Saturday, July 5, 2025

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 Officially Announced

Cyberpunk Edgerunners 2
At this year’s Anime Expo, taking place between July 2–6, CD PROJEKT RED invited attendees to the livestreamed panel “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners — Behind the Scenes With its Creators” featuring story writer and producer Bartosz Sztybor and voice actors Emi Lo (Lucy Kushinada) and Zach Aguilar (David Martinez) with host Joey “The Anime Man” Bizinger and a special guest appearance by Cyberpunk: Edgerunners director Hiroyuki Imaishi.

Following a lively discussion about the critically acclaimed anime’s legacy, insights into its creation, and more behind-the-scenes tidbits, Sztybor announced the new collaboration between CD PROJEKT RED and animation studio TRIGGER to create Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2. Together with Imaishi, he shared an exclusive reveal of the anime’s official logo and its poster art.

Friday, July 4, 2025

Indie Horror ALL ALONE TOGETHER Opens Monday

All Alone Together movie poster
Mark your calendars for ALL ALONE TOGETHER, a striking new vision of indie horror from a group of dedicated student artists, which arrives on VOD nationwide this coming Monday, July 7th!

ALL ALONE TOGETHER is the debut feature film from 4085 Productions, a student-run production company that began during the COVID-19 pandemic when four Los Angeles college students decided to combat their isolation through the art of filmmaking. 

Their first film made waves at Panic Fest, Popcorn Frights, and the Chicago Horror Film Festival, with Morbidly Beautiful raving, "Creative, engrossing, smartly scripted, and masterfully executed on a shoestring budget, ALL ALONE TOGETHER is meta-movie magic at its best."

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Director's Cut of Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL in 35mm & New 4K Restoration at Film Forum

Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL
The director's cut of Terry Gilliam’s spectacularly singular Orwellian black comedy BRAZIL, will run at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration from Friday, August 1 through Thursday, August 7, with select screenings of Gilliam’s original 35mm director’s cut.

As those endlessly coiling serpentine ducts proliferate – seemingly beyond the power of even Central Services to control - and the omnipresent Information Service-policed towering city of the future, studiously ambitious file clerk Sam Lowery (Jonathan Pryce of Miss Saigon and Lexus TV commercial fame) finds a literal flyspeck leading to apocalyptic bureaucratic foul-ups and a desperate search for the girl of his literal dreams.

SHONEN JUMP Store Hosting LA Pop-Up During ANIME EXPO 2025

SHONEN JUMP Store
Shonen Jump fans, get ready for a three-day shopping extravaganza! From July 3–5, 2025, the Shonen Jump Store will host an exclusive pop-up shop just steps away from the Los Angeles Convention Center during Anime Expo 2025.

With a global fanbase spanning generations, Shonen Jump is home to some of the most iconic manga and anime franchises—One Piece, Naruto, Demon Slayer, My Hero Academia, Jujutsu Kaisen, and more. Its stories and characters have shaped pop culture and inspired millions worldwide.

Wednesday, June 25, 2025

Darling Doggos Make a Heckin’ Mess in “DORONKO WANKO”

DORONKO WANKO

DORONKO WANKO, the casual-yet-mischievous mess-making canine adventure game developed by Bandai Namco Studio and published by Phoenixx Inc., gets the zoomies on Nintendo Switch on Wednesday, July 23rd, 202!

Top Shelf Weaves SciFi into a Fairytale with IONHEART

Top Shelf IONHEART

Imagine a colorful dystopian world where everyday appliances are traded as magical currency and a time-traveling knight becomes the hero to save the world! This is IONHEART, the english-language debut from German creator Lukas Kummer from award-winning independent publisher of graphic novels Top Shelf Productions (IDW Publishing). This ambitious, atom-smashing book combines trace elements of everything from Tintin to Blade Runner to Adventure Time to The Dark Tower into a deadly breakthrough: intricate, explosive, and entirely new – IONHEART is set to release August 19, 2025.

“I always enjoyed stupid smart things... Or smart stupid things. To me, that's the pinnacle of art,” says creator Lukas Kummer. 

Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Meet Mr. Shiny in the Official Trailer for STRANGE HARVEST

Strange Harvest



From writer-director Stuart Ortiz (Grave Encounters) comes STRANGE HARVEST, a chilling new thriller that introduces “Mr. Shiny,” a serial killer at the center of a terrifying and otherworldly mystery.

Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny”—a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a dark cosmic force.

