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Universal Studios Japan and The Pokémon Company have announced that they will enter a long-term partnership to explore a series of innovative and immersive entertainment activations based on the world of Pokémon, which will begin in 2022. Notably, the creative alliance will bring Pokémon to life in a “revolutionary” theme park experience. “The globally popular Pokémon characters combined with Universal’s innovative approach to creating authentic and one-of-a-kind theme park entertainment promise excitement for the entire family,” said J.L. Bonnier, president and CEO of Universal Studios Japan, in a statement. “Our efforts to develop new guest experiences will continue to help reinvigorate the tourism market.” Details on exactly what the attractions or experiences will look like have not ye...

By now, it is almost impossible to ignore the success of Netflix‘s Squid Game series. The sleeper hit is already making its rounds as memes, vinyl toys, Halloween costumes, and has many fans demanding a second season. For those that have finished the series — Spoilers Ahead — there was most likely a point where you put yourself in the shoes of the contestants in imaging how you would fare in each game. While each playground game seems easy enough, when you factor in the dire consequences of losing a contest, each game suddenly becomes much more taxing. Giving readers an interesting angle, when considering each game, Polygon‘s Toussaint Egan has just ranked each of the games in order from most terrifying to least. Each one of these “lose it all” games are sadistic in their own right, especi...

The official first trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City has officially been released. The next chapter of the franchise dives deeper into the origins of Resident Evil, following Claire Redfield, played by Kaya Scodelario and the cast of main characters as they wield combat-ready weapons to face off against an onslaught of zombies. The film is an adaptation of the original two Resident Evil video games and expands on the events of the giant pharmaceutical company, Umbrella Corporation, leaving the city to unleash a series of evil. Johannes Roberts, the director of the film has confirmed that the project is not a remake and hopes that the film stands on its own. He describes the film as “an ensemble piece and Raccoon City plays a big part and is a character in the movie.” Watch...

Daniel Craig appeared on The Late Late Show on Thursday evening, where he, alongside host James Corden, recreated some of the most iconic moments from 24 blockbuster movies, including Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings, The Exorcist, Gladiator, Casino Royale and more, in just 10 minutes. Moving between quick-changes and humorous effects, Craig and Corden pulled off a series of lightning-fast imitations of some of Hollywood’s most lauded projects. After dancing like John Travolta and Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction, repeating the words “family” and “cars” in bald caps for Fast & Furious and receiving a surprise assist from Christopher Lloyd for a rendition of Back to the Future, Craig and Corden closed out the “Blockbuster Role Call” segment by swif...

During its New York Comic Con panel, Toei Animation delivered the world premiere of a new trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Building on the anticipation for the second film for the Dragon Ball Super series, the latest preview is filled with newly completed footage from portions of the film set to release next year. Aside from revealing a CG animation style provided by Toei’s utilization of new technology, the trailer shows off old and new characters set to appear in Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero. Most notably, are characters Gamma 1 and Gamma 2 who are still not revealed to be friends or foes of Goku. Watch the new trailer above and look for Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero to premiere in Japan sometime in 2022. For more entertainment news, the Squid Game writer and di...

Warner Bros. has released the final trailer for Dune before it hits theaters and HBO Max stateside on October 22. The two-and-a-half-minute visual teases the camaraderie between Timotheé Chalamet‘s Paul Atreides and Jason Momoa‘s and Duncan Idaho, the meeting between Paul and Zendaya‘s Chani and the troubles that House Atreides must face when they accept stewardship of Arrakis. It ends with Paul stating the first two lines of the Litany Against Fear, “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.” Dune raked in $36.8 million USD in the international box office during the first 24 hours of its premiere, tracking 4% ahead of TENET, 33% ahead of Black Widow, 52% ahead of Blade Runner 2049, 58% above Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and 80% ahead of Godzilla vs Ko...

