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With the holiday season coming to an end, Disney+ has unveiled its slate of new programming for January 2025.The first month of the new year is led by the premieres of season two of the live-action Goosebumps: The Vanishing and the new Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Also joining the lineup are new episodes of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Gypsy Rose: Life After Lockup and more.Check out the full list below.Coming To Disney+January 1stMorphle: Shorts (S1, 10 episodes)January 7thStar Wars: Skeleton Crew – Episode 7Skeleton Crew tells the story of four kids searching for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy, and the strange aliens and dangerous places they encounter on their adventure.January 9thUFOs: Investigating the Unknown (S2, 6 episodes)January 10thGoosebumps...

Another season of MF Ghost has been confirmed. As the 12th and final episode of Season 2 aired over the weekend, the anime’s official channels has released a video announcement as well as a new visual teaser to announce the series’ renewal for a third season.The last episode of the season ended on an abrupted note in the midst of the Peninsula race. With an injury on his elbow, Kanata begins to fall behind. Similar to how Season 2 picked up from its previous installement, the new season will kick-off mid-race.Based on the previous production patterns,  it’s likely that MF Ghost Season 3 will see a release timeframe sometime in late 2025 or event early 2026. Check out the official teasers above and below.◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤#MFゴースト 3rd Season制作決定🎉🎉ティザービジュアルが公開🚘️◢◤◢◤◢◤◢◤勝負...

Universal Pictures officially confirmed that Christopher Nolan's new film will be an adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem, The Odyssey.The studio took to X to reveal that the upcoming project “is a mythic action epic shot across the world using brand new IMAX film technology." They continued, "The film brings Homer’s foundational saga to IMAX film screens for the first time and opens in theaters everywhere on July 17, 2026.”Nolan's The Odyssey will feature a star-studded cast that currently includes Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson and Charlize Theron. Production is set to begin some time in the first half of 2025, with the filmmaker writing and co-producing alongside Emma Thomas.The Odyssey was composed around the 8th or 7th centur...

TOHO Animation has provided new updates on Season 2 of Kaiju No.8, confirming that the next installment of the highly-anticipated anime will officially premiere in 2025, summertime.A new trailer for Kaiju No. 8’s Season 1 compilation film andHoshina's Day Off - an upcoming special episode was revealed alongside a new teaser visual at the Jump Fest 2025 event over the weekend. The brand-new teaser visual spotlights Gen Narumi, the First Division Captain of the Defense Force, with the tagline "Proof of being the strongest" unveiled, building anticipation for the upcoming season.Theaters in Japan will host a three-week run for the anime’s Season 1 compilation film as well as the special episode starting on March 28, 2025. In addition to that, the new trailer also previews “Invincible,”  the a...

With December 2024 quickly coming to an end, Max has unveiled its slate of new programming for January 2025.The first month of the new year is led by the premiere of several A24 films including The Front Room, Look Into My Eyes and A Different Man. Also landing on the streaming service are Max Originals The Pitt, Mermicorno: Starfall, Season 5 of Harley Quinn and Isadora Moon, to name a few. Subscribers will also be able to stream fan favorites such as Fast & Furious, Mrs. Doubtfire, Rebel Without a Cause and more.Check out the full list below.Coming To Max*This list may not be comprehensive and is subject to changeJanuary 15 Things with Kate Bolduan (CNN)A Star is Born (1937)Act of Valor (2012)All Elite Wrestling: 2019 PPV Events (5 Episodes) (2024)All Elite Wrestling: Collision 2024 ...

A new official trailer for Solo Leveling Season 2 has been released, with Crunchyroll confirming the popular anime’s return in 2025.The first season of  Solo Leveling premiered in January 2024 and completed its 12-episode run by the end of March. Based on Chugong’s widely successful and hugely popular webtoon series, the anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and faithfully delivered a slick and compelling adaptation that lives up to the story’s action-heavy, RPG-like portal-fantasy premise.The story follows Sung Jinwoo - the world’s weakest hunter - who transforms after acquiring the System, a unique program only he can see. This system allows Jinwoo to level up his abilities, leading him to uncover the secrets behind his newfound powers and the dungeons that spawned them. Season 2, subheaded...

