A quick knock on the door indicated that something shady was up. A blonde woman in dark sunglasses paced nervously in front of my door, wondering if I was the man of the house. She then handed me a small manila envelope before hurrying back to her car. Inside the envelope was a black Shurlock miniature-locking safe. And this note: Along with the note was a 5 Euro bill with the serial number M15166389577....
The adventure-comedy animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, is returning for its second season on January 20th, and the cast talked with Variety about delivering more fantasy-inspired laughs and gasps. Ashley Johnson, who voices the gnome cleric Pike Trickfoot, says the next season is going to be closer to Dungeons and Dragons, the role-playing game the show is based on: The Legend of Vox Machina is an animated adaptation of Critical Role, which is a live web series where professional voice actors play Dungeons and Dragons....
The Mandalorian treads into familiar territory with a blaster-slinging stop on Tatooine. “The Gunslinger” has Mando (Pedro Pascal) looking for work at the infamous Mos Eisley Cantina. He teams up with a novice bounty hunter to hunt for a dangerous assassin. But any alliances are fraught with betrayal and peril, especially when you’re target numero uno in the galaxy. Baby Yoda continues his wide-eyed, big-eared charm offensive. The green bundle of cuteness makes a pal out of a crusty spaceport mechanic....
The plot for Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian may have just leaked online and it sounds a lot like Star Wars meets Lone Wolf and Cub. When the Disney+ show was initially announced, there wasn’t a whole lot of information about it. However, in the last few months, a lot more light has been shed on the project and how it will possibly connect to the original Star Wars trilogy and the The Force Awakens trilogy....
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and co-star Chris Evans stand together against the cold and dark in the latest behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming festive action adventure, Red One. Shared to social media by Johnson himself, the black-and-white image finds the two actors working into the wee hours to tell whatever story Red One plans to tell. Unfortunately, details on that are still pretty thin on the ground. Nevertheless, you can check out the latest look at Red One below....
Matt Wayne, who serves as the scriptwriter for SSM is no stranger to superhero cartoons, having also worked on Justice League and Hellboy: Sword of Storms. Toonzone got the chance to talk to Wayne about his work on The Spectacular Spider-Man. This new Spider-man cartoon doesn’t begin with his origin story, and so Wayne was asked why they were taking this approach with the cartoon. Wayne responded: We aren’t assuming viewers know his origin....
The White Lotus is currently airing its second season after the staggering success of the first, seeing another group of rich and privileged tourists return, this time to Italy for a mysterious set of events and some comedic moments that are equal parts amusing and unsettling. The hit HBO original series follows the lives of the locals as well as tourists, and features a lot of symbolism alluding to the tragic end that we see a glimpse of at the start of the season....
The MCU has kept things speeding along just fine since the conclusion of Endgame back in 2019, releasing new movies and shows seemingly every single month for the past year and a half. Fans certainly aren’t complaining since the MCU has only gotten bigger and more frightening since Thanos tried to snap away half the universe. Audiences are quickly starting to figure out that Thanos might not be the biggest threat our beloved heroes will have to face....
The use of de-aging and deepfake technology has become commonplace in many TV shows and movies, with an estimated 85% of all productions using some kind of face altering technology on its stars. However, what is next? Well it looks like hyperreal AI content is the answer, with AI-generated face replacements being a potential game changing addition to Hollywood’s arsenal of gimmicks and tricks to deliver stories and visuals that would have been unthinkable just a few decades ago....
The last we heard about Showtime’s highly-anticipated Twin Peaks revival series was in June, when network president David Nevins confirmed in a conference call that they were eyeing a Spring 2017 premiere date for the new series. While we wait for the first official footage from this long-awaited show, Showtime has released a brief trailer that confirms composer Angelo Badalamenti will be back to score the series. Hopefully this video could indicate that the first trailer may be arriving soon....
Tyrese Gibson is really making a name for himself. Ever since making his debut as the lead in Baby Boy, his status has grown to superstar. He’s gone from starring in “2 Fast 2 Furious” and Four Brothers to the mega budget flick, Transformers. At the press day for his new film, Waist Deep, Tyrese talked about working with writer/director, Vondie Curtis-Hall; Vondie actually wrote the lead role with Tyrese in mind, which is something the singer turned actor is getting used to, but something that still makes him humble....
