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For the Netflix Festival Japan 2021 event, the streaming platform delivered the “New Live-Action Japanese Lineup” video which previews a number of series coming in the near future. Included in the range is the first look at Season 2 of the live-action adaptation of Haro Aso’s Alice in Borderland manga. Premiered back in 2020 in 190 countries, the show was once the most viewed live-action series in Japan last year and ranked in Netflix’s top 10 in 40 countries and territories worldwide. The Japanese survival thriller is centered around friends Ryōhei, Karube and Chōta, who find themselves transported to a parallel world devoid of people and forced to participate in survival games and find their way back. Staring Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Yuzuha Usagi, Alice in Borderland is directed by ...

Just in time for the holidays, one lucky Elf fan will now be celebrating the holiday the most festive way possible. Prop Store recently auctioned of the most iconic holiday film costumes. Will Ferrell‘s Buddy the Elf costume was expected to sell between $27,600 to $41,000 USD. However, it exceeded expectations and the winner of the bid paid an astounding $296,702.66 USD for the iconic outfit. The outfit features a green pointed hat that comes with a yellow pleated sash and red feather. A matching green tunic lined with a white fur collar and cuffs, as well as a pair of yellow stockings and black leather, curled toe shoes are included in the offering. Each piece of the outfit is labeled with a costume tag that reads, “Mr. Ferrell.” However, the shoes are labelled “02 Buddy.” Will Ferrell, w...

One of the most iconic scenes in Tom Hanks Cast Away film sees his character Chuck Noland stranded on a desert island for four years after an unfortunate plane crash. In order to cope with his mental state, Noland finds a volleyball companion and names it Wilson by drawing a face on the ball which is depicted by a bloody handprint. Throughout the film, Noland continuously speaks to the ball in order to stay sane. Prop Store recently hed an auction and sold the film prop volleyball used by Tom Hanks. Originally, Wilson was estimated to only sell for a maximum of $80,000 USD. However, it exceeded auction expectations and sold for over $311,000 USD, £230,000 GBP to be exact. The item is heavily distressed and features paint that is applied to ensure that the appearance of the ball makes it lo...

Foo Fighters are set to star in BJ McDonnell’s upcoming horror comedy flick, Studio 666. The film will follow the band — comprised of Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Chris Shiflett and Rami Jaffee — as they record Medicine at Midnight in a mansion in the San Fernando Valley that’s “steeped in grisly rock and roll history.” The six-piece will be then forced to face “supernatural forces” that terrorize both them and the creation of the album. Joining the six-piece on screen are Whitney Cummings, Leslie Grossman, Will Forte, Jenna Ortega and Jeff Garlin. The screenplay was written by Jeff Buhler and Rebecca Hughes from a story by Grohl, while the whole band will also serve as executive producers. In a press release, Grohl shared: “After decades of ridiculous musi...

Squid Game will officially return for a second season, according to the series’ creator Hwang Dong-hyuk in an interview with the Associated Press. “So, there’s been so much pressure, so much demand, and so much love for a second season. So I almost feel like you leave us no choice,” he said. “But, I will say there will indeed be a second season. It’s in my head right now. I’m in the planning process currently. But I do think it’s too early to say when and how that’s going to happen.” In addition to confirming the second season, Dong-hyuk also said that Seong Gi-hun, the protagonist in season one played by Lee Jung-jae, will return in the second season. “I will promise you this, Gi-hun will come back, and he’ll do something for the world,” he said. Dong-hyuk previously spoke with The G...

Netflix on Tuesday announced that it is expanding its stale of Japanese titles with a slew of ambitious projects and collaborations with top creators and talent during its Japan Festival 2021. Throughout the two-day event, the streaming giant is expected to reveal further details about 50 new titles. Day one presentations will center around animation, and day two will focus on live-action. Netflix currently has 90 Japanese titles available on its platform. The upcoming lineup includes celebrated filmmakers including Yoshihiro Mori (We Couldn’t Become Adults) and Hitori Gekidan (Asakusa Kid), along with highly acclaimed animated film studios including Studio Colorido (A Whisker Away, Drifting Home). “Our next big bet is expanding feature films,” said Sakamoto Kaata, Netflix VP of conte...

