Fighting games aren’t supposed to have good stories. All they need is a flimsy justification for a bunch of strange-looking characters to fight in exotic locations, maybe a nonsensical cutscene at the end and you’re done.

But Mortal Kombat developers NetherRealm Studios have put a lot of effort disproving that, with their Injustice DC Universe titles telling an extremely compelling story about an alternative world where things have gone bad. Now a featurette giving us a great look at the movie has leaked, so check it out above before it’s taken down.

On the surface it’s ‘yer typical ‘Superman-gone-bad’ tale, with the Joker pushing him over the edge into murder. This causes him to re-evaluate his moral code and, in the blink of an eye, we’re in a Superman-controlled authoritarian dystopia. Batman resolves to stop him, with various heroes and villains forming unlikely partnerships on either side.

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It’s resulted in a hugely popular mini-franchise, with many fans looking forward to the rumored Injustice 3. But before that comes DC Animation’s Injustice, which will show the moment this universe forked away from standard DC fare. The featurette takes us through Superman’s one very bad day and the immediate repercussions, along with the perspectives of the creative team.

DC appears to be aiming for a ‘Civil War’ type situation (they even use the phrase), with the writers and directors revealing whether they’re ‘Team Batman’ or ‘Team Superman’. Honestly though, if you’ve played any of the games you’d have to be a bit evil to side with Superman here, as the Injustice version is one of the more despicable alt-universe takes on the Man of Steel.

We don’t have an official release date yet, but I’m betting it’ll drop on HBO Max sometime in the next two months. Let’s hope that’ll coincide with the Injustice 3 reveal.

History has shown that audiences love high concept sci-fi, big budget fantasy and beefy dudes beating the ever-loving sh*t out of each other, and on that basis alone, the latest trailer for Season 2 of AppleTV+ series See looks to deliver everything you could possible want and a whole lot more.

Apple’s entry into the top tier of the streaming wars has been slow to say the least, which is largely because the platform doesn’t possess a lot of in-house content with the ability to capture the imagination of either the public or online community. See bucked that trend to a certain degree by delivering plenty of star power in the form of Jason Momoa and some epic production values, while the addition of Dave Bautista to Season 2 has instantly doubled the levels of grizzled badassery.

See takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where the vast majority of the human population lost their vision, forcing humanity to evolve as an almost entirely blind species, to the extent that those with the ability are deemed as heretics. Naturally, evil forces are looking to seize that power for themselves, forcing Momoa’s fantastically-named Baba Voss to protect his family at all costs because his daughter Haniwa can see.

Bautista has been cast as Momoa’s brother, and you can only imagine the volume of protein that was consumed in that household when they were growing up, looking at the sheer size of them and the ease with which they dispatch their enemies in the footage. Season 2 of See is coming to AppleTV+ on August 27th, and the great news for fans is that a third run of episodes has already been ordered, so the journey is far from over.

After a completely barren 2020 where no new content was released, the Marvel Cinematic Universe is making up for lost time this year, with six Disney Plus exclusives and four feature films all arriving between January 1st and December 31st. It may have taken the movies a while to get rolling, but coming hot on the heels of Black Widow, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is just over five weeks away.

So far, the footage has painted the fantasy martial arts epic as unlike anything the MCU has ever seen before, even if some of the story beats regarding a hero who initially turns his back on destiny learns to embrace it while simultaneously overcoming a deep-rooted set of daddy issues are very familiar. From a visual standpoint, Shang-Chi looks incredible, so it’s no surprise the eye-popping aesthetic is the main focus of the latest TV spot.

It’s light on plot but heavy on action, which hopefully isn’t reflective of the film itself, but Simu Liu is poised to deliver the sort of star-making performance the MCU has become famous for, and the leading man will be hoping to mimic the success enjoyed by contemporaries Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Tom Holland and more.

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Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings generated a slight amount of controversy overseas, to the extent that it might not end up getting released in China in what would be a hammer blow to its box office potential, but audiences around the world are more than eager to devour the latest offering from the MCU as soon as it becomes available.

By the time Destin Daniel Cretton’s effort comes to multiplexes on September 3rd, don’t bet against it dislodging stablemate Black Widow to set a new pandemic-era opening weekend record.

The rise of TikTok has given a platform for a new era of celebrity and one of the largest creators on the platform is Addison Rae.

Addison Rae Easterling rose to fame sharing her dancing content to TikTok that quickly rose to popularity and started trends that other creators would attempt to emulate themselves.

Since 2019 when Addison rose to fame she has ventured into endeavors outside of TikTok including brand ambassador roles, her Spotify exclusive podcast with her mother “Mama Knows Best” and her own makeup line.

With all these achievements in such a short amount of time, you may be wondering how old Addison actually is.

How old is Addison Rae?

