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Black Mirror viewers have been waiting for season six of the show for the past few years now. The fifth season of the sci-fi anthology series debuted in 2019 and was a short one at that, clocking in at just three episodes.Fans thankfully won’t have to wait much longer for their next dose of Charlie Brooker’s eerie Netflix series, which will be slightly longer at five episodes. Ahead of its premiere on the streamer on June 15, an official trailer is out for Black Mirror season six.One of the more meta plotlines of an episode seems to be a Netflix show mirroring a woman’s (played by Annie Murphy) real life events, being updated on a daily basis.Alongside Schitt’s Creek’s Murphy, the star-studded cast includes Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman...

Erykah Badu is set to make an appearance in Malcolm Washington's The Piano Lesson.The Baduizm artist will make a musical cameo and stars alongside Samuel L. Jackson, Malcolm's brother John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Danielle Deadwyler, Michael Potts and Corey Hawkins. The Piano Lesson is a film adaptation of August Wilson's 1987 play of the same name, which recently concluded its Broadway revival run and set a record for the highest grossing revival of a play on Broadway and the highest grossing Wilson production on Broadway; Jackson and Washington will be reprising their roles from the Broadway revival.Denzel Washington, the father of Malcolm and John David, will be producing alongside Todd Black, while Denzel's daughter Katia Washington, and Constanza Romero and Jennifer Roth will ser...

HBO has dropped off the final trailer for its Sam Levinson-directed series, The Idol, ahead of its premiere on June 4.The show stars Lily-Rose Depp as Jocelyn, a rising pop star on a mission to reignite her fame after canceling her last tour, and The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye) as Tedros, a nightclub owner and cult leader who promises to help Jocelyn elevate her career to unforeseen heights. "You're the American dream," Tedros tells Jocelyn in a voiceover. "Rags to riches. Trailers to mansions. You are f*cking Jocelyn."Later, a troubled voice, off-screen, says, "He's brainwashed her," before Tesfaye's character appears hauntingly laughing. "You're not a human being. You're a star," he says in the trailer's closing.In addition to Depp and Tesfaye, the heavyweight cast includes Troye Sivan, Dan Le...

For over a decade now, the name Robert Downey Jr. has been synonymous with Tony Stark and Iron Man. However, actor and director Jon Favreau recently revealed that it was almost not the case. It appears that Downey Jr. was not always supposed to play the tech billionaire philanthropist who is a superhero by night. In a conversation with Marvel boss Kevin Feige, Favreau recalls the time when the actor was supposed to play a completely different character. He said, "I remember you had all met with [Downey] already for like Doctor Doom or something on another project. I think he had come through on maybe Fantastic Four, so everybody sort of knew who he was." Recently, Favreau and Feige sat down for a retrospective look at the Iron Man film from 15 years ago that kicked off the MCU. In the conv...

Critically acclaimed moviemaker Martin Scorsese recently completed a post-Cannes tour of Italy that included a visit and meeting with Pope Francis. During a Rome conference at the Vatican, Scorsese announced that his next film will focus on Jesus. Scorsese explained, "I have responded to the Pope's appeal to artists in the only way I know how: by imagining and writing a screenplay for a film about Jesus. He added, "And I'm about to start making it," implying that this will be his next project. Prior to the conference, Scorsese and his wife met the Pope during a brief private meeting at the Vatican over the weekend. The conference itself was organized by Jesuit publication La Civiltà Cattolica and Georgetown University. According to Antonio Spadaro, editor of the religious periodical, duri...

From the trailers we have already received, we already know that Miles Morales will be coming face-to-face with a bunch of Spider-People in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, the young Spider-Man will be introduced to the Spider Society comprised of similar heroes from around the universe.Sitting down with Collider, directors Kemp Powers, Joaquim Dos Santos, and Justin Thompson touched on the new Spider-People we can expect to see. Aside from the return of Peter B. Parker, Spider-Gwen, Spider-Man Noir, and Peter Porker, the film is set to feature 280 Spider-People including Spider-Punk, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Woman, Spider-Man India, Spider-Cat, and many more."The exact number? Oh boy, we kept adding, like all the way up until the very...

After it was announced in January that Netflix's live-action adaptation of One Piece will be arriving in 2023, we now get another new visual from the One Piece Staff team confirming that the 10-episode series is still on track to launch later this year.Echoing the original storyline, viewers of the live-action show will see the Straw Hat Pirates, led by Luffy, embark on a journey in search of the mythical "One Piece" treasure. The series is produced by Tomorrow Studios, the team behind Snowpiercer and the Cowboy Bebop live-action adaptation. Showrunners include Matt Owens and Steven Maeda, and joining them is none other than series creator Eiichiro Oda who serves as executive producer. The main cast which includes Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami...

Adding to all the artificial intelligence entertainment that has come about as of late, we now have a look at what Avatar would be like from director Wes Anderson. Titled The Peculiar Pandora Expedition, the AI-generated video comes as a trailer that expresses epic science fiction film in the style of the director.The two-minute-long trailer expresses the background and characters of Avatar with Wes Anderson's signature outlook defined by fanciful colors and playful scene competition. The Na'vi are also played by AI versions of Anderson's close collaborators Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Owen Wilson. It is also interesting to the menacing Amplified Mobility Platform Suit is depicted as a rotund and cute mechanical creation.Watch AI-generated Avatar by Wes Anderson | The ...

Netflix has officially renewed The Witcher for a fifth season.The news was confirmed by casting director Sophie Holland, who is also working on the likes of The Continental, Heads Of State and the Beetlejuice sequel. She revealed to Variety, "We’re just about to start filming on season four with Liam Hemsworth and there will be a short gap then we go straight into season five."The upcoming third season of The Witcher, which makes it part one premiere this June, will be Henry Cavill's last ride as Geralt of Rivia before he is replaced by Liam Hemsworth. When asked if she was "surprised" about Cavill's departure from the role, Holland answered, "I probably won’t comment on that one. I’d love to, but I won’t." She added, "I really look forward to seeing what Liam brings. He has a big fan base...