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Elliot Grove asked me to list 5 essential things to make a no-budget B movie. Before I make my list, let me say I’ve made two no-budget short films, and now three no-budget feature films. And by no-budget, I mean films made with no producer or investor involvement, no granting or outside funding whatsoever … these films were made on a volunteer basis.

With what little money was spent on the film was paid for by those in front of and behind the camera. So now here are 5 things that go into making a no-budget B movie, along with a whole lot of ‘blood, sweat, and tears’:

1) Cast bartenders in your film, a lot of them!

That sounds weird, I know, but let me clarify this statement. I spent two years making Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001 – my first feature film) and over the course of those two years, I cast most of the film out of Dominion Tavern. I spent nearly 4 years making Enter the Drag Dragon (2023) and in that time, I cast most of the film out of the Chez Lucien. Like the Dominion Tavern, Chez Lucien was a bar I frequented here in Ottawa 2 or 3 times a week. Let me say here – I am not an alcoholic – but I liked frequenting these bars because it allowed to me see people on wanted to with on the film 2 or 3 times a week.

If I need to rely on individuals to be on set on time, to bring certain props, to build me something, to do sound or whatever on set – seeing them 2 or 3 times a week was a good way of easing my stress on who I could rely on. These people I was seeing 2 or 3 times a week were people I’d work with in front of and behind the camera – they would be barflies, friends, people I would meet for the first time, kitchen help, bus boys, and bartenders. Now bartenders are the key to your success, and here’s how: if you cast a bartender in your movie, and you spend 2 or 3 or 4 years making a movie, for 2 or 3 or 4 years, that bartender is going to brag to everyone one he/she serves about the film they star in … and this single casting decision will guarantee you a sold-out premiere. You’re welcome!

2) Be realistic in terms of a shooting schedule

There’s no hurry to finish your film. Enter the Drag Dragon is my 8th feature film. Out of those eight films, three were no-budget genre pictures, two I made in Mexico with funding, and the last three I made were made with proper budgets in place. Those three properly budgeted films were all released in 2009, they included Smash Cut (which was shot in 25 days), Summer’s Moon (which took just 20 long days to shoot), and my last film, Stripped Naked– I shot that piece in just 14 miserable days! Let me tell you, I hated being on the sets of those last two movies. Shooting a movie in two weeks isn’t about making the best movie you can make, it’s about getting through the day. That is not the way to make art, and if you take your creative self seriously – stay away from a two-week shooting production.

All that being said, and get this through your head right now – you are not shooting your no-budget feature film in two weeks! It took me two years to make Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter (2001), another two years to make Harry Knuckles and the Pearl Necklace (2004) and because of my mother’s passing and the COVID-19 lockdown – it took nearly four years to make Enter the Drag Dragon (2023). Believe it or not – I wish I was still making the movie. I say this because when you’re young, and you’re struggling to make your 1st or 2nd film, you dream about making a properly budgeted movie with someone else’s money. But what I realized after suffering through making those last two films, was that I was living the dream of making my first two films! For me, it’s not about creative control, it’s all about creative enjoyment – and making the best film you can make. If you spend two years making a no-budget film, shooting on the weekends and making every shot, every scene, the best they can be – you will not only make your best and most personal film – you will also have the time of your life!

3) Keep your crew small and your cast BIG

Firstly – having a small crew will allow you to move fast, get more shots done in a day and allow you more one on one time with the people in front of and behind the camera. You can only keep your crew small by learning your craft. Learn the camera, and be your own cameraman. Learn sound, learn what it takes to get good dialog recorded. Edit your own picture, no one is going to finish your no-budget film for you – you editing your own film is the only way the film is going to get finished. Learn After Effects, do your own special effects – this is something I still need to learn myself. Keeping the process of making movies a learning experience is a great way to keep your creative juices flowing and your energy level high during your 2 or 3 or 4 long years of making your no-budget film. Oh, and by the way – if you are shooting and editing your own film – you don’t need to use a clapper board – using one is just a waste of time on set – you want to move fast from one camera set up to the next – GET THAT COVERAGE!

