One hopes that any other studio on Earth might have come to the self-evident conclusion that “what if the Rampart scandal, but magic?” wasn’t a premise capable of supporting the next “Star Wars” (despite screenwriter Max Landis’ outspoken faith in the franchise potential of his “Bright”). And yet 11 million subscribers who clicked on something they managed to tolerate for at least the length of a movie trailer can’t be wrong, thus inspiring Netflix to leverage its multi-tentacled worldwide content machine in a way that allows the streamer to squeeze water from a stone without further tarnishing its brand or embarrassing Will Smith.
At the risk of evoking a certain Dril tweet, you almost gotta hand it to them for trying; “Bright: Samurai Soul” may be a deeply mediocre riff on a modern fantasy so bad it made “movie magic” feel like a contradiction in terms, but that still...
At the risk of evoking a certain Dril tweet, you almost gotta hand it to them for trying; “Bright: Samurai Soul” may be a deeply mediocre riff on a modern fantasy so bad it made “movie magic” feel like a contradiction in terms, but that still...
- 10/12/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Netflix anime continues on the move, as the streamer announced the feature film Drifting Home for a 2022 premiere, and updated the casts, dates and teasers on several other projects.
The Tudum virtual fan event was presented and hosted by Netflix Anime V-Tuber N-ko, highlighted by the Drifting Home news, the next feature film project by Studio Colorido, the team behind 2020’s A Whisker Away.
The upcoming original story about two childhood friends that drift into a mysterious sea alongside an entire housing complex will join previously announced heist story Super Crooks based on a story by comic book legend Mark Millar, and Bright: Samurai Soul, an anime spin-off to the original Hollywood film starring Will Smith.
Netflix also gave fans a glimpse at some of their returning series, including Aggretsuko Season 4 (premiering December 2021) and Ultraman Season 2 (premiering in 2022), revealing a new teaser art for the long-awaited sophomore season of Ultraman,...
The Tudum virtual fan event was presented and hosted by Netflix Anime V-Tuber N-ko, highlighted by the Drifting Home news, the next feature film project by Studio Colorido, the team behind 2020’s A Whisker Away.
The upcoming original story about two childhood friends that drift into a mysterious sea alongside an entire housing complex will join previously announced heist story Super Crooks based on a story by comic book legend Mark Millar, and Bright: Samurai Soul, an anime spin-off to the original Hollywood film starring Will Smith.
Netflix also gave fans a glimpse at some of their returning series, including Aggretsuko Season 4 (premiering December 2021) and Ultraman Season 2 (premiering in 2022), revealing a new teaser art for the long-awaited sophomore season of Ultraman,...
- 9/25/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
"Bright: Samurai Soul" is a new anime film spin-off of the feature "Bright", directed by Kyōhei Ishiguro from a script by Michiko Yokote, streaming October 12, 2021 on Netflix:
".... 'Rōnin' samurai 'Izo' and an 'orc' named 'Raiden', work together to bring a young elf and the powerful wand she wields to the land of the 'Northern Elves'..."
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".... 'Rōnin' samurai 'Izo' and an 'orc' named 'Raiden', work together to bring a young elf and the powerful wand she wields to the land of the 'Northern Elves'..."
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- 9/21/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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