‘Ahsoka’ Season 2 Officially Announced
The story continues folks! After a stellar season 1 that made all Clone Wars and Rebels fans rejoice, Ahoska is officially returning for a second season.
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Tickets for D23 Go on Sale in March
During Disney Advertising’s Global Tech & Data Showcase at CES® 2024, The Walt Disney Company announced that tickets for D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event go on sale starting March 26. Plus, D23 is headed to Brazil.
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Gold House & CAPE Launch 2024 Gold List to Celebrate Top Asian Pacific Film Achievements
Gold House and CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) have revealed their fourth annual Gold List which highlights outstanding work in film by Asian Pacific creatives in the past year.
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Official Trailer for Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Netflix has stumbled onto a huge problem — and it’s a good thing! 3 Body Problem will be debuting in March, and the streaming service has released the official trailer for the highly anticipated series adaptation of Liu Cixin’s acclaimed and popular series of books.
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Kaitlyn Dever Officially Joins ‘The Last of Us’ Season 2
If you’ve ever played The Last of Us Part II, you know you’re in for a huge shock! And part of that is courtesy of a character named Abby! As soon as The Last of Us show became a hit, speculation around whether or not they’d move forward with adapting Part II became rampant, and chief among that was who was going to portray Abby. Today, we officially got that answer!
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Production on ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ Movie Officially Announced
Confirmed today via Lucasfilm’s official social media, production on the long awaited big screen appearance of Din Djarin and Grogu has been officially announced this morning!
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Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 6
This is the sixth and final (for now) iteration spotlighting truly fantastic SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have in common is that not only are they are all incredible artists but they are also wonderful human beings that have come to our attention recently in their art and advocacy. Here are the eight you should know:
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‘SELF’ Director Searit Huluf on Celebrating Ethiopian Identity Through Stop-Motion Animation
Pixar’s SparkShorts Program is designed to discover new storytellers, explore new storytelling techniques, and experiment with new production workflows. These shorts are unique because they aren’t anything like the animation studio has released theatrically. As such, it provides an opportunity to unlock the potential of individual artists and their inventive filmmaking approaches on a smaller scale than the studio’s normal fare.
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Ke Huy Quan to Star in Universal Action Flick ‘With Love’
No one can deny how much of a badass Ke Huy Quan is! We saw him kicking so much ass in Everything Everywhere All At Once. And he’s also a big MCU star too, with the debut of O.B. in Loki Season 2! But now, it’s time for the Oscar-winning actor to headline his own action film.
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‘Echo’ Star Alaqua Cox on Motherhood and Deaf Representation in the MCU
It was a pleasure to talk with Alaqua Cox about Marvel’s Echo, premiering January 9 on Disney+ and Hulu, with assistance by an ASL interpreter. We’ll be sharing more from the Echo press event over the coming week.
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‘The Brothers Sun’ Director Kevin Tancharoen Finds Humor in the Punches
Kevin Tancharoen wants you to know his family came from Thailand, not Taiwan. He remembered people getting that mixed up while growing up and always forgave their errors, because when you hear it out loud, it makes sense. He finds it humorous now that he’s directing and executive producing the upcoming Netflix dark family comedy, The Brothers Sun, which centers on a Taiwanese family in the midst of a triad war.
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Justin Chien and Sam Li on Playing a Different Kind of Gangster in ‘The Brothers Sun’
Netflix’s The Brothers Sun is more than just a drama about triads and Taiwanese gangsters. For actors Justin Chien and Sam Li, the new series, set to release on January 4, tells the story of family and two worlds coming together.
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Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 5
We begin the first day of 2024 with the fifth iteration spotlighting truly fantastic SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have in common is that not only are they are all incredible artists but they are also wonderful human beings that have come to our attention recently in their art and advocacy. Here are the eight you should know:
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Exploring ‘Night Swim’ with Writer/Director Bryce McGuire and Producer Ryan Turek
Night Swim, the latest Blumhouse/Atomic Monster collaboration, is coming to terrify audiences in theaters everywhere January 5. And to celebrate, The Nerds of Color was given the opportunity to speak with some of the cast and crew who brought the latest Universal horror hit to the surface.
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Shelley Hennig Talks the Thrilling Challenges of Netflix’s ‘Obliterated’
Shelley Hennig stars as Ava Winters in Obliterated. All eight episodes of the action-comedy’s first season are currently streaming on Netflix.
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‘Night Swim’ Stars Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon Discuss a ‘Walking Dead’ Connection
Blumhouse and Atomic Monster are back! Fresh off the success of last year’s January sleeper, M3GAN, the two studios are joining forces once more to submerge you into the depths of a new horror hit with Night Swim! The new film is hitting theaters January 5, and to celebrate, we were given the opportunity to speak to its leads: MCU and Monarch star, Wyatt Russell, and Oscar nominee Kerry Condon!
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Netflix Debuts ‘Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver’ Official Teaser
War is upon us.
After the events of Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire, war is upon the villagers of Vedt, who plan on fighting alongside the rebels against the evil Motherland. Kora (Sofia Boutella) must confront her past in order to lead the people in the battle.
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Disney Parks Celebrating a Historic Year of Make-A-Wish
For over 40 years, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Disney have helped make life-changing wishes of children with critical illnesses and their families come true. This year, Disney helped grant its 150,000th Make-A-Wish request — all while continuing to find new and uniquely Disney ways to grant wishes through first-of-their-kind events at parks and resorts across the globe.
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Spotlight on Spectacular SWANASA Stars, Part 4
On this Christmas day, we continue our ongoing spotlight series on some rather amazing SWANASA (South West Asia, North Africa, and South Asia) actors that you should know, whether they are well known or not. What they have in common is that not only are they are all terrific artists but wonderful human beings that have come to our attention recently in their art and advocacy. Here are the eight you should definitely keep an eye on!
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FDI Cast 183: Eyes Up, Guardian
Our last cast of 2023! Brandon catches up with the goings ons in Destiny 2 after years of not shooting the mans. Plus, a holiday bonus at the end of the cast!
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‘Doctor Who’ Christmas Special Summons a New Era of Empathy
After the umpteenth appearance of David Tennant as the Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa has, at last, taken the wheel. In the final 20 minutes of the third Doctor Who 60th anniversary special, The Giggle, the first Black and queer actor to take on the mantle makes his debut in the most unexpected of ways, and quickly establishes himself as a Doctor who has such a light to him, and also brings a lot of empathy for others.
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Disneyland Bringing Nighttime Spectaculars and Magical Parades Back in 2024
Disneyland Resort has announced some of the entertainment offerings for the 2024 season, some of which are making their return. Parades like the Magic Happens parade will once again bring moments of magic from Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar Animation Studios films to life at Disneyland Park, beginning February 2.
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Netflix’s ‘Gyeongseong Creature’ is More Than Just a Monster Show
Netflix’s Gyeongseong Creature, out at midnight on December 22, is one of the most highly anticipated Korean dramas to come out this year. Starring popular actors Seo-joon Park and So-hee Han, Gyeongseong Creature tells the story of South Korea under Japan’s rule in the spring of 1945, near the end of World War II.
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