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Marvel Comics and VeVe Digital Collectibles have dropped a new series of Spider-Man and Captain America NFTs. The collection marks the end of VeVe’s month-long “Marvel month” celebration, which commemorates the publisher’s anniversary, and features a Marvel 1st Captain America NFT that sees the character during his debut appearance in 1941. The most common piece from this series is “The First Avenger,” while “Charing into Battle” is listed as uncommon, “The Punch” is listed as rare, “Animated” is listed as ultra-rare and “Ultimate Animated” is listed as secret-rare. There’s also the fully readable NFT of Amazing Spider-Man #1, with its classic cover listed as common, its vintage variant listed as uncommon, its hero variant listed as rare, its vibranium variant listed as ultra-rare and the ...

Netflix has released a new trailer for Jake Gyllenhaal‘s 911 operator thriller The Guilty in anticipation of its October debut. A remake of a Danish film of the same name from 2018, The Guilty follows Gyllenhaal’s character of 911 dispatcher Joe Baylor over the course of a single day. The new trailer starts off by showing a series of irrelevant or prank calls made to the dispatch center, making for what would seem to be a slow day at the office. Things take a sudden and dire turn however when a woman in grave danger calls in, forcing Baylor to use every resource he can in order to save her. Netflix’s synopsis also teases a surprise twist to the plot, writing that “nothing is as it seems, and facing the truth is the only way out.” Joining Gyllenhaal is the film’s writer Nic Pizzolatto ...

To celebrate the 100th volume of One Piece hitting the shelves last week and episode 1,000 of the anime in November, a short live-action series, We Are One, adapted from the manga has been released. Featuring the powered-up actions and combat illustrated in Eiichiro Oda’s manga, the five-episode short drama focuses on how people deal with real-world issues while incorporating elements of  One Piece. Known for providing music to the animated movie Your Name, Japanese rock band Radwimps has produced the theme song “Twilight” for We Are One where the music video stars the cast from the drama and anime and fans of the anime. Watch the “Twilight” music video above and catch the We Are One mini-series below. [embedded content] In case you missed it, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings...

Hulu is reportedly increasing its subscription prices next month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Disney-owned streaming platform will be raising prices for both its ad-supported and ad-free tiers, and changes will affect both new and existing customers. Those in the former plan will see a price increase from $5.99 USD to $6.99 USD a month, while the latter will go from $11.99 USD to $12.99 USD a month. As for the customers subscribed to the Disney streaming bundle or live TV plan, subscription prices will remain unchanged. Hulu currently boasts 42.8 million subscribers, 39.1 million of which are subscribed to its SVOD plan. While the numbers aren’t as high as Disney+’s 116 million subscribers, the platform makes up for most of Disney’s revenues from its collection of streami...

Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have confirmed that they are pregnant with their second child. The beauty mogul took to Instagram to officially announce the news, sharing a short video that sees her delivering the news to Scott and her mother Kris Jenner separately, along with clips from her birthday and trips to the doctor. In late August, rumors began to swirl that Jenner and Scott, who co-parent their eldest daughter, Stormi Webster, were expecting their second child. Reports at the time noted that the 24-year-old is in the “very early stages” of the pregnancy. Watch Kylie Jenner’s announcement below. Elsewhere in entertainment, The Matrix Resurrections debuted its first teaser footage on its interactive website. Read Full Article

Sony Pictures has once again revealed new release plans for Venom: Let There Be Carnage. In an unprecedented move, the Tom Hardy-starring comic book adaptation is now set for October 1, marking the sixth time the release date has been changed. Tom Hardy‘s character, who is a journalist turned alien symbiote will act alongside Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Reid Scott ad Naomie Harris. Sony announced the new date for the film shortly after Disney and Marvel reported a larger-than-anticipated opening weekend for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Over the weekend, Marvel collected $75.5 million USD and $90 million USD in just its first four days of release. Venom is not the only film Sony has pushed back several films in their repertoire including Ghostbusters: Afterlife an...

