November 23, 2024
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Marvel Studios’ Secret Invasion, an Original series, is streaming June 21 on Disney+.
Secret Invasion original series will be 6-episodes long and will star Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury from the MCU film series, along with Ben Mendelsohn as Talos, with Cobie Smulders, Martin Freeman, and Don Cheadle. The series is created by Kyle Bradstreet and directed by Thomas Bezucha and Ali Selim.
Secret Invasion original series is part of Phase Five of the MCU and will be on Disney+ this 21st June.
Sony just release another trailer of the Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and this one is a doozy.
If in the first trailer, we do not know why all those “Spider-People”, including Spider-Man 2099, are attacking Mile Morales and Gwen Stacy, and now we got the answer or at least the idea on why they’re after Miles Morales.
As explained by Miguel O’Hara a.k.a. Spider-Man 2099, Morales can never be a full-fledged Spider-man because he never experience the tragedy of choosing to save the “one person he loves versus saving the entire universe,” which everyone of the Spider-People have experienced. This is where things got interesting, since Miles Morales refuse to accept this fate as a Spider-man, this is what prompted the rest of the Spider-People to go after him.
It is still unclear who the main villain of the film and the main plot line but whatever it is, it looks like Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is going to be a great film.
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Oscar®-winning Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must redefine what it means to be a hero so he can save the people he loves most.
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. Screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller and David Callaham. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse will be in theaters June 2, 2023.
A live action adaption of Disney’s Moana is currently in development, this was shared by Disney CEO Bob Iger and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared the news during Disney’s annual shareholder’s meeting on April 3. Dwayne Johnson, who voiced Maui in the 2016 animated film, with Dany Garcia and Hiram Garcia via their Seven Bucks Productions and Beau Flynn via Flynn Picture Co. will produce the film with, with Native Hawaiian actor Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced Moana in both the 2016 film, will serve as an executive producer of the upcoming film.
In a pre-recorded message from Hawaii that included his youngest daughters. “I’m deeply humbled and overcome with gratitude to bring the beautiful story of Moana to the live-action big screen,” Johnson said in a statement. “This story is my culture, and this story is emblematic of our people’s grace and warrior strength. I wear this culture proudly on my skin and in my soul, and this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reunite with Maui, inspired by the mana and spirit of my late grandfather, High Chief Peter Maivia, is one that runs very deep for me.”
Aside from its announcement, no other details have been mention regarding the live action Moana and it may take a couple of years before new updates about film becomes available.
We celebrated International Womens day last March 8, 2023 and Eunice Jorge of the female-fronted band, Gracenote celebrated by covering a song of Just A Girl by No Doubt. In in the video, we can see Jorge perform the music and sing the song all by herself, this includes the guitar, bass, drums and the vocals.
You can watch the full video below;
She captioned the video with;
Here’s to celebrate all women! 👩🏼🎤
Song: Just A Girl by No Doubt
🎥: @rjville
#internationalwomensday
Eunice Jorge is a member of Gracenote, a female-fronted band considered as one of the most exciting live acts of this generation. The four-piece band composed of Eunice Jorge (Vocals, Keyboard, Violin and Guitar), Jazz Jorge (Back up vocals and Bass), Tatsi Jamnague (Guitars) and EJ Pichay (Drums) have performed and represented the Philippines in one of the biggest International Music festivals in Asia namely Singapore’s “Music Matters 2018” alongside top international artists.
Chito Miranda announced on his social media accounts that the polo that Francis Magalona wore in the official “Bagsakan” music video, has officially been sold for a ₱620,000. He disclosed that the person who won the bid was vlogger Boss Toyo, who also bought Gloc9’s polo for ₱80k, Chito Miranda’s polo for ₱150k and the polo that “Halina sa Parokya” puppets is wearing for ₱85k.
Boss Toyo also posted on social media that he able to complete the collection;
In his post, Miranda thanked Pia Magalona for donating the polo to help in the fundraising Gab Chee Kee Medical Expenses. Chito revealed that Gad was diagnosed with lymphoma in 2022 and has been undergoing chemotherapy. Miranda also thanked Saab Magalona, daughter of the late Francis M. and Pia, who helped them gather more funds for Gab and her company Linya Linya for donating ₱300k.
