TV, Movies & Home Theatre - Page 28

We all knew the launch of Disney Plus was going to shake up the streaming market, but by how much exactly? 10 million individual shakes, according to Disney's recent announcement on Wednesday.

Disney Plus launched this past Tuesday, and the company has taken the streaming wars by the horns by already pulling in 10 million subscribers. For comparison on how much that exactly is, the Disney-owned Hulu has more than 28 million subscribers as of May this year. Another comparison is Netflix, who has 97 million subscribers internationally, as of the third quarter of 2019.

The reason for the massive influx of subscribers to Disney Plus is due to it being not only significantly cheaper than the other streaming services at $6.99 a month, but it also offers a gigantic library of content that attracts not only children but adults. With Disney moving this many paying subscribers within just the first couple of days of being live, other streaming services such as Netflix are going to be shaking in their boots at what the future holds for them.

Disney+ just released and Netflix is already making some knee jerk reactions by signing a multi-year deal with none other than Nickelodeon.

Netflix and Nickelodeon have just announced a new multi-year deal that will feature original animated content based on some of the Nickelodeon's library of shows. According to The New York Times, Nickelodeon will produce animated films and series' on both new and existing Nickelodeon characters. NYT also reports that there has been not details shared with the public on what specific characters will be coming or how many years the deal is signed for.

This deal is clearly a tag-team effort to combat Disney Plus which has already amassed 10 million subscribers since its launch on Tuesday. Since Disney are pulling their large library of content from other streaming platforms, Netflix and other streaming services need to compensate for the loss and start production on both new and old shows. In this regard, the deal between Netflix and Nickelodeon makes sense, and I would expect other streaming services to breathe life back into some classic old shows.

Joe and Anthony Russo are fresh from their directors chair for Avengers: Endgame, with the MCU directors now producing a new streaming docu-series over the fierce rivalry between Marvel and DC.

Entertainment Weekly reports that streaming service Quibi has the series rights to Slugest, which will be inspired by the book "Slugfest: Inside The Epic, 50-Year Battle Between Marvel and DC", written by Reed Tucker and released back in 2017. Slugfest "tracks the rise of two groundbreaking creative companies who went on to become the comics-publishing powerhouses, Marvel and DC".

Slugfest will be produced by the Russo Brothers and directed by Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce who directed Believer and Framing John DeLorean. Slugfest will feature behind the scenes stories, including some iconic moments like the first official Marvel and DC crossover comic in the 1970s between Superman and Spider-Man.

Remember back in May when the first trailer for the Sonic The Hedgehog Movie dropped and basically the entire internet threw-up at once? Well, now the entire internet is praising the redesign efforts, but who do we have to thank?

After the backlash of the original Sonic The Hedgehog Movie trailer, Paramount decided to go ahead and suspend the release of the movie and take Sonic back to the labs for a redesign. Over the course of months of hard-work model reconfiguration, Sonic was redesigned back to his normal self, which you can see in the trailer here.

But who was the main influence behind the redesign? Tyon Hesse, the lead animator on the Sonic Mania video game and the director behind Sonic Mania Adventures, took to Twitter to announce that he was the lead role in the redesign for the movie. Yes, that's right, a video game designer saved the Sonic The Hedgehog Movie from flopping hugely in the box office. I think I can say on behalf of the internet, thank you, Mr. Hesse, you and your team, truly turned it around.

Sonic is looking more like himself in a new film trailer from Paramount.

A new Sonic trailer reveals the blue blur's brand new look, and it's pretty good. Gone is the freakish, anthropomorphized body shape and the absolutely terrifying face. Paramount Pictures has made good on its promise and dramatically redesigned the ultra-fast hedgehog with a more cartoonish look.

Replacing all of Sonic's scenes with the new design took its toll, though, and the team has been working tremendously hard to ensure the film hits its delayed February 2020 release date. Fans everywhere approve of Sonic's new look and are praising the production studio for its efforts. There's even authentic Sonic music and sound effects straight from SEGA's beloved retro classics.

