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Moana is gorgeous to look at, but it's too faithful to the animated original's storyline (and even camera moves) to offer anything new to the tale. Catherine Laga'aia makes a great bright-eyed protagonist, but Dwayne Johnson can't nail the swaggering demigod Maui's charisma in live-action.

Spider-Man Brand New Day's Destin Daniel Cretton is directing a Naruto movie. Reports say he's zeroing in on an actor for Kakashi, a key role.

A live-action Persona TV show is reportedly in development at Netflix.

Today, during Gamescom Opening Night Live, Netease showed off new gameplay for Ananta, its upcoming open-world anime action-adventure. The trailer featured multiple cityscapes, a January 15 release date, and...internet memes? Indeed, the gameplay was highlighted by multiple references to internet jokes and slang, including the Gatsby lifting glass meme, the Dragon Ball Z "Yamcha death" meme, and the main hero being called the "yeetmaster." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM60juTPkSM&pp=ygUGYW5hbnRh0gcJCRMMAYcqIYzv Outside of the jokes, the three-minute trailer showed both Nova City and Lin

Alright, I'm heading out(ward).