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Netflix has set Taiwanese drama series “Forget You Not,” directed by multi-hyphenate talent Rene Liu, who steps behind the camera after establishing herself as one of Taiwan’s premier actress-singers.

The drama features an ensemble cast featuring Golden Horse Award-winning actress Hsieh Ying-xuan, veteran actor Chin Han, Tracy Chou and Esther Liu (“At the Moment”). The series also benefits from special appearances by Wallace Huo (“Light the Night”), Wang Po-chieh (“Eye of the Storm”) and Chen Yi-wen.

Set against the backdrop of a bustling metropolis, “Forget You Not” delves into the powerful role of memory within family dynamics. The narrative centers on Cheng Le-le (Hsieh), a stand-up comedian moonlighting as a convenience store employee who struggles to balance her career ambitions with her marriage. While harboring dreams of a brighter future, she navigates complex relationships with her husband Chang Kai (Huo) and her father Cheng Kuang-chi (Chin Han). These challenges...

It's about time we return to the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and reunite with our favorite characters Aang, Katara, and Sokka. The first season was released early last year, and since then, fans have been eagerly anticipating the second installment. Production reportedly wrapped on the second season late last month, meaning we're a step closer to the show's return on Netflix. Now, fans have even more reason to celebrate, as a star from the hit action-adventure series has just shared an exciting update on the release window for season 2.

One of the show's newest cast members, Miya Cech, who is set to play Toph Beifong, spoke with The Direct on the red carpet at the premiere of Marshmellow and gave an update on when fans can potentially expect the second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender. She told the news outlet that while she's not totally sure, she...

In the late 2010s, if you needed a leading man for a brains-off action/adventure movie, you called one person: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's agent. For a solid 5 years, The Rock was a fixture of movies that, at one time, would have been the perfect "sick on a Saturday" TNT rock block of entertainment. One of these popcorn flicks is 2018's Skyscraper, which is currently climbing the streaming charts. Skyscraper finds Johnson starring as Will Sawyer, a former FBI agent and amputee who, after injuries sustained while on a hostage rescue mission, becomes a security consultant for high-rise buildings. After terrorists capture the tallest building in the world in Hong Kong and try and extort its developer, Sawyer must rescue his family, who are trapped inside the burning structure.

Written, co-produced, and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who reunited with The Rock on the huge Netflix action hit Red Notice...

Training is over, as the stakes of Mortal Kombat 2's tournament will have consequences for the film and the franchise moving forward. It has been four years since Mortal Kombat debuted in theaters and on Max, and the long-anticipated sequel Mortal Kombat 2 is set to hit theaters in October 2025. A common criticism of 2021's Mortal Kombat was how it essentially acted as a set-up for the epic tournament played in the games, but it is now the main selling point of the sequel and a major factor in the narrative.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Mortal Kombat video game co-creator and creative director of NetherRealm Studios Ed Boon spoke about the stakes of Mortal Kombat 2. If Earthrealm loses its 10th consecutive tournament against Outworld, then the villain Shao Kahn (played by Martin Ford) will be allowed to invade Earth and take over. Boon notably highlighted the tournament nature...

Mortal Kombat creator Ed Boon explains why Mortal Kombat 2 is bringing back dead characters, revealing how the movie is able to see their return. The cast of Mortal Kombat 2will see the return of deceased characters like Kano (Josh Lawson) and Kung Lao (Max Huang). Both characters died in the previous film, with Kano having been killed by Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) and Kung Lao having his soul taken by Shang Tsung (Chin Han). However, with their return, the budding movie franchise has opened the door for deceased character stories to continue.

Speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Boon explained how Mortal Kombat 2's inclusion of the NetherRealm will explain how dead characters are able to come back to life. The creator explained how spirits are going to be an important concept to the sequel, allowing dead characters to return. It also means more characters who are dead can get...

The first images from Mortal Kombat 2, debuted by EW, reveal “The Boys” star Karl Urban as Johnny Cage, a fan-favorite character from the video game franchise.

The photos also show Adeline Rudolph (“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina”) as Kitana, Hiroyuki Sanada returning as Scorpion, and bodybuilder Martyn Ford (“The Sandman”) as antagonist Shao Kahn.

“You finally get to see Johnny Cage,” Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon tells EW. “His integration into the Mortal Kombat story and universe is a big part of what this movie explores. He’s a washed-up Hollywood guy thrown into this magical, ultra-violent thing.

“Karl, his depiction of Johnny Cage is different than our games in some ways. He’s adding his own flare to it, but I think it’ll feel fresh. There’s like a novelty factor in there.”

The cast also sees the return of Lewis Tan as Cole Young, Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade,...

