Author: Mary Anne Butler

I just want to start by saying if you’re really into either Riot Games’ League of Legends, or Netflix’s animated series “Arcane,” you HAVE to go visit Secret Cinema’s fully-immersive event in Los Angeles. When I say fully-immersive, I mean pretty darn fully. You’ll be able to visit and become a citizen of Piltover and Zaun!Working knowledge of this world isn’t strictly required, but it does certainly help. Once you purchase tickets for this special experience (two different price tiers of General Admission and Premiere), you’ll be required to set up an online profile via The Undercity. There is a…

The fourth entry in “The Matrix” franchise is almost here. After a well-received trailer, additional glimpses into the world of returning writer director Lana Wachowski continue to intrigue. This morning, it was 8 character posters, featuring some returning faces along with new. Lana Wachowski wrote and directed “The Matrix: Resurrections” which stars Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Daniel Bernhardt, Jada Pinkett Smith, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Lu Yi Henwick,  Jonathan Groff, Stephen Graham, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ellen Hollman, Brian J Smith, Toby Onwumere, Eréndira Ibarra, and Christina Ricci. Warner Bros. Pictures currently has “The Matrix Resurrections” set to release in theaters and HBO Max…

[Rain sounds, Vangelis playing] Los Angeles. November 2021. While doing ye olde press junket for his upcoming film “House of Gucci,” Ridley Scott dropped some pretty big news. According to the 83-year old auteur, a live-action television series based on his seminal film “Blade Runner” is in the works. This is not to be confused with Crunchyroll’s “Blade Runner: Black Lotus” anime which is currently airing. This would be a wholly new project. “We [have already] written the pilot for ‘Blade Runner’ and the bible. So, we’re already presenting ‘Blade Runner’ as a TV show, the first 10 hours,” Scott…

This just in- Netflix has officially ordered a second season of “Arcane!” “We’re beyond happy about the positive response to Arcane’s first season and are working hard with the creative wizards at Riot and Fortiche to deliver our second installment,” said “Arcane” co-creators Christian Linke and Alex Yee.  We know Hailee Steinfeld (Vi), Ella Purnell (Jinx), and Katie Leung (Caitlyn Kiramman) are reprising their voice roles. Netflix was mum on additional casting, but more news is coming. Catch “Arcane” season one on Netflix now.

If you can’t get enough “Guardians of the Galaxy,” you may want to plan to head to Walt Disney World in 2022. As we’ve known for sometime, the EPCOT area in Florida is getting an all-new attraction inspired by Marvel Studios’ hit films featuring the GoTG.Writer/director James Gunn has been our best source of information about Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. He teased the coaster earlier this year, and just showed an official poster for it as well! We know that cameras are rolling on “GoTG Vol. 3,” so hopefully we’ll get more info about that soon. Last we…

We know waiting for things is hard. Disney+’s live-action “Star Wars” content makes that wait even harder, because we know the shows are going to be good. Like the upcoming “The Book of Boba Fett,” which will continue the story of the bounty hunter following “The Mandalorian” season 2. We know that Temuera Morrison is back as Boba, and will be joined by the incredible Ming-Na Wen as Fennic Shand. Check out these two Empire Magazine covers highlighting the iconic character from a galaxy far, far away. Empire’s January 2021 issue gets the inside story on Boba Fett’s glorious rebirth…

We very much enjoyed Kevin Smith’s take on “Masters of the Universe” for Netflix. The animated series, “Masters of the Universe: Revelation,” boasted an incredible voice cast, and one of our favorite working composers. Emmy winner Bear McCreary created the score for the series, and has said it was a dream come true. We highly suggest reading McCreary’s in-depth blog about the experience on his website here.”Masters of the Universe: Revelation” part 2 hits Netflix this coming week. The pair of Smith and McCreary wanted to share some of their enthusiasm about the project with fans. So, enjoy this chat…

Tom Holland, adorable actor and source of spoilers extraordinaire, has done it again. The Brit has a history of ‘accidentally’ spoiling things about his films through his infectious exuberance. Not that we blame him, because imagine having his career and NOT wanting to enthuse about everything. This most recent slip comes after the new “Spider-Man: No Way Home” trailer hit. A key moment in said trailer seems to showcase villain The Lizard getting punched by an invisible force. Fan theories all seem to agree maybe the punch-thrower might be one of the previous Spider-Man actors rumored to appear in the…

Betcha thought we were done writing about “Dune,” huh? Much like Muad’Dib’s holy war, WE’LL NEVER BE DONE! Especially when 2021 retelling director Denis Villeneuve continues to drop details in interviews. Like today’s tidbit- those beautifully designed white-helmet wearing CHOAM Spacing Guild reps on Caladan weren’t Guild Navigators. If you’ll recall, in the first 10 minutes of this new version of Frank Herbert’s seminal science fiction tale, a delegation from the Paddishaw Emperor Shaddam IV comes to House Atreides homeworld of Caladan. The reason? To officially offer stewardship of planet Arrakis to Duke Leto, taking over from the notorious House…

This just in- Natasha Liu Bordizzo has been tapped by Disney+ to play iconic “Star Wars” character Sabine Wren for upcoming series “Ahsoka.” Bordizzo’s debut as Snow Vase in Netflix’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” absolutely shows she knows her way around a weapon, so we’re pretty excited.We know that Rosario Dawson will be back as the title character in “Ahsoka” after making her debut in season 2 of “The Mandalorian.” And, we’ll have “Kenobi” to look forward to as well. This story is developing….