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Quentin Tarantino Says His Dream “Good Movie” Would Cast Adam Driver as Rambo

Quentin Tarantino recently revealed that his dream “good movie” that he thinks audiences will wholeheartedly enjoy, would involve casting Adam Driver as Rambo. The director, who has been adamant about his retirement after finishing his tenth film, spoke on the The Big Ticket podcast about what he hopes to do should he adapt First Blood, David Morrell’s 1972 novel as his final film. Tarantino said, “When David O. Russell talked about doing The Fighter, he was over himself and over being the auteur. He just wanted to make a good movie that people are going to enjoy.” Tarantino continues to allude that he “just wanted to make a good movie, that I knew would be good, I would take David Morrell’s novel for First Blood and do the novel. Not the movie that was made out of First Blood. I would do ...

Marvel Drops New Featurette for ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’

In anticipation of its upcoming release, Marvel has now dropped a new featurette for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings over on Twitter, giving fans a closer look at the film’s characters and the actors behind them. Featuring Simu Liu, Awkwafina and Meng’er Zhang — who plays Shang-Chi, Katy and Xialing respectively — the trio sits down together to play a few humor-filled rounds of “Who’s most likely to…” giving Marvel fans a better understanding of both their characters and themselves as actors. As for the film itself, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings will follow the origin story of the titular hero, whose father (played by Tony Leung) turns out to be the real Mandarin, using his mystical ten rings to conquer and slay those opposing him. Shang-Chi will set off on a journey ...

Disney Announces ‘Star Wars: The Bad Batch’ Season Two

Disney has renewed  Star Wars: The Bad Batch for a second season. The Disney+ original animated series is set to arrive next year, with the announcement coming just ahead of the season one two-part finale. Star Wars: @TheBadBatch will return for a second season in 2022. Prepare for the two part finale of season one starting tomorrow, only on @DisneyPlus. #TheBadBatch pic.twitter.com/TOs5Lh34bT — Star Wars (@starwars) August 5, 2021 The animated series follows the Bad Batch clones and Omega, a mysterious clone who escaped the Empire with Clone Force 99. “Members of Bad Batch — a unique squad of clones who vary genetically from their brothers in the Clone Army — each possess a singular exceptional skill which makes them extraordinarily effective soldiers and a formidable crew,” states t...

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 4 Trailer Teases a Legendary All Valley Karate Championship

Netflix released the first teaser for season four of the Emmy-nominated comedy series Cobra Kai, revealing new legends will take the stage in the All Valley Karate Championship. The visual also confirmed that the new season will premiere this December on the streaming platform. The trailer opens with brief footage from the first Karate Kid film, showing Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence’s inaugural fight at the All Valley Karate Championship. The visual then pivots to the upcoming season’s plot, in which Daniel and Johnny have combined their dojos — Miyagi-Do and Eagle Fang — to take down John Kreese’s Cobra Kai team at the tournament. Quick cuts showcase the top talent across all squads, building anticipation surrounding who will take home the winning crown. The series stars Ralph M...

Mike Richards to Succeed the Late Alex Trebek as New ‘Jeopardy!’ Host

After several guest hosts, like LeVar Burton, Jeopardy! is looking to lock in a permanent host to succeed the late Alex Trebek. An inside source has revealed to Deadline that the executive producer of the show, Mike Richards, was appointed to the role. Richards, who has already hosted the show in episode 110 in season 37, has plenty of off-screen experience with his ten-year role as executive producer of The Price Is Right and his contributions to Let’s Make a Deal — he’s a three-time Daytime Emmy Award winner with over 4,000 hours of game show programming under his belt. In terms of hosting, Richards has also presented on the shows Beauty and the Geek and the 2012 The Pyramid reboot. Sony Pictures Television is inking the final deal this week and will be giving an official announceme...

NBA Twins Robin and Brook Lopez Share New Manga with SLAM DUNK’s Takehiko Inoue

Milwaukee Bucks’ Brook Lopez and his twin brother Robin Lopez of the Washington Wizards debuted their first-ever manga, Transition Game, which they shared with famed Japanese manga artist Takehiko Inoue. Robin sent a tweet out to the famed Japanese manga artist to share their appreciation for the manga series SLAM DUNK as well their latest work. Inoue responded to the tweet with sincere gratitude and admiration for the release. The duo collaborated with manga artist TATSUZ who was also the chief assistant of Inoue during the production of the 1990 basketball manga turned anime. The story of Transition Game was written by the twins’ older brother Christopher Lopez which follows the story of a 15-year-old American basketball prodigy who was forced to move with his mother, who ...

