The beloved sports anime Haikyu!!is set to wrap up in the 2-part feature film Haikyu!! Final which has released its first trailer.
The finale for the anime will feature Karasuno and Nekoma’s volleyball teams going against each other at the Tokyo Nationals Tournament, as well as the final arc for the series as seen in the manga. Watch the trailer for Haikyuu!! Final below:
The successful anime franchise ended its fourth season in 2020, and while it was not followed by a fifth season, fans will finally see the ending for the beloved anime, not just on their small screens but on the big screen.
While there is no release window yet for Haikyu!! Final, a kick-off event for the films is scheduled for August 2023. For more details, you can check out the announcement made by Crunchyroll.
Haikyu!! is a slice-of-life, sports anime series by Haruichi Furudate which begins with Shoyo Hinata joining the volleyball team of Karasuno High. Here, he gets teamed up with the prodigy setter Tobio Kageyama, who he considers a rival. Despite their differences, Shoyo and Kageyama would soon become a promising duo that could help Karasuno redeem its reputation as a powerhouse school for aspiring volleyball players.
Square Enix London Mobile has soft-launched the new open-world mobile game Avatar: Generations, based on the hit Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender.
The game has now been soft-launched in Canada, Denmark, South Africa, and Sweden, and is set to expand territories in the following months. Available on both Android and iOS, Avatar: Generations is a free-to-play tactical RPG that explores the beloved stories of Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Appa, and Momo, in their globetrotting quest to fulfill the Avatar’s destiny. Moreover, it also teases future expansions which will follow Avatars Kyoshi, Korra, Roku, and more.
The adventure game is set to feature squad-based battles with deep upgrade and party customization systems. Players will also be able to play fan-favorite locations, stories, and events in this open-world game, which also adds some brand new stories expanding the Avatar universe.
Further details on the game’s global launch have yet to be announced. For more information about the game, visit its official website, avatargenerations.com.
Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in a world where people can “bend” or manipulate the elements. The series follows the Airbender Aang, who must restore balance in the world as the Avatar, the master of all four elements, and put a stop to the Fire Nation and their tyrannical Fire Lord Ozai who wants to take over the world. A live-action adaptation of the animated series led by a Filipino-Canadian actor is also in the works on Netflix.
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Despite being a comedian, Jordan Peele has been under the radar of horror movie fans ever since his successful directorial debut with Get Out which won him multiple Oscars. Now, Peele’s third horror film Nope is finally coming to Philippine theaters this week!
Nope follows siblings OJ and Em who inherit a ranch of horses in Hollywood that are being used for film and television productions. Meanwhile, the former child star Jupe who is running a nearby theme park called Jupiter’s Claim, plans to buy the ranch from OJ. Things get bizarre when an unknown flying object begins to appear in the sky, but the siblings and Jupe find this as an opportunity to profit off of the flying saucer and the mysteries surrounding it. Watch Nope‘s trailer below:
Before you see Nope on the big screen this week, here are some fun facts about the movie you might want to know about!
1. Daniel Kaluuya and Jordan Peele are back.
Daniel Kaluuya won an Oscar for Best Actor in Peele’s first film Get Out, and now the two are back together for the director’s new movie. In an interview with Vanity Fair, the director shared that Kaluuya is his “favorite actor in the world.”
“I couldn’t wait longer to work with him again. One of the things I admire most about him is his powerful stillness. Nobody else has it. He doesn’t need words to communicate his thoughts or emotions. In the scariest and quietest moments, you know exactly what he’s feeling and experiencing just by looking at him, and that’s so powerful. His big eyes, his body language—he brings so much emotion,” the director explained.
2. Jupiter’s Claim has become a real Hollywood attraction.
Jupiter’s Claim, the theme park that Jupe has built to earn from his childhood tragedy, was rebuilt in real life to become part of the iconic Studio Tour at Universal Studios Hollywood. In an interview with Forbes, Universal Creative’s Vice President Jon Corfino shared that they were given access to Peele’s set for Nope to further understand how the set works.
“It’s unique to go out to a set and be there while it’s filming, to partner with Jordan and the production team, and get into the filmmaking process,” said Corfino. “We were allowed excellent access to help understand the film and figure out how we could do it. Usually, the movie is out, and you can tailor what you want to add from an attraction or backlot basis. Being there in real time was very different and very exciting. Jordan was so welcoming, and when I first went out there and saw him, he got very excited. That got me even more excited. It was one of those times when you think, ‘Oh boy. Don’t we have the coolest jobs in the world?’”
