Hope you’ve been watching anime on Netflix, because there’s plenty more coming this year. Since this weekend is AnimeJapan, the streamer pulled back the curtain on what it’s offering for spring and summer, which includes some returning favorites and fresh new works. Let’s dive in, shall we? Devil May Cry Studio Mir’s adaptation of the […]
Riot Bids Farewell to Arcane With a Hauntingly Romantic Music Video
Riot Games‘ award-winning animated series, Arcane, concluded its story with its second season at the tail end of last year. The major complaint from fans of the show was that they demanded more time with some of its characters. Now, four months after the show’s finale, Riot Games and animation studio Fortiche have given fans […]
Does Netflix Know What It’s Doing With Roald Dahl?
Netflix acquired the Roald Dahl Story Company in 2021—but it’s been tapping into the author’s vast catalogue since 2018, when it inked an animation-specific deal to bring his work to the streamer. However, when you think “Roald Dahl,” Netflix isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind; lately, the immediate association is either “Timothée […]
The Electric State’s First Week on Netflix Doesn’t Bode Well
There aren’t many scenarios when 25 million people viewing something can be seen as a bad thing, but there aren’t many $300 million movies that don’t have paying customers either. In both cases though, we’re referring to The Electric State, the new film from the Russo Brothers starring Chris Pratt and Milly Bobby Brown. It […]
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory Is Still the Most Exciting Part of the Franchise
The surviving Nublar Five escape to Europe in the aftermath of finding out their former friend Brooklynn has now joined the bad guys in dealing with even more dinosaur danger in the next chapter of Netflix and Amblin’s animated Jurassic World franchise. In the trailer for Jurassic World: Chaos Theory, we reunite with the core […]
Netflix’s New Devil May Cry Trailer Was Engineered to Make Your Inner Edgy Teenager Hype
When Netflix unveiled the opening theme for its Devil May Cry anime, fans were astonished by the show’s galaxy brained and thematically appropriate use of the Limp Bizkit’s nu metal song, “Rollin’.” In keeping trend with the show’s use of early 2000s edgy music choices, the new trailer for Capcom’s popular character action game showcases […]
Damn, the First Electric State Reactions Have Been Brutal
Few things get the internet going like a movie that gets all the critical lashes. If you thought reactions to Borderlands last year were bad, those for The Electric State may set a new bar. Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi action film from the Russo brothers and starring Millie Bobby Brown and Chris Pratt doesn’t hit until next week. But those […]
Netflix in Trouble After Using AI to Clone Murder Victim Gabby Petito’s Voice
Hollywood keeps getting in trouble for using AI to modulate voices and the most recent scandal involves Netflix’s boneheaded decision to recreate the voice of murdered travel vlogger Gabby Petito. The Petito disappearance in the summer of 2021 transfixed Americans. Unfolding against the backdrop of the pandemic, the case went viral on social media, where […]
Shawn Levy Is Bringing Dungeons & Dragons to Netflix
After failing a saving throw at Paramount+, Hasbro is trying to make a live-action Dungeons & Dragons TV series work again–and one of the increasingly busiest men in Hollywood is helping them to do so. Deadline reports that Shawn Levy–still hot off the blockbuster success of Deadpool & Wolverine last year, and recent rumors that his long-in-limbo Star […]
8 Things We Loved, and 4 We Didn’t, About Cobra Kai’s Final Episodes
The final five episodes of Cobra Kai are now on Netflix, ending an almost seven-year journey deep into the world of The Karate Kid. It’s a show we’ve held near and dear to our hearts since the beginning (read our love letter to it here) and these episodes are the cherry on top. The black […]