It’s been nearly two years since The Witcher premiered to high praise on Netflix, and we now finally have our first look at season 2 of the fantasy show hot off the presses and straight out of WitcherCon.

The first ever WitcherCon was full of exciting announcements about the series as well as the game franchise, but the trailer was the show’s big kicker. As one might expect, it has a heavy focus on Geralt and Ciri, two of the show’s main characters. Season 1 left off with Geralt finally reaching Siri and embracing the girl in the woods. “So, I’m your destiny?” Ciri says at the beginning, to which Geralt answers “You’re much more than that, Cirilla.”

The first season took an interesting approach to the storytelling of Andrzej Sapkowski’s books, jumping back and forth between different eras in the timeline of the plot. Many viewers complained about this, saying that it was confusing at times. Season 2 looks to be following a much more straightforward approach.

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The trailer ends with the reveal that Yennefer is indeed still alive after basically fire-bombing Nilfgaardian soldiers at Sodden Hill in the final episode of season 1. The powerful sorceress is looking a little rough, though, so her storyline will almost certainly be one to follow in the new incarnation of the show.

The wait for season two has been long, especially after COVID forced shooting delays last year. But the Netflix series is sure to expand on the first season with even more monsters, magic, sexiness, and a lot more of Henry Cavill’s astoundingly straight jawline than fans can handle.

Season two of The Witcher premieres on Netflix in its entirety at the end of this year on December 17.

As strange as it sounds, the Ted Bundy business has been booming recently. Since the beginning of 2019 alone, we’ve seen Zac Efron give a career-best performance as the infamous serial killer in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, and there’s another two spins on the Bundy story coming this year through American Boogeyman and No Man of God.

Chad Michael Murray portrays the killer in the former, which is coming to VOD next month, but No Man of God is getting out of the gate first having already screened for critics. Luke Kirby, who won an Emmy for his supporting turn in Amazon’s awards season favorite The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, gets into the mindset of Bundy as he faces execution and strikes up an unlikely rapport with Elijah Wood’s Bill Hagmaier.

No Man of God isn’t releasing until August 27th, but the early reviews have been encouraging, with the crime drama currently sitting on a solid Rotten Tomatoes score of 76%. Wood is a very underrated dramatic actor that excels when he plays the sort of parts you wouldn’t typically expect to see him inhabit, and his wide-eyed mix of stoicism and unease looks to play well against the unnerving charisma of Kirby’s Bundy.

Amber Sealey directs from a script by Doctor Strange and Sinister scribe C. Robert Cargill, and the filmmaker revealed that she struck up a friendship with the real-life Hagmaier, the FBI agent credited with convincing Bundy to come clean about the extent of his crimes while awaiting the death penalty, so No Man of God could offer an insight into their exchanges that other projects of a similar ilk could not. After three feature films and two docuseries in the space of two years, it’ll take a lot to stand out from the Bundy back, but the trailer looks hugely promising.

The industry’s Stephen King obsession is still in full effect, and there’s only going to be more adaptations of the horror icon’s work than ever before thanks to the advent and unstoppable rise of the streaming service. We’re getting dozens upon dozens of movies and TV shows across the theatrical, cable, network and streaming roster looking at the sheer volume of titles in development, with Epix’s Chapelwaite up next.

The ten-episode series is an interpretation of King’s 1978 short story Jerusalem’s Lot, and as you may have inferred from the title, it is indeed a prequel of sorts to Salem’s Lot, which in itself is getting a remake that’s reportedly eying Jake Gyllenhaal and Christoph Waltz for the two lead roles, and if you’re familiar with the premise then you may have an idea of where Chapelwaite may or may not be heading.

Academy Award winner Adrien Brody headlines the cast as Captain Charles Boone, who decides to relocate his family to the quiet town of Preacher’s Corners, which is of course in King’s home state of Maine. Grieving for the death of his wife at sea, Charles soon discovers that moving into his ancestral home may not have been the wisest move, forcing him to reckon with the secrets and revelations of both his past and that of the Boone clan at large.

Modern horror doesn’t tend to veer into the Gothic all that often, which should ensure that Chapelwaite marks a change of pace from the typical Stephen King stories that tend to simply slap a supernatural or mystical element onto an everyday setting. His career may not have reached the heights predicted for it two decades ago, but Brody remains a phenomenal actor if he’s handed strong enough material, with the chilling tale of a troubled family set to present him with what could be his meatiest role in a long time.

If you enjoyed the trailer, then the bad news is that Chapelwaite doesn’t premiere on Epix until August 22nd, but the good news is that it also means we should be getting at least one more full-length promo between now and then.

Sad that there’s only one episode left to go of Loki? Don’t be, as your next Marvel TV obsession is right around the corner. In just over a month’s time, arguably the most unique Marvel Studios production released so far debuts on Disney Plus. It’s Marvel’s What If…?, the animated anthology series that will check in on a different reality each episode. This Thursday, Disney finally dropped the first trailer for the show, which features numerous familiar faces in fresh contexts. Check it out via the player above.

