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Will Smith has officially released the trailer for his latest YouTube docuseries, The Best Shape Of My Life. Earlier this year, Smith took to Instagram to post a candid photo of himself in the “worst shape of his life.” Since the post, Smith has embarked on a journey to lose weight and document his commitment along the way. Smith has said that he was inspired by other celebrities including Anthony Anderson, Dr. Dre, and Marlon Wayans on doing the “Big Willie Challenge.” Throughout the year, Smith has updated his social media channels with his progress, sharing with fans of his new workouts. The six-part unscripted documentary gives audiences an intimate look at his weight loss journey, which the trailer alludes is just the tip of the iceberg. The trailer dives deeper into the emotional and...

Dwayne Johnson is now reuniting with Jumanji director Jake Kasdan to create a new holiday special for Amazon. Tentatively titled Red One, the film casts Johnson as the lead, and will possibly see him portray Santa Claus himself. The story was created by Seven Bucks Productions‘ Hiram Garcia, who will also produce alongside the studio’s Dany Garcia and Johnson. The script is currently being written by Chris Morgan, who has previously worked with the prolific actor in numerous other projects including all four of his Fast and Furious appearances as well as the spin-off Hobbs & Shaw. According to Amazon, the film will be “a globe-trotting, four-quadrant action-adventure comedy, imagining a whole new universe to explore within the holiday genre.” Other details revolving...

Jake Gyllenhaal will be joining Guy Ritchie for the director’s latest action thriller The Interpreter. According to Deadline, the Jarhead actor will be returning to the warzone for Ritchie’s new movie, which centers around the conflict in Afghanistan. Gyllenhaal will play a soldier named Sgt. John Kinley, who became stranded during his last tour on duty in the Middle Eastern country due to an ambush that left him and Ahmed, a local interpreter, as the only survivors. With the enemy closing in, Ahmed risks his own life to carry an injured Kinley to safety, saving his companion. When Kinley returns to the U.S., he finds out Ahmed and his family were rejected from moving to America as promised, and sets off back to Afghanistan to save his friend. Principal photography will begi...

South Park has now announced a new special coming on Thanksgiving this year, once again focusing on the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. Titled South Park: Post COVID, the upcoming film is the first of 14 spin-off movies promised by the show’s creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone as part of a recent $900 million USD deal with MTV Entertainment Studios and ViacomCBS which saw the series get renewed up until its 30th season. While details revolving around its story remain scarce at this point, the title of the film suggests it’ll likely follow from the two previous COVID-centric specials, which began with South Park: Pandemic Special in August last year followed by South ParQ Vaccination Special in March earlier this year. The former was nominated for an Emmy and was the highest-rated ...

Netflix has dropped off the official trailer for the second season of The Witcher, starring Henry Cavill and Freya Allen. The new trailer showcases the impending war with the Nilfgaardian Empire and several scenes from Ciri’s (Allen) training with Geralt (Cavill_ to become a witcher. Additionally, the visual is packed with Geralt’s otherworldly monster hunting and welcomes the highly-anticipated return of Jaskier (Joey Batey). Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) and Tissaia (MyAnna Buring) also make an appearance in the trailer, appearing disheveled and fatigued in the aftermath of season one’s finale. “At the end of Season one, we have what I think is one of the sort of most emotional scenes that we’ve done, which is Geralt and Ciri finding each other after they’ve both been searching all seaso...

A new reality show from the Kardashian-Jenner family is in the works at Hulu, Variety reported. While few details about the show have been revealed, the publication wrote that the untitled series was described by Hulu as a “new, intimate journey into their lives.” The news follows the finale of Keeping Up with the Kardashians in June, closing off 20 seasons of the show as the longest-running reality television series in the United States. The family has tapped the company Fulwell 73 to produce the forthcoming series, according to Variety. Company partner Ben Winston will executive produce, alongside Emma Conway and Elizabeth Jones. Some of the Kardashians will appear in front of the camera and work behind the scenes. Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian West and Khloé Kardashia...

