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Prolific TV, film and theater actor James Earl Jones, widely known as the actor and voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader has died at the age of 93. Variety has confirmed that the actor died on Monday morning at his home in Dutchess County, N.Y.Jones has been considered as one of the pioneering Black actors of his generation. With a career spanning across six decades, Jones had his start in Broadway in 1958. Most recently, he appeared in 2021's Coming 2 America where he reprised his role of King Jaffe Joffer from the original 1988 comedy with Eddie Murphy. Other iconic roles include lending his baratone voice to play King Mufasa in Disney's animated feature The Lion King in 1994 and appearing as CIA deputy director Vice Admiral James Greer in three Jack Ryan movies. Jones starred in Stanl...

With less than a month until the premiere of MF Ghost season two, the production company has shared a new trailer offering fans an ear to its new Eurobeat soundtrack.In the new promotional video, protagonist Kanata Katagiri is shown driving in his red Toyota GT86, showing no signs of deceleration even amid heavy rain. Picking up from where season one left off, the trailer offers glimpses into the intense race on the Lake Ashinoko GT course that fans have been anticipating for months.The video also previews “Side U (Prod. AmPm),” a new City pop-style track by Himika Akaneya, who also performed season one’s ending theme song, “Stereo Sunset (Prod. AmPm).”The second season of MF Ghost will begin airing on October 6  across a number of TV networks in Japan. Simultaneously, overseas fans will b...

Universal has shared a new full-length trailer for Wicked, an upcoming feature film adaption of Stephen Schwartz's award-winning Broadway musical. Directed by Jon M. Chu of Crazy Rich Asians, the film will be released in two parts. The first installment comes as a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, with Glinda, the Good Witch of the West (played by Ariana Grande) narrating the untold story between her and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West (Cynthia Erivo).The trailer opens with Glinda announcing the death of the Wicked Witch of the West to the people of Oz, a premise that appears to pick up right where The Wizard of Oz ended. Through a series of flashbacks, she begins to retell the events that happened before the renowned tale. Spanning two and half minutes, the audience is offered an ear to ...

Christopher Abbott is subject to a supernatural transformation in the new trailer for Wolf Man, a forthcoming horror flick directed by Leigh Whannell.Abbott portrays Blake, a father who inherits his childhood home in Oregon. On a visit to the property with his wife and daughter, the family is attacked by a werewolf. Hiding in a farmhouse with the door barricaded, Blake begins to undergo a transformation of his own.Julia Garner co-stars alongside Abbott as his wife Charlotte, while Matilda Firth plays daughter Ginger. Rounding out the cast are Sam Jaeger, Ben Prendergast and Benedict HardieThe film is based on The Wolf Man novel by Curt Siodmak but also serves as a reboot to a 1941 movie centered on the same story.Watch the official trailer for Wolf Man above. The film premieres in theaters...

Netflix has released a trailer for its docuseries on Vince McMahon, the co-founder of WWE. Entitled Mr. McMahon, the show traces how McMahon set the company up to have a monopoly on the wrestling industry, but ultimately stepped down in 2022 following claims that he had made hush money payments to former WWE employees he had affairs with.He returned as an executive chairman of WWE the following year and remained in the role when WWE merged with UFC to form TKO Group Holdings (TKO). Earlier this year, McMahon resigned once again after the FBI launched an investigation into him after another former WWE employee alleged he sexually trafficked her.Mr. McMahon was compiled using over 200 hours with McMahon, recorded prior to his resignation, along with some of his family members and business as...

An Ocean's 14 followup is reportedly in development over at Warner Bros. and Smokehouse.According to early reports, George Clooney and Brad Pitt are supposedly in talks to return to the franchise while Edward Berger could serve as director to replace Steven Soderbergh. Although nothing is confirmed as of writing, Clooney did state in December 2023 that a script for a new installment exists. “We have a really good script for another ‘Ocean’s’ now, so we may end up doing another one. It’s actually a great script,” Clooney told Uproxx. "I don’t want to call it ['Ocean's 14']… I mean, the idea is kind of like ‘Going in Style.'”Clooney and Pitt are currently promoting their latest feature film Wolfs, which sees the pair as fixers who are forced to work together. The comedy is written and helmed...

