Adi Shankar

At the time Netflix first confirmed an animated Castlevania series on its roster, it was a fair question how the animated venture might handle the video game franchise’s gorier elements. Well, if the first official poster is any indication, things are going to get real red, real fast.

Whether there's ever going to be an official sequel to 2012's Dredd is up in the air, but in the meantime, producer Adi Shankar is doing his best to keep the franchise going with a series of "bootleg" short films. The latest of the bunch is an animated miniseries called Superfiend, and it looks bananas.

Sorry, 'Dredd' fans. We all know how much you've been rooting for 'Dredd 2' to get the green light, but that's one project we'll only believe will happen when we see it. But, hey, how about a 'Dredd' online miniseries to hold you over for the time being?

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  I didn't hate Spider-Man 3 as much as a lot of people -- maybe because I've been told by at least one drunk dude that I kind of remind them of "That '70sssshow *hic, guyyy" -- but like most comic fans, I definitely don't feel like Venom has gotten his full due in live action. Leave it to Punisher fan film "Dirty Laundry" phenom Adi Shankar, along with Joe Lynch to perhaps uns