86 was a major success upon its initial release in the Spring 2021 anime season. Based on the light novel series by Asato Asato, its first cour (a quarter of the year) brought in countless viewers to engage with its intense mecha fights that wrapped around a story that discussed the horrors of racism and the danger of othering groups of people.

The series had announced a second cour of the show would be appearing in the Fall 2021 season but had not released further details about it until now. Today, the official website for the show released the first trailer for the second season of the show.

For those who haven’t seen the first season of the show, Yen press, the publisher of the light novel in English, describes the story as follows.

“The Republic of San Magnolia has been attacked by its neighbor, the Empire. Outside the 85 districts of the Republic there is the ‘non-existent 86th district,’ where young men and women continue to fight. Sheen directs the actions of young suicide bombers, while Lena is a “curator” who commands a detachment from a remote rear. The story of the tragic struggle between these two begins!”

The second season of 86 is set to premiere in October. The first season of the anime is currently available to stream on Crunchyroll.

Natalie Wynn, more commonly known as Contrapoints, recently released a video after six months of her channel having zero uploads. Her 1.38 million subscribers, alongside many others apparently, were all eagerly awaiting for the video to drop as ‘Envy’ has already broken past 2 million views only 10 days after it was released.

‘Envy’ is the sequel to her September 2020 video called ‘Justice’ which covered punishment, abolition, and how that intersects with internet cultures. That 43-minute long video is currently sitting at 2,072,317 views while ‘Envy’ has already reached 2,070,029 despite its massive length of one hour and forty-eight minutes.

The new video covers the titular topic as well as resentment-based politics, and how that specifically interfaces with online cultures. “The whole internet is about jealousy. It creates such animosity between people because it’s all about people envying each other. It’s so unhealthy in every possible way,” she told The Guardian in an interview in June. She also discussed how she had been studying Buddism while preparing to make the video.

Love her or hate her, it is undeniable that Contrapoints holds particular sway in the niche YouTube community known as “BreadTube.” While she has been the center of controversy before, it looks like she’s taken the spotlight once again in a serious way.

Any kid who watched the Disney Channel back in the 90s is sure to remember Under Wraps. It was Disney’s first-ever Disney Channel Original Movie and their first horror-themed television film to boot. The wacky story of Marshal, Amy, and Gilbert befriending a zombie is a classic, if a bit cheesy, Halloween flick that no one had expected to get a remake.

Recently, Disney released a trailer for the movie that is set to star Christian J. Simon, Malachi Barton, Sophia Hammons, and Phil Wright. The story follows the basic premise of the original film with a much more modern feel.

Lauren Kisilevsky, Senior Vice President, Original Movies, Disney Branded Television, discussed her excitement over the movie being brought back to life.

“We are excited to welcome our audience back into the Halloween spirit and celebrate the unlikely friendship between three kids and a mummy as they embark on an adventure and ultimately save the day.”

Under Wraps is set to premiere on the Disney Channel in October 2021.

Just as one Star Wars animated series concludes, another one is just beginning. And this one is breaking new ground for the sci-fi saga. Hot on the heels of Star Wars: The Bad Batch wrapping up its first season is Star Wars: Visions, the franchise’s very first anime.

A nine-part anthology series, Visions comes from seven of the most acclaimed anime studios around, including Studio Colorido, TRIGGER, and Science SARU. And this gorgeous new trailer teases the kind of exciting action and top-quality animation we can expect from the show. Check it out via the player above.

Visions isn’t expected to adhere to established Star Wars canon too closely, as exec producer James Waugh has previously explained that the idea was to give creators “a wide creative berth” and let them explore the galaxy “through the unique lens of anime.”

Having said that, many episodes can be slotted into the timeline. Episode 2 Lop and Ocho—from Gene Studio—is set during the height of the Empire, in between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Meanwhile, finale The Ninth Jedi explores what became of the Jedi Knights after The Rise of Skywalker.

All nine episodes will drop in one go on Disney Plus, instead of being released weekly, as with other Lucasfilm productions. A cool feature of its release is that it will debut with both English and Japanese voiceovers, so it’ll be left up to the individual viewer how they want to experience the show and to choose their preferred dub.