3. The film tackles the “wrong spectacle”
Peele is known for injecting commentaries in his films, like racism in Get Out and America’s fear of “outsiders” in Us. This time, Peele is inspired the “dark time” we find ourselves in.
“I wrote this movie in a dark time that still exists. We are obsessed with the wrong spectacle, and it distracts us from what we really need to focus on,” said Peele in the same interview. “The movie is a reflection of all the awfulness and the spectacular horrors that we’ve been living through.”
Photo: ‘Nope’ trailer
In an interview with CBC News, Peele also revealed that he was partly inspired by Steven Spielberg’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs.
4. Peele made an intro for the fictional sitcom ‘Gordy’s Home’.
In the film, the child star Jupe is introduced as part of the fictitious sitcom Gordy’s Home. The sitcom ended tragically, however, when the show’s chimpanzee murdered its cast members, leaving Jupe as the lone survivor. Peele has released the intro clip for the sitcom within the movie, which you could watch below:
Here’s another bonus fact about the tragedy that transpired on the set of the fictional show. Peele tweeted back in 2014 a dream that he had which is very similar to the young Jupe’s experience in the film. This most likely inspired Jupe’s subplot in Nope.
Dreamt that a baby chimp attacked some people then ran to me and hugged me all scared. I woke up with tears streaming down my face. #bruh
5. Gordy is made with CGI and acted by a “The Planet of the Apes” actor.
The chimpanzee that made the opening of Nope nightmarish is actually CGI created with motion capture used in The Planet of the Apes trilogy. The chimp was even played by one of the trilogy’s actors, Terry Notary, who starred as Rocket.
Nopeopens in cinemas nationwide this Wednesday, August 17, 2022. Book your seats in advance and buy your tickets here.
Call Me By Your Name star Armie Hammer and the men of his family are the subject of the upcoming Discovery+ documentary House of Hammer.
In the first trailer for the series, we get a closer look at the sexual abuse claims against the actor. Not only that, but the documentary also reveals that this dark and twisted behavior seems to run in the men of the family, and has been going on for five generations already.
Watch the trailer for House of Hammer below:
As Discovery+ teases, House of Hammer will contain a trove of archives and interviews from both survivors and family members of the powerful Hammer family, to reveal the twisted secrets and scandals of the men of this dysfunctional dynasty. As Armie’s aunt, Casey Hammer put it, “Magnify Succession a million times, and it was my family.”
House of Hammer will start streaming on Discovery+ this September 2. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get the latest news on film, TV, and more updates around the city!
Looking for the next K-drama to get into? You might want to check out the new series If You Wish Upon Me,starring Ji Chang Wook and Girls’ Generation’s Choi Soo Young!
The new series tells the story of a man’s path to redemption after doing community service at a care facility for the terminally ill. Watch the trailer for If You Wish Upon Me below:
If You Wish Upon Me stars Chang Wook as Yoon Gyeo Ree, a man who has only known misery having been abused as a young boy and served time in prison as an adult. His life changes when he is ordered by a court to spend his community service at a care facility for the terminally ill. Here he meets Kang Tae Shik, who created a volunteer unit called Team Genie, which is dedicated to granting the final wishes of their dying patients. Gyeo Ree also meets the young nurse Seo Yeon Joo, played by Soo Young, who never gives up on her patients.
Directed by Kim Yong Wan, this K-drama also stars Sung Dong Il, Won Ji An, Yang Hee Kyung, and Kil Hae Yeon. You can now stream the first episode of If You Wish Upon Me on Viu.
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School Tales The Series, a new Thai anthology series just dropped on Netflix! Based on eight horror comics set in schools, the show rounds up different seasoned directors to have their own take on each terrifying tale.
Thai anthologies aren’t new on Netflix, with Girl From Nowhere being one of the most popular titles on the platform under that genre. But unlike Girl From Nowhere where we see a recurring antagonist, this new series focuses solely on bringing you scares, one episode at a time.
Watch the trailer for School Tales The Series below:
Here are the School Tales episodes and their synopses: 7AM tells the story of a ghost that writes messages on the blackboard every morning. In Vengeful Spell, a student uncovers a mysterious box in the school attic and curses another student out of jealousy. Beautiful follows the most beautiful student in the school who finds her match when someone else became more beautiful than her overnight. The Book of Curses revolves around a mysterious book that a transfer student uses to get back at her bullies.