New photos have been revealed for the upcoming sequel Mortal Kombat 2. Along with teasing the returns of some original film characters, they also reveal the debuts of Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), Kitana (Adeline Rudolph), and Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford).

The images were unveiled by Entertainment Weekly. Previously, Urban's Johnny Cage was revealed on movie poster artwork, though the images reveal the first official still of the character in the film. These are also the first images of Rudolph's Kitana and Ford's Shao Kahn, while another photo previews the return of Hiroyuki Sanada as Scorpion. The photos can be viewed below.

"You finally get to see Johnny Cage," Mortal Kombat co-creator Ed Boon said of the fan favorite finally appearing in the film after his absence in the previous movie. "His integration into the Mortal Kombat story and universe is a big part of what this movie explores. He's...

Underworld star Kate Beckinsale and Mortal Kombat’sLewis Tan will join forces for a new “under-the-radar" action thriller from director James Nunn, the filmmaker behind the Scott Adkins action outings One Shot and One More Shot. Yes, it is pretty much everything you could hope for as an action movie fan. You're welcome. Titled Lioness, production is now underway in the United Kingdom, and the first details have now been revealed.

According to a report by Deadline, Capstone will finance the action movie, which will follow “an ex-black ops team who reunite to pull off a desperate heist to save the life of their leader’s (Beckinsale) eight-year-old daughter.” Which, frankly, sounds like the kind of pitch perfect, no-nonsense plot that action dreams are often made of.

Alongside Kate Beckinsale and Lewis Tan, the rest of the cast includes Rasmus Hardiker, Alice Krige, Bailey Patrick, Tom Bennett, Matt Willis, and Roxy Striar.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a show that has stood the test of time, as beloved today as it was when it aired on Nickelodeon back in the 2000s. The first season of Netflix's live-action remake wasn't received quite as warmly, but the cast and crew put on a good show, and it was fun seeing those classic episodes presented in a new way.

And it was good enough that Netflix renewed the show for two more seasons, which will allow executive producers Christine Boylan and Jabbar Raisani to tell the story in full; there are also three seasons of the original show. “We’re looking forward to working with all of our actors again and digging into the deeper, more complicated relationships that develop as their journey continues in Season 2,” Boylan and Raisani told Tudum. “We are going to show the real-world versions of iconic scenes from the original,...

Avatar Season 2 Cast Updates! (Photo Credit – Instagram)

After the success of the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix quickly renewed the series for a second and third season. Production on the second edition began in September 2024, and the audience was excited to delve into the magical world of the popular adventure fantasy show.

With the production on the series well into it, the team has been revealing and teasing certain details about the live-action adaptation including what to expect from the upcoming season as well as which new cast members have been added to the star-studded series. Here’s what we know about it.

Avatar The Last Airbender Season 2: Cast Details

The second season of Avatar: The Last Airbender has cast plenty of new faces and characters. Chin Han will play Long Feng, Hoa Xuande will be essaying the role of Professor Zei, Justin Chien will be seen as King Kuei,...

Mortal Kombatstar Lewis Tan doesn't hold back when it comes to AI generated fan films.

In a February 11 X/Twitter post, Tan responded to an AI generated "hype trailer" published by user GenMagnetic. an responded to the trailer, which is replete with inconsistent characters and oddly fluid cinematics, with a simple "This disgusts me."

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This disgusts me— Lewis Tan (@TheLewisTan) February 11, 2025

Tan made his debut as Cole Young in 2021's Mortal Kombat from director Simon McQuoid and writers Greg Russo and Dave Callaham. An original character created for the film, Cole is one of the Earthrealm champions as decided by a strange, immediately recognizable birthmark. Tan starred alongside an ensemble cast including Jessica McNamee as Sonya Blade, Josh Lawson as Kano, Mehcad Brooks as Jax, Ludi Lin as Liu Kang,...

“Mortal Kombat II” is the upcoming R-rated New Line Cinema live-action fantasy sequel, based on the video game series, directed by Simon McQuoid, starring “The Boys” actor Karl Urban as fighter ‘Johnny Cage’, releasing October 24, 2025 in theaters:

Returning cast includes Hiroyuki Sanada as ‘Scorpion’, Lewis Tan as ‘Cole Young’, Jessica McNamee as ‘Sonya Blade’, Josh Lawson as ‘Kano’, Tadanobu Asano as ‘Lord Raiden’, Mehcad Brooks ss ‘Jax’, Ludi Lin as ‘Liu Kang’, Chin Han as ‘Shang Tsung’, Joe Taslim as ‘Bi-Han’/‘Sub-Zero’, Hiroyuki Sanada as ‘Hanzo Hasashi’/‘Scorpion’ and Max Huang as ‘Kung Lao’.

