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In 2020, Hasbro made a historical $4 billion USD acquisition of Entertainment One. With the deal, Hasbro brought on then-HBO President of Programming, Michael Lombardo, to help ramp-up its TV projects. Since then, Hasbro has been working on a series of original ideas including developing scripted and unscripted content for fans. In a recent interview with Deadline, Lombardo has gone extensively into Hasbro’s stategic programming plans. In the past, EOne Television has already begun gearing up for potential universes for Power Rangers, Dungeons & Dragons as well as a scripted series for Magic: The Gathering. As for unscripted projects, Hasbro is planning on turning Monopoly into a reality gameshow as well as one for Mouse Trap and Guess Who?. When discussing the Power Rangers and Netfli...

This year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade brought back the tradition in full force with a display of massive colorful floats. It felt like a pre-COVID Thanksgiving celebration as live spectators lined the city streets once more. One float, in particular, melted the hearts of Americans. Not only did the Blue’s Clues float feature a large float version of the blue animated puppy, but it celebrated 25 years of the Nickelodeon kids show by featuring the entire lineage of hosts — Steve, Joe, and Josh. Fans were already quite emotional when Steve Burns made a return for the anniversary video, but seeing all three hosts together singing along for Thanksgiving Day was a different level of nostalgia. Fans quickly took to Twitter to express just how big a deal this was, even going as far as to say ...

More than a decade after even its HD remaster was released, the nostalgic Earthworm Jim is finally making a comeback, this time in the form of a television show. Developed by Interplay Entertainment, the upcoming series will follow Jim as he navigates through the galaxy and fights off his foes all in search of his home planet: Earth. Aside from familiar faces, the show will also introduce brand new characters, breathing new air into the almost 30-year-old franchise. “I remember loving Earthworm Jim as a kid,” said the project’s lead Michel K. Parandi. “And there’s so much potential in this story universe: a galaxy full of animals battling for power. Jim is an earthworm in a universe where Earth is nothing more than a myth. His struggle to find meaning is surreal and comical, but it’s ...

With less than a month until its release date, the highly anticipated Marvel Studios flick Spider-Man: No Way Home has now dropped another new poster, this time showcasing all of the main villains of the upcoming movie. Just like you’ve seen in the recent second trailer, the poster features almost all of the Sinister Six, including Willem Dafoe’s Green Goblin, Jamie Foxx’s Electro, Alfred Molina’s Doctor Octopus, Thomas Haden Church’s Sandman, and Rhys Ifan’s Lizard. Of course, right in the center is also Tom Holland’s Spider-Man himself accompanied by his Benedict Cumberbatch’s Dr. Strange and Zendaya’s MJ. With the multiverse now in play, there’s also been rumors seemingly confirmed by on-set photos that both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield will be reprising their roles as the tit...

Hellbound is currently the most-watched series on Netflix, jumping to the first position in world rankings in just 24 hours. While the six-episode series has only been out for a week, fans are already asking for details regarding season 2. In an interview with Huffpost KR, Hellbound director Yeon Sang-ho said the sequel will follow the original model, releasing first as a webtoon, and later in video. The cartoon will release sometime in the second half of next year, and there are currently no specific plans for season 2 filming. As the intellectual property rights for Hellbound belong to Sang-ho and his fellow cartoonist Choi Gyu-Seok, if Netflix decides not to do season 2, there is a possibility it will be done through other platforms. However, this is quite unlikely due to the show’s bre...

Super Mario Bros. film’s co-producer has given fans an update on how Chris Pratt is settling into his role as Mario. Chris Meledandri, who is co-producing with creator Shigeru Miyamoto, has offered high praises for the voice actor. In a recent interview, Meledandri revealed, “All I can tell you is the voice that he’s doing for us in Mario is phenomenal. I can’t wait for people to hear it.” He was later asked if the iconic line, “It’s-a-me! Mario!” would be a component to Pratt’s voice acting to which he responded that it is “not the tenor of the performance.” But, Meledandri did note that it was “covered” in the film and there is “definitely [a] nod to that.” Pratt stars alongside other cast members including Charlie Day as Luigi, Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Jack Black as Bowser, Se...

