Netflix just properly revealed its Scott Pilgrim anime, and if you happen to be in LA on November 17th, there’s going to be a concert featuring music from the show from chiptune rockstars Anamanaguchi. The band also did the soundtrack for the Scott Pilgrim game, and it absolutely ruled.
With streaming services across the board raising their prices, you owe it to yourself to have a good deep think about what you want out of all these subscriptions and what you’re actually getting for your money.
Usually, the Pokémon Company sticks to flashy set name reveals to advertise the Pokémon Trading Card Game. That’s probably not changing any time soon, but with Pokémon: Path to the Peak — a new animated web series about a young girl learning to play the game for the first time — the company seems to be trying out something a little different that’s almost certain to get kids and nostalgic adults itching to pick up a deck.
When the Screen Actors Guild joined the Writers Guild of America in striking against the AMPTP last month, Disney CEO Bob Iger called workers’ demands for better pay and a cut of streaming profits “disturbing” and unrealistic.
During Disney’s quarterly earnings call this week, though, Iger sang a rather different tune insisting that he has “deep respect” for the striking workers, and that “it is my fervent hope that we quickly find solutions to the issues that have kept us apart these past few months.”
Sure, Bob.
[The Hollywood Reporter]
Our curated list of 10 series that are either complete or have a promising future ahead of them. Perfect for those long, hot summer nights.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a classic retelling of its pizza-obsessed heroes’ origin story that’s elevated by phenomenal art direction.
While Hollywood’s ongoing double labor strike has exposed the studios’ willingness to see the workers who help create their profits become destitute, Warner Bros. Discovery also wants investors to know that it’s saved more than $100 million in Q2 because of the work stoppage.
Said WBD head David Zaslav:
“We’re in the business of storytelling. We cannot do any of that without the entirety of the creative community, the great creative community.”
So true, David. So true.