Bagsakan is a rap song collaboration amongst Parokya ni Edgar, Gloc9 and Francis M., it was released in 2005 and was nominated for Best Rap Recording in the 2004 Awit Awards. You can checkout the official music video of Bagsakan below;
Someone just created a film about the first smartphone – BlackBerry, and below is its first trailer. According to the video description, Blackberry film is the “true story of the meteoric rise & catastrophic demise of the world’s first smartphone.”
BlackBerry was the first “smartphone” to offer internet, email and messenger, with it’s iconic keyboards. At its peak, there were 85 million BlackBerry users worldwide but the company lost its dominance due to the success of the smartphones running Android and the iPhone.
BlackBerry is written by Matt Johnson with screenplay by Matt Johnson and Matthew Miller. The film feature Jay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton as Mike Lazaridis (Blackberry co-founder) and Jim Balsillie (former Chair and co-CEO), respectively. BlackBerry also stars Johnson, Rich Sommer, Michael Ironside, Martin Donovan, Michelle Giroux, SungWon Cho, Saul Rubinek, and Cary Elwes.
Blackberry film is based on the 2015 book “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” written by Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff. The film is scheduled for a theatrical release on May 12, 2023.
The 95th Academy Awards which took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, 12th of March and broadcasted live on ABC television. The biggest winner is the film Everything Everywhere All At Once, which took home 7 awards including the Best Picture, Best Actress (Michelle Yeoh), Best Director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert), Best Supporting Actor (Ke Huy Quan), Best Supporting Actress (Jamie Lee Curtis), Best Original Screenplay (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) and Best Film Editing.
Michelle Yeoh accepts the Oscar for Best Actress for her outstanding performance in 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' #Oscars #Oscars95 pic.twitter.com/fIDMBH1rEy
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 13, 2023
Another big winner is Brendan Fraser for taking home the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Charlie in ‘The Whale’ and Top Gun: Maverick for taking home the Best Sound award.
Best Actor nominee Brendan Fraser on the champagne carpet at the #Oscars95
Photo Credit: @msayles pic.twitter.com/ci2skXOZ8s
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) March 13, 2023
Below are the list of winners for this year’s Oscars;
Notable winner:
Michael J. Fox for the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Here’s something big to all Anime fans, the mythical crossover special of One Piece, Dragon Ball Z, and Toriko will make its North American television debut on the Adult Swim Toonami block on Cartoon Network, this is according to the official English account of Toei Animation.
On April 7, 2013, the episode debuted on Fuji TV in Japan. The crossover was not available to viewers outside of Japan, even though it is part of One Piece Episode 590, “The Mightiest Cooperation in History vs. the Gluttonous of the Sea,” of the One Piece anime TV series. Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Crossover Special will air on Toonami on Saturday, March 4, 2023, 10 years after it aired in Japan.
ANNOUNCEMENT📢:
This March 4th on @adultswim's Toonami, episode #590 of One Piece, the "Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Crossover Special", will finally be aired!!! Stay tuned! #OnePiece #DragonBallZ #Toriko #Toonami #AdultSwim pic.twitter.com/K3K5TxlGXj— Toei Animation (@ToeiAnimation) February 17, 2023
The Toriko x One Piece x Dragon Ball Z Super Crossover Special have been the talked around anime circles. The premise of the Crossover Special is that Luffy, Goku and Toriko met in a special tournament that would grant the winner a special type of meat. Since both Goku and Luffy are known gluttons in their respective series, naturally the two are willing to fight in order to get a taste of the special meat. The specially will also feature fights between Zoro and Vegeta, and also Usopp, Gohan, Piccolo, Gotenks, Franky, and Sanji.
Netflix just dropped the official trailer of Shadow and Bone Season 2.
Season 2 will pickup at the end of the first season, in the trailer we can see Alina Starkov able to master her powers to the point where she needs locate two mythical creatures to help amplify her powers that will once and for all destroys Shadow Fold and The Darkling (General Aleksander Kirigan). On the other side, the Crows will finally meet “the legendary Sun Summoner.”