The USA Network has ensured new life for the latest hit series in its growing lineup. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the USA Network has renewed its latest series, White Collar for a second season. While the network confirmed the renewal, which was first announced in a tweet from series creator/executive producer Jeff Eastin, the network didn’t reveal how many episodes the second-season order was for, or when the second season would premiere....
Universal Pictures had big plans for Van Helsing. Released in the summer of 2004, the movie starred Hugh Jackman as the titular vampire hunter from Bram Stoker’s Dracula, here reimagined as a younger action-adventure man in a 19th-century style mash-up of Indiana Jones and Jame Bond movies. After successfully remaking The Mummy for Universal Pictures with Brendan Fraser, Stephen Sommers was brought on board to breathe new life into Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Wolfman....
The actor sits down to talk about his new film During a long afternoon, a few press people sat and waited, and waited for Vin Diesel to come and talk about his new film Find Me Guilty. It’s based on the true story of Jackie DiNorscio, and the court case that took over 650 days in New York in the mid-1980’s. Vin really altered his image for this role; Jackie was overweight and had hair - a complete transformation was underway for the action star....
News of Voltron: Defender of the Universe coming to theater screens has been kicking around for quite sometime, but now it seems the proposed live action-CGI adaptation of the popular animated series may becoming a reality. As a bidding war for franchise rights has begun, with Relativity Media leading the charge. World Events Productions is the company behind the original 1984 program that featured iconic robotic lions and their human pilots who would gather to form the gigantic Voltron....
Disney shows it has even more treasures up it’s sleeve! Walt Disney Home Entertainment continues the popular Walt Disney Treasures series with three new 2-Disc DVD sets featuring rarely seen footage presented with amazing color and sound. The seventh installment of Walt Disney Treasures will be available December 11, 2007 in a limited supply just in time for the holidays. Predating even Mickey Mouse, the legendary and rarely-seen Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was Walt Disney’s first big animated star, and having recently returned to the Disney fold, comes out of the vault for the first time ever on DVD....
We’ve got an exclusive clip from First Independent Pictures upcoming comedy, Everything’s Gone Green. The film, hitting theaters wide on April 20th, stars Paulo Costanzo, Steph Song, JR Bourne, Aidan Devine, Susan Hogan, and Tom Butler. Click below to take a look! Every Thing’s Gone Green Exclusive: “See You at the Whale” Ryan, late-twenties and not getting any younger, is tempted into a money-laundering scheme but struggles with his ill-gotten gains while trying to find happiness....
Legendary nerds Curtis ‘Booger’ Armstrong and Robert ‘Lewis’ Carradine are invading your TV set every Thursday this winter! Both actors have had illustrious careers since their nerd days and continue to work in both TV and film. But now the two are teaming up as hosts of an unscripted competition series that is right up their alley…King of the Nerds! Debuting last Thursday with Welcome to Nerdvana, and continuing the warfare this Thursday, January 24th with Imaginary Realms, the show invites 11 competitors spanning the full nerd spectrum to come together to face challenges that will test their intellect, ingenuity, skills and pop-culture prowess....
Wednesday makes its debut on Netflix this week, and as well as Jenna Ortega’s new iteration of the title character, the series will also see Catherine Zeta-Jones stepping into the black dress of Morticia. When it comes to playing the matriarch of the Addams Family, Zeta-Jones wanted to make sure that she brought more to her performance than just being a caricature of previous iterations. Morticia Addams is the mother of Wednesday, and has been most notably portrayed on screen by Anjelica Huston in The Addams Family and Addams Family Values....
Obi-Wan Kenobi is a fantastic addition to the Star Wars extended universe. But let’s face it, Obi-Wan isn’t the star of the show. With the short miniseries coming to a close, the question on everyone’s mind is whether or not it will be renewed for a second season. There are plenty of good reasons why we would want to see the journey continue and even more parts of the story we want to see explored....