Secondly – a big cast will give the illusion of a bigger budget and will allow you to schedule more freely. If you cast your film with a small cast, you’ll end up with few actors having all the meaty scenes and dialog in the film – you’ll end up having your shooting schedule revolve around your actors’ schedules – you’ll find yourself only shooting when your cast is available. But if you want to keep shooting every weekend – if you want to shoot more frequently, create as many characters as you can, cast many actors but most importantly – keep your lead characters to a minimum – aim to cast only one or two lead actors. This way you only really have to rely on two actors and you can schedule scenes around whoever is available that weekend. On Enter the Drag Dragon, we had 31 principal characters and really only two leads – it was easy to find something exciting and new to shoot every weekend.

4) Shoot for the stars!

Your no-budget feature film doesn’t have to look small, shoot BIG, and get inspired! One easy way to make your indie film look bigger than your pocketbook is to shoot your film in as many, lavish outdoor locations as you can. Show off the city you live in with glorious establishing shots and shoot just about every scene in a different location.

Trust me – the little gas money you spend on getting everyone to set will turn your seemingly no-budget film into a James Bond movie! But keep this in mind – if you live in a wintery climate (like I do here in Canada), you’ll find yourself shooting all your outdoor scenes in the Spring and Summer, and all your interior scenes in the winter – so schedule your BIG, exciting shooting days in the Spring and Summer. The sky is quite literally your limit.

5) DON’T “Fix it in post”

If anyone tells you “you can just fix it in post” … you simply won’t finish your film … it’s the absolute worst advice in cinematic history! Get it right on set, put more work into pre-production, and avoid post-production headaches! If you think to yourself that you can simply fix the mistakes you make on set, when you get home to your laptop – quite simply – you’re fooling yourself – nine times out of ten anyway. Real filmmakers are one step ahead of the game, they have their shot list planned before getting to set, and they know how the scene will be edited on set … none of this is achieved with the notion of ’fixing it in post’. You’re making a film, you’re not televising a sporting event.

BIG thanks to Elliot Grove and everyone at Raindance. I hope to see you all at the London premiere of my 8th feature film, Enter the Drag Dragon at the Prince Charles Cinema on Tuesday, April 11th at 9pm. It’s going to be a blast!

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At eight-thirty on March 27, a major Tel Aviv junction normally choked on a Monday night with late rush hour traffic instead hosted young Israelis in a frenzied victory dance. Hundreds of thousands of other Israelis had been protesting all day; one hoisted a sign comparing 1948—when Israelis also danced in the streets to celebrate the founding of the state—to 2023. An influential columnist similarly proclaimed: “This is our second 1948.”

The evening street revelers had just learned that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to pause the legislation of a series of measures to constrain, if not clobber, judicial independence in Israel. For three months, Israelis were panicking at the looming evisceration of the Supreme Court, the country’s most important constraint on state power, and mounted an extraordinary civic protest under the banner of democracy. After a wave of reservists in crack military units threatened not to report for duty, Israel’s defense minister (from Netanyahu’s Likud party) called to halt the legislation, and a day later, last Sunday, Netanyahu summarily fired him. The protestors went wild, blocking highways all night and bringing the country to a hair-raising standstill with a general strike. Netanyahu’s concession of a temporary pause was their greatest—and only—achievement so far. Many felt democracy was being reborn.

But at the very same time, another enormous crowd was dejected. Israel’s most right wing, overwhelmingly religious Jewish citizens were out in force at a large-scale demonstration in Jerusalem that same night. They longed for the government they had just elected last November to advance their interests, which include punishing the courts; to these voters, pausing the legislation was tantamount to electoral theft.

