The second season of the epic sci-fi series concluded with its finale on September 15. The show is an adaptation of the “Foundation” stories penned by Isaac Asimov.

“We have all been incredibly impressed with the ambitious, action-packed, and imaginative adaptation that David and the rest of this gifted creative team and cast have brought to life with this premium sci-fi series from day one,” stated Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+. “To watch ‘Foundation’ become such a global hit has been beyond exciting, with audiences around the world continuing to be captivated week after week by this dramatic and compelling journey to save humanity. We can’t wait for everyone to experience what is in store for characters old and new in season three.”

The series boasts a talented cast, including Lee Pace, Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Laura Birn, Cassian Bilton, Terrence Mann, Isabella Laughland, Kulvinder Ghir, Ella-Rae Smith, Holt McCallany, Rachel House, Nimrat Kaur, Ben Daniels, and Dimitri Leonidas.

{Foundation season 3] The official description for Season 2 reads, “Tension mounts throughout the galaxy. As the Cleons unravel, a vengeful queen plots to destroy Empire from within. Hari, Gaal, and Salvor discover a colony of Mentalics with psionic abilities that threaten to alter psychohistory itself. The Foundation has entered its religious phase, promulgating the Church of Seldon throughout the Outer Reach and inciting the Second Crisis: war with Empire. The monumental adaptation of “Foundation” chronicles the stories of four crucial individuals transcending space and time as they overcome deadly crises, shifting loyalties, and complicated relationships that will ultimately determine the fate of humanity.”

Goyer serves as an executive producer alongside Alex Graves, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Bill Bost, and Robin Asimov. Skydance Television is the production company for Apple. Foundation season 3

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“And I’m probably not supposed to reveal anything. We’re just getting ahead of ourselves. But there’s a video game with an Asian-American main character set in Hong Kong. I might be involved with it—I’m not sure. I won’t mention the name because I don’t want to jump the gun. But it’s something I’m really excited to explore.”

If Liu’s statement is indeed referring to Sleeping Dogs, it remains uncertain whether he will be starring alongside Donnie Yen or assuming the lead role on his own. Further details are currently unknown, and we will have to wait for more information. Please stay tuned for updates.

According to an interview with Donnie Yen by CNN, he provided an update on the live-action adaptation of Sleeping Dogs, which has been in development for a long time.

“I’m still optimistic. Every day they assure me that it’s going to happen. I’m co-producing and working together with Neil Moritz and Toby Ascher, through their company, and we are currently in discussions with some major platforms. They tell me every single day that it’s going to happen, so we’ll see. As I mentioned before, I believe in destiny. If it’s meant to happen, hopefully, it will happen in the first half of next year,” Yen shared with CNN.

See the FULL interview below.

Donnie Yen has recently shared an update on his official Instagram indicating that he has started preparing for Sleeping Dogs, after more than two years since the project was announced.

During a conversation with Mike Leeder, Donnie Yen provided an update on Sleeping Dogs, stating:

“I know many people are excited about Sleeping Dogs, but we still have a way to go in the development process. It has taken some time, but we have finally found a writer that both myself and producer Neal Moritz have agreed upon. The writer will now work on the script, as our goal is to make it accurate and reflective of the real Hong Kong and the game. It has been a long journey, with various obstacles to overcome, but Square Enix has finally given their approval on everything. International projects always take a significant amount of time, even for the preparation phase. In Hong Kong, I could have made five movies in the time it has taken just to get started on this one! The good news is that we are all aligned and determined to make this project a success and ready to move forward.”

Currently, Donnie Yen can be seen in the live-action adaptation of Disney’s Mulan.

Following his successful roles in “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “xXx: Return Of Xander Cage,” Donnie Yen has gained popularity in Hollywood. His upcoming project in the industry is the live-action adaptation of Square Enix’s popular video game “Sleeping Dogs.”

Neal Moritz, the producer known for his work on the highly successful “The Fast and The Furious” franchise, will be involved in the production of the “Sleeping Dogs” film adaptation.

For those who don’t know about the game, it takes place in Hong Kong and focuses on Wei Shen, played by Yen, who is an undercover police officer. Wei Shen’s objective is to bring down the notorious Triads, one of the most powerful and dangerous criminal organizations globally.

The storyline of “Sleeping Dogs” shares similarities with the 2013 action thriller “Special ID,” which also starred Donnie Yen. Although “Special ID” featured impressive fight scenes inspired by MMA, the film did not perform well at the box office due to production challenges, leading to disappointment among audiences.

