Summary A recent update on theNarutomovie has me hopeful that the upcoming live-action adaptation will get my favorite anime right. Alive-actionNarutomovieis currently in the works at Lionsgate, withShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Ringsdirector Destin Daniel Cretton helming the film.Narutocreator Masashi Kishimoto is involved in the projectas a producer and has previously shared his excitement over what Cretton is doing. WhileHollywood’s history with anime adaptationsis complicated, the reception to Netflix’sOne Piecehas proven that theNarutomovie can work....

Warning! Contains spoilers for Outsiders #10! Summary The world ofDC Comicsis under threat — but somehow, onlyBatwomanhas the knowledge and power to save the day. Crisis events are a major tradition in the DC Universe. They usually have far-reaching effects, from changing the status quo, the death of a beloved hero, to completely resetting the entire DCU. Every time a Crisis has happened, it’s gotten the attention of every major character in DC — except now....

ThePokémonanime is making a return that should excite long-time fans of the franchise, following the shutdown of its own streaming app earlier this year. Now, fans will be able to catch episodes of the classic series on their own time via YouTube. In January 2024, it was announced that the Pokémon Company’s long-time streaming app,Pokémon TV, would be shutting down. This left fans in a difficult situation, as the app was the main streaming home for a significant portion of the anime series, and following the shut-down, they were left with a complicated situation of various seasons on various services, requiring as many as 10 different apps to be able to watch only about half the series....

Hot on the heels of the Halloween specials, the latest event in thePokémon GOcalendar is Harvest Festival 2024, with more bonuses and increased spawns for trainers to hunt down. This year the Harvest Festival runs fromThursday 7 November 10am local time until Tuesday 12 November 8pm local time. It gives trainers other incentives to play alongside the current toughMax Battle Dynamax Pokémonthat you can take on with friends. The Harvest Festival 2024 focuses on certain Pokémon which are themed around farming and plants, such as Miltank and Sunkern....

Throughout January 2025, you can participate in Max Monday events inPokémon GOto challenge several different Gigantamax Pokémon. These Max Battles only occur one day a week for a limited time, making them hard to do unless you know when they appear. With many Max Mondays having a chance to feature a Shiny Pokémon, you’ll want to know how to join these events before they happen. Max Mondays are similar toRaids inPokémon GO, featuring super-powered Gigantamax Pokémon who are hard to defeat....

Presence’s teaser trailer is released, teasing what’s to come from director Steven Soderbergh’s unique new horror movie that unfolds from the ghost’s point of view. Written by David Koepp,Presencemarks Soderbergh’s feature film follow-up toMagic Mike’s Last Dance(2023). The horror movie, which stars Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan, and Callina Liang, follows a family as they move into a new house, quickly discovering that the dwelling is inhabited by a mysterious entity....

Summary One scene inStar Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sithhints at the ancient history of the Jedi Order. Little is known of theorigins of the Jedi Order, although sourcebooks have revealed they first established the Jedi Temple on Coruscant 5,000 years ago - at roughly the same time the order suffered a schism, with one rogue group creating the rival Sith Order. The Coruscant temple was built atop an ancient dark side shrine, with the Jedi hoping their light could balance out that darkness....

Robert Englund’s pitch for how he could return asA Nightmare on Elm Street’sFreddy Krueger would break franchise tradition in an intriguing way. The 1980s was a golden period for the creation of iconic movie slashers, with Jason Voorhees, Pinhead, Chucky and many more all making their screen debuts.TheNightmare on Elm Streetmoviesbegan in 1984 and introduced audiences to Freddy Krueger, who, in contrast to the mute killers who were in vogue at the time, was quite verbose and prone to bad-liners as he slayed victims....

Warning! Preview pages ahead for The Flash #17!Even the heroes of theDC Universetake issue with one particular kind of superhero, and they’ve got the perfect name for them. While there are plenty of hero types that fans love to see, there’s one kind that’s annoying on all fronts, so much sothat the Justice Leaguehas their own way of designating them. In a preview forThe Flash #17by Simon Spurrier and Vasco Georgiev,the Flash’s daughter Ireytalks with the Justice League and points them in the direction of a mysterious spire that’s emerged from the ocean....

Squid Gamecreator Hwang Dong-Hyukrecently addressed the deep meaning behind the voting system in season 2. The record-breaking Netflix series continues to follow the previous winner, Seong Gi-Hun (Lee Jung-jae), as he reenters the deadly competition to end the games once and for all. However,a new rule allowing players to vote after every game on whether to continue or leavebecomes an unpleasant surprise for the protagonist, revealing the extreme lengths people will go to in their pursuit of the ever-growing cash prize....

Part ofStar Trek’s classic introduction to Tribbles inStar Trek: The Original Seriesseason 2, episode 15, “The Trouble With Tribbles”, was set up byStar Trek: Discovery. In “The Trouble With Tribbles”, Captain James T. Kirk’s (William Shatner) USS Enterprise crew meets Klingon Captain Koloth’s (William Campbell) crew on Space Station K-7. Instead of attacking the station, the Klingons claim to want shore leave.A Klingon plot to sabotage the Federation settlement on Sherman’s Planet is unveiled and subsequently thwartedwhen an outbreak of mass-replicating Tribbles consumes a shipment of poisoned quadrotriticale grain destined for the colony....

Star Trek: Section 31director Olatunde Osunsanmi reflected on the journey of the project duringNew York Comic Con, explaining why it was made into a movie rather than a TV series. While theforthcomingStar Trek: Section 31will be the franchise’s first TV film, it was originally envisioned as a spinoff series toStar Trek: Discoveryfocused on Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh). However, during the development process, it was later announced to be a film about her joining the secret Starfleet division while facing down her past in the Mirror Universe....

Summary Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesis the perfect follow-up to 2023’sTMNT: Mutant Mayhem, and while they both share a similar cast, the spinoff show welcomes some new additions. Despite theTMNTfranchise being popular for decades, it hasn’t always had the best cinematic showings, butMutant Mayhem’s success proved the quirky, animated style was the best way forward for the series. As a result, the centralcast returned forTales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which continued the protagonists' adventures in the form of two separate mini-stories, fighting against Bishop and the East River Three....