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It feels as if the movie and series industry has sunk into (forced) disappearance. So for our Trailer Tuesday we had to dig a little deeper to bring a few interesting clips to daylight. It has not yet been determined whether and when we will be able to watch the associated films and series in Germany...

THE WRETCHED
A boy discovers a thousand-year-old witch in his neighborhood, disguised as a normal next door woman. The trailer looks quite passable. Whether May 1st can be kept as a US start date is rather questionable though.

SURVIVE THE NIGHT
Bruce Willis in a home invasion story. The wheel is certainly not being reinvented here, but the trailer looks pretty promising. The film starts as a VoD release on May 22nd in the US. Nothing is known about a German release yet.

MONEY HEIST
We don't have to introduce »Money Heist« anymore. Netflix has launched a small countdown teaser to keep us eager for this highlight. From April 3rd you can start to binge it.

DEFENDING JACOB
»Defending Jacob« is an Apple TV+ thriller series, based on the bestseller of the same name by William Landay. The minor son of a lawyer is suspected of murder. That could be something.

THE GREAT
»The Great« is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. The trailer of this Hulu series is already full with fantastic gags. Those who liked »The Favorite« will love »The Great«. Let's hope that the series will find its way onto the German screens.

»Deadline« recently reported that Ahsoka Tano will appear in season 2 of »The Mandalorian«. The fan favorite from »The Clone Wars« thus makes the leap into the first live-action series in the STAR WARS Universe. It has already been confirmed that Ahsoka is played by Rosario Dawson (Sin City). However, it will probably only be a relatively small guest appearance at first.

There are currently speculations whether Ahsoka Tano will get her own Star Wars live-action series. Although Disney has not yet confirmed this, we can't rule it out either, because »The Mandalorian« is the best horse in the Disney + stable. And the fact that the streaming service will offer a whole bunch of new Star Wars series is probably as certain as a double sunset on Tatooine.

It is not surprising that in the times of the Corona crisis and the lockdown of public life things are a bit calmer when it comes to movie trailers. The big studios seem to be rearranging and since nobody knows when the cinemas will re-open again,  they hold back the release of new trailers. Productions were stopped or put on hold. Films that have already started such as »Bloodshot« and »Birds of Prey« will probably be released much earlier than planned for home cinema. So it happens that we can only come up with a few smaller films on our Trailer Tuesday. Maybe there are a few pearls hidden among these films.

WE SUMMON THE DARKNESS
Serial killings with a satanic background in the American Midwest. Three girls on the road trip to a heavy metal concert meet a few musicians and organize an aftershow party. As more and more corpses appear, the fun is over. That doesn't sound very original at first, but the heavy metal setting makes us cautiously optimistic.

BEHIND YOU
Two young sisters find that all the mirrors in their estranged aunt's house are hidden. When one of them finds a mirror in the basement, she unknowingly releases a malicious demon. We don't expect anything from this film. It just looks too much like dozens of well-known knitting patterns, including the inevitable jump scares.

KOKO-DI KOKO-DA
The trailer of this Swedish-Danish production seems a bit more original. A couple is terrorized in the forest by a sideshow artist and his entourage and dragged into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick.

TAPE
The trailer of this indie film doesn't reveal very much yet. »Tape« is based on real events and takes place in New York City. An aspiring actress (Isabelle Fuhrman) gets to know the dark side of the entertainment industry. It is difficult to say whether the film will find its way to us. We would love to see Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan) again.

HIPPOPOTAMUS
Ruby wakes from a bad dream to find herself in a real life nightmare. She's trapped in a basement, her legs are broken and she can't remember who she is or how she got there. Her kidnapper, Tom, tells her she will remain captive until she falls in love with him. The trailer for this film, made in the UK, looks very exciting and has definitely sparked our interest.

From tomorrow, the in-house streaming service of the media giant DISNEY will finally kick off also in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and many other European countries!

If you decided early enough, you surely was able to grab the early-bird special deal. In Germany, Disney+ is regularly available for 6,99 EUR per month. Some of the S.P.A.C.E Crew haven't been able to resist and already signed up for their subscription :o)

Of course, »The Mandalorian« is Disney+'s strongest show, but also the whole »Marvel« Universe and especially also the wonderful documentaries of the »National Geographic« will probably be very interesting for many out there.

We think that the launch of Disney+ will be very successful, especially in the current BETTER-STAY-AT-HOME times. So, to all of you who already signed up: have fun goggling :-)

As surely everyone has noticed, from today on, retail shops in most branches have to stay closed.

Since we do not run a physical store, but a pure online shop, the S.P.A.C.E headquarter will of course continue to operate "normally" as long as possible. We are of course very grateful for this and at the same time, we are appropriately careful, both at work and in our contact with each other.

Stay healthy, stay positive - but stay at home!

Your S.P.A.C.E Crew

The movie theaters are closed for now and many film premieres have been postponed to autumn. Nobody can say when we will see the films on our Trailer Tuesday list. Even though we have still a lot on the current list, this time there is no big cinema hit on it. Because we should stay better at home, binge watching and gaming is the choice. Hello dear sofa!

JUNGLE CRUISE
Disney is filming another theme park attraction with »Jungle Cruise«. That has worked well before, so why not try again. So far, however, this has not quite convinced us.

ABOUT ENDLESSNESS
Director Roy Andersson creates a cinematic reflection on human life in all its beauty and cruelty, splendor and simplicity. Looks like arthouse, but the minimalistic, monochrome trailer makes quite curious about the film.

ARKANSAS
With this crime thriller, it was once again the cast that caught our attention: John Malkovich, Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth.

SOUL
A Pixar movie is always worth a visit. The new film about the music teacher Joe Gardner explores interesting existential questions. Where do our emotions, preferences and personal interests come from? What makes us what we are?

SEVEN STAGES TO ACHIEVE ETERNAL BLISS BY PASSING THROUGH THE GATEWAY CHOSEN BY THE HOLY STORSH
Claire (Kate Micucci) and Paul (Sam Huntington) are happy about their new apartment in LA. But they have to realize that their home is a popular location for suicides, because the guru Storsh (Taika Waititi) once lived here and put an end to his life in the bathtub. His followers follow his example ... That seems really strange. We are hooked.

THE THIRD DAY
The six-part HBO mystery series with Jude Law and Naomie Harris will start on May 12 in the original version on Sky Atlantic. The trailer reminds us a bit of »Wicker Man«. That could be something.

HOME BEFORE DARK
In the center of the Apple TV + series stands the nine-year-old Hilde Lisko (Brooklynn Prince), who moves from Brooklyn with her father Matthew (Jim Sturgess) to his hometown. There she tries to solve the secret of an old murder case. The young journalist convinced us in the trailer.

STAR GIRL
Another DC series starts at CW Network on May 12. Teen girl Courtney Whitmore's aka »Star Girl« teams up with the Justice Society of America to fight villains. Seems to be aimed at a younger audience.

FOLLIA DEAR FATHER
»Follia - Dear Father« is a new stealth survival horror game. The trailer is very atmospheric and really makes you want to sneak through the horror scenario. The game should appear shortly.

DOOM ETERNAL
»Doom« certainly played an important role in the socialization of many first-person shooter gamers. »Doom Eternal« calls some memories and it looks damn good. Announced for March 20.

In two days, a special exhibition called »DC All Stars« will launch at the »Toy Sapiens« store, the Japanese headquarter of HOT TOYS. All DC fans will surely get very excited, because there's a lot more to see than just loads of collectibles (and exclusives). Besides original costumes from the blockbusters »Birds of Prey«, »Wonder Woman« and »Joker« there will be a very cool photo-point, also in the »Birds of Prey« theme (incl. a sofa and Bruce, the hyena).

For us from afar it's probably the absolute brand hot reveal of these three 1/6 figures - so to say their world premiere - which is the most interesting thing: Wonder Woman (Golden Armor Version) from »Wonder Woman 1984«, Batman from »Batman Forever« and Harley Quinn from the »Batman: Arkham Knight« game.

