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Missed out on tickets to Matt Rife‘s ProbleMATTic World Tour? Fans are in luck, as Netflix announced Friday (Sept. 8) that the comedian is getting his own hourlong special on the platform titled Matt Rife: Natural Selection, set to air later this year. The special will be filmed during the Sept. 22 & 23 stops […]
Jay-Z is back on Instagram, again. The hip-hop mogul who has long been one of the most prominent A-list holdouts on the service uploaded his first — and so far only — post on Tuesday morning (Aug. 29): the trailer for the Biblical epic The Book of Clarence.
The drama executive produced by Jay stars Atlanta‘s LaKeith Stanfield as Clarence, described as a Jerusalem native who is a “streetwise but down-on-his-luck” man struggling to make a better life for his family while trying to emerge from debt. “Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah and His apostles, [Clarence] risks everything to carve his own path to a divine life, and ultimately discovers that the redemptive power of belief may be his only way out.”
Jay’s posting of the film’s first trailer is significant because it, technically, marks his first Instagram post. But back in 2021, Hov briefly went Instagram official to promote another film he executive produced, the revenge Western The Harder They Fall, before shutting down his page a day later. At the time he accumulated nearly 800,000 followers in just a few hours. At press time the new account hyping Clarence had racked up around 775 followers in its first hour.
The Sony/TriStar Pictures/Legendary Pictures production was directed by Jeymes Samuel, who was also behind the camera for The Harder They Fall, his directorial debut that featured Stanfield. Clarence, due in theaters on Jan. 12, also stars Omar Sy, RJ Cyler, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Anna Diop, David Oyelowo, Alfre Woodard and Teyana Taylor.
“I wanted to tell a Bible story about an everyman,” Samuel told Vanity Fair of his effort to put Black characters at the center of a genre drama in the same way he did with Harder. “I always wanted to explore the Bible stories, but from the angle of the person that sells Jesus his sandals, the woman or man that owns the hair salon.”
Producer Hov told the magazine that he worried that people who heard the the premise might “immediately just focus on the religious aspect of it and not the human story,” with the piece noting that the film doesn’t make fun o religion or Biblical stories, but “rather attempts to expand that world.” The trailer features a reimagined version of Prince’s Purple Rain classic “I Would Die 4 U” over scenes from Clarence’s spiritual awakening, including one in which a Roman soldier asks Clarence to prove his Messianic powers by walking on water. “Damn,” Clarence says before taking the first step.
“This story is about a young man who finds his faith through love and through wanting to become somebody in the world, which is the story of everybody,” Jay said. “Everyone wants to find love and everyone wants to leave this place having accomplished something, having left their mark that they’ve been here and hopefully affected the world in a positive way.”
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Netflix isn’t just the home of some of the hottest shows and movies, but also has a dedicated Netflix Shop filled with official merch for popular series including Stranger Things, Bridgerton, Emily in Paris, Wednesday and more. And right now, you can stock up on merch from your favorite show for 26% off in celebration of the streamer’s 26th birthday.
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Yes, that even includes the Stranger Things x Metallica collaboration, featuring a mix of apparel with the band’s logo — perfect for showing off during their current tour, which you can still snag tickets to here.
The sale won’t last forever, though, and is actually ending on Tuesday (Aug. 29), so take advantage of the deals now.
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For less than $30, slip this T-shirt on with your go-to varsity jacket and enjoy the 100% cotton that can be paired with jeans and shorts for a cool, casual look.
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Replace your band T-shirts with this collaboration that combines the popular sci-fi series and rock band. It comes in a baseball top style with the band’s iconic logo and the Hellfire Club’s mascot.
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Get ready for ultimate cozy vibes. This hoodie comes with the iconic Hellfire Club logo in a neutral black shade that will go with almost anything. Plus, it comes with a front pocket to store your phone, wallet and more.
For more product recommendations, check out our roundups of the best music Funko Pops, musician brand collaborations and Barbie the movie dolls.
