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First look at Netflix’s Splinter Cell anime series

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Last year it was announced that Netflix and Ubisoft had teamed with John Wick creator Derek Kolstad for an anime adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, and we’ve now got our first look at Sam Fisher in the upcoming series: Based on the bestselling video game series which first launched back in 2002, Splinter Cell follows […]

Netflix’s live-action Assassin’s Creed series lands Die Hard writer

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The Assassin’s Creed video game franchise has sold over 155 million copies to date. It’s not a shock that Netflix would want to tackle this long-running action-adventure series, even if its first film outing was a dud. The streamer is trying to make sure it lands a hit with their upcoming live-action series by nabbing […]

Knives Out 2 adds Iron Fist star Jessica Henwick

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Deadline is reporting that Jessica Henwick is the latest actor to join the growing cast for director Rian Johnson’s upcoming Knives Out sequel in a currently undisclosed role. Henwick is perhaps best known for her role as Colleen Wing in Marvel’s Netflix shows including Iron Fist, The Defenders and the second season of Luke Cage. She is currently […]

Netflix shares sneak peek promo for The Cuphead Show!

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Netflix has released a sneak peek promo for the animated comedy series The Cuphead Show!, featuring The Devil’s right hand man King Dice (voiced by Wayne Brady); watch it here… The character-driven comedy follows the unique misadventures of the impulsive Cuphead and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman. Through their many misadventures across their […]

Can The Last Mercenary kick off a renaissance for Jean-Claude Van Damme?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the upcoming Jean-Claude Van Damme Netflix vehicle, The Last Mercenary. Can we call it a comeback?  In 2008, Jean-Claude Van Damme was some years deep into straight to DVD land, where mainstream interest has all but gone, leaving only the aficionados behind. For a number of years after his last theatrically […]

Mike Myers’ secret society Netflix comedy The Pentaverate fills out its cast, story details revealed

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Back in April 2019 it was announced that Mike Myers would be making his return to the small screen by producing and starring in a new half-hour comedy for Netflix, and now we have a title, plot details and cast for the six-episode limited series. Titled The Pentaverate, the series “asks ‘What if a secret […]

Movie Review – Wish Dragon (2021)

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Wish Dragon, 2021. Directed by Chris Appelhans. Featuring the voice talents of Jimmy Wong, Constance Wu, John Cho, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, and Will Yun Lee. SYNOPSIS: When working class college student Din (Jimmy Wong) comes into possession of a tea pot containing a pompous Wish Dragon named Long (John Cho), he is granted three wishes. Despite […]

Live-action Resident Evil Netflix series casts Lance Reddick as the iconic Albert Wesker

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Cool, calm, and often threatening, Lance Reddick is a skilled genre actor. He’ll get to test these abilities by playing one of the video game’s most iconic villains. Reddick has been cast as Albert Wesker in the upcoming Resident Evil live-action series. He’ll join Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, and Paola Nuñez, […]