New characters include Urban as ‘Johnny Cage’, Adeline Rudolph as ‘Kitana’, Tati Gabrielle as ‘Jade’…

…Martyn Ford as emperor ‘Shao Kahn’, Damon Herriman as ‘Quan Chi’, Desmond Chiam as ‘Edenian King Jerrod’ and Ana Thu Nguyen as ‘Queen Sindel’.

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Get over here... and check out the first official posters for Mortal Kombat II!

Producer Todd Garner has been sharing teasing behind-the-scenes photos from the sequel for quite a while, but we finally have some official promotional material via a poster spotlighting Karl Urban as "Johnny F*cking Cage," and a banner featuring the movie's updated logo.

The Boys and Star Trek actor doesn't appear to be in his classic video game costume as the beloved Mk character, but that's likely because this is a movie-within-a-movie poster for one of Cage's action flicks, "Uncaged Fury."

The cocky Hollywood star turned heroic freedom fighter's debut was set up at the end of the first movie when Cole Young (Lewis Tan) told his fellow kombatants that he knew someone "out in LA" that could aid them in the impending rematch against the forces of Outworld.

The sequel has also been given a...

Mortal Kombat fans finally got their first look at The Boys and Dredd star Karl Urban as fan-favorite fighter Johnny Cage. But, while he’s one of the most popular actors right now, and cuts a perfectly fine figure as Cage (though does he only star in movies based on his own last name?), many have since taken to social media to question the casting choice. With some feeling that a different action star would have been far better suited: John Wick: Chapter 4 star Scott Adkins.

The debate kicked off thanks to Vulture and GQ journalist @BrndnStrssng, who took to X/Twitter to praise Urban, but questioned whether he’s really the right choice for Johnny Cage in Mortal Kombat 2. “I love Karl Urban but this is nuclear grade terrible casting,” he said. “If you were gonna with a guy in his mid-40s, it was always Adkins,...

Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid is back at the helm for the sequel Mortal Kombat 2, and while the video game adaptation wrapped production back in January of 2024 after a bumpy ride through the year of the strikes, they had to go back for some reshoots last summer. So we still don’t know when this movie is going to be released – but it is starting to take some steps forward. Back in November, we learned that Mortal Kombat 2 has been rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, and language. Now, a logo for the film has been unveiled, along with a poster featuring the character of actor Johnny Cage, played by Karl Urban. You can check those images out at the bottom of this article.

The screenplay for Mortal Kombat 2 has been written by Jeremy Slater, who was the lead writer on the Marvel / Disney+ series Moon Knight.

A new promotional poster for the upcoming movie sequel Mortal Kombat 2 has been unveiled. It is stylized like a poster for a movie featuring Johnny Cage, revealing the first official look at The Boys star Karl Urban in the role.

On X, the official account for the Mortal Kombat film posted a poster for a faux film called Uncaged Fury, promoted as being from the same team behind Rebel Without a Cage. With motorcycles and explosions behind him, Urban's Johnny Cage is standing front and center, sporting the character's sunglasses along with a leather jacket. The list of cast and crew is also at the bottom, but a closer look will reveal them to contain the information for Mortal Kombat 2. Check out the poster in full below.

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The marketing campaign for Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s Mortal Kombat II is officially underway, with the sequel’s logo and a teaser poster being released this morning.

Meet Karl Urban’s Johnny Cage with the official marketing materials below!

The art is a faux poster for an in-universe movie titled Uncaged Fury starring Johnny Cage, and it gives us our very first look at the star of “The Boys” as the iconic Mk movie star.

Mortal Kombat II fights its way into theaters on October 24, 2025.

We expect the trailer very soon. Stay tuned.

Simon McQuoid returns to the director’s seat for Mortal Kombat 2, which will feature a screenplay by Jeremy Slater (“The Exorcist,” “Moon Knight”).

The cast of fresh faces for Mortal Kombat 2 includes Martyn Ford (“The Sandman”), Desmond Chiam (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”), Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka), and Damon Herriman (House of Wax,...

Netflix is ramping up its Chinese-language entertainment with five drama series set for 2025, toplined by Shu Qi, Lee Sinje and Alice Ko and directed by Rene Liu, Li Nien-hsiu and Chien Chi-feng.

The five series – four Taiwanese productions and one licensed title from mainland China – span romantic comedy, revenge and period drama and feature local stories from rising voices to industry icons.

Starring Alice Ko (Copycat Killer) and Jasper Liu (Twogether), I Am Married…But! is a romantic comedy series that offers an unconventional look at marriage through a woman who is trapped in a cycle of wanting to leave...

