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According to reports, The Batman directed by Matt Reeves will be around three hours long with credits. Sources close to the production of the film starring Robert Pattinson as Batman have noted a 167-minute total runtime for the upcoming release. Now expected to be the longest solo Batman film ever at two hours and 47 minutes without credits, The Batman will stand as one of the longest superhero films ever. The only films that hold longer runtimes are Avengers: Endgame at 181 minutes and Zack Snyder’s Justice League at 242 minutes. Centered around the early years of Bruce Wayne, The Batman chronicles the Caped Crusader’s place in Gotham City continues to descend into darkness. Aside from star Robert Pattinson, the film also features Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, Paul Dano as the ...

Paramount+ has shared the official trailer for season two of Star Trek: Picard, which provides a first look at Whoopi Goldberg reprising her role as Guinan. In the new season, Jean-Luc Picard, played by Patrick Stewart, is tasked with employing “friends both old and new to confront the perils of 21st century Earth in a desperate race against time to save the galaxy’s future — and face the ultimate trial from one of his greatest foes,” per the official description. The visual confirms that Q throws Picard and his crew into an alternate reality that operates under a totalitarian regime in 2024, a significant year in the Star Trek universe history that primarily finds prominence in Deep Space Nine. In episodes “Past Tense” parts one and two of DS9, the franchise explo...

Michael Lee Aday, best known as Meat Loaf, has died at 74 years old. A statement made on his official Facebook page confirmed the news, “Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight surrounded by his wife Deborah, daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends.” It continued, “We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man.” A cause of death was not revealed. In addition to being the powerful voice behind the rock opera Bat Out of Hell, Meat Loaf also had an extensive list of acting credits that included 1975’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show, 1992’ Wayne’s World and 1999’s Fight Club, as well as on and off-Broadway...

During Netflix‘s 2021 fourth-quarter earnings interview, the streaming platform’s Co-Chief Executive Ted Saranos officially confirmed Squid Game. When asked if we would see a follow-up to the wildly popular South Korean series, Sarandos said “absolutely.” Going on to tease that there is much more to come from the world of Squid Game. “The Squid Game universe has just begun.” The brief tease has many thinking that we could be seeing spinoffs of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s thrilling survival drama creation that had the whole world talking in 2021. The news comes after word that Netflix will be releasing a staggering 25 South Korean original series in 2022. The push for content is spurred by the success of Squid Game which became the streaming platform’s biggest-ever series ever with subscribers worldw...

It turns out that Kingpin aka Wilson Fisk was originally meant to be introduced much earlier on in Hawkeye. In a new leaked video of a deleted scene which has since been taken down, a flashback in the recent Marvel and Disney+ series shows Vincent D’Onofrio‘s character taking a young Maya Lopez — or Echo — out for ice cream, revealing his return to the MCU much earlier than his ultimate appearance on-screen only during the finale of Hawkeye. While Marvel itself hasn’t commented on why the scene was deleted, it does make sense that they’d keep Kingpin a secret until later on in the series to build suspense and create an even more satisfying moment of revelation. With Kingpin back in the MCU and his fate still left open-ended after Hawkeye‘s finale alluded to his death without actu...

After more than a decade since its last project, Aardman Animations and Netflix are now bringing back two beloved claymation franchises, Wallace and Grommit and Chicken Run. Continuing their partnership, the studio and the streaming giant will be bringing two new movies for the two iconic franchises. On the Chicken Run front, the new film — titled Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — will be a sequel to the original title from 2000, following the life of Ginger and Rocky after the duo escape and subsequently give birth to Molly in a sanctuary home on an island. Unfortunately, Mel Gibson and Julia Sawalha won’t be returning to reprise their roles, but the project has recruited another all-star cast consisting of Zachary Levi, Thandie Newton and Bella Ramsey. As for Wallace ...

The upcoming second season of The White Lotus will be set in Sicily, according to sources close to the series via Variety. The show, created by Mark White, will once again take over a Four Seasons Hotel, after last season’s Hawaii-based story was filmed at the Four Seasons Resort Maui. This time, the Four Seasons San Domenico Palace in Sicily’s exclusive resort destination of Taormina will become the fictional White Lotus hotel. The resort is closed to guests until April 1, according to the hotel’s website. Season two of The White Lotus will star Michael Imperioli and Aubrey Plaza, along with F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hollander, Adam DiMarco and Haley Lu Richardson. Jennifer Coolidge will also return for season two. Imperioli is slated to play Dominic Di Grasso, who arrive...

The Space Entertainment Enterprise (S.E.E.) promises to bring a film studio to space by 2024. The company is currently working on Tom Cruise‘s next space film and plans to launch both a production studio and sports arena in outer space within the decade. Variety has reported that S.E.E. has unveiled official plans to build a zero-gravity station that includes an entertainment and athletics arena. Named the SEE-1 the space module is set to host different events across genres including film, television, sports and music events as well as hold creative content studios for artists and producers to make in space. Facilities for the content portion of the studio will allow for production, recording, broadcasting, development and livestreaming, which is all in line with S.E.E.’s goal of producing...

The “JOJOmagazine” has been revealed to publish this year in celebration of the 35th-anniversary of the widely developed anime series JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. The cover, illustrated by the original manga artist Hirohiko Araki, features JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean‘s protagonists Jolyn Kujo and her estranged father, Jotaro Kujo. The magazine will cover past and recent works of Araki, including the 71-page manga spin-off, Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan, along with an interview with Issei Takahashi, who played Rohan in the live-action drama. With the addition of special JoJo stickers, the magazine is a must-read for JoJo fans fond of Araki’s art. Priced at ¥1,650 JPY (approximately $14 USD), the “JOJOmagazine 2022 SPRING” will be on sale from Saturday, March 19. Look out for more details ...

A live-action Godzilla series is officially making its way to Apple TV+. According to reports, the forthcoming show will take place after Godzilla and the Titans battled it out in San Francisco — confirming to humans that kaijus are real. “[T]he untitled series explores one family’s journey to uncover its buried secrets and a legacy linking them to the secret organization known as Monarch,” Deadline shared. Legendary Television will produce the series while co-creators Chris Black, Matt Fraction, Safehouse Pictures’ Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell and Hiro Matsuoka and Takemasa Arita of Toho Co. Ltd. — the owner of the Godzilla character — will serve as executive producers. #Monsterverse TV series…#Godzilla @Legendary @AppleTVPlus @TOHO_GODZILLA pic.twitter.com/A6DnNXzgwY — GODZILLA.OFFICIAL ...

Creators Greg Daniels and Mike Judge have officially announced a King of the Hill reboot. According to reports, the two TV icons are partners once again with their newest animation company, Bandera Entertainment. The return of their collaborative company was born from a series of King of the Hill reunion panels, however a release date and other specifics for the cult animated show are still under wraps. “We were very excited to go into different tones and different styles and try to expand the animation art form,” Daniels told The Hollywood Reporter. “We’re in a golden age for content, right? That’s animation, too. That was one of the things we were talking about in founding the company: ‘Let’s push animation into all these different genres.’” “Mostly what Bandera is doing is trying to get...