The fourth season for Rick and Morty has just kicked off, and what better way to celebrate its release than with some awesome mechanize?

The premier for Rick and Morty season 4 has finally kicked off and as a celebration for the long-awaited season Adult Swim have partnered with Spencer's for a new T-shirt line. According to the above announcement by Spencer's on the Twitter account, the clothing company will be bringing out a new T-shirt representative of every episode in season 4.

The first T-shirt can be seen above, and it shows off Holographic Rick, and while I won't be spoiling what scene this is from in the episode, I can say that its an excellent idea for a T-shirt. Spencer's is currently running a 'buy one, get 50% off' deal on Rick and Morty mechanize. Spencer's will be picking iconic moments from each of the episodes, and placing them on T-shirts as they run until December 15th.

Warner Bros has dropped a new teaser trailer for their upcoming animated Scooby-Doo movie called Scoob! The trailer shows off that the iconic duo is bound for a space adventure.

From the trailer, we can see that the movie takes place all the way back when Shaggy and Scooby were just a kid and a puppy. It also touches on how Shaggy and Scooby first met, and of course, the catalyst for their everlasting friendship was one of their iconic sandwiches. During their first meeting, we also find out how Scooby gets his name and how the rest of Mystery Incorporated gets brought into the picture.

So who will be voicing each of the Mystery gang? Frank Welker will be voicing Scooby-Doo, Shaggy will be voiced by Will Forte, Fred will be voiced by Zac Efron, Daphne by Amanda Seyfried, and Velma by Gina Rodriguez. Alongside those voice actors, stars such as Mark Wahlberg, Ken Jeong, and Tracy Morgan will also be present in the film. Scoob! is expected to hit theatres on May 15th, 2020.

Back in the middle of October, legendary director Martin Scorsese gave his opinion on the plethora of Marvel movies. Now, Marvel boss Kevin Feige has responded to those comments.

According to an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel's chief creative officer Kevin Feige said that Scorsese is entitled to share his opinions on films in any which way he so chooses, but this will not stop Marvel from making more films. According to Feige, "Everybody has a different definition of cinema. Everybody has a different definition of art. Everybody has a different definition of risk, I guess. All I know is, I'm surrounded by people 24 hours a day who live and breathe and love cinema."

He continued and said, "Some people don't think it's cinema. Everybody is entitled to their opinion. Everyone is entitled to repeat that opinion. Everyone is entitled to write op-eds about that opinion, and I look forward to what will happen next. But in the meantime, we're going to keep making movies." For those that don't know, Scorsese said that Marvel films "are not cinema" and that Marvel's films don't contain "revelation, mystery, or genuine emotional danger." Scorsese concluded that Marvel films have "nothing at risk."

Star Wars movies will be put on hold as Disney shifts towards shows on its streaming platform.

After Rise of Skywalker releases this December, Disney won't have a new Star Wars film for a while. Company CEO Bob Iger confirmed the news in a recent investors call: "Star Wars XI, which comes out this December, will be the last of the Skywalker Saga. We'll go into a hiatus for a few years before the next Star Wars feature. There'll be a lot of creative activity in the interim."

The news comes after Game of Thrones showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff scrapped plans for their new Star Wars trilogy. There's also rumors that Rian Johnson's planned extended universe trilogy, which had a December 2024 release attached to it, has been shut down by Lucasfilm. Nothing's been confirmed though.

The wait for Rick and Morty Season 4 is almost over, and with only a couple more days to go Adult Swim has excited everyone just that little bit more with a brand new opening sequence.

The new opening sequence has been released onto the Adult Swim YouTube Channel and shows off some brand new scenes. The opening sequence starts as per usual, but as soon as Rick jumps into his first portal and leaves Morty behind we are introduced to a new scene. We see a giant Morty head with multiple Morty's attached to it floating around outside a planet with a galactic battle occurring.

