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The Possibilities of Season 2 Netflix Beware — spoilers for “Squid Game” season 1 are below. As you probably already know, the first season of the massively popular series follows a group of 456 strangers who compete in a mysterious game for a massive sum of money: 45.6 billion Won. That’s about 38 million in U.S. dollars, give or take a few million for exchange rates. Each of the contestants in the Squid Game has a good reason for why they’re willing to possibly die in order to get that money, and it goes well beyond greed....

Star Trek: Enterprise’s Linda Park Wanted Ensign Sato To Have More Of These Types Of Stories Paramount By Witney Seibold/May 5, 2022 2:14 pm EST There is an irony to working on an ensemble series like “Star Trek,” to be sure. On the one hand, every member of the crew is vital, and watching people work together — solving problems, and generally being resourceful and intelligent — is the central appeal of the show....

Taika Waititi Promises To ‘Expand The World’ With His Star Wars Movie Lucasfilm By Debopriyaa Dutta/June 14, 2022 8:59 am EST Disney and Lucasfilm are currently in the process of creating a wide variety of “Star Wars” content, from stand-alone television shows to films that tackle never-before-seen aspects of the franchise. Details about Taika Waititi’s unnamed “Star Wars” project is still tightly under wraps, though it is expected that the actor-director will add his own spin to existing narratives, while potentially introducing fresh arcs....

‘I’ve received all the bad notes’ Universal I think it’s hilarious that we’re friends in real life, but it took months of emails with third parties because of how our respective industries operate for us to talk about this movie. You were on the short list of people where it’s like, if they don’t just approve it, I’m just going to call you. And you know, you’re in my D&D group....

Hey hey Vicke hey Vicke hey Zuiyo Enterprises “Vicke the Viking” aired at an important inflection point in the history of Japanese anime. According to Animation Magazine, the series was initially produced by Zuiyo Eizo in collaboration with Mushi Production, the studio founded by legendary comics artist Osamu Tezuka. The artists already had several years of experience adapting children’s stories from around the world for a Japanese audience. Character designer Shuichi Seki had previously worked on the fairy tale anthology “Andersen Monogatari” (Stories of Hans Christian Andersen), per Anime News Network’s encyclopedia....

The Songs In Joe Wright’s Cyrano Ranked Worst To Best Peter Mountain/MGM By Caroline Cao/March 10, 2022 6:30 pm EST If you were awed by Joe Wright’s adaptation of “Anna Karenina,” which fuses sumptuous stage artifice with naturalism, you may be curious to see how Wright brings stage musicals to the screen. If so, you need to watch “Cyrano.” Edmond Rostand’s 1897 play “Cyrano de Bergerac” has been turned into a musical a few times before; the 2019 version, written and directed by Erica Schmidt with music by The National, is just the latest attempt....

The Two Acting Legends Who Almost Starred In The Silence Of The Lambs Orion Pictures By BJ Colangelo/March 22, 2022 10:12 am EST What is there to say about “The Silence of the Lambs” that hasn’t already been said? More than three decades ago, director Jonathan Demme took Thomas Harris’ terrifying crime drama and transformed it into one of the premier horror films. In the years since, the film’s legacy has gotten complicated, to put it kindly, but is still revered as one of the all-time-greats....

The Wachowskis’ Pitch For The Matrix Was Like Nothing The Producers Had Seen Before Warner Brothers By Christian Gainey/June 9, 2022 3:52 pm EST In 2022, the idea of minds linking with machines isn’t all that radical of a notion. Today, any Walmart or Best Buy offers special headsets that foster the ability to enter virtual worlds, but, back in the ’90s, the very concept was a tough one to grasp....

Under The Radar: Men, Petite Maman, And More Underseen Gems From May A24 By Jeremy Mathai/June 1, 2022 1:00 pm EST (Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention … but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: Céline Sciamma’s minimalist “Petite Maman” soars, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet debuts with the brilliant “Anaïs in Love,” and Alex Garland confounds and provokes in equal measure with “Men....

Wes Ball To Direct Movie Adaptation Of Valiant Comic, Harbinger Valiant Entertainment By Ben F. Silverio/Feb. 13, 2022 5:58 pm EST Live-action adaptations of comic book movies aren’t exactly a new thing. “Judge Dredd,” “Ghost World,” “Tank Girl,” “Tales From The Crypt,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” and “Josie and the Pussycats” all predated the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe. And of course, there were the various Marvel and DC heroes that adorned the silver screen before these shared movie universes existed as well....

Why Bridgerton Season 2’s South-Asian Representation Matters Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 25, 2022 12:00 pm EST Two female actors of South-Asian descent being cast in leading roles in a breakout Netflix period drama is an absolute win for representation, essential to the ever-widening discourse of on-screen inclusivity. Personally, as a South-Asian woman from India, the presence of Simone Ashley and Charithra Chandran in their respective roles as Kate and Edwina Sharma in “Bridgerton” season 2 thrilled me to no end, as it is rare to see South-Asian women play lead romantic roles, especially in a period drama....