With Sleeping Dogs, Yen gets a chance to redeem himself and right the wrong of Special ID.

Be sure to stay tuned for further updates and announcements. In the meantime, you can watch the video below, created by Danny Ho, which combines clips from “Special ID” with the soundtrack of “Sleeping Dogs.” This video offers a glimpse of what the upcoming feature film adaptation might potentially look like.

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Warrior Nun season 2 is coming to Netflix globally on November 10th, 2022. Here’s an updated everything-you-need-to-know guide for Warrior Nun season 2, including who will star, where the show is in production, what to expect, and more!

What is about Warrior Nun

Warrior Nun is based on the Warrior Nun Areala comic series that first debuted in 1994 and was created by Ben Dunn. The story follows Ava Silva, a woman that starts the series dead, though is resurrected by the use of a magical and holy artifact that is embedded into her back. With this Halo of the Angel Adriel now bonded to her, which grants her supernatural abilities, she becomes part of the Order of the Cruciform Sword, an ancient sect of devout women sworn to battle demons. With the reveal about Adriel that we saw in the series’ first season, viewers are excited to see how Ava will tackle her position as a leader as she continues to hone her skills and powers.

The Trailer

A teaser for the series was released on Netflix’s Geeked Week 2022 event.

The teaser recapped the major plot events in the first season, like when Ava was brought back from the dead and was initiated as a Warrior Nun. We also see glimpses of all the action that could happen in the second season now that Ava has a better grip on her powers and a clearer view of the enemy. You can watch the teaser video for Warrior Nun season two here:

The action-packed trailer catches us back up with Ava, played by Alba Baptista, after the massive cliffhanger at the end of Season 1. Ava’s now preparing The Order of the Cruciform Sword for the pending war against Adriel. The demon’s influence has been growing since the last time we saw him. Throughout the trailer, there are many compelling scenes of the characters drawing lines in the sand, with Ava tensely meeting back up with Father Vincent after he betrayed her last season. At the same time, Cardinal Duretti appears to be corrupted by Adriel. You can watch the trailer for Warrior Nun season 2 here:

Warrior Nun Season 2 Plot

By the end of season one, we learn that Adriel is not really an angel after he touches Ava and she learns his true identity. The first knights of the order mistook him for an angel after he killed the Tarask monster that followed him out of the demonic portal.

Adriel created the Order of the Cruciform Sword and hid it in the tombs of the Vatican. He used the Order to be protected from heaven and hid the Halo inside the original Warrior Nun.

Shotgun Mary succumbed to Adriel’s possessed forces, leaving Ava and the other sisters to defeat evil forces.

Season 2 may start with Ava going after Adriel and his army, hopefully being able to defeat the demon now that she has embraced her powers.

The synopsis for this season is as follows, “Ava and the Sister-Warriors of the OCS must find a way to defeat the angel, Adriel, as he attempts to build his following into the dominant religion on the planet.” However, the main thing this footage introduces is a new weapon in Ava’s arsenal that is the key to stopping him. A mystical halo-looking disc that we see Ava taking from a statue is what defeated Adriel the first time around. Fingers crossed it’s exactly what the OCS needs to win again. The trailer also introduces a new group called The Samaritans, whose goal is to expose the church for who they really are. It’s too soon to tell if they’re going to be an outright ally to the OCS, but at least at the start of the season, Ava will be teaming up with them.

Warrior Nun season 2 cast

Eternal blessings grant the main cast of Warrior Nun’s first season because if they don’t return for season two, hell is bound to break loose.

Alba Baptista continues fighting for the church as Warrior Nun Ava. We may also see the return of the rest of the nunnery, with Ava’s sisters joining the fight, including Kristina Tonteri-Young as Sister Beatrice, Lorena Andrea as Sister Lilith, Toya Turner as Sister Mary (also known as the badass Shotgun Mary), and Thekla Reuten as Jillian Salvius. The other actors who may come back to reprise their roles are Sylvia De Fanti, who plays the Mother Superior, and Tristen Ulloa, who acts as Father Vincent.

The main villain of season two may still be William Miller’s Adriel, the self-styled angel who was outed to be the real villain of the series.

There will be new faces joining the series for season 2; these are Meena Rayann, who play Yasmine Amunet, Jack Mullarkey as Miguel, and Richard Clothier as Cardinal William Foster.

Warrior Nun season 2 release date

Along with the release of the trailer, Netflix also unveiled the official release date for Warrior Nun season 2. The series joins a jam-packed fall line-up with its release date set for Thursday, Nov. 10.

