Monthly Archive: October 2020

Warner Bros. Games announces an expanded version of ‘Mortal Kombat 11’ game

Warner Bros. Games announced Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate, a new expanded version of Mortal Kombat 11, the fastest-selling title in the franchise history with more than eight million units sold globally to date. The game was also named Fighting Game of the Year at the 23rd D.I.C.E. Awards by the Academy...

Director Kevin Smith to narrate new Quibi series ‘Slugfest’

Comic book enthusiast and director Kevin Smith will narrate Slugfest, the Russo Brothers’ new Quibi series about the early days of Marvel and DC. Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo were joined by Smith recently for an NYCC panel to discuss several topics, one being the docuseries. Anthony...

Benedict Cumberbatch to join as Doctor Strange in the new ‘Spiderman 3’ movie

Benedict Cumberbatch is putting on the cloak of levitation and will reprise Marvel supernatural hero Doctor Strange for the latest Spider-Man movie instalment, starring Tom Holland and being made by Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures. The move puts Cumberbatch in the mentor role that was previously occupied by Robert...

Amazon Prime releases a new teaser trailer of Robert Kirkman’s ‘Invincible’

Amazon Prime Video today released a teaser trailer from Robert Kirkman‘s (The Walking Dead) upcoming, hour-long animated series Invincible, as part of Kirkman’s appearance at New York Comic Con’s Metaverse, which is now available to stream on the NYCC official YouTube channel. The hour-long, eight-episode series will premiere...

Actor Jamie Foxx to return as Electro in the new Spiderman movie

Jamie Foxx is returning as Electro in Spider-Man 3. The makers of the upcoming sequel to Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) have tapped Foxx to reprise his role from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Foxx revealed in an Instagram post (now-deleted) that the new version of Electro won’t be blue as he...

Disney announces that Pixar’s ‘Soul’ to skip theatre release, to stream on Disney+ this Christmas

The Walt Disney Company announced Thursday that Soul, the all-new original feature from Pixar Animation Studios, will debut exclusively on Disney+ on December 25. In international markets where Disney+ isn’t currently or soon to be available, Soul will be released theatrically, with dates to be announced. “We are thrilled to share...

Warner Bros. starts production on pre-school series ‘Batwheels’

Warner Bros. Animation has started production on an animated preschool series called Batwheels, starring some of the most iconic vehicles from across the DC universe. The Batwheels are superpowered vehicles created by the Batcomputer to fight crimes and defend Gotham City alongside Batman, Robin, Batgirl and other DC...

Netflix announces new original anime series ‘Godzilla: Singular Point’

Netflix has announced a new original anime series, Godzilla: Singular Point, based on the classic movie monster. The series will premiere on the streaming service in 2021. The project comes from Studio Bones, the anime studio behind My Hero Academia in partnership with Orange (Beastars, Land of the Lustrous). It...

Monster Entertainment announces the launch of new series ‘Pins and Nettie’

Monster Entertainment announced the launch of Daily Madness’ new series, Pins and Nettie at this year’s Mip Junior. A raft of sales have already been made across the globe, with deals recently being signed with RTÉ in Ireland, Showmax in South Africa, YLE in Finland and Hopster in the...

WildBrain Spark partners with Cosmos-Maya for ‘Eena Meena Deeka’

WildBrain Spark, a leading kids and family AVOD network and studio, has partnered with the noted Indian animation studio, Cosmos-Maya, to expand its popular non-dialogue comedy series Eena Meena Deeka on YouTube and other AVOD platforms. The partnership will see WildBrain Spark spearhead ad sales on AVOD outside India...