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Marvel and Disney have shared a brand new featurette for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings entitled “Ready to Rise.” The two-minute visual sees director Destin Daniel Cretton, writer Dave Callaham and stars Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Fala Chen and Michelle Yeoh talk about Asian representation in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “For many of us who grew up in the West, whose parents immigrated, you know, we never really see ourselves on screen meaningfully. Shang-Chi will be an important piece of that conversation,” Liu, who plays the titular role, said in the featurette. “The story of Shang-Chi was actually very personal,” Cretton shared. “I wanted to look at what a superhero could be, what it would mean to me. To be able to add not only one character — Shang-Chi — but to add a whole cornu...

Netflix has dropped off the first teaser for You season three, along with its official release date. The series’ next installment follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) and Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) on their post-marriage move to Northern California’s Madre Linda, where they have decided to settle down and raise a child. There, they find themselves surrounded by judgmental mommy bloggers and Insta-famous biohackers, and while Goldberg becomes dedicated to his new role as a father, Quinn’s destructive tendencies swiftly manage to stir the pot. “People these days will name their kids anything to get attention,” Goldberg narrates in the teaser’s opening, presumably speaking to his newly-born child. “And despite your mother’s background and your Glamma’s determination to refer to y...

The virality of the “milk crate challenge” has led numerous TikTok users to recreate their own version of the challenge for the world to see. Of the sea of videos showing people climbing the pyramid of milk crates, the majority of them end in disaster. Several recent videos have shown users getting gravely hurt, or just missing fatal falls by a hair. As seen in the past, these challenges often continue to up the stakes with even higher and more challenging versions of the original. Looking to curb the number of injuries, TikTok has gone and banned the challenge from its platform where searching for the trending hashtag will result in a “no results found” search. TikTok tells TechCrunch, “TikTok prohibits content that promotes or glorifies dangerous acts, and we remove videos and redirect s...

Star Trek is set to celebrate the 55th anniversary of its television premiere of Star Trek: The Original Series in a two-hour livestream celebration on Paramount+. The livestream is set to be hosted by Wil Wheaton and Mica Burton and is a free celebration that will feature conversations between the cast and creatives from over 10 different Star Trek stories. The event also promises surprise appearances and exclusive reveals. The first-ever episode of Star Trek released on September 8, 1966. To commemorate the momentous occasion one of the six panels will be showcased during Star Trek Day will also include a special panel highlighting creator Gene Roddenberry, in honor of his 100th birthday. There will also be a live orchestra which will be led by jeff Russo, who also composed the theme son...

Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill are set to star in a new Netflix comedy directed by Kenya Barris. According to sources, the still-untitled film will mark Barris’ feature directorial debut and is co-written by him and Hill. The plot remains under wraps, but reports state that it will be “an incisive examination of modern love and family dynamics and how clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences shape and affect relationships,” and that “Murphy and Hill will find themselves on opposite sides of some of those divides.” The comedy will be produced by Barris via his Khalabo Ink Society banner, Hill through Strong Baby and Kevin Misher through Misher Films. Also executive producing are Mychelle Deschamp, Hale Rothstein, Matt Dines, Ali Goodwin, Andy Berman, David Hym...

A U.S remake of the popular South Korean zombie blockbuster Train to Busan by New Line Cinema has been confirmed, and fans aren’t too happy about it. The original Train to Busan film was directed by Yeon Sang-Ho and premiered at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. The movie is centered around a father and his daughter who are stuck on a high-speed train from Seoul to Busan amidst a zombie apocalypse. The film was a massive hit internationally, and a sequel, Train to Busan: Peninsula was released in 2020. Timo Tjahjanto, the filmmaker for Netflix‘s The Night Comes for Us and 2016 award-winning thriller Headshot will direct the remake with production assistance from James Wan and screenplay from Gary Dauberman. Wan and Dauberman have worked with New Line in the past to produce The Conjuring serie...