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Headed up by Charlize Theron, The Old Guard is the superhero movie where she stars as Andy, a warrior who is immortal and has been influencing history for centuries. It’s based on the comic book series by Greg Rucka. Also, The Old Guard is one of the best-received Netflix original films of recent memory.

It’s coming up two years since The Old Guard premiered on Netflix. Filming has finally now begun on the long-awaited sequel and we’ve got new casting news. Here’s everything we know about The Old Guard 2, which has also been referred to as The Old Guard Chapter Two: Force Multiplied.

The Old Guard 2 will be directed by Victoria Mahoney, who has previous directing credits on Lovecraft Country and Queen Sugar. The Old Guard was directed by Gina-Prince Bythewood, but both films were written by Greg Rucka, the graphic novel’s original writer, which inspired the franchise.

Background

The first film follows Andromache of Scythia, A.K.A. Andy (Charlize Theron), is an immortal warrior who leads a squad of undying soldiers on missions around the world for the good of humanity. They go up against pharma-bro Steven Merrick (Harry Melling), who wants to see if their bodies can be harvested for properties he can sell to the rest of the world. Luckily, the team has a little help from rookie immortal, Nile Freeman (KiKi Layne), a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan who discovers her new-found life when one of her missions goes wrong.

The story comes from the Image Comics series, which was written by Greg Rucka with art by Leandro Fernández. Comic book fans will probably recognize Rucka’s name thanks to his time on books like Wonder Woman, Gotham Central, Infinite Crisis, Wolverine, and The Punisher. With such a rich history, it’s no surprise fans are desperate to know The Old Guard 2 release date.

What is The Old Guard 2’s release date? 

The second The Old Guard movie does not have an official release date yet. If the second movie follows the same production schedule and release trend as the first movie, chances are, we may see the sequel around summer 2023.

What is The Old Guard 2 about?

A logline for the new film hasn’t been released yet, but the first Old Guard ended on an unresolved note. After Booker betrayed the group, he was exiled for a century — only to find the long-lost Quynh lurking in his apartment. What does she want? 

In Greg Rucka’s Old Guard graphic novels, Noriko, the character on which Quynh is based, becomes a criminal kingpin. She goes on to seek out Booker and tracks down Andy, bitter at being abandoned. Whether or not Quynh follows a similar trajectory remains to be seen, but we do know that Theron, who’s a producer on the movie, is eager to unpack that connection a bit more. 

“There’s obviously a relationship there that we didn’t really explore in this film,” Theron told Seth Meyers in 2020. “So I’m excited if we get the chance to make another one, to explore that because then we’re just adding another female into the mix, which I think will make it really interesting.” With Andy’s immortality apparently running out, it could be a difficult reunion. 

An official synopsis gives us a broad overview of what we can expect from the sequel:

“Andromache of Scythia and her band of soldiers are back in this second story chronicling the battles and burdens of their dubious immortality. Nile’s addition to the team has given them new purpose and new direction, but when you’ve got 6,000 years of history at your back, the past is always ready to return—with a vengeance.”

The Old Guard 2 cast

All of the main cast will return for the sequel, so that’s Charlize Theron as Andy, KiKi Layne as the Nile, Matthias Schoenaerts as Booker, Marwan Kenzari as Joe, and Luca Marinelli as Nicky.

Chiwetel Ejiofor’s Copley has now seen the error of his ways and, at the end of the first movie, is tasked with ensuring the team remains hidden from anyone who would do them harm (like Merrick).

Ejiofor has been confirmed to return too, but it’s unclear if he’ll have a major role to play in the sequel or will just be an M-like figure on the outside.

Instead, it seems that Veronica Ngo will play a key part in the sequel as the returning Quynh, but it’s not yet clear whether that will be as a friend or foe to the team.

In the comics, Quynh’s character is named Noriko and is Japanese. The decision to change it came after Veronica Ngo was cast, and it doesn’t mean that another character called Noriko will arrive in the sequel.

“When Veronica was cast, she said, ‘I’m not Japanese, I’m Vietnamese’. [Director Gina Prince-Bythewood] reached out to me and said, ‘Can we accommodate that?’ and I was like, ‘Absolutely’,” Greg Rucka confirmed.

“Noriko becomes Quynh, Quynh is now Vietnamese. It really was as simple as wanting to honor that and be respectful of that.”

It’s also possible that we could see more of Michael Ward as fallen Old Guard member Lykon.

