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Sony is set to purchase Crunchyroll, the industry-leading anime streaming platform, for just under $1 billion. The acquisition will put both Crunchyroll and Funimation—whose own streaming service has close to a million subscribers—squarely under Sony’s ownership. Crunchyroll has effectively become the de facto hub for legal anime distribution in the US, and the platform has

Comic book adaptations are all the rage in Hollywood these days. But sometimes the wild and impressionistic style of storytelling found in more sophisticated graphic novels can be difficult to adapt into a linearly-narrated movie or TV show. One such series is Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman comics that ran for 75 issues. After years of

It’s been said that keeping a positive mental attitude can actually help one recover physically, and so all the kind words and love that has been sent Jeff Bridges way from friends, fans, and co-stars, looks to be having just such an impact on the actor. He goes on in the post to thank everybody

Hamilton’s four-minute opening number, “Alexander Hamilton,” is an introduction to the main character of the musical, but it also hints at every major event that happens in the show. As Aaron Burr (Leslie Odom Jr.) raps about Hamilton’s (Lin Manuel-Miranda) life, each other major character in the musical makes an appearance, interjecting with lyrics that

Ahead of this week’s special reunion, original Hocus Pocus actor Doug Jones is back in the costume and makeup as the undead Billy Butcherson. On Oct. 30, Bette Midler will host a Hocus Pocus cast reunion, bringing along her fellow Sanderson sisters Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy. The event had also been promising other

We get a major monster battle between the crab and Joel and Aimee, while they’re also trying to stop the Captain and his crew. Just when Joel gets the upper hand and can kill the crab, he looks in its eyes and realizes that he’s not his enemy. He sets him free and crab exacts

Warning: SPOILERS for The Mandalorian season 2, episode 1, “The Marshal”. Boba Fett has returned in The Mandalorian season 2, episode 1, “The Marshal”. The Mandalorian season 2 began with Din Djarin searching for other Mandalorians, which led him back to Tatooine. Although no one’s seen a real Mandalorian on Tatooine – other than Mando himself,

With fans of The Addams Family discussing who the perfect Gomez Addams would be in the next live-action adaptation, Oscar Isaac has emerged as another very popular choice. This month, it was revealed that Tim Burton is in the midst of developing a new take on pop culture’s ookiest family with a television series reboot.

Married at First Sight couple Christina and Henry chose to not stay together. But after decision day, what happened to Christina? When Christina and Henry first met, viewers had hoped the couple would be a good match. But during the wedding, Henry’s friends took an immediate dislike to Christina and that possibly should have been

About The ‘Revenge Wears Prada’ Followup To ruminate on the possibilities a bit further, let’s take a page out of the Devil Wears Prada book. Back in 2013, Lauren Weisberger wrote Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns, a sequel novel that follows Andy in her thirties and now a successful magazine editor at a bridal

Netflix has officially raised the prices on their standard and premium subscription tiers. A standard Netflix subscription will cost $14 a month, while a premium subscription will cost $18. This is the first time since May 2019 that the streaming giant has raised prices on subscribers. The new prices will start with current subscribers’ next

CinemaBlend participates in affiliate programs with various companies. We may earn a commission when you click on or make purchases via links. After film sets were shut down around the world, a variety fo highly anticipated movies have since resumed production. Chief among them is James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, with the visionary filmmaker working on

The Simpsons‘ Halloween specials, the ‘Treehouse of Horror’ series, need to return to their origins to succeed with audiences and critics again. After 30 years on the air, it’s understandable that The Simpsons struggles to win over both viewers and reviewers as it nears its 700th episode. But the once-beloved animated sitcom is working against itself by continuing

The First Order origins have been revealed in The Star Wars Book. Star Wars fans knew a little bit about the First Order, thanks to the sequel trilogy, which began with 2015’s The Force Awakens. However, the movies all left a lot of information out, which sent some hardcore fans looking into comic books, novels,

Whoa, I love this! According to the director, one of Doctor Strange’s final moments with Tony Stark was a small moment that Benedict Cumberbatch thought of on the fly on set. It’s the scene right before Robert Downey Jr’s character is finally able to take hold of the Infinity Gauntlet and defeat Thanos and his

A recent study pits the PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series X against one another to see which console is the most popular in various parts of the planet. Data was collected from around the globe to determine which upcoming console was the game system of choice in each country, and by extension the world. Both consoles are

Benedict Cumberbatch, as it turns out, improvised one of the biggest moments in Avengers: Endgame. This, according to Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson, who recently made the reveal on Twitter. Had Cumberbatch not improved the moment as we saw it on screen, the climax of the movie may well have felt quite a bit different