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The One Piece narrative has become even more interesting ever since the oldest retainer of the Emperor title, Red-Haired Shanks, has declared to finally enter the One Piece race. Shanks’ presence in One Piece is often limited to a glare or a single dialog but with the series entering the final saga, Eiichiro Oda has decided to bring him to the center stage.

Red-Haired Shanks | Credits: Toei Animation

However, his claim to go after the One Piece treasure has prompted fans to question the time-frame in which he took this decision. A faction of One Piece fans believe that Shanks was actually waiting for his rival Emperors Kaido and Big Mom to be removed from the race, which would have made his pursuit easy.

But a few clues dropped by Eiichiro Oda about Shanks have hinted that the Emperor was actually fulfilling his loyalty to his former Captain, Gol D. Roger.

Photo: Marvel Studios While Marvel Studios has been keeping plenty under wraps about the Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels, there are a few things we either know or can anticipate about the film. For instance, fans have already met the three heroes who are teaming up for this story: Carol Danvers...

Zawe Ashton in The MarvelsPhoto: Marvel Studios

While Marvel Studios has been keeping plenty under wraps about the Captain Marvel sequel The Marvels, there are a few things we either know or can anticipate about the film. For instance, fans have already met the three heroes who are teaming up...

“One Day” producers Drama Republic have restructured their C-suite, Variety can reveal, upping chief creative officer Jude Liknaitzky to co-ceo alongside Roanna Benn. Benn’s former co-ceo, Greg Brenman, will take on a co-founder role.

Brenman will continue to stay involved in the growth and development of the company with a focus on his own slate of projects.

Brenman, Benn and Liknaitzky founded London-based Drama Republic, which specializes in high-end drama, in 2013 after the trio left Tiger Aspect. Drama Republic is part of the Mediawan group, with the French conglomerate taking a majority stake in 2021.

Drama Republic is known for a variety of high-profile scripted projects including “My Mad Fat Diary” by Tom Bidwell, Mike Bartlett’s “Doctor Foster” and “Wanderlust” by Nick Payne. The company is currently working on a new adaption of David Nicholls’ “One Day” for Netflix, with Bafta-winner Nicole Taylor as showrunner.

“We are thrilled to...