We saw him die in flashbacks to Andy and Quynh’s time together, but could there be more to his story? He’s the only immortal we’ve heard of to die, so it could be something explored as we get more of Andy and Quynh’s relationship.

Two new faces have been confirmed for the sequel in the form of Uma Thurman and Henry Golding. We don’t yet know who they’ll be playing and whether, like Quynh, they’ll be friends or foes to Andy and her team.

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Netflix’ One Piece Live-Action BTS and Cast

Netflix One Piece has released the first look at the sets, the concept art as well as shared some new cast additions for the currently in the works season. At the Netflix Geekend, the studio released a special behind the scenes look at the series and provided the best look at the actual series yet. Check out this 1 min 47 sec tour inside the massive sets of the series guided by Inaki Godoy (Luffy), and the showrunners Steve Maeda and Matt Owens.

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Take a tour inside the massive sets of ONE PIECE, now in production #GeekedWeek pic.twitter.com/104rCQmXsj

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) June 6, 2022

Also, more members of the cast for the series were announced at the event. The new cast members of Netflix’s new live-action series are:

Langley Kirkwood, Celeste Loots, Alexander Mantis, Craig Fairbrass, Steven Ward, and Chioma Umeala join the cast of Netflix’s live action One Piece. Based on the widely popular series by Eiichiro Oda. pic.twitter.com/lwmoA9FXfa

— ONE PIECE(ワンピース) Netflix (@onepiecenetflix) June 6, 2022

• Langley Kirkwood as CAPTAIN MORGAN
• Celeste Loots as KAYA
• Alexander Maniatis as KLAHADORE
• Craig Fairbrass as CHEF ZEFF
• Steven Ward as MIHAWK
• Chioma Umeala as NOJIKO

They’ll be joining Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Roronoa Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami, Jacob Romero Gibson as Usopp, Taz Skylar as Sanji, Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott as play Helmeppo, Jeff Ward as Buggy, McKinley Belcher III as Arlong, Vincent Regan as Garp, Peter Gadiot as Shanks, and Jean Henry as Fullbody.

The release date on Netflix’ One Piece Live Action series hasn’t been announced yet and it seems like it would take at least a year or two more.

One Piece live-action release date

The producers have not yet revealed the official release date for the One Piece live-action series. Eiichiro Oda hinted at what seems to be a detailed and thorough production in his most recent handwritten update.

“It’ll take a bit more time to get this show done,” Eiichiro Oda said. “But we’ll continue to do our best to deliver a show that we’re confident will be enjoyed by everyone around the world!”

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Blood Origin is one of the several Witcher projects currently in development at Netflix. We’ve, of course, got more of the mothership series to come with season 3 set to film throughout 2022. We’ve also got another animated spin-off on the way as well as a new kid’s targeted series too.

So let’s get into what we do know about The Witcher: Blood Origin and we start with the post-credits teaser that was attached to The Witcher season 2.

The Witcher: Blood Origin trailer

The first teaser for The Witcher: Blood Origin was released in December 2021.

Blood Origin’s initial trailer is full of sweeping shots of multiple vistas, lots of action, and does an intriguing job of introducing new characters who’ll take center stage in the series. That includes Michelle Yeoh’s Scian, Sophia Brown’s Éile, and Laurence O’Fuarain’s Fjall – Blood Origin’s leading trio who’ll have vital roles to play in the show’s plot and the Continent’s future. 

The one-minute-long teaser’s song drops a major hint at what’s to come in the series, too. ‘Burn’, a 2013 single from UK singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding, feels rather apt for a show that’ll show the downfall of Elven civilization due to the Conjunction of the Spheres. But we’ll talk more about Blood Origin’s story later.

Netflix also released a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Blood Origin as part of its 2021 Tudum fan event:

The Plot

The series will explain what led to the Conjunction of the Spheres. Set in an elven world 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher, Blood Origin will focus on a period of time that was never deeply explored in Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels and short stories that inspired the Netflix series or popular video games: the period leading up to the Conjunction of the Spheres.

The Witcher is set in a multiverse, and it is during the Conjunction of the Spheres that a number of these worlds collided, destroying some of the realms and merging others. Referenced only briefly in The Witcher‘s first season, the Conjunction of the Spheres is what brought monsters and magic into the realm. It was also what brought humans into it, with their own world having been destroyed during the cataclysmic event.

It will reveal the origin of the first witcher. Once humans learned to harness magic, they were able to create a mutagenic tincture, the Trial of the Grasses, that would transform those who took it (and survived) into powerful warriors designed to fight monsters, aka witchers. Blood Origin will introduce viewers to the very first of the witchers and share the story of how they came to be.

Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski is on board as a creative consultant and The Witcher showrunner, Lauren S. Hissrich, is acting as an executive producer on the series.

The Witcher: Blood Origin Cast

In November 2020, Recapped reported that the show is looking to cast two female leads. Their names were given as Eile ‘The Lark’ Lithe and Princess Merwyn. Eile hails from a clan of elves that use knives as their primary weapon. Originally Jodie Turner-Smith was attached as Eile but exited the series due to a scheduling conflict. Since then, we know that Sophia Brown (seen in Netflix’s Giri/Haji) will play Eile and Mirren Mack (known for Mudlarks) will play the Merwyn.

Laurence O’Fuarain (Rebellion, Vikings) was the second confirmed cast member, and he will portray the role of Fjall Stoneheart. This character was described as “physically strong, gritty, and visceral”, belonging to an elven clan that rivals Eile’s. It’s possible Fjall will eventually become the Continent’s first Witcher.

Jacob Collins-Levy (The White Princess, Young Wallander) was first announced to have joined the cast by Redanian Intelligence as Blood Origin’s “Captain Eredin”. This is the same Eredin we know from the novels and the games and, in fact, another actor was cast as an older version of this character for The Witcher season 2. This is the first major connection between Blood Origin and the main series.

Since those initial castings here’s who else has joined the cast:

• Michelle Yeoh will play Scian
• Dylan Moran will play Uthrok One-Nut
• Lenny Henry will play Balor
• Nathaniel Curtis will play Brian
• Francesca Mills will play Meldof
• Huw Novelli will play Brother Death / Callan
• Lizzie Annis will play Zacaré
• Zach Wyatt will play Syndril

The Witcher: Blood Origin Release Date

During TUDUM this weekend they dropped the first poster plus the release date – December 25th. It’s sooner than a lot of us expected. I’m looking forward to new trailers and images that reveal more about the story as we get closer to the series’ debut.

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The Witcher: Blood Origin story explained

Most of you will know that Netflix’s The Witcher is based on a beloved series of books written by Andrzej Sapkowski, that also inspired CD Projekt Red’s popular Witcher video games. While Sapkowski sometimes touches on events like the Conjunction of the Spheres, it is clear that Blood Origin‘s story will be much more reliant on the imagination of the writers because very little is known about this period in the Continent’s history.

That being said, there is a foundation of early history that the show could lean on. The world of The Witcher was originally populated in waves. First by the gnomes, then came dwarves and finally elves. While these Elder Races weren’t exactly co-existing in peace, the Conjunction of the Spheres threw their world into chaos, trapping all sorts of unnatural creatures from other dimensions including humans and monsters. It is neither known what caused the Conjunction nor how it transpired, just that it changed the fabric of the Continent forever.

The creation of the first Witcher is an event that is almost as shrouded in myth as the Conjunction. Long after monsters first appeared on the Continent, a group of renegade mages came together to forge a weapon against the supernatural creatures that had become a blight on the people in many regions. Ironically, some of them like the sorcerer Alzur were themselves responsible for creating the most horrid abominations imaginable through magic. The first witchers were created in a secret and incredibly painful ritual that came to be known as the Trial of the Grasses. Those who survived, gained enhanced reflexes, speed and agility, making them the ultimate monster-slayers.

The show will find its own way to get to these events, but this is not to say that it can’t borrow from the books. Exploring a pre-Conjunction world could offer a unique opportunity to delve deep into the different societies of the Elder Races, in a way the main Witcher show can’t. The mystery of the first witcher and the mages who created him looms large throughout all the centuries that follow right into Geralt’s lifetime.

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Chris Hemsworth is set to star in Extraction 2, as shown in a new teaser. The film’s first look was revealed during Tudum: A Netflix Global Fan Event. Hemsworth will return as Tyler Rake, a former SASR operator turned black-ops mercenary. The teaser also gives us a glimpse of Golshifteh Farahani, who plays his partner, Nik Khan. The first film, released in 2020, was a success.

In the video, director Sam Hargrave emphasizes the need to bring even more action in Extraction 2. Chris Hemsworth is shown performing incredible stunts involving helicopters and trains. Hargrave mentions that everything that led to this point doesn’t matter unless they can surpass it in scale and quality. A scene is revealed where a helicopter lands on the top of a moving train, indicating a more intricate and extreme sequence compared to the first film. Amidst the chaotic action, Chris expresses his excitement, and the audience is promised a mind-blowing outcome.

