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As the month comes to a close, Netflix has unveiled its slate of new programming for June 2022. In the coming weeks, subscribers will be able to watch the highly-anticipated season three premiere of The Umbrella Academy, the premiere of Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, several comedy specials from the likes of Pete Davidson and Snoop Dogg and the sixth season of Peaky Blinders. June 2022 will also mark the last month subscribers can catch favorite films such as Happy Gilmore, Corpse Bride, Lady Bird and more. Take a look at the full list of titles coming to and leaving Netflix in June 2022 below. Coming to Netflix Coming SoonGlamour GirlsLunana: A Yak in the Classroom Avail. 6/1/22Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyDear JohnDumb and DumberEdge of Se...

As the month comes to a close, Netflix has unveiled its slate of new programming for June 2022. In the coming weeks, subscribers will be able to watch the highly-anticipated season three premiere of The Umbrella Academy, the premiere of Money Heist: Korea – Joint Economic Area, several comedy specials from the likes of Pete Davidson and Snoop Dogg and the sixth season of Peaky Blinders. June 2022 will also mark the last month subscribers can catch favorite films such as Happy Gilmore, Corpse Bride, Lady Bird and more. Take a look at the full list of titles coming to and leaving Netflix in June 2022 below. Coming to Netflix Coming SoonGlamour GirlsLunana: A Yak in the Classroom Avail. 6/1/22Anchorman: The Legend of Ron BurgundyDear JohnDumb and DumberEdge of Se...

Four years after releasing its last chapter, Yoshihiro Togashi, the creator of the manga Hunter x Hunter, has announced that he’s once again working on the series. Published in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump beginning in 1998, the series follows a boy named Gon Freecss, who becomes a Hunter in order to track down his missing father. Along the way, he must defeat ​​fantastical creatures and specially-abled humans. When the manga was last published in 2018, Togashi was on chapter 390 and reportedly went on hiatus due to struggles with chronic pain. The creator announced his return on Twitter, sharing that four more chapters of Hunter x Hunter are currently in the works. The tweet has already amassed over one million likes. とりあえずあと4話。 pic.twitter.com/OwoB4ljp1x — 冨樫義博 (@Un4v5s8bgsVk9X...

Universal Pictures on Wednesday dropped off the official trailer for its upcoming survival thriller Beast, starring Idris Elba. Elba stars in the role of Dr. Nate Daniels, a newly-widowed husband who travels back to South Africa, where he first met his wife, with his two daughters — 18-year-old Meredith (Iyana Halley) and 13-year-old Norah (Leah Sava Jeffries). There, they visit a game reserve run by family friend and wildlife biologist Martin Battles (Sharlto Copley), where things begin to take a bloody turn. “What begins as a journey of healing jolts into a fearsome fight for survival when a lion, a survivor of blood-thirsty poachers who now sees all humans as the enemy, begins stalking them,” the official synopsis reads. The trailer previews the chaos that ensues, with clips reveal...

Apple is developing a live-action scripted series based on the popular manga Speed Racer, with J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot on board to executive produce, according to Variety. Ron Fitzgerald and Hiram Martinez will write, executive produce and serve as co-showrunners on the project, which has received a straight-to-series order from Apple. Notably, Martinez reportedly impressed Apple, Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television with his “exciting take” on the source material, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The live-action series has been in development for years under Bad Robot’s overall deal with Warner Bros, per THR‘s sources. The project arrived at Apple “some time ago” and its development has been “excruciatingly slow” since. Speed Racer, which was created by Tatsuo Yoshida and ad...

“Weird Al” Yankovic has partnered with Z2 Comics to produce an all-new graphic novel, titled The Illustrated Al: The Songs of “Weird Al” Yankovic. The book, which was written by Yankovic himself, spotlights more than 20 tracks from the parody artist’s decades-long career with accompanying illustrations from a multitude of cartoonists. While Z2 did not disclose which songs will be included in the bound copy, the publisher did disclose that the featured cartoonists include Drew Friedman, Mike & Laura Allred, Bill Plympton, Aaron Augenblick, Peter Bagge, Sam Viviano, Steve Chanks, Danny Hellman, Felipe Sobreiro, Gideon Kendall, Michael Kupperman, Wes Hargis, Ruben Bolling and Fred Harper. “It’s such an incredible honor to see my song lyrics brought to life by some of my all-time favo...

