Month: September 2019

Netflix and VIZ Media are teaming up on an original anime based in 1970s Mexico. The series, Seis Manos, will stream exclusively on Netflix on October 3, with all eight episodes debuting in both English and Spanish audio on the same day.

Seis Manos is VIZ Media’s first animed property, following three orphaned martial artists who fight alongside a DEA agent and a Mexican Federale for justice after their mentor is killed in their town. The series stars voice actors Mike Colter from Luke Cage, Jonny Cruz from Overwatch, Angelica Vale from Jane the Virgin, Vic Chao from Mortal Kombat X, Danny Trejo, and more.

“Seis Manos offers the very best in storytelling and action, with an incredible voice cast and a unique Latin American storyline rarely seen in animation,” Brad Woods, VIZ Media’s chief marketing officer, said in a press release. “We’re thrilled to partner with Netflix and Powerhouse to share this incredible new series with fans.” Powerhouse Animation Studios, which is co-producing Netflix’s Castlevania, will develop and produce the series.

Though October is about two weeks away, a bevy of content launched on Netflix earlier this month, with a bunch of stuff going live just this week. This includes a ton of originals, like Tall Girl and The I-Land, and series returns, such as The Ranch and Shameless.

MoviePass announced that the subscription theater ticket service will be shutting down for good tomorrow, September 14, 2019. The announcement caps off months of speculation regarding the future of the service.

In a statement released today, Helios and Matheson Analytics announced that MoviePass will be shuttering on September 14 because “efforts to recapitalize MoviePass have not been successful to date.”

The company is exploring several options for MoviePass including selling the company “in its entirety, a sale of substantially all of the Company’s assets including MoviePass, Moviefone, and MoviePass Films,” and a reorganization of the business. Furthermore, any sale of MoviePass comes with “the assumption or settlement” of MoviePass’s liabilities. You can watch our video on MoviePass’ demise below.

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Tekken 7 has finally reached Season 3! Alongside new moves and a hefty patch update, Zafina joins the roster. Check out these various matches from Tekken 7’s Treasure Mode.

Here is some new pre-alpha gameplay footage for System Shock 3!

The story of MoviePass would make a great feature film. The theater subscription service allowed users to see one movie a day for $10 a month. In 2018, the service upped its monthly rate and started limiting what films its users could see. In 2019, the company engaged in some pretty shady stuff, like reportedly changing users passwords so they wouldn’t use the service and secretly signing users back up for the service after they canceled it. Well, it’s the end of the third act for MoviePass, and the climax is the service shutting its doors.

On September 14, MoviePass will close its doors to all its users as it hasn’t been a success, according to BuinessWire. Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc., the company behind MoviePass, is continuing to find financing for the operation but cannot predict if or when the service will continue.

It has been a steep downward slope the past year for the movie-going subscription service, including a service change last summer where MoviePass would only allow subscribers to see one of six movies on any given day. What started as a free-for-all for those who love going to the movies became one of the most confusing and restrictive subscription services.

Luckily, MoviePass wasn’t the only game in town. Both AMC Stubs The A-List and Sinemia also offered up services that would allow users to see multiple movies in theaters for a flat, monthly rate. GameSpot’s Chris E. Hayner did a breakdown of all these movie-going services, and even before MoviePass made an abundant amount of changes to how it worked, it did not fare well in Hayner’s review.

September 14, 2019 is when MoviePass closes its doors, and while Helios and Matheson Analytics stated there is a chance in the future the service could return, don’t count on it.

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has been playing both sides by making movies for both Marvel and DC. For the latter, he’s helming Suicide Squad 2, and he has revealed the cast on Twitter. The list of stars includes John Cena, Jai Courtney, Nathan Fillion, Peter Capaldi, Idris Elba, and Tinashe Kajeese.

Of course, a number of actors from the first film will also be making their return for the sequel. Margot Robbie will reprise her role as Harley Quinn, Viola Davis as Amanda Waller, and Joel Kinnaman as Rick Flag. Gunn’s tweet also included a message suggesting that many of the characters these actors plays won’t survive the movie–as is typical for Suicide Squad stories in comics.

As previously confirmed, producer Peter Safran said that the sequel is a “total reboot,” which will no doubt be comforting to fans of the DC comics that were left disappointed by the first movie. Although it wasn’t received well critically, the first Suicide Squad broke box office records.

Suicide Squad had one of the highest openings of 2016, behind Captain America: Civil War($179.1 million), Batman v Superman ($166 million), and Finding Dory ($135.06 million). James Gunn is also helming Disney and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.