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Michael B. Jordan and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II have signed on to co-star in Amazon’s I Helped Destroy People, a thriller based on a 2021 New York Times article of the same name written by Janet Reitman. The article tells the story of F.B.I. agent Terry Albury, who was tasked with investigating Muslim communities in the aftermath of 9/11 as the only Black agent at his bureau. After 16 years at the job, Albury became disillusioned by the war on terror and began leaking classified documents, which eventually landed him a four-year prison sentence. Following a competitive situation, Amazon Studios landed the rights to the project. Ben Watkins, the creator of Amazon’s Hand of God series, will be writing the script. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo will produce the film for Outlier Society, alongside Ab...

Christina Ricci is officially joining the cast of Netflix‘s Wednesday, the streamer’s upcoming series focused on The Addams Family daughter who she portrayed twice in the ’90s. Netflix announced the news on social media but confirmed that the actress will not be playing the role of a grown-up Wednesday, much to the dismay of the fans who signed a petition asking Netflix to cast Ricci in her old role. “Yes, it’s true — the magnificent Christina Ricci is joining the cast of the new Wednesday Addams series as an exciting new character *snap snap*,” the tweet read. Wednesday will be Tim Burton‘s directorial TV debut and will follow Wednesday as a student — but with a supernatural twist: “The series is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at ...

Steven Knight, the creator of Peaky Blinders has shared with fans the importance of the characters revealed in season six of the upcoming film based on the period piece series. Titular cast members Cillian Murphy and Arthur Shelby are both slated to return to the film, however, others have not yet been confirmed. In the interview with Esquire, Knight revealed that the new characters in season six of the series will set the stage and shape the direction of the plot for the film. He explained, “ In series six we’re bringing in the new generation, and they are going to be part of what happens in [the] film. I think it’s finding those actors that you just watch and you think, there you go. There’s the future. The film, I know exactly what it’s about. And I know what two stories it’s going to t...

The sequel to Dune is slated to arrive in 2023, following the success of the first film in 2021. Director Denis Villeneuve has confirmed his return for the second installment and has recently shared with fans an update on what to expect for Dune 2. In a recent conversation with Deadline , Villeneuve explained that the second film to the critically acclaimed sci-fi starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya will be yet “another beautiful journey in the desert again.” The filmmaker gives another teaser to for the plot of the film stating, “It’s the journey where Paul Atreides and his mother, Lady Jessica, make contact with the Fremen culture and meet with the Fremen. It’s Paul’s journey against the enemy.” Villeneuve also divulged that fans can expect the next film will be “more cinematic,” ensu...

The wait is over. Last week, fans of The Weeknd were given a small teaser of the artist’s appearance on The Simpsons. As episode 721 of the 33rd season, “Bart the Cool Kid” sees The Weeknd as Orion and Darius Hughes as it shines a satirical light on today’s influencer generation as well as recent streetwear fashion trends. While many of the situations in the episode are more applicable to a younger audience or those relatively new to streetwear, it’s still an interesting commentary that longtime streetwear fans know all too well, having lived through it. In one scene, Bart is shocked to learn that Orion, owner of the hyped skate brand “Slipreme,” has no interest in skateboarding, nor even knows how to skate. The brand starts to lose its cool factor once the middle-aged demographic, led by ...

Wayne T. Carr has now offered fans a look at what his Green Lantern would’ve looked like for Zack Snyder‘s version of Justice League. Taking to Twitter to share the image, Carr expressed his desire to “Give the fans what they want” by restoring the “SnyderVerse,” or Snyder’s vision of what the DCEU should’ve been. The actor was originally set to portray John Stewart in 2017 thanks to the American director and actually shot his scenes already, but because Warner Bros. and DC Comics had different plans for Green Lantern, his cameo was ultimately cut and replaced by a scene introducing the Martian Manhunter. “I told him that there was a chance it didn’t make it in the movie as we were shooting it in my driveway and I’m not 100-percent sure he thought it was real,” Snyder revealed in an earlie...