Netflix posted a short preview on social media with the message, “We’re putting helicopters on trains in motion. Chris Hemsworth and director Sam Hargrave are back for Extraction 2, featuring incredible action scenes that are just as impressive behind the scenes as they are on camera.”

Extraction 2 features Daniel Bernhardt and Tinatin Dalakishvili alongside the main star. The movie’s description says, “Following his near-death experience in the previous film, Rake returns as the Australian black ops mercenary, assigned to a new dangerous mission: saving the traumatized family of a brutal Georgian gang leader from captivity in a prison.”

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Fans of the drama series had kept a close eye ever since its cancellation to see which streamer could potentially save the day and bring it back to life, and our favorite platform is, fortunately, the one to do it!

Manifest was added to Netflix in June 2021, right before the Manifest season 3 finale aired on NBC. The show was one of the top shows and movies on Netflix for at least two months.

Only the first two seasons of Manifest were added to Netflix in June 2021, but fans were pleasantly surprised when Manifest season 3 dropped without warning in August.

Wait, I thought Manifest was canceled?

I mean…technically, yes, it was. NBC axed the show back on June 14, 2021. The move was actually a last-minute decision for the network because cast contracts were set to expire the next day. It was also surprising for some newer fans since the show was at the top of the Netflix Top 10 as more people binged the series for the first time.

Trailer

The full trailer for Manifest Season 4 dropped during Netflix’s TUDUM on Saturday, Sept. 24. The trailer not only reunited fans with the survivors of Flight 828 but also gave several big hints about where the show is going in its final season. The survivors are in a race against the clock to figure out what their purpose is before their death day arrives in 18 months and before they can be hunted down by a mysterious killer. Can they figure out what that storm really did to them and why they were chosen for this mysterious path?

At Netflix’s Geeked Week, the streamer released a sneak preview of Season 4. In the scene, Michaela Stone snoops around a shipping yard in search of something. What she finds, though, is something she wasn’t expecting. (And kind of gross, too.)

Manifest Season 4 Cast

Given that Manifest was canceled and then picked up by Netflix, the time has passed in the story, and characters have died, the cast for Season 4 will be a mix of familiar and missing faces. Accordingly, most of the main cast — including Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, and J.R. Ramirez — will return. And also, Athena Karkanis, whose character Grace Stone died in Season 3, will not be back. And Jack Messina, who played young Cal Stone, will be replaced by an older actor, Ty Doran, because of the two-year time jump.

Manifest Main Cast

• Melissa Roxburgh as Michaela Stone
• Josh Dallas as Ben Stone
• J.R. Ramirez as Jared Vasquez
• Luna Blaise as Olive Stone
• Ty Doran as Cal Stone
• Parveen Kaur as Saanvi Bahl
• Matt Long as Zeke Landon
• Holly Taylor as Angelina Meyer
• Daryl Edwards as Robert Vance

The Road to Manifest Season 4 on Netflix

Before we look to the future, let’s look at the road to Manifest season 4 on Netflix.

Manifest’s story began in 2018 when Flight 828 took off in the pilot episode on NBC. The series gripped viewers being the 9th top-rated show on NBC that season. NBC ordered a second and a third season however, viewership had dropped substantially over time.

Season 1 reportedly had 12.61 million viewers on average, dropping by over half when season 3 began airing.

In the summer of 2021, the writing was on the wall for Manifest; this is where the timeline with Netflix begins.

NBC canceled the show shortly after Manifest’s season 3 finale aired on June 10th, 2021. In a likely last effort ditch to give the show some more exposure, Warner Brothers Television (who is the main owner of the show) licensed seasons 1-2 to Netflix on June 10th, 2021.

Since the revival of the show, Netflix has revealed that between June 27th and September 12th, seasons 1-3 were watched at least 214,520,000 million hours just in the United States and Canada.

Manifest Season 4 Plot

Without giving away spoilers from the exciting Manifest season 3 finale, the fourth season will continue to put the pieces together for the endgame. A major character returned, a major character faced tragedy, and the 828s learned new information that could help solve the mystery.

As the death date draws nearer for the Flight 828 passengers, it’s a race against the clock for Ben, Michaela, Saanvi, and the whole team to figure out what happened to them, where they went, and how to save themselves from the time on their second chance running out.

Josh Dallas spoke about season 4 in December 2021, giving us a tease for what we can expect from his character Ben. “To be honest… he’s not in a great place,” the actor said. Get the tissues ready for the new season!

