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Netflix has provided viewers with more details about its forthcoming adaptation of Liu ​​Cixin’s science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem at its annual Tudum event. The live-action show was first announced in 2020 with Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss leading the project. The series has finally received a release date for 2023, although exactly when next year still hasn’t been determined. The live-action The Three-Body Problem is billed as telling “the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization.” The main cast for the show includes Benedict Wong, Eiza González, Tsai Chin, John Bradley, Liam Cunningham and more. Alexander Woo will executive produce alongside Benioff and Weiss. Hong Kong-based director Derek Tsang has been confirmed as at least o...

Netflix’s hit television series The Witcher has built a cult following since its debut on the streaming service in 2019. As a prequel to the popular book series established by Andrzej Sapkowski, the network will premiere a new spin-off from the series, titled Blood Origin. Set for a Christmas Day release, the news was shared via Netflix’s ‘Geeked’ Twitter page: Gather your clan – The Witcher: Blood Origin is coming to Netflix this December. #TUDUM pic.twitter.com/MZpI6R2iEW — Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) September 24, 2022 With the caption “Gather your clan,” the tweet depicts an image of two hands wielding two opposing weapons. The new series will further examine The Witcher’s storyline of monsters, humans and elves interacting in a fantasy realm – with only four episodes slated to air...

A new trailer is out for the anime Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, a sequel to the eponymous Bleach series based on Tite Kubo’s manga of the same name. It was originally announced in a March 2020 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump that the manga’s final story arc would receive its own anime. Fans have been looking forward to the premiere of Thousand-Year Blood War ever since. With the highly-anticipated series slated to debut next month, Viz Media has shared a new short clip teasing the fast-paced action to come. Directed by Tomohisa Taguchi, Thousand-Year Blood War will run on TV Tokyo in four cours with breaks in between. For those unfamiliar, cours span three months and typically consist of around a dozen episodes. The series will follow the storyline of the original manga up until its ending...

HBO Max has released the first teaser trailer of its highly-anticipated The Last of Us series adaptation. Soundtracked to Hank Williams’ “Alone and Forsaken,” the two-minute teaser gives fans a first look at the Clickers — one of the stronger infected beings that have been exposed to the Cordyceps brain infection — as well as the likes of Joel (Pedro Pascal), Ellie (Bella Ramsey), Bill (Nick Offerman) and more in action. Fans also pointed out the possibility of the series adapting the game’s prologue shot-for-shot, exciting many as Joel was seen trying to find a way out with his daughter Sarah (Nico Parker). The upcoming series is co-created and written by Craig Mazin of Chernobyl fame and Naughty Dog co-president and The Last of Us game director/writer Neil Druckmann. Also joining Pascal ...

With the recent Tudum: 2022 Netflix Global Fan Festival in full swing, taking place around the globe in countries like South Korea, Europe, America, India, Latin America and Japan, fans have been able to participate and interact with some of their favorite characters. The cast of Stranger Things recently joined in on an event, hosted by titular star Millie Bobby Brown, who was able to answer fan questions. At the same time, the streaming giant released a bloopers reel of taken during the show’s fourth season. Stranger Things has arguably become one of Netflix’s most popular shows. To hold fans over for the highly-anticipated fifth season, the bloopers show just how close-knit the cast is with one another. The blooper reel sees Brown start off being surprised by the camera in her face and f...

Netflix has unveiled the premiere date of The Crown season five. Announced during the streamer’s TUDUM event, the historical drama series returns after two years and will premiere on November 9. Its newest season will be set in the early to mid-90s and will feature yet another recasting as the story of the late Queen Elizabeth II progresses, with Imelda Staunton — who may be familiar to younger audiences as Dolores Umbridge in Harry Potter: The Order of the Phoenix and The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 — will take on the role of Her Majesty while Dominic West and Elizabeth Debicki will play Prince Charles and Princess Diana, respectively. Also joining the cast are Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville and Jonathan Pryce, who will play Camilla Parker Bowles, Princess Margaret and Prince Philip, ...

