By Kurt Balingit
Tom Hiddleston has announced that the Marvel series ‘Loki’ is moving up its release date two days to Wednesday, June 9. The weekly episodes of will be released on Wednesdays instead of Fridays, which is the usual days that Marvel shows “WandaVision” and “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier” follow on Disney+. In the true spirit of the God of Mischief, he needs to be the black sheep who does not follow the schedule. Even in our universe.
The announcement of the release date change was made in a video uploaded to Marvel’s YouTube channel. The video starts by playing a Marvel montage and is then interrupted by Tom Hiddleston talking about how Loki is always left out of superhero montages.
He mocks the Avengers montage by saying “I’ve noticed that in these long superhero montages, Loki tends to get a bit left out, even though arguably he’s incredibly heroic himself — cunning, charming, I could goon. But maybe…why don’t I just prove it to you. Wednesdays are the new Fridays,”
The upcoming series “Loki” follows the God of Mischief and takes place after escapes the Avengers in “Avengers: Endgame.” The Trailers for the series show Loki being recruited by the Time Keepers, a mysterious organization called to fix the flow of time and several alternate realities.
by Emily Nagle
After 7 seasons, “The Flash” regulars Carlos Valdes and Tom Cavanagh will be departing from the series.
When he first started on the show in 2014, Valdes played Francisco “Cisco” Ramon, who helped create Flash’s super-suit. His character eventually took on the superhero alter ego of Vibe/Mecha-Vibe.
Cavanagh played scientist Harrison Wells, in addition to Flash’s nemesis Eobard Thawne. He was originally supposed to finish the show with season 6, but the pandemic shutdown caused him to stay for the first three episodes of season 7 to wrap up his storylines.
While they may not be appearing regularly on the show anymore, executive producer and showrunner Eric Wallace has announced that the two are welcome to return as guest stars further down the road. “Tom and Carlos have been an integral part of our show for seven seasons, and will be greatly missed,” he issued in a statement. “Both are incredible talents who created beloved characters that fans and audiences around the world have come to love. Which is why we are happily keeping the door open for return appearances.”
By Kurt Balingit
This weekend saw the debut of two big studio titles, both of which went directly to streaming platforms. Paramount’s Tom Clancy film “Without Remorse,” and Sony Animation’s “The Mitchells vs the Machines,” were launched on Amazon Prime and Netflix. On the Netflix chart. “The Mitchells vs the Machines” is currently the number one movie on Netflix.
After narrowly losing first place last weekend, “Demon Slayer: Mugen Train” has surged ahead of “Mortal Kombat” on U.S. box office charts. Funimation’s anime action adventure “Demon Slayer” ended the weekend with $6.4 million in ticket sales, with “Mortal Kombat” trailing behind it with $6.2 million. Both films debuted last weekend and dipped roughly 70% from last week.
- Demon Slayer: Mugen Train – $6,412,933 ($34,118,776 total gross)
- Mortal Kombat – $6,235,000 ($34,087,000 total gross)
- Godzilla vs. Kong – $2,820,000 ($90,390,000 total gross)
- Separation – $1,800,162 ($1,800,162 total gross)
- Raya and the Last Dragon – $1,381,155 ($41,627,102 total gross)
Demon Slayer was released in Japan in 2020 and is the Japan’s top grossing film of all time raking in $361 million there. After it’s release to U.S theaters it has made just over $400 million.
The only new release this weekend was William Brent Bell’s horror film “Separation,” which earned $1.8 million and an 9% Tomatometer score which was the worst score from all releases in 2021, beating Chaos Walking’s 23%. We have been seeing a trend in demographics attending the theater and younger, male audiences are turning out on opening weekend seeing action films
by Emily Nagle
Following a multiyear deal made back in January, Hulu has finally added ViacomCBS’ properties to their live TV service.
Announced Friday, Hulu+ Live TV will now have nine ViacomCBS networks available at no extra cost. Among these new additions are Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, and MTV. For more channels, customers can purchase the Entertainment add-on package for an extra $7.99/month to get TeenNick, NickToons, and MTV Classic. The package also offers Discovery properties, including CNBC, Discovery Family, and the American Heroes Channel.
