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Disney+ Confirms ‘WandaVision’ Spinoff Series ‘Agatha: House of Harkness’

During Disney+ Day on Friday, the company confirmed that an upcoming WandaVision spinoff series titled Agatha: House of Harkness is in the works. The brief announcement said that Kathryn Hahn will reprise her role as Agatha Harkness and WandaVision head writer Jac Schaeffer will return as a screenwriter and executive producer on the series, marking his first project since signing an overall deal with Marvel Studios ad 20th Television. Rumors of a WandaVision spinoff series first surfaced in October, when Variety reported that the project was in the works, citing exclusive information from sources. The outlet said that the then-alleged spinoff was “described by sources as a dark comedy.” Marvel Studios’ Agatha: House of Harkness, an Original Series, coming...

50 Cent Could Be Working on New Series About Snoop Dogg’s 1994 Murder Trial

50 Cent‘s next TV project could focus on Snoop Dogg‘s murder trial from 1994. While no one has officially confirmed or announced the news, Fif took to Instagram and posted two photos of Snoop in the court room with a caption that read: “I’m afraid this is going to be a problem for everything on Tv. A moment in time ( MURDER WAS THE CASE ) when the dream you have been wishing for feels like a nightmare. You think you know. you have no idea. @snoopdogg story is crazy. BOOM. Green Light Gang. I DON’T MISS @bransoncognac @lecheminduroi.” The “Green Light Gang” could mean that 50 and his team received the go signal from the studio to start developing the series, while “MURDER WAS THE CASE” refers to the film Snoop starred in. The Long Beach rap legend, known as Snoop Doggy Dogg at the time, was...

Henry Cavill Is Interested in Playing James Bond and Marvel’s Captain Britain

Superman and The Witcher actor Henry Cavill has now expressed interest in both playing Captain Britain for Marvel and becoming the next James Bond after Daniel Craig‘s departure following No Time to Die. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter in a new interview, the pop culture lover was asked who he’d want to play if he was given a role within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “I’m never going to say a Marvel character that is already being played by someone else because everyone’s doing such an amazing job,” Cavill explained. “However, I have the internet and I have seen the various rumors about Captain Britain and that would be loads of fun to do a cool, modernized version of that — like the way they modernized Captain America. There’s something fun about that, and I d...

Disney’s Q4 2021 Performance Misses Expectations as Streaming Subscription Growth Slows

Amid slowing growth for its Disney+ streaming platform, media giant Disney has failed to meet expectations for Q4 of 2021. According to the company, revenue came in at $18.53 billion USD over the past quarter, falling just shy of the $15.78 billion USD expectation. Earnings per share dropped 20 cents year on year to 37 cents per share, as opposed to the predicted 49 cents per share. Most importantly, Disney+ subscriptions only reached 118.1 million, coming 1.5 million short of the 119.6 expected. Disney attributes much of this quarter’s struggles to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused many productions across the globe to shutter, delaying the company’s release schedule and slowing the flow of new content on Disney+. “Although film and television production generally resumed beg...

Disney+ Sets Release Window for ‘Ms. Marvel’ Series

Disney+ has finally announced a release window for the premiere of Ms. Marvel. Little is known for now about the upcoming series, but fans can expect some form of origin story for the Pakistani-American shapeshifter Kamala Khan, who’ll be portrayed by Canadian actress Iman Vellani. Following her MCU debut on Disney+, she’ll also make her way onto Captain Marvel’s second film The Marvel, which will feature Khan, Carol Danvers, and Monica Rambeau, who made her own introduction back in WandaVision. “It’s interesting, and something we thought about and worked through a lot, which was how do we get each of these really big, exciting heroes space in a two-hour film,” The Marvels director Nia DaCosta previously said. “Captain Marvel has a history from the first film, Kamala will have he...

‘Squid Game’s’ Lee Jung-jae Appointed as Gucci Global Brand Ambassador

South Korean actor Lee Jung-jae, best known for his role as Seong Gi-Hun in Squid Game, has been announced as Gucci‘s newest global brand ambassador. Seong Gi-Hun’s announcement follows Jung Ho-yeon‘s appointment as brand ambassador for Louis Vuitton earlier this year and the confirmation of Squid Game Season 2. In a recent interview, Squid Game creator and director Hwang Dong-hyuk promised viewers, “Gi-Hun will come back, and he will do something for the world.” In the meantime, Lee Jung-jae is currently working on his directing debut for the action-drama Hunt, in which he also stars. The upcoming film is set to release later this year and follows an NSA agent chasing after a North Korean spy. Also joining Gucci as a brand ambassador is South Korean actress Mina Shin from My Girlfriend is...