It's not often that a live-action adaptation of another piece of work is done right, but with the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series, Netflix might have just struck the perfect balance between staying true to the beloved animated series and adding a fresh, cinematic touch.

After premiering its first season in February 2024, the adventure fantasy series was quickly renewed for two additional installments only a month later. However, fans may have to wait longer than expected to reunite with Aang, Katara, Sokka, and the rest of the beloved characters, as Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 has likely been delayed to next year. We've come to this conclusion after Netflix's 2025 lineup didn't include the highly anticipated second season.

Netflix’s lineup for the year includes the return of several major shows, such as Wednesday season 2, Stranger Things season 5, Squid Game season 3 and Ginny & Georgia season 3. Given that Avatar: The Last Airbender...

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Creating TV programs since the early '90s, screenwriter Shawn Ryan admittedly took a while to make his way into the streaming world. The first step when it came to traversing digital platforms was when he made Mad Dogs for Prime Video in 2016, then The Get Down for Netflix a year later, and finally, The Night Agent for the same subscription service in 2023. This ongoing thriller about a night operator uncovering a conspiracy at the White House, starring Gabriel Basso in the lead role, seems to have hit the best of strides for Ryan. The first season was not only nominated by numerous recognizable award associations (such as the Critics' Choice Super Awards and the People's Choice Awards) but has also already...

The Joker character in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film, The Dark Knight (2008) could have looked very different had the part not gone to Heath Ledger, who ultimately won a posthumous Oscar for his captivating performance. Another Academy Award winner, Adrien Brody, per Comic Book, just confessed on Josh Horowitz’s podcast that he was up for the part in the Batman Begins sequel. However, he said he was not surprised he didn’t get the role.

“Oh no, I wasn’t close,” Brody said, referring to the audition process for The Dark Knight. “It was a role that I felt very suited to do. Heath did such a remarkable job in that movie. It was indelible. Such beautiful work. Any actor who has a degree of edge would like to delve into a character like that, especially with a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan who brought such a profound vision,” said the actor,...

Christopher Nolan changed the superhero movie landscape when The Dark Knight was released in 2008. While Batman Begins was a major hit, and introduced the world to Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight gave fans the new benchmark for a villainous performance in Heath Ledger's The Joker. Since the film's release, many actors have come forward about nearly playing the iconic DC Comics villain, including Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Sam Rockwell, and even the late Robin Williams. The Pianist and The Brutalist star, Adrien Brody, revealed he was also considered for the role, and the actor recently opened up about losing out to Heath Ledger.

"I wasn't close," Brody joked during an interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, to promote his new movie, The Brutalist. Brody described the Joker as "a role I felt very suited to do." Adrien Brody didn't reveal exactly how...

As an early Christmas gift to fans, the producer of Mortal Kombat 2 has shared a brand new behind-the-scenes image as a teaser.

In the spirit of the holidays, Todd Garner, producer of the upcoming sequel to the popular 2021 Mortal Kombat film, has gone on X to tease a behind-the-scenes image of the set. While seemingly vague, fans have quickly begun to speculate about the image’s content.

🎄 pic.twitter.com/dNEyWgVUIX— Todd Garner (@Todd_Garner) December 24, 2024

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Mortal Kombat's Josh Lawson teases his character's return in the upcoming sequel, asking fans to prepare themselves for "Kano 2.0."

The post, captioned simply with a Christmas tree emoji, shows the film crew on set. The image shows off what appears to be a desert location that will appear in the film. At first glance, there doesn...

Actor John Lawson has revealed that his character, Kano, will make a surprise return in the upcoming film “Mortal Kombat 2.” This return marks a tremendous turnaround from his death in the first film.

In a recent interview with The Direct, Lawson discussed how death will change Kano’s character journey in the highly anticipated sequel. “Death alters you,” he remarked, referring to “Kano 2.0.” Lawson highlighted Kano’s unpredictable nature, noting, “Kano’s alliances can change at the drop of a hat, and that’s certainly true in the second one.”

The 2021 film lightly hinted at Kano’s resurrection. Death is only another portal, said the antagonist, Shang Tsung, played by Chin Han. With Kano’s return confirmed, this sentence adds relevance, suggesting that Shang Tsung, famed for his soul-controlling abilities and resurrection, may play a significant part.

The original film depicted Kano’s journey as one of betrayal and warfare.

John Lawson, who played Kano in the 2021 Mortal Kombat film, has teased the character's return in the anticipated sequel, Mortal Kombat 2. Following the success of the 2021 film, which grossed $84 million worldwide against a $55 million budget and became HBO Max's most successful film launch at the time, Mortal Kombat 2 promises to expand on the story and bring back fan-favorite characters, some in unexpected ways. Despite meeting a grim fate in the first movie, Kano will return for another round, this time with what Lawson describes as a "2.0" version of his character.