What looked like an imminent head-on collision between the two worlds has been momentarily suspended. But nobody knows which tectonic plate in Israel’s fault line will win, and which will crumble.

The worldviews of the two blocs are radically opposed; their communities so separate they hardly ever meet in daily life. The protest movement views the independent judiciary as the citizens’ best defender of individual rights, equality, civic and even progressive values. These democracy crusaders are secular or mildly religious; they voted for left, center and center-right parties; many even support peace with Palestinians in some form.

Supporters of the government’s plans believe Jewish law is the truest authority, and for the most devout among them, the only one. In their view, the Court interferes with god’s plans for Jewish redemption by upholding the rights of LGBTQ, women, Arab citizens of Israel; or worst of all, when the court issues the rare decision constraining Israeli settlement or other actions in the occupied West Bank. These voters chose parties committed to the divine mission of expanding Israeli settlements and sovereignty west of the Jordan River, flooding Israeli life with Jewish religious practice, and elevating Jews above all other citizens, preferably by law. This group also holds that the “left”—anyone not on their side—cannot tolerate being out of power, so it conjured up flimsy corruption indictments against Netanyahu (currently standing trial). In this view, a cabal of left-wing parties, the media and the judiciary seek to hound the true leader out of office and betray the true will of the people.

Read More: Israel Is Wandering in the Desert, a Constitution Is Its Path Home

Judging by the size of left and right-wing blocs in Israel, it shouldn’t be hard to guess which side will win out. The right-wing is clearly in the lead: over 60 percent of Israeli Jews consider themselves right-wing, and the Jewish population makes up nearly 80 percent of Israel’s adult voting population. Israel’s Arab (Palestinian) citizens, about 17 percent of eligible voters, bring down the average, but in total over half of adult Israelis are right-wing. Accordingly, in November voters gave 64 out of 120 parliamentary seats to Netanyahu’s Likud and his ultra-nationalist and ultra-Orthodox allies, who make up the current coalition.

By contrast, barely 20 percent of all Israelis identify as left-wing, but among Jews much fewer, only 11 percent. Of the two parties that represent most Jewish left-wing voters, one of them, Meretz, failed to reach the 3.25 percent minimum to enter Israel’s parliament (the Knesset) in November and dropped out of the Knesset for the first time in 30 years. The remaining dovish Labor party barely crossed, winning the minimum of four seats.

But the map isn’t that simple. “Centrists” in Israel share most of the left’s basic outlook and political positions, and make up approximately one-quarter of all voters. These mostly middle- and upper-middle class Israelis have a strong national Jewish identity but an even stronger pragmatic side. Like the left, they seek separation of religion and state, professional advancement (preferably in high-tech), and would be satisfied with a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as long as bombs aren’t exploding on Israeli buses. They aren’t political activists unless it affects them personally.

Both the center and the left felt blindsided by the judicial assault. They were stunned to realize how badly the country needs a formal written constitution, which Israel lacks, to protect hard-won advances for equality and certain limits on religious coercion over the years, and to establish the relationship between Israel’s branches of government.

But even the combined center and left liberal-oriented bloc makes up fewer than half the voters. Moreover, the right-wing has a natural engine of growth: as an iron-clad rule, orthodox or ultra-Orthodox Israeli Jews are right wing, and these are the fastest-growing population groups. With demography, political power, and a prime minister desperate to preserve his power, the forces are aligned for eventual triumph over the judiciary, and eventually the collapse of democracy in Israel.

If so, it shouldn’t be such a shock. Historically, the essential pillars of democracy in Israel were deeply cracked. The country’s constitution-writing ambitions were collapsing even at its founding, amidst disagreements between religious or secular sources of the law; while the first prime minister, David Ben Gurion, chafed at constraints on his (or his party’s) power. And no one wanted equality for Arabs.

