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So, who of you has the largest dark circles under the eyes due to boozing all football-night ;)

First of all, congratulations to the Kansas City Chiefs, who made it with a clear 31:20 agains the San Francisco 49ers and took home the NLF title for the second time in their history!

As we all can imagine, the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami was quaking during SUPER BOWL LIV. The legendary halftime show was rocked by two mega hot Power Latinas - Shakira and Jennifer Lopez! Dude... the stage almost burned down!
https://youtu.be/pILCn6VO_RU

Of course, all fans and TV series fans were excited about all the new and mostly exclusive trailers which were shown. We got to see new material of the following titles:
MINIONS - THE RISE OF GRU
007 - NO TIME TO DIE
BLACK WIDOW
MULAN
THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDER / WANDA VISION / LOKI (als MCU/DISNEY+ Compilation Teaser)
TOP GUN - MAVERICK
FAST & FURIOUS 9
THE INVISIBLE MAN
THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE - SPONGE ON THE RUN
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG
A QUIET PLACE 2
HUNTERS

You can find all clips rounded up in one video under this link:
https://youtu.be/Kdgvxmcu0Pk

Almost a cult are also the commercials which are specially made for Super Bowl. Here's a compilation of the 10 best clips:
https://youtu.be/tzEM7fkWqS8
We liked the spots for »Bud Light Seltzer« and »Alexa« the most :)

Yesterday our annual trip to the Nuremberg Toy Fair was on the agenda. At 9 o'clock exactly, we passed the entrance of the exhibition halls, and then we walked around until the evening. In a total of 12 halls you make quite a few kilometers. ;)

Even if a large part of the exhibited products doesn't fit into our portfolio, there are still many interesting and new things to see. Besides, it's always nice to talk to manufacturers and to visit our partners. A highlight was the visit at the huge MATTEL booth, where we got to know the Baby Yoda.

As usual, we took a lot of pictures for you. You can find them in our Facebook album.

The last week was not exciting in terms of new trailers. The new clips for NEW MUTANTS and THE GENTLEMEN don't reveal much new, so we only mention them in passing by and present only three highlights on this Trailer Tuesday:

THE LAST THING HE WANTED
What makes us listen to this crime drama is especially the cast: Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe and Ben Affleck are three good reasons to watch the movie on Netflix from February 21st on.

HORSE GIRL
And another Netflix film. It's great how the trailer's drama keeps increasing. The horse girl has our attention and we have already noted February 7th in the calendar.

VIVARIUM
The trailer for VIVARIUM with Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots already impresses with great set design and fantastic camera work. It looks like an entertaining, crazy story. There is no German release date yet. We hope that the flick will find its way to our cinemas.

Happy New Year! Yes, of course we know it's almost February... but in Asia, the New Year only started on Saturday. It's under the sign of the rat. Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus problem, the celebrations for the Chinese New Year will be smaller than usual.

Like last year, Disney released Chinese posters of all the films that will be released under the rat, ah... mouse company this year - and there are quite a few: Black Widow, Eternals, New Mutants, Death on the Nile, Onward, Raya and the Last Dragon, Soul, West Side Story, Free Guy, Jungle Cruise, The King's Man and Mulan.

Yesterday, starwars.com released the trailer for the final season of »The Clone Wars« - and it's an epic one! Fans of the animated series surely won't get away from permanent goosebumps while watching the trailer. Of course the 7th and last season Clone Wars will exclusively be available on DISNEY's own streaming platform Disney+, launching already on 21st February in the US.

Speaking of "Disney+": the launch date for many European countries (including Germany) was pulled forward by one week! This means that we can start to enjoy »The Mandalorian« and co. from 24th March.

And there's even more to say about "Star Wars series"... another pending project is the highly anticipated show about or with Obi-Wan Kenobi (again play by Ewan McGregor). We just heard the news that also Ben' mentor, the Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn (portrayed by Liam Neeson), will probably appear in the series - of course as a Force ghost. That definitely sounds exciting...

For today's Trailer Tuesday, we have some mixed expectations from "Was that really necessary?" to "We are eager to see it!"

THE STRANGER
We all have secrets. Based on the novel by Harlan Coben, The Stranger forces us to confront a question we all fear - how well do we really know the people closest to us? The trailer promises an exciting series that invites you to binge watching.

RAGNAROK
A small Norwegian town, climate change and a young hero who must prevent the giants from returning. The trailer for the first Norwegian Netflix series has not quite convinced us yet. At January 31 we're getting smarter.

SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL
When two Boston Police officers are murdered, ex-cop Spenser (Mark Wahlberg) teams up with his no-nonsense roommate, Hawk (Winston Duke), to take down criminals in this action-comedy. Feels like we've seen it all more than once.

BRAHMS: THE BOY II
"The Boy" was a mediocre, but quite successful film at the box office. Clear that the inevitable sequel is following. The trailer looks like a pretty vanilla generic horror story. Nothing that lures us out.

BLOODSHOT
The second trailer for Bloodshot doesn't reveal much new. As fans of the comic we are curious about how Vin Diesel performs as Ray Garrison.

GUNS AKIMBO
Miles (Daniel Radcliffe )nerdy existence changes dramatically when he inadvertently gets caught up by the underground gang SKIZM, which is hosting real-life death matches. He get's "tacked" guns to his hands! Miles excels at running away from everything, but that won’t help him outlast Nix (Samara Weaving), a crazy psychopathic killer, at the top of her game. It looks like a dirty and pretty crazy story. In any case, the trailer looks like fun, except for the faint-hearted!

Good news for all anime fans: Netflix exclusively secured the rights to 21 STUDIO GHIBLI movies, at least outside Japan and North America. So we in Europe will soon have access to most of the artworks of the renowned Japanese animation studio - starting from February 1st already!

In return, Netflix will provide dubbing and subtitling in additional languages. But we're pretty sure that the coup will pay off for both sides. The films from Ghibli are among the most beautiful and lavish anime productions ever and are extremely popular. Currently Ghibli is working on two new movies - until when they will be finished or if they are also part of the deal is not known yet.

Also a small trailer to get into the right mood is provided by Netflix.

Even if a little late, you will of course also get delivered our monthly Top 5 cinema highlights in 2020. The following films are at the top of our watchlist.

Number 5:
UNDERWATER | Theatrical release: 09.01.2020
Maybe »Underwater« with Kristen Stewart in the leading role is not the biggest hit. But the sci-fi setting of the underwater story appealed to us.

Number 4:
BAD BOYS FOR LIFE | Theatrical release: 16.01.2020
If it's pure nostalgia that drives us to the cinema? We're just looking forward to see Will Smith and Martin Lawrence again.

Number 3:
KNIVES OUT | Theatrical release: 02.01.2020
Oscar nominated for best original screenplay and packed with stars - this promises exciting guessing in the entertaining Whodunit detective story.

Number 2:
1917 | Theatrical release: 16.01.2020
The film has already won two Golden Globes and it's nominated for 10 Oscars. A war movie, shot in real time, in a single shot. This amazing logistical achievement alone is certainly a reason to watch the film at the movies.

Number 1️:
JOJO RABBIT | Theatrical release: 23.01.2020
Since »What we do in the Shadows«, Taika Waititi earns a top spot as a filmmaker on our faves list. The trailer of Jojo Rabbit was already impressive. It is unbelievable how easily and at the same time with what truthfulness such a dark chapter in history is told here.

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

After many holidays and vacations and an understaffed bridge on our S.P.A.C.E Ship we now resume our familiar news program. Today we have our first Trailer Tuesday in 2020 on the schedule for you. We already honored the new trailer of BIRDS OF PREY. Here are eight more trailers that made us hot for the associated series and films:

NARCOS: MEXICO SEASON 2
This is only a small teaser with a bloody promise. So far, the S.P.A.C.E Crew hasn't followed the series yet. After the teaser, however, it climbed further up on our watchlist. The 2nd season starts on February 13th on Netflix.

LOCKE & KEY
A mystery horror coming-of-age story based on the comic of the same name by Joe Hill. The trailer made us curious. Maybe that's the next big Netflix thing. We will find out on February 7th.

HUNTERS
A series with Al Pacino in the role as a Nazi hunter and Jordan Peele as an executive producer in the background? Count us in! The new trailer looks promising. Starting on Prime Video on February 21st.

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
The trailer for the mystery thriller with Amy Adams reminded us of COLUMBUS CYRCLE in terms of the initial situation, but then the film takes a different direction. It could be an exciting and multifaceted story.