In a recent conversation with The Direct, Lawson teased the future of Kano. Even though the character started as a good guy in 2021's Mortal Kombat, he later turned against Earthrealm after being offered an awful lot of money, which led him to his demise at the hands of Jessica McNamee's Sonya. Despite his death, Kano...

Mortal Kombat star Josh Lawson has teased a new version of his character in the eagerly anticipated sequel, asking fans to brace themselves for "Kano 2.0." Mortal Kombat 2, featuring new and returning characters, will hit theaters on October 24, 2025.

Lawson endeared himself to fans in the first film, playing the charismatic rogue and leader of the Black Dragon criminal organization. Kano initially begins Mortal Kombat as one of Earth's defenders before betraying his comrades at the behest of the Outworld sorcerer Shang Tsung and the speedster Kabal. He meets his end when Sonya Blade stabs him in the eye with a garden gnome. The character will, however, return in the sequel, and Lawson told The Direct what audiences can expect from the character in the film. "I can say that in the second Mortal Kombat, Kano has a new chapter in his life, that [chapter] being death," the actor teased.

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The Kano character didn’t make it through the 2021 Mortal Kombat movie alive, getting taken out with a garden gnome to the eye… but that isn’t stopping Josh Lawson from reprising the role in the sequel Mortal Kombat 2. Speaking with The Direct, Lawson took a moment to hype up his character’s return, saying viewers should prepare themselves for Kano 2.0.

Director Simon McQuoid is back at the helm for the sequel, working from a screenplay written by Jeremy Slater, who was the lead writer on the Marvel / Disney+ series Moon Knight. Last year, Slater said that working on the project had been “really fun so far. … I’m working really closely with the director and the studios, and the game guys, and I think—I can’t say anything about the actual story, but I think they definitely learned some lessons the last time around in terms of,...

After a strike-filled 2023, a number of TV shows are still waiting to be renewed or canceled by their respective networks and streamers in 2024.

As broadcast and cable networks — as well as their streaming counterparts —double down on their impending decisions for on the bubble series, the fate for both freshman shows and longrunning series hangs in the balance.

This year TV fans will say goodbye to several beloved favorites, including Chuck Lorre’s CBS sitcoms “Bob Hearts Abishola” and “Young Sheldon,” HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” ABC’s “Station 19,” Disney’s “Bunk’d” and Freeform’s “Good Trouble,” to name a few.

Get latest on the future of your favorite shows below:

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Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid is back at the helm for the sequel Mortal Kombat 2, and while the video game adaptation wrapped production back in January after a bumpy ride through the year of the strikes, they had to go back for some reshoots this past summer. So we still don’t know when this movie is going to be released – but it shouldn’t be much longer before we’re hearing release date news, because the Motion Picture Association ratings board has seen the movie and given it a rating! Mortal Kombat 2 has been rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, and language. The previous movie was rated R for strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references.

The screenplay for Mortal Kombat 2 has been written by Jeremy Slater, who was the lead writer on the Marvel / Disney+ series Moon Knight. Last year,...

Get ready to see some seriously bloody and brutal fatalities on the big screen, as the highly anticipated video game adaptation sequel, Mortal Kombat 2, has now been given the rating that fans wanted to see. The Mortal Kombat follow-up has now officially been rated R by the MPA thanks to its (no doubt copious) amounts of strong bloody violence and gore, and language. This suggests that Mortal Kombat 2 will pip its predecessor to the post, as the first outing was also R-rated, but only for strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references. So, bring on the gore!

Set to be directed once again by Simon McQuoid from a script written by Moon Knights Jeremy Slater, Mortal Kombat 2 will pick up with the once washed-up mixed martial arts fighter Cole Young as he and a band of other fighters must battle to defend Earthrealm against Outworld.

Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema are bringing live action sequel Mortal Kombat 2 to theaters next Halloween, and the film has received its “R” rating from the MPA this week.

Mortal Kombat 2 is rated “R” for “strong bloody violence and gore, and language.”

For the sake of comparison, 2021’s Mortal Kombat movie was similarly rated “R,” but only for “strong bloody violence and language throughout, and some crude references.”

Mortal Kombat 2 comes to theaters October 24, 2025.

You can expect the film to release in IMAX as well as traditional theaters.

Simon McQuoid returns to the director’s seat for Mortal Kombat 2, which will feature a screenplay by Jeremy Slater (“The Exorcist,” “Moon Knight”).

The cast of fresh faces for Mortal Kombat 2 includes Martyn Ford (“The Sandman”), Desmond Chiam (“The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”), Ana Thu Nguyen (Suka), and Damon Herriman (House of Wax, The Nightingale...