While Christopher Nolan continues to be busy developing his upcoming film for Universal, the Oppenheimer director has named Ridley Scott's Gladiator II as the top film of 2024. Taking part in Variety's list of directors' best films of the year, the acclaimed filmmaker highlights the reasons why he thought Gladiator II was a masterpiece.From the start, Nolan praised Scott's brilliance and masterful directing. He wrote, "Like the best long-awaited sequels, Gladiator II must be a remake and sequel in one, and it's testament to Scott's brilliance that he manages to balance the individual pathos of the original with the expansionist demands of the sequel's central theme, bringing a lifetime of experience in controlling tone." While some fans and critics alike have claimed historical inaccuracie...

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 speeds to the top of box office charts with a debut of $62 million USD at its opening weekend box office. On its way to the top, it tramples over Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King prequel. Paramount's third Sonic adventure hits the No. 1 spot across 3,761 North American theaters. Garnering a positive review and strong audience scores, the film has surpassed initial expectations of hitting $55 to $60 million USD at the opening box office. The track record for the trilogy continues to soar, with the first film opening at $58 million USD in 2020 and the second film for $72 million USD. Paramount's president of domestic distribution Chris Aronson said, "As we've seen this franchise's audience grow, we saw a window in the marketplace in December where we thought we could stand...

A new film in The Mummy universe is officially in the works over at New Line.As per The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming installment is set to release on April 17, 2026 and will be written and helmed by Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin. Plot details remain under wraps as of writing, but fans of the franchise can expect the filmmaker "to breathe modern life into ageless evil." A cast is yet to be announced.Cronin's Doppelgängers banner, Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are set to produce alongside James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville. Michael Clear, Judson Scott and Macdara Kelleher will serve as executive producers.The first film in The Mummy IP dates back to 1932 from Karl Freund, but returned to popularity in the late '90s to early '00s thanks to Brendan Fraser's trilogy the released in ...

The Weeknd is gearing up to make his big-screen debut in an all-new suspense thriller titled Hurry Up Tomorrow. The film, which is directed by Lionsgate's Trey Edward Shults and also stars Jenna Ortega and Barry Keoghan, has received an official release date of May 16, 2025.The movie, described as a "musically driven psychological thriller," is inspired by The Weeknd's forthcoming album and tour of the same name. The record, which is slated to be released on January 24, will arrive as the final installment in the Grammy winner's trilogy, following 2022's Dawn FM and 2020's After Hours. Little is currently known about the plot of the film.Hurry up Tomorrow is produced by The Weeknd's Manic Phase and Reza Fahimalong with the late Kevin Turen and Harrison Kreiss. Executive producers include O...

Justin Chon and Bobby Hundreds are making a half-hour drama series about the streetwear world, according to Deadline.Titled Burnfield, the show is set to be based on the creative duo's own experiences in fashion. Hundreds founded his community-based workwear label, The Hundreds, alongside Ben Hundreds in 2003, and it has since become known for its graphic-heavy design ethos and pop-cultural collaborations. Chon, meanwhile, was behind the streetwear retail chain The Attic in Southern California for a decade.Chon and Hundreds are co-creating and co-showrunning the series, acting as executive producers alongside Garrett Basch, who previously worked on What We Do in the Shadows and Reservation Dogs. The series, which was preemptively purchased by FX, will be directed by Chon.Notably, Chon and ...

Jared Leto is set to play Skeletor in Amazon MGM's live-action Masters of the Universe film.Variety adds that director Travis Knight has also landed Sam C. Wilson, Kojo Attah and Hafthor Bjornsson as Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops and Goat Man — some of Skeletor's henchmen. They join the previously-announced cast of Alison Brie as Evil-Lyn, Camila Mendes as Teela and Idris Elba as Man-at-Arms.Details of the upcoming adaptation remain under wraps, but reports state that Skeletor and his henchmen could utilize motion-capture CGI.Chris Butler penned the script while Escape Artists and Mattel Films are producing.The live-action Masters of the Universe film is set to release on June 5, 2026.Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast