“The Boys” universe is expanding with a prequel series titled “Vought Rising.” It will star Jensen Ackles and Aya Cash reprising their “Boys” universe roles as Soldier Boy and Stormfront, respectively.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
James Cromwell, of “Succession” and “Babe” fame, will produce and star in a forthcoming film adaptation of the Eugene O’Neill play “The Hairy Ape.” Janek Ambros of Assembly Line Entertainment will write and direct the project, “Brute’s Revenge,” and co-produce alongside Emmy winner Cromwell.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
On his latest “Weekly Show” podcast, Jon Stewart railed against news outlets such as CNN and NBC, claiming that these “organizations that rely on access and transparency refuse to allow their reporters to come on [this] podcast and talk about the issues of the day.” “Weekly Show” producer Brittany Mehmedovic chimed in on the difficulty […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share“The Fabulous Gold Harvesting Macine,” a documentary that is among the competing Chilean pics at the 20th Santiago Intl. Film Festival, sparkles as it follows a father and son in their pursuit to better their lives.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Traveling Picture Show Company (TPSC) and Rising Tides have joined forces with Pakistan’s Hum Network for the screen adaptation of Soniah Kamal’s bestselling novel “Unmarriageable.” “Unmarriageable,” a literary adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice,” transplants Jane Austen’s themes to contemporary Pakistan.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Amazon MGM Studios has entered into a multi-year film partnership with Scott Stuber, the former head of film at Netflix. As part of the pact, the streamer and studio will finance and release movies from Stuber’s new production company under United Artists, a languishing label that once operated under the auspice of MGM.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Worlds might collide in London this Saturday, should the Boss meet the Bear. As Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White warmed his voice and practiced his guitar to prepare for the Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere,” he initially kept a distance from his storied subject to better ease into the role.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Fox just made San Diego Comic-Con a richer experience for one lucky attendee. During Thursday night’s panel promoting the network’s upcoming new animated series “Universal Basic Guys,” Fox passed out a swag bag to everyone in the San Diego Convention Center ballroom.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now running for president in 2024 against Donald Trump, on Thursday launched her own account on social-entertainment app TikTok. TikTok has exploded with Harris memes since she assumed the role of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, following President Biden’s announcement Sunday that he would suspend his re-election campaign.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In new South Korean series “The Frog,” a sunny summer idyl is violently disturbed when the owner of a guest house in the forest takes in a mysterious young woman as a guest.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
With a release like “Deadpool & Wolverine,” one of the most fun superhero movies in recent memory, there has to be equally fun merch for fans to experience the highly anticipated superhero crossover outside the screen.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Allons-y! The stars of Disney+’s “Doctor Who,” Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson, have jumped off the TARDIS at Comic-Con for their first time, ever. “[I’m] throwing them into the lion’s den,” Showrunner, Executive Producer and Writer Russell T Davies said of the convention’s Hall H.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Another season of Prime Video’s “Invincible” is on the way. “Invincible” creator Robert Kirkman made the Season 4 announcement at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday at Prime Video’s adult animation panel.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Ready, set, partez! The Paris 2024 Summer Olympics are nearly here, with the Opening Ceremony kicking off the 17-day event on Friday, July 26. For the first time in history, the opening ceremony will take place outside of a closed stadium, and will instead consist of a moving parade along the city’s famed Seine River.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
In an Olympics telecast that NBC has packed with surprise guests and non-traditional programming gambits, Snoop Dogg may be the most shocking of all. The rapper-turned-entrepreneur is slated to offer commentary and mix things up with athletes and parents throughout NBCUniversal’s two-plus-weeks of covering the athletic extravaganza across the NBC broadcast network; the Peacock streaming […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDeadpool is known for breaking the fourth wall, but now he’s breaking down the box office. Marvel’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the official MCU debut of Ryan Reynolds’s Merc With a Mouth and Hugh Jackman’s be-clawed X-Men character, made a massive $38.5 million in Thursday previews at the box office.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
SkyShowtime confirmed Friday that production in underway on “Shades” (“Matices”), its new original series in Spain, made in collaboration with Secouya Studios and Stellarmedia and featuring a Spanish star cast renown internationally from involvement in big Spanish series and movies.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Veteran filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, recently appointed as festival director of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has unveiled plans to expand the 55-year-old Goa-based event’s scope. Plans include the launch of a Waves, a technology-focused companion to the main festival.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” stars Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu and Brady Noon appeared at Comic-Con to preview the teen turtles’ latest adventure — this time a 12-episode series for Paramount+.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Beauty makes more of an impression than the titular creature in “The Beast Within.” Documentarian Alexander J. Farrell’s first narrative feature is a handsomely crafted, modestly scaled affair that benefits from being shot largely around the historic Harewood Woods and Castle in West Yorkshire.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The cast of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” debuted a new trailer for Season 2 of the Prime Video series during their epic panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The timey-wimey-wibbly-wobbly world of “Doctor Who” is expanding with a new spinoff, announced during the “Into the Whoniverse” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. Russell Tovey (“Feud,” “American Horror Story: NYC”) and Gugu Mbatha-Raw (“Surface,” “Loki”) will lead the cast of the five-part series “The War Between the Land and the Sea.” They’ll be […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareBetty Buckley, the Tony-winning and Grammy-nominated actor and singer, has signed with Sugar23. Best known for her performances in on stage, particularly for her soaring rendition of “Memory” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Cats,” Buckley has also been active in television, film and as a concert performer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When she emerged with her deadpan, sure-shot flow on 2022’s “Munch (Feelin’ U),” Ice Spice planted her flag as drill music’s next torchbearer. A subgenre predicated on hard-nosed beats, sugary samples and slippery flows, drill was largely front-lined by male rappers (the late Pop Smoke, Fivio Foreign) until Spice crashed in, injecting it straight into […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe massive Brooklyn Navy Yard has been a major part of New York’s history for nearly as long as the city has existed. Sprawled over 225 acres across the East River from Lower Manhattan, the Dutch began using it as a harbor in the 1600s, the British held American prisoners on a ship there (under […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share“The Fall Guy” will soon be available to stream at home on Peacock — stunts and all. It will arrive on the service Aug. 30. An extended version of the action-comedy film, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, also will bow the same day on Peacock, featuring 20 minutes of new scenes not previously seen […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareIn another expansive move, The Mediapro Studio, the content arm of Grup Mediapro, has acquired Fresco Film, the doyen of Spanish production service companies. Headed by Peter Welter, Fresco became an industry legend bringing “Game of Thrones” to Spain for Season 5, prompting Spain to introduce incentives for foreign shoots in early 2015 partly to […]
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFrance’s national rail company SNCF reported Friday that high-speed trains across the country were affected by several “malicious acts,” causing significant disruptions on the day of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Netflix’s film adaptation of the seminal video game “Bioshock” with director Francis Lawrence is being “reconfigured” to be a “more personal” film with a reduced budget, producer Roy Lee (“The Lego Movie”) revealed on Thursday during a panel at San Diego Comic-Con.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Behind the counter at a Whole Foods Market in Connecticut, a woman from Nepal goes unnoticed. A single mother, Lhakpa Sherpa takes public transportation to work. No one around her suspects she has summited Mount Everest in her homeland several times.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share