Disney may not be going forward with Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic after all. Originally announced back in December last year, the new Star Wars project would follow the adventures and missions of New Republic soldiers during the same time period as The Mandalorian, with Gina Carano’s Cara Dune highly likely to have made an appearance before the actress fell out with Disney. Unfortunately for fans of the Star Wars universe, it now seems that Disney has given up on the project altogether, instead, taking some of its core story arcs and inserting them into the other numerous series currently in development. Back in May, Variety had reported that “A third announced spinoff, Rangers of the New Republic, is not currently in active development,” and now Lucasfil...

In order to play the role of Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott‘s House of Gucci, Jared Leto revealed that he “did it all” — including inhaling Italian spicy sauce pasta. In a recent interview, the method actor explained that he put in a lot of work to take on the role of the former Gucci VP: “I did it all. I was snorting lines of arrabbiata sauce by the middle of this movie. I had olive oil for blood. This was a deep dive I did. If you took a biopsy of my skin, it would come back as parmesan cheese! This is my love letter to Italy. There was a lot of work and preparation, and yes, I had an Italian accent and I enjoyed and embraced that, and lived in that space as much as I could, and for as long as I possibly could. I climbed into that creative cave and came out through the bowels and intestines...

PBS has officially dropped the upcoming trailer for David Tennant‘s new series, Around the World in 80 days. Tennant, who was in Jessica Jones and Doctor Who, plays the character of Phileas Fogg. Referred to as the adventurer, the trailer begins by following Fogg as he is introduced to his fellow companion Abigail Fix, played by Leonie Benesch. Abigail accompanies Fogg on his journey, where audiences get hear him discuss his goal of travelling around the entire world in just 80 days. The trailer showcases some of the mishappenings as they venture off to different parts of the world, encountering a broad range of dangerous scenarios. The TV show is adapted from the novel by Jules Verne of the same name. Centered around Phileas Fogg, the story unolds as Fogg places a £20,000 GBP wager agains...

Disney will be spending $33 billion USD on content in 2022. According to the company’s latest SEC filing, the company has allocated that gigantic sum to produce even more content over the course of its next fiscal year, marking an $8 billion USD increase over its $25 billion USD spent in 2021. The figure also significantly trumps the budgets from competitors Discovery and Netflix, which have spent $20 billion USD and $14 billion USD respectively. “The increase is driven by higher spend to support our DTC expansion and generally assumes no significant disruptions to production due to COVID-19,” reads Disney’s report. In concrete terms, the $33 billion USD will translate to 50 new theatrical releases for the studio in 2022 alone, as well as a massive roster of television and streaming series...

Netflix has unveiled its slate of programming for December 2021, offering a mixture of exciting new originals and holiday content for the family. Next month’s list is led by the premiere of Adam McKay’s satirical science fiction Don’t Look Up, which boasts of an all-star cast comprised of the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timotheé Chalamet, Jonah Hill, Kid Cudi, Ariana Grande and more. Subscribers can also watch out for Money Heist: Part 5 Vol. 2, The Witcher Season 2, Cobra Kai Season 4, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: STONE OCEAN and seasonal titles like The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 4, Single All The Way and more. Take a look at the full slate of new releases on Netflix below. Coming to Netflix TBCDecoupled – NETFLIX SERIESA misanthropic writer and his ...

Popular YouTuber Mr. Beast created an elaborate real-life version of Squid Game, challenging 456 players to compete for a cash prize. Mr. Beast, whose name is Jimmy Donaldson, said it took about $3.5 million USD to recreate every game from the Netflix series in real life, including Red Light, Green Light, Tug of War and the infamous Glass Bridge. Contestants who failed the challenges were “eliminated” by having a small device strapped to them pop to safely recreate the show’s gory tactics. The setup involved elaborate sets made to look like scenes from the series. Recreating Squid Games is costing more then I thought it would but i’m in to deep to stop now lol pic.twitter.com/Z196lyz4Ig — MrBeast (@MrBeast) November 7, 2021 The games were funded in part by mobile game company Brawl St...