Lakeith Stanfield brings the legend of Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai in feudal Japan, to screen in the trailer for Netflix and MAPAA’s latest anime.
07.04.2021 - 16:43 / theplaylist.net
How does a generation deal with no longer being relevant? The issues are similar, yet somehow infinitely more pronounced when it comes to an aging superhero. Netflix is taking on the darker side of family, power, and heroics in “Jupiter’s Legacy.” The adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quietly’s acclaimed graphic novel series promises to explore the same issues which made the volumes bestsellers when published.
Lakeith Stanfield brings the legend of Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai in feudal Japan, to screen in the trailer for Netflix and MAPAA’s latest anime.
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On what would have been legendary fashion designer Halston’s (born Roy Halston Frowick) 89th birthday, Netflix today announced a May 14 global premiere date for Ryan Murphy’s limited series Halston, starring Ewan McGregor in the title role. The streamer also released the key art (below) and a set of Warhol-inspired polaroids featuring the cast, Halston’s entourage.
Jennifer Lopez is still trying to heal from her recent split from Alex Rodriguez and she is doing so by leaning on a famous ex of hers.
Anna Delvey, a German heiress hoping to launch a SoHo House-type lavish art club in various hot spots around the country, Anna Sorokin conned her newfound friends and New York elites out of thousands of dollars while always promising to pay them back. One such friend was former employee Rachel Williams, who was stuck with a $60,000 bill for a lavish trip to Marrakesh, Morocco.
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Angry Byron Bay residents have protested against the filming of a reality television series that some fear will damage the reputation of their trendy Australian tourist town. Around 100 surfers paddled out to sea on Tuesday to form a cancel symbol off the coast of the New South Wales town in the hope that Netflix will stop the series about social media influencers.
Netflix will can the series about social media influencers.Several Byron Bay businesses have refused to sign filming permits that would allow “Byron Baes,” a contemporary abbreviation of “Byron Babes,” to be shot on their premises.“It’s potentially going to threaten businesses if the portrayal of Byron is as absurd as I guess a lot of the doco-soap-reality shows are,” Byron Shire Mayor Simon Richardson told Australian Broadcasting Corp.“As a community, we should have a right to be able to not be
Netflix has given a formal eight-episode series order to Florida Man. Edgar Ramírez, star of the streamer’s popular movie Yes Day, will headline the hourlong series from veteran TV writer producer Donald Todd and Jason Bateman & Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films.
Former The Bachelor star Colton Underwood has landed a deal with Netflix for a reality series, sources close to the project tell Deadline.
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Netflix has signed its latest Hollywood A-lister as Benedict Cumberbatch is set to star in the upcoming series The 39 Steps.
Steven Spielberg‘s “The Adventures of Tintin,” earned rave reviews for his feature debut “Attack the Block,” whose launched the career of leading man John Boyega.Joe Cornish is repped by CAA, Independent Talent Group and attorney George Davis.Also on the Millar front, Netflix has set a May premiere date for Mark Millar’s superhero series “Jupiter’s Legacy.”Based on the graphic novels by Millar and Frank Quitely, the eight-episode series centers on the second generation of superheroes, who
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EXCLUSIVE: Jodie Turner-Smith has departed Netflix’s six-part, live-action limited series The Witcher: Blood Origin. She was to play a lead, Éile, in the prequel to the streamer’s hit series The Witcher.
A lot of pressure is put on Josh Duhamel and Leslie Bibb‘s on-screen children in the first trailer for Jupiter’s Legacy.
How does a generation deal with no longer being relevant? The issues are similar yet somehow infinitely more pronounced when it comes to an aging superhero. Netflix is taking on the darker side of family, power, and heroics in “Jupiter’s Legacy.” The adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quietly’s acclaimed graphic novel series promises to explore the same issues, which made the volumes bestsellers when published.
HBO’s “The Nevers” drops at a time when its existence will have to fight a more intense battle than anything on-screen against the stories about its creator, Joss Whedon. While the man behind “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” and “Dollhouse” left the show in November as stories about his on-set behavior on “Justice League” were just starting to surface, his fingerprints are all over the four episodes of the new series.
Netflix‘s upcoming anime series Yasuke has been released – you can watch it below.The series, which was created and directed by LeSean Thomas and Studio MAPPA, stars LaKeith Stanfield as the show’s titular character and features an original score by Flying Lotus.Due to land on the streaming giant on April 29, Yasuke will see Stanfield also serve as executive producer alongside Thomas, who many know as being the man behind The Boondocks, Black Dynamite and Cannon Busters.Character designs for