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In Hakusensha's 2023, Issue 8 of Young Animal, the semimonthly Japanese seinen manga magazine shared a release date for Volume 42 of the late Kentaro Miura's Berserk manga. Set to be released in Japan, the upcoming release will serve as the first new volume since Kentaro Miura's death on May 6, 2021.Volume 42 of Berserk will be released with a special edition bundled with a Guts figure. Additionally, A new chapter of the manga will be published in the combined ninth and 10th issue of Young Animal available April 28 in Japan.Following Miura's death, the Berserk manga went on hiatus and resumed serialization in Young Animal June 2022. The releases now feature the credits: "Original work by Kentaro Miura, manga by Studio Gaga, supervised by Kouji Mori." Studio Gaga, Miura's studio, is compris...

HBO and The Weeknd's upcoming drama series The Idol has been confirmed as an Official Selection Out of Competition at the 2023 Festival de Cannes.The news was confirmed by the festival itself, with Cannes Delegate General Thierry Frémaux stating that he anticipates The Weeknd's personal appearance at this year's festival as the artist is a regular patron; he revealed that The Weeknd has a history of previously attending Cannes covertly to screen the selections competing.It remains to be seen how many episodes will premiere at Cannes.The Idol stars The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp as Tedros and Jocelyn, with the likes of Dan Levy, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Eli Roth, Hari Nef, Jane Adams, Jennie Ruby Jane, Mike Dean, Moses Sumney, Rachel Sennott, Ramsey, Suzanna Son and Hank Azaria also joining the...

Jennifer Lopez will do anything to save her daughter in Netflix’s upcoming action film, The Mother. The actress and singer portrays a military-trained assassin, who cut a deal with the FBI years earlier that allowed her to go into hiding in the Alaskan wilderness but simultaneously forced her to give up her daughter.Years later, when the daughter she’s never met is kidnapped, she’s forced to come out of hiding and hunt down the men who took her.Netflix has shared a first look at the new movie, previewing Lopez’s character, simply known as “The Mother,” and her action-ready skillset.Lucy Paez plays her 12-year-old daughter, who she must teach to fight for herself. Additional members of the main cast include Paul Raci, Joseph Fiennes, Gael García Bernal and Omari Hardwick.The Mother is direc...

Sony Pictures first teased the Resident Evil: Death Island movie with a 30-second teaser back in February. Now, a much longer official trailer confirming the movie’s Japan premiere date has been dropped.Although intended as a sequel to the 2017 Resident Evil: Vendetta animated feature, Death Island follows the events of the Resident Evil 4 game, while the former film’s premise takes place between Resident Evil 6 and Resident Evil 7. In Death Island, the narrative centers around Leon S. Kennedy’s rescue mission of Dr. Antonio Taylor. As revealed in the action-packed trailer, fellow surviving protagonists from the franchise will also be joining Leon on the mission, this includes Chris Redfield, Claire Redfield, Rebecca Chambers, and Jill Valentine.Resident Evil: Death Island is set to premie...

HBO has officially confirmed that a new Game of Thrones prequel is on its way. Earlier this month, reports indicated that HBO was in talks to produce another prequel, focusing on Aegon I Targaryen. Since the initial announcement, more details have surfaced during Warner Bros. Discovery's presentation to the press about MAX. The upcoming prequel is set to be based on the Dunk and Eggs books from George R.R. Martin. The series is set to follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall, also known as Dunk, and the young Aego V Targaryen, Egg. The events occur 90 years before A Song of Ice and Fire. At the moment, the series is titled, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight.The official plotline states, "A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westero...

As John Wick: Chapter 4 continues to amaze crowds in theaters, Lionsgate is now gearing up to share the continuation of the assassin franchise it has started with Keanu Reeves. Teasing what is coming to Peacock, the streaming platform shared an official teaser for The Continental: From the World of John Wick set to arrive later this year.Set in New York during the 1970s, the upcoming series will offer a differing subject matter, choosing to chronicle the assassins that reside in the famed Continental Hotel. Although violence is prohibited on the grounds of the hotel, the teasers show the coins and action that we expect from a John Wick spinoff. Set to star Mel Gibson, who is interestingly missing from the teaser, The Continental: From the World of John Wick focuses on the younger versions ...

