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Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Seventh Episode, Tom Holland, after a grueling filming and producing period of a new Apple TV+ series, has announced he’ll be taking a year-long break from acting to rest and recharge himself for his subsequent planned roles, such as Spider-Man 4. At the same time, Hollywood/Star Wars/Joker Icon Mark Hamill reveals he’s ready to stop playing Luke Skywalker as the Star Wars Universe gets ready for The Ahsoka series in August featuring returning Star Wars Rebels characters and unresolved storylines in the build-to Dave Filoni’s Heir To The Empire Star Wars Film. We learn more details regarding Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse and a scrapped live-action sequence that was scrapped as Captain America: New World Order transitions to Captain America: Brave New World! The FTC charges Microsoft 20 Million Dollars following the revelation of Microsoft’s Account data involving children. Meanwhile, Apple hosted its WWDC ’23 keynote presentation with new updates/upgrades to The MacBook Air, Mac Studio, Mac, and iOS software, along with the unveiling of The Apple Vision Pro, an augmented reality/virtual reality headset gear, priced at 3,500 Dollars so naturally it will sell if the Apple Cloth could be sold at $20 and be priced gouged by Scalpers…god help us all.

Diablo 4’s Hardcore mode before the launch of the game is already getting maxed out 100-level players with a method that is being deemed questionable by the community while revealing roadmaps and two expansion packs for the game in the coming years, but be warned, this IS Activision-Blizzard so don’t be surprised if they don’t keep to their promises. The Japanese Legend of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, is coming out of retirement for one last film, titled ‘How Do You Live?’, set for July and using a bold marketing strategy where they do…absolutely nothing but a poster to build for the hype…Bold Strategy Cotten. Let’s see if it pays off for ‘em. SAG-AFTRA vote overwhelmingly to potentially join WGA in the strike if a fair deal isn’t reached by June 30th to benefit the workhorses of Hollywood in a rising world of AI Usage.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth shares new details about the upcoming Remake Sequel, such as new combos, a higher degree of freedom in the world, and intimate boss battles, as well as somehow writing accessibility for fans not having played the first game to be able to jump into the second part in their trilogy, I don’t know how that was possible but okay…and Finally, Kelly Thompson, superstar writer of the recently concluded Captain Marvel 50-Issue landmark run, reunites with Artist Leonardo Romero along with colorist Jordie Bellaire and letterer Clayton Cowles in a new ongoing volume of DC Comics’ Birds of Prey, revealing the new team of this incarnation featuring WildC.A.T.S’ Zealot, Darkseid’s former female fury leader, Big Barda, The Former Clown Queen of Gotham, Harley Quinn, The Second Batgirl and world’s greatest fighter, Cassandra Cain and all led by the Legendary Elite Fighter and Former Leader of The Justice League, Black Canary, Dinah Lance! All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

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NRC Reviews A.X.E. Judgment Day Tie-In issue of Immortal X-Men!

THE DEVIL'S PARTY

HELLFIRE IS AN ETERNAL FLAME

Krakoa is under siege from the Eternals, who have taken the recent revelation of mutant resurrection as a sign of excess deviation that must be corrected. A faction of Eternals have paired with the Avengers and the kidnapped Mister Sinister and turned the Avengers' headquarters (the deceased body of a Celestial) into a new living god: the Progenitor! But the newly awakened Progenitor has declared that everyone on Earth will be judged - - and if found wanting, all will perish!

STAND FOR JUDGMENT! Judgment comes, and the Quiet Council grows suspiciously quiet. An exception: Do you think a man so devoted to the Hellfire cares one jot? Let’s find out.