Tommy Chong will be reprising his role as Leonard “Leo” Chingkwake, Point Place’s local hippie and Foto Hut owner, for Netflix‘s That ’70s Show reboot, That ’90s Show. The Cheech and Chong stalwart confirmed his return to the series during a recent appearance on The Dark Mark Show, “They never gave me any instructions, so I don’t know if I’m supposed to be talking about it or not.” He continued, “I really don’t give a shit to tell you the truth. That’s what I’m known for…I’m back as Leo.” That ’90s Show will follow Eric Forman and Donna Pinciotti’s daughter Leia Forman, portrayed by Callie Haverda, as she spends a summer at her grandparents’ in Point Place. While in Wisconsin, she meets an interesting group of friends including Ashley Aufderheide’s Gwen, Mace Coronel’s Jay, Maxwe...

The recent proceedings of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard‘s trial has been a topic of converation in the past month. Recently, DC Films president Walter Hamada testified and revealed that the studio had considered replacing Amber Heard for Aquaman 2 over concern that she lacked chemistry with her fellow co-star Jason Momoa. While Heard was cast in the sequel, Hamada admitted that the studio contemplated whether or not to recast the role of Mera. According to Variety Hamada said, “Editorially they were able to make that relationship work in the first movie, but there was a concern that it took a lot of effort to get there.” Kathryn Arnold, a consultant in the entertainment industry, also testified during the hearing and revealed important plot details regarding Heard’s reduced role. Arnold ...

Netflix has dropped the official trailer for the Russo Brothers‘ upcoming film The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans. Based on the Mark Greaney’s book series of the same name, The Gray Man sees Gosling as CIA operative Court Gentry/Sierra Six and Evans as his former CIA cohort Lloyd Hansen: “The Gray Man is CIA operative Court Gentry (Ryan Gosling), aka, Sierra Six. Plucked from a federal penitentiary and recruited by his handler, Donald Fitzroy (Billy Bob Thornton), Gentry was once a highly-skilled, Agency-sanctioned merchant of death. But now the tables have turned and Six is the target, hunted across the globe by Lloyd Hansen (Chris Evans), a former cohort at the CIA, who will stop at nothing to take him out. Agent Dani Miranda (Ana de Armas) has his back. He’ll need it.” ...

Bad Bunny opened up about his starring role in Sony and Marvel‘s upcoming El Muerto superhero film, sharing his excitement for the character and the doors it will open. In his latest GQ cover story, the Puerto Rican star explained why he thought El Muerto was “perfect” for him despite the character being less popular than other Latinx Marvel characters. “I grew up watching wrestling,” he said, and El Muerto happens to be a wrestler with generational powers. He added, “This role is perfect, and I know El Muerto is going to be epic. I’m a Marvel fan and the fact that I’m now part of this family still feels like a dream.” Bad Bunny also touched on the pressure he feels regarding the film, “Maybe, for some people, it’s different in that the higher they go, the less pressure they feel, bec...

Samuel L. Jackson is joining Chris Pratt in the upcoming animated Garfield movie. According to reports, the revered actor will be bringing a brand new character life: Vic, Garfield’s father. Pratt will be taking on the role of the titular character and the film will be directed by Mark Dindal of Chicken Little, while David Reynolds of Finding Nemo fame will be responsible for the script. The upcoming animated film will be the first in the Garfield franchise since 2009, following the direct-to-video movie Garfield’s Pet Force. Meanwhile, the live-action/computer animated hybrid films Garfield: The Movie and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties hit theaters in 2004 and 2006 respectively, with Bill Murray voicing the lasagna-loving feline. The upcoming Garfield film premieres November 22, 2023. El...

As promised, Marvel has delivered the highly-anticipated official Thor: Love and Thunder trailer. The trailer gives fans a greater glimpse at the return of Natalie Portman‘s Jane Foster to the Mighty Thor mantle and how herself and Chris Hemsworth‘s Thor navigate the power dynamics. This time around, audiences get a better look at Christian Bale as the titular villain Gorr the God Butcher and Russell Crowe’s portrayal of Zeus. In the previous teaser trailer, fans saw the return of Chris Pratt and Dave Bautista for portions o the film. In the fourth installment of the franchise, Thor embarks on a journey to find inner peace, however, his quest is interrupted when Gorr the God Butcher seeks the extinction of gods. He enlists Tessa Thompson’s King Valkyrie, Korg and his ex-girlfriend Jane Fos...