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Often considered the male Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci‘s Salvator Mundi became the most expensive painting ever sold in history when it auctioned for a staggering $450.3 million USD back in 2017, but the story isn’t as simple as many believe. Diving deep into the mysterious origins of this legendary art piece, The Lost Leonardo is an upcoming documentary exploring the darker side of its discovery. According to its synopsis, the documentary follows Salvator Mundi as it was first purchased merely for $1,100 USD in a shady New Orleans auction house, and subsequently underwent cheap restoration. To the surprise of its buyers, they later discover masterful brushstrokes lying underneath the new work, and the painting became what most believe to be a long-lost masterpiece from...

Just ahead of its release, Netflix has now dropped another clip from Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, this time offering fans a more detailed look at Leon S. Kennedy. Spanning almost three minutes long, the clip focuses on the series’ protagonist as he fights off zombies in the White House, escorting the President to a safe bunker alongside his secret service colleagues. As for the series as a whole, it’ll consist of four episodes and follows Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield as they look into the events of Penamstan and the cursed outbreak in Raccoon City, ultimately discovering what the show calls “a terror that can shatter peace.” Joining the two main characters will be Jason, Shen May, Patrick, Graham, Wilson and Ryan. For fans of the Resident Evil franchise, Resident Evil...

With less than two weeks until its release date, Netflix has finally unveiled the main trailer for Kingdom: Ashin of the North. As confirmed by the streaming platform, the upcoming special episode will run for 92 minutes and serve as a spin-off prequel to the first two seasons of the main Kingdom show. Just like the title suggests, the one-off project will follow Ashin, who first appeared in the final episode of the show’s second season, as she escapes from her traumatic past on a vengeful mission that brings her away from the north and deeper into the zombie epidemic. The episode will also shed more light on the origins of the Ressurection Plant, which will no doubt play into the series’ upcoming third season. For fans of the Korean zombie drama, Kingdom: Ashin of the North...

Netflix has purchased the rights of a new documentary from Don’t F*** With Cats maker Raw TV based around the Tinder Swindler. As the name of the documentary suggests, the upcoming show follows the crimes of a man who used the popular dating app Tinder to trick Scandinavian women into giving him millions of dollars by posing as a Russian oligarch by the name of Simon Leviev and claiming he needed money for extensive security needs. As it turns out, Leviev was actually an Israeli man named Shimon Hayut, who fled to Europe twice in order to escape fraud, forgery and theft charges back in Israel. Hayut was ultimately arrested and sent to prison in December 2019 but served only five months of his 15-month sentence. “I’m a single mom to a daughter and I gave him all the savings I had,...

A 1963 X-Men comic book racked up a record-high price of $807,300 at a recent auction as the resale value of collectables continues to soar. The fast-paced auction took place online at www.ComicConnect.com with over 50 bidders and wrapped up on June 24. “The winning bid came from an American who invests in many types of collectibles, but sees vintage comics as a rising alternative asset class,” ComicConnect COO Vincent Zurzolo said in a statement. The comic was created during what collectors call the “Silver Age,” delineating comics created from 1956 to 1970. It also features the first appearance of X-Men leader Professor X. Eight years ago, the same X-Men #1 comic sold for a fraction of the recent sale at $250,000 USD. “Collectors know Silver Age values will only keep rising.” Zurzolo sai...

After traveling to the Italian coastline for Luca, Disney Animation Studios is headed to South America as it has just unveiled the first trailer for its forthcoming film Encanto. The forthcoming musical is repleted with magic and animals and marks Disney’s 60th animated feature (feel old yet?). The movie takes place in the country of Colombia and it takes us along the journey of several Madrigal family members that possess various magical powers from super-strength to the ability to control plants and animals to shape-shifting. Mirabel Madrigal, the star of the movie who is played by Stephanie Beatriz, is the black sheep in this film as she is the only one who doesn’t have any special gifts. But despite not possessing any superhuman characteristics, she ends up being the saving grace for h...

