Month: September 2021

Director Andy Muschietti has taken to his Instagram to tease Batman’s involvement in The Flash. The photo clearly meshes the suits of both Flash and Batman, specifically that of Michael Keaton‘s Batman in the 1989 and 1992 original films. Flash’s iconic lightning bolt is also seen, though the tinge of red appears a bit brighter than has been seen in the suits worn thus far by Ezra Miller.

Images of this nature offer no plot points, though it is exciting for the potential of The Flash, which has faced some major hurdles in its arduous production process. Keaton entered negotiations to reprise his role of Bruce Wayne/Batman in June of 2020. Shortly after his confirmation, his latest successor to the cape and cowl, Ben Affleck, was announced to be appearing in the film. Affleck reported that his role would be small, and would help pave the way for Keaton’s re-introduction and the film’s concept of the multiverse.

Keaton is expected to have a larger role in this film, and the actor truly understands the importance of comic book films to audiences, saying the following:

“I never looked at it like, ‘Oh, this is just a silly thing.’ It was not a silly thing when I did Batman. But it has become a giant thing, culturally. It’s iconic. This is a big deal in the world to people. You’ve got to honor that and be respectful of that. Even I go, ‘Jesus, this is huge.’”

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It’s not yet known how exactly the multiverse will impact the film, though Miller’s Barry Allen is expected to toy around with time travel in order to prevent the death of his mother. Production on The Flash has been lengthy and well-documented at this point, with several delays, script shuffles, and director changes plaguing its pre-production. A film was first announced in October 2014, with potential directors in Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter), Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), and John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Game Night).

Aside from Miller, Keaton, and Affleck, the film will also see the debut of Supergirl, to be played by Sasha Calle (The Young and the Restless). The actress will be making her film debut in The Flash. Though that’s certainly an intimidating prospect, if the set videos have been any indication she’s certainly on the right track. Kiersey Clemons, Maribel Verdú, and Ron Livingston are also on the cast list, playing the roles of Iris West, and Nora and Henry Allen, respectively.

The Flash will finally hit theaters on November 4, 2022. Check out Muschietti’s image below:

Outlander star Caitríona Balfe is sharing some new details about the upcoming return of the acclaimed Starz drama series, divulging that the sixth season will be, as she describes it, “heartbreaking.” In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Balfe, who plays series lead Claire Fraser alongside Sam Heughan as Jamie Fraser, also praised some of the newest additions to the series in Jessica Reynolds as Malva Christie, the daughter of Jamie’s old adversary Tom Christie (Mark Lewis Jones).

“Outlander does baddies and villains quite well,” Balfe said. “[The Christies] aren’t your typical villains, which is great and refreshing.” She also went on to say that “Claire and Malva build a great relationship and bond. “It’s very destabilizing for Claire. It’s a really heartbreaking, but a really twisted narrative that they all get embroiled in.” The interview also included some of Balfe’s thoughts on her role in Belfast, which is a performance that has gotten high praise in early screenings.

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Outlander resumed production of its sixth season in February after taking a break through 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the last episode airing back in May of that year.

Outlander is returning for its sixth season in early 2022. Starz renewed the series for a seventh season back in March. The series can be watched on Starz, Amazon, and Netflix. Belfast will debut in theaters on November 12. Watch the announcement for Season 7 of Outlander below:

Here’s the official synopsis for Outlander:

Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world in which her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited that tears Claire’s heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

Comedian and television host Conan O’Brien apparently decided to crash the stage last night while his fellow talk show host Stephen Colbert gave his acceptance speech for the 2021 Outstanding Variety Special Emmy award for his 2020 election night special Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020.

At the L.A. Live Event Deck and after having lost his Emmy for Best Variety Talk Series to John Oliver and his HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, the Conan talk-show star merrily followed after Colbert and his group of Late Show employees onstage. O’Brien stayed celebrating onstage as Colbert accepted his Emmy. In response to this, Colbert only laughed as he noticed his fellow TV talk show host on the stage. “Thank you. Wow. I haven’t met some of these people before “ Colbert quipped during his speech and later added “… These people behind me are absolutely — most of the people behind me — really deserve this Emmy right now”.

Amusingly enough, this was not the first time O’Brien was to blame for causing chaos on the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards’ night. Earlier in the show, he interrupted Frank Scherma, the CEO of the Television Awards, beginning to loudly cheer and shout and effectively making the audience shift their attention to his entertaining outburst.