The COVID-19 pandemic essentially forced the movie industry to come to a rapid halt, and as a result, there was a plethora of highly-anticipated films that were forced to be postponed. One that fell victim to this was The King’s Man — Matthew Vaughn‘s spy prequel to all of the Kingsman films, and its latest official trailer has now been revealed. The forthcoming motion picture tells the origin story of how the Kingsman organization was established during the First World War. If you fancy action-packed thrillers with war and gore, then there’s a high chance that you’re going to be entertained by this movie. The violence-repleted trailer takes viewers back to the 1900s. Vaughn introduces us to Orlando Oxford (the protagonist played by Ralph Fiennes) — a duke who is employed by a secret intel...

People on social media have now found their latest obsession, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s “doppelgänger.” Thanks to his striking resemblance, Patrol Lieutenant Eric Fields of Alabama’s Morgan County Sheriff’s Office is now being called the professional wrestler turned movie star’s lookalike. Aside from having a similar look and build, Fields also carries a similar physicality as seen in photos posted by the Sheriff’s Office on Facebook. The 37-year-old police officer reportedly finds the comparison humorous and flattering, going along with the running joke. Fields also notes that he doesn’t want to disappoint anyone and considers his playful interactions as getting involved in the community. Check out photos of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s doppelgänger below. In case you missed it, thi...

NEON has officially released the debut trailer for Spencer, the Princess Diana biopic starring Kristen Stewart. The events chronicled in Spencer takes place during Christmas 1991, when Lady Di decides to leave her husband, Prince Charles. The royal family can be seen arriving at Sandringham House as the help unpacks her outfits and prepares their meals, however Princess Diana has locked herself inside the bathroom and someone attempts to get her out, claiming that “they” are waiting for her. Spencer also shows Princess Diana dealing with paparazzi, her role in the family as they take a portrait and running around and dancing freely. Joining Stewart in the main cast are Jack Farthing as Prince Charles, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Sean Harris, Olga Hellsing and Thomas Douglas. Spencer is h...

A recent Shang-Chi teaser has hinted that the Ten Rings might be even more powerful than Thor‘s hammer, Mjölnir. Jiang Nan (Michelle Yeoh), Shang-Chi’s (Simu Liu) aunt, can be seen explaining that the Ten Rings are “stronger than anything in your universe” as clips of Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit, Thor’s Mjölnir and even the Hulk play over. Meanwhile, a brand new trailer for the upcoming Marvel film teased a collaborative track with DJ Snake, Rick Ross and Rich Brian entitled “Run It.” The visual features the decade-long friendship between Katy (Awkwafina) and Shang-Chi as she finds out about his past and family ties. It also previews Shang-Chi’s return to the Ten Rings organizations and seeing his father, Wenwu (Tony Leung) — who replaced the original character of Fu Man...

In footage debuted at CinemaCon via The Hollywood Reporter, the feature detailed how Tom Cruise prepared for arguable the most “dangerous” stunt for Mission: Impossible 7. According to Christopher McQuarrie, director of the Mission: Impossible 7, the stunt is considered to be highly risky. Cruise had to train one year prior to filming the stunt in order to perfect it. The stunt requires the actor to perform a motorbike jump off of a cliff into a valley in Norway. In order to prepare, Cruise took 500 skydiving sessions and performed 13,000 motorbike jumps. Cruise comments on the stunt, “This is far and away the most dangerous thing I’ve attempted; we’ve been working on this for years. I wanted to do it since I was a little kid.” To Cruise, this is a dream come true and has clearly showed no...

Disney Pixar celebrates International Dog Day with a new trailer for Dug Days, a family-friendly Up spin-off series consisting of five new shorts directed by Up writer and co-director Bob Peterson. The show is set in a quiet suburban neighborhood and features a familiar cast of characters including grandpa Carl, the wide-eyed boy-scout Russell, the derpy talking golden retriever Dug, and an elusive squirrel. “Dug is pure of heart — he’s a good soul. I think people enjoy that part of Dug,” said Peterson in a press release. “Plus, people love their dogs. We’ve gone to great lengths to include truth in dog behavior, so they see their own dogs in Dug.” The entire five-episode series will debut on September 1 on Disney+. Check out the trailer above. 6 fur-bulous facts from the #DugDays filmmake...