Daniel Radcliffe has revealed that he’s not interested in starring in a film adaptation for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. In a recent interview with The New York Times over Lost City with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, the British actor says that he’s currently happy with where he is and Cursed Child is “not something I’m really interested in doing right now.” Speaking about his reunion with the cast earlier this year for HBO, Radcliffe commented that he’s able to enjoy it only because his life no longer revolves around the franchise. “This isn’t the answer that anybody’s going to want, but I think I was so able to go back and enjoy it because it’s not a part of my day-to-day life anymore,” he explained. “I’m getting to a point where I feel like I made it out o...

To celebrate the U.S. premiere of Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie, the prequel film to Season 1 of the Jujutsu Kaisen anime series, UNIQLO is dropping a special four-piece T-Shirt collection highlighting characters from the animated movie. The tees are available in black, white, and navy featuring images of the title graphics and soul-binding ring as well as stylized artworks of the main characters featured. The prints include young depictions of the powerful Satoru Gojo, antagonist Suguru Geto, and scenes showcasing film protagonist Yukka Okkotsu and his childhood friend Rika Orimoto. UNIQLO’s Jujutsu Kaisen 0: The Movie T-shirts will be available at the UNIQLO US website on April 7 for $19.90 USD. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 is also now showing in select theaters across North America in both Engli...

15 years after Mobile Suit Gundam 00 premiered, the popular Gundam arc is now receiving yet another anime project. Named Revealed Chronicle, the new anime will use CG graphics as opposed to its previous animation styling, with original director Seiji Mizushima reuniting with other staff members including screenwriter Yosuke Kuroda, sci-fi writer Tomohiro Chiba, character designer Yun Kouga, musical director Masafumi Mami, and mechanical designers Kanetake Ebikawa and Takayuki Yanase. The project was announced during the latest “Gundam Figures Live!!!” event and its story will help fill in gaps in the original two-season anime, especially in the period between the two seasons. It’ll also reveal the secret behind the legendary Double Drive and the missing link to the...

A new “leak” has now seemingly confirmed that the Illuminati will be making its debut in the upcoming Marvel Studios film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The suggestion comes from the latest Doctor Strange-themed issue of Empire Magazine, which included several stills from the movie itself. As shown by @Cosmic_Marvel over on Twitter, on the side of the page was a caption noting “Strange stands before the Illuminati.” For those unfamiliar, the Illuminati are a secret group of superheroes in the Marvel multiverse that occasionally meet behind the scenes and has at times included, Iron Man, Mr. Fantastic, Doctor Strange, and most importantly Professor X, whose appearance in the film was seemingly confirmed earlier by Patrick Stewart himself. Speaking with Empire ea...

Netflix has just dropped the official trailer for Tekken: Bloodline, an upcoming anime adaptation of the popular fighting game franchise Tekken. Drawing from the series’ original storyline, the new anime will follow the journey of Jin Kazama as he trains to become a formidable fighter under the almost abusive mentorship of his grandfather Heihachi Mishima. While the trailer itself doesn’t reveal too much at the moment, it does hint at a few appearances from other classic characters from the franchise. As the official synopsis reads: “”Power is everything.” Jin Kazama learned the family self-defense arts, Kazama-Style Traditional Martial Arts, from his mother at an early age. Even so, he was powerless when a monstrous evil suddenly appeared, destroying everything dear to him, chan...

Seven suspects have now been charged by French police over a heist at Netflix‘s set for Lupin last month. As reported by the BBC, seven people allegedly tied to the robbery have now been charged by French authorities, with three of them being held in custody while the other four are under judicial supervision. Ages range from 13 to 21 and all face charges of armed robbery as part of an organized gang and receiving stolen goods. The heist itself took place on February 25, when a group of roughly 20 masked thieves attacked the crew on set by launching fireworks at them. They subsequently stole more than $330,000 USD’s worth of equipment in broad daylight, but luckily none of the cast and crew (including Omar Sy) were injured from the assault. Lupin‘s set robbery also occurred just one d...