Netflix has unveiled the first trailer of Alice in Borderland season two. The Japanese science fiction thriller drama returns after two years and sees Kento Yamazaki and Tao Tsuchiya return as Ryōhei Arisu and Yuzuha Usagi. The show’s new footage sees the pair digging through Borderland in an attempt to come back to their world, and is now set in a ruined Shibuya covered in plants. Nijiro Murakami, Ayaka Miyoshi, Dori Sakurada, Aya Asahina, Yutaro Watanabe, Tsuyoshi Abe, Sho Aoyagi and Riisa Naka will return as the recurring cast while Shinsuke Sato will serve as director and co-screenwriter alongside Yasuko Kuramitsu, and Kaata Sakamotoi will executive produce. “We had these really large-scale scenes everyday and the world of the show is bigger than ever. I enjoyed filming the show very m...

James Earl Jones has reportedly stepped back from voicing Darth Vader after over 40 years. According to a story from Vanity Fair, which focuses on the Ukrainian start-up company Respeecher, the 91-year-old “signed off” on utilizing Respeecher’s AI technology to recreate his voice as Darth Vader. The company used the tech and Jones’ archival recordings to bring Vader to life in the recent Obi-Wan Kenobi series, although the actor himself guided the performance and will continue to give advice to Respeecher for its future work with Vader. In addition to voicing vader, Respeecher also teamed up with Lucasfilm to recreate the voice of a young Luke Skywalker — originally portrayed by Mark Hamill — in The Book of Boba Fett. Bogdan Belyaev, a synthetic-speech artist at the company, also opened up...

Ahead of the premiere of the long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, Avatar has been released in theatres to drum up buzz and interest, once again. The James Cameron film returns to the big screens 13 years after its original release, finding itself No. 1 at the box office after so many years. Its triumphant return shows that fans are still eager to follow the storyline. The famed director recently revealed that he was worried the second Avatar film would lose its relevancy after a decade, but it appears that the popularity for his film still holds true almost a decade and a half later. The theatrical re-release of the film is remastered in 4K High Dynamic range. In a virtual press conference, Cameron said, “We authored the film for the big screen, for the giant screen, in 3D. [N]ow ...

To gear up for one of the most highly anticipated sports documentaries of the year, Netflix has dropped a new teaser for the upcoming The Redeem Team featuring NBA superstars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Chris Paul, Carmelo Anthony, and others. In this particular teaser trailer, the team pinpoints the moment Bryant set the tone for the rest of them, instilling the championship mentality. Both the Spanish team and the American team were the biggest gold medal contenders at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bryant’s teammates recall what exactly Bryant did to make it known that he was not here to play around. James remembers that prior to the USA vs. Spain game, Bryant said that he would run into his NBA teammate Pau Gasol‘s chest. James, along with Wade, Chris Bosh, and others were skep...

As we kick off the final week of September, HBO Max has unveiled its slate of new programming for October 2022. Next month’s list is led by the premiere of the third season of The White Lotus, along with Pennyworth, The Vow: Part Two and Wahl Street. Fan favorites such as Call Me By Your Name, Nightcrawler, Juno and more will also make its way on to the streaming service. Meanwhile, October will mark the last month subscribers can catch the likes of Key & Peele, the first two seasons of Chappelle’s Show and Nathan For You. Check out the full list below. Coming to HBO Max October 1 Æon Flux, 2005 (HBO) Along Came A Spider, 2001 (HBO) Bad News Bears, 2005 (HBO) Bad Teacher, 2011 Before I Fall, 2017 (HBO) Before Mickey Mouse: A History of American Animation Black Nativity, 2013 (Director’...

Vince Gilligan, the creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, has cast a familiar face in his new show. The forthcoming series, which has yet to be titled, will see Gilligan once again join forces with Better Call Saul’s Rhea Seehorn. Seehorn portrayed attorney Kim Wexler, appearing in nearly all of the show’s episodes across six seasons. The actress’ portrayal of Wexler went on to win her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series just earlier this year. The project has already received a two-season straight-to-series order from Apple TV+, according to Deadline. The publication compared Gilligan’s show to The Twilight Zone, describing it as “set in our world while putting a tweak on it, bending reality and focusing on people and exploring the human condition in...