The events today display discomfiting continuity, even if the government’s aims are more extreme: Netanyahu wants unrestrained power, even when he and his cronies are tainted by corruption. The right-wing parties want formal Jewish supremacy over non-Jews, West Bank annexation and total control over Gaza’s borders. The religious wing of the government is driven by a messianic cosmology so extreme that women have protested by dressing up like the female slaves of the Handmaid’s Tale. These sides are unlikely to be reconciled by Netanyahu’s cloying call for “dialogue” over the judicial reform during the the next few months of the Knesset’s spring recess and summer session.

But Israel has not seen the final word. Like a decaying empire, Netanyahu’s right-wing leadership may have finally overreached. For many right-wing Israelis, the rule of law and democracy still matter. Among a segment of Israel’s devout Jews, human rights are compatible with their religious observance. Many of these people are disgusted by personal corruption, and Netanyahu’s personal ratings have sunk to the lowest point in recent memory. Israel may not be ready for a constitution, but it could be ripe for a political realignment. If parts of the right-wing join with the center and left in recommitting to democracy, that will mean supporting parties and leaders who seek to build democracy rather than destroying it—and Israel will be on a better path.

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, has canceled its 2023 event.

E3 was previously scheduled to take place June 13-16 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, in-person for the first time since 2019. The gaming convention, once considered the most influential showcase in the industry, was canceled in 2020 and 2022 due to COVID-19 concerns. The expo held a virtual edition in 2021.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) and show organizer ReedPop announced the cancellation of the physical and digital events with a joint statement.

“This was a difficult decision because of all the effort we and our partners put toward making this event happen, but we had to do what’s right for the industry and what’s right for E3,” said Kyle Marsden-Kish, ReedPop’s global VP of gaming. “We appreciate and understand that interested companies wouldn’t have playable demos ready and that resourcing challenges made being at E3 this summer an obstacle they couldn’t overcome. For those who did commit to E3 2023, we’re sorry we can’t put on the showcase you deserve and that you’ve come to expect from ReedPop’s event experiences.”

The cancellation comes after some of gaming’s biggest names — including Nintendo, PlayStation and Ubisoft — announced they would not be participating in E3 in any capacity. Microsoft announced it would not be on the show floor but would co-stream its Xbox Games Showcase as part of E3 Digital.

IGN, which first broke the news, obtained an internal memo saying that while E3 “remains a beloved event and brand,” the 2023 version “simply did not garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of our industry.”

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EXCLUSIVE: France’s Mediawan Rights has grabbed rights to The Rise of Wagner and will launch the European two-part feature at Hot Docs.

The French doc, from director Benoît Bringer, looks into the paramilitary Wagner Group, who many believe is a de facto private army of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

As part of the Hot Docs Official Selection, it will get its world premiere at Hot Docs in Canada on May 1 as a special presentation, with Mediawan beginning sales at that point. Watch the trailer above.

The Rise of Wagner follows Russian journalists and international investigators on dangerous quests for truth. They speak with relatives of Wagner’s to reveal the shadowy army takes direct orders from the Kremlin. One focus is the beheading of Syrian detainee Mohammed Taha-al Ismail, whose killing is being brought before the courts.

The trailer begins with the story of Russian journalists killed in the Central African Republic. A voiceover states, “These guys were simply professionally murdered,” before an expert explains The Wagner Group is “composed of Russian mercenaries.”

The film comes from Forbidden Films in coproduction with Arte France, the CNC, Procirep and ANGOA (Agence Nationale de Gestion des Œuvres Audiovisuelles). Laurent Richard is producer and executive producer of the doc.

Director Bringer’s previous doc, The Caviar Connection, was selected for Hot Docs in 2021. It won Political Film of the Year at the Cinema for Peace Awards 2022 and got a Best Documentary Special Mention at the Palm Springs International Film Festival last year.