The Star Wars saga has always been influenced by elements of anime and Japanese culture as a whole, so it’s surprising it’s taken so long for a project like this to materialize. Thankfully, we don’t have too much longer to wait until Star Wars Visions gets here. Catch all nine episodes on Disney Plus when they launch on Wednesday, Sept. 22.

After Twitch opened the floodgates with their streaming marathon of The Joy of Painting in 2015, it seems that the hype for Bob Ross hasn’t died down since. People have wanted to see and hear more about the painter so much that a special documentary titled Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed was created and is set to release on Netflix on August 25th.

Bob Ross was always known for valuing his privacy and being secretive about his life, and Bob Ross Inc. has previously been incredibly protective of his image. This makes the creepy music in the trailer and hints that he might have a darker past all the more intriguing as viewers may have a lot more to discover about this artistic icon.

“Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed brings us the shockingly untold story of the prolific landscape artist and host of The Joy of Painting. With a keen appreciation for nature, and a kind and gentle demeanor, Bob Ross encouraged everyone he met to embrace their creativity and believe in themselves, becoming a cultural phenomenon along the way. The man who famously said that there were no mistakes – just happy accidents – has brought sheer delight to the world for decades. Beyond the iconic hair, soothing voice and nostalgic paintings lies a mystery that many have yet to discover.”

Official Synopsis From Netflix

Fans will just have to speculate on just what be shared in the film as Netflix says they cannot release the “official” trailer until after the documentary is released. For now, fans can try to keep content by watching the entirety of The Joy of Painting for free on YouTube.

Following the critical (if not so much commercial) success of The Suicide Squad, DC fans are desperate to know where Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn will go from here. That’s currently unclear, but there are a couple of projects that have been stuck in development for years and could fit the bill. James Gunn has thrown doubt on Gotham City Sirens happening anytime soon, though, so that leaves Harley Quin vs. the Joker as one possibility.

And this fan-made trailer for the movie concept teases that it could be an epic showdown of the clowns if it ever became a reality. Binge Watch This devised this trailer, which pitches Robbie’s Harley and Jared Leto’s Joker tearing up Gotham City as they engage in an action-charged battle against each other and other villains from Batman’s rogues gallery. Though this promo only repurposes footage from the duo’s previous appearances, it’s enough to convince us that it could make a great follow-up to The Suicide Squad.

Harley Quinn vs. the Joker was announced way back in 2017, and over the years we’ve received the odd update that tells us it’s still on the table despite not being in active development. This is Us writers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa remain attached to write and direct the film, which would actually be pitched as a comedy. Seeing as Zack Snyder’s Justice League brought back Leto’s Joker earlier this year, the movie isn’t as unlikely to materialize as it once was.

New Images From The Suicide Squad Show Task Force X In Action

Robbie has revealed that she’s ready to return to her beloved role, while Gunn’s said that he and the Australian star have discussed working together again. The actress generally seems keen to pair her character up with other female DC icons, like Poison Ivy or Batgirl, however, so that’s maybe a mark against a vs. Joker movie happening. Unless they rename it Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy and Batgirl vs the Joker. That could work.

Catch Robbie’s Harley Quin in The Suicide Squad, in theaters and on HBO Max now.

Fans who’ve been waiting patiently for a peek at the tenth season of FX’s hit horror anthology are in luck! The first trailer for American Horror Story: Double Feature dropped today. The show is supposed to take place “by the sea” in Red Tide and “by the sand” in Death Valley, with the show being split into two separate parts. This will allow them to pack twice the punch into what looks to be an already impressive season.

After a year of delays due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it’s about time we got to see this phenomenal cast — featuring names like Matt Bomer, Macaulay Culkin, Leslie Grossman, Angelica Ross, Frances Conroy Adina Porter, Chad Michaels, and Denis O’Hare — all together on screen.

American Horror Story: Double Feature — Part I: Red Tide will premiere on August 25th exclusively on FX with episodes available to stream the next day through FX on Hulu.

Ed Sheeran and anime aren’t two words that usually go together but today that isn’t the case! For his newest single “Bad Habits,” he collaborated with long-time fan and artist Rui Ikeda to create a special music video for the song that Warner Music Japan began streaming on Wednesday.

