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Netflix Shares Full Trailer for Zack Snyder’s Army of the Dead: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-13T15:43:22+00:00“>April 13, 2021 | 11:43am ET Netflix has shared the full trailer for Zack Snyder’s highly-anticipated new zombie flick Army of the Dead. Back in February, the streaming service unveiled a minute-and-change teaser for the action horror film, but now they’ve rolled out a full-blown trailer ahead of its release on May 21st. It’s a movie about a gang of mercenaries who plot a casino heist in the midst of a zombie outbreak, so there’s sure to be a great blend of high-intensity hijinks and bloody horror goodness. The new trailer offers plenty of that, as well as swirling dollar bills, bullet casings falling like rain, and even a zombie tiger. Check it out below. Relat...
Danny Trejo Joins OYLS for Music Video Aimed at Destigmatizing Mental Illness: Watch
With his starring role in a new music video, renowned actor Danny Trejo has at last added EDM to his stacked portfolio of artistic work. Released today via Handwritten Records, the short film is set to the tune of “Netflix (Your Product Is Too Good)” by electronic duo OYLS, off their October album OYLS (For Your Consideration). It is the third installment of the group’s seamless “Pop Opera” visual series, with episodes dedicated in order to the songs on OYLS. Directed by Nicole Lipp, “Netflix (Your Product Is Too Good)” is set in a smoggy 80s-era motel and follows Trejo through a Netflix all-nighter complete with microwave popcorn and canned soda. Sound familiar? Eerie lighting and jump cuts backed by haunting synths and sharp percu...
Live-Action Gundam Movie Suiting Up at Netflix
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-12T22:29:23+00:00“>April 12, 2021 | 6:29pm ET Suit up and get ready to fight: A live-action movie adaptation of the popular anime series Gundam is booting up at Netflix. As Variety reports, Jordan Vogt-Roberts (Kong: Skull Island) will direct. Scriptwriting duties will be handled by Brian K. Vaughn, the famed comic book writer behind Y: The Last Man. Story details haven’t been announced, but Vaughan will have no shortage of source material. Yoshiyuki Tomino launched the TV series Mobile Suit Gundam in 1979, and while the original run was cancelled due to lack of interest, it’s become a defining landmark in the mecha anime genre. Since then,...
Netflix’s Thunder Force Isn’t Super, But It’s Alright: Review
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-09T07:00:59+00:00“>April 9, 2021 | 3:00am ET The Pitch: Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone suit up for Thunder Force. It’s a chummy riff on the superhero craze, built around Lydia (McCarthy), a Chicago forklift operator who likes drinking Old Style on the job and wears her Cubs and Bears merchandise with pride. But also her old friend Emily (Octavia Spencer), a straight-A tech genius, on the cusp of an evolutionary breakthrough developing superhero steroids for (likely) high-paying consumers. The two are estranged, and as mismatch comedies sometimes begin, one thing leads to another, and soon McCarthy is an ill-mannered Superwoman and Spencer a taser-wielding Invisible Woman. Toget...
Netflix Shares Trailer for The Sons of Sam: Descent Into Darkness: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-07T18:00:36+00:00“>April 7, 2021 | 2:00pm ET Netflix has a new docuseries on the way called The Sons of Sam: Descent Into Darkness, and today they’re sharing its first official trailer. The show examines the theory that the infamous Son of Sam killer David Berkowitz didn’t act alone in his string of New York City murders in the 1970s. Directed by filmmaker Joshua Zeman (Cropsey, The Station Agent), the project investigates the work of journalist Maury Terry, who spent years trying to prove that Berkowitz wasn’t the only killer. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Zeman said that the idea for this series first came to him while he was making his 2009 documentary&nbs...
Netflix Shares Trailer for Jupiter’s Legacy Superhero Series: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-07T16:33:51+00:00“>April 7, 2021 | 12:33pm ET Netflix has shared the first official trailer for its new superhero series Jupiter’s Legacy. The show is a TV adaptation of the popular comic book series by writer Mark Millar (Kingsman: The Secret Service, Kick-Ass) and illustrator Frank Quitely. It follows a multi-generational superhero squad called The Union who are reckoning with various types of existential crises. The older members grappling with their age as their children eclipse them, while the younger generation are struggling to create their own identities after spending years in the shadow of their elders. It stars Josh Duhamel as the group’s leader Sheldon ...