Cardi B has given birth to her second child with Offset. Cardi shared the news in an Instagram post on Monday, featuring a photo of her holding their newborn son in a hospital bed while sitting with Offset under a Louis Vuitton blanket. “9/4/21,” Cardi captioned the post. Offset also took to social media to celebrate the moment, posting a photo of himself holding their newborn child while lying on a hospital bed next to Cardi. His caption reads, “Chapter 5,” a nod to this being his fifth child. “We are so overjoyed to finally meet our son,” the couple said in a statement via Cardi’s representatives shared with PEOPLE. “He is already loved so much by family and friends and we can’t wait to introduce him to his other siblings.” Cardi and Offset are already parents to their three-year-old dau...

Three months ahead of The Matrix Resurrections‘ premiere, Warner Bros. has begun its promotional rollout for the hotly-anticipated fourth installment to The Matrix franchise. Aside from a preliminary poster, the film studio has unveiled an interactive website, titled WhatIsTheMatrix.com, where fans can gain access to one of more than 180,000 unique teaser videos. Upon arrival at the site, users are able to choose between taking a red or blue pill, each of which leads to various sneak peeks and character narrations from the upcoming film. One clip features a short narration from Yahya Adbul-Mateen II, who challenges reality alongside The Matrix‘s classic green code, while another visual plays a narration from Neil Patrick Harris, who tells the viewer that they are here b...

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has departed Amazon and Donald Glover‘s upcoming Mr. and Mrs. Smith series. The Fleabag star reportedly “had a different creative vision for the series than Donald Glover,” but the pair are still friends and her exit was amicable. Waller-Bridge’s role, which is opposite Glover’s, is now being recast as the series aims to stick to its premiere and production year of 2022. Glover will still be the show’s leading actor, co-creator and executive producer while Francesca Sloane, who worked with him on Atlanta, will also serve as co-creator, showrunner and exec producer. Yariv Milchan and Michael Schaefer of New Regency will also executive produce. Elsewhere in entertainment, Dune received an eight-minute standing ovation during its Venice Film Festival premiere. Read Full A...

Marvel‘s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings has set a new Labor Day box office record with a $90 million USD earning across four days. According to reports, the film surpassed 2007’s record holder Halloween, which garnered $30.6 million USD. Shang-Chi also earned $75.5 million USD from 4,300 domestic locations across across three days, while its international earnings are at around $127.6 million USD. Its three-day earnings also marks the second-biggest domestic opening of 2021, just behind Black Widow‘s $80.3 million USD and above F9‘s $90 million USD. Unlike Black Widow, however, Shang-Chi will be exclusive to theaters for 45 days before hitting Disney+ Premier Access; the Scarlett Johansson-led film, which is also the basis of an ongoing lawsuit, hit both the Disney+ streami...

These past few years have seen Zendaya‘s film career propel into blockbuster success across genres. In a recent British Vogue cover story, Zendaya reveals she has no signs of stopping. The Dune star has plans to go into filmmaking and directing and admits that she would love to be able to “figure out” how to make films that center around Black women as leads. When asked if she plans to share with her future children the current Black American experience, she responded with, “I don’t know what I’m going to tell them. Hopefully, they’ll be able to look at what I’ve done and my body of work and see it.” She emphasized that art itself is a “huge catalyst for change” and adds, “If I ever do become a filmmaker, I know that the leads of my films will always be black women. I gotta hurry up and fi...

Adding onto the latest preview of chapter 364 of late Kentaro Miura’s manga Berserk, Japanese publishing house Hakusensha announced that the 41st volume of the dark fantasy series will be rolling out this Christmas Eve. The first volume in three years will be published in both regular and special editions with the latter boasting a canvas artwork done by Miura himself along with a drama visual CD. In the upcoming Berserk art exhibit to be held in Tokyo’s Sunshine City, the event will be utilizing the artwork as its main key visual. On the other hand, the CD will be showcasing the manga’s focal chapter “Awakening” as the anime’s cast returns in the segment that has never been applied in any of the adaptations. To further celebrate the release, Hakusensha’s 18th issue of Young Animal magazin...