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Warner Bros. Discovery has been in the news quite a lot lately due to public lawsuits, major layoffs and film cancellations. The shakeup within the company has made global news and now CEO David Zaslav has reassured its employees that the company is not primed for sale. In a recent report from Deadline, Warner Bros. Discovery announced at a company-wide virtual town hall, that amidst the cost-cutting moves and layoffs, they are not look for an acquisition deal. Zaslav reassured in the meeting and claimed once and for all to put the rumor to rest, “We are not for sale, absolutely, not for sale.” Sources said that Zaslav told his employees, “We have the strongest hand in the industry. We have everything we need to be successful to be the biggest entertainment media company in the world.” Zas...

On top of the news that Tim Blake Nelson is returning as The Leader (Samuel Sterns), rumors are now emerging that are indicating that Mark Ruffalo could also be reprising his role as the Hulk in Captain America: New World Order. If Ruffalo does appear in the Anthony Mackie-led Marvel film — where the fourth Captain America will see Sam Wilson sporting the red, white, and blue uniform — this would be a good chance to tie in the 14 years of Hulk history with the original Samuel Sterns facing off against Ruffalo’s take on the Hulk/Bruce Banner. Fans should not get too excited just yet as Ruffalo has allegedly only entered talks in considering the role. Tim Blake Nelson returning as The Leader in Captain America: New World Order! #D23Expo #D23Expo2022 pic.twitter.com/NdZ2aXwXJ4 — ScreenGeek (@...

WE tv has shared the official trailer for Hip Hop Homicides, executive produced by 50 Cent. The upcoming series will be hosted by TV personality and producer Van Lathan and “examines the staggering number of murders in the Hip Hop community,” including the tragic deaths of Pop Smoke, XXXTentacion, King Von and more. Hip Hop Homicides hope to provide closure to the loved ones and fans of those who have been affected, will be taking a closer look at the facts and the leads and will feature exclusive interviews with those who have died from this violence, including French Montana, Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, and Vic Mensa. 50 Cent will executive produce for G-Unit Film & Television with Mona Scott-Young, Stephanie R. Gayle, P. Frank Williams and Michael Lang, will serve as executive producers...

Anya, the adorable pink-haired telepath in this year’s most popular anime, Spy x Family, has been spotted at Tokyo’s massive Cross Shinjuku Vision billboard. Located outside of Shinjuku Station, the 150-sqm curved 4k display billboard has previously displayed visuals for projects such as Ye‘s YEEZY Gap collection, Pokémon GO, and a supersized ultra-realistic cat. As a member of the peculiar Forger family made up of Loid, a world-class spy posing as a doctor, and Yor, an assassin appearing as an ordinary clerk, Anya’s secret psychic abilities allow her to read her parent’s thoughts as they go about adventures of everyday life while trying to maintain world peace in their own ways. With Spy x Family Season 2 on the horizon, a massive 3D Anya is seen peering over the central Shinjuku nei...

Universal Pictures has released the final trailer for Halloween Ends. The two-and-a-half-minute visual gives viewers a closer look at what to expect in the film, including the gory deaths perpetuated by Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney) and Laurie Strode’s (Jamie Lee Curtis) determination to put a stop to Michael’s madness after all these years — which includes the possibility of her dying if it kills Michael, too. Her anger towards Michael is further fuelled by the death of her daughter Karen (Judy Greer) in the predecessor Halloween Kills, which takes place four years before Halloween Ends. Joining Courtney, Curtis and Greer in the cast are Andi Matichak, Will Patton and Kyle Richards, all of whom reprise their roles as Laurie’s granddaughter Allyson, Deputy Frank Hawkins and Kyle...

The full cast for the upcoming highly-anticipated live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender on Netflix has officially been revealed. The streaming giant has announced 20 new additions in the cast including legends like George Takei, alongside Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho, Dann Pudi and more. Those playing the titular characters in the Water Tribe include Amber Midthunder as Princess Yue, A Martinez as Pakku the waterbending master of the Norther Water Tribe, Irene Bedard as Yagoda the empathetic healer, Joel Oulette as Hahn, Nathaniel Arcand as Chief ARnook and Meegwun Fairbrother as Avatar Kuruk, a previous Avatar who has a haunted past. The Earth Kingdom characters include Cho as June, the bounty hunter, Ambudkar as King Bum, Pudi as the mechanist, Lucian-River Chauhan as Teo and James Sie a...