Friday, June 13, 2025

Barbie Celebrates 40th Anniversary of She-Ra

Mattel Creations Barbie She-Ra 12

The legendary She-Ra, Princess of Power first burst on the scene in 1985, making this her 40th year of fighting evil and saving the day! What better way to celebrate than with her first appearance as a Barbie doll?

HANNA-BARBERA Developing Animated Series for Gerry Anderson's HIT SQUAD

Cartoon Network HIT SQUAD
Hanna Barbera Studios Europe has begun development on Hit Squad, a new adult animated series inspired by the work of visionary British producer Gerry Anderson. The series is developed in close partnership with Anderson Entertainment, led by Gerry’s son Jamie Anderson, who will serve as an executive producer on the project. Gerry Anderson was a visionary British creator, producer, and director whose groundbreaking work redefined science fiction and family entertainment. From Thunderbirds and Stingray to Captain Scarlet and Space: 1999, his inventive storytelling, pioneering special effects, and iconic “Supermarionation” technique left an indelible mark on global popular culture and continue to captivate audiences worldwide.

Apple TV+ Debuts Trailer for FOUNDATION Season 3

Apple TV Foundation
Apple TV+ unveiled the thrilling trailer for the third season of “Foundation,” the epic, hit saga from storyteller David S. Goyer. Based on Isaac Asimov’s award-winning stories and led by Emmy-nominated actors Jared Harris and Lee Pace and star Lou Llobell, the 10-episode season will debut globally with one episode on Friday, July 11 on Apple TV+, followed by new episodes weekly, every Friday through September 12. The Apple Original drama is produced for Apple TV+ by Skydance Television. 

“Foundation” has captivated audiences with its intricate world-building, stunning visuals, bold storytelling, and compelling performances. Season three continues the epic chronicle of a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire. 

SAG-AFTRA National Board Approves Interactive Media Agreement

SAG-AFTRA

Today, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) National Board approved the tentative agreement with the video game bargaining group on terms for the Interactive Media Agreement. The contract will now be submitted to the membership for ratification.

WARNER BROS. and DC Announce MISTER MIRACLE Adult Animated Series

DC Studios Mister Miracle Animated

Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios are announcing the series greenlight of Mister Miracle, an adult animated series based on DC’s critically acclaimed and Eisner Award–winning 12-issue comic book series from Tom King and Mitch Gerads. Network is TBD.

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

"Evil Dead In Concert" Launches U.S. Tour This Fall

Evil Dead in Concert
Black Ink Presents, a division of Terrapin Station Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment, today announced its next live-to-film production that resurrects Sam Raimi’s beloved cult classic in a way audiences have never seen before -- in this lifetime. Evil Dead In Concert (www.evildeadinconcert.com) launches September 22 in Buffalo, New York as screams meet strings in 50 cities this fall, including a special three night event in Los Angeles for Halloween. The screening of the legendary cult film in a newly restored format is brought to life on stage while a live ensemble performs the entire original musical score from composer Joe LoDuca. Tickets go on sale this Friday, June 13th.

Friday, June 6, 2025

Watch the Trailer for FX's Alien: Earth

Alien Earth
FEAR takes new forms...

When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, “Wendy” (Sydney Chandler) and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet’s greatest threat in FX’s Alien: Earth.

In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic and Threshold. In this Corporate Era, cyborgs (humans with both biological and artificial parts) and synthetics (humanoid robots with artificial intelligence) exist alongside humans. But the game is changed when the wunderkind Founder and CEO of Prodigy Corporation unlocks a new technological advancement: hybrids (humanoid robots infused with human consciousness). The first hybrid prototype named “Wendy” marks a new dawn in the race for immortality. After Weyland-Yutani’s spaceship collides into Prodigy City, “Wendy” and the other hybrids encounter mysterious life forms more terrifying than anyone could have ever imagined.

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Astro Boy Gets Spooky with Seismic Toys

Seismic Toys Astro Boy Trick or Treat figures 001

Seismic Toys in collaboration with Gums Productions, has announced a brand new partnership with the legendary Tezuka Productions to produce officially licensed Astro Boy figurines, available for pre-order right now. The figures mix Tezuka’s iconic Astro Boy with halloween-themed monsters for a unique blend of sci-fi, horror, and cuteness.

“Astro Boy is such an important piece of Japanese pop culture,” explains Seismic CCO Alex Rushdy. “We’ve built something totally unprecedented, mixing famous western monsters like werewolves and vampires with the classic Japanese brand. It’s really exciting for us as fans of classic horror and Astro Boy since we were kids. It’s also exciting for us to offer a blind box product at a lower price point than our usual figures.”