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Andrew Jeffrey joined Realscreen in 2021 as its news editor. Here, he helps to oversee assignment, reporting and editing for Realscreen’s daily newsletter. Prior to his work covering documentary and non-fiction film and TV, he worked as a reporter and associate producer for CBC Edmonton, and as a reporter for The Star Calgary, where he covered daily news on beats such as local and provincial politics, health care and harm reduction, sports and education. His work has appeared in other Canadian news outlets such as TVO, the Edmonton Journal and Avenue Magazine.

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You would have a hard time defending the limp plotting, the bland action-adventure set pieces or the Agatha Christie-light whodunit twists of the first “Murder Mystery.” And, yet, it was kind of good.

“Murder Mystery,” one of Netflix’s most-streamed films, was chock full of exotic settings and mysterious murders. But the only thing that mattered, really, was the banter between Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler. Though “Murder Mystery” could be said to epitomize that very modern kind of passive and painless viewing experience on streaming platforms, their married couple was a throwback to a long-ago movie era. Audrey and Nick Spitz, a pair of working-class New Yorkers turned semi-amateur detectives, might as well be Nick and Nora Charles, the 1930s cocktail-swilling crime solvers.

“Murder Mystery” and its new sequel don’t have anywhere near the sparkle of the “The Thin Man” movies, with William Powell, Myrna Loy and their wire fox terrier Asta. But like those films, everything in “Murder Mystery“ and “Murder Mystery 2” is secondary, and distantly so, to the comic and sweet rapport between the Spitzes, a bickering but lovingly connected married couple. Like its predecessor, “Murder Mystery 2” is built on old-fashioned star power and the interplay between Sandler and Aniston. They’re good company to be in, and sometimes that’s enough.

Whether “Murder Mystery 2” meets that somewhat low bar will probably depend on just how casually you’re watching it. For many, it may be enough to say that “Murder Mystery 2,“ which debuts Friday on Netflix, fits the bill as amiable background noise.

And this one, in which Jeremy Garelick (writer of “The Hangover”) takes over directing with James Vanderbilt returning to write the screenplay, starts out like a new season to a TV series, with a narrated recap of what the Spitzes have been up to since the last film. After their luck solving their first case, they’ve made themselves full-time private eyes. The clients aren’t lining up, though, so it’s welcome news when a friend from the first film, the Maharajah (Adeel Akhtar), calls up to invite them to his wedding and fly them out to his private island and then to Paris.

For those who have accused Sandler of using movies as an excuse to hang out with friends in beautiful locales, the “Murder Mystery” movies won’t disappoint. This time, the action has been turned up a notch, especially once the Maharajah is kidnapped and an MI6 hostage negotiator (Mark Strong) shows up. Strong’s potent presence lends some credibility to the mayhem, mostly in Paris, but he also gives Sandler and Aniston a straight man to bounce their jokes off of. Some of the gags are pretty dusty, even by “Thin Man” standards, including one Sandler line comparing marriage to hostage negotiations and a dance scene at an Indian wedding that’s unlikely to draw any comparisons to “RRR.”

All of this may lend some scale to “Murder Mystery 2” but it’s no help to the comedy. Despite that, good comic chemistry can be hard to come by, and Aniston — who’s been wonderful in these films — and Sandler keep these films more entertaining than they should be.

Especially in recent years — a chilly period for big-screen comedies — the movies have struggled to figure out what do with bright, funny women like Aniston despite their abundant talent. Even in these decent-at-best comedies, her natural sense of timing is sharp and lively, and she and Sandler make a charming, easy-flowing duo. All they really need, to borrow a trick from Nick and Nora, is a dog.

“Murder Mystery 2,” a Netflix release, is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association for violence, bloody images, strong language, suggestive material and smoking. Running time: 91 minutes. Two stars out of four.

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Ian Fleming Publications has commissioned Young Bond series author Charlie Higson to write a new James Bond adventure to celebrate the coronation of King Charles.

