HBO finally released the full trailer for the Game of Thrones spinoff, House of The Dragon.
The fantasy series takes us back to 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when the Targaryens and their dragons ruled the Seven Kingdoms. Watch the full trailer below:
Based on George R.R. Martin’s Fire and Blood book, House of the Dragon details the civil war between the Targaryens, also known as the Dance of the Dragons, which ultimately led to the downfall of the most powerful House in the Seven Kingdoms. The story is driven by the conflict between the two possible heirs of the Iron Throne, King Viserys Targaryen’s daughter Princess Rhaenyra and his younger brother Prince Daemon.
The series stars Paddy Considine, Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Fabien Frankel, Olivia Cooke, Rhys Ifans, and Sonoya Mizuno, with Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik serving as the showrunners.
House of the Dragon premieres on HBO GO starting this August 22.
The much-anticipated collaboration between the BTS, Snoop Dogg, and American producer Benny Blanco is finally happening!
In a fun video shared by BTS on Twitter, Blanco jokingly asks BTS members Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, and V if he can join the group. They decline, but agree to work with him in making the “best song in the entire world.” Watch the clip below:
benny: 나도 BTS에 껴줘!???? BTS: 응?????♂️ benny: 나도 잘할 수 있을 것 같은데!???? BTS: 음…안돼???? 대신 우리가 엄청난 곡을 같이 만들어볼 수는 있을 것 같은데????? (https://t.co/OQLDkyepnV)
Hours later, Blanco officially announces their collab track, Bad Decisions, further revealing that it will also be the BTS and Snoop Dogg collaboration fans had been waiting for. The American producer also shared a calendar for the promotion of the track before it is released on Blanco’s YouTube channel this August 5, 12 PM (Philippine time).
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As adults, we spend most of our days at the workplace surrounded by colleagues we treat as a community or even family, while we do our part and stay productive. But then the pandemic happened and we found ourselves separated by a remote work setup. While working from home has its many advantages, part of us also miss the office, its convenience, and the people that breathe life into it.
If you’re still working at home and are missing the workplace setup, then maybe you need to binge a show that will give you some laughs while recreating that office atmosphere! On this list, we’ve rounded up such shows for your much-needed dose of workplace humor.
The Office
The American remake of The Office is deemed one of the best comedy shows out there and for good reason. The series is presented as a mockumentary featuring the day-to-day shenanigans of the office workers at a paper company. The team includes the likable Jim, the shy receptionist Pam, the competitive salesman Dwight, and their high-energy boss Michael Scott. Stream The Office on Amazon Prime Video.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s workplace is a precinct and it follows a team of cops, each with their own colorful personality. The series’ main characters include the talented but childish detective Jake Peralta, his loyal friend Charles Boyle, the competitive Amy Santiago, and the seemingly cold captain Ray Holt. Stream Brooklyn Nine-Nine on Netflix.
The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd, as its title suggests, follows folks working in IT with the show poking fun at the knowledge gap between the IT crowd and people who can’t handle their computers. The show begins with Jen Barber who lied her way into being employed in the IT department of a business giant in London, despite knowing nothing about computers. She finds her office in the company building’s dingy basement, where she is joined by two socially-challenged computer “nerds” working as the company’s IT support. Stream The IT Crowd on Netflix.
Parks & Recreation
This series follows government employees at the Indiana Parks and Recreation department. The show mainly revolves around Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat who is trying to beautify her town by turning an abandoned construction site into a community park. But the simple mission is made complicated by her colleagues such as the selfish Tom Haverford and her anti-government bureaucrat boss Ron Swanson.
Scrubs
Scrubs is set in a hospital and follows a group of medical students in their internship. Most of the show is told through the unique point of view of the main character John Michael “J.D.” Dorian. Throughout the show, JD alongside his fellow interns Elliott Reid and Christopher Turk, as well as their colleagues at the Sacred Heart Hospital encounter challenging cases while navigating their relationships. Stream it on Amazon Prime Video.
2 Broke Girls
This show follows two broke girls Max and Caroline who are trying to find their ticket to success together. Max is a streetwise waitress working in a Brooklyn diner while Caroline used to be a rich girl who must now work as a waitress to make ends meet. When Max discovers that Caroline can bake delicious cupcakes, the two team up to kick off a cupcake business. Also part of the diner’s friendly faces are their boss Han Lee, the upbeat cook Oleg, and the old cashier Earl.
