Pop Culture News & Trailers: ‘Last of Us’ S2, ‘Gremlins’, ‘Alita Battle Angel’, ‘Fast X’, and More
Catch up with all the big pop culture news, announcements, and new trailers you may have missed this week.
Pop Culture News
- Last of Us Season 2 on hold due to WGA strike
- Closer look at Blue Beetle‘s villains
- Monica Bellucci will play Beetlejuice’s wife in the sequel
- Felicity Jones (Jyn Erso) talks Andor
- New Gamera: Rebirth Poster
- New look at Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning
- Alita: Battle Angel 2 still being developed
New Movie & TV Trailers
Fast X – Theaters May 19th
“Letty v Cipher. The ultimate showdown we’ve been waiting for.”
Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai – Max May 23
“The series takes viewers back to 1920s Shanghai where the Wing family first meets the young Mogwai called Gizmo. Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 “Gremlins” film) accepts the dangerous task to take Gizmo home and embarks on a journey through the Chinese countryside.”
Flamin’ Hot – Hulu June 9
“The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.”
The Walking Dead: Dead City – AMC June 18
“The series follows the popular Maggie (Cohan) and Negan (Morgan) characters traveling into a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made New York City their own world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.”
Surrounded – Digital June 20
“After her stagecoach is ambushed, Mo is tasked with holding a dangerous outlaw captive and must survive the day when the bandit’s gang tries to free him. Never surrender.”
Bird Box: Barcelona – Netflix July 14
“After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona.”
Coming Out Later This Year
Poor Things – Theaters September 8
“From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter (Stone), a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe). Under Baxter’s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn (Mark Ruffalo), a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.”
