Another box office record has fallen before the might of Thanos, with Avengers: Infinity War selling more advance tickets in China than any previous film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Marvel Studios sequel has racked up $47.5 million in presales as of today, inching past the previous record of $47 million set in January
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The cast to Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy has expanded with the addition of Kate Walsh 13 Reasons Why, Private Practice). Based on the acclaimed Dark Horse comics series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba, The Umbrella Academy follows an estranged family of superheroes that investigate the suspicious death of their father Reginald Hargreeves who had
Among the biggest and best of anime heroes are some smaller, yet just as worthy characters: children! Not only are they just as capable as adults in some cases, but they can also achieve feats that are possible precisely because they’re kids. To find out fans’ picks for anime starring children, Anime!Anime! held a survey
Popular mecha franchise Mobile Suit Gundam has almost reached its 40th year since the broadcast of its first iconic entry in 1979. As part of the pre-celebrations for this huge milestone, NHK held an online poll to find out fans’ picks for four categories – best series, best Mobile suit, best characters, and best song.
Soon, summer will be officially back, and Niantic is wasting no time showing Pokémon Trainers around the world what they have to look forward to! Building upon the debut of their live summer events from 2017, live events for smartphone game Pokémon GO are currently in the works for three cities across the world: Dortmund,
Harley Quinn actor Margot Robbie has a certain vision in mind for her character’s upcoming spinoff film. Speaking to Collider, Robbie briefly discussed the Birds of Prey reports and revealed that she’d initially pitched an R-rated “girl gang film,” because that was what she’d always envisioned. She felt that Harley “needs friends.” RELATED: Rumor: Suicide Squad
The Avengers films have made Marvel Studios and Disney a lot of money. All of them are among the highest-grossing movies of all-time and the newest installment, Avengers: Infinity War, is projected to earn approximately $1.88 billion at the global box office. Although Avengers 4 will serve as an ending to the story started in 2008’s Iron Man, it
The upcoming Netflix adaptation of The Witcher franchise has just picked up two writers from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Announced by showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich on her Twitter account, the writers room for the Netflix dark fantasy series shows former Jessica Jones writer Jenny Klein and Daredevil writer Sneha Koorse joining the creative team as
The beloved Batman: The Animated Series will make the jump to tabletop gaming in the first in a series of planned releases from IDW Games. Batman: The Animated Series — Gotham Under Siege is intended for one to five players, who adopt the role of the Dark Knight and his allies in order to protect
The actor who plays Billy Batson in the live-action Shazam! film has already finished filming. Asher Angel, who portrays Shazam’s young alter-ego, shared a photo on his personal Instagram account showing him with his co-star Zachary Levi. The two were celebrating Angel’s last day on set. Angel’s Billy Batson uses a magic word to transform himself into a
WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War, in theaters now. Avengers: Infinity War did a great deal to bring Star-Lord and Gamora’s complicated relationship into the forefront. There is perhaps no greater example of their commitment to each other than the scene in which Star-Lord upholds his vow to kill Gamora if
Seal your letters with a Sailor Moon kiss thanks to these elegant sealing wax sets inspired by the heroines of Takeuchi Naoko’s classic shoujo manga. There are two designs on offer, the first inspired by the five Inner Senshi and the second by Chibi Sailor Moon and the Senshi of the Outer Solar System. Each
Hit swimming-themed anime Free!’s official Twitter has confirmed a number of details regarding the upcoming new season, Dive to the Future, including a July broadcast date and the artist behind its opening theme. The teaser PV reintroduces the familiar faces of Haru, Rin, Makoto, Rei, and Nagisa, who will be returning as college students. Many
The Goldbergs has landed an iconic guest for its latest ’80s pop culture reference with the announcement that Rick Moranis will be on the May 9 episode. Moranis, who had semi-retired from acting in 1997 to spend more time with his family, will be reprising his memorable villain, Dark Helmet, from Mel Brooks’ 1987 Star
The trailer for the final two episodes of Season 4 of FOX’s hit series Gotham has arrived, and with it comes a chilling look at what’s in store for Gordon, Bullock, Bruce and company, courtesy of the pseudo-Clown Prince of Crime, Jeremiah Valeska. The video begins with a recap of the twisted trip fans have taken this season
While both director David Ayer and writer Max Landis were both originally expected to sign back on for the sequel to Netflix’s Bright, it was announced in January that the latter would not be returning to the film’s Orc-filled Los Angeles setting. Now, the Will Smith and Joel Edgerton-led action-fantasy has picked up a new writer in the form
Two new arrivals to The Walking Dead will receive expanded roles in the upcoming ninth season of the AMC drama. According to The Hollywood Reporter, newcomers Avi Nash and Callan McAuliffe, who play Siqqiq and Alden, respectively, have been promoted to series regulars for the new season, expected to premiere in October. RELATED: The Walking
The Incredibles just added a new superpower to their arsenal: flight. Alaska Airlines has revealed special-edition plane design ahead of the release of the long-awaited release of Pixar’s Incredibles 2. The design features the Parr family — Bob, Helen, Violet, Dash and baby Jack-Jack — on the fuselage, poised and ready for action. Not far
While many viewers were drawn into the drama and mysteries of the reimagined Lost in Space, focused on the plight of the Robinson family and the schemes of Dr. Smith, others were more preoccupied with the new Robot. Not so much its origins or motivations, but rather … its body. Its (apparently) sexy, sexy body.