The video features a young woman falling in love with a vampire that likes to enjoy the wild nightlife that can be found in Tokyo.

Ikeda’s videos and animations were already popular on TikTok where she has previously professed to be a major fan of Ed’s music. This isn’t the first time Ed Sheeran has worked with a manga artist to create an animated music video either, having previously worked with Yoriko Hoshi to create a music video for his song “Supermarket Flowers.”

Compared to the succession of tedious action thrillers he’d been pumping out for the better part of a decade, Nicolas Cage has been on a hell of a roll over the last couple of years. In fact, if his next few releases live up to their undoubted potential, then we could be talking about the actor’s hottest streak since the mid-90s when he delivered the phenomenal quartet of Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock, Con Air and Face/Off one after the other.

Sure, there have been a couple of stinkers along the way like The Humanity Bureau, Running with the Devil and Kill Chain, but since 2018 the Academy Award winner has appeared in acclaimed animations Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Teen Titans Go! to the Movies, psychological mindf*cks Mandy and Color Out of Space, tongue in cheek amusement park slasher Willy’s Wonderland and Pig, which is the best-reviewed live-action film of his entire career.

First Images Revealed From Nicolas Cage’s Latest Insane Adventure Prisoners Of The Ghostland

Next up is supernatural thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland, which arrives on September 17th, and as you can see from the latest trailer, this thing looks positively insane. Cage stars as a bank robber named Hero who gets broken out of jail in a place called Samurai Town by an evil governor, whose adopted granddaughter has been kidnapped and taken to an alternate dimension.

Strapped into a leather jumpsuit riddled with explosive that detonates in five days, Hero sets out to find the damsel in distress and clearly encounters all sorts of wild and crazy sh*t along the way. Prisoners of the Ghostland premiered on the festival circuit earlier this year and drew strong reviews, and all of them say the same thing: It provides Cage Rage at its finest.

YouTube and Vine have birthed a brand new generation of comedians, many of whom are gaining a foothold on YouTube and beginning to branch out into other mainstream avenues. Drew Gooden, a Viner-turned-YouTuber, is one such up-and-coming comedian. He has already written his name in halls of meme history, as the father of the iconic “Road Work ahead” Vine. 

There’s quite a bit more to Gooden than just his years-old work on Vine, however. Since the long lost days of the favored video sharing platform, Gooden has carved out a place for himself among some of YouTube’s most popular comedic creators. 

Gooden’s humorous uploads touch on just about every avenue of entertainment YouTube has to offer. He does reaction videos, skits, commentary videos, and has even collaborated with his wife on a few more recent uploads. His comedic talents have rocketed him to popularity on the platform, where he has earned 3.13 million subscribers. His videos consistently get views in the millions, and his fans eagerly await each somewhat sporadic upload. 

Gooden hasn’t stopped at YouTube, either. His work in comedy also brought him to the stage, where he toured during the fall of 2019 along with fellow Viners Danny Gonzalez and Kurtis Conner. The tour, titled “We Are Two Different People,” was billed as a comedy tour, and leaned into the remarkably similar histories Gonzalez and Gooden have. Both are former Viners turned YouTubers, both are well into their careers at the ripe young age of 27, and both are, as the duo put it, “skinny white guys on the internet.” Kurtis, who also shares quite a bit in common with Gooden and Gonzalez, came along as the show’s opener.

So How Much Is Drew Gooden Worth?

Gooden’s career has continued to flourish since the good old days uploading 7-second clips to Vine. His work on YouTube, where he has more than 456 million views, has made him a recognizable face among fans of the site. It has also earned him approximately $1.48 million a year in ad revenue, according to Net Worth Spot.

But that’s just on YouTube. If you add in the revenue he may make off any future “skinny white guy” tours, combined with the revenue he makes from his online shop “The Little Stinker Zone,” he actually likely pulls in closer to $2.5 million. His shop sells a variety of comedically-influenced attire, including “Little Stinker” shirts, hoodies, and hats. Overall, his net worth is estimated somewhere in the $6 million range, which is an impressive goal post to hit several years before your 30th birthday.