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Harley Quinn has officially been renewed for a fourth season at HBO Max. The Hollywood Reporter has announced that the fan-favourite adult animated series from DC Comics will feature a new showrunner, Sarah Peters. Peters has previously written for the show throughout its past three seasons. She is currently a consulting producer on the show and will now serve as the executive producer and showrunner. Peters takes over the role from Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker. The news is announced just a few weeks prior to the season three finale, set to premiere on September 15. The third season of the series follows Harley and Poison Ivy as they return to Gotham as the new DC villain power couple. The announcement also arrives as Warner Bros. Discovery is in the middle of finding its new stra...

Noah Baumbach’s forthcoming satire White Noise has received its release dates. Based on the novel White Noise by Don DeLillo, the new movie stars Don Cheadle, Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig alongside costars André Benjamin a.k.a. André 3000, Jodie Turner-Smith, Sam Gold, Barbara Sukowa and more. The film details the life of a celebrated professor named Jack Gladney (Adam Driver) and the subsequent events that follow when a chemical spill occurs in his hometown. Alongside this, the story grapples with the reality of everyday life and uncertainty. “I read Don DeLillo’s novel in college in the late 1980s, and it felt like now, or the now of then. It captured perfectly the absurdity, horror and madness of America at that time,” said Baumbach in a release. “I reread it again in the early months o...

Tessa Thompson and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have been cast in the Flying Lotus-directed sci-fi, Ash. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Thor staple will play the role of a woman who awakens on a far away planet, alone after her space station crew were murdered. She must then make the decision of whether she should trust the man, portrayed by Gordon-Levitt, who was sent to rescue her. As they try to figure out who killed her crew, secrets are uncovered and Gordon-Levitt’s character suspects Thompson’s of being involved. Ash is set to begin production in New Zealand in 2023 and is produced by XYZ Films and GFC Films and executive produced by Neill Blomkamp. Pre-sale tickets for the film will be available at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. In related news, Joseph Gordon-Levitt...

Rosario Dawson co-stars and serves as the producer of Normal Ain’t Normal, a forthcoming scripted anthology series exploring the daily lives of people as the world emerges from a global pandemic. Slated for release on Buzzfeed next month, the series was created by Yvan Iturriaga and Josh Healey out of a partnership between BuzzFeed and Offsides Productions. While the trailer is just a minute long, it offers a glimpse at how the anthology’s characters are forced to adapt to post-pandemic life in Oakland, California. From being overworked at their jobs to dealing with recurring rent hikes, their struggles emphasize the importance of neighbors relying on one another and coming together as a community. Alongside Dawson, the main cast includes D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai and Martin Sensmeier. Each of ...

A.A. Milne’s beloved Winnie the Pooh books are taking a thrilling, bloodthirsty turn in the first trailer for an upcoming horror film, titled Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. The movie follows Winne (Craig David Dowsett) and his best friend Piglet (Chris Cordell), who enter a feral rampage after their human friend Christopher Robin (Nikolai Leon) departs for college. Providing a first look at all of the horrors headed to Hundred Acre Wood, the twisted trailer sees the bloodthirsty animals stalking human prey and the two titular liquids being mysteriously poured into the same vessel. Rhys Waterfield, who directs the movie, is producing alongside Scott Jeffrey’s Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Productions. Aside from Dowsett, Cordell and Leon, the movie stars Maria Taylor as Maria...

As Venice Film Festival is around the corner, director Sally Potter has released a teaser for her 16-minute short film titled Look at Me, featuring Chris Rock and Javier Bardem. The latest film from Potter also features actor/dancer Savion Glover. Originally, the scenes were a part of Potter’s most recent full length film, The Roads Not Taken which followed a writer with early stages of dementia. However, the short has now become a sequence of its own and sees the plot center around fundraising gala rehearsals where Rock’s character, the gala director, gets into increasingly-escalating showdowns with their temperamental rock drummer, played by Bardem. In the film’s promotional material, Potter noted that the scenes were originally shot for her recent feature. However, she felt that the sto...