James Gunn Clarifies Statement Towards Martin Scorsese’s Criticism of Marvel Films

Recently, James Gunn spoke with Josh Horowitz in a podcast and the director was asked about what it was like to be defending superhero films from those like Martin Scorsese, critically acclaimed director. In 2019, Scorsese said that films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe are “not cinema” and have outright compared superhero films to theme parks. At the time, Scorsese was adamant on his perspective (and still is) stating, “I don’t see them. I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema. Honestly, the closest I can think of them, as well made as they are, with actors doing the best they can under the circumstances, is theme parks. It isn’t the cinema of human beings trying to convey emotional, psychological experiences to another human being.” When Scorsese’s comments were publicized, Gunn...

Brendan Fraser Cast in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’

Brendan Fraser has been cast in Martin Scorsese‘s forthcoming crime drama, Killers of the Flower Moon. According to reports, The Mummy staple will be portraying the role of lawyer WS Hamilton. Killers of the Flower Moon is based on the nonfiction book of American journalist David Grann, which explores the murders of wealthy Osage people in the early 1920s after oil deposits were found underneath their land. Fraser joins a strong cast comprised of Jesse Plemons as Tom White, Leonardo DiCaprio as Ernest Burkhart and Robert De Niro as William Hale. The film is penned by Eric Roth and produced by Scorsese alongside Imperative’s Dan Friedkin and Bradley Thomas and DiCaprio’s Appian Way Productions for Apple Studios and Imperative Entertainment. Filming is currently underway but a release date i...

Jason Momoa Is Campaigning for the Release of the Full Length Director’s Cut of ‘Dune’

Jason Momoa is officially vying for the release of a full-length director’s cut of the upcoming sci-fi film Dune. The film, which is based on the first half of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel of the same name stars Jason Momoa alongside Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgard, Charlotte Rampling, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet. In a recent interview with The New York Times, he said, “It was a cool movie. You know what they need to do? They need to make the four-to-six-hour version of the first half. It’s like, ‘Let’s watch the four-to-five-hour movie like a TV show; I can choose when I want to watch the whole thing.’ I want to see Denis’s whole vision. I don’t want it to be trimmed.” There is currently no word on how long the actual final cut will be, but the upcoming film wil...

Seth MacFarlane Reveals He Regrets Keeping ‘Family Guy’ on Fox

Seth MacFarlane recently took to Twitter to reveal he is still unhappy with the fact that his show, Family Guy is still on Fox. The series first premiered on Fox in January 1999 and has remained on the network since then. In September 2020, it was revealed that Family Guy was renewed for two more seasons by Fox. MacFarlane has since expressed that he wants to move the show to another network, claiming that Fox News host Tucker Carlson is the reason. MacFarlane wrote on Twitter, “Tucker Carlson’s latest opinion piece once again makes me wish Family Guy was on any other network. Look, Fox, we both know this marriage isn’t working anymore. The sex is only once a year, I don’t get along with your mother, and well…I’ve been having an affair with NBC.” It has long been known that MacFarlane and ...

Netflix to Launch Docuseries on SpaceX’s Upcoming All-Civilian Flight

Netflix is set to chronicle SpaceX‘s upcoming Inspiration4 first all-civilian flight with a new docuseries titled, Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space. The series is set to debut in five parts with the first two episodes debuting later this fall. The docu is expected to chronicle the events in real-time where each episode will detail how astronauts navigate space. The earlier episodes will focus on the astronaut training that Inspiration4 commander Jared Isaacman and his other crewmates will be undertaking ahead of their space mission. The finale episode date has yet to be released, but Netflix is looking at a late September 2021 date. The final one will be a feature-length episode that is set to recount the flight to space and the civilians’ return to Earth. Netflix has confirmed tha...

Netflix’s ‘Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified’ Docuseries is Now Streaming

Netflix has released its newest docuseries Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified which dives deep into suspected extraterrestrial events, top-secret government programs, and UFO sightings on the search for hidden truths. With the recent release of U.S Intelligence Reports on UAPs and notable individuals such as NASA administrator Bill Nelson coming forward to continue the conversation about mysterious aerial phenomena, there has been a strong public interest in what these unidentified flying objects may be. The episodes include jarring sightings and seek to unveil buried secrets, starting with Project Blue Book, a secret study conducted by the United States Air Force for unidentified flying objects back in 1952. “Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many b...