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The arrival of Creed III is near with the revealing of the new promotional posters alongside the official release date. The third iteration of the Rocky spin-off series sees the return of Michael B. Jordan alongside the new addition of Jonathan Majors. Also returning are castmates Tessa Thompson, Phylicia Rashad and more. The newly released promotional posters showcase Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors in the corners of boxing rings preparing to fight. Also featured on the posters is the phrase “you can’t run from your past.” The posters also reveal the film’s new release date of March 3, 2023. Previously, the film was set to release in November of this year. Aside from Jordan’s star role in the series, the forthcoming iteration marks the actor’s directorial debut. In other news, the f...

Quavo is making his on-screen debut in the upcoming action thriller film Takeover. Starring alongside Billy Zane, who is known for his role in Titanic, the rapper will portray Guy Miller, a former criminal in Atlanta, Georgia, looking to get his life back on track. Miller ends up sucked back in, however, this time falling into the city’s illicit street racing scene. Zane, meanwhile, will play a character named Gamal Akopyan that runs an international heist ring. In the first behind-the-scenes footage shared on social media, Quavo is shown battling it out with a man against a greenscreen backdrop. The character, whose identity is unknown, appears to have a leg up on Quavo’s Miller as he throws him to the ground. Filming is taking place in Atlanta, with the project as the joint effort of Tri...

Following rumors that he would enter the Marvel Cinematic Universe earlier this month, Harrison Ford has officially joined the cast of Captain America: New World Order, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The top-shelf actor will appear in the role of General Ross, which was previously played by the late William Hurt. The film, directed by The Cloverfield Paradox‘s Julius Onah, stars Anthony Mackie reprising his character of Sam Wilson. Following the events of last year’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, which concluded with Wilson accepting the revered Captain America shield, the forthcoming movie will see Mackie’s character sporting the red, white and blue uniform. In addition to Captain America, Ford will also depict Ross in Marvel‘s Thunderbolts film, which is sl...

Adam Sandler has added seven more dates to his upcoming Fall 2022 standup comedy tour. The comic has extended his tour from a 15-date to a 22-date engagement that will now take place until December. Fans can catch Sandler kick off the tour on October 20 in Uncasville, Phoenix and in areas like Boston, Atlantic City and Raleigh until mid-November. The comic will take a short break before resuming the tour in San Diego on December 4, when he will also appear in San Francisco, Sacramento, San Manuel, two nights in Las Vegas and, finally, in Phoenix for the closing date of December 11. Tickets go on sale October 17 at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. Check out the updated list of tour dates below. Adam Sandler 2022 Tour Dates:10/20 — Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena10/21 — Allentown, PA ...

Netflix Anime and Junji Ito have shared the key art, voice cast and four new stories that are joining their upcoming series, Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre. In addition to adapting the Japanese horror mangaka’s Tomie, Souichi and The Hanging Balloons stories, the show will also feature Ito’s Ice Cream Truck, Library Vision, Headless Statue and Tomb Town, with Ryotaro Okiayu, Sara Matsumoto, Takatsugu Chikamatsu, Ryohei Kimura, M・A・O, Aya Uchida, Yuki Kaji, Tomoe Hanba, Fumiko Orikasa and Takashi Kondo lending their voices to bring these four stories to life. Check out the key art below and stay tuned for more info. Netflix and Junji Ito’s Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre premieres January 19, 2023 on Netflix. joining the Junji Ito Maniac cast are the following talents...

Following the release of a teaser trailer at the recent D23 Expo, Disney has now delivered the first poster for the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. The new poster offers the first full look at Halle Bailey as Ariel, perched on a rock formation staring up at the surface of the water. Halle Bailey took to Twitter to also share the poster along with a tweet that read, “Words can’t describe how immensely honored I feel to play the mermaid of my dreams, Ariel in Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Come under the sea with me, in theaters May 26, 2023.” Bailey was cast to play the iconic Disney mermaid princess back in July 2019, and the film releasing this holiday season is directed by Rob Marshall. Check out the first poster for Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid relea...

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, best known for bringing warmth, kindness and strength to the role of Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter film franchise, has passed away at 72 years old. Coltrane’s passing was announced by his managers, though a cause of death has not yet been specified. Coltrane played Hagrid in all eight Harry Potter movies, from 2001’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Prior to his role in the Potter series, Coltrane enjoyed a long career in both movies and television that spanned back to 1979 and included a stint as the mobster Valentin Dmitrovich Zukovsky in the James Bond franchise — whom he played in 1995’s GoldenEye and 1999’s The World is Not Enough. Emma Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the Potter...

On his “Not a Blog,” Game of Thrones novelist George R. R. Martin shared a few of his random musings, including his thoughts on the recent NFL games and his appreciation for the recent fantasy shows. Martin also briefly touches upon the controversial pacing of House of The Dragon, the time jumps, and the number of seasons it will take to complete the series. “Do I wish we’d had more time to explore the relationship between Rhaenyra and Ser Harwin, the marriage of Daemon and Laena and their time in Pentos, the birth of various and sundry children (and YES, Alicent gave Viserys four children, three sons and a daughter, their youngest son Daeron is down in Oldtown, we just did not have the time to work him in this season), and everything else we had to skip? Sure,” writes Martin. “But there a...

While the entertainment world continues to reel from the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Cartoon Network as you know it is now coming to an end. Founded by Ted Turner October 1, 1992, the cable television channel is beloved for its animated television series, mostly children’s programming, ranging from action to comedy. Cartoon Network will be going through an overhaul, merging with Warner Bros. Animation, as part of the media and entertainment conglomerate’s restructuring of its properties. The Warner Bros. Discovery “strategic realignment” announcement comes after another round of major layoffs at Warner Bros. Television Group. It is currently unclear what the merging of Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation will result in, as Cartoon Network still has series ongoing with no word of ...

Martin Scorsese has boarded Miramax Television’s adaptation of Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book The Gangs of New York. According to reports, the revered filmmaker is set to executive produce the possible series as well as direct its first two episodes. Brett Leonard, the playwright and TV writer, has written the script and will co-executive produce alongside Scorsese and his managers, Rick Yorn and Chris Donnelly. The show will be shopped this October. Scorsese had already signs on to a different adaptation of The Gangs of New York, which followed not only organized crime in that city but also in areas like Chicago and New Orleans. Asbury’s book will focus on the rival gangs in New York during the mid to late 1800s, before the Italian-American Mafia took over during Prohibition in th...

Netflix will launch its new “Basic with Ads” subscription tier next month for a price that is less than half that of the platform’s standard service. The new cheaper ad-supported tier will cost $6.99 USD per month in the U.S., and will initially launch in 12 countries starting in November, the streaming giant announced on Thursday. Canada and Mexico will receive access on November 1, and two days later, the new plan will be available in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea and the U.K. Spain will follow on November 10. “We believe that with this launch we will be able to provide a plan and a price for every Netflix fan,” said Netflix COO Greg Peters in a press conference on Thursday. “The most important thing for us is that we want to offer consumers choice and...