Shadow and Bone is based on the book by Israeli-American author Leigh Bardugo, the series follows the story of Alina Starkov, a cartographer in the First Army of Ravka, discovers that she is a Grisha with the ability of summoning light that can destroy the Shadow Fold — a region of impenetrable darkness that divided Ravka for hundreds of years.
Developed by Eric Heisserer for Netflix, “Shadow and Bone” stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov), Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Ben Barnes (General Kirigan), Danielle Galligan (Nina Zenik) and Calahan Skogman (Matthias Helvar).
Shadow and Bone Season 2 premieres on Netflix this 16th of March 2023. Season 1 of Shadow and Bone is now available on Netflix.
MOMOLAND just announced that the group are now disbanded. In a note written in Korean posted by the group members and referring to their loyal fans as “Merries”, explained that “they (Momoland) decided to take a step forward towards our dreams and cheer for a new start.” and “even though they are no longer a group, they will still support each other.”
Here’s the Google Translate version;
hello. This is Momoland Ain.
First of all, I’m so sorry to our Merries, who must have been very upset to have encountered it first through an article.
I’ve always been thinking about how to repay our Merries, who always cheered me on and gave me a lot of strength.
Looking back, there were a lot of shortcomings and a lot of regrets, but I feel that there are more happy moments than that.
After a really long thought, the 6 of us, Momoland, decided to take a step forward towards our dreams and cheer for a new start.
Even though the 6 of us are scattered, we are always one team, and just like our beloved Marys who always stood by Momoland, we, as Momoland, will always be by Mary’s side.
I wanted to tell you the news quickly, but I’m so sorry that I finally did it, and thank you for waiting.
Please continue to support and look forward to Momoland and each member’s future.
thank you
The disbandment of the group came less than a month after their MLD Entertainment announced that it will not renew its contract with the KPOP South Korean girl group. The group did not make any additional announcement on what their future plans are.
MOMOLAND was a South Korean girl group formed by MLD Entertainment through the 2016 reality show Finding Momoland. The show’s winners Hyebin, Yeonwoo, Jane, Nayun, JooE, Ahin, and Nancy served as the original members. Their debut mini album “Welcome to MOMOLAND” was released on November 10, 2016, which became an instant hit.
Momoland’s biggest hits is Bboom Bboom, which was released on 04 January 2018 in the official channel of the record label – “1theK (원더케이)”. The music video currently have more than 593.4M total views in the 1theK (원더케이) official youtube channel.
Netflix just release the first series poster for their live action adaptation of One Piece. The poster is the picture of “Straw Hat” Luffy facing the sunset with his closed-fist right hand up in the air. Netflix’s One Piece series will have 10-episodes and will cover most, if not, all of East Blue Saga.
The casts for the Netflix’s Onepiece are;
Iñaki Godoy as Luffy
Mackenyu as Zoro
Emily Rudd as Nami
Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp
Taz Skylar as Sanji
No exact date as to their the One Piece series be available but as the poster suggests it will be release this year.
Marvel Studios just dropped the latest trailer for the Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.
The 138 seconds video (below), Kang is trying to seduce Scott Lang into doing something that Kang cannot do in the quantum realm. The trailer also gives us a quick look on what MODOK will look like in the film, which, in all honesty, he looks a terrifying and far from the goofy MODOK that have been portrayed in the comics and animations.
The tone of the trailer, specially the way they focus on Scott Lang at the end while battling Kang, we may see the death of another Avengers, which I’m hoping not the case.
We’ll know whether Scott Lang dies, and if the whole Lang and Pym family will be able to escape the ‘wrath’ of Kang and Quantum real unscathed, on 17th of February when the film hits the big screen.
Together with the new trailer, Marvel Studios also release a new movie posters that also includes the film’s tag line “Witness the beginning of a new dynasty.” which is a play to the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase 6 movies Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.
Marvel Studios’ #AntManAndTheWasp: Quantumania, only in theaters February 17. pic.twitter.com/dGhZ6k8get
— Marvel Studios (@MarvelStudios) January 10, 2023
Directed by Peyton Reed, Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania will see the return of Paul Rudd as Scott Lang/ Ant-Man, Kathryn Newton (Cassie), Evangeline Lilly as Hope van Dyne/Wasp, and Michael Douglas (Hank Pym) with Michelle Pfeiffer (Janet van Dyne). The film will also introduce the latest big bad boss of the MCU Kang the Conqueror played by Jonathan Majors and Corey Stoll as M.O.D.O.K.