Netflix has revealed the official premiere date for the second season of The Witcher. The upcoming season is set to release worldwide on December 17 and will include a couple of new characters, including Paul Bullion as Lambert, Yasen Atou as Coën and Kim Bodnia as Vesemir. “There are so many characters that we’re introducing in Season 2. We are getting to see Dijkstra for the first time and sort of the Redanian Kingdoms. I know a lot of fans are excited to meet Philippa for the first time, Codringher and Fenn, Rience, Nenneke,” showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich said at WitcherCon. “There’s so many, but I would have to say Vesemir is the one I’m looking most forward to our audience meeting. Vesemir is so integral to the story that we’re telling this season. Obviously, we’re returning to K...

FX on Hulu has officially released the first trailer for the spin-off anthology series of American Horror Story. American Horror Stories does not follow AHS‘s typical format that follows one story arc for the entirety of the season. The spin-off will actually be composed of separate chill-inducing tales in each episode. Back in May 2020, Ryan Murphy described the show as “one hour contained episodes.” The day before the trailer dropped, Murphy and the show’s official social media accounts released a teaser trailer giving fans a sneak peek at the American Horror Stories cast. Fans will be thrilled to see the return of some original American Horror Story cast members like Matt Bomer, Billie Lourd, Evan Peters and Taissa Farmiga. Others joining the cast include Sierra McCormick, Kaia Gerber, ...

Netflix on Thursday announced a new deal with Shonda Rhimes — the mastermind behind the streaming platform’s most-watched series, Bridgerton — that will support the development of feature films and an expansion into virtual reality and gaming. “The newly expanded partnership will give Netflix and Shondaland Media the opportunity to exclusively produce, stream and distribute feature films as well potential gaming and virtual reality content,” the company wrote in a statement. Though Netflix does not make a surefire commitment to either medium, the statement marks the first time the company has publicly shared interest in moving into the VR and gaming spaces. Under the terms of the expanded partnership, which includes Rhimes’ Shondaland Media and her producing partner Betsy Beers, Netflix wi...

After a massively successful debut earlier this month, a sequel to The Tomorrow War has now been greenlit by Amazon and Skydance. According to new reports, the two companies are already looking at developing a second film for the sci-fi epic, which managed to break pretty much all streaming records on Amazon within the first 48 hours of its release and became the top streamed film in the world. The entire cast and crew are set to return for the next installment, meaning Chris Pratt will likely reprise his role alongside J.K. Simmons, Yvonne Strahovski, Betty Gilpin, Sam Richardson and Edwin Hodge as well as director Chris McKay and writer Zach Dean. Unfortunately, there aren’t any details at the moment regarding its plot, but given how The Tomorrow War concluded, it’ll be interesting ...

Ahead of the highly-anticipated animated/live-action film starring LeBron James, HYPEBEAST and Warner Bros. are bringing audiences an exclusive clip of Space Jam: A New Legacy to fans. The latest clip introduces fans to a series of characters on the Goon Squad. Don Cheadle, who plays an evil computer A.I called AI-G Rhythm, a name that is a playful pun on “algorithm” presenting the Goon Squad to the Tune Squad. Audiences see James’ team begin to face-off against The Brow, Wet-Fire, White Mamba and Chronos. The film’s synopsis follows LeBron and his young son Dom who are both trapped inside a digital space curated by a rogue A.I. In order to get home safe, James must enlist the Looney Tunes gang to play against and come out victorious as digitized champions on the court. The Tunes versus Go...

Al Jean of The Simpsons recently revealed that Marvel put their foot down to stop a Stan Lee cameo in the recent Loki crossover, The Good, The Bart and The Loki. Tom Hiddleston visits The Simpsons crew as the mischievous Loki while other famous Marvel Cinematic Universe characters were referenced throughout the episode. In a recent interview, Jean wanted to pay tribute to the late Stan Lee when the team realized they had unused audio files from the late creator, “It wasn’t a joke. ‘Oh, we have Stan Lee audio from when he was on our show. Could we cameo him in?’” Unfortunately for the team, Marvel blocked the idea. Jean shared the reason why, “They said that their policy is he doesn’t cameo now that he’s passed away. Which is a completely understandable policy. That was their only note...