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The beginning of Elbaph’s arc brought some unexpected plot twists that One Piece fans never anticipated. One such twist that made the fans excited and confused at the same time was the return of the mysterious character who was first seen with Crocus on the cover of One Piece manga chapter 631.

Mysterious Man with Crocus | Credit: Viz Media

Although this character has not been revealed, he has made quite a few appearances since the beginning of the Elbaph arc and will most likely hold a lot of importance in the One Piece narrative. As fans try to figure out who this mysterious figure is, all the fingers point towards one individual character who, although a part of the One Piece storyline, has never made an official appearance in the main storyline.

This character is none other than Shiki, the Golden Lion. Shiki was Roger’s one of the biggest rivals,...

After 13 years of anticipation, lore-hungry One Piece fans might just be on the verge of discovering one big mystery. Eiichiro Oda’s closely guarded secret, which has been around since chapter 631 of the series, is ready to surface with the revelation of a mysterious character.

Crocus from One Piece | Credits: Toei Animation

This mysterious character, who was seen wearing Samurai attire, was having a casual drinking session with Crocus! Now a surprise encounter with a silhouette of probably the same character in Chapter 1132 made people really excited. There’s this feeling that what was supposed to be hidden now is finally coming out, and hence, it would be a roller-coaster ride in the ongoing Elbaf arc.

13 Years Ago, Crocus Had a Fateful Encounter with a Mysterious Stranger A panel from chapter 631, One Piece manga | Credits: Viz Media

Chapter 631 of One Piece manga had a noteworthy reunion between Crocus and Laboon after the time skip.

From Romance Dawn to Egghead, the Strawhats have undergone an impressive growth in One Piece. They recognised their strengths very early in their journey and trained hard to reach their current level. A part of their strength comes from the desire to protect their loved ones, especially the crew members. In arcs like Enies Lobby and Whole Cake Island, we got to witness how far the Strawhats were willing to go.

A still from One Piece Film: Strong World | Credits: Toei Animation

However, the monstrous strength of the Strawhats has also posed some challenges to Eiichiro Oda. After the release of One Piece Film: Strong World, Oda opened up in an interview about the challenges he faced as a result of the Monster Trio’s strength.

The Idea Behind One Piece Film: Strong World Luffy and Nami | Credits: Toei Animation

The film Strong World was released before the time skip.

In the world of Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, becoming a Yonko of the Sea is one of the biggest achievable titles that any pirate can have for themselves. While the series features many faces, only 4 names are worthy enough to bear that title; they are none other than Luffy, Shanks, Blackbeard, and Buggy.

Shanks. Credits: Toei Animation

Fans have witnessed the growth of Monkey D. Luffy from being a rookie to becoming an Emperor of the Sea. However, fans are immensely curious about how the Captain of the Red-Hair Pirates achieved his title. While there have been several rumors, the hosts of That One Piece Talk podcast shared their theory of how the character would have made him a notorious name in the Grand Line.

The theory states that Red-Hair might have taken down a ghost from the past who once went against the King of the Pirates with...

Dennis Villeneuve’s take on Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi saga Dune became a major hit, with both fans and critics agreeing that Villeneuve has made yet another masterpiece as far as the whole franchise is concerned. Both of the films were global hits and we know that the third and final movie of the trilogy, Dune: Messiah, is currently in the works. But, while we wait for the third movie, we are also going to see a prequel series, Dune: Prophecy, which will explore the world of Dune before the first movie. The series is going to premiere on HBO Max later this year, and we are happy to confirm that a trailer for the series has been released, confirming its Fall 2024 release window.

The series was announced some time ago and was described as a prequel that will explore the ancient history behind the main story of Dune,...

"One Piece" needs no introduction. This is one of the biggest anime of all time, and a franchise that helped change the anime medium and manga forever. As a long-running story, "One Piece" features one of the biggest and most fleshed-out worlds in all of fiction, up there with J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium. Granted, the number of episodes is daunting, but the longevity and reputation of "One Piece" work to its advantage, as you see the world slowly change throughout the story, and the characters grow and develop over the years.