We then see a half robot crocodile(?) backhanding a bunch of snakes in Ricks garage. Then Rick pulls Morty through a sheet of glass to only be grabbed by a man and beaten up. The sequence then cuts to a giant Morty and then Rick grabbing a gun to defend Beth, Summer and Morty from a double headed goose. Rick and Morty Season 4 will premiere on November 10th at 11:30pm.

Disney has taken to their Disney+ Twitter account to announce that Avengers: Endgame is coming to Disney+ sooner than previously thought.

It was originally planned that the climax of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers: Endgame, would be arriving on the new streaming platform sometime in December. That has all changed now and when Disney+ launches next week Endgame will be launching alongside it.

Disney+ will have a multitude of Marvel movies available to stream on day one, and these movies are Ant-Man, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World and now Avengers: Endgame. Not only will there be some Marvel movies to enjoy on day one of Disney+, but there is also some Star Wars movies. Disney will eventually move their entire library of content over to their platform so we can eventually expect all of the Marvel movies on Disney+.

Marvel's Avengers developers have revealed that Stan Lee played a crucial part in how they know how to tell stories.

TechRadar was lucky enough to sit down with Crystal Dynamics, the developers of the upcoming Marvel's Avengers game. Throughout the interview with Scot Amos, head of studio at Crystal Dynamics, the topic of Stan Lee was brought up and how he influenced the developers in their story telling. Amos says that before Lee passed, they were lucky enough to be able to ask the father of Marvel for some direction tips.

According to Amos, "Stan was a complicated guy. He just loved his characters. We actually asked him, what does he want to do and what is his characterization. We had questions through fans and members of even Marvel, saying, 'Well, what can we ask him? What is his relationship [with us]? What do we have to do?'" Amos continued to explain that Lee's advice was not necessarily story direction, but more so protection for the fans.

One of the most highly anticipated Netflix TV shows to release is The Witcher, and while we haven't even got the first season yet the showrunner already has another seven seasons planned out.

Lauren S. Hissrich who spoke to SFX Magazine talked about future seasons of the Witcher TV show, saying "We don't have a second season yet--God willing we will--but right now it's just about, 'How do you set up stories that really capture audiences for years at a time?'" She went on to say that the worst mistake that can be made is throwing all of their production energy into the first season and not thinking about how the characters would progress if there were future seasons.

She continued, "The worst thing we could do is put all of our energies just into season one, and not be thinking about where these characters can grow to." Hissrich also said that the first season will feature a lot of death, and that some of the characters introduced to the audience in season one won't make it to future seasons if there are any.

A new Rick and Morty advertisement has been released onto the official Adult Swim Facebook Page, it shows Rick and Morty investigating the Death Stranding.

The ad shows Rick and Morty aimlessly walking around in Death Stranding, and as per usual the 4th wall is broken by Rick saying, "Alright look Morty, [Hideo] Kojima wants us to reconnect a fractured society and stop the death stranding." Rick then asks Morty what all the floating ghosts are around him and Morty explains that those ghosts are the "death stranding".

Morty then speaks out and says that they have been walking for awhile and that he's got this strange baby in a tube. Rick then says he has got an idea and begins to start shoving Morty thinking that the baby is some kind of upgrade triggered by pressure. After realizing that the baby isn't a pushable upgrade he then suggests to eat it, saying it could potentially "make us run faster or jump higher". Morty is then convinced and says "let's eat the baby".

Its a fantastic day for Spider-Man fans as it has now been officially confirmed that Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse will be getting a well-deserved sequel.

The news has come from Christopher Miller who was a co-producer with Phil Lord on the first film. Above we have the Tweet from Miller's official Twitter account and its captioned, "We're coming back. April 8, 2022". The Tweet shows a glitching Miles Morales Spider symbol, and the glitching seems to be the same of the reality tears that were a massive part of the first film.

This might not come as a massive surprise to hardcore Spider-Man fans, considering the first movies end credit scene of a new character voiced by Oscar Issac. While I won't get into any spoilers if you haven't seen the movie, I will though highly recommend the film to not only Spider-Man fans but also any comic book fans, as its one of the best comic book movies ever released.