Abbott Elementary
Presented in a mockumentary format, Abbott Elementary follows the lives of teachers working in the underfunded, predominantly Black public school, Willard R. Abbott Elementary School. The staff includes second grade teacher Janine Teagues, history teacher Jacob Hill, substitute teacher Gregory Eddie, kindergarten’s Barbara Howard, and the tone-deaf school principal Ava Coleman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO-_7oi-61Y
Superstore
Superstore follows the megastore Cloud 9 employees and their daily grind filled with annoying bargainers, riotous sales, and boring training sessions. Hardworking Cloud 9 employee Amy is trying to juggle her responsibilities alongside her clueless manager Glen, the tough assistant Dina, the new hire Jonah, the sarcastic Garrett, and the sweet Cheyenne.
Mythic Quest
This series focuses on the office workers of the video game studio that produces the fictional MMORPG Mythic Quest. While building the fantasy world and sustaining the video game for the players seem quite the challenge, the minds behind Mythic Quest actually face bigger challenges within the office. The show’s roster of characters includes creator Ian Grimm, lead engineer Poppy Li, monetization head Brad Bakshi, and head writer C.W. Longbottom. Stream Mythic Quest on Apple TV+.
Space Force
Space Force is another series from the team-up of Steve Carell and writer Greg Daniels of The Office. In this Netflix sitcom, Carell plays General Mark Naird who was just tasked to helm the sixth branch of the US Armed Forces. As the head of the US Space Force, Naird must manage a chaotic team to bring the military to the moon by 2024. Stream Space Force on Netflix.
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Stray, a new video game where you play a lost cat in a cybercity, has just been released!
Now available for PC, PlayStation 4, and PS5, this game from Annapurna Interactive was quick to catch the attention of gamers with its interesting premise and cute protagonist. Check out the trailer for Stray below:
In this third-person adventure game, you play a cat separated from its family and is lost in a decaying cybercity filled with neon-lit alleys, curious droids, and dangerous creatures. The game allows you to be stealthy, nimble, silly, and sometimes annoying as you interact with the inhabitants of this strange world.
Soon, you befriend a small flying drone known only as B-12, and together, you must untangle an ancient mystery and escape this long-forgotten city.
Stray is developed by BlueTwelve Studio from France, and published by Annapurna Interactive, best known for other titles such as What Remains of Edith Finch, Outer Wilds, and Neon White.
Stray is now up for sale on Steam (PC) for P679.95, and at the PlayStation Store for $29.99 (around P1,680).
Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the classic anime series, Yu Yu Hakusho, has unveiled the character posters featuring its four main characters: Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara.
Based on the manga of the same name from Yoshihiro Togashi, Yu Yu Hakusho is more familiar to Filipinos under its English title Ghost Fighter, with the characters bearing the names Eugene, Dennis, Vincent, and Alfred. The series tells the story of Yusuke, a teenage delinquent who died after trying to save a child’s life. In the afterlife, Yusuke is named a Spirit Detective and must solve cases involving demons and apparitions alongside his newfound allies.
Check out the official posters for the live-action series, featuring the show’s four main protagonists:
Photos courtesy of NetflixPhoto courtesy of Netflix
Directed by Sho Tsukikawa with a screenplay from Tatsuro Mishima, Yu Yu Hakusho stars Takumi Kitamura, Jun Shison, Kanata Hongo, and Shuhei Uesugi. The series is set for release on Netflix in December of 2023.
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Netflix’s upcoming anime series Tekken: Bloodline just dropped a new trailer alongside the announcement of its August 18 release!
Last March, the anime’s first trailer gave us a glimpse of some of the iconic Tekken characters such as Jin, Heihachi, Paul Phoenix, the true Ogre, Leroy Smith, King, and Kazuya. Now the new trailer also gives us a good look at Nina, Ling Xiaoyu, and more characters, as well as some of the action-packed fighting scenes from the anime.
Watch the new trailer for Tekken: Bloodline below:
Jin Kazama learned his family’s self-defense arts, the Kazama-Style Traditional Martial Arts from his mother at an early age. But when a monstrous evil appears, Jin found himself powerless in protecting everything dear to him. He then seeks absolute power to exact revenge on this monster, a quest that would lead him to the ultimate battle on a global stage — The King of Iron Fist Tournament.
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HBO has officially confirmed that Jennie Kim of the K-pop group BLACKPINK has joined the cast of the new series The Idol.
Fans were quick to spot the Korean celebrity from the official teaser for the show, where she stood alongside the other cast members in a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it moment. Now HBO has further confirmed Jennie’s casting, tweeting a photo of Jennie on set with the caption: “Jennie Kim has been cast in #THEIDOL.”
You can also check out Jennie’s brief appearance in the show’s teaser trailer below at the 00:33 mark.