The Jujutsu Kaisen anime has just announced that Season two will run without any breaks for half a year. Banking their episodes, this means that fans will be able to enjoy six months of story development from the anime that covers both the “Kaigyoku/Gyokusetsu” and the “Shibuya Incident” arcs. While this is good news for those that have been waiting for the announcement, it is still hard to forget that viewers will have waited over two years for Season 2 since the anime debuted in October of 2020 with 24 episodes. There’s no specific release date for Season 2 just yet but it has been confirmed for 2023. In other anime news, Rurouni Kenshin anime reboot receives new trailer and release date. Read Full Article

Netflix is chronicling the creation of Spotify in a forthcoming limited series entitled The Playlist. Premiering on October 13, the six-episode run will offer a loose telling of Spotify’s launch in Sweden and how it came to be the top music streaming service in the world. “In this fictionalized account, a Swedish tech entrepreneur and his partners set out to revolutionize the music industry with a legal streaming platform,” Netflix describes the series. Vikings actor Edvin Endre will portray Spotify’s co-founder and CEO, Daniel Ek, while Christian Hillborg will play Ek’s friend and co-founder of Spotify, Martin Lorentzon. Additional cast members include Gizem Erdogan portraying ​​lawyer and longtime Spotify employee Petra Hansson, and Joel Lützow as Spotify’s CTO, Andreas Ehn. A trailer fo...

Hugh Jackman is officially reprising his role as Wolverine in the upcoming Deadpool 3, which also received its official release date. Franchise star Ryan Reynolds made the announcement in a comical video shared on social media, wherein he channeled his inner Deadpool to make a long, profound and eventually, pointless, statement. He first apologized to fans for missing the D23 Expo earlier this month and explained that they’ve “been working very hard on the next Deadpool film for a good long while now,” adding, “I’ve had to really search my soul on this one. His first appearance in the MCU obviously needs to feel special. We need to stay true to the character, find new depth, motivation, meaning — every Deadpool needs to stand out and stand apart. It’s been an incredible challenge that has ...

Following a record-breaking first season, the South Korean survival drama series, Squid Game, has been renewed for Season 2. While fans wait for the show to return, director Hwang Dong-hyuk prepared a “small gift” in the form of an unreleased Season 1 clip for Netflix‘s annual Tudum global fan event. The 40-second short focuses on Front Man, the main antagonist behind the survival game who was previously revealed as the brother of police detective Hwang Jun-ho and the winner of the 28th Squid Game in 2015. The exclusive clip shows the Front Man, played by Lee Byung-heon, walking back to his apartment with a bag of live goldfish. He empties the fish into a bowl and stares into it from above — symbolic of the way he oversees the cash-strapped players in Squid Game. The clip ends with a shot ...

John Cena has been a vocal proponent of the Make-A-Wish foundation since joining the WWE in 2002, and now, two decades later Cena’s commitment to the organization has been honored as an official Guinness World Record. The Peacemaker star has taken part in 650 Make-A-Wish engagements, an average of nearly 33 a year, since first partnering with the organization. Cena’s Guinness World Record is mostly an acknowledgment of a long-forgone conclusion: he’s more than 400 “wishes” ahead of the next closest Make-A-Wish partner as no other individuals have more than 200. Cena issued Make-A-Wish’s 1,000th total wish back in 2012 and made it to 500 personal wishes fulfilled in 2015. “If [Make-A-Wish] ever [needs] me … I don’t care what I’m doing, I’ll drop what I’m doing and be involved because I thin...

AMC Networks has teamed up with Goldin for a special auction featuring collectibles and memorabilia from The Walking Dead. The auction kicks off as the series airs it last few episodes and will include over 100 items beloved and seen by fans during the show’s 11-season run, including but not limited to Daryl Dixon’s (Norman Reedus) production-used custom Classified Moto motorcycle built from a Honda CB750 Nighthawk, Negan’s (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) production-used baseball bat “Lucille,” named after his late wife and wrapped with barbed wire, Michonne’s (Danai Gurira) production-used 28-inch katana featuring the “triple goddess” symbol on the hilt and Rick Grimes’ (Andrew Lincoln) production-used T-shirt worn by the Deputy Sheriff in the series pilot, which features a bullet hole and blood. “...