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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure part 7, STEEL BALL RUN, will stream exclusively on Netflix, according to an announcement from the platform’s official anime account. Netflix Anime shared key art and a teaser confirming that this next chapter in the Joestar saga is on its way. Initially revealed back in April, STEEL BALL RUN adapts Hirohiko Araki’s...
Image: Illumination/Universal Pictures, Nintendo During the latest Nintendo Direct, Nintendo and Universal unveiled a first-look teaser for the next Mario film and confirmed its title: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. As previously reported, the movie is slated to open on April 3, 2026. Read more. The clip is a succinct tease that reveals very little...
Image: Critical Role With less than a month to go before Campaign 4 begins, the Critical Role cast has started dropping hints about their new characters across social platforms. Polygon’s coverage has tracked the build-up. The ensemble for Campaign 4 reunites series founders Matthew Mercer, Laura Bailey, Marisha Ray, Travis Willingham, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson,...
Image: © Koyoharu Gotoge, SHUEISHA, Aniplex, ufotable Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle arrives in U.S. cinemas on September 12, 2025, shouldering enormous expectations. The franchise earned its stature largely on Ufotable’s breathtaking visual craftsmanship, and this film arrives intending to deliver that same, uncompromising spectacle on the big screen. Happily, Infinity Castle lives up to those promises:...
Image: Netflix Wednesday leans harder into horror and bloodshed in season 2, and several characters meet grisly fates by the finale. One notable casualty is Gideon Sterling, the MorningSong cult leader portrayed by Casper Van Dien. Sterling’s presence had loomed over his stepdaughter Bianca Barclay (Joy Sunday) since season 1, but the character only appears...
Image: Netflix While the American iteration of The Office enjoyed renewed attention this September with the Peacock premiere of the spinoff The Paper, Ricky Gervais—the mind behind the original British mockumentary—has pivoted to a very different comedic form. Gervais will direct and headline Alley Cats, an adult animated sitcom chronicling the idle lives of feral...
Ten years ago, M. Night Shyamalan was emerging from a prolonged creative slump, and a modest found-footage film looked like a retreat. Instead, that modest gamble ignited an unlikely resurgence that has sustained his career ever since. Shyamalan’s output still divides audiences and is unlikely to recapture the mass-market frenzy of The Sixth Sense. Yet...
Image: Netflix Netflix has revealed both the trailer and release date for its live-action adaptation of Last Samurai Standing, drawn from Shogo Imamura’s novel and manga Ikusagami. The series—directed by Michihito Fujii, Kento Yamaguchi, and Toru Yamamoto—stars Junichi Okada, who also serves as co-executive producer and choreographer for the action sequences. The story unfolds in...
Image: FX “He likes the sheep,” Samuel Blenkin tells Polygon. “He thinks the sheep’s kind of cool.” The animal in question is far from ordinary: it’s been overtaken by a parasitic, eyeball-shaped alien that turns cooperative creatures into lethal threats. In episode 6 of Alien: Earth — titled “The Fly” — the parasite’s scheme begins...
Image: Sony Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc will arrive in U.S. cinemas sooner than previously announced: Sony and Crunchyroll confirmed the film now opens on October 24, 2025, moved up from the originally scheduled October 29, 2025. Alongside the date change they’ve released a new English-dub trailer showcasing the movie’s visuals. The feature...