Netflix Drops First Teaser Trailer for Highly Anticipated ‘Ultraman’ Season 2

After a two-year wait following the premiere of its first season, Netflix has finally released the first teaser trailer for Season 2 of the popular anime series Ultraman. Featured above, the short clip offers fans a glimpse at some of the new characters joining the show, including three new Ultraman suits Jack, Taro and Zoffy to reunite all six Ultra 6 Brothers. Other plot details remain scarce at this point, but it’ll likely continue the storyline from where season one left off, with both the introduction of new enemies like Ace Killer and the return of old foes such as Adad. The first season’s co-directors Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki will both return for the new season, again joined by Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts. Music will be composed by Nobuko Toda and Kazuma Jinno...

Xbox Games Pass Ultimate Now Offers 75 Days of Free Trial for Crunchyroll

If you needed more reasons to subscribe to Microsoft‘s Xbox Game Pass, the company has now teamed up with anime streaming platform Crunchyroll to offer you a 75-day free trial if you subscribe to the games service’s Ultimate edition. During the period, you’ll have access to Crunchyroll’s Mega Fan tier, allowing you to watch whatever you like from its library of more than 1,000 anime titles. You’ll also be able to stream on four separate devices and view content offline as well. Unfortunately, the promotion only applies to new Crunchyroll customers and so those who are currently already subscribed will not be able to get 75 days off your subscriptions for free. As you’d expect, the free trial is also set to auto-renew so you’ll have to cancel it before the period ends if you decide not to c...

‘Star Wars: Andor’ To Premiere on Disney+ in 2022

The upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: Andor starring Diego Luna is set to premiere in Q4 2022. According to reports, the announcement was made during the Walt Disney Company’s Q4 2021 earnings call. An exact month was not confirmed, however fans can expect the series to hit Disney+ between the months of July and September as that is supposedly the way Disney schedules it quarters. Andor will see Luna reprise his role as Cassian Andor from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and will take place five years before the film. Earlier this year, the actor teased that “familiar faces” will make appearances on the show, “I can tell you about this project like no other because I can’t spoil the ending if you’ve seen [Rogue One] already. No matter what I say, I can’t ruin the ending.” Stay tuned for a tra...

‘Squid Game’ Director Reveals Alternate Ending To Show

Spoilers ahead for Squid Game. The director of the Netflix Korean drama that took over the world has finally unveiled how he chose the ending for Squid Game. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about the alternate ending he had in mind for Gi-hun, better known as Player 456. In the interview, Hwang revealed that he did have a different narrative for the show which saw Gi-hun actually get on the plane to see his daughter, leaving the temptation of the game behind. Hwang said, “We actually wrestled between two different scenarios for the ending. There was one, the other alternate ending, where Gi-hun would get on the plane and leave. And then there was of course the one where he would turn back and walk towards the camera. We constantly asked ourselves, is it...

‘One Piece’ Creator Reacts to Live-Action Adaptation Casting News

Shortly after Netflix‘s reveal of the official cast for the live-action adaptation of One Piece, the creator of the manga source material, Eiichiro Oda, has offered his thoughts on the casting. Since the casting news, fans of the popular franchise have shared divisive opinions regarding the actors set to play Luffy, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji. In his official statement, Oda revealed that he has been working closely with Netflix and Tomorrow Studios on the casting. Subtly noting the difficulties of working with Hollywood, the creator emphatically declared “These are the people who will be our Straw Hat Pirates!” Going on to express his excitement and confidence in the live-action adaption of One Piece. Although no release date has been set by Netflix, filming of the show is now set to tak...

James Gunn Confirms ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ Has Officially Begun Filming

Director James Gunn recently took to Twitter to confirm to Marvel fans that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 has officially begun filming. Gunn originally helmed the first two films of the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy and is set to work alongside the franchise’s veterans Dave Bautista, Pom Klementieff, Sean Gunn, Chris Pratt, Karen Gillan and Zoe Saldana, as seen in the picture he posted to Twitter. Will Poulter who is playing Adam Warlock and Chukuwudi Iwuji are newcomers to the Galaxy film and are also seen in the photo. Gunn wrote on Twitter, “It’s been a strange & long & at times challenging journey to get here, but the obstacles along the way have only made this moment more blissful. Back on set with my Guardians family for the first day of shooting #gotgvol3.” Pratt also too...