The trailer begins with a scene that mirrors how the MCU kicked off back in 2008’s Iron Man – but this time, Tony Stark is rescued in the desert by Killmonger! Other alternate worlds glimpsed in the promo include one where T’Challa has become Star-Lord, Peggy Carter is Captain Britain, the Guardians defeated Loki in the Battle of New York and even one where the Avengers are all zombies, a la the Marvel Zombies universe.

In most cases, the show will see the cast of the MCU reprising their roles, with the likes of Chris Hemsworth, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael B. Jordan, Hayley Atwell, Michael Rooker and the much-missed Chadwick Boseman heard in this trailer. Unfortunately, despite fans hoping otherwise, Robert Downey Jr. will not be returning as Iron Man, with a different performer voicing the character. Elsewhere, Westworld‘s Jeffrey Wright will be joining the franchise as The Watcher, who will be narrating each episode.

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The trailer dropped alongside the first poster for the series, which you can find in the gallery above. It showcases even more alt-heroes, including Gamora in Thanos’ armor, a victorious Ultron and… wait, is that Spider-Man as the Sorcerer Supreme?

From director Bryan Matthews and showrunner A.C. Bradley, Marvel’s What If…? kicks off its 10-episode first season – a second is already on the way – on Wednesday, August 11th. In the meantime, don’t miss Black Widow in theaters this weekend and the Loki finale next week.

Netflix has released a new trailer for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness ahead of the show’s release later this week, this time with attention focused squarely on Raccoon City survivor Leon S. Kennedy. The former police officer, now an agent and bodyguard hired tasked with protecting the US president at all costs, is faced with yet another nightmare mere years following his detour in rural Spain, this time in the form of a terrorist attack on the White House.

Joined by several colleagues, Leon, something of an expert you might say, on the topic of undead assailants, once again comes face to face with an army of walking corpses during the events of Infinite Darkness, introducing himself in today’s trailer shortly after saving the life of another security guard. Proceeding on foot to the Oval Office, he and the remaining staff escort the country’s leader to the safety of a bunker before departing to sweep the building for any further intruders.

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Unsurprisingly, the footage offers absolutely no insight on the individual responsible for this outbreak or, for that matter, what their motives are, though it’s safe to say that discovering the truth will be no easy task. Elsewhere, Claire Redfield will be performing her own investigation into suspicious activities, with both heroes, last seen together during the events of Resident Evil 2, likely to reunite as a means of combating this new threat to civilian life.

Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness releases tomorrow, July 8th, and is due to be followed later in the year with two live-action productions based on the franchise, one a feature-length reboot; the other an episodic series once again produced by Netflix. See here for all the latest announcements concerning the latter.

It has been more than seven years since the last RoboCop film hit theaters, and it’s been nearly 35 years since the very first film released and began a now-iconic media franchise.

There have been several video games based on the movies in the past, but NACON announced today that a new game, RoboCop: Rogue City, will be developed by Teyon and released in 2023 on console and PC. The game will feature a new story while being based on the first three films in the series (released in the late 1980s and early 1990s). There have been five RoboCop video games, with the last being released in 2003.

NACON said in a press release that the developers, working alongside MGM, aim to “develop an authentic RoboCop game experience that is faithful to the franchise’s DNA, while immersing gamers in an original story that enables them to play as none other than RoboCop himself.”

The film series centers around former Detroit police officer Alex Murphy, who was murdered by crime boss Clarence Boddicker. Omni Consumer Products then used parts of his body and transformed him into RoboCop. The original film was well-received by critics, but the second and third films did not perform as well at the box office or critically. The series was revived with the 2014 film RoboCop, which received mixed reviews but brought in nearly $250 million at the box office worldwide.

Netflix launched a unique movie/TV hybrid last week which is going down a storm with viewers. The Fear Street trilogy – a trio of teen horror films – is releasing weekly for the first three Fridays of this month, offering subscribers the thrill of a feature-length chiller but also the cliffhanger endings and anticipation for next week’s chapter that comes with watching a TV show. Following Part 1: 1994 debuting on July 2nd, the first trailer for Fear Street Part 2: 1978 has now arrived. Check it out via the player above.

The story of the darkness that plagues the town of Shadyside continues in this middle entry in the trilogy, which sees the action travel back to 1978, where the teens spending their summer at Camp Nightwing find themselves trapped in a nightmare when a(nother) masked murderer starts taking them out one by one. As revealed in this trailer, we’ll be learning about the horrors that Gillian Jacobs’ C. Berman experienced in her own adolescence.

Stranger Things star Sadie Sink leads the cast this time, as joined by Emily Rudd, McCabe Slye, Ryan Simpsons and Brandon Spink. Meanwhile, Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores Jr., Olivia Scott Welch and others reprise their roles from Part 1 in the wraparound narrative. Here’s how the full synopsis puts it:

“Shadyside, 1978. School’s out for summer and the activities at Camp Nightwing are about to begin. But when another Shadysider is possessed with the urge to kill, the fun in the sun becomes a gruesome fight for survival.”

