride, John Goodman, Adam DeVine, Edi Patterson, Cassidy Freeman, Skyler Gisondo and Jennifer Nettles are all expected to reprise their roles as the main Gemstone family. McBride also serves as director and executive producer alongside Jody Hill, David Gordon...
According to reports, Jamie Foxx's friends and family are "preparing for the worst" following his medical emergency. Last month, while in Atlanta filming for his upcoming film Back in Action with co-star Cameron Diaz, the beloved actor suffered a medical complication off set. Foxx's family has not shared what exactly happened to the actor but has been offering updates indicating his condition is improving.Despite the word of his condition improving, Jamie Foxx's condition remains in alarming concern as doctors continue to monitor the actor. The lack of information and general updates have led many to theorize about Foxx's condition. One report said that Foxx's condition was dire when he entered the hospital April 12 and noted an unnamed source saying, "But he wouldn’t be in a hospital this...
Netflix has released the first official trailer for Arnold, a three-part docuseries chronicling the incredible journey of Arnold Schwarzenegger.Arnold's path has been anything but conventional. Growing up in Austria, Arnold had the vision of the American Dream since the age of ten and eventually found his way over at 21. Once in the country, Arnold went from becoming the world's most famous bodybuilding champ of all time to Hollywood icon to the governor of the state of California, developing a larger-than-life persona with the story to match. However, with his sky-high successes came highly-publicized tribulations with permanent repercussions. The documentary series dives into it all with candid interviews from Schwarzenegger, his friends, foes, co-stars, and observers including James Cam...
Netflix has dropped the official trailer for its Conor McGregor docuseries, documenting the UFC standout's return to the ring after suffering a broken leg injury in the UFC 264 loss against Dustin Poirier in July 2021. Titled McGregor Forever, the series features four, one-hour long episodes.In the trailer, fans get a glimpse of McGregor's life beyond the ring, showing his commitments as a father and a husband. The fighter can also be heard saying, "I've been fighting my entire life. It's what I was put here to do." The former UFC featherweight and lightweight champion can be seen recovering in a hospital bed from the 2021 bout, while pundits speculating whether or not he is capable of returning are highlighted. Skeptics have been wondering if McGregor would still be able to compete at a h...
Disney+ appears to be heading in a direction of decline, according to the most recent quarterly reports. The streamer has seen a loss of four million subscribers in the first quarter of 2023, making it Disney+'s second consecutive quarterly drop since closing 2022 with its first-ever decline. CEO Bob Iger however did say that the company beat Wall Street estimates for Disney's quarterly earnings and revenue, thought it was all due to its theme parks. On the other hand, Disney+ ended the quarter with 157.8 million subscribers, way below Wall Street's estimate of 163.17 million subs. Variety has indicated that second subscription drop was due to Disney+'s Hotstar decline of 4.6 million. Hotstar is offered in India and parts of Southeast Asia and last year, Disney lost the streaming rights to...
MTV News is ceasing operations immediately, bringing to a close a 36-year run as the news production arm of the mainstay network. The announcement arrives five years after MTV News considerably downsized in 2017.25% of employees across Showtime, MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks will lose their jobs, according to Variety. The MTV News team, as well as its operations departments, will be laid off in its entirety.In a memo to staff obtained by Variety, Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios and Paramount Media Networks president Chris McCarthy referred to the layoffs as a “very hard but necessary decision” as the companies grapple with economic pressures.“This is a tough yet important strategic realignment of our group,” McCarthy continued. “Through the elimination of some u...
A new clip has been shared from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. Originally shown at the MTV Movie & TV Awards, the video snippet is called “Prime Meets Primal” and sees a showdown between Optimus Prime and the Autobots and the Gorilla leader Optimus Primal and his tribe of Maximals.“Who are you, and why are you hunting for the king?” Optimus Primal asks the stars of the human cast, played by Anthony Ramos and Dominique Fishback.Rise of the Beasts is the first installment in a planned trilogy from Paramount Pictures. Set in the 90s, the film is billed as introducing “the Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons to the existing battle on earth between Autobots and Decepticons.”Steven Caple Jr. is directing a cast that – alongside Ramos and Fishback – includes Michelle Yeoh, Pete Davidson, P...
After 2007's Writers Guild of America Strike which lasted more than three months, the labor union representing writers in film, television, radio, and online media has once again entered a labor dispute with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike officially started at 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 2, 2023, and sees the guild pushing for viewership transparency from streaming platforms, increased wage floor, protection from mini-rooms, and the use of artificial intelligence.Now well into the second week of the strike, writers have been picketing across Los Angeles and New York City at key media locations. The strike has also effectively shut down production on several scripted productions, while others have decided to pause production in solidarity.Some more notable tit...