The vampires of Twilight are set to return in a new animated series from Netflix. Twelve years after the fifth and final film in the hit franchise graced theaters, the streamer announced it was developing a show based on Stephanie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, a companion novel to the mainline series.Published in 2020, Midnight Sun is a retelling of the first novel, Twilight, but from the perspective of Edward Cullen rather than the typical narrating character Bella Swan.Like in the case of the film adaptation of her books, Meyer will serve as an executive producer on Netflix’s Midnight Sun show, alongside the partner of her production studio Fickle Fish Films Meghan Hibbett.Also executive producing are Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen, Erik Feig and Samie Kim Falvey. Sinead Daly will both executive prod...

Netflix has revealed a new full-length promotional trailer for the second and final season of Arcane.Just over two minutes long, the latest trailer offers a glimpse into the series’s final chapter, jam-packed with incredible action sequences, explosive spectacles and intense conflicts that ensue. The show’s new theme song, “Paint The Town Blue” by Ashnikko, is woven into the new promotional video. The track features the American rapper/singer-songwriter’s signature blend of punk-rock, hip-hop and pop.Looking back, the first season’s theme song, “Enemy” was specially written and performed by American pop rock band, Imagine Dragons, which also featured verse rapped by JID. While the first theme song centered on the emotions and internal inflicts between the two sisters during the events of s...

Netflix is gearing up for the release of Ryan Murphy's Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story. The anthology crime series follows the real life story of the Menendez brothers who murdered their parents cold blood in their living room. This is the second season of the series, following the first which focused on Jeffrey Dahmer. It lays out what truly happened and what led to the killing of Lyle and Erik's parents and how the tragedy that unfolded. Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez play the infamous brothers and Chloë Sevigny and Javier Bardem as their parents. During the real trial, the brothers' legal team argued that José sexually and physically abused both brothers for years and that they committed the murder out of fear. Originally tried separately, they were later tried to...

A Minecraft Movie will be hitting theaters sometime next year. Ahead of then, Warner Bros. has offered a preview of the live-action adaptation of the best-selling Minecraft video game.In the flick, Jason Momoa stars as Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison alongside friends Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks). The day-to-day struggles of the real world don’t seem so difficult, however, when they’re unexpectedly transported to the blocky Overworld.On a quest to get back home, they fall into a fantastical adventure, joined by Jack Black as the expert crafter Steve.Directing A Minecraft Movie is Jared Hess, known for his work on Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre, the latter of which also starred Black.Some viewers of the trailer were taken aback by the movie...

Disney+ has unveiled its list of new programming for September 2024.Leading this month's offerings is the premiere of the Marvel and WandaVision spinoff series Agatha All Along, which will focus on Kathryn Hahn's character Agatha Harkness and co-star Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, Sasheer Zamata, Debra Jo Rupp and Patti LuPone. Also hitting the streamer are new episodes of Are You Sure?! with BTS' Jimin and Jung Kook, LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy and Dancing with the Stars.Check out the full list below.Coming To Disney+Wednesday, September 4- Kindergarten: The Musical (S1, 10 episodes)LEGO Pixar: BrickToons - Premiere - All Episodes StreamingJoin some of your favorite Pixar characters for adventures set in the world of LEGO! Sing along with Miguel in the Land of the Dead, help Merida and h...

Lord of the Rings staple Sir Ian McKellen could be reprising his role as Gandalf in the upcoming film The Hunt for Gollum.In a recent interview with BBC, the revered actor expressed his strong desire in returning as the wizard. "I'm not letting anyone else put on the pointy hat and beard if I can help it," he said, also previously telling the Big Issue that the "enthusiasm" for J.R.R. Tolkien's creation remains as strong as ever. As for The Hunt for Gollum, Sir McKellen stated, "I can't tell you any more than that. I've just been told there are going to be more films and Gandalf will be involved and they hope that I'll be playing him."He continued, "When? I don't know. What the script is? It's not written yet. So, they better be quick."Sir McKellen is currently taking a short break from ac...