WB really did a number on Snyder when it came to Justice League... which is a story for a different time, but if you didn't know... there is a Snyder Cut that is over 3 hours long, with finished visual effects, score, a totally different storyline, new characters and actors, and so much more. Aquaman himself has confirmed this not once, but now twice. Check out the interview below:

I've got the video at 12:40 which is when the discussion about the Snyder Cut of Justice League begins, but the entire video covers a bunch of stuff. It starts off about the meaning of guitars on Momoa's life, growing up in Hawaii, working on Baywatch, Game of Thrones, his new show See, who he would play in Star Wars, Aquaman (of course), and then the big one -- the Snyder Cut of Justice League.

A year ago, MTV News's Josh Horowitz interviewed Jason Momoa for Aquaman -- throwing in a Snyder Cut of Justice League question. Momoa answered: "I'm obsessed with (the idea of the Snyder cut) too, yeah. I mean, that's one thing that sucks in our business where you can't speak your mind. Yeah! Fuck yeah, I want to see it".

Netflix has finally released the full main trailer for their highly anticipated Witcher TV series. The full trailer shows a reference to bath tub Geralt from CD Projekt Red's Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Netflix have released the above trailer onto the official Netflix YouTube Channel and what we can see from it really gets your blood pumping for December. From the trailer we finally get to see some action as in the previous trailers we saw nothing of the such. We get some sword fight combat, spells and even an Aard from Geralt.

Henry Cavill playing Geralt looks great, and even from the small bits of action we see in the trailer it seems combat in the show isn't going to boring in the slightest. Most importantly though, Cavill seems to have managed to slide right into Geralts fighting style which is a massive deal for Witcher fans. The trailer finishes off with a final release date, you can expect Witcher TV show to release on December 20th, 2019.

Warner Bros has greenlit two new DC TV shows that will exclusively heading over to HBO Max, 'Strange Adventures' and a Green Lantern TV show.

Variety has reported that while neither project has begun filming, both have been given the go ahead to start filming. This is Warner Bros attempt to sway viewers away from the already established major streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime and with big names such as DC and its plethora of characters they might just have a silver bullet.

Greg Berlanti who is the producer of both the shows spoke out about the two projects in the pipeline, saying "Both of these original DC properties we'll be creating for HBO Max will be unlike anything seen on television... in what promises to be our biggest DC show ever made, we will be going to space with a Green Lantern television series, but I can't reveal any more about that just yet."

If you have seen Breaking Bad and loved the show (like most people did), and you haven't seen El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie you are truly missing out.

Firstly, El Camino kicks off right after the events of Breaking Bad's final season and follows the story of escaped criminal Jesse Pinkman, played by Aaron Paul. Paul recently went onto Conan to discuss the hit Netflix movie and revealed some cool facts about what he found was lacking in the script.

If you know Breaking Bad then you know Paul's characters catch-phrase is "yeah bitch" as its said numerous times throughout the show. Paul says during Conan that "[he] never improvised a 'bitch' before. Every 'bitch' you saw, it was a scripted 'bitch.'" That all changed in El Camino, he says "I think maybe third or fourth time I read [the script for El Camino] I was like, 'Wait, there's no... there's no 'bitch' in here!'"

Netflix's Stranger Things is the services most anticipated show as the series is about to move into its fourth season, but when will it release?

Stranger Things Season 3 released back on July 4th, 2016 and in just four days, 40.7 million Netflix accounts viewed it. This number continued to grow as 64 million households watched it within its first month, making it Netflix's most successful piece of original content.

TVLine has now confirmed that the new season will begin shooting its first episode sin January, 2020. Filming is expected to continue until sometime in August and the if we are lucky the new season will be released in the Summer of 2020. TVLine also caught wind of how many episodes would be in the new season, and according to them it will have a full eight episodes, much like the first and third season.