50 Cent has teased the first look at his part in the upcoming Expendables 4. Though the rapper has yet to reveal the character that he’ll be playing, he took to Instagram to post a series of photos from set, picturing himself wearing military garb and posing atop a giant tank. “Military mind set Expendables 4,” he wrote in the caption. “This one you have to see.” Under another image, the rapper wrote that he felt he had “something to prove” to viewers of the movie. 50 Cent was initially cast in the inaugural Expendables movie in 2009 but ultimately had to turn down the role because it conflicted with a commitment to work with Dr. Dre and Eminem on his fourth studio album Before I Self Destruct, which debuted that November. Ten years on, the fourth installment in the franchise is slated for...

Showtime has shared a new sneak peek trailer for season one of Dexter: New Blood. The visual provides a look at the overarching plot, which is based on Jeff Lindsay’s novels, and what is in store for Michael C. Hall‘s titular character. The revival show picks up 10 years after the finale of the inaugural series, in which Dexter faked his death and moved to a small New York town under an alias in an attempt to quell his serial killer temptations. “Set 10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, the series finds him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York,” the official synopsis reads. “Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.” Clyde Phillips ha...

Leonardo DiCaprio is currently in final talks to portray the infamous cult leader Jim Jones. According to Deadline, the Oscar-winning actor will be joining MGM for an upcoming film based on the true events of the Jonestown Massacre. DiCaprio will be portraying the infamous cult leader who founded the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis back in 1955. Over the years, he would depart from the Christian Socialism roots of the group and self-proclaim to be God, amassing a big following which he took to Jonestown, a commune he had built in Guyana in 1974 which he promoted as a socialist utopia free from the U.S. government’s tyranny. By 1978, the U.S. sent Representative Leo Ryan and a delegation to Jonestown following human rights abuse rumors, but Ryan was gunned down by Jones’ men along with ...

Director Patty Jenkins has announced that her Star Wars film Rogue Squadron is expected to be delayed. For the past year, Jenkins has been working with writer Matthew Robinson to develop Squadron for Lucasfilm. Initially, they had hoped to begin production in 2022, however, Jenkin’s schedule and commitment has proven it to be difficult for Rogue Squadron to enter into preproduction by the end of 2021. At this moment, The Hollywood Reporter has reported that Rogue Squadron has officially been taken off the schedule. The film was on track to become the first feature film since the Skywalker Trilogy which ended with the 2019 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Jenkin’s involvement in the film was first revealed by Disney in December 2020. It is currently uncertain whether or not the scheduling ...

Despite the project still being in an extremely early stage, producer Adi Shankar has now confirmed that the story arc for Netflix and CAPCOM‘s Devil May Cry: The Animated Series will span across multiple seasons. Speaking to IGN, the creative behind Castlevania revealed that his upcoming project will take a similar approach in terms of having multi-season arcs, with the first season featuring eight episodes. While Shankar kept most of the plot details under wraps, he did confirm that Vergil, Lady and Dante will all be appearing in the show. “I can also confirm that Chris Pratt won’t be voicing any of the characters,” he joked after the Marvel actor scored voicing roles for both Super Mario Bros. and Garfield. Shankar went on to say that he acquired the rights to&n...

Despite being released last week, Kanye West‘s appearance on Revolt TV‘s Drink Champs continues to be the talk of the music world. Racking up over 6 million views and being deemed by some as the “interview of the year,” the unfiltered chat with the divisive figure offered insight into an array of topics with a series of shocking revelations. Revolt TV recently took to Instagram, to share a trailer noting that Part 2 of the interview with Kanye West is on the way. Sharing snippets from the follow-up episode with the caption, “What if we told you there’s more?!?! YE PART ✌️.” The one-minute clip shows ‘Ye consuming alcohol and getting heated about an unknown subject saying, “We can’t have a conversation, y’all stupid motherf*ckers, what the f*ck is wrong with you?” From the vid...