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Idris Elba has opened up about how the "disgusting" racism turned him off from the role of James Bond.In a recent appearance on the SmartLess podcast, the actor shared that he was first very excited about the idea of becoming the next 007 — but then "it became about race," and the topic turned sour. “The truth is, I was super complimented for a long time about this,” Elba said. “I was like, ‘This is crazy!’ James Bond…We’re all actors and we understand that role. It’s one of those coveted [roles]. Being asked to be James Bond was like, ‘Ok, you’ve sort of reached the pinnacle’. That’s one of those things the whole world has a vote in.”“Essentially, it was a huge compliment that every corner of the world except from some corners, which we will not talk about, were really happy about the ide...

Earlier this year, Naruto's late father, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, was chosen by fans as the top choice in the worldwide character popularity poll "Narutop 99," in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Naruto franchise. Topping the poll, creator Masashi Kishimoto is now set to draw an original short manga centered around Minato.Minato Namikaze's one-shot manga will be featured in this year's 33rd issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine set to realize July 18. The 33rd issue this year also marks the 55th anniversary of Weekly Shonen Jump. The upcoming release will serve as the first one-shot from Masashi Kishimoto in seven years, the last being Naruto Gaiden ~Michita Tsuki ga Terasu Michi~ (Naruto Side Story ~The Path That the Waxing Moon Illuminates~) in April 2016.C...

The complete cast for Netflix's Squid Game season two has been announced.Joining season one returnees Lee Jung-jae, Lee Byung-hun, Wi Ha-jun and Gong Yoo, and the previously announced members Si-wan, Kang Ha-Neul, Park Sung-hoon and Yang Dong-geun, are Park Gyu-young, Jo Yu-ri, Kang Ae-sim, Lee David, Lee Jin-uk, Choi Seung-hyun, Roh Jae-won and Won Ji-an. Their character details are yet to be announced.Hwang Dong-hyuk will return to direct and write, as well as executive produce alongside Kim Ji-yeon. The cast members and showrunners gathered for their first table read earlier this week and confirmed production to begin later this year.Stay tuned for an official trailer and release date.Elsewhere in entertainment, Donald Glover is returning for the Community movie.Click here to view full ...

Donald Glover will officially be returning for the forthcoming Community movie.The announcement was made by co-star Joel McHale during a recent appearance on Kelly Ripa's Let's Talk Off Camera podcast, "Donald's coming back and that's really important. The fact that Donald's gonna do it, that was the big piece." He continued, "But I think everyone's coming back. I mean, so far we're pretty good. And I think that will happen. If not then, you know, Donald will be there."Although Peacock has not confirmed the news, McHale is essentially supporting Glover's statements from April when he told GQ that "we're supposed to be shooting it soon." He added, "Haven't seen the script, don't know. In true Dan [Harmon] fashion, we'll probably get it on the first day...it's supposed to be happening. I kno...

A trailer is out for the film adaptation of Five Nights at Freddy’s. The franchise debuted in 2014 with the inaugural video game created by Scott Cawthon and has produced eight more installments over the past decade.The game follows an employee at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza working the night shift. After locking up, he discovers that the restaurant’s animatronic characters come to life and must defend himself against them until the sun rises.Josh Hutcherson stars as unknowing nighttime security guard Mike Schmidt who shows up for his first work shift at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. It’s not long, however, before he discovers he’s not alone at the restaurant.Cawthon wrote the film alongside Seth Cuddeback and its director Emma Tammi. In addition to Josh Hutcherson, the cast also includes Elizabeth L...

John Wick: Chapter 4 is set to launch an extended director's cut.The fourth installment in the John Wick franchise was released this past March and has grossed over $432 million USD worldwide – making it the franchise's highest-grossing film. Additionally, the latest film was the longest installment, which clocked in at 2 hours and 49 minutes. Now, the film is set to be even longer with the forthcoming release of its director's cut.The new edition is currently in production and is set to include an additional 10-15 minutes alongside characters that did not make the theater version. "We cut out a big chunk of Berlin, a whole character called The Frau, which is a pretty funny scene with John, and another scene between him and Tracker, a few other little action beats that we put back in," dir...

The Walk of Fame Selection Panel of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce have officially unveiled its Class of 2024, which will include the likes of the late Chadwick Boseman, Dr. Dre and Michelle Yeoh.The honorees were selected from hundreds of nominees in six categories. The category of Motion Pictures named Boseman, Yeoh, Kevin Feige, Gal Gadot, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chris Meledandri, Chris Pine and Christina Ricci; the category of Television named Ken Jeong, Eugene Levy, Mario Lopez, Jim Nantz, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michael Schur, Kerry Washington and Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan; the category of Recording named Dr. Dre, Glen Ballard, Toni Braxton, Def Leppard, Charles Fox, Sammy Hagar, Brandy Norwood, Darius Rucker and Gwen Stefani; the category of Live Theatre/Live Performance named Jane Kr...

DC's James Gunn and Peter Safran have found Superman: Legacy's Clark Kent and Lois Lane in David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan.According to reports, Corenswet and Brosnahan won the part following two-day tests in full costume and makeup, with one of the days seeing all the three actors up for the role in the full Superman garb. With the lead casting officially locked down, Gunn is now focusing his attention on casting Lex Luthor and supporting characters such as Jimmy Olsen.Superman: Legacy is set to hit theaters on July 11, 2025.Elsewhere in entertainment, check out everything coming to and leaving Netflix in July 2023.Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast

HBO has officially confirmed that The Idol starring The Weeknd and Lily Rose Depp, will be ending its first season with five episodes, as opposed to the originally reported six. The announcement of ending one episode early comes after a series of backlash HBO and the show has faced since its launch.TVLine reported that now the finale, titled "Jocelyn Forever" is set to air this Sunday. While HBO's reps have declined to comment on why, a source tells the publication, "The season ended up being five episodes when it was all said and done after Sam [Levinson] took over and made significant changes. The story only ended up requiring 5." The controversial series follows Lily-Rose Depp as a pop starlet who falls under the spell of a club promoter played by The Weeknd. Rumors of the series' cance...

After a decade-long break, Futurama's Planet Express crew is preparing to make their grand return to global screens. Hulu on Tuesday dropped off the official trailer for its upcoming season 11, which sees Fry, Leela, Bender and the rest of the squad survive a "massive disruption in the flow of time" to face several present-day topics, including a pandemic, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence.The series' original voice cast, including Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille, Maurice LaMarche, Lauren Tom, Phil LaMarr and David Herman, have returned for the reboot. The series was created by Matt Groening and David X. Cohen, who are also credited as executive producers, alongside Ken Keeler and Claudia Katz.Here's the official synopsis for the forthcoming season: “After ...

Netflix's fantasy drama series, The Witcher, has released a new trailer in anticipation of the season three release.The forthcoming season is set to be the last for its star Henry Cavill. The new trailer reveals a glimpse of what's to come including epic battles and tales of love from the misunderstood monster slayer. The story follows Geralt and Yennefer coming together to train Ciri to control her magic. It is said that the new season is loosely based on the plot of Time of Contempt from The Witcher by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.As Cavill is departing the series, Liam Hemsworth is set to pick up the role of Geralt of Rivia. Season 3 of The Witcher is divided into two parts. Volume 1, which contains five episodes, will release on Thursday, June 29. Volume 2, which contains three epis...