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HBO has officially announced it will be releasing a documentary on the U.S. Capitol insurrection that occurred earlier this year in January. The documentary, titled Four Hours At The Capitol, explores the events that led President Donald Trump supporters to storm Capitol Hill to protest President Joe Biden’s election victory. The incident resulted in a major Congressional investigation, five deaths and Trump being banned from using social media. HBO’s film features never-before-seen footage from that day’s events and promises to be “tightly focused and comprehensive,” while also “unfolding with urgent precision” of the event. The documentary also opens the discussion surrounding the aftermath of Trump’s “fight like hell” speech during the 2020 U.S. elections. The documentary will also inco...

Disney+ on Wednesday announced that The Book of Boba Fett — LucasFilm‘s latest series that was first introduced in the end-credit sequence following the season two finale of The Mandalorian — is slated to premiere on Wednesday, December 29. The series “finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate,” according to Disney’s official synopsis. Temuera Morrison will return in the role of Boba Fett and Ming-Na Wen will return as Fennec Shand. Wen first depicted her character in season one of The Mandalorian and later provided Shand’s voice in the animated series Star Wars: Th...

Dong-hyuk Hwang, the director of the highly-anticipated Netflix series Squid Game, revealed more about the salesman played by Gong Yoo. As a special appearance in Episodes 1 and 9, the character on the subway recruits participants into the Squid Game by playing ddakji. With speculations of the red and blue envelopes representing staff and players, the director has commented on the topic and how the character fits in the plot. “The recruiter is a facilitator from the game that gains trust from the authority and is allowed to work outside in public,” says Hwang. The colors of the envelopes are just alluding to the Japanese legend Aka Manto, where a masked spirit asked people if they want red paper or blue paper in the bathroom. For casting, director Hwang added that he asked Gong Yoo for thi...

WarnerMedia’s DC on Wednesday announced that it will give away free comic-book-inspired NFTs to those who register for DC FanDome, the company’s global virtual fan event taking place on October 16. The NFTs, which will be hand-selected by DC publisher and chief creative officer Jim Lee, will depict fan-favorite superheroes including Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman and Harley Quinn. Additionally, the NFTs will include comic book covers in three levels of rarity — for example, fans of Wonder Woman can collect a common (1987’s Wonder Woman No. 1 by George Perez), rare (2021’s Nubia and the Amazons No. 1 by Alitha Martinez), and/or a legendary (Yara Flor on 2021’s Future State: Wonder Woman No. 1 by Jenny Frison) cover. “We spent a lot of time on how to translate and adapt t...

Dave Chappelle has announced his sixth Netflix stand-up special, The Closer, which is slated to land on the streamer on October 5. The comedy special, which is billed as “the sixth chapter,” will be helmed by Emmy-winning director Stan Lathan, who has directed all of Chapelle’s previous Netflix projects. The stand-up will complete the comedian’s body of work that includes The Age of Spin, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Equanimity, The Bird Revelation and Sticks & Stones. “Comedians have a responsibility to speak recklessly,” Chappelle states in the teaser’s opening. “Sometimes the funniest thing to say is mean. Remember, I’m not saying it to be mean: I’m saying it because it’s funny.” The visual then cuts between a series of the comedian’s best moments from his previous fiv...

During the Tudum fan event this past weekend, Netflix revealed the official trailer for heist romantic comedy Army of Thieves, a prequel to zombie heist movie Army of the Dead. The film sees the return of Zack Snyder, known for Watchmen, 300, and Justice League, as executive producer, as well as Matthias Schweighöfer who directs and stars in the movie. Army of Thieves is set six years before the events depicted in Army of the Dead in the initial stages of the zombie outbreak. A small-town bank teller named Ludwig Dieter is drawn into an epic adventure when a woman played by Nathalie Emmanuel recruits him to join a misfit crew of Interpol’s wanted criminals. Their mission is to break into Europe’s most secure safes. Watch the trailer above, and expect Army of Thieves to release on Netf...

Larry David is making his way back to TV screens as HBO officially announced the premiere date for Curb Your Enthusiasm season 11. The Emmy and Golden Globe-winning comedy series is scheduled to return on October 24 with its 10 new episodes airing on subsequent Sundays. LD will be joined by longtime cast members Susie Essman, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, J.B. Smoove, Ted Danson and Richard Lewis. Curb Your Enthusiasm is a tongue-in-cheek depiction of the Seinfeld co-creator’s fictionalized life and is famously shot without a script, allowing the actors to improvise their lines throughout the episode. Season 10 featured a main plotline that followed David establishing his own coffee shop, Latte Larry’s, right next to Mocha Joe’s after he was banned, kicking off a trend which saw celebrities s...

Will Smith has recently shared the reason why he has avoided making films about slavery in the past. In a recent interview discussing his new role as a slave fleeing a plantation in Louisiana in Emancipation, Smith explained why he was so adamant in refusing such films before, “I’ve always avoided making films about slavery. In the early part of my career…I didn’t want to show Black people in that light. I wanted to be a superhero. So I wanted to depict Black excellence alongside my white counterparts. I wanted to play roles that you would give to Tom Cruise.” Smith recalls turning down Quentin Tarantino’s call to star in Django Unchained, sharing that at the time, he “didn’t want to make a slavery film about vengeance.” When talking about Emancipation, Smith describes the film as “one tha...

Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan is planning on expanding its park with a Donkey Kong-themed portion by 2024. Nintendo is upping the ante with the park’s latest theme rides and gameplay further allowing guests to be more immersed in the world. The new Donkey Kong area will feature a new roller coaster, interactive experiences and themed merchandise and food. Set in a lush jungle, guests will be able to walk through Donkey Kong’s natural surroundings. The new are is expected to be a gamechanger, combining innovative technology with Nintendo creativity. The Donkey Kong franchise first began as an arcade game in 1981 and later developed into one of Nintendo’s most sought after game series for its video game systems like WII and Switch devices. The Donkey Kong portion will help ...

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 ...