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania will be in theaters on February 17th, 2023.
Video of Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi’s Darna costume for the National Costume Round of the 71st Miss Universe have been trending and for a good reason. If incase you are interested to see what the other 83 candidates looks like in their National Costume, then you can watch the video below.
If you want to skip to the country of your choice, then you can click on timestamp below, as for Miss Universe Philippines 2022 Celeste Cortesi, you can just to time stamp 41:17.
Miss Universe 2022 coronation will on the 14th of January (morning of January 15 in the Philippines) at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.
The 80th Golden Globes is now in the books and if you missed the live broadcast, then here’s a quick rundown on all winners from the 80th Golden Globes.
Here are all of the winners:
Notable nomination; Even though she did not win, Dolly de Leon became the first Filipino talent to be nominated for a Golden Globe award. The nomination was for her role in the Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or-winning film “Triangle of Sadness,” as an OFW who works as a crew of a luxury yacht and a one of the surviving crew when the ship capsized after a pirate attack.
WE ARE PROUD OF YOU, DOLLY! 🇵🇭
Dolly de Leon still makes history as the first Filipino talent to be nominated for a Golden Globe award. #GoldenGlobes https://t.co/UCYSte6a6Q pic.twitter.com/TN4YywCRqN
— Rappler (@rapplerdotcom) January 11, 2023
Actor Noah Schnapp, known for his portrayal of Will Byers in the Netflix science fiction horror series Stranger Things, just came out on Tiktok.
In a video where he is seen mouthing to an audio clip saying, “You know what it never was? That serious. It was never that serious. Quite frankly, will never be that serious.” He also wrote in the same video – “When I finally told my friends and family I was gay after being scared in the closet for 18 years and all they said was we know.”
@noahschnapp I guess I’m more similar to will than I thought
Netflix’s Stranger Things series, now in its 4th season, is a smash hit starring Millie Bobby Brown, Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Winona Ryder and David Harbour, among other stars. The series first streamed in July 2016. All 4 seasons of Stranger Things are available now on Netflix.
After reports that Wednesday season 2 will not be stream on Netflix, the company has officially announced that there will be Wednesday Season 2, “only on Netflix.”
You haven’t seen the last of her 🤫 Wednesday season 2 is coming, only on Netflix. 🖤🕷️#WednesdayNetflix pic.twitter.com/JLByloPWe0
— Netflix Philippines (@Netflix_PH) January 6, 2023
The shows renewal also comes with video announcement from the series official twitter account hinting for “more torture.”
More torture is coming. Lucky you. pic.twitter.com/t11LptFk7e
— Wednesday Addams (@wednesdayaddams) January 6, 2023
Prior to the renewal announcement, reports have surface that there will be second season of Wednesday but won’t be under the Netflix, since the IP of “The Addams Family” which includes “Wednesday” is owned by MGM, and now part of Amazon after it have been acquired for $8.5B.
It’s not surprising for Netflix to renew Wednesday, since the shows have been a runaway success for the streaming company. The company said that “the series broke the Netflix record for most hours viewed in a single week… twice. In the first week, it raked in 341.23 million hours viewed; in its second, 411.29 million hours viewed.”
Details about Wednesday Season 2 in terms of this its casting and plot after still unknown but we can assume that most if not all of season 1 casts will return to reprise their role.
GMA just dropped the mega trailer of the much awaited Voltes V: Legacy. The mega trailer is a 5 mins clip showing the evil alien empire Boazanians invading the world. It also gives us a glimpse of Camp Big Falcon, the Voltes team in their iconic uniform and Voltes V Robot fighting Boazania beast robot.
Chōdenji Machine Voltes V or just Voltes V, follows the story of the Armstrong brothers and their two friends as they defend the world against the evil alien invaders the Boazania lead by Prince Zardoz.
Three brothers Steve (Miguel Tanfelix), Big Bert (Matt Lozano), and Little Jon Armstrong (Raphael Landicho), and their friends Jamie Robinson (Ysabel Ortega) and Mark Gordon (Radson Flores) join forces to defend the Earth from humanoid aliens, known as Boazanians, who plans to invade the planet and launch their beast fighters all over the world.