Gladly the first images are already making their loop online. You can get some impressions in this Facebook album!

Of course we will list all these new items on our website as soon as they are open for pre-order :-)

Since we fear that we will have to stop all visits to the movie theater soon, we all only have the home cinema left... Today, for example, our movie of the year 2019 is released as a preserve: JOKER. Of course, as usual on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K-Ultra-HD Blu-ray and for collecting enthusiasts as a limited Steel Book.

If you were hoping for a Director's or something like that, you will unfortunately be disappointed. Director Todd Phillips has a very clear opinion: "I hate f***ing extended cuts. I hate deleted scenes, they’re deleted for a reason. The movie that exists is exactly the movie I want it to be and I will never show a deleted scene."

The last week was not as full of new trailers. But there were a few real highlights in terms of game, cinema and TV series. We have these six productions that caused anticipation:

GHOST OF TSUSHIMA
Sony brings us »Ghost of Tsushima« on June 26, 2020 for Playstation 4. The trailer really makes you want to join this epic samurai adventure. Sharpen your katana!

BABA YAGA
With this production from Russia we are still a little torn. Definitely, the trailer scores with quite atmospheric pictures. We can only hope that the horror will not be exhausted in the now so tiresome jump scares.

GREYHOUND
In the war drama »Greyhound« based on the novel »The Good Shepard« by C. S. Forester, Tom Hanks leads a convoy of 37 allied ships that is threatened by German submarines in the North Atlantic. It looks exciting!

PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS
The »Penny Dreadfull« Spin-Off takes us to Los Angeles in the year 1938. The trailer looks very valuable and has a nice neo-noir atmosphere. Unfortunately there is no German TV channel yet - but surely something will be found there.

BLACK WIDOW
The final trailer for »Black Widow« offers a lot of action as well as a little more of Natasha Romanoff's family history. We look forward to see Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Rachel Weisz and David Harbor. Will Hot Toys bring us a Red Guardian 1/6 scale figure?

MONEY HEIST SEASON 4
We hadn't expected the new season of the Netflix series so quickly... From April 3, the story about Tokyo, the Professor and the Inspectora continues. After seeing the trailer we are really hot for the sequel.

While we all eagerly await the sequel to the game »The Last of Us«, there was surprising news. The Hollywood reporter wrote, there will be a TV series adaptation of the game - and not just somewhere, but at the number 1 series manufacturer HBO!

The broadcaster is working on the series with game producer Naughty Dog and Sony Pictures Television. Game director Neil Druckmann and Craig Mazin, who stepped into the spotlight with his mini-series »Chernobyl«, are working on the scripts. We think that sounds very promising.

Comic, Disney live action and a lot of thrill and horror - these are our movie favorites in March. Curtain up for our top 5:

Number 5:
RUN | Theatrical release: 19.03.2020
The trailer really picked us up here. We hope that the film delivers what the trailer promised.

Number 4:
MULAN | Theatrical release: 26.03.2020
We look forward to Disney's visually stunning live action spectacle with Yifei Liu as a real bad-ass Mulan. The movie is in good hands with Niki Caro (Whale Rider).

Number 3:
A QUIET PLACE PART II | Theatrical release: 19.03.2020
After the success of »A Quiet Place«, a sequel was of course inevitable. Often, sequals are just brazen cash grabs, but in the case of »A Quiet Place« we have the feeling that there is actually still something to tell here.

Number 2:
COLOR OUT OF SPACE | Theatrical release: 05.03.2020
The response to the film is positive among the critics and the audience. And when director Richard Stanley takes on a Lovecraft story, there are two reasons for visiting the theater.

Number 1️:
BLOODSHOT | Theatrical release: 05.03.2020
The first reviews were rather mixed here. Let us surprise ourselves. As fans of the comic book, the film is a no brainer for us.

The S.P.A.C.E Crew wishes you good times at the movies!

Trailers advertise films, series or games. The best make you curious about the work without giving away too much. Ideally, the film, series or game will give us what the trailer promises or even exceed our expectations. But there are also trailers that tend to dampen our anticipation and we may go to the cinema with mixed expectations or perhaps prefer to stay at home. On today's Trailer Tuesday we have a little bit of everything.

