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What would we do without Netflix? The constant carousel of content shows no signs of stopping, which is a mercy given that COVID-19 is still preventing us from socializing and for most of us, the weather is freezing cold. But who needs the outside world anyway, as the streaming giant has just released a full rundown of what's coming to the service in March 2021.
One of the few benefits of COVID-19 is that being stuck indoors means I'm at substantially less risk of shark attacks. But someday soon, the restrictions on travel will be lifted and we can all head back to those perfect sands and glittering oceans where our sharp-toothed, big-finned underwater buddies are waiting for a long-delayed human buffet. In the meantime, Victory of the People and Blue Falcon Productions are serving up an extremely trashy looking B-movie sharkstravaganza in Shark Island.
The Boys has proved a sizeable hit for Amazon Prime Video, but Netflix looks like they've got a decent counter up their sleeve: Jupiter's Legacy. Based on the comic by Mark Millar and Frank Quitely, the story is about a generation conflict between two groups of superheroes. The elders are The Union, who gained powers in the 1930s and represent a golden age of heroism. They're opposed by their similarly superpowered children, who struggle with the weight of expectations on them and how to react to a changing world.
Should there be a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel without Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow? The character has been at the core of the billion-dollar franchise for nearly two decades now and let's face it, audiences aren't showing up for Orlando Bloom's Will Turner. The franchise has been dormant since 2017's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, but Disney is gearing up for a revival.
It's been a lean 12 months for Doctor Who fans. The season 12 finale aired almost exactly a year ago and we're still facing a COVID-19-induced wait for more. Along the way, we got a neat New Year's Day special in "Revolution of the Daleks" and a smattering of fun Big Finish stories, but the show's devoted audience is crying out for something fresh. Well, what's coming to AMC and BBC America next month might be far from new, but most of you still won't have seen it.
The Walking Dead's season 10C is just around the corner and will begin a bumper year for the franchise. COVID-19 delays meant that the next run - the final chapter of the core show - is only filming now and will air later this year. But on Sunday, AMC brings us season 10C, which boasts six new episodes designed to offer up new facets of familiar characters.
We're still seeing the fallout of Johnny Depp's catastrophic defeat in the British High Court last year. His libel case brought against The Sun newspaper was intended to refute accusations that he was a drug-addled domestic abuser and expose ex-wife Amber Heard as a fantasist. But it backfired spectacularly, as not only was Depp's dirty laundry aired in public, but the judge found Heard's testimony convincing and ruled that it isn't libellous to describe him as a "wife-beater."
After getting fired for saying dumb stuff on social media, Gina Carano is going to open up in a new interview about her time on The Mandalorian. The former Star Wars actress has recorded a sit down chat with Ben Shapiro in which she talks about the mood on set, claims she's been "bullied" by Disney and hints at a shocking story that'd make everyone think twice about her situation.