Following the first wave of teasers and campaign posters, Netflix has now released the official trailer for the South Korean thriller series Hellbound, directed by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho. “The world has become a living hell. Is it murder or divine judgment,” reads the trailer description. As shocking public events of otherworldly beings condemning individuals to hell take place across Seoul, a secretive up-and-coming religious organization, The New Truth, seems to have the answers. In the trailer, their leader Jung Jin-soo, played by Yoo Ah-in, states that people have “forgotten about shame, remorse, repentance and redemption,” and “God has found a way to directly show you what hell is like.” The play follows a program director of a broadcasting station Bae Young-jae (Park Ju...

Following her charismatic appearance in the latest James Bond film No Time to Die, Ana de Armas is now being eyed to lead another upcoming John Wick spinoff titled Ballerina. According to Deadline, the Cuban Knives Out actress is currently in talks to star as the lead role in the new movie, which follows her character from John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum, a young ballerina training to become an assassin in order to seek revenge against those who murdered her family. Underworld‘s Len Wiseman is set to direct, with Shay Hatten — who also worked on Zack Snyder’s recent Army of the Dead — returning to the franchise to pen the script. The original franchise’s director Chad Stahelski will join as a producer alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee with ...

For a long time, media across the board has been referring to the upcoming sequel of Zack Snyder‘s Army of the Dead flick as Army of the Dead 2. Now, the director has given the film an official title. In a recent interview with Inverse, Snyder was asked if audiences would be able to see the in-between of Dieter’s story between the end of the first three heists of Army of Thieves and the beginning of Army of the Dead. In response to this question, he also reveals the title of the next film stating, “We don’t see him die on camera, and there’s still some time left. I won’t tell you what happens in Army of the Dead 2 — aka Planet of the Dead — but let’s just say that there’s a chance Dieter survives. And there’s a chance that brush with death would have caused him to want to find a jailed Gwe...

MGM has unveiled the second official trailer for House of Gucci, starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver. As the British pop duo Eurythmics’ “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)” plays in the backdrop, the new trailer reveals socialite Patrizia Reggiani’s (Lady Gaga) initial meeting with the opulent Italian family, alongside her husband Maurizio Gucci (Driver). Between scenes of a fantastical disco, a luxurious ski trip and the plot’s fatal conclusion, the visual provides a glimpse at both the lavish lifestyle and perilous reality of the Gucci family. The film, directed and co-produced by Ridley Scott, is based on Sara Gay Forden’s book The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed, which tells the true story of the assassination of Maurizio and the d...

Rotten Tomatoes critic reviews are in for Eternals and initial responses aren’t looking good. At just 64% right now, Chloé Zhao‘s ambitious Phase 4 project has taken the title for the lowest-rated Marvel Studios film on the platform, falling just below 2013’s Thor: The Dark World and its 66% rating. Many reviews criticized the film’s attempt to include too much into its plot, resulting in a dense but less than captivating movie. “Eternals is so busy showing off what it can do, where it can go, that it bypasses and overlooks what it really has to offer,” reads one comment, while others said it was “at once bloated and rushed” and that “the story and storytelling simply didn’t match the film’s ambitions.” Of course, Rotten Tomatoes reviews are often just a reference point for ...

Shortly after Warner Bros. has given the official go-ahead for Dune: Part 2, the studio has announced the official release date. Just a day before the film’s premiere, Warner Bros. CEO Ann Sarnoff hinted at the follow-up film. Less than a week later, an official notice from Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. confirmed that the sequel is imminent. The director, Denis Villeneuve himself announced in a statement, “I just received news from Legendary that we are officially moving forward with Dune: Part Two. It was a dream of mine to adapt Frank Herbert’s Dune and I have the fans, the cast, and crew, Legendary and Warner Bros. to thank for supporting this dream. This is only the beginning.” Villeneuve had always planned the film to be a two-part movie and previously revealed that he only...