Filming has begun on season two of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Netflix announced the production news along with some additional casting. The streaming service renewed the series through a third and final season in March.

Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes, and Rekha Sharma have joined Gordon Cormier, Ian Ousley, Kiawentiio, Dallas Liu, Ken Leung, Elizabeth Yu, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and Daniel Dae Kim star in the series that follows young Aang (Cormier) as he masters the four elements. It's a live-action adaptation of the 2005-08 animated series.Read More…...

Netflix's hotly anticipated live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender finally arrived in February 2024, and now it has been renewed for a second season. Based on the cartoon series of the same name, Avatar: The Last Airbender follows a boy named Aang who is the Avatar, the prophesized one who must master the four elements to defeat the Fire Nation and save the world. The original animated series from 2005 is one of the most beloved shows of the aughts, and Netflix's adaptation had tremendous shoes to fill, especially in the wake of the failed 2010 movie.

Perhaps one of the most hyped Netflix original series of all time, Avatar: The Last Airbender debuted to middling reviews. Though the visuals of the series have been praised by nearly every major critic, outlets like Variety called it "a beautifully crafted disappointment". While the initial reaction has been somewhat harsh and polarized, the...

There are two storylines at the center of Stanley Kwan‘s labyrinthine “Center Stage” (1991). The main one follows the life of Ruan Lingyu, a real-life actress who was perhaps China’s most celebrated film performer in the early 1930s. Ruan arguably became even more of a legend when she committed suicide at age 24, as her private life became the scandalmongering subject of tabloid gossip. The second storyline is set in 1991 and follows a film crew (shot in black and white) making a biopic about Ruan. They discuss her life, interview some of the surviving film crews who knew her (it sometimes feels like a documentary of Kwan documenting his own filmmaking), and eventually recreate Ruan’s life on their own soundstage.

Center Stage is screening at Five Flavours

Archival footage of the actual Ruan Lingyu in some of her extant films allows audiences to connect and compare the two eras and narrative levels.

Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender has just cast some of Season 2's most important characters as the gang are heading to Ba Sing Se. Netflix's popular, but divisive The Last Airbender adaptation will last for three seasons on the streamer. Season 2 will see Aang, Sokka, and Katara head to Ba Sing Se to find an Earthbending master for the Avatar, where they will run into the franchise's best character, Toph (Miya Cech).

Netflix recently gave fans more good news, as the show has cast some of Season 2's biggest players. When the gang reach Ba Sing Se, they learn that the shadowy organization, the Dai Lee, are using propaganda to keep the city ignorant of the war that has raged on for over 100 years. Chin Han (Mortal Kombat) will play Long Feng, the vicious leader of the Dai Lee. To keep the gang in check, the Dai Lee appoints...

Avatar: The Last Airbender is rounding out its Season 2 cast with eight new additions.

Joining the ensemble are Chin Han (Mortal Kombat, Skyscraper) as Long Feng; Hoa Xuande (The Sympathizer, Top of the Lake: China Girl) as Professor Zei; Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun) as King Kuei; Amanda Zhou (Spinning Out, The Handmaid’s Tale) as Joo Dee; Crystal Yu (Doctor Who, Good Omens) as Lady Beifong; Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder) as The Boulder; Lourdes Faberes (The Sandman) as General Sung; and Rekha Sharma (Yellowjackets, Battlestar Galactica) as Amita.

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Production is currently underway on Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender season two, and the streamer just announced new additions to the cast. The eight actors round out the ensemble of the much-anticipated second season of the fantasy series.

Per Netflix, the new cast and characters are:

o Chin Han (Mortal Kombat) as “Long Feng”

o Hoa Xuande (The Sympathizer) as “Professor Zei”

o Justin Chien (The Brothers Sun) as “King Kuei”

o Amanda Zhou (The Handmaid’s Tale) as “Joo Dee”

o Crystal Yu (Doctor Who) as “Lady Beifong”

o Kelemete Misipeka (Sons of Thunder) as “The Boulder”

o Lourdes Faberes (The Sandman) as “General Sung”

o Rekha Sharma (Yellowjackets) as “Amita”

“A live-action reimagining of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series following Aang, the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements to restore balance...

The cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 grows, as eight new actors join the series in key Earth Kingdom roles. The 2024 Netflix live-action fantasy series is an adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon animated show, following a young boy who must master control over the four elements to halt the conquest of the Fire Nation. Avatar: The Last Airbender was renewed for a second season that would adapt the events of book 2, Earth.

