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Netflix’s Warrior Nun gets a trailer, poster and images

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Netflix has released the first trailer, poster and images for the action fantasy series Warrior Nun. Inspired by the manga-style American comic book series Warrior Nun Areala, it stars Alba Baptista as Ava, a young woman who wakes up in a morgue with a divine artefact embedded in her back and finds herself caught in a […]

Obi-Wan Kenobi series to use same revolutionary visual effects as The Mandalorian says Ewan McGregor

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Ewan McGrgor, the star of the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi series, says the show will make use of The Mandalorian’s revolutionary visual effects technology.The behind the scenes documentaries for The Mandalorian have revealed the new visual effects technology that was pioneered under showrunner Jon Favreau. Called virtual production, environments and locations are rendered on the soundstage, […]

30 Rock returning for one-hour reunion special on NBC

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30 Rock is returning to TV screens for a one-hour reunion special with the original cast.30 Rock is one of NBC’s most beloved former comedy series. Created and starring Tina Fey along with Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan, the show is a behind the scenes comedy about a sketch show in the mold of SNL.The […]

Exclusive Interview – Harley Quinn composer Jefferson Friedman discusses the colorful season 2 score

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Season 2 of Harley Quinn is currently airing new episodes on DC Universe. There is no shortage of fun when it comes to anything Harley related, especially when iconic characters like Catwoman and Mr. Freeze show up. From reading all the buzz online, fans are also very much enjoying the blossoming relationship between Harley and […]

Exclusive Interview – Looney Tunes Cartoons composer Carl Johnson on making music funny, honouring the past and licensing old songs

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Harrison Abbott chats with composer Carl Johnson…Carl Johnson is an Emmy Award-winning composer and orchestrator, known primarily for his credits on big-budget animated films (Wall-e, Monsters Inc.) as well as beloved children’s cartoons (Gargoyles, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series).His latest undertaking for Warner Bros. is the new Looney Tunes Cartoons (which […]

The Umbrella Academy gets a batch of first-look season 2 images

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Netflix has released a batch of first look images for the second season of its comic book adaptation The Umbrella Academy featuring  Luther (Tom Hooper), Vanya (Ellen Page), Sissy (Marin Ireland), Diego (David Castaneda), Ben (Justin H. Min), Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman), Klaus (Robert Sheehan), Oscar (Tom Sinclair), Axel (Kris Holden-Ried), Otto (Jason Bryden), and Number […]

Warner Bros. and DC announce DC FanDome virtual fan experience

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With San Diego Comic-Con and other conventions all cancelled and postponed this summer due to the global health crisis, Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have announced that they are bringing the DC Universe direct to homes with DC FanDome, a free virtual fan experience which promises to feature “the largest gathering of talent, announcements and […]

Snowpiercer Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Justice Never Boarded’

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Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Snowpiercer…Ambition in a television series is difficult to define as streaming services have changed the playing field. Long form episodes which last an hour are now common place, meaning that structure and narrative need not be doled out in haste. Programmes are planned out for five years at […]

Snowpiercer Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Without Their Maker’

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Martin Carr reviews the fourth episode of Snowpiercer…Incursions into third class, precisely prepared sushi and monologues on the necessity for perfect balance are all present and correct in episode four. With the exception of a protracted foot chase ‘Without Their Maker’ is lots of talking, minor moments of murder mystery and fleeting liaisons. What soon […]

Percy Jackson star Logan Lerman offers his thoughts on the Disney+ series

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Last month, author Rick Riordan and his wife announced the Percy Jackson book series is set to be re-adapted as a television series for the Disney+ streaming service. Now, one of the stars of the two 20th Century Fox feature films – 2010’s Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief and 2013’s Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – has offered […]