Paramount Pictures and the involved parties have responded to Bam Margera‘s lawsuit regarding his firing from Jackass Forever. According to reports, lawyers for MTV, Johnny Knoxville, director Jeff Tremaine, executive producer Spike Jonze and more called the suit “baseless.” Legal documents filed on October 4 in Los Angeles Superior Court claimed that Margera’s complaint is “riddled with outright lies”: “Margera alleges that Knoxville, Tremaine, and Jonze accosted him in a rehab facility and browbeat him into signing a draconian sobriety contract (they did not, infra at II.A); that he was fraudulently induced and coerced into signing his talent agreement with Paramount (he was not, infra at II.C); that Paramount hired a doctor who forced him to take a “cocktail of pills” that Paramount sup...

MGM and EON Productions’ No Time To Die opened with $6.3 million USD in Thursday night previews at the North American box office, according to Variety. The figure marks the highest preview number of any James Bond film; the previous record for the franchise belonged to Spectre, which earned $5.3 million USD in Thursday night previews in 2015. Before that, Skyfall raked in $4.6 million USD in 2012. Domestically, Skyfall earned the highest opening weekend figures, with $88.4 million USD in 2012. Spectre earned $70 million USD in its debut weekend, which No Time To Die is on track to beat. According to reports, the movie has already earned $121 million USD from its first 54 international markets, which include the U.K., Brazil, Germany, Italy,...

With Halloween right around the corner, many have already begun putting together their outfits for the end of the month. Unsurprisingly, many people are looking to dress up as characters from Netflix‘s recent hit series, Squid Game. The popularity of Squid Game-inspired Halloween costumes has led to a 9900% spike in demand for white shoes, according to new data gathered by The Sole Supplier. More specifically a Vans Slip-On in the tonal white colorway has seen a 7800% spike in demand, as people are turning to them to finish up their Squid Game contestant outfits. It seems safe to say that we can expect images of people dressed as Squid Game contestants to dominate social media in a few weeks. In case you missed it, a South Korean Internet service provider is suing Netflix over a Squid Game...

Fans of Yu Suzuki’s Shenmue saga have a new reason to celebrate as visuals for the 13-episode animated series have just been previewed at this year’s New York Comic Con. Directed by Chikara Sakurai of One Punch Man season 2, Magimoji Rurumo, and Lost Song, the series will also see Yu Suzuki as the executive producer. The original SEGA Dreamcast game with a cult following has not made headlines since its 2019 Shenmue III release which saw record funding through Kickstarter. Set to be a Crunchyroll and Adult Swim original, fans can expect this series to launch sometime in 2022. In other entertainment news, a new Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero film trailer previews characters. Read Full Article

The new anime series from Adult Swim and Crunchyroll, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, received a new trailer at New York Comic Con 2021 on Thursday. It has also been announced that the series will premiere with on November 13. The trailer is set in neo-DTLA featuring Blade Runner‘s signature cyberpunk aesthetic of flying cars and flashing neon billboards. The two-and-a-half-minute trailer provides quick glimpses of the show’s antagonist Niander Wallace Sr, the father of Niander Wallace Jr. featured in Blade Runner 2049, and replicant Elle, voiced by The Matrix: Resurrections actress Jessica Henwick. Elle is seen taking a Voight-Kampff test and forced to go on the run, vowing to “kill them all” at the end of the trailer. The 13-episode animated series is directed by Shinji Aramaki from Appleseed...

To celebrate episode 1,000 of One Piece anime in November, anime studio Toei Animation and entertainment provider Fathom Events announced that One Piece Film: Strong World will be screened at select theatres in the U.S. for the first time. Debuted in 2011 in Japan, the tenth feature film is written by creator Eiichiro Oda. The iconic plot centers around Shiki, the evil captain who kidnaps Nami to force her to join his team, or else the Straw Hats will die after being sent to an island with monsters. One Piece Film: Strong World will be screened on November 7 with English dubs, while another session with English subtitles will be held on November 9. Both sessions will drop featurettes of the 11th film – One Piece: Mugiwara Chase. You can now purchase tickets here. In case you missed it, Net...