Something doesn’t quite add up in the first trailer for the upcoming Netflix murder thriller Reptile, in which detective Tom Nichols (Benicio del Toro) tries to figure out who killed a young real estate agent. With a handful of equally shady suspects, the nearly three-minute preview opens with a weary looking Nichols saying the case he’s working on is “a real nightmare.”
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After a montage of pictures from the crime scene, we see Nichols entering a room to speak to one of the four main suspects, Will (Justin Timberlake), who was the agent’s boyfriend at the time of her death. Looking shell-shocked and haunted, Will just stares blankly when Nichols asks him what happened.
“I walked in the front door, I called out for her… no answer,” Will says flatly. “And then what?” Nichols asks.
Cut to the medical examiner asking Nichols if he can show him something strange, which appears to be a bite mark on the victim’s hand, a wound Nichols tries to recreate by biting his wife Judy (Alicia Silverstone) on the hand as she helps him try to solve the case. The movie’s tagline hints at the twisty plot, promising, “A mysterious murder. A hardened detective. A truth more dangerous than they could have ever imagined.”
Later in the trailer — set to a haunting version of Juice Newton’s “Angel of the Morning” — when Nichols asks Will who else he thinks may have been involved, he remembers that a shadowy man showed up at his house a few nights earlier “acting strange,” which leads the other investigators (Eric Bogosian and Ato Essandoh) to narrow down the suspects to four potentials: the boyfriend (Timberlake), a friend, the “weirdo” (Michael Carmen Pitt) and the woman’s ex-husband (Karl Glusman); Sky Ferreira, Frances Fisher and Matilda Lutz also star in the film, the first directorial effort from music video director Grant Singer (The Weekend, Troye Sivan).
Reptile, which will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month, will hit select theaters on Sept. 29 and Netflix on Oct. 6.
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Netflix continues its push to plant itself in the video games market firmly and is now testing its service on more devices.
Two years after the movie streaming giant announced its video games-driven initiative by launching mobile games on its service, Netflix says in a blog post that it will begin testing the service on TVs, PCs, and Macs.
“Our goal has always been to have a game for everyone, and we are working hard to meet members where they are with an accessible, smooth, and ubiquitous service. Today, we’re taking the first step in making games playable on every device where our members enjoy Netflix — TVs, computers, and mobile,” Netflix’s VP of Games, Mike Verdu, said in a blog post.
The blog post also notes that a limited beta test began rolling out to a small number of members in Canada and the UK on August 14 and on PCs and Macs through Netflix.com through supported browsers.
Two Games Will Be Available For Users To Test The Service
As for the games that will be available to play, Verdu says users will be able to play now Netflix Game Studio owned, Night School Studio’s Oxenfree, and Molehew’s Mining Adventure, which the streaming service describes as a “gem-mining arcade game.”
Users can use their smartphones as controllers when playing on TVs, while PC and Mac users can utilize their mouse and keyboards.
Verdu says the beta will serve as the steaming service’s way to work out the kinks as it continues to test its service and controller while improving the member experience.
Verdu notes the company’s initial partners, Amazon Fire TV Streaming Media Players, Chromecast with Google TV, LG TVs, Nvidia Shield TV, Roku devices and TVs, Samsung Smart TVs, and Walmart ONN will all have devices that Games on TV will work on. New devices will be added, “on an ongoing basis.”
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In a new interview, John Boyega talks about his experience in the upcoming Netflix film They Cloned Tyrone as well as the increasing concerns of AI & acting.
The star actor spoke at length in a recent LEVEL cover story about his process of preparing for the lead role of Fontaine for the Netflix film, which also stars Jamie Foxx and Teyonnah Paris: “I was excited at the idea of multiple roles, the idea of playing someone significantly older. I love the idea of different looks because whereas the normality is to play a heightened version of yourself, this gives you a real opportunity to jump into what acting truly is.”
The London native and star of the recent Star Wars trilogy did also touch upon how the film challenges viewers to shed preconceived notions while watching. “When you’re in a modern society where we watch the news and the details of the news are packaged [for] TV, sometimes the nuance is lost,” Bodega said. “In order for us to comprehend the world, it’s easier to generalize.” Referencing Paris’ character of Yo-Yo, who is a sex worker, he elaborated: “Accepting that duality and using our brains to scan people more than just going on generalized stereotypes is a commentary that this film makes. I’m proud that this film does that.”