Netflix’s Animated Series “Yasuke,” Featuring Music From Flying Lotus, Receives First Trailer
This month, honor has a new name. Netflix’s hotly anticipated new anime series Yasuke lands on the streaming service with an all-star cast behind the project. Fans of Flying Lotus will be especially pleased to hear the renowned producer is contributing an original soundtrack to the project. Flying Lotus has been involved in the project since at least 2018, and by all indications his foray into scoring the series has been a successful one. “Working on anime is my new favorite thing,” FlyLo tweeted. “I think imma try [and] stay a while. Can happily keep doin it.” Now, Yasuke has a new trailer offering more insight into the story behind the legend of the first Black samurai. Originally a boatsman, Yasuke is told he is to fulfill a prophecy, which ...
Concrete Cowboy Rides Into a Summer of Predictability: Review
The Pitch: Idris Elba has the gravity and laconic cool to make a great cowboy, and clearly Netflix knows this. Before the star-studded Western The Harder They Fall arrives later this year, though, Elba is saddling up for a less traditional take on the genre. Enter Concrete Cowboy. Based on Gregory Neri’s 2009 novel Ghetto Cowboy, the coming-of-age story follows Cole (Caleb McLaughlin), a troubled teenager who’s been sent to stay with his father Harp (Elba) in North Philadelphia for the summer. Harp, as we learn, is involved with a group of Black cowpokes who ride and tend to a stable of horses in the city. Cole takes a liking to this club, but also can’t shake his loyalty to an old friend who sees drug-dealing as his ticket out of the neighborhood. This may sound mildly outlandish, but it’...
Bridgerton Star Regé-Jean Page Not Returning for Season 2
Breakout Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page will not be returning as the Duke of Hastings for Season 2 of Shonda Rhimes’ period drama. The announcement was made on the Netflix show’s Instagram page by the show’s fictional newsletter columnist Lady Whistledown. “Dear Readers, while all eyes turn to Lord Anthony Bridgerton’s quest to find a Viscountess, we bid adieu to Regé-Jean Page, who so triumphantly played the Duke of Hastings,” the announcement begins. “We’ll miss Simon’s presence onscreen, but he will always be a part of the Bridgerton family. Daphne will remain a devoted wife and sister, helping her brother navigate the upcoming social season and what it has to offer — more intrigue and romance than my readers may be able to bear.” The departure should come as no surprise to fans of...
LaKeith Stanfield Is The First Black Samurai In Netflix’s New Anime Series ‘Yasuke’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Courtesy of Netflix / Netflix When it comes to Black samurai, heads may quickly think of the likes of the Wu-Tang Clan or Afro Samurai, but in a new anime Netflix is about to put us on to the legend of Yasuke, an actual Black samurai who lived in Japan during the 16th century. Source: Courtesy of Netflix / Netflix Starring LaKeith Stanfield as the voice of “the legendary Black samurai” in the anime series, Yasuke, the six-episode season will delve into the story of the simple boatsman turned sword-wielding warrior. Judging from the synopsis provided by the Netflix press release, the LeSean Thomas created series looks like it’s going to be all kinds of entertaining as it is enlightening. The tale is set in a war-torn feudal Japan filled with mechs and magi...
Netflix Shares Trailer for Yasuke, New Anime Scored by Flying Lotus: Watch
Flying Lotus is one of the creative forces behind a new anime series called Yasuke, which is set to premiere on Netflix on April 29th. In anticipation, the first trailer has been released and is streaming below. FlyLo both executive produced and scored Yasuke, but he’s hardly the only big name attached. LeSean Thomas, a veteran of The Boondocks and Black Dynamite, created and directed the series, while LaKeith Stanfield (Atlanta) voices the titular character. Yasuke takes its name from the first Black samurai to serve a warlord in Japan. “Yasuke is a fascinating, mysterious figure in Japanese history that’s drawn a growing interest in today’s media over the decades,” Thomas said in the press release. “I first learned of Yasuke’s role in Japanese history over a deca...
What’s Streaming on Netflix in April 2021
Netflix is taking everyone to Dollywood in April 2021. MusiCares’ 2019 star-studded tribute to Dolly Parton is heading to the streaming giant. The concert film features Willie Nelson, Miley Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves, Shawn Mendes, Brandi Carlile, Katy Perry, Leon Bridges, Chris Stapleton, and many more. Right behind the music legend is Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer’s new comedy Thunder Force, a second season of The Circle, and the premiere of Flying Lotus’ new anime series Yasuke that features the voice of Lakeith Stanfield. Elsewhere, there’s the Idris Elba-starring Concrete Cowboy, Jamie Foxx’s new series Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!, Toni Collette’s sci-fi drama Stowaway, and the three-part docuseries Life in Color with David Attenborough. In terms of archival additions, subs...
