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A fourth installment of the Star Trek franchise was announced earlier this year and Chris Hemsworth, who played George Kirk in the first 2009 Star Trek reboot, has hinted that he would return to reprise the role if asked. During an interview with Vanity Fair, Hemsworth spoke about the upcoming film and claimed that he would return to Star Trek if he was asked. “There was talk about me doing the film with Chris Pine at one point. The script was sort of put together, and then it fell apart. If J.J. Abrams called me tomorrow and said, ‘Chris Pine and I want to do it,’ I’d probably say, ‘Yeah, let’s go for it!’” he said. Earlier this year, director J.J. Abrams confirmed during a presentation at the Paramount investors day that Star Trek 4 was on its way. The director stated that they are ...

Tokyo Revengers, a popular manga adapted into an anime series by Liden Films in 2021, has announced the official release date for Season 2. Dubbed the “Christmas Showdown Arc,” the upcoming season will pit Mikey’s biker gang Toman against a group known as the Black Dragons, a powerful and violent gang that has lasted for ten generations. After leaving off on a massive cliffhanger, this season will feature main protagonist Takemichi as a Toman’s First Division Captain as he looks to save and protect those closest to him. For those that have yet to catch up with Season 1, streaming service Crunchyroll offers a synopsis of the series: Takemichi Hanagaki is a freelancer that’s reached the absolute pits of despair in his life. He finds out that the only girlfriend he ever had, in middle school,...

Woody Harrelson believes Jack Harlow‘s White Men Can’t Jump reboot will be better than his original version with Wesley Snipes. Speaking to Yahoo!, the actor — who played Billy Hoyle in the 1992 film — publicly voiced his confidence in the reboot and Harlow’s acting chops. “I feel great,” he said. “I think Jack’s probably gonna crush it. They’re gonna make a better movie than we made. I’m looking forward to watching it.” Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy saw Harrelson and Snipes portray Hoyle and Sidney “Syd” Deane, two basketball hustlers who team up to become a street team tournament duo. Harlow will be taking on Harrelson’s role while Sinqua Walls will be portraying Snipes’ character, whose name has reportedly been changed to Kamal. Teyana Taylor, Lance Reddick and Laura Harrier have als...

After a five-year hiatus, America’s favorite mechanical engineer, Bill Nye, is officially returning to showcase a new NBCUniversal series titled The End is Nye. The upcoming six-episode series will explore how global catastrophes ⁠— from “viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare” — can be both prevented and weathered through the power of science. Ditching his signature lab coat for a three-piece suit, Nye will serve as the executive producer and host for the show. Brannon Braga (Cosmos, Star Trek: First Contact) is attached as director and will appear in cameo appearances alongside Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane. The official synopsis is as follows: “THE END IS NYE sends Bill Nye into the most epic global disasters imaginable –- both n...

Chris Evans revealed he is more than open to returning as Johnny Storm/Human Torch in Fantastic Four — and that it will be “an easier sell” to him than Captain America. Speaking to MTV News, the actor shared that he was never approached to do another film despite his eagerness to. “God, wouldn’t that be great?” he replied. “Wouldn’t that be great? No, no one’s ever come to me about that.” Evans stated the fact that it’s been more than 15 years since he first put on the suit and that John Krasinski recently took up the mantle, “I mean, I don’t exactly look the same anymore. That was 15, almost 20 years ago. Oh my God, I’m old. But I really love that character, but I think… aren’t they doing something now with Fantastic Four?” Evans also acknowledged that there are still variants of Joh...

With Michael Mann writing a noel sequel to 1995’s classic Heat, actor Al Pacino has already decided which actor he would like to play a young version of Lt. Vincent Hanna. During the film’s 25th anniversary celebration — which was delayed by two years due to COVID-19 — at the Tribeca Festival, Pacino revealed that he could see Timothée Chalamet as Hanna. “I mean, he’s a wonderful actor. Great looks,” he said of the 26-year-old actor, and his answer was met with applause. The anniversary celebration of Heat featured a 4K screening of the film, a Q&A panel with Pacino and Robert De Niro, who played Neil McCauley and producer Art Linson. Elsewhere during the conversation, Pacino opened up about working with De Niro. “I’ve often said to people who have asked me about working with him, ‘You...

