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The Walt Disney Company could possibly lose its copyright protection of the original Steamboat Willie Mickey Mouse in 2024. According to the Los Angeles Times, several Republican lawmakers are determined to put a stop to the extension efforts of the copyright protection after Disney CEO Bob Chapek publicly voiced his disapproval of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act — also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill — which bans the discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten to grade three classrooms. The bill has been signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and will be effective on July 1. If Disney’s copyright protection expires, the 1928 Steamboat Willie animation will be available in the public domain, allowing anyone and everyone to utilize it for their own...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, which premiered earlier this month, has sparked discussions about the endless possibilities of the multiverse. One of the topics debated was whether or not the mutants from the X-Men series would ever appear in the MCU, and although the movie did feature a variant of Professor X, fans questioned why weren’t there more mutants from the X-Men series. Specifically, more mutants connected to Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff, who is a mutant herself. In a recent interview with Entertainment Tonight, Michael Waldron, screenwriter of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, was asked why the studio did not take reference from the famous House of M saga. Waldron’s answer was clear: he did not want to shift the focus, “Yeah, we talked a...

Last week, the website for Hideaki Anno‘s Shin Kamen Rider live-action film shared a new teaser trailer for the upcoming release. The latest look was also accompanied by a teaser poster and a reveal of the cast and staff working on the updated take on the original Kamen Rider series. The teaser trailer shows Sousuke Ikematsu playing Takeshi Hongo/Kamen Rider and interacting with Ruriko Midorikawa played by Minami Hamabe, with flashes of action scenes. Highlighting the contemporary elements found in the take on the classic, Anno and his crew carefully ensured a faithful creation. Hideaki Anno, known for Shin Godzilla and also the upcoming Shin Ultraman film, has written the script for Shin Kamen Rider and will also serve as both director and producer. Check out the new teaser trailer for Sh...

A leak from Disney+ itself has now pointed to a release date for the first episode of Marvel Studio‘s She-Hulk. As spotted by What’s on Disney Plus, the streaming service’s official U.K. site posted an announcement earlier over the weekend revealing that the upcoming 10-episode She-Hulk series will arrive on August 17. The information has since been removed by Disney, and no other region has posted anything similar for now, which could suggest that either the date itself was incorrect or the team revealed the date too early by mistake. Provided the August date is correct, however, it’s likely that Disney will officially announce it in the near future, so fans of the MCU probably won’t have to wait much longer. Produced as a comedy series, She-Hulk will introduce Tatiana Masl...

Reviews for some of Stranger Things season four’s first episodes are now in and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Over the weekend, numerous critics and reviewers gained early access to the beloved Netflix series and subsequently took to Twitter to discuss their thoughts and first impressions. Fortunately for the Stranger Things fans, initial responses are full of praise, with one reviewer calling it “the darkest and scariest season yet” while another mirrored the sentiment by saying “the story returns to its roots and delivers the most exciting and sinister season ever.” The show’s stellar cast also received a good response online, both for its returning members as well as new characters, while the show’s hefty $30-million-USD-per-episode budget really shined throug...

The next phase in Netflix‘s growth could be live streaming. According to Deadline, a Netflix team is already in “the preliminary stages of developing the product.” A live streaming option may be applied to live voting in Netflix’s competition series like the upcoming dance show Dance 100, live reunions for reality shows such as Selling Sunset and the live performances for their events such as the Netflix Is A Joke festival, wherein the stand-up sets of Pete Davidson and Amy Schumer were filmed and are set to hit the streaming service in a month. If the feature does come to fruition, Netflix may have the option to release new and different types of unscripted shows similar to American Idol and Dancing with the Stars — on top of their titles such as The Circle and Love Is Blind. Stay tu...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has officially announced a March 12, 2023 date for the 95th Academy Awards. The 2023 Oscars is set to take place at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood, with ABC airing the ceremony live. The Academy also unveiled the important dates regarding the award show, stating that next year’s nominations will be announced on January 24, 2023. This year’s ceremony saw CODA go home with the Best Picture award, while Dune won the highest number of awards that night with six wins. It also featured the return of live hosts for the first time since Jimmy Kimmel in 2018, with Regina Hall, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes teaming up for the 2022 Oscars. Take a look at the complete list of important dates for the 95th Academy Awards below. General entry catego...

More than a decade after its original release, Remedy Entertainment‘s Alan Wake is now receiving a TV series adaptation on AMC. The announcement was made during the game’s 12th-anniversary celebrations by the studio’s creative director Sam Lake, who said that the developer has been hard at work collaborating with the TV network to bring the franchise onto the television. Unfortunately, he didn’t have any other details to divulge at the moment, and it’s unclear whether the project will take a live-action approach like HBO‘s The Last of Us or a 3D animated take like Netflix‘s Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. Along with announcing the upcoming TV series, Remedy also revealed that Alan Wake Remastered currently available on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC will soon be making it...

Adam Driver, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel and Jon Voight have joined Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis as the film’s main characters. According to reports, the esteemed filmmaker is creating the project as an independently-financed film and gave this description, ” The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius, and conflicted love.” Deadline adds that Coppola will be pushing through with a budget just below $100 million USD, with production set to begin this fall. In a recent Deadline interview, Coppola explained that he would like people to “discuss [Megalopolis]” even after his passing as a way to start meaningful conversations. “What would make me really happy? It’s not winning a...

Christopher Walken is set to play the role of Emperor Shaddam IV in Dune: Part Two, the star-studded next installment to Denis Villeneuve‘s Oscar-winning adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel. Walken will join the cast alongside returning actors Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson and Javier Bardem, among several others, as well as newcomers Florence Pugh, who will play the Emperor’s daughter Princess Irulan, and Austin Butler, who will portray Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen. The second film picks up at Part One‘s conclusion, with Paul Atreides (Chalamet) spearheading Arrakis’ fight for freedom from House Harkonnen. Walken will portray the leader of the known universe who initially sends the House Atreides on a doomed mission to take over Arrakis. Part Two ...

Director Joseph Kosinski has given revealed details of why the upcoming Top Gun: Maverick will not see the return of two major characters. Characters Carole Bradshaw and Charlie Blackwood played by Meg Ryan and Kelly McGillis respectively, are noticeably absent from the sequel. While Miles Teller appears as Nick “Goose” Bradshaw’s son in the new film, his mother Carole does not seem to be involved in the storyline. In a recent interview with Insider, Kosinski addresses the reason why stating, “Those weren’t stories that we were throwing around.” He added that he did not want to bring these characters back because, “I didn’t want every storyline to always be looking backwards. It was important to introduce some new characters.” The sequel will see Tom Cruise return as the titular Pete “Mave...

Netflix has unveiled a brand new teaser trailer for its upcoming Resident Evil series. The new show is split into two timelines, with the first set in 2022 and the second set in 2036, and stars Lance Reddick, Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, Paola Nuñez, Ahad Raza Mir, Connor Gossatti and Turlough Convery: “Year 2036 – 14 years after Joy caused so much pain, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and mind-shattering creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the sinister Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.” Andrew Dabb of Supernatural will serve as the showrunner, co-writer with Mary Leah Sutton and co-e...