Kieron Gillen | Writer 

Lucas Werneck | Artist 

David Curiel | Color Artist 

VC's Clayton Cowles | Letterer 

Tom Muller & Jay Bowen | Design 

Mark Brooks | Cover Artist 

VC's Clayton Cowles | Production 

Lauren Amaro | Assistant Editor 

Jordan D. White | Editor 

C.B. Cebulski | Editor in Chief

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Fifth Episode, James Gunn's upcoming Superman: Legacy, which officially kickstarts The New DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters, officially announces pre-production on the anniversary of Superman's iconic debut! The Writer's Guild of America votes for a potential industry-wide strike. Twitter continues to anger users by removing legacy verified checkmarks, only to reveal that Elon is personally paying Twitter Blue for accounts with a Million Followers or more; why he doesn't make yet another colored verification checkmark for the Millionaire's Club, I'll never know. So while that's going on, we learn some additional details of Free Radical Design's abandoned Star Wars Battlefront III as Legendary Halo Developer Frank O'Connor departs Microsoft and Halo for good, the end of the old guard of Halo has arrived as Halo Infinite continues to struggle in its development progress.

After over two decades of success, Netflix has announced it is shuttering the DVD Rental, a true end to an era as they begin rolling out password sharing crackdown in broader strokes. Martin Scorsese's next big film for Apple TV, will be a massive three hours and twenty-six minutes, behind by three minutes to his previous work, The Irishman; imagine the endeavor it takes for these kinds of projects when not just a limited series for premium tv. Ryan Reynolds shares details on Hugh Jackman's Wolverine in Deadpool 3. Square Enix irritates fans with their triple downing on Blockchain/NFT Games...because 'Playing To Have Fun' is a problem for a VIDEO GAME DEVELOPER in the 2020s. The AMC-Anne Rice universe expands while HBO's Last of Us may surpass Season 2 and Part II. We learn Infinity War had scrapped a massive deleted scene of Thanos acquiring the Power Stone. The Marvel Age continues as they plan to publish an All-Star anthology issue titled Marvel Age #1000.

George R.R Martin reveals details on the upcoming MAX Original Series' A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms, which will adapt the compilation of The Tale of Dunk and Egg stories, taking place a century before Game of Thrones where The Targaryen's still rule Westeros before their final downfall, and how they'll film an entire season of potentially six episodes as opposed to just a pilot. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

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Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Third Episode, Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti's mystery project is unveiled as G.O.D.S, as Hickman has described as Marvel's Sandman, which will feature the clash of The Natural Order of Things against The Powers That Be that is promised by Marvel as Hickman's most ambitious undertaking to date, dramatically reshaping Marvel's pantheon of cosmic beings and the entities behind the very fabric of reality. With Hickman revealed that when he returned to Marvel that along with House of X, G.O.D.S was his other ambitious work, drawn and colored by Valerio Schiti and Marte Gracia, respectively; Hickman's next Marvel Spanning Epic will launch in the Fall of 2023 with a preview in Free Comic Book Day. When Hickman writes, you read.

"The X-Men hoped Krakoa would last forever. Time to find out if they were right." was the tease Marvel first gave for the Post-Destiny of X era for The Mutant Nation-State, Krakoa, which began in 2019's House of X/Powers of X Maxiseries by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, R.B Silva, and Marte Gracia. It culminates in The Fall of X, featuring a full-blown war between The X-MEN of The Nation of Krakoa and The Anti-Mutant Coalition of ORCHIS as new titles and complete press releases are made at MegaCon '23. It all begins at The Hellfire Gala '23! 

Daredevil: Born Again, the next chapter in Daredevil's MCU Run, is confirmed by Vincent D'Onofrio to maintain the violence that its Netflix predecessor had, and along with that, Season 2 has already been planned out by the team! John Wick Chapter IV dominates the opening weekend box office while Jeremy Renner shares an update on his recovery in the aftermath of an accident. MultiVersus, which I must remind all had microtransactions, is closing down of its Early Access phase and re-release in 2024, with no plans regarding refunding everyone who paid for microtransactions and Battle Passes. After multiple dropouts, E3 2023 is canceled. While all that is happening, Liv Tyler, who first and last appeared in the MCU's Incredible Hulk, is returning for Captain America 4: New World Order, as Disney announces the plan to lay off 7,000 employees as part of a cost-cutting measure which includes Ike Perlmutter, The Chairman of Marvel Entertainment, and John Turitzin and Rob Steffens.