“Voltes V: Legacy” is directed by Mark Reyes and written by Suzette Doctolero. The series features actors Miguel Tanfelix, Matt Lozano and Raphael Landicho as the Armstrong brothers, Steve, Big Bert and Littke Jon; Radson Flores as Mark Gordon and Ysabel Ortega will play Jamie Robinson, to complete the Voltes Team. Dennis Trillo will play as their missing Boazanian Scientist Father Ned Armstrong and Carla Abellana as Mary Ann, the human mother of the Armstrong siblings.
Martin del Rosario will play Prince Zardoz, leader of the Boazanian force invading world with Liezel Lopez as Zandra, Epi Quizon as Zuhl and Carlo Gonzales will play as Draco. Also in the series are Gabby Eigenmann as Commander Robinson, Albert Martinez, Christian Vasquez, Carlos Siguion Reyna, Jamie Wilson and Max Collins.
Voltes V: Legacy is reportedly consist of 80 episodes and will start airing on GMA Network in the second quarter of 2023.
The original Voltes V anime was first broadcast in the Philippines in 1978, on GMA Network with English dubbing. It was later banned by then-President Ferdinand Marcos on August 27, 1979, citing “harmful effects on children” with four remaining episodes being unaired. After the 1986 People Power Revolution that resulted to Marcos’ removal from office, the anime was reaired on Philippine television in the 1980s to 2010s.
We all know that there will be a 10th installment of Fast & Furious, which is aptly called Fast X with a reported release date of May 19, 2023. Now Vin Diesel just revealed that the first trailer of Fast X is scheduled for release in less than 2 months which is more or less by end of January 2023 or by mid Feb of next year.
Since the death of Paul Walker (Brian O’Conner), the Fast & Furious films shifted their focus on the Toretto family and in Fast X, they will introduce Abuela Toretto, portrayed by Rita Moreno, known for her work as West Side Story, Slums of Beverly Hills and the 1956 classic ‘The King and I.’
Fast X is directed by Louis Leterrier and several cast members reprising their role, including Vin Diesel as Dominic “Dom” Toretto, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Jordana Brewster as Mia Toretto, Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pearce, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges as Tej, Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey and Sung Kang as Han Lue. Charlize Theron will return as the antagonist Cipher and Helen Mirren as Queenie. Jason Momoa will be the new villain Dante, who will be working with Theron’s Cipher, and Brie Larson (MCU’s Capt. Marvel) as Tess.
The premise of Fast X on Wiki did not provide any details but I’m sure we’ll know more once we see the trailer.
Now that all the numbers are in, it was time to give the bag to the winners for this years Metro Manila Film Festival. The movie Deleter dominated the MMFF 2022 Gabi ng Parangal bagging 7 awards including the Best Picture, Best Actress (Nadine Lustre), Best Director (Mikhail Red) and much more.
Even though Deleter received the most awards, Nanahimik ang Gabi is the film that have the most nominations at 13, while Deleter and Mamasapano both received 11 nominations. Movies that won multiple awards are Deleter (7 awards won); Nanahimik ang Gabi (winning 5 awards); Mamasapano: Now It Can Be Told (bagging 4 awards) and My Father, Myself (taking home 3 awards).
Here are the complete list of winners for MMFF 2022 Gabi ng Parangal;
At the same time, Nadine’s agency Viva Artists Agency posted their congratulatory post for the all awards that the film Deleter won.
Marvel studios just release first official movie poster of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. In a true spider-fashion, the poster features an unmasked upside-down Miles Morales and appears to be dividing “Spider-People” into two groups.
On his left are the “Spiders” who are friendly with Morales which includes Gwen Stacy/Spider-Gwen, Scarlet Spider and Spider-Punk; while on his right are the “Spiders” who attacked Morales as shown in the trailer released last Dec 14th, which includes Spider-Man 2099, the pregnant Jessica Drew/Spider-woman. We also see other spiders like Spider-Cop, Spider-Man Unlimited, Spider-Man India, Takuya Yamashiro (a.k.a. the Japanese Spider-Man), Spider-Woman, Peter B. Parker/Spider-Man.