Netflix confirmed eight new additions to Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2. Crystal Yu will play Toph's mother Lady Beifong, Kelemete Misipeka is The Boulder, Justin Chien will play King Kuei, Hoa Xuande is Professor Zei, Chin Han will play Long Feng, Amanda Zhou is Joo Dee, and Lourdes Faberes plays General Sung. Mekha Sharma will play new character Amita.

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Source: Netflix

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Based on the acclaimed animated Nickelodeon television series,...

“Avatar: The Last Airbender” continues to expand it’s Season 2 cast, now with alum from “The Sympathizer” and “Brothers Sun.”

Hoa Zuande – who had a breakout role in “The Sympathizer” opposite Robert Downey Jr. earlier this year – was cast as Professor Zei for the sophomore season. Justin Chien from “Brothers Sun” earned the role of King Kuei.

They aren’t the only new adds to the second season. Chin Han joins as Long Feng, Amanda Zhou as Joo Dee, Crystal Yu as Lady Beifong, Kelemete Misipeka as The Boulder, Lourdes Faberes as General Sung, and Rekha Sharma as Amita.

Netflix previously announced at Geeked Week 2024 that fan-favorite earthbender Toph would be played by Miya Cech. Toph is a blind earthbending prodigy who ends up tagging along with Avatar Aang (Gordon Cormier), Katara (Kiawentiio) and Sokka (Ian Ousley).

The series is a live action adaptation of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series of the same name.

After casting Miya Cech as Toph Beifong, the best character in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix is adding eight more to its cast to round out Earth Kingdom’s members. Anticipation for the final two seasons of the live-action series could not be higher after a thrilling February debut, with fans old and new enjoying the antics of Aang and his friends.

Joining the cast of Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2 are Chin Han as Long Feng, Justin Chien as King Kuei, Amanda Zhou as Joo Dee, Crystal Yu as Lady Beifong, Kelemete Misipeka as The Boulder, Hoa Xuande as Professor Zei, Lourdes Faberes as General Sung, and Rekha Sharma as Amita.

Netflix announced in September that Miya Cech would play Toph Beifong for the series, much to the delight of fans. Toph Beifong is a blind teenager who (eventually) agrees to train Aang in the ancient art of earth-bending.

Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action series has added eight actors to the cast of Season 2, Variety has learned exclusively.

The new cast members are: Chin Han, Hoa Xuande, Justin Chien, Amanda Zhou, Crystal Yu, Kelemete Misipeka, Lourdes Faberes, and Rekha Sharma.

Han will play Long Feng, who was the leader of Ba Sing Se secret police, the Dai Li, in the animated Nickelodeon series. Xuande will play Professor Zei, head of the anthropology department at Ba Sing Se University in the original series who was obsessed with finding Wan Shi Tong’s Library.

Chien will play King Kuei, ruler of the Earth Kingdom. Zhou will play Joo Dee, a public servant and guide for important visitors in Ba Sing Se. Yu will play Lady Beifong, Toph’s mother. Misipeka will play The Boulder, a professional earthbending wrestler. Faberes will play General Sung, a high-ranking Earth Army commander. Sharma...

Mortal Kombat 2 producer Todd Garner has unveiled an exciting tease for the film's big bad, Shao Kahn. The upcoming installment of the popular video game adaptation will hit theaters on October 24, 2025.

Garner posted a silhouette image of the menacing ruler of Outworld on X (formerly known as Twitter), teasing Shao Kahn's look and costume for Mortal Kombat 2. British bodybuilder, social media personality, and actor Martyn Ford will portray the iconic villain, having previously appeared in movies such as Undisputed IV, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and Redcon-1. The 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm) tall Ford, nicknamed The Nightmare, possesses the physicality required for the role. Garner stated last year while announcing the sequel had entered production, that Mortal Kombat 2 would address the shortcomings of the first installment.

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Ben Wang’s Karate Kid: Legends film has become quite anticipated. The film is set to follow the beloved Karate Kid franchise and brings back the beloved Jackie Chan and Ralph Macchio. With the trailer having just been shown for the very first time at the New York Comic Con, it is not surprising that fans cannot stop talking about the new addition to the franchise.

The Karate Kid: Legends | Credit: Sony Pictures

While some might assume that this will be Wang’s big break, he has also starred in one series that could have completely changed his career. One that was canceled far too soon, its potential lost to bureaucracy.

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Mortal Kombat 2 will feature an impressive number of fight scenes, according to one of the film's stars. Despite opening when movie theaters were slowly opening back up following the Covid-19 lockdowns, 2021's Mortal Kombat was a hit for Warner Bros. after becoming the biggest movie to premiere on then-named streaming service HBO Max, beating out films like Dune and Godzilla vs. Kong. A sequel was ordered and is set for release in 2025, with much of the original cast returning.