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O’Brien’s behavior was unsurprisingly topic for discussion in the backstage press room where the Emmy winners went with their trophies. Among these were Colbert and Oliver, the latter of which had some words for Conan regarding his award: “He can take it from my cold, dead hands! I realize I said I appreciated him, but not that much.”

This year sadly brought the Conan show on TBS to an end, with its last episode airing back in June.

Since 2020, The New York Times Presents has provided eye-opening documentaries investigating the biggest stories of the day to the public, earning a slew of accolades for their journalism. Fresh off of their Emmy-nominated film Framing Britney Spears, their latest documentary, Move Fast & Vape Things, is a deep dive into the rise of the e-cigarette company Juul, now available to stream on Hulu.

Directed by John Pappas, this latest film covers how Juul grew from a novel idea from two Stanford students to help prevent smoking to a, at one point, multi-billion dollar corporation with addiction controversies of its own. The film includes insider interviews, including with former F.D.A. commissioner Scott Gottlieb and the creative director behind the viral marketing campaign that helped put Juul on the map — and garner lawsuits. The New York Times also got a hold of a new source in the Juul story — a member of a public health journal who resigned upon hearing Juul sponsored an issue defending vaping.

It seems full of stunning revelations regarding how Juul conducted business and switched its image to capitalize on addicts, but also on how the F.D.A. and other sources failed to stop it. Gottlieb’s interview focuses on the regrets he had from his time as commissioner and his impression of Juul and vaping when they rose in popularity. The trailer also highlights the concern that Juul and vaping, in general, would attract kids. Expect a long, illuminating breakdown of how this modern addiction crisis began in the first place.

Move Fast & Vape Things is the eighth film from The New York Times Presents, a series that began as a manner of bringing modern news stories closer to viewers and in great depth. It’s a product of the crew behind The Weekly, a weekly docu-series from The New York Times that visualizes a contemporary news story in a typical half-hour TV show format. Aside from Framing Britney Spears, The New York Times Presents also released the NAACP Image Award-winning film The Killing of Breonna Taylor.

Check out the trailer below for The New York Times’ exploration into the world of vaping, now available to stream on Hulu:

Netflix has released a trailer for their upcoming anime film Violet Evergarden: The Movie, which will be bringing an end to the tear-jerking story of the titular character and will be arriving on Netflix next month.

The much beloved series takes place in this alternate 20th century Europe and follows Violet Evergarden, a retired soldier that has only ever been treated as a weapon. When she is forced to integrate into civilian life after she loses her arms in battle, she goes to work as an Auto Memory Doll, a person (can be either human or mechanical) that helps others by writing for them.

Here she tries to learn how to understand human feelings, especially the phrase her presumed dead major, Gilbert Bougainvillea, said to her: “I love you.” Violet has struggled with the idea that Gilbert is dead, and is set on finding what it means for her to live and sharing it with him. The new trailer showcases her drive to reunite with her Major as well as the absolutely stunning animation from Kyoto Animation, who has also helmed the other adaptations of the story.

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The Violet Evergarden series began as a series of light novels that ran from 2015 to 2020 written by Kana Akatsuki and illustrated by Akiko Takase. The series was adapted into an anime series in 2018 by Kyoto Animation and also received a film called Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll. The series both in print and animation has won numerous awards, with the light novel winning the Kyoto Animation Award for “Best Novel” as well as winning “Best Animation” at the 2019 Cruchyroll Anime Awards.

Even Violet Evergarden: The Movie is already winning awards with it winning “Excellent Animation of the Year” at the Japanese Academy Awards and the “Excellence Award in Animation” at the Japan Media Arts Festival. Both the series and previous film are available on Netflix. Violet Evergarden: The Movie will be joining them and will also mark the last chapter in the tale of Violet. The film will star Yui Ishikawa as Violet Evergarden as well as Daisuke Namikawa, Takehito Koyasu, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Haruka Tomatsu, Koki Uchiyama, Aya Endô, Minori Chihara, Kaori Mizuhashi, and Rina Satô, all of who are reprising their roles from the previous anime adaptations.

Violet Evergarden: The Movie will premiere on Netflix on October 13. Watch the brand new official trailer for the film down below.