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Following a widely successful first season back in 2019, Netflix, Production I.G and Sola Digital Arts are now returning with a second season for the Ultraman anime season, finally dropping the upcoming season’s key art after a two-year hiatus. Unveiled during the streaming platform’s Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event, the new poster showcases what fans have been longing ever since the premiere of the show: a reunion of all six Ultra 6 Brothers. Joining Ultraman, Seven and Ace will be Zoffy, Jack and Taro, although no explanation has been given yet as to how they’ll make their debut. During the announcement, the main protagonist Shinjiro Hayata’s voice actor Ryohei Kimura also teased the entrance of new foes such as Ace Killer and the return of season one’s antagonist Adad. Other plot...

Shortly after being announced a few months back, Netflix has now delivered a trailer for its Kanye West documentary, titled Jeen-Yuhs. The trailer comes in the form of a two-minute clip showing footage of ‘Ye and Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) from 2002. The two rappers go back and forth delivering lyrics that would eventually appear on “Two Words” from Kanye West’s debut album, The College Dropout. It is interesting to note that G.O.O.D. Music collaborator Consequence and actor Wood Harris are also seen in the clip Reportedly purchased for $30 million USD, the three-part documentary is co-directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah. The duo has existed in Kanye’s close circle for the past two decades, capturing the immense amount of behind-the-scenes footage included in Jeen-Yuhs. Watch the trailer f...

The premiere date for Season 2 of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba has now been officially confirmed and readjusted, receiving a slight delay to make way for extra content from season one and its film to air. While previous announcements from the company suggested an October premiere date for the show’s second season, it has now been confirmed that it’ll instead be coming in December, with the October schedule now replaced with a series of recaps for anime’s massively successful feature film Mugen Train, giving new fans to the series a chance to catch up and subsequently dive into new content. Starting on October 10, Funimation will be airing the film split across seven episodes, cutting it up into smaller, more digestible chunks. Of course, more than just a re-release, there’ll also be new ...

Will Smith opened up about his non-traditional marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith in an interview for the November cover of GQ on Monday. “Jada never believed in conventional marriage,” he said. “Jada had family members that had an unconventional relationship. So she grew up in a way that was very different than how I grew up.” There were significant endless discussions about, what is relational perfection? What is the perfect way to interact as a couple?” he continued. “And for the large part of our relationship, monogamy was what we chose, not thinking of monogamy as the only relational perfection.” Smith and Pinkett Smith tied the knot in December 1997, before welcoming their son, Jaden Smith, in 1998, and their daughter, Willow Smith, in 2000. Throughout their marriage, they have been...

Media mogul 50 Cent has shown his successful transition from music to major television creative with his new Starz project, Black Mafia Family. BMF is based on a true story of the organized crime group Black Mafia Family and highlights founders Demetrius and Terry Flenory as the main protagonists of the plotline. By the 2000s, the BMF was considered one of the most influential crime families in the U.S. with a hip-hop music label that was often used for money laundering and a drug distribution network that spanned across the country. Ahead of the debut, 50 Cent spoke about the reason why he replaced himself with Snoop Dogg and how he got Eminem involved with the project. 50 Cent commented on Snoop Dogg’s role sharing, “I actually threw myself out of this one. I was originally cast to play ...

Netflix has just premiered the trailer to another promising Korean series titled Hellbound. Based on Yeon Sang-ho‘s (Train to Busan) webtoon — he will also be directing this series — this series involves a world where angels and demons exist and humans are given the dates of their death then they are pulled to hell once their time is up. The story follows the main characters — played by Yoo Ah-in, Park Jung-min, Kim Hyun-joo, and Won Jin-ah — and their adventure as they survive in this chaotic world. Watch Hellbound exclusively on Netflix this coming November 19. In other entertainment news, Squid Game may become the platform’s most popular show ever says Netflix CEO. Read Full Article

According to reports, The CW has now ordered a reboot of late ’90s sci-fi series, Babylon 5. Widely considered one of the best sci-fi series ever made, Babylon 5 ran on TNT for five seasons with 110 episodes, seven TV movies and a pilot film. Currently in development, original creator J. Michael Straczynski has been tapped to executive produce the project under his Studio JMS imprint alongside Warner Bros. Television. The “from-the-ground-up reboot” is expected to chronicle the story of human military staff and alien diplomats on the space station, Babylon 5. Set between the years of 2257 and 2262 following several major inter-species wars, the quest for galactic diplomacy and trade reveals millennial cyclic conflict highlighting themes of change, loss, oppression, corruption and redemptio...

Ahead of its upcoming release in October, Saturday Night Live has now announced the list of personalities returning, joining, and leaving the show for its 47th season. Fresh off starring in James Gunn‘s Suicide Squad, Pete Davidson will be returning to the show for the new season after the actor and comedian previously remarked that he was uncertain of his future on Saturday Night Live. Alongside him will be Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant and Kenan Thompson as well as other key performers in the show, including Michael Che, Mikey Day, Chloe Fineman, Heidi Gardner, Colin Jost, Alex Moffat, Kyle Mooney, Ego Nwodim, Chris Redd, Melissa Millaseñor and Bowen Yang. Joining this large ensemble as new featured players are Aristotle Athari, James Austin and Johnson an...

Netflix has shared data confirming its most popular TV shows and movies for the first time ever. According to reports, the streaming service’s co-CEO and chief content officer, Ted Sarandos, took the stage during Vox Media’s Code Conference to reveal the list. He unveiled two slides with rankings — both recorded during the title’s first 28 days — based on either the number of accounts that clicked and streamed the title for a minimum of two minutes, or the total amount of time it was streamed. Sarandos confirmed that the first season of Bridgerton took the No. 1 spot for most popular TV series on both rankings. Extraction emerged victorious as the film with the highest number of clicks while Birdbox was No. 1 in terms of viewing hours. Other shows and movies that made it on the top 10 incl...

Squid Game was the first Korean drama to hit No.1 on Netflix and did it in just four days after its release. According to Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Co-CEO and Head of Content, “Squid Game will definitely be our biggest non-English language show in the world, for sure,” and has “a very good chance it’s going to be our biggest show ever.” Netflix typically measures the popularity of its shows based on how many people watch a title for at least two minutes in the first 28 days following its debut. As the series was released on September 17, it only has 11 days of viewership so far. Currently, the most popular series is Bridgerton, followed by Lupin at number 2. The full list of shows can be found here. In an interview with Variety, Dong-Hyuk Hwang says he may return to produce feature movies be...

Brad Pitt and George Clooney are set to star in Spider-Man: Homecoming director Jon Watts’ newest thriller movie. The two A-listers will also be producing the film with their respective production labels, Plan B Entertainment and Smokehouse Pictures. The announcement of the film has sent streamers in one of the biggest Hollywood bidding wars this year. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Studios including Sony, Lionsgate, Apple and Netflix are all vying for the trifecta package that sees George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Jon Watts working together. Amazon, Universal, MGM, Warner Bros. and Annapurna are also thrown into the bidding mix. Watts is also writing, directing and producing the thriller film alongside the duo. Though not much detail has been revealed, the movie packages are expected t...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story veteran Diego Luna has confirmed that shooting has now wrapped for his spin-off Disney+ series Star Wars: Andor and teased the return of “familiar faces.” Speaking to Deadline in a recent interview, the Mexican actor revealed that several characters previously featured in the massively popular franchise will be making appearances in the upcoming show, possibly teasing a return for various Rogue One personalities. “You’ll definitely see familiar faces,” Luna said. “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.” He added that production during COVID-19 had its challenges, but shooting for the series has successfully wrapped up. “To ...