Mechad Brooks, who played Jax in Mortal Kombat and will reprise his role in the sequel, spoke with Cbr and revealed that the upcoming movie will have 27 fight scenes. He said, "In this film, you're going to see a lot more of Jax's personality, a lot more of his humor, a lot more of what he believes, and some really, really awesome fighting. There are 27 fights in the movie, and...

Mortal Kombat director Simon McQuoid is back at the helm for the sequel Mortal Kombat 2, and while the video game adaptation wrapped production back in January after a bumpy ride through the year of the strikes, it sounds like they’re doing some reshoots at the moment. Ludi Lin reprises the role of Liu Kang in the new film, and while doing the press rounds for the martial arts movie Art of Eight Limbs, where he co-stars with former TV Spider-Man Nicholas Hammond, Lin took a moment to hype Mortal Kombat 2 to the folks at Screen Rant, saying the sequel is bigger and better than its predecessor, and that Karl Urban’s performance as popular video game character Johnny Cage will “blow your socks off.”

The screenplay for Mortal Kombat 2 has been written by Jeremy Slater, who was the lead writer on the Marvel / Disney+ series Moon Knight.

Mortal Kombat star Ludi Lin offers the upcoming sequel some especially high praise, promising that "everything is going to be bigger."

Speaking to ScreenRant, Lin discussed the expansive story and sprawling set pieces fans can expect in the hotly anticipated Mortal Kombat 2. "I hope you guys are ready for the next one," Lin said. "We've been shooting this one forever, I'm back in Australia still shooting Mk 2. I was here for almost a year last time. Yeah, it's gonna be pretty immense, everything is going to be bigger."

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Lin went on to hype up his costars and crew on Mortal Kombat 2, especially The Boys star Karl Urban, who portrays Johnny Cage in the sequel,...

It has begun. We have our first look at Mortal Kombat 2, straight from one of the creators. According to a report by ComicBook, Ed Boon has provided fans with the first look at the upcoming sequel to the hit 2021 live-action adaptation of the classic video game. The image, shared to Boon's social media, provides a partial glimpse of Princess Kitana, one of the fan-favorite core characters from the game, who makes her debut in the sequel.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) Boon claimed to have taken the picture from producer Todd Garner's phone, during a screening of the rough cut of the film. Boon also jokingly referenced the scores of video game leaks he has had to endure over the years, saying "I can leak stuff too."

I recently saw a (unfinished cut) screening of the Mortal Kombat 2 movie. During the screening I broke into @Todd_Garner 's phone,...

We're still waiting (and probably will be for a while longer) on a first look at some footage from Warner Bros./New Line's Mortal Kombat 2, but producer and co-creator of the iconic video game series, Ed Boon, has now taken to social media to share a teasing glimpse of one of the new characters who'll be debuting in the sequel, Kitana.

Her face is kept hidden, but we do get a look at the fan-favorite fighter's signature weapon and costume. Kitana will be played by Chilling Adventures of Sabrina actress Adeline Rudolph.

The Netflix series marked Rudolph's screen debut, but the Hong Kong-born model-turned-actress has also appeared in the CW’s Riverdale and Netflix’s Resident Evil series. She is also set to play the female lead in Millennium’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man.

Boon also revealed that he has seen an unfinished cut of the movie.

The upcoming sequel Mortal Kombat 2 will include one of the most crucial parts of the video game on which its based - a part that was noticeably and oddly missing from the first movie - the Mortal Kombat tournament. While you would think that it would be difficult to make a Mortal Kombat movie without the actual titular tournament, this was achieved in 2021, but returning star Lewis Tan has now confirmed the follow-up will have a tournament as well as being 100 times better in the second movie based on what we learned from the first.

Mortal Kombat 2 will pick up with the once washed-up mixed martial arts fighter Cole Young as he and a band of other fighters must battle to defend Earthrealm against Outworld. Not much else is yet known about the plot, but Tan has now revealed to Collider that the sequel will be more ramped...

2021's Mortal Kombat movie is getting a sequel in 2025, and according to one star of the first movie, the second installment will be "100 times better." It was hinted that the gripes that fans had with the original have been addressed and rectified with the sequel.

In the 2021 movie, Lewis Tan played Cole Young, an original character thrust into the world of Mortal Kombat. While many familiar characters from the video games were featured, one common complaint with fans is that there wasn't a Mortal Kombat-style tournament in the movie, making it feel like something was missing. Speaking about the sequel with Collider, Tan confirmed that there is a tournament fans can anticipate in Mortal Kombat 2. While he couldn't get any more specific, he further explained that the filmmakers learned from the feedback given to the 2021 film.

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