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Netflix has dropped off the official trailer for Money Heist Korea — Joint Economic Area, the upcoming spinoff of its popular Spanish crime drama series La Casa De Papel (Money Heist). The 12-episode series will follow a stealthy heist on the Korean Unified Mint in a fictional Joint Economic Area, where “the Korean Peninsula faces reunification,” according to the streamer. The show will feature an entirely new cast with updated takes on familiar characters, including Professor (Yoo Ji-tae), Berlin (Park Hae-soo), Tokyo (Jun Jong-seo), Moscow (Lee Won-jong), Denver (Kim Ji-hun), Nairobi (Jang Yoon-ju), Rio (Lee Hyun-woo), Helsinki (Kim Ji-hoon) and Oslo (Lee Kyu-ho). The original Money Heist, which was created by Álex Pina, ran for five seasons and followed two different heists — ...

Netflix has unveiled new images from its upcoming Resident Evil series, revealing new details about the adaptation’s mysterious plot. Building off the original video game’s storyline, Netflix’s Resident Evil takes place in both the past and the present — the former sees a scientist named Albert Wesker (Lance Reddick) move to New Raccoon City with his two daughters, Jade (Tamara Smart) and Billier (Siena Agudong), while the latter, which is set in the year 2036, follows an older version of Jade (Ella Balinska), who must battle against an army of zombies to survive. The official synopsis reads, “14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the infected and insane creatures. In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted ...

With the release of Jurassic World: Dominion around the corner, a new clip has surfaced teasing the reunion of Sam Neill’s Alan Grant and Laura Dern’s iconic Dr. Ellie Sattler. The film is set to unite two generations of the Jurassic franchise which also sees Jeff Goldblum reprise his role of Dr. Ian Malcolm and Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard returning as the titular characters of the story. The events of Dominion take place four years after Isla Nublar has been destroyed and sees dinosaurs now hunting and living alongside humans globally. The key to survival is finding a balance that allows these creatures to harmoniously co-exist with humans. The teaser clip sees Ellie and Alan travel by helicopter to Biosyn as they begin to understand how dinosaurs are roaming around the world free...

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Netflix is releasing a hitman killer comedy film starring Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson, titled The Man from Toronto. The film follows Hart’s character as he checks into the wrong AirBnb and is immediately mistaken to be a hitman known as “The Man from Toronto.” As he walks into a basement torture chamber, he quickly realizes that he must pretend to be the assassin from Toronto to save his own life. The real assassin, played by Harrelson finds himself training Hart to be just like him. As time goes on Hart develops a relationship with Harrelson’s character and has to grapple with either turning him into the feds or not. Kaley Cuoco, Jasmine Mathews, Lela Loren, Pierson Fodé, Jencarlos Canela, and Ellen Barkin star alongside the buddy duo in the action-comedy film. Check out the trailer ab...

According to a report from Discussing Film, Frank Ocean is currently in talks with A24 and 2AM to write and direct his first-ever feature film. Frank Ocean has worked with A24 in the past, writing the foreword for Barry Jenkins‘ Moonlight and providing soundtracks for Trey Shelts’ 2019 American drama film Waves. While his upcoming film will be his official directorial debut, Ocean has expressed a love for filmmaking in the past with his 2016 visual album Endless, which he wrote and directed.  Frank Ocean is reportedly working closely with young London-based production company 2AM for the film, a young independent venture that’s backed and distributed by A24. So far no official details have been revealed, although sources have said that Frank Ocean is eyeing New Mexico as a potential l...

Will Arnett will voice the iconic main character Sweet Tooth in an all-new Peacock series based on the video game Twisted Metal. Arnett’s character, Sweet Tooth, is described as “a hilarious and terrifying hulk of a man, who is as emotional as he is cunning. A lover of chaos, this majestic rage-filled killer dons an ever-smiling clown mask and uses ‘Lost Vegas’ as his own personal kill-ground, all while he drives his infamous doomsday ice cream truck.” The half-hour action-comedy is based on Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick’s original take about a motor-mouthed outsider offered to deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland in exchange for a handsome reward. Later, he will face a clown who drives a very familiar ice cream truck. Arnett and Marc Forman from Electric Avenue ...

Squid Game‘s director Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed in a recent interview that he had purposely planted clues in the first season just in case the second season would be given the green light by Netflix. In an interview with IndieWire that initially, he did not expect the series to become such a global phenomenon. He said that while writing the first series, he intended to leave hints and clues throughout the first story in season one. Hwang said it was just “for myself and also the audience. Just in case there is another season, these things could be loose knots. I only currently have a broad storyline. I’m in the process of structuring the story and the new games, and wanting to crystallize them into more detailed ideas.” The second season of Squid Game was initially confirmed earlier th...

Hayden Christensen recently sat down with ET Canada to talk about reprising his iconic role as Darth Vader in Disney+‘s Obi-Wan Kenobi and the upcoming Ahsoka spinoff. During the interview, Christensen expressed that he enjoyed returning to the franchise and would “absolutely” welcome the opportunity of a Darth Vader spinoff in the Obi-Wan Kenobi storyline. When asked about a potential standalone series, he said, “Yeah, I mean, you know, absolutely. I think this is a character that sort of resonates in our culture and in a very kind of profound way. And there’s certainly more there to explore. There are so many other stories that have been told in these other mediums.” The actor added, “I would love to get to continue my journey with him.” Recently, Obi-Wan Kenobi became the most-watched D...

After a six-week trial, the Johnny Depp versus Amber Heard defamation case has concluded. The Depp v Heard case took place at the Virginia Fairfax County Circuit Court, where Depp sought compensation from his ex-wife, Heard. The high-profile case has been circulated on YouTube and Instagram with many fans tuning into the live-streamed trial each day. Seeking $50 million USD in damages for a 2018 The Washington Post piece against Depp for alleged domestic abuse, the jury eventually awarded Depp a total of $15 million USD in the defamation case — $10 million USD in compensatory damages and $5 million USD in punitive damages. The jurors also found Depp responsible for defamation through his attorney and awarded Heard $2 million USD. The reaction from both parties regarding the ending of the t...

As Netflix experiences a loss in subscribers, it is changing the direction of its feature films and may no longer greenlight expensive “vanity projects” such as Martin Scorsese‘s 2019 epic drama The Irishman, which costs a whopping $175 million USD. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the streaming service aims to make “bigger” and “better” movies that will not be released consecutively. Sources claim that Netflix’s version of “bigger” does not necessarily entail a bigger financial budget; the streamer may, for example, create one film for $20 million USD rather than two movies for $10 million USD. “The goal will be to make the best version of something instead of cheapening out for the sake of quantity,” an insider shared. “This tendency to do anything to attract talent and giving them c...