It’s still unclear why the other “Spider=people” are aggressive towards Miles Morales but it appears to be related to the “multiverse” and this “new threat.”
If you missed the first trailer of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, then go and watch it here.
Miles Morales returns in Spider-Man: Across the #SpiderVerse, coming to theaters June 2023. 🕸️ Take a peek at the brand-new poster! https://t.co/JOBDP40N0I
— Spider-Man (@SpiderMan) December 20, 2022
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson, from a screenplay by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, and David Callaham. The film cast includes Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson. Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya. Jason Schwartzman, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez. Greta Lee. Rachel Dratch, Jorma Taccone. Shea Whigham and Oscar Isaac.
After announcing that he (Henry Cavill) will return as Superman last October, Cavill again announced that he will be returning as Superman.
Here’s what he said in an Instagram post;
In a tweet, James Gunn explained why they’re changing Henry Cavill as Superman, saying that the new Superman that they have in mind “will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill.” He added that they’re a big fan of Henry Cavill and that they’re exploring “a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.’
Peter & I have a DC slate ready to go, which we couldn’t be more over-the-moon about; we’ll be able to share some exciting information about our first projects at the beginning of the new year.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
But we just had a great meeting with Henry and we’re big fans and we talked about a number of exciting possibilities to work together in the future.
— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) December 15, 2022
Since becoming co-chairpersons and CEOs of DC Films, all eyes are on James Gunn and how he can build a connected DC universe that can rival the MCU. It looks like James Gunn wants to start fresh in his vision of a connected DC universe.
Acapella group Pentatonix just release the new music video (above) of Christmas In Our Hearts, which features Lea Salonga. The collab is included in Pentatonix’s yuletide album “Holidays Around the World,” where they also teamed up with other industry big names such as Meghan Trainor, Lang Lang, Lea Salonga, Hikakin and Seiken.
It’s out!!! Woo-hooooooooo!!! https://t.co/O8halfgDDc
— Lea Salonga (@MsLeaSalonga) December 16, 2022
Unless you’re living under a rock, you know that Jenna Ortega is the hot new star from Netflix’s Wednesday, an Addams’ Family spin-off. So it’s not surprising if an artists uses Ortega’s likeness as his/her art piece, which is what artist Josh Clements (@clements.ink) just did by posting a fanart of Jenna Ortega as MCU’s White Tiger.
Josh Clements’s fan art shows that Jenna Ortega donning the white suit against a red silouhet New York skyline, with her jade green eyes and claws, a reference to the color of Jade Tiger Amulet, the source of White Tiger’s power.
Created by Brian Michael Bendis (writer) and Alex Maleev (artist), Angela del Toro/White Tiger, is a 4th character to use the name White Tiger. Angela del Toro/White Tiger is the niece of the original White Tiger, Hector Ayala and an FBI agent.
It’s been reported that White Tiger will appear in the upcoming Daredevil: Born Again series but the reports have been confirmed by Marvel or Disney.
It looks like we are getting one last Indiana Jones film from Harrison Ford, as Lucas Films release the official trailer of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The 1 min 45 secs run time of the trailer seems short when you consider that not much is revealed in the trailer.
In the video, we can hear the voice of Indy’s old friend Sallah (played by John Rhys-Davies), asking if missed their old adventurous and dangerous life, then an old and retired ‘Prof’ Jones immediately replied “those days have come and gone.”
Trailer have all the element of a classic Indiana Jones film; the catchy music, the humor and the usual trip to an unknown Middle Eastern nation.
Here’s the premise of the film (Wikipedia);
In 1969, American archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones lives against the backdrop of the Space Race. Jones is uneasy over the fact that the U.S. Government has recruited former Nazis to help beat the Soviet Union in the competition to make it to space. His goddaughter, Helena, accompanies him on his journey.[2][3] Meanwhile, Jürgen Voller, a NASA member and ex-Nazi involved with the moon-landing program, wishes to make the world into a better place as he sees fit.
This will be the 5th Indiana Jones film and at the age of 80, Harrison Ford looks great in the video and its unclear if this film will be used to expand the Indiana Jones franchise, so that new character can take over or explored.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny is scheduled to be in theaters on June 30th 2023. Harrison Ford will reprise his role as the legendary archaeologist, it is directed by James Mangold and co-written by Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth and James Mangold.