BALDUR'S GATE 3
The opening cinematic game trailer, which is over five minutes long, actually looks like big cinema and makes us want to get involved in the world of »Baldur's Gate« for the third time.

THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA
HBO's mini-series based on the novel by Philip Roth tells an alternative story in which Franklin D. Roosevelt loses the presidential election against Charles Lindbergh and the result is a fascist takeover in the United States. HBO stands for high quality series. So that could be very exciting.

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS SEASON 7
Fans of the Star Wars animation series get a taste of the final season of the series that will start on Disney+ soon.

STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC | ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER
Speaking of Star Wars, after the end of the Skywalker saga, the Star Wars universe continues to expand. The authors of Lucasfilm make a leap in time into the past. 200 years prior to the events of »Star Wars: the Phantom Menace«, the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are at their height, serving and protecting the galaxy. Lucasfilm is currently exploring the narrative possibilities of the High Republic era. We think, this approach sounds really interesting.

THE ALPHA TEST
We actually love robot films. But this trailer looks more like trash. Even if the robot mask is quite creepy, the trailer looks quite cheap and sometimes involuntarily funny.

SAINT MAUDE
A brilliantly unsettling blend of body horror and psychological thriller, Saint Maud marks an impressive debut for writer-director Rose Glass, says Rotten Tomatoes. A current critic score of 92% and A24 behind the production let us hope for a great film.

ARTEMIS FOWL
Disney brings us Eoin Colfer's book series as an opulent, family-friendly and easy-to-digest blockbuster movie. The trailer offers a lot of show values. But as you can read, fans of the book series are shocked by the second trailer. We also have mixed feelings about it.

CANDYMAN
When it comes to reboots, we usually have mixed feelings, because they rarely match or even surpass the original. But maybe »Candyman« is one of the exceptions to the rule. The trailer looks quite promising.

For our product of the month March 2020, we decided to go for a high-end collectible by the manufacturer PURE ARTS for the first time: the YHORM statue out of the videogame hit »Dark Souls III«.

Although the Canadian studio PURE ARTS has been in the business for a couple of years, their activities were more behind the scenes (as producer for established brands like mainly SIDESHOW). One of their jobs for example was the »Court of the Dead« PVC statue series which was released last year and became very popular. Now, the Canadians want to go their own, direct ways and discover the collector-market as a new player in the game. We had the chance to meet the nice crew of PURE ARTS at Nuernberg Toy Fair and the quality of their products convinced us instantly.

One of their first, literally "big" highlight is the colossal YHORM THE GIANT from »Dark Souls III«. The version in 1:12 scale (sounds small, but it's huge!) comes with an extravagant LED light-up feature which really is the top of the cake of this statue. The consenting and very impressive overall picture, including the massive throne, the details in the base, the giant machete and the different materials (including art fur in the coat) will surely blow away all fans of the game and the character.

We are excited about how PURE ARTS will develop. Everything that we have been able to see (including the prototypes of their 1/6 scale figures on CYBERPUNK 2077) appeared really good in our eyes. Therefore we are happy to support this newcomer and gladly picked one of their pieces as our highlight of this month.

Because of this year's NEW YORK TOY FAIR being fully packed with highlights of all kind of brands, we will recap one more round today for you, with some more worth mentioning novelties:

* Dark Horse will extend their popular line of PVC statues by one of the year's hottest licenses: CYBERPUNK 2077!
* Kotobukiya revealed the next MARVEL ARTFX Premier Statue - Captain Marvel - and showed some (yet unpainted) prototypes of the upcoming super-sexy BISHOUJO chicks like Leatherface, Pennywise, Beetlejuice and Black Cat!
* Mattel somehow is making a huge secret around the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Origins line and finally showed the previously teasered line-up for 2020!
* The manufacturer Trick or Treat Studios will step into the 1/6 sector with - how else could it be - different horror icons. Already four »Michael Myers« figures on the HALLOWEEN movies are in planning, aswell as a »Art the Clown« on TERRIFIER!
* The design studio Mondo was displaying their MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE 1/6 Scale Man-At-Arms for the first time, in his whole glory and with mustache!