Sending fans into a frenzy, Wiz Khalifa recently announced an upcoming collaboration with Mia Khalifa. Taking to Twitter, the artist revealed that he has teamed up with the former adult film star for a release with his marijuana brand, Khalifa Kush.In the post, Wiz Khalifa shared an image of himself with the actress, accompanied by a caption that read, "Y’all are gonna LOVE this Khalifa Kush collab I got comin' wit @miakhalifa." Immediately after being posted, fans began to share their excitement about the meeting between the two Khalifas that many have been waiting for. Developed in the 2010s and launched in 2016, Khalifa Kush is a strain of cannabis from Wiz Khalifa that he often raps about, nicknaming the brand "KK" in his music.For those unaware, Mia Khalifa shot to fame in the adult i...

Following word of development for The Penguin early last year, the highly-anticipated MAX, formerly known as HBO Max, The Batman spinoff series has now received an in-production teaser. The in-production series shows how The Penguin will pick up where Matt Reeves’ 2022 film.Starring Collin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot, the mob boss begins his siege to control Gotham's underworld following the demise of Salvatore Maroni. The behind-the-scenes look shares moments of filming that reveal the continued stylized dark aesthetic with Reeves serving as Executive Producer. Starring alongside Farrell is Cristin Milioti as Carmine Falcone’s daughter Sofia Falcone, Michael Zegen as Carmine’s son Alberto Falcone, and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni.The in-production teaser for The Penguin was revealed a...

A24 has dropped the official trailer for Danny and Michael Philippou's forthcoming horror, Talk to Me.Originally making its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, the film marks the feature directorial debut of the Philippou twins, who initially shot to fame with their RackaRacka YouTube channel. Talk to Me focuses on the ability of an embalmed hand to connect the world of the living with the supernatural and follows Mia (Sophie Wilde), who leads a séance gone wrong during the eve of her mom's death. Her prolonged contact with the hand seemingly left the door to the supernatural world open, bringing unspeakable horrors into the world of the living.Watch the trailer above. Talk to Me premieres in the United States on July 28.Elsewhere in entertainment, The Last of Us series crea...

The latest installment of Demon Slayer’s TV anime, the Swordsmith Village Arc just had premiered over the weekend. On the following day, an announcement was posted on the official website confirming the news that the Entertainment District Arc will receive a live-action stage adaption.The first stage play for Demon Slayer debuted back in January 2020 in Tokyo and was welcomed with good reception. In succession, two more stage plays based on the popular manga have been produced — Kizuna in 2021, and the Mugen Train Arc in 2022.In the new stage adaptation, Shogo Sakamoto will play the hero, Tanjiro Kamado, while Karen Takahashi, Keisuke Ueda, and Yugo Sato will reprise their roles as Nezuko Kamado, Zenitsu Agatsuma, and Inosuke Hashibara. While the glamorous fan-favorite Sound Hashira, Tenge...

The Last of Us showrunner Craig Mazin has revealed that he's open to changing Joel's storyline for the HBO show's upcoming second season — and those who have yet to play The Last of Us Part II should be warned for spoilers ahead.In series actor Pedro Pascal's recent Esquire cover story, Mazin summed up that fans should be ready for anything to happen to Joel. “This should be fairly obvious to anyone by now, but I don’t fear killing characters,” he said, referring to how the video game counterpart kills off Joel earlier in the game and puts a heavier emphasis on Ellie's story. “But the important thing to note is that neither Neil [Druckmann, who co-created and exec-produces the series with Mazin] nor I feel constrained by the source material.”Co-star Bella Ramsey, who portrays Ellie, also t...