Like most big anime franchises, "One Piece" is more than just an anime or a manga, but a big franchise with almost as many movies as "Pokémon." With 17 movies to date, some movies are better than others at capturing what makes "One Piece" so special and endearing. If you care only about the best of the best, here are...

“Judge the art, not the artist.” That is the mantra we hear each and every time someone in the entertainment world is accused of heinous behavior, and it’s one that was repeated by artistic director Alberto Barbera prior to this year’s Venice Film Festival.

In an interview with The Guardian, Barbera discussed his decision to include films by Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, and Luc Besson in the 2023 festival program — Polanski’s The Palace, a class comedy about a dinner party at a luxury Swiss hotel on the eve...

Mark Strong (1917), Jade Anouka (His Dark Materials), and Chris Mason (Broadchurch) have been added to the cast of the the HBO Max series Dune: The Sisterhood (which is a prequel to the Dune feature films), joining previously announced cast members Emily Watson (Punch Drunk Love), Shirley Henderson (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), Indira Varma (Obi-Wan), Shalom Brune-Franklin (The Tourist), Sarah-Sofie Boussnina (The Colony), Faoileann Cunningham (The Northman), Aoife Hinds (Normal People), Chloe Lea (Foundation), and Travis Fimmel (Raised by Wolves).

Just last week, it was announced that series creator Diane Ademu-John, who previously worked on The Haunting of Bly Manor, Empire, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Medium, and Crossing Jordan, had stepped down as co-showrunner on Dune: The Sisterhood. Alison Schapker is now the sole showrunner on the show. Schapker’s previous credits include Westworld, Altered Carbon, Scandal, The Flash, Almost Human, Fringe, Brothers & Sisters, Lost, Alias,...

All of the cast members announced for the HBO Max series Dune: The Sisterhood (which is a prequel to the Dune feature films) up to this point have been for female roles – which makes sense, since the show is going to be about “a mysterious order of women”. But now Deadline has broken the news that the show does have a male lead among its characters, and that role is going to be played by Travis Fimmel (Raised by Wolves).

Diane Ademu-John, who previously worked on The Haunting of Bly Manor at Netflix, Empire at Fox, The Originals and The Vampire Diaries at The CW, and Medium and Crossing Jordan at NBC, is the showrunner on Dune: The Sisterhood. Ademu-John is also writing and executive producing the show, which will be

told through the eyes of a mysterious order of women known as the Bene Gesserit. Given extraordinary abilities by...

A total of 164 feature films will play at this year’s London Film Festival, alongside an abundance of shorts, TV series and an expanded program of Xr (extended reality) works — and that’s in a comparatively slimmed-down era of curation for a public-facing festival that has long aimed to bring the best of the global festival circuit to non-traveling cinephiles.

What has definitely grown is the Lff’s national reach: In what fest director Tricia Tuttle terms the festival’s “new normal” format after a few years of structural shifts and Covid-era adjustments, the capital-centered event will also be hosting screenings in 10 other cities around the U.K., from Manchester to Edinburgh to Belfast — sealing its status as the country’s preeminent film festival. A digital program of up to 20 titles will also be made available for online viewing, while short films and screen talks will be free to stream...

Magnolia Pictures has acquired the U.S. rights to “About Endlessness,” a Swedish drama from director Roy Andersson, the distributor announced Monday. Magnolia plans to release the film theatrically in 2020.

Andersson, the director of “You, The Living” and “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” won Best Director at the Venice International Film Festival where the film made its premiere. It made its North American premiere at Tiff.

His latest film, “About Endlessness,” is a reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, its splendor and banality. We wander, dreamlike, gently guided by our Scheherazade-esque narrator. Inconsequential moments take on the same significance as historical events: a couple floats over a war-torn Cologne; on the way to a birthday party, a father stops to tie his daughter’s shoelaces in the pouring rain; teenage girls dance outside a cafe; a defeated army marches to a prisoner-of-war camp.