According to reports, following all of the issues surrounding Ezra Miller, Warner Bros. Pictures will no longer cast the star as Barry Allen/The Flash in the DC Extended Universe. The reports go on to highlight how the star’s recent erratic behavior has been disastrous for the studio. Adding that the studio has tried to work with Miller but the continued behavior has become too much for it to deal with. It is also interesting to note that Warner Bros. that $200 million USD was put into the yet-to-release The Flash film, starring Ezra Miller, to revitalize the DCEU to match the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The removal of Miller could throw off plans. The reports note that all projects related to the actor are likely to be shelved following the release of The Flash, with the film being the las...

Lightyear has failed to live up to its box office expectation on its opening weekend. Lightyear was projected to reach $70 million USD in its opening weekend but earned an underwhelming $51 million, behind Jurassic World Dominion’s $58 million USD. What questioned most was that Lightyear received decent critics; therefore, it is unclear why the film sees such a disappointing opening weekend box office numbers. There have been reports which suggest that Jurassic World Dominion’s IMAX availability was a partial factor. Lightyear is the first Pixar movie to play on the big screen since Onward in 2020. There were a few movie titles produced by the studio during the pandemic which was released onto Disney+ immediately. Lightyear premiered in theatres on June 17, a week after the release of...

Set images of the upcoming Mad Max: Fury Road prequel Furiosa have now surfaced, offering fans of the franchise a first look at what’s to come. Featured in the tweet down below, the images showcase barren lands with post-apocalyptic structures and vehicles you’d expect from a Mad Max film. The film casts Queen’s Gambit star Anya Taylor-Joy as the titular Furiosa, taking on a younger version of Charlize Theron’s character in the 2015 film in order to explore her origin story. Thor actor Chris Hemsworth has also joined the project as the main villain in the prequel, although other details regarding his role remain tightly under wraps for now. “I’ll tell you how it’s going when it’s finished, but it has got off to a lovely start,” director George Miller told Deadline in a recent intervie...

Noah Schnapp warned fans that there will be deaths in the upcoming volume of Stranger Things season four. In a recent interview on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon, the actor confirmed fans can expect “some deaths,” “some gore and a big bang” from volume two. He defended his answer by saying that kind of twist is to be expected, however Fallon reminded him that there are not a lot of characters to pick off. Stranger Things 4 Vol. 1 became Netflix‘s most-watched English TV series in history last week, with the newest season receiving more than 781 million hours of streaming time globally and earning an additional 159 million hours during the week of June 6. It overtook Bridgerton season two for the record, but is still only No. 3 on Netflix’s all-time list, falling behind Money ...

Anime fans are going to be excited to learn that TRIGUN is making a comeback with TRIGUN STAMPEDE. The TRIGUN anime series was introduced in 1998 by Yasuhiro Nightow and follows the wanted gunslinger Vash the Stampede aka “The Humanoid Typhoon” on the planet Gunsmoke, following the destruction of Third City — also known as the July incident. With a massive bounty on his head, Vash, along with Nicholas D. Wolfwood must locate Vash’s twin brother Knives Millions while facing off against the Gung-Ho-Guns. Not much has been released on how this new series will differ but we do know that it will be produced by Orange (BEASTARS/Godzilla Singular Point) with all-new staff and cast, and will be streamed by Crunchyroll. Further news is slated to be revealed at Anime Expo 2022 on Saturday, July 2 at...

Following the release of all seven episodes that make up part one of Stranger Things‘ fourth season, renowned makeup artist Barrie Gower and actor Jamie Campbell Bower took to Instagram to show off photos of the latter’s transformation from Henry Creel/001 into Vecna, and now Netflix has offered fans of the series an even more comprehensive look at the process in a new timelapse video. With Vecna’s true identity and relationship to Millie Bobbie Brown‘s Eleven revealed in episode seven, Netflix has paved the way for a highly anticipated part two for season four, and Will Byers actor Noah Schnapp has now added to the hype by revealing that certain characters will meet their ends in the final two episodes of the season during an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. Tal...