Castlevania Netflix: First screenshots of Season 4 released

 

As fans await more updates and word on when the next season of Castlevania will premiere on Netflix, series director Samuel Deats and Powerhouse Animation Studio have revealed via Deats' Twitter page the first two screenshots of Season 4 - which reveals a very battle worn Trevor Belomont and his partner/ lover Sypha Belnades staring at what most likely is their enemies - before, during, or after the battle.

No release date has been revealed for Castlevania Netflix Season 4, but here's hoping it premieres sometime in 2021.

Mads Mikkelsen is officially cast as the new Grindelwald for Fantastic Beasts 3

 

Following the resignation of Johnny Depp in his role as Gellert Grindelwald in the Fantastic Beasts film franchise, Warner Bros. has officially announced that "Casino Royale" and "Doctor Strange" actor Mads Mikkelsen has been cast as the new actor to play the role. Depp - who is currently in an ongoing legal battle against his ex-wife Amber Heard - had to step away from the series and the currently in production untitled Fantastic Beasts sequel. As a result, the movie - which was originally scheduled to premiere on November 2021, has been pushed back to July 2022 instead due to the delays caused by the pandemic and the recasting of Depp.

Reads up more on the story from Entertainment Weekly.

The untitled Fantastic Beasts 3 will now premiere on July 15, 2022 in the US.

ICYMI: McFarlane Toys' DC Multiverse reveals "Dark Nights Death Metal" wave

 

If you missed out on the big news revealed by Todd McFarlane and McFarlane Toys, the next new wave of DC Multiverse figures will be based on none other than the currently ongoing "Dark Nights Death Metal" - with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and The Robin King setting up a Build-A-Figure "DarkFather" - aka a Batman with the powers of Darkseid! 

Check out more details via the McFarlane Toys Facebook page!

Batman: Earth One Vol. 3 will be released on June 2021

 

Almost six years after the release of the last volume chronicling the Earth One graphic novel adventures of Bruce Wayne and his winged avenger alter ego, DC Comics has officially announced that "Batman: Earth One Vol. 3" will finally see release in the summer of next year - continuing the story following the apparent demise of Harvey Dent, the defeat of The Riddler, and the growing network and ongoing crimefighting crusade of The Batman in Gotham City.

Via Newsarama, here's the official synopsis of the new chapter that is once again written by Geoff Johns and illustrated by Gary Frank - fresh off their last collaboration in "Doomsday Clock".

"Harvey Dent is dead. Or is he? A gang of thieves thrusts Gotham City into a state of fear when they are mysteriously well-armed with military-grade weapons: flamethrowers, grenade launchers, and even tanks, And this gang claims it is funded by none other than former district attorney Harvey Dent." 

"Balancing his two lives, Bruce Wayne must find the truth by tapping his growing network of agents, including Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Waylon 'Killer Croc' Jones, and the savvy new Catwoman, Bruce is distracted by the seemingly impossible return of another figure believed dead: his grandfather Adrian Arkham. He must also comfort his longtime friend, Gotham City mayor Jessica Dent, who is scarred both physically and mentally from her experience with the Riddler, which resulted in the gruesome death of her brother." 

"But is Harvey back, plotting revenge on a city he proclaims to be guilty? When Batman discovers the truth behind these many mysteries, his entire world unravels…"

Long awaited since Vol. 2 was released in 2015,  the Batman: Earth One series is one of the latest modern reinterpretations of the Caped Crusader that is grounded closer to reality and is a great springboard for newer fans to jump into. In many ways, it has served as an inspiration for Matt Reeves' upcoming Batman film "The Batman", wherein The Riddler, Catwoman, The Penguin, and even Alfred Pennyworth feel inspired from the Earth One continuity counterparts.

Batman: Earth One Vol. 3 will be released on June 8, 2021.

WandaVision to explore the origins of Scarlet Witch's powers

 

Looks like fans are going to get a lot of answers about the origins of Wanda Maximoff aka the Scarlet Witch's powers when "WandaVision" premieres on Disney + on January next year, as Marvel Studios head and MCU architect Kevin Feige has teased in a feature by Empire that Elizabeth Olsen's character will be fleshed out as her romance with Paul Bettany's Vision continues in a seemingly fantasy alternate reality that more or less was created by her.

“If you look at the Infinity Saga, I don’t think any single person has gone through more pain and trauma than Wanda Maximoff. And no character seems to be as powerful as Wanda Maximoff. And no character has a power-set that is as ill-defined and unexplored as Wanda Maximoff,” MCU boss Kevin Feige tells Empire. “So it seemed exploring that would be worthwhile post-Endgame. Who else is aware of that power? Where did it come from? Did the Mind Stone unlock it?”

Read more about the Empire feature here and check out more photos there.

WandaVision will debut on Disney + on December 15.

ICYMI: Batman Hush statue unveiled BY DC at Burbank, California

 

Fans of DC Comics and Batman may probably have touched upon "Batman: Hush" - one of The Dark Knight's most critically acclaimed modern adventures depicted in Batman #608 - Batman #619 and saw a mystery the puts Bruce Wayne through a gauntlet involving his deadliest enemies and closest allies - and sees a renewed romance blossom between him and Selina Kyle aka Catwoman. The storyline, written by Jeph Loeb and pencilled by Jim Lee, also sees the introduction of the titular villain Hush - who would go on to plague the Caped Crusader in later adventures.

This November, DC has unveiled the completed Batman statue in Burbank, California - as part of The Dark Knight's 81st anniversary celebration this year and modelled after Jim Lee's design of Batman and erected by Visit Burbank. If you're in California, it can be seen at AMC Walkway of Downtown Burbank. More details can be read here via DC's press release.

The Last Of Us gets series order from HBO

 

Looks like Joel and Ellie are officially getting the TV Series treatment, as HBO has officially greenlit "The Last of Us", with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin set to write the show.

The news comes via The Hollywood Reporter, and Naughty Dog and The Last of Us director Neil Druckmann is set to help write and executive produce the program based on the video game series he helped create. HBO and Sony Pictures TV are producing it along with PlayStation Productions, Word Games, and Naughty Dog.

Based on the 2013 survival horror adventure and PlayStation exclusive, The Last Of Us takes place 20 years after a devastating fictional Cordyceps virus cripples civilization and turns its victims into fungal monstrous creatures. Joel - a survivor who works as a smuggler and bears a tragic past, is tasked with taking a young girl named Ellie from one quarantined state to another, on a mission that could help turn things around and save humanity from the virus once and for all. However, Joel and Ellie's journey is filled with danger from both the infected and the living - forcing them to rely on each other for survival and changing their lives forvever.

The Last of Us TV Series has no release date or other details yet, but there'll definitely be more details coming as the developers work to bring this critically acclaimed video game series to life on the small screen.