The new 007 story, “On His Majesty’s Secret Service,” brings Bond into the present day. It is May 4, two days before the coronation of King Charles III. Bond is sent at the last minute to thwart an attempt to disrupt the coronation by the wealthy, eccentric and self-styled Athelstan of Wessex, who is on a deadly mission of his own to teach the United Kingdom a lesson. Bond must dismantle his shady plans and defeat his privately hired team of mercenaries.

“On His Majesty’s Secret Service” will be published on May 4, ahead of the coronation on May 6 and 60 years after the publication of Fleming’s 10th novel, “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” in 1963. All royalties from sales of the book will support the work of the National Literacy Trust, an independent U.K. charity working with schools and communities to give disadvantaged children the literacy skills to succeed in life.

Higson wrote five novels in the Young Bond series, which are young adult spy novels featuring Bond as a teenage boy attending school at Eton College in the 1930s.

Higson said: “When Ian Fleming Publications came to me with the idea of writing an adult Bond story a little more than a month ago I was thrilled – until I realised it had to be ready for the coronation in May. Getting it written and turned around in such a short space of time was going to be as tense and heart-pounding as any Bond mission. Although, of course, nobody would actually be shooting at me.”

“But I’ve been thinking about writing an adult Bond adventure ever since working on the Young Bond books, and he came bursting out of me with both fists flying. It was all I could do to keep up with him and get his story down on paper. Fleming famously wrote fast, and I channelled that energy. And now it’s so exciting for me to finally enter the world of grown-up Bond.

“Everything you want from a Bond story is in there – sex, violence, cars, a colourful villain with a nasty henchman, and of course, Bond himself, so well-known and yet so unknowable,” Higson added.

Managing director of Ian Fleming Publications Corinne Turner said: “The coronation of King Charles III is a momentous occasion for the country. We asked ourselves how we at Ian Fleming Publications could celebrate it, and the answer seemed obvious. Ian Fleming’s ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ was first published on April 1. 1963. What better way, 60 years on, to mark this new chapter in history than with a brand new story: ‘On His Majesty’s Secret Service’? We shared our thoughts with Charlie, and he was delighted to take on the challenge of writing a Bond adventure in time for publication in May.”

Ian Fleming Publications was in the news recently when it was revealed that the James Bond novels were reedited to remove racist content.

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After being confirmed for a role in the upcoming Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again, Punisher star Jon Bernthal‘s arrival on set got a thrilling new update.

Bernthal’s return to his role as Frank Castle/Punisher added a new burst of anticipation for Born Again‘s upcoming Disney+ debut, which will see him reunite with both Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio after their time working on the Netflix shows.

With filming for the new series only in its early stages, there is still plenty of mystery surrounding Bernthal’s comeback, especially since the character hasn’t been seen on screen since The Punisher finished its run in early 2019.

And as fans wait for Bernthal to arrive on set with Cox, D’Onofrio, and MCU newcomers like Margarita Levieva, his role in the 18-episode series is one that will be put in the spotlight for months to come.

Jon Bernthal’s Arrival Imminent on Daredevil Set

Slink Proper, who is working as Jon Bernthal’s trainer, posted a video of Bernthal to Instagram that showed the actor training for his upcoming return as Punisher in Marvel Studios’ Daredevil: Born Again. 

He also included a number of promotional posters from the original The Punisher series on Netflix, confirming that Bernthal is prepping for his MCU role.

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Proper replied to a comment on the video from Monday, March 27 that asked when he last saw Bernthal, to which he remarked that Bernthal “left today to go film” for the role. Seeing as this comment came a few days ago, Bernthal is almost certainly in New York right now filming for Daredevil: Born Again:

andrea.mae16:  “I liked him best in ‘punisher!’ I wish that show has more seasons! Where did you see him? Like is this in MN?”

slinkproper: “he left today to go film for punisher, so u in luck more episodes should be right around the corner”

How Will Punisher Fit Into MCU’s Disney+ Slate?