With so many travel-related episodes in anime, have you ever wondered which character would be the most fun to go on a trip with? The female edition of Anime!Anime!’s survey featured a ton of knowledgeable and exciting characters, with popular names like the brilliant navigator Nami and archaeologist Nico Robin of One Piece, plus Mine
WARNING: This article contains massive spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War, in theaters now. In case you were just starting to accept the shocking and quite frankly devastating ending of Avengers: Infinity War, you might need to reach for that box of tissues yet again. Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has just revealed the
HBO and Damon Lindelof’s forthcoming Watchmen television series might end up diverging from the comic book source material. However, the show’s newly revealed working title seems to indicate that the series isn’t straying too far from its roots. According to Production Weekly, the Watchmen series has received a working title of Brooklyn. This, of course, is quite fitting, as the events of the Alan
Deadpool 2 may be adding classic X-Men villain Juggernaut to its large roster of characters in the film. The track listing from Billboard for the film’s score by Tyler Bates has a song titled “You Can’t Stop This Mother F*****,” said by Bates to be his favorite track and contains a choir singing lyrics referencing
Marvel Comics’ Darth Vader series has been cleverly filling in the gaps between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, painting the story of Anakin Skywalker’s early days as the Emperor’s right-hand man in the cinematic universe created by George Lucas. In the upcoming arc, fans will now get a chance to learn more about Vader’s
This week, Star Trek fans got the closest thing to a Riker/Troi reunion since the 2005 series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise. Will Riker and Deanna Troi actors Jonathan Frakes and Marina Sirtis, respectively, snapped a behind-the-scenes pic from the set of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, which Frakes posted to Twitter. Surprise visit on
The last two films in the main Star Wars series have made a habit of including actors in hidden roles. Star Wars: The Force Awakens famously had Daniel Craig as a Stormtrooper, along with Simon Pegg as the junker Unkar Plutt on Rey’s home planet of Jakku. Star Wars: The Last Jedi tried to keep the Stormtrooper tradition going with Tom
Sylvester Stallone is reported to be in talks to star in Rambo 5, which would mark his return to the franchise since 2008’s Rambo. Deadline reports Stallone originally considered directing the fifth installment, but that is no longer being discussed. However, the actor is said to be penning the script with Avi Lerner, his collaborator on the trio of Expendables films. RELATED: Sylvester
As record-breaking as Avengers: Infinity War has been, the Marvel Studios film was unsuccessful at giving its Marvel Cinematic Universe television counterpart, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., a boost in the ratings. The ratings for the May 4 episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. were in the same demographic as it’s April 27 episode, which is the date that Infinity War arrived
WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War, in theaters now. Despite the Avengers: Infinity War screenwriters indicating they did have a draft that cut Adam Warlock from the script, co-director Joe Russo has revealed it was never really intended for the cosmic powerhouse to appear in the fight against Thanos. James Gunn has
Marvel is celebrating the launch of Tony Stark: Iron Man #1 with the release of 20 variant covers, featuring many of the various armors set to appear in the series. Some of the armors to be showcased by artists Alexander Lozano and Valerio Schiti include the Hulkbuster and Bleeding Edge (recently seen in Avengers: Infinity War),