Addison Rae is currently 20 years old. The TikTok star was born on October 6, 2000, in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Not only has Addison managed to propel herself into stardom during her short run, but alongside her popularity also rose her parents Monty and Sheri who both boast massive TikTok followings of their own.

Only being 20 years old and in the infancy of her career, Addison is sure to break new ground on projects and expand into the wide world of entertainment over the coming years. This has already begun as the TikTok star announced her move into TV with the upcoming Netflix teen comedy He’s All That, a remake of the 1999 show She’s All That. The show is set to release on August 27.

Whether you know her for the TikTok stardom, her successful makeup line, or the few controversies she’s found herself in over the past year, there is no denying the success Addison Rae has found.

One of the biggest stars to rise from the TikTok era so far has been Tony Lopez. The social media star has garnered millions of followers over his multiple social media accounts and found a huge market for his style of content.

Since his rise, Lopez has collaborated with many of the platform’s largest stars including Charli D’Amelio, Addison Rae, and his brother Ondreaz Lopez.

The TikTok who is a former member of the Hype house hasn’t been without his share of controversy over the past few years including allegations of soliciting sexual acts and pornography from minors. As well as the nude photos of himself that were leaked online in 2019.

With so much having taken place in the short span of his career you may be wondering how old Lopez is.

How old is Tony Lopez?

Tony Lopez was born on August 19, 1999, and is currently 21 years of age.

During the rise of TikTok Lopez found fame in late 2019 with his dancing content and currently boasts over 22 million followers on the platform. Along with their dancing content on TikTok Lopez and his brother Ondreaz have hosted in-person dance workshops in the past.

The two brothers spun their TikTok fame into other social media avenues garners massive followings on Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

Despite his past controversies in the short duration of his career so far, Lopez has remained in the public eye as one of TikTok’s largest creators and looks set to continue this reign heading forward into the future.

A new trailer for Chapelwaite, the EPIX original show based on Stephen King’s Jerusalem’s Lot, just dropped. And it promises to give fans of the macabre a new horrifying story to enjoy.

Chapelwaite takes viewers to the Preacher’s Corners, Maine in the 1850s. Academy Award winner Adrien Brody stars as Captain Charles Boone, who brings his family to his ancestral home. Unfortunately, Boone’s wife dies at sea, which is only the beginning of his troubles.

Brody stars alongside Emily Hampshire, who recently starred in Schitt’s Creek.

Jerusalem’s Lot is a prequel to Salem’s Lot, another iconic story from the dark mind of Stephen King. Fans can expect the terrifying environment and storytelling King’s work is known for as Boone fights to protect his family. The tale was first published in 1978 as a short story in King’s Night Shift collection. Salem’s Lot, the sequel to Jerusalem’s Lot, is reportedly one of King’s favorite books, and fans can visit the iconic location years before the novel takes place.

Chapelwaite was initially intended to start filming in March 2020, but the COVID-19 Pandemic postponed filming until July 2020. Filming took place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing an excellent background for the dark story.

Chapelwaite premieres on EPIX on Aug 22.

The Dark Passenger is waiting… After originally ending in 2013, Dexter is back on our screens this fall as Michael C. Hall returns to his most famous role to check in on everyone’s favorite serial killer eight years later. The hype is high that the revival will manage to undo the damage inflicted on the Showtime show’s reputation by season 8, and what we’ve seen of the limited series so far has got our hopes up.

A new teaser trailer has now arrived thanks to the Dexter panel at [email protected] this weekend, which gives us our best look yet at what’s Dexter’s up to these days. Picking up a decade after Dexter went to ground in the original series finale, we’ll pick up with him living under an alias in Iron Lake, a sleepy upstate New York town. But try as he might to hide his dark past, as the trailer says, he can’t run from it forever.

The trailer reveals a brief glimpse at Clancy Brown as Kurt Caldwell, who’s been described as the “unofficial mayor” of Iron Lake who has some murky secrets of his own which will no doubt put him in conflict with Dexter. Other newcomers to the cast including Julia Jones as police chief Angela Jones, Alano Miller as police sergeant Logan and Johnny Sequoyah as Bishop’s daughter Audrey.

Though they aren’t featured in this promo, it’s been confirmed that two fan favorites from the original run will be returning alongside Hall for this revival – namely, John Lithgow as the Trinity Killer and Jennifer Carpenter as Debra Morgan. As fans know, both these characters are dead, so we’d expect them to appear via hallucinations, much like Dexter’s dad Harry did in past seasons. Actor James Remar has confirmed he’s not involved in season 9.

The Dexter revival is set to kick off its 10-episode run on Showtime this November 7th.

Following the comedic, 2D-animated Lower Decks, Star Trek is going boldly into a new medium with Star Trek: Prodigy, a CG-animated series aimed at a younger generation of fans. Not that older fans will be left out in the cold, though, as the show is also set to feature the return of Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway for the first time since Voyager ended 20 years ago. And you can get a preview of her comeback in this first teaser for the incoming show.