A sequel to Jordan Peele‘s NOPE could be on the horizon, with the followup focusing on the character only billed as “Nobody” on IMDb. Speaking to The New York Times, the filmmaker shared that there’s more to the character, who is portrayed by Michael Busch. “The story of that character has yet to be told, I can tell you that,” Peele stated. “Which is another frustrating way of saying, I’m glad people are paying attention. I do think they will get more answers on some of these things in the future. We’re not over telling all of these stories.” “People are doing a lot of interesting detective work,” Peele added in regards to Nobody, who does not appear int he actual film but can be spotted in the trailer just casually walking while everyone around him panics. Speaking to HYPEBEAST, Peel...

In a recent interview with The New Yorker, Halloween franchise creator John Carpenter claims that Halloween Ends may not be the last installment. The trailer for Halloween Ends debuted last month, giving die-hard fans a teaser of what to expect for the upcoming film. Carpenter, who is behind the slasher saga, spoke about potentially growing the franchise and adding more sequels. He told the publication, “If a movie makes enough money, you can be assured that it will [get a sequel].” When asked if Halloween Ends would be the final film in the franchise, Carpenter did not give a definitive answer, “I will have to see how much money it makes!” His response reaffirms his earlier interview with the Pittsburg Post Gazette where he shared similar sentiments about whether or not the franchise is c...

Nicolas Cage is set to star in A24‘s upcoming comedy Dream Scenario, written and directed by Kristoffer Borgli and produced by Hereditary and Midsommar’s Ari Aster. Plot details are yet to be revealed, however Variety reports that Aster is co-producing alongside Lars Knudsen for their Square Peg banner, Jacob Jaffke and Tyler Campellone, while A24 finances and produces. Dream Scenario will mark the fourth collaborative effort between A24 and Square Peg after Hereditary, Midsommar and Disappointment Blvd — the latter of which will star Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Patti LuPone, Amy Ryan and Parker Posey. Cage recently played a fictionalized version himself in the action-comedy The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, which received positive reviews. Stay tuned for an official trailer and r...

Millie Bobby Brown‘s Eleven might have won the fight against Jamie Campbell Bower‘s Vecna at the end of Stranger Things Season 4, but Duffer Brothers have clearly left more room to explore the terrifying villain’s story arc by leaving him alive, and now the English actor has teased his revenge in the show’s upcoming fifth and final season. Speaking to NME in an interview, Bower says that Vecna is very much determined to take his revenge on Eleven, her friends, and Hawkins, and that the audience would be wrong to think he’s retreated to nurse his wounds. “He’s pissed, he’s properly vexed,” he remarked. “I don’t think he’s slunk off licking his wounds in misery. He’s rebuilding, and he’s out for blood. It’s like, you’ve really fucking pushed the buttons now, that classic Jason Voor...

After his last appearance in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Ben Kingsley is slated to return to the MCU to reprise his role as Trevor Slattery in the upcoming Wonder Man series on Disney+. The series was first announced back in June and is still currently in production. Variety was the first to reveal that Kinglsey will join the cast of the series, though it is uncertain how great of role he has. The series is set to focus on Marvel’s Simon Williams character, also known as Wonder Man. In the comics, Williams is depicted as an affluent industrialist whose company is in direct competition with Tony Stark’s Stark Industries. Due to the competitive nature and success of Stark Industries, his company falls to hard time. In the midst of his decline, he accepts superpowers from villa...

As Netflix prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, releasing a 2-minute short film celebrating how far its come from its humble beginnings, it shares an interesting fact about its popular streaming service. Just in case you were wondering, the most used profile icon on the platform is of The Boss Baby, used by more than 11 million profiles. With so many profile options — from record-breaking shows such as Arcane to classics such as Shaun the Sheep — the popularity of The Boss Baby icon may have come down to its widespread family-friendly appeal. The Boss Baby premiered in 2017, grossing an impressive $528 million USD worldwide before going on to produce several spinoff TV series and a sequel. Look for Netflix to drop more 25th anniversary tidbits in the coming months. The #1 most ...