After seeing Charlie Cox’s roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, between which Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin popped up in Hawkeye, interest is rising to see how Bernthal makes his own grand comeback.

D’Onofrio went so far as to say Bernthal would be “a major part of the [upcoming] show,” hinting that his part in Daredevil: Born Again would not be just a short cameo noting that he exists in the MCU.

Even though it may be some time until fans see Bernthal on set, having the Punisher in the MCU has many anxious to see how he’ll interact with both Daredevil and Kingpin after so many battles and team-ups with them on Netflix.

And looking at the support he’s gotten from his former castmates in the Defenders Saga, the sky seems to be the limit for what he’ll be able to do with this return.

Daredevil: Born Again is currently filming, and it’s set to premiere on Disney+ in spring 2024.

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We finally have a new Sweet Tooth trailer! Gus and the gang are back for a second season, and judging by the trailer, it looks like Gus is stepping up, ready to fight for his fellow mutants. Gus may have lost his freedom in season 1, but he gained a close relationship with some of his fellow hybrids. And even though Abbot may have captured them, they are not alone. In the second season, they will fight back and stop the experiments, even if it’s the last thing they do! Looks like Gus is growing up!

The adaption of the Jeff Lemire’s Vertigo comic was a surprise hit for Netflix when it debuted in 2021. Yes, we’ve had to wait a while, and there has been a lot of shake up at DC since, especially in the film and television mediums, but here’s hoping the fans return to see the next chapter of this post-apocalyptic saga. DMZ may be done, and Y: the Last Man may be cancelled, but Sandman and Sweet Tooth are still going strong. It seems like Netflix knows how to adapt these adult stories for the small screen, and given all the action we see in this new Sweet Tooth trailer, we are in for another incredible season of television.

The cast of season 2 includes :

  • Nonso Anozie as Tommy Jepperd
  • Christian Convery as Gus
  • Adeel Akhtar as Dr Aditya Singh
  • Aliza Vellani as Rani Singh
  • Stefania LaVie Owen as Bear
  • Dania Ramirez as Aimee Eden
  • Neil Sandilands as General Douglas Abbot
  • Marlon Williams as Johnny Abbot
  • Naledi Murray as Wendy
  • James Brolin as the Narrator

And the best thing? We don’t have to wait that long! All eight episodes of season two will drop on April 27!  I will be watching! Mark your calendars and check out the explosive trailer below!

 

 

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Microsoft has announced the Xbox Series X – Diablo IV Bundle.

Confirming a recent earlier leak, the Diablo 4 console bundle will launch alongside Blizzard’s game on June 6, 2023.

Priced at $559.99 / £489.99, it includes an Xbox Series X and wireless controller, Diablo 4 for Xbox Series X/S and Xbox One, and the Light-Bearer Mount with Caparison of Faith Mount Armor for Diablo 4.

Diablo IV | Open Beta Gameplay Trailer

The bundle also includes bonus in-game items for other Blizzard titles. It comes with the Inarius Wings & Inarius Murloc Pet for Diablo 3 for console and PC, the Amalgam of Rage Mount for World of Warcraft on PC, and the Umber Winged Darkness Cosmetics Set for Diablo Immortal on mobile.

Diablo 4 will also be released for PS5, PS4 and PC on June 6.

The game, which won’t be playable offline, features cross-play and cross-progression for all platforms. It also supports couch-co-op on consoles.

A Diablo 4 open beta was held last weekend, following an early access testing period a week earlier.

According to Blizzard, players logged more than 61.5 million hours of gameplay across two weekends, killing nearly 30 billion monsters and dying almost 47 million times.

“The back-to-back Early Access Beta and Open Beta weekends for Diablo IV were incredibly inspiring to the team as we head toward our release,” said Diablo franchise general manager Rod Fergusson.

“We want to thank the millions of players for helping us to test the game, for providing meaningful feedback, for exciting the development team, and for slaying billions and billions of demons.”