Metal Mayhem returns to Netflix next month. The streamer unveiled the teaser trailer and premiere date for Love, Death + Robots season 4.
Billed as Volume 4, Love, Death + Robots is the award-winning animated anthology series. Each volume consists of short films that revolve around one or more of the titular themes. Volume 4’s chaotic teaser features vicious dinosaurs, rock concerts, alien invasions, and some pesky cats.
Tim Miller, who directed Deadpool and Terminator: Dark Fate, created Love, Death + Robots. Miller executive produces alongside David Fincher, Jennifer Miller, and Joshua Donen. Jennifer Yuh Nelson returns as the supervising director. Miller, Fincher, and Yuh Nelson have all directed episodes for the series.
“I try to get a mix of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy,” Miller told Tudum about season 4. “And we work with some really f—— fantastic writers and artists.”
Volume 4 ends the three-year hiatus since Volume 3 aired on May 20, 2022. The inaugural season dates back to 2019, followed by season 2 in 2021.
Actors who have previously voiced characters in Love, Death + Robots include Samira Wiley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Topher Grace, Archie Madekwe, Nolan North, Elodie Yung, Emily O’Brien, Jennifer Hale, and Michael B. Jordan.
Love, Death + Robots has garnered critical acclaim during its run, winning 13 Emmys, including Outstanding Short Form Animated Program, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, and Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation.
Love, Death + Robots season 4 will consist of 10 original shorts. Each film stems from a different team of artists. Volume 4 streams on Netflix on May 15.
Some of the best shots in Grok Imagine’s AI-made Odyssey don’t contain actors. Ancient landscapes stretch into the distance. Close-ups of grimy hands suggest people who have touched something rougher than a keyboard. For a few seconds, the illusion holds.
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YouTube videos could soon look better without eating quite so much data, right? Thankfully, the platform plans to introduce a new video format called AV2 on its web player in early 2027, promising more efficient streaming and potentially fewer playback hiccups on slower internet connections. The big headline is a roughly 30% improvement in compression efficiency over AV1, YouTube's existing video format. That doesn't guarantee every video will use 30% less data, but it could make streaming a little easier on both internet connections and data allowances.
What is AV2, and why should viewers care?
YouTube is changing how its Home page works, giving viewers more control over what shows up there and making some of the app’s most-used sections easier to reach. Custom Feeds are now replacing the existing topic chips for eligible users, while YouTube is also testing a redesigned top bar on mobile that moves Subscriptions closer to the Home feed.
YouTube first started experimenting with Custom Feeds earlier this year, letting you type out what you wanted to watch and turning that request into its own stream of recommendations. Now, the feature is starting to look less like a side experiment and more like something YouTube actually wants people to use as part of their everyday Home page.