For a SPOILER-FILLED look at what’s to come in Manifest season 4, here’s the synopsis Netflix released that confirms the two-year time jump:

Two years after the brutal murder of Grace turned their lives upside down, the Stone family is in shambles as a devastated Ben continues to mourn his wife and search for his kidnapped daughter, Eden. Consumed by his grief, Ben has stepped down from his role as co-captain of the lifeboat, leaving Michaela to captain it alone, a near impossible feat with the passengers’ every move now being monitored by a government registry. As the Death Date draws closer and the passengers grow desperate for a path to survival, a mysterious passenger arrives with a package for Cal that changes everything they know about Flight 828 and will prove to be the key to unlocking the secret of the Callings in this compelling, mind-bending, and deeply emotional journey.

Release Date

However, there’s a small catch. Season 4 will be released in two parts, containing 10 episodes each. No release date has been announced for Part 2, and there’s no way to tell when Part 2 will be released.

As another special acknowledgment of the show’s Flight 828, Netflix announced the release date of Manifest season 4 on August 28, 2022. Accordingly, Manifest is officially coming back with season 4 on Friday, November 4 on Netflix.

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To recap, based on the series of books within the Grishaverse by Leigh Bardugo, the first season of the fantasy show dropped on Netflix on April 23rd, 2021. Among the cast for the first season included Ben Barnes, Jessie Mei Li, Archie Renaux, Freddy Carter, Amita Suman, and Kit Young.

Season 1

Shadow and Bone Season 1 blended the first book in Leigh Bardugo’s Grishaverse trilogy, Shadow and Bone, with the introduction of characters from the Six of Crows duology. While the first season focused mainly on Alina (Jessie Mei Li) discovering her light powers and going toe to toe with The Darkling (Ben Barnes), it also gave us backstory about the Six of Crows gang, including Kaz Brekker (Freddy Carter), Jesper Fahey (Kit Young), and Inej Ghafa (Amita Suman), and embedded them in Alina’s journey (in the book world, the Six of Crows books take place after the events of the Shadow and Bone trilogy). 

In the season finale, the Crows parted ways with Alina and made their way back to the gambling capital of Ketterdam, where fate put them in the path of a Grisha — someone skilled in “the small science,” which seems a lot like magic but isn’t — named Nina (Danielle Galligan), who needs help with a Grisha hunter, Matthias (Calahan Skogman) whom she accidentally got arrested for human trafficking. 

Shadow and Bone Season 2 should continue a similar blend of both the original Grishaverse trilogy and stories from the Six of Crows sequels.

Latest News

The first look at Shadow & Bone Season 2 was revealed during Netflix’s TUDUM on Sept. 24. A teaser trailer revealed Nikolai (Patrick Gibson) in action amongst quick glimpses of all the major players — Mal, Mathias, the Crows, and yes, The Darkling, who emerges from the shadows to ask, “Are you willing to sacrifice that which is most precious to you?” 

The 40-second first-look trailer doesn’t give too much away, but it hints at how the series’ second season will increase the fantasy-based action and drama from its predecessor. We see the Crows joining forces with Jack Wolfe’s Wylan Hendriks, Jessie Mei Li’s Alina Starkov engaging in conversation with Patrick Gibson’s Nikolai Lantsov, multiple explosions, chase sequences, and Ben Barnes’ General Kirigan asking someone what they’ll give up to pursue their wildest ambitions. Sounds and looks ominous.

Netflix also released a 25-second video of Gibson’s Nikolai, Wolfe’s Qylan, Lewis Tan’s Tolya Yul-Battar, and Anna Leong Brophy’s Tamar Kir-Battar in their official costumes. Based on fans’ reactions to the reveal, audiences are delighted with the glimpses at these fan-favorite characters:

Shadow and Bone season 2 release date

There’s no official release date for Shadow and Bone season 2 just yet, but Netflix has confirmed it’s coming in 2023. And also, the series will consist of 8 episodes with each episode being roughly an hour in length. Meanwhile, principal photography wrapped in early June:

Shadow and Bone season 2 Cast

Li, Barnes, Archie Renaux (Mal), Freddy Carter (Kaz), Amita Suman (Inej), Kit Young (Jesper), Danielle Galligan (Nina), Calahan Skogman (Matthias), Sujaya Dasgupta (Zoya), Julian Kostov (Fedyor), Daisy Head (Genya), and Dean Lennox Kelly (Pekka Rollins) are all expected to return. Galligan, Skogman, and Head have been promoted to series regulars.