Not only does this deal bring ViacomCBS channels to Hulu+ Live TV, but it also brings several shows to the on-demand video service including “Moesha”, “Freaks and Geeks”, and “Sister Sister”.
Hulu+ Live TV offers more than 75 live TV channels for only $64.99/month ($70.99/month without ads), and comes with access to their video-on-demand service.
by Emily Nagle
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Recently when I was scrolling through Netflix, I got “Kid Cosmic” recommended to me, and when I saw it was made by Craig McCracken – the creator of some of my childhood favorites such as “The Powerpuff Girls” and “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – I was all in.
“Kid Cosmic” is about the imaginative, excitable Kid, a young boy living in a junkyard who dreams of leading a team of superheroes. When a spaceship crash lands in his quiet desert town, leaving behind 5 Cosmic Stones of Power, this big dream finally seems like it can become real. Kid discovers that the stones give power to whoever is wearing them. The catch? Now, aliens are attacking the town. Once Kid assembles a ragtag team of heroes to defend Earth from intergalactic forces, he learns that there’s more to being a hero than just glory.
While Kid gets the hang of learning how to fly, his grandfather Papa G has the power to multiply himself, 4-year-old Rosa grows to be 40 feet tall, teenage waitress Jo has the ability create portals, and even a fat cat named Tuna Sandwich who can see into the future.
In addition to the creator being familiar to me, another aspect of this show that made me want to start watching was the art style. It looks like a comic book, and I found out that its art style was inspired by comics like “Dennis the Menace” and “The Adventures of Tintin”. For a superhero series like this, it works perfectly, and makes the show feel like a graphic novel come to life!
Over the course of the first season, you really get to see Kid’s mindset change. At first, he’s super picky about who joins his team, as seen when Rosa gets ahold of one of the rings and Kid gets upset because he just sees her as a baby. However, Kid doesn’t have much experience himself with leading a team, with all of his knowledge on leadership coming from what he’s read in the comics. With so many people viewing him as the weird superhero-loving kid living in a junkyard, he wants a chance to prove himself by saving the town. In one particular episode, Kid beats himself up mentally because everyone else on the team has saved the day except for him, and begins to doubt himself. As the show progresses, Kid realizes what it really means to be a hero, and how it’s okay to not be able to do everything himself.
I loved this show, and was delighted to hear that season 2 is already in production! I hope that the future episodes delve more into the development of the other members of the team of local heroes. I can understand why the first season focused completely on Kid coming to terms with what it means to be a hero – we have to understand where Kid is coming from, and why it’s so important for him to prove himself – but I would’ve liked to see more of the other characters as well.
By Kurt Balingit
‘Bedrock’, a sequel series to the legendary cartoon ‘The Flintstones’ is currently in the works at Fox from Warner Bros. The new series is set 20 years after the the original, and will be an adult animated comedy.
In addition to executive producing, Elizabeth Banks will star as the voice the now adult Pebbles Flintstone. In the show, Fred Flintstone is retiring from his job at Slate Rock and Gravel Company and Pebbles is beggining her own career. As the Stone Age evolves into the Bronze Age, the residents of Bedrock must get with the times as well.
Michael Thorn, president of entertainment for Fox Entertainment gives his thoughts on taking on this new look Flintstones…
“Long before the Simpsons and Springfield, the Griffins and Quahog or even when the Belchers started serving burgers on Ocean Avenue, there were the Flintstones and Bedrock,” said Michael Thorn, president of entertainment for Fox Entertainment. “Their imprint on the animation universe is undeniable and the idea of adapting it for today’s audience is a challenge we here at Fox are very much looking forward to taking on with Warner Bros., Elizabeth and Lindsay”
Michael Thorn, president of entertainment for Fox Entertainment.
The original series, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, ran for six seasons on ABC and was the first animated series to air in primetime. Fox’s free on-demand TV service Tubi has acquired the rights to all 6 seasons of the show and will launch it on May 1, riding on the back of its recent 60th anniversary.
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