Guinness World Records has just announced a new holder for the most Studio Ghibli items collected. Eloise Jéglot, also known by her model name Eloise Von Velvet and Ghibli collector name ghibli.fan.france, has been awarded the status for her 1,496 items owned. Releasing a video interview with the announcement, Guinness World Records covers her favorite pieces and what she looks for when collecting items from Studio Ghibli. Comparing herself to Kiki from Kiki’s Delivery Service, Jéglot goes on to describe that everything from the clothing, architecture, and music from the films is what captivates her and encourages her to continue to grow her collection. Check out her massive collection in the video above. In other entertainment news, Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero teases teen Gotenks fusion...
When Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1984, it was thought to simply be a one-off comic. Since then, the series has exploded into a global pop culture phenomenon that has led to five television series, six feature films, numerous video games, along with toys and a line of merchandise. Goldin is currently auctioning one of the original 3,000 copies of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Issue #1 from 1984. The oversized 40-page comic is graded 9.8 with “White Pages” by CGC — ranked amongst 31 other copies that are the best kept in the CGC’s registry. As with many first installments, Issue #1 tells the origin story of the fabled Ninja Turtles, their enigmatic sensei Splinter, along with their arch-nemesis, Shredder. The listing currently has a bid o...
Walton Goggins has been cast in Amazon Prime Video‘s live-action Fallout series adaptation. While details of the veteran actor’s character were not revealed, Deadline reports that Goggins will take on a lead role as a Ghoul — a human or animal that have mutated due to prolonged exposure to radiation. He is the first actor to be announced in the cast. The Fallout series adaptation is expected to begin production in 2022 with Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner serving as showrunners. Amazon Prime Video, Kilter Films, Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks will all work in tandem while Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, Athena Wickham and Todd Howard will executive produce. Amazon Prime Video first announced the series adaptation in July 2020, with Nolan and Joy...
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Netflix has announced a series of stand-alone comedy series featuring comics selected by Dave Chappelle, titled Chappelle’s Home Team. The series, which is executive produced by Chappelle, is slated to debut on February 28, kicking off with a set from Washington comedian Earthquake (Nathaniel Martin Stroman) dubbed Earthquake: Legendary. Additional producers on the series include Earthquake, Rikki Hughes, Jermaine Smith and Stan Lathan, who is also directing. Chappelle — who will also appear in Netflix’s “Netflix Is a Joke” stand-up comedy festival at the Hollywood Bowl in April — will introduce each comic in the beginning of each episode. The second episode will feature Donnell Rawlings, though it currently does not have a release date. “I’ve been doing this a long time and comedians like...
FX and Donald Glover‘s Atlanta will end with season four. FX Chairman John Landgraf confirmed the news on February 17, “The fourth and final season is slated to debut in the same manner this fall.” He added, “The new season is everything you’ve come to expect from ‘Atlanta,’ which is to say, expect the unexpected. Sit back and enjoy the trip.” Glover and co-stars Brian Tyree Henry and Zazie Beetz also shared a few words regarding the announcement, with Glover stating that he initially wanted to finish Atlanta after the second season. “Death is natural. I feel like when the conditions are right for something, they happen, and when the conditions aren’t right, they don’t happen. I don’t feel any longevity. Because then things start to get weird. The story was always supposed to be what it wa...
The widely popular 1990s children’s show Blue’s Clues is making a comeback and this time it is taking a page from Marvel‘s Spider Man: No Way Home. The show, which originally debuted in 1996, followed the journey of a pet puppy named Blue, who leaves paw prints around as clues to help her owner solve the puzzle. Steve Burns played the original host until 2002. Donovan Patton then took over as Steve’s brother Joe for two seasons afterward. In 2019, Nickelodeon developed another spin-off of the franchise titled Blue’s Clues and You, featuring Joshua Dela Cruz as Steve and Joe’s cousin, who takes over as Blue’s new caretaker. Fans saw Joe and Steve make guest appearances on the show and they later became recurring characters as well. Paramount+‘s upcoming film, called Blue’s Big City Adventur...
Francis Ford Coppola refused to mince his words about Marvel films and the state of today’s movie industry, labelling the superhero titles formulas’ as repetitive. Speaking to GQ, the veteran director shared that his thoughts apply to major blockbusters outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well. “There used to be studio films,” Coppola said. “Now there are Marvel pictures. And what is a Marvel picture? A Marvel picture is one prototype movie that is made over and over and over and over and over again to look different.” Coppola continued to name Denis Villeneuve’s Dune and Cary Fukunaga’s No Time to Die as examples of films that follow the same formulas, “…extremely gifted, talented, beautiful artists, and you could take both those movies, and you and I could go and pull the sa...
Marvel and Disney+ have now announced that Moon Knight directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead will be taking over for the second season of Loki. According to Deadline, the two directors will co-direct most of the episodes of the upcoming follow-up to the critically acclaimed first season revolving around the God of Mischief, with original showrunner Michael Waldron pivoting to executive producer. Tom Hiddleston is set to reprise his role as the titular character while Owen Wilson has just confirmed his return as Time Variance Authority agent Mobius as well. Herron first announced her departure from the franchise back in July last year. “I’m not returning,” she told Deadline at the time. “I always planned to be just on for this, and to be honest, Season 2 wasn’t in the — that’...
Warner Bros. has released the official trailer of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, Elvis. Starring Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’s Austin Butler — who perfects Presley’s accent — Elvis follows the life and career of the King of Rock and Roll, which tragically ended when he was only 42 years old. Luhrmann’s trailer is narrated by Tom Hanks, who portrays Presley’s manager Colonel Tom Parker, and sees how the singer’s upbringing with Black music shaped his musical style and the criticism he received for his performances. Joining Butler and Hanks in the cast are Olivia DeJonge as Presley’s’ wife, Priscilla, Richard Roxburgh as Presley’s father Vernon Presley, Helen Thomson as Presley’s mother Gladys, Alton Mason as Little Richard, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King, Yola as Sister Rosetta T...
Netflix has officially revealed that the long-anticipated fourth season of Stranger Things will be split in two parts. In the same announcement, show creators Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as the Duffer Brothers, have also said that the show has been renewed for a fifth and final season. In a post to their fans, the Duffer Brothers wrote, “With nine scripts, over 800 pages, almost two years of filming, thousands of visual effects shots, and a runtime nearly twice the length of any previous season, Stranger Things 4 was the most challenging season yet, but also the most rewarding one. Everyone involved is incredibly proud of the results, and we can’t wait to share it with you.” The brothers added that the first of the two volumes of the fourth season will arrive on May 27, and the second...
Coming together film studio TOHO, film studio Toei, anime studio Khara and production studio Tsuburaya Production have come together to unite the worlds of Hideaki Anno. Announcing the “Shin Japan Heroes Universe,” the collaborative unites project Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time, Shin Godzilla, Shin Ultraman and Shin Kamen Rider. Collecting the universes from the films directed and written by Hideaki Anno, the Shin Japan Heroes Universe will feature merchandise, special events and tie-ins between the films. Aside from visual art efforts, an Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time symphony concert and a Shin Godzilla Universal Studios Japan 4D attraction are already available. Stay tuned and look for Shin Ultraman to release May 13 and Shin Kamen Rider to arrive March 2023. For...