Exclusive: Amid concerns about potential violent situations, the opening weekend of Warner Bros’ controversial Joker in New York City will see an increased police presence both in and out of uniform.

Earlier this week, the NYPD’s Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison told officers that the department plans to visibly station cops at theaters showing the Joaquin Phoenix-starring film. Now Deadline has learned that a significant undercover detachment will also be deployed to make sure nothing untoward occurs inside cinemas in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.

“This is 360-degree policing approach to ensure safety for ticket buyers in their seats, as well as on the streets,” a law enforcement official said of the strategy to have plain-clothed police in a number of theaters in America’s largest city starting with the October 3 previews and throughout the expected heavily attended weekend. “If something happens inside one of the screenings,...

The 2019 Venice International Film Festival has wrapped, and this year’s edition has announced its award winners. The Golden Lion, the festival’s top laureate, went to “Joker,” which is a strong statement from this year’s competition jury led by Lucrecia Martel. See the complete list of this year’s winners below.

In recent years, the Venice Golden Lion has gone to films that went on to have legs in the awards-season conversation stateside. Last year’s Lion went to Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma,” which won three Academy Awards for Netflix but lost Best Picture to “Green Book.” The year prior, the Golden Lion went to Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” which won Best Picture at the Oscars in 2018.

In a surprise upset over Joaquin Phoenix in hot competition title “Joker” (until it carried off with the Golden Lion), Best Actor went to Luca Marinelli for...

“Joker” from director Todd Phillips won the Golden Lion, and “J’Accuse,” or “An Officer and a Spy,” from director Roman Polanski has won the Grand Jury Prize, the festival’s runner up prize, at the 76th edition of the Venice Film Festival.

The comic book film starring Joaquin Phoenix in an origin story of the iconic Batman villain beat out a lineup that also included films such as James Gray’s “Ad Astra” and Steven Soderbergh’s “The Laundromat” for the top prize.

“I want to thank Warner Bros. and DC for stepping out of their comfort zone and taking a big swing on me,” director Todd Phillips said as he accepted the Golden Lion.

Polanski’s “An Officer and a Spy” stars Jean Dujardin in a film about the Dreyfus Affair. His presence at the festival generated some backlash, as it’s his first film since the director...

Refresh for latest…: The 76th Venice Film Festival draws to a close tonight with the winners about to be announced from inside the Sala Grande on the Lido. It’s been another year replete with strong movies hungry for awards season attention, as well as a fair share of controversy. And, it’s anybody’s guess which way Lucrecia Martel’s jury will swing.

Among the most contested titles, from even before the fest kicked off, is Roman Polanski’s An Officer And A Spy which nevertheless held sway with Italian critics in an annual poll. Any win tonight would certainly seem to cement the divide between U.S. and Euro perspectives in the #MeToo era.

Overall, and for Hollywood, among the biggest show-stopping moments of the past 10 days was the world premiere of Warner Bros’ Joker with a mesmerizing turn by star Joaquin Phoenix. Also highly-praised are such...

Tributes have begun to pour in for Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci, who died Monday at the age of 77.

“A giant of Italian filmmaking, he will remain forever a leading light in world cinema,” the Cannes Film Festival tweeted. Bertolucci served as jury president at Cannes in 1990 and won an honorary Palme for lifetime achievement in 2011.

Adieu à Bernardo Bertolucci, Palme d’honneur à #Cannes2011 pour l’ensemble de sa carrière après y avoir présidé le Jury en 1990. Prima della Revoluzione, Le Conformiste, 1900, La Tragédie d’un Homme ridicule… Géant du cinéma italien, il restera un phare du cinéma mondial. pic.twitter.com/EscfWEZ9pp

— Festival de Cannes (@Festival_Cannes) November 26, 2018

Famous for such major works as “Last Tango in Paris” and “The Conformist,” Bertolucci was the only Italian to win a best director Oscar, an accolade he picked up for “The Last Emperor,” which scored nine Academy Awards in all.