When asked about the growing usage of AI and the complexities behind it in the film industry and beyond, Boyega replied, “I’m at the stage now where I’m like, Oh crap, I didn’t know you can do that.” He continued: “In filmmaking, it will help us in some way. On the flip side, in terms of individuality, ownership, [and] fairness, that’s going to be a discussion that people are going to have to figure out.”
Of course, the discussion also turned to the idea of conspiracy theories which are interwoven into the plot of They Cloned Tyrone compelling the 31-year-old to state “maybe the truth in certain scenarios is not as extreme or interesting. Some of it is boring truth. But the funny thing about stimulation as a human being, we still love to discuss it” He also joked about his own conspiracy beliefs regarding celebrities: I was like, They probably got to get into some cult to get to a certain level of power. Then I became a celebrity and went, “That didn’t happen.” At least it doesn’t happen to me!”
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Avatar: The Last Airbender first blessed our screens in 2005 as a Nickelodeon cartoon series for three action-packed seasons, and again in 2010 as a live-adaptation movie. Now, Netflix is sharing a first-look at their new live-action adaptation of the series (created by Sleepy Hollow‘s Albert Kim), which is set to air in 2024.
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The streamer shared a new teaser as well as first-look images for the new series on Friday (June 17). In the clip, we catch glimpses of the show’s symbols for water, earth, fire and air each being imbued with their respective elements, before the show’s title appears. Netflix also teased first-look photos of the main cast in costume, including Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio Tarbell as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka and Dallas James Liu as Zuko. “Meet Aang, Katara, Sokka and Zuko in Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender, coming 2024,” the post’s caption reads.
For those unfamiliar with the world of Avatar, the original series takes place in a society split into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation and the Air Nomads. Within this society are unique people labeled as “Benders” who have the ability to telekinetically control an element within their tribe. The Avatar has the ability to control all four elements and is the only person who is able to do so.
In preparation for the upcoming adaptation, you can grab the complete series on Amazon for 42% off. This set includes all three seasons of the show on Blu-ray or regular DVD. You’ll be able to enjoy uncut versions of episodes, go behind the scenes and experience all the show has to offer without commercial interruptions.
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Whether you’ve watched the series before or are new to the cartoon, dive into every episode and binge the entire series to catch up on all the lore and action before the live-action adaptation comes out.
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Besides watching it on Blu-Ray or DVD, you can also stream the cartoon series through Netflix or Paramount+. You can also view it on Prime Video or Apple TV+ when you add Paramount+ as a channel.
Super fans can also stock up on Avatar: The Last Airbender merch (including exclusive Funko Pops!) to keep you satisfied until the new show comes out next year.
Check out the official teaser and first-look photos from the new Netflix series below:
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With the world awaiting Jamie Foxx’s triumphant return to the game following a terrifying health scare just a few weeks ago, the trailer for his latest Netflix film, They Cloned Tyrone has released and it’s looking like it’s going to be a helluva entertaining film.
Starring Jamie Foxx, John Boyega and Teyonah Parris, They Cloned Tyrone centers around three characters named Pimp Slick Charles (Foxx), Fontaine (Boyega), and Yo-Yo (Parris) who stumble upon a government conspiracy which has experiments going down in the Black community unbeknownst to the locals. After witnessing their friend Tyrone (Tyler Antonius) get kidnapped, the three spring into action to retrieve their comrade only to find a secret facility where residents of the neighborhood are being cloned.
With the neighborhood behind them, the three decide to take it to the man and shut down whatever Get Out-ish experiments they got going on in the hood. What ensues is hilarity and we for one can’t wait to indulge in this conspiracy theory.
The Juel Taylor-directed feature is set to release on July 21 on Netflix. Check out the trailer to They Cloned Tyrone below and let us know if you’ll be checking it out when it streams next month.
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