Xbox's acquisition of Activision-Blizzard, which has had some uphill battles, namely Sony, gets approval from Japan's Competition Regulator of The Japan Fair Trade Commission as Sony now faces eleven members of The United States Congress regarding 'Anti-Competitive Tactics' the company has been accused of regarding the big sale. We learn House of The Dragon Season 2 will consist of Eight Episodes instead of Ten, as part of the 'Big Picture' approach for the rest of the show, with Season 3 looking all but confirmed greenlit. Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 3 is set for a length of 2.5 hours, and Rocket, confirmed by Director James Gunn, to be the 'Secret Protagonist' of the film, which kinda spoils the idea, all things considered. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

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Eric Brown of NRC reviews Superman Vol 6. #2 by Joshua Williamson and Jamal Campbell!

CHAPTER TWO: THE NIGHT OF THE PARASITE

Superman is overwhelmed as Parasite’s new powers are unleashed! Can Superman stop all of Metropolis from being consumed by the power-hungry Parasite or will he need Lex Luthor’s help to save the day? Introducing a new antihero—Marilyn Moonlight, the Spirit of Metropolis—who only operates at night! Is she friend or foe to the Man of Steel?! And how does she connect to Metropolis’s secret past?

🎵 Music by LAKEY INSPIRED & SCOTT BUCKLEY

Welcome to Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News and Reviews Talk, Hosted by Eric Brown! In the Sixty-Second Episode, Microsoft and Xbox continue to face an upheaval battle for control of Activision-Blizzard. Many industry regulators cite their concerns regarding a potential monopoly and the fate of the hugely successful Call of Duty Franchise being a potential exclusive to the Xbox Platform. Details emerge regarding Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania in regards to VFX and Michael Pena’s Luis noticeable absence from the film, House of The Dragon gets their fans riled up with the potential release of 2024, skipping out of the 2023 season entirely…despite the fact this was known since the middle of the first season, so I don’t know what the big problem is besides the dreaded pain of waiting.

Amazon’s New World is switching to a seasonal model, and free/premium battle passes as the MMORPG tries to find an audience. David Harbour, one of the main casts of Stranger Things, is ready for the series to end after the fifth season, while Jon Favreau reveals he has already completed the scripts for Season 4 before Season 3 premieres March 1st! Elon Musk continues butchering Twitter by restricting the 2-Factor Authentication system behind the Twitter blue paywall…what the hell?! The Marvels, following the continuing adventures of Captain Marvel, Ms. Marvel, and Monica, releases a new poster and reveals a release date delay to November 2023, while Loki Season 2 and Secret Invasion are planned to be the only MCU Disney+ Content released this, now if only Star Wars D+ Shows did that, we wouldn’t have to have Qui-Gon Jinn actor, Liam Neeson, make understandable points regarding the Star Wars influx of content in rapid succession.

I Am Legend 2 will take place some decades after the events of the first film, more specifically, the original alternate ending where Will Smith’s character lives, along with interesting perspectives regarding the events of the film. And finally, on the comic book side of things, Marvel announces THREE comic book events for the Summer of 2023, a Star Wars Comic Crossover event with a teased ‘First, it comes for the metal’ tagline, while an official next summer blockbuster comic event set in the main Marvel Universe titled Contest of Chaos is made official with another surprising crossover 4-Issue Miniseries crossing over Marvel Earth-616, and the returning Earth-1610, famously known as The Ultimate Marvel Universe, with superstar writer and artist, Jonathan Hickman and Bryan Hitch in a crossover called Ultimate Invasion! And Lastly, DC Comics announces the worst-kept secret event comic for their Dawn of DC relaunch, Knight Terrors, written by Dark Crisis event writer Joshua Williamson and a slew of artists such as Howard Porter, Guillem March, and more. All this and more on Neo-Reality Collective!

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