Why the shock? Dynamite Entertainment It’s honestly inexcusable for fans to be shocked at Homelander’s descent. For one, it’d be out of character for the show. Many of the contemptible supe characters, like the Deep and A-Train (Jessie Usher), have been given pitiable moments and opportunities for change. A-Train was offered a spot on the anti-Homelander team by Supersonic, while back in Season 1, the Deep was sexually assaulted, experiencing the same pain he caused Starlight....

9 Ozark Episodes To Revisit Before The Final Season Netflix By Shania Russell/Jan. 14, 2022 5:00 pm EST We’re nearing the end of an era, as we enter the fourth and final season of “Ozark.” The Byrdes have come a long way since their humble money-laundering beginnings: season after season, their family has fractured, lives have been lost and everyone in their circle has been thoroughly transformed. And this rollercoaster ride of the past three seasons is littered with hints for what’s to come....

Daily Podcast: Lightyear Footage Reaction & Press Day Recap Pixar By Peter Sciretta/April 21, 2022 3:20 pm EST In Our Feature Presentation: Ryan talks about his “Lightyear” press day. All the other stuff you need to know: Lightyear Filmmakers Pull Back The Curtain On Turning Buzz Into A Sci-Fi Action Hero Lightyear Director Angus MacLane And Producer Galyn Susman On Taking Buzz Beyond Toy Story [Interview] Lightyear Filmmakers Pull Back The Curtain On Turning Buzz Into A Sci-Fi Action Hero...

Harry Hamlin Has Joined The Cast Of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches AMC By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 24, 2022 1:51 pm EST Attention, witch lovers! Harry Hamlin (“Mad Men,” “Clash of the Titans”) has joined the cast of the AMC series, “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” (via Deadline). AMC had scooped up the rights for Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles” and “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” book series some time in 2020, and both of the projects were greenlit for a series adaptation soon after....

Hypnotic Ending Explained: When Fear Becomes A Weapon Netflix By Debopriyaa Dutta/March 3, 2022 3:06 pm EST Hypnosis is a double-edged sword in Netflix’s psychological thriller, “Hypnotic,” which navigates how even the best of human inventions can be disrupted by virtue of nefarious intentions. Directors Matt Angel and Suzanne Coote attempt to imbue this oft-rehashed trope with meaning, but ultimately fail to craft a cohesive narrative that manages to keep viewers on edge....

A metaphor for the experience of Black horror audiences Universal Pictures Peele also revealed in his commentary that the Sunken Place is his way of commenting on the Black horror audience experience. “The Sunken Place, among other things, it is a metaphor for the marginalization of the Black horror movie audience. We are a loyal horror movie fanbase and we’re relegated to the theater, not the screen. We don’t have the representation of our skin in horror films, nor do we have representation of our sensibilities and our ability to observe trouble before it happens, and our ability to excuse ourselves....

Manhunt: The Crown’s Tobias Menzies Will Hunt Lincoln’s Assassin In New Apple Series Netflix By Kaylee Dugan/Jan. 6, 2022 9:33 am EST Your favorite man to hate on “The Crown” (or at least, my favorite man to hate on “The Crown”) is leaving his role as Prince Philip behind and diving into the wild world of historical true crime (because history is the true crime to end all true crimes). Tobias Menzies, who also starred in “Outlander” and “Game of Thrones,” has officially joined the cast of “Manhunt” on Apple TV+, and if you’re into that delightful intersection of history, true crime (take a drink every time you read this genre) and Emmy Award-winning British actors, get ready for this show to have an absolute chokehold on your life when it finally debuts....

Matt Reeves Wanted The Batman’s Batmobile To Be Like ‘Something Out Of A David Lynch Movie’ Copyright 2022 DC Comics and Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. By Valerie Ettenhofer/April 19, 2022 3:22 pm EST Film fans, stop me if you’ve heard this one: ‘It was like something from a David Lynch movie.’ The “Blue Velvet” filmmaker’s deep, dark cinematic tone has been referenced half to death in recent years. The word “Lynchian” has been widely tossed around to describe everything from horror video games to trippy music videos to the CW’s genre-bending teen melodrama “Riverdale....

Moon Knight Star F. Murray Abraham Is Totally Down To Return As Khonshu Disney+ By Kaylee Dugan/May 4, 2022 9:30 pm EST Long live Khonshu! The breakaway star of Marvel’s “Moon Knight” series (yes I know there are some real heavy hitters in this show, but let’s be real, we’re all obsessed with the bird bone man) hasn’t only wormed his way into the hearts and minds of fans with his unabashed love of murder, he also has us asking the tough questions … Like will there ever be more Khonshu?...