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Fans of Yu Suzuki’s Shenmue saga have a new reason to celebrate as visuals for the 13-episode animated series have just been previewed at this year’s New York Comic Con. Directed by Chikara Sakurai of One Punch Man season 2, Magimoji Rurumo, and Lost Song, the series will also see Yu Suzuki as the executive producer. The original SEGA Dreamcast game with a cult following has not made headlines since its 2019 Shenmue III release which saw record funding through Kickstarter. Set to be a Crunchyroll and Adult Swim original, fans can expect this series to launch sometime in 2022. In other entertainment news, a new Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero film trailer previews characters. Read Full Article

The new anime series from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, received a new trailer at New York Comic Con 2021 on Thursday. It has also been announced that the series will premiere with on November 13. The trailer is set in neo-DTLA featuring Blade Runner‘s signature cyberpunk aesthetic of flying cars and flashing neon billboards. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer provides quick glimpses of the show’s antagonist Niander Wallace Sr, the father of Niander Wallace Jr. featured in Blade Runner 2049, and replicant Elle, voiced by The Matrix: Resurrections actress Jessica Henwick. Elle is seen taking a Voight-Kampff test and forced to go on the run, vowing to “kill them all” at the end of the trailer. The 13-episode animated series is directed by Shinji Aramaki from Appleseed...

To celebrate episode 1,000 of One Piece anime in November, anime studio Toei Animation and entertainment provider Fathom Events announced that One Piece Film: Strong World will be screened at select theatres in the U.S. for the first time. Debuted in 2011 in Japan, the tenth feature film is written by creator Eiichiro Oda. The iconic plot centers around Shiki, the evil captain who kidnaps Nami to force her to join his team, or else the Straw Hats will die after being sent to an island with monsters. One Piece Film: Strong World will be screened on November 7 with English dubs, while another session with English subtitles will be held on November 9. Both sessions will drop featurettes of the 11th film – One Piece: Mugiwara Chase. You can now purchase tickets here. In case you missed it, Net...

On Wednesday, Jay-Z attended the BFI London Film Festival at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in support of his forthcoming film, The Harder They Fall. Produced by the Brooklyn-born rapper, the movie champions Black representation in Western-themed cinema. Starring Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonathan Majors, Lakeith Stanfield, Delroy Lindo, Zazie Beetz and more, the film tells the story of a Black cowboy who brings together his former gang to avenge the murder of his parents at the hands of Rufus Buck, played by Idris Elba. The forthcoming motion picture also makes the directorial debut for producer/filmmaker, Jaymes Samuel (a.k.a. The Bullitts), who has worked with Jay-Z, Jay Electronica and more. “These names like Stagecoach Mary, all the actors in this, they really existed in th...

A “WandaVision” spinoff is in the works at Disney Plus from Marvel Studios, Variety reported, citing exclusive information from sources. Set after the events of 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, “WandaVision” debuted in January and follows Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) after they relocate to a quiet suburb, only to discover that their surroundings are strangely moving through different decades. All the while, the couple struggles to keep their powers hidden. The spinoff would star Kathryn Hahn in a reprisal of her role as Agatha Harkness, Wanda and Vision’s nosy neighbor who turns out to harbor secret powers of her own, according to Variety. Jac Schaeffer, the current head writer of “WandaVision,” would both write and executive produce the show. Variety said that the alleged sp...

A group of investigators has now claimed to have identified exactly who the Zodiac Killer is. According to new reports, an investigative team specializing in cold cases known as The Case Breakers has uncovered the true identity of the infamous serial killer who terrorized California across the ’60s. Consisting of 40 journalists, law enforcement officers and military intelligence personnel, the group claims that the Zodiac Killer was a man by the name of Gary Francis Poste. While Poste died in 2018, new forensic evidence and photographs from the man’s darkroom reportedly tie him to details and sketches of the Zodiac itself, and letters from the serial killer confirm his identity as some of them required the killer’s full name in order to decipher its hidden messages. On top of discovering w...