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny will also star;
Marvel just release the official trailer of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, which the studio first release at Brazil Comic Con.
The trailer (below) focuses on the origin story of Rocket and his Otter friend Lylla, we also saw a glimpse of how Will Poulter’s Adam Warlock looks like and Chukwudi Iwuji portrayal of the High Evolutionary, a scientist specializing in evolution and who in the comics is Rocket’s creator. We can also see that Gamora is back as well as a “beefy” Groot, similar to the one we saw in the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special.
The tone of the film (or at least this new trailer), is giving a different jive from the previous GOTG films, since there are a number of instances in the trailer where we see the Guardians in tears and injured, of course there’s still the brand of comedy.
It has been reported that will be James Gunn last project with Marvel, since he will be moving to DC Studios as the co-chairpersons and CEOs, a position that he shares with Peter Safran.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 will be in theaters on May 5th, 2023 and will see the return of Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord, Dave Bautista as Drax the Destroyer, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Zoe Saldaña as Gamora, Bradley Cooper as Rocket and Vin Diesel as Groot, Will Poulter as Adam Warlock. Sean Gunn will also reprise his role as Kraglin Obfonteri, a member of the Guardians and Yondu Udonta’s former second-in-command in the Ravagers, and Maria Bakalova voices Cosmo the Spacedog.
Here’s some good news for all E’heads fan who cannot attend their reunion concert this 22nd of December, because the band just announced that their Huling El Bimbo – Eraserheads Reunion Concert will livestream by iWantTFC.
The most-awaited reunion of Filipino rock icons, ERASERHEADS!
Watch the Huling El Bimbo – Eraserheads Reunion Concert livestream on iWantTFC!
📅 12.22.2022
🎟️ US $23.99 *Early Bird rate until Nov. 30 onlyhttps://t.co/jvlI1FcPXP
For users outside PH only.#HulingElBimbo2022 pic.twitter.com/v77vKMafc3— iWantTFC (@iwanttfc) November 17, 2022
It’s pay-per-view and there’s an early bird rate of $23.99 or around ₱1,360.80, for those in Saudi Arabia the early bird rate will be SAR 104.99, which will be available only until by the end of November.
After it failed to reach an agreement with China’s Netease Games, US gaming giant, Blizzard Entertainment will suspend most, if not all of its services in China starting this January 2023. Both Netease Games and Blizzard Entertainment where not able to extend their 14-year licensing agreement, since started 2008.
It’s unclear how failed extension will affect both companies and but all is not lost, since Blizzard’s mobile game Diablo Immortal will continue operating under a separate agreement with NetEase.
Here’s the official announcement by Blizzard Entertainment;
IRVINE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 16, 2022– Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that it will be suspending most Blizzard game services in mainland China due to the expiration of the current licensing agreements with NetEase, Inc. on January 23, 2023. This includes World of Warcraft®, Hearthstone®, Warcraft® III: Reforged, Overwatch®, the StarCraft® series, Diablo III®, and Heroes of the Storm®. Diablo Immortal® co-development and publishing is covered under a separate agreement between the two companies.
Blizzard Entertainment has had licensing agreements with NetEase since 2008, covering the publication of these Blizzard titles in China. The two parties have not reached a deal to renew the agreements that is consistent with Blizzard’s operating principles and commitments to players and employees, and the agreements are set to expire in January 2023.
We will suspend new sales in the coming days and Chinese players will be receiving details of how this will work soon. Upcoming releases for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight, Hearthstone: March of the Lich King, and season 2 of Overwatch 2 will proceed later this year.
“We’re immensely grateful for the passion our Chinese community has shown throughout the nearly 20 years we’ve been bringing our games to China through NetEase and other partners,” said Mike Ybarra, president, Blizzard Entertainment. “Their enthusiasm and creativity inspire us, and we are looking for alternatives to bring our games back to players in the future.”
Partnership like this is not uncommon in the gaming industry, since Riot Games partnered with Chinese gaming company Tencent distribute League of Legends in the country before the Chinese company acquired Riot Games for around $400 million.