A QUIET PLACE 2
A Quiet Place was extremely exciting and became a hit. A sequel was of course preprogrammed. John Krasinski sat on the director's chair again. Even if we are a bit hesitant about sequels, the trailer gives hope for an exciting continuation.

THE NEW MUTANTS
Marvel meets horror. After a long back and forth, a cinema release date has finally been set for the new mutants: April 16th.

MORBIUS
Jared Leto changes fronts and gets his first role as Dr. Michael Morbius in a MARVEL blockbuster. The trailer is - according to the topic - not only quite dark and gives hope for an R rating, it also contains some cross references to the MCU! So Morbius should be a quite high up on the list of all Marvel fans...

BLACK WIDOW
Marvel, the third and still dewy: the second trailer of Black Widow, released a few hours ago. We have nothing else to say. Of course, visiting the theaters is a mandatory event here.

The nominations for the 92nd Oscars have just been announced. We can already see how we’re going to blow the night of the award (February 9th), because that promises to be extremely exciting - after all, some high-caliber performers with good chances are competing against each other. If it only depends on the number of nominations, we already have a winner: »JOKER« was nominated 11 times, including as best film, Joaquin Phoenix for the best male lead, Todd Phillips for directing and best adapted screenplay. Competing with Joker for a gold boy for the best film: »THE IRISHMAN«, »ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD« and »1917« (10 nominations each), as well as »JOJO RABBIT«, »LITTLE WOMEN« and »MARRIAGE STORY« (6 nominations), the South Korean movie »PARASITE« (5 nominations) and »FORD V FERRARI« (4 nominations).

You can find all nominees here.

Four weeks before »Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn« will hit theaters, Warner Bros. presents us another sick trailer! We get to see the full psycho attitude of Harley Quinn, plus Black Mask (Ewan McGregor) finally with black mask!

This will be the first really big highlight in the cinema year 2020 and we are really looking forward to Margot Robbie and Co.!

The top dog SIDESHOW COLLECTIBLES has always used the Christmas holidays in recent years for the so-called »12 Days of Sideshow«. During this 12-day online event, the manufacturer unveils a new product, a new license or any other super hot announcement every day. A post-Christmas half Advent calendar with collectible news so to say ;)

Of the 12 announcements, the new Harley Quinn Premium Format Figure is the most appealing, closely followed by the PF Royal Guard (imagine two of them standing next to the Emperor on Throne...) and the yet unrecognizable Captain Marvel statue. Furthermore, it might be interesting to note that Sideshow is now also one of the licensees of »The Witcher III«.

On Sunday, the 77th GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS were presented in Los Angeles. The trophy is the most important harbinger of the Oscars, which will be awarded on February 10th. Winner of the evening was the World War film »1917« - it was honoured as best film drama, as well as Sam Mendes for best director. On the other hand, »Once Upon a Time in Hollywood« won three awards - best comedy, best screenplay (Quentin Tarantino) and Brad Pitt as best supporting actor.

Joaquin Phoenix deservedly received the award for best actor in a film drama for his performance as Joker - »Joker« was also honored for the best score. »The Irishman« was surprisingly left completely blank. The big winners among the series were »Chernobyl«, »Succession« and »Fleabag«.

Here you can find a complete overview of all Golden Globe winners.

Of course we're kicking off the new year with a new product of the month - and it's a creepy one this time... The JASON VOORHEES Deluxe Art Scale Statue in 1:10 scale by the Brasilian manufacturer »Iron Studios« really impressed us a lot and rightly so became our highlight in January!

The South-Americans are meanwhile holding a large range of licenses and are delivering really great collectibles. After pointing out the classy Superman last year, one of the most iconic slashers is following up now.

Besides the deluxe version, which contains a way more complex base aswell as a second, exchangeable head and an additional, interchangeable left arm with the head of a victim, there is also a regular variant of Jason. Here you will get a more simple base, the normal arm (without the cut-off head in his hand) and Jason's head with the hockey mask in front of his ugly face. Both versions are currently still in stock and ready to ship from our warehouse.
 

Happy New Year, dear S.P.A.C.E Army!
We are extremely looking forward to a new year - no, a new decade - with the best customers of the world.

2020 will surely be an exciting year in which we will be able to implement again many ideas and projects and finalize "constructions in the making“ aswell.

We wish you all a happy, peaceful and especially healthy year!
Your S.P.A.C.E Crew