Plus, there are some new additions to the cast: Anna Leong Brophy (Traces) will play Tamar Kir-Bataar; Jack Wolfe (The Witcher) will play Wylan Hendriks; Lewis Tan (Mortal Kombat) will play Tolya Yul-Bataar, and Patrick Gibson (The OA) will play Nikolai Lantsov.

The Plot

There are several moving parts involved in season 2, but one big reveal is that General Kirigan (a.k.a The Darkling) doesn’t die, and his powers appear to be even stronger. Based on the sneak-peek clip Netflix shared during TUDUM, Kirigan appears to still be season 2’s Big Bad. The description for the second book in the Shadow and Bone series reads, in part: “To save her country, Alina will have to choose between her power and the love she thought would always be her shelter. No victory can come without sacrifice–and only she can face the oncoming storm.”

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In anticipation of the upcoming season, Netflix has released the first images from Vikings: Valhalla Season 2. The images are visually striking and are set against a dramatic Scandinavian background. The first look at the new season gives viewers a small teaser of what to expect in the upcoming season, including both new and familiar faces, as well as plenty of drama and action, and already promises an exciting season filled with romance, battles, and axes.

Netflix has released the first clip from Vikings: Valhalla Season 2. Season 1 debuted on the streaming service back in February, and by March it was already renewed for and began production on Season 3.

Valhalla is a spin-off of History Channel/Amazon Prime Video’s Vikings series, which ran for six seasons. The first season of Vikings: Valhalla showed how the Nordic kingdoms changed since the time of Ragnar Lothbrok (History Channel’s Vikings series), as the Viking people are split between those who worship Odin and the pagan gods and those who look at Jesus as their savior. The religious tension at the heart of the Viking culture is best represented by the journey of siblings Leif Eriksson and Freydis Eriksdotter, who travel to Kattegat to get revenge on the man who carved a cross on Freydis’ flesh. However, while looking to set some personal scores, Leif and Freydis end up mixed in a new war against England, as Vikings from different countries unite to avenge the people who got slaughtered by the English King.

Vikings: Valhalla Season 2 Clip

Leif and Freydis got involved in a bloody battle for the defense of Kattegat at the end of Season 1, and the new clip shows how the following season will explore the conflict between different Viking factions. In the clip, Leif and Freydis lead a group of survivors that are being chased by a Viking army. Once they seem to be cornered on a beach, balls of fire fall from the skies, launched by boats hidden in the fog. The clip doesn’t reveal who comes to Leif and Freydis’ aid, but the short clip teases Season 2 will be filled to the brink with thrilling combats.

Vikings: Valhalla season 2 cast

There are several members of the Vikings: Valhalla season 2 cast expected to return. They include Sam Corlett (Leif), Leo Suter (Harald), Frida Gustavsson (Freydis), Laura Berlin (Emma of Normandy), David Oakes (Godwin), and Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Olaf).

Søren Pilmark (Forkbeard) and Bradley Freegard (Canute), will all surely be back too, given how heavily they factored into the first season.

In terms of newcomers, one has been confirmed: Florian Munteanu, previously seen as Razor Fist in Shang-Chi, has joined the cast as Maniakes, a Byzantine general.

Also, Bradley James, who played Arthur Pendragon, joins the cast of Vikings Valhalla season 2. He will play Harakr, the pagan ruler of Jomsburg, a refuge for pagan Vikings.

Harekr (Bradley James)

“Harekr is the ruler of Jómsborg, a sort of legendary Viking place where the uber-pagan Vikings lived. He’s a great warrior, but since he’s pagan, he’s got a bull’s-eye on his back for any of our pagan hunters, like Olaf. 

The Jomsvikings were very strict and rigid, so Harekr has very, very, very specific rules that he lives by. That’s how the Jomsvikings rolled, they were very loyal to their leader. They would fight to the death, even when they didn’t sometimes think that their leader was right.” 

Release Date

So, we have some good news and some bad news regarding the release date of Vikings: Valhalla season two. The good news is it’s definitely, 100%, happening. In fact, it’s already been filmed and the creative team is eager to make it sooner rather than later.

The bad news is, by September 21, 2022, there is still no news regarding when exactly that might be. All we know is that it will be at some point in 2023. We’re guessing around a similar time season one dropped, which was February.

How many episodes will be there?

As previously mentioned, the streamer ordered 24 entries of the Vikings‘ spin-off. Eight of them premiered as part of the first run of episodes. Out of the 16 left, it is presumed that eight of them will make up Vikings: Valhalla season 2

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