At the Disney D23 Expo Friday, Marvel’s Kevin Feige dropped some new footage and news about the new shows for Disney+ including three new comic book adaptations.
Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy announced some exciting news for STAR WARS fans at the D23 Expo. Ewan McGregor is indeed reprising his role of Obi-Wan Kenobi for Disney+. The series is set to shoot next year in London, and the scripts have been completed. In other news, Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk visited D23 to tease their prequel in the Cassian and K2SO, which begins shooting next year. Watch our recap of the STAR WARS news which dropped for Disney's streaming service.
Keanu Reeves does something so out of character it will make you love him even more after watching Netflix's rom-com, "Always Be My Maybe." Keanu Reeves plays himself but a douchie version of himself. "Fresh off the Boat's" Randall Park and stand-up comic Ali Wong star and wrote this hilarious and unique rom-com. One of the highlights in the Netflix movie is Reeve's funny as hell cameo and one of the best entrances by the actor. Watch the clip below.
BLACK MIRROR, British series has been taken over by Hollywood. The trailer for season 5 has arrived with Miley Cyrus and Anthony Mackie headlining their own episode, and only three episodes this go around. While the series has often starred Hollywood names like Jon Hamm, Bryce Dallas Howard and Rosemarie DeWitt, the actors are often not publicized to give a surprise element to the show. For the most part, some of the best BLACK MIRROR episodes feature unknown to us Yanks. Most online fans are complaining they don't need A-listers to attract them to the show, but they'll be there to watch regardless.
Debuting May 31, the Central Park Five's story is being told through a Netflix mini-series with Ava DuVernay at the helm. The five Harlem teenagers were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park and then exonerated 25 years later for the crime. Netflix is the perfect platform to retell this case of racial injustice since the streaming service allows filmmakers' creative freedom.
2018 was great for video streaming services, and the coming years promise to be even better. For the subscribers, that is, because more major players are expected to enter the competition for their favor, which usually translates either into lower prices or into better content for the same price. In the case of Netflix, though, the "prices" part is debatable, considering that it didn't only hike its subscription fees this year but it has also started experimenting with a new, more expensive plan. Netflix's Ultra subscription will offer some serious bang for its monthly $16.99 price tag: Ultra HD streaming or HDR, meaning that enjoying your favorite show on your 4K HDR TV will be an even better experience. But when it comes to content, the offer will definitely be great, with all the epic streaming-only shows coming our way in the next few years, from various providers.
Since Captain Phasma didn’t get enough screen time in STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, so Marvel Comics is dedicating a comic book to the First Order baddie that takes place between THE FORCE AWAKENS and the next STAR WARS film, THE LAST JEDI. And yes this implies she survived the destruction of the Starkiller Base in FORCE AWAKENS. Check out the art from the first comic book.
will.i.am is getting into the comic book business with Marvel Comics. From the mind of seven-time Grammy award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist will.i.am, from the Black Eyed Peas, comes an all-new graphic novel created with artist Damion Scott (All-New Ghost Rider, Marvel’s Hip-Hop Variants), Marvel Comics presents MASTERS OF THE SUN – THE ZOMBIE CHRONICLES.
This June, the Marvel’s smash-hit Star Wars comics venture to a new era of a galaxy far, far away centering on Darth Vader. Superstar writer Charles Soule (Poe Dameron, Astonishing X-Men) will team with chartbusting artist Giuseppe Camuncoli (Amazing Spider-Man) to chronicle the epic rise of one of the greatest villains in all of fiction.
NBC’s hit comedy Lopez vs Lopez' returns for its second season on Tuesday, April 2, and the show revealed its star-studded guests joining George Lopez, Mayan Lopez and Al Madrigal that includes Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias, Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Jaime Camil, Diana Maria Riva and Marshawn Lynch (BOTTOMS, WESTWORLD). The details of their appearance were released.
After debuting as a theatrical release, The Chosen Season 4 premiered on livestream and VOD, and climbed to #1 in the Apple TV App Store and to the #2 free app in the mobile iOS App Store, as Season 4 Episode 1 was released on Sunday evening.
And that’s a wrap for Andor season two production, according to a social media post by star Diego Luna. The Star Wars spin-off began pre-production during season one’s run on Disney+ in late 2022.
Tom Hiddleston's return as Loki in Disney+'s season 2 scored the second-best premiere with 10.9 million views after three days. Another Marvel series holds the record for the most-watched premiere.
AMC has scrapped the Andrew Lincoln movie promised when he left The Walking Dead, and will now return as Rick Grimes in a spin-off series along with Danai Gurira's Michonne. Lincoln and Gurira made a surprise appearance Friday at the show's Comic-Con panel in San Diego. Gurira posted a selfie with Lincoln on Instagram marking the occasion. Get the details of the show below.
On the heels of wrapping The Boys season 3 with a bombshell of parental proportions, Prime Video announced a spin-off show with an all-new cast of Supes in college. GEN V expands The Boys universe, and the streaming platform released a video introducing the largely unknown cast featuring Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sean Patrick Thomas. Meet the new faces of Gen V.
In keeping with the tradition of the CHUCKY movies, one of Chucky's victims is returning as a new character on the second season of the USA Network/SYFY series. Devon Sawa, who played twins in the inaugural season, was killed twice by the killer doll.
Emily and Alfie's romantic relationship will play out in season 3 of Emily in Paris. Executive producer and writer Darren Star announced the new season will begin production this summer with Lucien Laviscount joining as a series regular.
The NCIS television franchise is still going strong after several seasons. CBS has renewed their NCIS and their off shoots, NCIS: HAWAI`I and NCIS: LOS ANGELES. The press release also included that more renewals will be announced in a few weeks. Read the official announcement.
Peacock announced a new comedy series based on Playstation's global video game phenomenon, Twisted Metal starring Anthony Mackie as the main character. Mackie will also executive produce the live-action series along with executive producer Will Arnett. Take a read at the official announcement.
Disney Branded Television and Wilmer Valderrama have started development on a reimagined “Zorro” series with the 70s Show starring as the swashbuckling hero and executive producing as well. Disney originally aired the Disney action-adventure western series “Zorro” 60 years ago and will return for the first time since.