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Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, will be receiving an HBO Max release. Nearly a month after hitting theaters across the United States, the fantasy drama will be making its way to a wider audience on the streaming platform. The David Yates-directed film arrived as the third installment in the spinoff series, following 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. Starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander and Jude Law as Albus Dumbledore, the narrative is set several years after its predecessor and sees the two wizards take on the dark magic of Gellert Grindelwald (Mads Mikkelsen). Magizoologist Scamander assembles a powerful team of wizards and witches and even taps one brave Muggle bake...

Warner Bros. on Monday dropped off the second official trailer for Elvis, Baz Luhrmann‘s upcoming biopic on the “King of Rock and Roll” starring Austin Butler. The trailer provides a closer look at the film’s exploration of Elvis Presley‘s (Butler) life and career through the lens of his complicated relationship with his manager Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks. “The story delves into the complex dynamic between Presley and Parker spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America,” the official synopsis reads. “Central to that journey is one of the most significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).” Aside from Butler,...

Netflix is set to release Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area later this summer as a spin to its popular Spanish series Money Heist. In the months leading up to the debut, the streaming giant has released another teaser trailer, this time focusing on how the unification of both North and South Korea is looking to produce more conflict than expected. The trailer gives audiences a glimpse of what the socio-political climate will look like after both nations’ reunification leads to the production of a newly united currency for the joint economic area. The issues that surface point toward an unjust system that benefits only the rich. A group of criminals with nothing to lose find themselves banding together to pull off one of the biggest money heist missions in the familiar red jumpsuits ...

Squid Game was unarguably one of most popular TV shows in 2021 and creator Hwang Dong-hyuk is timid about being a victim of his success. During an interview with Deadline, Hwang revealed that he is developing three new shows — Squid Game season two, a feature film a novel inspired by respected Italian essayist Umberto Eco with the working title Killing Old Man’s Club and a satirical series reflecting Squid Game’s overnight success, currently entitled The Best Show on the Planet. “Season 1’s success has given me an immense amount of pressure and I am having nightmares about the reception for Season 2 not being so good,” he told Deadline. Hwang is putting his all into preparing for Squid Game season two, recently confirming that fan-favorite Gi-hun and Lee ...

Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Ackie and Toni Collette are reportedly joining Robert Pattinson in the ensemble cast of Bong Joon-ho‘s next Warner Bros. film. According to sources, the upcoming movie will be based on Edward Ashton’s recently-released novel Mickey7, which follows the story of an Expendable named Mickey7, “a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there’s a mission that’s too dangerous—even suicidal—the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. After six deaths, Mickey7 understands the terms of his deal…and why it was the only colonial position unfilled when he took it.” The untitled film will be Bong’s followup to his 2019’s Parasite, and will see him write, direct and ...

Paramount Pictures on Monday dropped off the first official teaser for Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, starring Tom Cruise. Dead Reckoning will arrive as the seventh installment in the decades-spanning spy thriller franchise, which sees Cruise play a special agent from the Impossible Missions Force named Ethan Hunt. The teaser confirms the return of several Mission: Impossible veterans, including Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson and Vanessa Kirby. Additionally, the trailer reveals that Henry Czerny will reprise his role as IMF director Eugene Kittridge from the original 1996 Mission: Impossible film. “Your days of fighting for the so-called ‘Greater Good’ are over,” Czerny tells Cruise in the preview. “This is our chance to control the truth. The conc...

As Pete Davidson said goodbye to the Saturday Night Live stage with his final rap video parody, Eminem made a special appearance and gave his very honest comments on the comedian’s long-running gag. In the midst of Davidson’s “Forgot the Dre” parody honoring show creator Lorne Michaels, Em calls out the comedian from behind the camera and suspiciously asks if this is another parody or “tribute or something.” The young actor confirms that this is the third parody he’s done as the rapper so far, to which Em replied, “I would just stop…yeah, they all suck.” Confused, Davidson asks if the rapper dislikes the idea of the parody or only him as a person, but the rapper has evidently had enough and simply tells him to stop. Davidson tries one last time to convince Em that the parodies are done bec...

To celebrate National Streaming Day, Disney+ has released a new official trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Baymax! The six-episode series is a sequel to 2014’s Oscar-winning film Big Hero 6, offering fans another chance to interact with the benevolent Michelin Man-looking healthcare robot. In the trailer, Baymax is roaming the streets of San Fransokyo as he searches for citizens in need of assistance. However, his robot expressions are often lost in translation as he slowly learns to socialize. “I thought it would be fun to do a Disney+ series with Baymax interacting with normal folks,” said series creator Don Hall. “In each of our six episodes, Baymax just wants to help someone—and a lot of times they don’t want to be helped. He sets out to fix a physical issue that he’s identifi...

Pete Davidson is set to exit Saturday Night Live after the show’s 47th season later this weekend. Davidson will be joined by Aidy Bryant, Kate McKinnon and Kyle Mooney. News of their departure signals that the long-running program is ready to make a great change in its casting and recalibrate the show before the next season to introduce new players. Both McKinnon and Bryant have been staples at SNL since they joined the cast in 2012, breaking the mold with their impressions of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Senator Ted Cruz, respectively. Mooney joined in 2013 and has since hit the ground running with his signature offbeat sketches. Davidson joined the cast relatively unknown but has become an underrated presence throughout the years. All four cast members have become mainstays for the program ov...

Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman recently spoke with Deadline, giving fans an update on what to expect next from the Spider-Man and Spider-Verse franchise. Rothman spoke about Spider-Man’s place in Sony’s various franchises stating, “Uncharted, Jumanji, Spider-Man. We have our Marvel business, which breaks into three tranches.” He reveals that Sony is “currently at work on two Spider-Verse sequels to our Oscar-winning animated movie, with Lord and Miller.” Besides plans for growing the animation franchise, Rothman also revealed that he hopes to continue the Spider-Man franchise for a fourth installment. The Sony executive said, “We hope to get working on the next Spider-Man movie.” Rothman is referring to the next MCU Spider-Man film helmed by Sony and Marvel Studios together. When asked...

One week prior to the hotly-anticipated return of Stranger Things, Netflix has dropped off the first eight minutes of season four in a new sneak peek clip. The preview sees Dr. Martin Brenner (Matthew Modine) attempting to conduct routine testing on another superhuman child in the same facility that Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) was held in. Between sounding alarms, haunting screams and signature, chilling nose bleeds, the introduction promises an on-the-edge-of-your-seat season ahead. The visual also revealed that the season will be released in two parts — the first volume, arriving May 27, will include seven of nine total episodes, and the second installment, which releases on July 1, will offer up the remaining two episodes. Notably, this season’s episodes are much longer than past i...

Seven years following his highly-acclaimed Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller has returned to direct Three Thousand Years of Longing, an epic romance movie starring Idris Elba and Tilda Swinton. The trailer, which was released on Friday, sees a bright scholar named Alithea (Swinton) encounter an imprisoned Djinn (Elba), who offers to grant the intellectual three wishes in exchange for his freedom. Based on A.S. Byatt’s 1994 short story The Djinn in the Nightingale’s Eye, the film sees Alithea and the Djinn travel through time and develop unexpecting feelings for one another. Miller is directing the film based on a script he co-wrote with Augusta Gore, while Doug Mitchell is co-producing with the filmmaker. The movie, which was first announced in October 2018, experienced several d...