Just as the 90s-set opening chapter tipped its hat to Scream, Part 2 promises to pay homage to the great horrors of the 70s. The summer camp setting instantly brings to mind 1980’s Friday the 13th while one scene in the trailer teases a prank involving a bucket of fake blood – i.e. 1976’s Carrie. What’s more, the year of 1978 is a key one in horror history as it was the year the original Halloween hit theaters.

Fear Street Part 2: 1978 premieres on Netflix this Friday, July 9th. The trilogy – which this trailer boldly labels “the movie event of the summer” – then concludes with Part 3: 1666 on July 16th.

The final season of The Walking Dead will no doubt be one to remember. As the conclusion to the core show, it’ll wrap up plot lines that’ve been developing ever since things kicked off back in October 2010. And with a premiere date of August 22nd locked in, the hype machines are starting to heat up.

A recent promo offered us a peek at season 11’s opening two-parter, which is set to reintroduce us to the Commonwealth and showed Eleanor Matsuura (Yumiko), Paola Lazaro (Princess), and Khary Payton (Ezekiel) goofing around behind the scenes. There was also a hint that the action is being kicked up a notch, too, as Payton said he feels like he’s in a cinematic production.

Now, we have some more to chew on, with the above promo landing online today and bringing us a tantalizing tease of what we’re in for. Unfortunately, it doesn’t feature any footage from the new episodes, but it does at least set the stage for the final season of The Walking Dead, which can’t get here soon enough.

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Of course, given that this is the last run of the show, expectations are through the roof and it’s fair to say that the last few years have been a bit bumpy. That being said, season 10 certainly delivered the goods and then some and all the signs are pointing to a suitably explosive ending for The Walking Dead.

Speaking of which, just because the parent show is coming to a close, that doesn’t mean the franchise itself is done on television. Far from it, in fact. With several spinoffs already airing, and many more to come – not to mention those movies starring Andrew Lincoln – AMC’s zombie drama has a very bright future ahead of it.

We’re still waiting on an official sequel announcement for the recent live-action reboot, which is no doubt coming soon, but Mortal Kombat fans are at least getting another feature-length animated adventure in the not too distant future.

Yes, as you no doubt know, Jennifer Carpenter and Joel McHale have been confirmed to return as Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, which has been in the works for a while now and will be with us later this summer – on August 31st.

First installment Scorpion’s Revenge scored solid reviews from critics and fans, and sits on a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Naturally, then, folks are excited about Battle of the Realms, and the first trailer has now landed online, teasing us with another bloody and violent outing. And frankly, we wouldn’t have it any other way.

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As far as plot details go, well, it’s not like anyone will be watching this for the story, but for what it’s worth, it’ll see Outworld ruler Shao Kahn entrap Raiden into having his warriors take part in yet another tournament to decide the fate of Earthrealm. So in other words, it’s pretty standard stuff for the series.

Will it be able to live up to the heights set by Scorpion’s Revenge, though? That remains to be seen, but with both that film and the aforementioned live-action reboot performing so well, the pressure is certainly on for Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms to deliver the goods and we’ll find out if it can later this summer.

Tell us, though, will you be picking up the sequel when it hits Blu-ray and digital in August? Let us know below.

After Godzilla vs. Kong defied the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic to earn $444 million at the box office, it was inevitable that Warner Bros. and Legendary’s MonsterVerse would continue. Sure enough, director Adam Wingard was swiftly revealed to be in talks with the studio to helm the next chapter in the franchise, which may or may not be Son of Kong. However, a new fan trailer has imagined the chaos and unimaginable carnage that would ensue if Toho’s classic run of films had introduced… Clifford the Big Red Dog.

The beloved children’s favorite is getting the live-action treatment with Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip‘s Walt Becker behind the camera, and the family film is scheduled to hit theaters this September. The fan trailer decides to put an entirely different spin on the recently released first promo for Clifford the Big Red Dog, by imagining the massive canine as a nuclear abomination with the power to wreak havoc on Tokyo, a premise that sounds much more appetizing if we’re being perfectly honest.

A god incarnate, a city doomed.

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— Matt McMuscles (@MattMcMuscles) June 29, 2021

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The footage spliced together works surprisingly well, even if it is incredibly jarring to heard Godzilla’s signature roar coming out of Clifford’s mouth, but sadly the feature film rights to the literary character belong to Paramount, so the chances of seeing him throw down with the residents of the Hollow Earth are slim to none.

You’ve got to hand it to the brains behind the fan trailer, because it certainly paints Clifford the Big Red Dog in a very different and much more exciting light than what’s no doubt going to be a cloying and overly saccharine adaptation, especially when Becker’s track record as a director is hardly bursting with classics.