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All seasons of Haikyu!! are finally available with English dub on Crunchyroll

Crunchyroll expands its Haikyu!! English dub library, adding seasons 3-4 and special episodes, making the entire series available in one place

Swiss and German law enforcement agencies jointly shut down Cryptomixer, a major bitcoin mixing platform suspected of laundering money from criminal activities (Ludwig Burger/Reuters)

Ludwig Burger / Reuters:
Swiss and German law enforcement agencies jointly shut down Cryptomixer, a major bitcoin mixing platform suspected of laundering money from criminal activities  —  A group of Swiss and German law enforcement agencies said on Monday they shut down cryptomixer.io, one of the largest platforms …

Paramount Announces A New 'Sonic Universe' Film For Holiday 2028

Game Informer

Paramount has announced a new live-action Sonic film slated to release during the 2028 holiday season. The film is being dubbed as a “Sonic universe” movie, suggesting it could be some type of spin-off instead of a direct numbered sequel.

Per Deadline, all we know about this yet-to-be-titled fifth Sonic film project is that it will be produced by Mortiz’s Original Film and Sega Sammy Group. The project does not have a director attached, nor an announced cast. The previous three Sonic movies have all been directed by Jeff Fowler and have starred Ben Schwartz as Sonic, Jim Carrey as Dr. Robotnik, James Marsden as Tom Wachowski, with Idris Elba and Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Knuckles and Tails, respectively. 

Whatever form this movie takes, it will arrive over a year after the already announced Sonic the Hedgehog 4, scheduled to hit theaters on March 19, 2027. Though it may be a little strange to announce another Sonic movie when we hardly know anything about the next one, it's not unexpected given the box office successes of the last three films. The Sonic film trilogy has grossed a combined $1.2 billion. 

Your guess is as good as ours as to what this Sonic universe film will be. Is it merely Sonic 5, or a spin-off starring a different character à la the Paramount+ Knuckles series?  Let us know what you think in the comments. 

[Source: Deadline]

On its 35th anniversary, Misery serves as a timeless cautionary tale

Rob Reiner's adaptation of Stephen King's 1987 novel, Misery, just turned 35, but it's more relevant now than ever

Runway says its new text-to-video AI generator has ‘unprecedented’ accuracy

Runway claims its latest text-to-video model generates even more accurate visuals than its last. In a blog post on Monday, Runway says its Gen-4.5 model can produce “cinematic and highly realistic outputs,” potentially making it even more difficult to distinguish between what’s real and what’s AI. “Gen-4.5 achieves unprecedented physical accuracy and visual precision,” Runway’s […]