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Netflix releases Altered Carbon season 2 teaser and images featuring Anthony Mackie’s Takeshi Kovacs

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Netflix has released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming second season of the sci-fi series Altered Carbon, starring Anthony Mackie (Falcon and the Winter Soldier) taking over the role of Takeshi Kovacs from Joel Kinnaman as the mercenary Kovacs gains a new body. Watch the trailer here… The second season of Altered Carbon will see Mackie […]

Netflix to produce live-action version of much-loved anime One Piece

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Much to the delight of anime fans, leading streaming giant Netflix has announced they will be producing a live-action adaptation of the fan-favourite One Piece, and bringing it to the platform later this year.  This hugely popular manga is the bestselling manga franchise in Japanese history and the anime, produced by Toei Animation, has been […]

Netflix acquires international streaming rights to Studio Ghibli films

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Here’s some news to make the Monday morning blues vanish: Netflix has snapped up exclusive streaming rights for legendary animation house Studio Ghibli’s back-catalogue, and will begin releasing them on the platform as early as February 1st. The Hollywood Reporter reveals that the deal will apply to territories outside of North America and Japan, and […]

Dennis Haysbert to play God in Lucifer’s final season

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Lucifer‘s final season is set to see a long-awaited family reunion as Entertainment Weekly has announced Dennis Haysbert (24) is set to portray God, Lucifer’s estranged father. Throughout Lucifer, God has often been mentioned by both Lucifer and his brother Amenadiel, played by Tom Ellis and D.B. Woodside respectively, and has manipulated certain people into Lucifer’s […]

Netflix reveals the 10 most popular films and TV series streamed in the UK in 2019

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Tis the season for Top Top lists to dominate social media streams and news stories, and getting in on the annual countdown craze are streaming giants Netflix, who have revealed the 10 most popular films to be streamed on UK accounts this year. As reported by Deadline, it’s important to remember that Netflix measures the […]

The Ten Best Animated Films of the 2010s

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Kate Harrold shares her picks of the best animated films of the 2010s… The past decade has been a breakthrough for animated film. Toy Story (1995) may have been the first feature-length computer animated film, but animation studios of the 2010s have gone on to break even more unimaginable feats. The genre seems to have […]

David Fincher to return as director for Mindhunter season 2, with Andrew Dominik in tow

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David Fincher is due to hop back into the director’s chair for his Netflix crime series Mindhunter in its second season, with fellow movie maestro Andrew Dominik set to join him. According to The Playlist, Fincher will helm the opening and finale episodes of what is believed to be an eight episode season. Andrew Dominik, […]

The Witcher character featurettes for Geralt of Rivia, Yennefer and Princess Ciri

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As The Witcher‘s premiere date gets closer, Netflix has released a new batch of featurettes focusing on the three main characters of the series. Check out the videos featuring Henry Cavill’s Geralt of Rivia, Anya Chalotra’s Yennefer and Freya Allan’s Princess Ciri below… Based on the best-selling fantasy series of books, The Witcher is an epic tale of […]

Movie Review – The Two Popes (2019)

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The Two Popes, 2019. Directed by Fernando Meirelles. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins and Juan Minujín. SYNOPSIS: Pope Benedict XVI and the future Pope Francis meet as the latter proposes his retirement from the church. Netflix really wants some big Oscars this year. It has a lot of hope pinned to Martin Scorsese’s career-capping gangster […]