Marvel has officially confirmed that prior to the actor’s death, a Chadwick Boseman What If… spinoff was in the works. The debut season of the Disney+ animated series saw Boseman make his final appearance as the titular MCU character, T’Challa. Bryan Andrews, the show’s director has previously mentioned to Variety that there were no official plans to expand the story of T’Challa, who in the show’s alternate universe is actually Star Lord from Guardians Of The Galaxy and not Black Panther. Andrews said, “There was planning to have Star Lord T’Challa spin-off into his own show. We were all very excited. We know [Chadwick] would have loved it, too.” Andrews continued to reveal that they wanted to show T’Challa living in the Guardians Of The Galaxy universe, however since Boseman’s death last ...

Netflix will be editing out the phone number from the business cards in Squid Game after several supposed owners claimed that they were receiving prank calls. “Together with the production company, we are working to resolve this matter, including editing scenes with phone numbers where necessary,” Netflix shared via Reuters. Reports also state that the streaming service and Squid Game producers Siren Pictures purposely only showed the last eight digits of the phone number, but they were unaware that the prefix will “automatically be added to complete the number.” Several people have stepped up to claim ownership over the phone number. The Korea Times reported that the number was owned by a businessman in his 40s living in the Gyeonggi Province, while Reuters pointed out that...

Director James Gunn has teased fans of incorporating a major character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe for his upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. The special will supposedly set up the events of third volume of Guardians of the Galaxy, which is intended to release in 2023. Gunn recently took to Twitter to reveal the title art for the Holiday Special, alongside the text, “In my incredibly subjective & admittedly often odd opinion, we’ll be introducing one of the greatest MCU characters of all time.” No further information was given in regards to who the character might be. Upon seeing the Tweet, many fans have begun speculating which of Marvel’s unseen characters will appear. Gunn has even responded to a few of them, denying that Howard the Duck and Longshot will be in...

Quentin Tarantino has recently revealed the real reason why he chose to alter the film ending of Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood to differ from the novel. The particular scene in question pertains to the emotional phone call Leonardo Dicaprio’s character Rick Dalton has with Julia Butters’s Trudi Fraser. However, the film ultimately cut to Dalton’s focus on the Charles Manson murders instead. Tarantino explained his reasoning for the change in an interview with Empire, “There’s a reason it’s not in the movie. If you play that scene, that’s the end. You almost have to start the movie all over again.” The director also claimed that he knew quite early on that he wanted to change the ending stating, “The night of the murders was the epilogue. I even had ‘epilogue’ pop up before it starts. But w...

Jung Ho-yeon from the psychological thriller Squid Game is now the most followed Korean actor on Instagram.  Jung’s follower count has soared from 400,000 before the launch of the series to 14.7 million at the time of writing. Playing the role of North Korean defector Park Hae-soo in what’s on track to become the most-watched show on Netflix, Jung won over the hearts of fans in her very first acting role. Making her name as a fashion model, Jung worked hard to prepare for her role as a storied pickpocket. “I watched a lot of documentaries about North Korean defectors. I also practiced speaking in a North Korean accent with a teacher, and studied a lot,” Jung told W Korea. Jung was initially hesitant about herself as an actor and playing Sae-Byeok in the movie, but quickly grew in...

Funimation has revealed an English-dubbed trailer for My Hero Academia‘s third anime movie, World Heroes’ Mission. The film debuted in Japan on August 6 and sold approximately 720,000 tickets on its opening weekend alone, and has become the highest-earning film in the franchise. The film will now premiere in over 1,500 theaters in the US, UK, Canada, and Ireland on October 29, and Australia and New Zealand on October 28. Spanish and Portuguese dubbed films will also screen in Latin America. Funimation has revealed that those who watch the film in theaters on opening weekend — from October 29 to 31 — will receive a 76-page My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission Vol. W Specialty Manga Booklet featuring exclusive manga. Contents will include an original scenario, an interview with past and p...