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Created by Euphoria‘s creator Sam Levinson alongside Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye, the show is teased as “the sleaziest love story in all of Hollywood.” It stars Lily-Rose Depp as a rising pop idol who gets into a relationship with a self-help guru and modern-day cult leader played by The Weeknd.
Also included in the cast are Troye Sivan, Suzanna Son, Melanie Liburd, Steve Zissis, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Nico Hiraga, and Anne Heche. The Idol is coming soon to HBO Max.
The Fear Street trilogy on Netflix was an instant hit last year, especially for fans of horror and slasher movies. For the viewers who thirst for more blood from the franchise, Bloody Disgustingbears some good news.
After author R.L. Stine– writer of the books that the films were loosely adapted from– teased that there may be more Fear Street films coming to Netflix, Bloody Disgusting now reports that the streaming giant “is very deep into development on more Fear Street.”
No details about these films have been revealed yet but given the positive response towards the trilogy, it’s safe to say that many viewers are excited to see more of this film franchise. Back in July last year, the films’ director Leigh Janiak told IndieWire that she was hoping to further expand Fear Street with more titles.
“I think that my hope is that audiences like it enough that we can start building out [more], we can think about what another trilogy would be, what stand-alones would be, what TV would be,” Janiak said. “I don’t even think about it like TV or movies exactly anymore. That’s the great thing about Netflix and about what ‘Fear Street’ is, which is kind of a hybrid new thing. I’m excited about the possibility of what else can happen.”
The Fear Street trilogy, tells three stories across three time periods that are connected by one town and a deadly curse. A string of murders once again plagues the town of Shadyside, and Deena and her friends find themselves at the center of it all. When they discover that the killings are connected to their town’s dark past, they make it their mission to uncover the truth about their town and put a stop to these brutal murders.
Emmy-winning actor Peter Dinklage, who is best known for his role as Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones is joining yet another much-anticipated book-to-film adaptation: theprequel film, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.
Dinklage will be joining the film’s ensemble as the Dean of the Academy, Casca Highbottom, Deadlinereports. In the book, Highbottom is a friend of Coriolanus Snow’s father, Crassus, and in a drunken stupor, he was the one who came up with the idea ofwhat would become the Hunger Games.
Based on the book of the same name by Suzanne Collins, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes follows the younger years of Panem’s tyrannical President Coriolanus Snow. At 18 years old, Coriolanus was assigned to mentor the District 12 tribute, Lucy Gray Baird. When Lucy Gray shows her defiant nature, Snow finds an opportunity to unite their showmanship and political savvy to turn the odds in their favor as the 10th Hunger Games commences.
Francis Lawrence, who directed three films of the original movie saga, returns to direct The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Also starring in the film are Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird. It is set for release in US theaters on November 17, 2023.
Stranger Things 4 is packed with surprising twists and events, and one of the big revelations this season is that Will Byers is actually gay and that he’s in love with his best friend, Mike.
While huge hints were already being dropped earlier this season, the show finally made it evident to viewers during the car scene in Volume 2 where Will showed his painting to Mike. He went on to assure his friend that Eleven will always be needing him despite his many doubts about their relationship. When Will starts to burst into tears, fans were finally convinced that his evident pain is tied to Mike and Eleven’s relationship, because he had romantic feelings for his friend.
In an interview with Variety, actor Noah Schnapp further confirmed the revelation about his character in the show, and shared his thoughts on Will’s character arc.
“Obviously, it was hinted at in Season 1. It was always kind of there, but you never really knew, is it just him growing up slower than his friends? Now that he’s gotten older, they made it a very real, obvious thing,” said Schnapp. “Now it’s 100% clear that he is gay and he does love Mike. But before, it was a slow arc. I think it is done so beautifully because it’s so easy to make a character just like, all of a sudden be gay.”
According to Schnapp, it was only recently that the show’s creators, the Duffer Brothers, talked to him about Will and his sexuality. “Years ago in Season 1, I didn’t know where the Duffers wanted to go with this character,” he said. “So I was kind of figuring it out along with the audience. But now that I’ve spoken to them and seen the show, I know what they want to do with it. They obviously don’t tell me anything, either. I’m always spoiling stuff, so they will never share anything with me. So it’s a lot of figuring it out on my own. And kind of realizing later on, like, ‘Oh this makes sense and this was intentional.’”
The actor also shared a heartwarming encounter he had with a fan regarding Stranger Things 4. “People have come up to me – I was just in Paris and this, like, 40-year-old man came up to me and he was like, ‘Wow, this Will character made me feel so good. And I related to it so much. That is exactly who I was when I was a kid.’ That just made me so happy to hear. They are writing this real character and this real journey and real struggle and they’re doing it so well.”
Stranger Things 4 is now streaming exclusively on Netflix.
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