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Final Fantasy XIV is Getting a Live-Action TV Adaptation
Sony and Square Enix Announce New TV Project Good news for Final Fantasy XIV fans, they will be seeing a live-action TV adaptation of the game soon, courtesy of Hivemind Entertainment. This is the same production company behind Amazon’s The Expanse as well as Netflix’ upcoming The Witcher series. Just…
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Taika Waititi’s Live Action Akira Movie Gets May 2021 Release Date
Beloved Manga Series Heading to the Big Screen The live action movie adaptation of the beloved classic manga series Akira is moving forward and now has a release date. Sitting at the helm is none other than Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi who will be adapting from the books rather…
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Netflix’ Live-Action The Witcher Arriving Sooner Than Expected
Will the Monster Hunter Arrive on Halloween? Netflix‘ much anticipated live-action adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy novel series will be available to stream this year. Playing the titular ‘Witcher’ is of course, Henry Cavill, formerly of DC’s Superman. Contrary to what most fans think, the TV series is actually adapting…
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First Trailer for Live-Action Film ‘Doom: Annihilation’ Released
No Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson This Time Have you ever watched the 2005 movie adaptation of Doom starring Dwayne Johnson and wondered that it deserves a sequel? No!? Well too bad, because you are getting one anyway. Except this time, it doesn’t even have “The Rock” involved. Although, you can’t…
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Disney Streaming Platform Will Include The Entire Film Library
Disney Plus Will Include Entire Film Library At some point this year, Disney is expected to launch their own subscription based streaming service. Exactly what this will entail (or more accurately) include has, to date, been something of a mystery. Disney has, however, been working hard to acquire franchises over…
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Live Action One-Piece Adaptation Is Coming To Netflix
One Piece Is Heading To Netflix Currently spanning over 900 manga chapters and 800 anime episodes, the One Piece franchise is perhaps the biggest current Shonen Jump franchises around. If not the biggest, then it is certainly the longest still going. Running for such a length of time, the show…
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New Trailers Released For Disney Dumbo And Aladdin Films
Dumbo And Aladdin It is something of a growing trend at Disney in recent years to provide live-action adaptations to their classic catalogue. We have, after all, already seen this done for The Jungle Book, Alice In Wonderland and most recently Beauty and the Beast. With the Grammy awards being…
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Detective Pikachu Sequel Reportedly Already in the Works
Confident in the Film’s Upcoming Success Pokémon: Detective Pikachu is not due to be out in movie theaters until May 2019. However, Legendary Pictures is apparently extremely confident about their movie that they have already begun work on the sequel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company has already tapped Oren…
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Bethesda Fills New Fallout 76 Live Action Trailer with Good Vibes
Fun in the (Online) Wasteland Exploring the post apocalyptic world of Fallout can be a depressing endeavour. However, developer Bethesda Softworks wants fans to know that just because you will be running around in radioactive ruins and coming across various monsters and people that are out to kill (and possibly…
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Live Action Mega Man Movie Confirmed!
Live Action Mega Man Movie Confirmed! Mega Man is certainly a franchise was is seeing a pretty strong revival at the moment. If we overlook the (pretty bad) ‘Mighty Number 9’ that was for legal purposes, definitely not a Mega Man game, on the more positive side of things, we’ve…
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Bleach Live Action Adaptation Is Surprisingly Sharp!
Bleach Live Action Adaptation Is Surprisingly Good! In recent years we’ve seen a lot of beloved anime/manga franchises get the live-action treatment. Generally, they have all had one thing in common. They’ve been pretty terrible. Well, following the release of the Bleach adaptation on Netflix earlier this week, I decided…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Live-Action Series Coming to Netflix
Live-Action Adaptation on Netflix Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of the most award-winning animated shows in recent years. Now it is getting a second lease on life through a live-action Netflix TV series. This will be a reboot of the original series, which has to redeem itself after M.Night…
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Bleach Live Action Movie On The Way With Trailer Released
Bleach Fans of anime or manga will no doubt be aware of Bleach. It has, after all, been one of the most popular series in recent years. Despite the anime ending (for now) about 3 years ago, the manga (comic book for those unfamiliar) is still going. Well, despite being…
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Assassin’s Creed Television Series Being Developed
The fact that the big-screen adaptation of Assassin’s Creed is currently sitting with 17% critics score at Rotten tomatoes and is on track to lose up to $100 million USD has not deterred Ubisoft into adapting the game franchise into other mediums. This time, Ubisoft is looking to adapt the…
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