Meanwhile, Headless Teacher follows two students trying to locate the head of their teacher who died in mysterious circumstances. Lunch tells the story of a student who gets into trouble after exposing the questionable ingredients at a popular school lunch stall. Curse is about a cowardly student who is forced by her bullies to make a wish to a school nurse ghost. Finally, A Walk in School follows a student who livestreams the school grounds at night as he tries to prove that ghosts aren’t real.
The show’s directors include Thanadol Nualsuth, Puttipong Saisrikaew, Songsak Mongkolthong, Phontharis Chotkijsadarsopon, Saniphong Suddhiphan, and Natthapong Wongkaweepairoj. Meanwhile, the cast members include Lertsittichai, Nutchapan Paramacharoenroj, Panisara Rikulsurakan, Jennis Oprasert, Siwat Jumlongkul, Thasorn Klinnium, Shinaradee Anupongpichart, Patchanan Jiajirachote, and Sarika Sartsilpsupa to name a few.
You can now stream all eight episodes of School Tales The Series on Netflix. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to get the latest news on film, TV, and more updates around the city!
Maya Hawke of Stranger Things and Camila Mendes of Riverdale are an unlikely duo in the upcoming YA film, Do Revenge.
Netflix dropped the full trailer for the new film, which stars Hawke as an awkward transfer student and Mendes as the school’s former queen bee. Watch the full trailer for Do Revenge below:
The dark comedy tells the story of Drea (Camila Mendes) and Eleanor (Maya Hawke). Drea’s status in school as the Alpha it-girl goes up in flames after her sex tape leaks in school. Suspecting that it was leaked by her boyfriend Max, Drea asks for the help of the transfer student Eleanor to “do revenge” and in return, she’ll help the transfer student get back at her former bully.
Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Do Revenge also stars Austin Abrams, Ava Capri, Rish Shah, Talia Ryder, Jonathan Daviss, Maia Reficco, Paris Berelc, Alisha Boe, and Sophie Turner. The film is set for release on September 16.
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After the release of their prequel film Orphan: First Kill in theaters, Paramount just dropped the trailer for their new horror film Margaux.
The new movie puts a horror spin on technology, specifically smart homes and the AI assistant it comes with. After getting to stay at a very advanced smart home, a group of teens would soon realize that the building’s AI has sinister plans for them. Watch the trailer for Margaux below:
The movie follows a group of seniors dead set to celebrate their final college days partying inside a smart home. But soon, the house’s highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to show her true colors, eliminating the tenants one by one through her deadly high-tech tools.
Directed by Steven C. Miller, Margaux stars Madison Pettis, Vanessa Morgan, Richard Harmon, Lochlyn Munro, Jedidiah Goodacre, Phoebe Miu, Jordan Buhat, Brittany Mitchell, and Louis Lay. It is set for release on digital and on-demand this September 9.
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A new fantasy open-world RPG is heading to PC and mobile this August!
Titled Tower of Fantasy (ToF), this new game is pretty similar to Genshin Impact, the RPG game that took the world by storm. Aside from the similar aesthetics of anime characters and lush world, the new game also adds a futuristic spin to its alien world of Aida. You can also play with friends in its shared open world.
Here’s the official synopsis for the game:
In Tower of Fantasy, dwindling resources and a lack of energy have forced mankind to leave earth and migrate to Aida, a lush and habitable alien world. There, they observed the comet Mara and discovered an unknown but powerful energy called “Omnium” contained in it. They built the Omnium Tower to capture Mara, but due to the influence of Omnium radiation, a catastrophic disaster occurred on their new homeworld.
ToF also promises an interesting roster of characters, each with unique weapons and backstories you can explore. Some of these characters have already been revealed on their website, including Zeke, Shirli, Nemesis, and Frigg.
So when can you play Tower of Fantasy here in the Philippines? You can now pre-load the game for free on PC, Android, and iOS, but the global servers will officially open tomorrow, August 11. For more information, visit the official Tower of Fantasy website.
Netflix has dropped a new trailer for The Next 365 Days, the latest title in the erotic film franchise 365 Days.
Based on the books by Blanka Lipińska, the films follow the steamy encounters and complicated relationships of Laura and Massimo, a member of a Sicilian Mafia family. In the latest film, more drama ensues as the tenacious Nacho tries to pull the couple apart.
Watch the trailer for The Next 365 Days below:
Barbara Białowąs and Tomasz Mandes return to direct the third installment of the franchise. The film stars Anna-Maria Sieklucka, Michele Morrone, Magdalena Lamparska, Simone Susinna, and Otar Saralidze. The Next 365 Days is set to be released on Netflix this August 19.
