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Steven Spielberg is onto his next big project, recently announcing that he will be adapting one of Stanley Kubrick's long lost films, Napoleon, into a seven-part limited series for HBO.The critically acclaimed director has reportedly set the gears in motion for the film for the past seven years with the television network and is now "mounting a big production" for the series. At the Berlin Film Festival, Spielberg confirms the project, "With the co-operation of Christiane Kubrick and Jan Harlan, we're mounting a large production for HBO based on Stanley’s original script Napoleon. We are working on Napoleon as a seven-part limited series."Kubrick originally had plans to make the film after the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He did extensive research on the French Revolutionary leader an...

Toei Animation recently shared that Adult Swim's Toonami programming block will be airing a crossover between One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, and Toriko. The crossover is the 590th episode of One Piece that follows Episode 492, which saw a crossover between One Piece and Toriko. Never before aired in North America, Toonami jumped from Episode 589 to 591 this past October.Episode 590 of One Piece came as a one-hour special with Toriko's 99th episode that aired in Japan in April 2013. It is currently unclear if the episode airing on Toonami this week will be in Japanese with English subtitles or simply dubbed in English.Titled "History's Strongest Collaboration vs. Glutton of the Sea," the episode centers around the IGO tournament for the Carat meat and features appearances from characters of all ...

As Marvel fans continue to watch Anthony Mackie's Sam Wilson step into the role as the new Captain America, many are wondering if he will be leading the Avengers. In a recent Empire interview, Mackie was asked if Sam Wilson's Captain America will follow in Steve Roger's footsteps to lead the Avengers. Following the events of the Disney+ series, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Sam has finally taken the official place as the next Captain America. Mackie commented on Sam's leadership expectations stating, "Sam is the only character without superpowers. He's just a regular dude hanging out with a bunch of weirdos. Being from New Orleans, I've been in a few fights. And heart and charisma never helped me in a fight. That usually just got me beat up. So that might cause an issue when you go fi...

Appearing at IGN Fan Fest to promote Creed III alongside co-star Jonathan Majors, Michael B. Jordan shared that the film is majorly influenced by anime. Making his directorial debut with the sequel to 2018's Creed II, Jordan noted that he wanted to make his march on the franchise with the fights in the film.Speaking at IGN Fan Fest, Michael B. Jordan revealed that Creed III features a "Dragon Ball Z-like punch" and that he looked to Naruto and My Hero Academia to reinvent and refresh the fight scenes shown."Without nerding out too much...You've seen so many fights throughout the Rocky and Creed franchise, and I really wanted to put my spin on it, you know? How to make these fights different, and you know, from Hajime no Ippo, to Megalo Box, to Naruto, to My Hero Academia, all of those diff...

Disney+ has unveiled a short new teaser for the third season of The Mandalorian.Set to premiere on March 1, the 15-second visual sees Pedro Pascal's Din Djarin/Mando receive a warning from Bo-Katan that Mandalore, his home world, is essentially destroyed. "There's nothing left," Bo-Katan tells Mando. "Go home." In addition, the teaser replays a scene from the official trailer that many suspect to be Grogu's flashback of Order 66 as seen in the Star Wars prequel, which shows Jedi wielding green lightsabers while an unknown figure slices through the door in front of them — a hint that it could be Anakin Skywalker.The Mandalorian season three will pick up where Din Djarin was left off in The Book of Boba Fett, and will follow him and Grogu as he tries to return to Mandalore to face his conseq...

Two iconic bands of heroes will come together in a new comic miniseries. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vs. Street Fighter will, true to its name, see the Turtles and Fighters go to war in an epic showdown when it launches in May 2023.The forthcoming series was announced by publisher IDW, which also provided a first sneak peek at the comic to io9. Written by Paul Allor, the series will span five issues. Art comes from Ariel Medel with colors by Sarah Myer.Donnie, Mikey, Leo, Raph and Jennika trek to Atlantic City to fight in a martial arts competition. Upon their arrival, they find out they’ll be facing off against another talented group of fighters, Street Fighter’s Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li and Guile.While tensions between the groups initially run high, they’re forced to team up to solve a case of...

James Cameron has broken his own record as Avatar: The Way of Water officially surpasses Titanic to become the third-highest grossing film in history.According to reports, The Way of Water has earned $2.2433 billion USD in the worldwide box office, taking over the No. 3 spot held by Titanic's $2.2428 billion USD. The sequel is now in the running to surpass Avengers: Endgame's $2.7 billion USD and the $2.92 billion USD of its own Avatar predecessor. This feat makes Cameron the only filmmaker to ever have three movies gross $2 billion USD and above, and is the director of the first, third and fourth biggest releases in history.In addition, The Way of Water is the highest-grossing movie in history in several countries, such as France, Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Rep, Estonia, Hungary, L...

Despite being one of the lowest-rated Marvel films on Rotten Tomatoes, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania has caused quite a buzz at the box office on opening weekend. The MCU film to kick off Phase Five, charged into theaters beating expectations and even scored the biggest opening weekend of the Ant-Man trilogy. The pint-sized superhero adventures feature Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly as the titular heroes. The movie brought in $110 million USD at the domestic box office and hit expectations of $225 million USD at the global box office. While the film did do well internationally, Variety has reported that the performance in China was abysmal, only making $19.2 million USD. In comparison to its predecessors, the first and second film had openings of $57 million USD and $76 million USD res...

Zach Galifianakis has joined the cast of Disney's live-action adaptation of Lilo & Stitch.The actor's role remains undisclosed as per Variety and is one of the first names to join the cast; Disney is still in the process of casting sisters Lilo and Nani. Dean Fleischer Camp of Marcel the Shell with Shoes On with serve as director, while Chris Kekaniokalani Bright is writing the film, Ryan Halprin executive producing and Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich producing.The adaptation's plot is yet to be confirmed but will supposedly "follow" the original 2022 Lilo & Stitch film, which sees 6-year-old Lilo and her older sister Nani adopt Stitch/Experiment 626, an extraterrestrial being that was first assumed to be a dog.Elsewhere in entertainment, take a look at the trailer for Apple TV+'s Tetr...

Bill Watterson, the creator of the Calvin & Hobbes comic strips has announced a new project after 28 years of inactivity. The new work in planning, The Mysteries, is an illustrated storybook in collaboration with American caricaturist John Kascht and will be aimed at an adult audience.The Mysteries will be published by Andrews McMeel Publishing while Simon & Schuster will act as the official distributor. On Simon & Shuster’s dedicated webpage for the book, the distributor describes The Mysteries as a “fable for grown-ups,” set in “a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities.” The revealed cover art and teasers for its pages come in a monochromatic palette with a softly smudged effect that befits the story’s bleak tone.For this book, Watterson and Kascht worked...

VIZ Media has teamed up with YouTube to bring some of the all-time classic anime and movies available for the streaming platform, all completely free. The list comprises hundreds of episodes from fan-favorite anime series such as the original Sailor Moon, Naruto, Hunter x Hunter, Death Note, Inuyasha, and Mr. Osomatsu. The drop also includes anime movies from the aforementioned titles, as well as iconic titles like Mazinger Z, Infini-T Force, TIGER & BUNNY, K, and Accel World.To make fans’ lives easier, the uploaded episodes have been organized into individual playlists. Do take note that all the newly uploaded titles are provided only with Japanese audio and full English subtitles, and aren’t remastered to adapt to modern aspect ratios.The playlists are currently available to certain ...