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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...

Zack Snyder has teased his latest Netflix project, Army of Thieves with first look images from the upcoming comedic heist film. The movie is set to be one of two prequels of his zombie thriller, Army of the Dead which was released in May. The film stills see Matthius Schweighöfer return as Ludwig Dieter, a German safecracker who appears alongside the group of mismatched bandits starring Nathalie Emmanue, Ruby O. Fee, Guz Khan and Jonathan Cohen. Schweighöfer is also directing the prequel and Zack Snyder and his wife Deborah Snyder are expected to produce the film. Army of Thieves was already in post-production when Army of the Dead made its debut on Netflix. The film is set during the early stages of the zombie outbreak and was confirmed by Deborah to IndieWire that the plot “takes place i...

Disney+ released a trailer for Marvel Studios‘ first-ever animated series titled What If…? on Thursday, thrusting the Marvel Cinematic Universe‘s most iconic characters into the multiverse. Fan-favorites, like T’Challa, Doctor Strange, Killmonger, Iron Man and Thor, make appearances in the new series, which reimagines famous events from MCU films and translates them into a realm of infinite possibilities. The trailer opens up with Tony Stark encountering Killmonger in a war zone, with Stark asking him: “Do we know each other?” This chance interaction sets the stage for the rest of the trailer, which partners characters from different franchises in reworked scenarios. “Every universe is different,” Ultron says. “Each one unique.” A mysterious character called “The Watcher” th...

Dua Lipa has secured her first-ever major acting gig in Matthew Vaughn’s recently announced spy thriller film Argylle. Based on the eponymous novel from Ellie Conway, the movie follows an accomplished spy as he scours the globe on a fast-paced adventure. The “Levitating” singer joins a star-studded cast that includes Henry Cavill, Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, John Cena and Samuel L. Jackson. She will also provide original music for the film score and title track. “When I read this early draft manuscript I felt it was the most incredible and original spy franchise since Ian Fleming’s books of the ’50s,” Vaughn told The Hollywood Reporter. “This is going to reinvent the spy genre.” The film’s script was written by Wonder Woman co-writer Jason Fuchs. Va...

Netflix has officially released its latest trailer for its new docuseries Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified. The series is set to delve deeper into the idea that aliens exist as extraterrestrial life on Earth and that the government has been covering up this knowledge for years. The trailer gives audiences a peak at some of the jaw-dropping imagery that proves that aliens exist. The opening of the trailer takes audiences through a series of black-and-white footage that depicts large-eyed alien-like figures roaming the desert and UFOs flying in the sky. The trailer introduces viewers to the exploration process, explaining why the footage was never released beforehand. The trailer goes on to depict the docuseries as one of the most in-depth explorations of extraterrestrial life on Earth ...

50 Cent continues to add to his small-screen portfolio as he is currently developing a new celebrity hip-hop competition series for ABC. Deadline recently reported that the show, titled, Unrapped will follow a rap battle format that sees celebrities compete with the help of the music industry’s most iconic mentors. The show, which is dubbed as “Hip-Hop’s American Idol,” is set to be produced by G-Unit Film & Television and SFO Entertainment. Joining 50 as an executive producer for the ABC show are Antonio Collier, Susie Ursitti Sheinberg, Jon Sheinberg, Gwen Osborne and Matt Feige. In a statement, 50 said, “I am excited to expand my relationship with ABC. Unrapped brings G-Unit Film and Television’s ability to put incredible music and musical talent on screen to the competition space.”...