Some more infos and a bunch of photos can also be found on ACTION FIGURE DISTRICT. Really worth seeing and a lot better than the usual evening TV program are the videos from the legendary PIXEL DAN. Check out his booth tours and the interviews at NECA, DC or McFARLANE TOYS with the Toddfather himself!

On today's Trailer Tuesday we have another colorful mix for you, a game, a series and three films.

FORTNITE CHAPTER 2 - SEASON 2
In this »Fortnite« trailer, the music creates a real James Bond mood. We admit that none of us have played the game yet, but the weird characters make us want to.

MONOS
The press release for the film states: A Colombian “Lord of the Flies” that merges the madness of Werner Herzog with the technical perfection of James Cameron. It doesn't sound bad. The reviews are good too. And the optics definitely make us want to watch the film.

ESCAPE FROM PRETORIA
Based on the real-life prison break of two political captives, »Escape From Pretoria« is a race-against-time thriller set in the tumultuous apartheid days of South Africa. Daniel Radcliffe plays one of the leading roles. That looks promising.

RUN
They say you can never escape a mother’s love... but for Chloe, that’s not a comfort - it’s a threat. There’s something unnatural, even sinister about the relationship between Chloe (newcomer Kiera Allen) and her mom, Diane (Sarah Paulson). After the trailer for this suspense thriller, we're definitely on the hook.

WESTWORLD SEASON 3
We are of course particularly hot for the third season of »Westworld«. It will run on Sky Atlantic from March 30th. And hey ... Aaron Paul is on board.

The most important event of the new year for the toy industry and for us collectible junkies definately is NEW YORK TOY FAIR. Of course, Nuernberg International Toy Fair might be bigger, but especially American brands tend to reveal their most spectacular product novelties at home.

Since last Saturday, the Big Apple totally got into toy mode for four days. The show will last until tomorrow - but thanks to social networks many new stuff that's on display already is making the loop. We are going to round up a bunch of our personal highlights in the first step here:

* Hasbro goes on full speed with GHOSTBUSTERS: the completely new classy »Plasma Series« on the movie, a re-release of the Kenner figures of »The Real Ghostbusters« and a new line for the younger audience!
* Mezco Toyz is expanding their popular »One:12 Collective« series with ALIEN and PREDATOR figures!
* There will be LORD OF THE RINGS Select figures from Diamond Select Toys - and the first prototypes are looking damn good!
* New busts and statues by DST or Gentle Giant on STAR WARS: CLONE WARS and THE MANDALORIAN!
* Iron Studios has shown their very impressive 1:10 Wonder Woman statue in her golden armor on WONDER WOMAN 1984!
* Also very well done appears the 1:10 Harley Quinn statue with the hyena from BIRDS OF PREY!
* And Iron Studios will continue with their LORD OF THE RINGS license and is showing Gimli, Legolas and Gollum as 1:10 Art Scale statues!
* McFarlane Toys will bring two Wonder Woman versionen of the new movie within their DC MULTIVERSE line!
* Great Scott, Neca scored a BACK TO THE FUTURE license and is kicking off here with two versions of Marty McFly as Ultimate Figures: Marty and Darth Vader from planet Vulcan!
* The TURTLES line-up from Neca will be extended again with new animated figures and the first ones on TMNT2: SECRET OF THE OOZE: Super Shredder, Takka and Rahza!
* The GREMLINS will also keep on creating chaos at Neca. You have to see the diorama which a fan from St. Louis created for Neca and built that up at their booth - freakin' awesome!
* DC Collectibles of course is also there with a couple of great DC novelties, like for instance the Bombshells Black Canary & Green Lantern statue, the Red, White and Black Harley Quinn by Julian Tedesco statue and a whole new statue line which will only focus on the Joker: Clown Prince of Crime!

We will probably throw in some more on Wednesday, because the fair obviously was fully packed with interesting new products and the exhibitors put a lot of effort in their performances. Great coverages can be found with our friends of figures.com, Toyark or Exclucollective.