This trailer was revealed as part of the Star Trek block at today’s [email protected] virtual programming. The Prodigy panel was attended by the cast and creators Kevin and Dan Hageman (Trollhunters). Though this promo doesn’t reveal an exact release date, it does tell us to expect it to debut on Paramount Plus sometime this fall. Check it out below:

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Prodigy follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to take off into the stars in search of adventure, meaning and salvation. As the first Trek protagonists to not be affiliated with the interplanetary organization, the kids will come to learn more about Starfleet and what it stands for over time, thanks to the presence of Janeway’s hologram on board the ship.

Brett Gray stars as leader Dal (unknown species), Ella Purnell is Gwyn (Vau N’Akat), Angus Imrie is Zero (Medusan), Rylee Alazraqui is Rok-Tahk (Brikar), Dee Bradley Baker is Murf (adorable blob thing) and Jason Mantzoukas is Jankom Pog (Tellarite). Though originally intended to land on Nickelodeon, it was rerouted to a streaming release when Paramount Plus launched earlier this year and made the fact that it’s the hub for all Trek a major part of its marketing.

Don’t miss the 10-episode first season of Star Trek: Prodigy when it debuts sometime later this year. It will then air on Nickelodeon at some point before season 2 – which is already in the works – arrives.

After bringing a talking raccoon and a tree-man to the MCU in Guardians of the Galaxy, James Gunn is repeating the same trick with DC’s The Suicide Squad and has filled his version of Task Force X with some of the weirdest supervillains from the comics. Case in point, this new clip from the incoming movie showcases our first look at Nathan Fillion’s character in action. And he has maybe the strangest power we’ve ever seen in a superhero movie.

The 40-second clip sees the squad in the midst of a mission. While Rick Flag (Joel Kinnaman) and Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie) take shelter from enemy fire, T.D.K. (Fillion) is sent into the field. It’s here that we, and Harley, discover what T.D.K. stands for and what he does. T.D.K.’s full alias is The Detachable Kid and in order to stop the opposing troops he’s able to remove his arms from his body and telepathically send them ahead to attack.

“What the f**k?” Harley says, speaking for all of us. An embarrassed Flag then responds, “I didn’t pick the damn team!” Check out the clip via the tweet below:

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Just as fans had deduced a while ago, this clip confirms that Fillion is playing a loose adaptation of Arm-Fall-Off Boy, a would-be member of the Legion of Super-Heroes from the Silver Age. As well as having a slightly better name, TDK’s powers are also more developed than A-F-O Boy’s, as he could only use his removable arms as blunt weapons and couldn’t mentally control them like TDK.

Other kooky members of the Task Force X team include Weasel (Sean Gunn), Polka-Dot Man (David Dastmalchian) and King Shark (Sylvester Stallone). Robbie’s co-leads for this sequel are Idris Elba as Bloodsport, the man who put Superman in a coma with a Kryptonite bullet, and Peacemaker (John Cena), the soldier so dedicated to peace he’ll paradoxically kill anyone to achieve it. Cena will reprise his role in HBO Max’s Peacemaker TV series.

The Suicide Squad hits theaters and streaming from August 5th.

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune has been a long time coming. Originally scheduled for November 2020, the COVID pandemic pushed it back almost an entire year to October 2021. This meant a painful wait for fans of Frank Herbert’s classic science-fiction novel, especially as this looks to be the best live-action adaptation yet.

Herbert’s dense and often surreal fictional universe can take a while to grasp, but readers who put in the effort often fall head over heels in love with the series (to the point where you wish they would shut up about Dune already). But works in a book doesn’t necessarily work in a feature-length movie, as several past directors have discovered.

That being said, this new footage underlines that Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 helmer Denis Villeneuve may succeed where others have stumbled. Like the previous trailers, this proves that if nothing else, the movie will bring Arrakis to life, teasing shots of the desert planet and quick peeks at each of the main characters, showing off their cool Stillsuits and organic tech design.

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In addition, this trailer confirms that of all the movies being released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max this year, Dune is the one to catch on the big screen. I don’t care how big a TV you have, Villeneuve’s epic landscapes deserve to be appreciated on the grandest scale possible.

Despite all the signs looking good from these trailers, there are still a couple of caveats. One is that this installment is the first of two parts. Villeneuve explained in an interview that he didn’t think he could fit Dune‘s story into a single film, saying:

“I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie. The world is too complex. It’s a world that takes its power in details.”

This is a risky move as it’s unclear whether the sequel has been greenlit or whether its future rests on the success of part one (and at the back of my mind is the middling box office numbers for Blade Runner 2049).

In any case, right now, I’m just glad thatafter suffering through that year-long delay we’re finally getting Dune on October 22, 2021. We should get a better idea of how it’s turned out sooner though, as it’ll premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 3, 2021.