It's clear to everybody that the media giant DISNEY is grabbing the rights of countless movies or movie series by buying out other studios. This also happened with the latest "shopping tour" by the assimilation of »20th Century Fox«. A big and very popular franchise of Fox was »Planet of the Apes«. Disney CEO Chef Bob Iger already announced last year that the apes will go on somehow...

In the meantime, Wes Ball is confirmed as the director for the new project (since Matt Reeves is now more into bats) and he just made clear via Twitter that his »Planet of the Apes« film will definately not be a remake or reboot, but that Caesar's  legacy will rahter live on instead. Doesn't that sound pretty good? Surely it will keep us save from another warm-up. Perhaps Wes Ball will even be able to build a nice bridge between the trilogy of the prequel stories and the timeline of the old movies.

Speaking of »Planet of the Apes«: one of our absolute premium brands, TSUME ART from Luxemburg, seems to have forseen the news and hooked up by announcing the astonishing »Ape not Kill Ape« HQS+ Statue some days ago. Definately take a look at it - you can find it already listed for pre-order with us ;-)

»Battlestar Galactica« is a TV classic in two ways. Either the 1978 original with Lorne Greene as Commander Adama or the new edition from 2005 with Edward James Olmos, which also gained many viewers. The idea of a reboot, however, was not well received by the fans. If not superfluous, then at least much too early. But now there is an all clear...

Sam Esmail, creator of the new show in planning, explained on Twitter:
BSG fans, this will NOT be a remake of the amazing series Ron D Moore launched because... why mess with perfection? Instead, we’ll explore a new story within the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. So say we all!

This means that we can expect a kind of spin-off within the BSG universe. That could be exciting. We hope that the new series will rock and be more successful than the previous short-lived offsprings »Caprica« or »Battlestar Galactica - Blood & Chrome«.

A number of new trailers were released in the past week. For today's Trailer Tuesday we have put six titles on our watchlist.

STRANGER THINGS SEASON 4
The first teaser for the fourth season of »Stranger Things« shows Jim Hopper as a prisoner in a Soviet gulag. What we all already suspected and hoped for: the sheriff survived the season 3 final. We are excited to see how the story continues.

DARK WATERS
The drama of a lawyer starting the fight with a corrupt chemical company, based on real events and with Mark Ruffalo in the leading role, has already started in the USA and achieved top ratings (IMDb: 7.6, Rotten Tomatoes: CS 89% / AS 95%) and got the predicate "Particularly valuable"

THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD
Armando Iannucci and Simon Blackwell re-tell the famous Charles Dickens story. Costumes and set design alone are an incredible feast for the eyes.

THE HUNT
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they’ve been chosen... for a very specific purpose... The Hunt.
Manhunt films are nothing new, but the trailer suggests a few interesting twists. We have become curious.

THE GREEN KNIGHT
A Fantasy film about the legend of Sir Gawain, who - as a knight of the Round Table - dares to duel with the green knight. It's an A24 production, so that alone makes us pay attention.

THE FRENCH DISPATCH
The new film by Wes Anderson. As always, the stars line up for him: Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray, Owen Wilson... to name just a few. Already the trailer shows Anderson's joy in telling wonderful strange stories. We marked the film in bold on our calendar.

Today »Sonic The Hedgehog« is opening in German theaters. In fact, we missed it in our cinema top 5 for February. Maybe that's because of his speed... or perhaps it's because the release date has been pushed back several times. The movie was supposed to be released in December, then there was talk of March and now it's already starting at the movies today.

What Mario is at NINTENDO is definitely the blue hedgehog Sonic at SEGA! SEGA used to be one of the biggest soft- and hardware developers in the world. After losing the game console market to Nintendo and Sony, the Japanese company limited itself to game publishing and still does.

After dozens of parts of the game series and interim TV series, it is now getting its super-fast appearance on the big screen after almost 30 years with the "real film". Dyed-in-the-wool fans will surely enjoy the movie - we are looking forward to your feedback!