Getty ImagesDisney and HBO got together and just announced they’ve made a streaming bundle of joy: a package that will offer viewers content from Disney+, Max and Disney-owned Hulu.It’s a unique collab, as most streaming services offer content bundles from within their corporate umbrella — such as Disney and its sports brand ESPN, or Paramount+…… Read More…
Getty ImagesFor even the biggest movie lovers, there’s usually a major downside to going to the theater: suffering that concessions line, a mysterious zone where time seems to stand still, even as your showtime ticks ever closer.But on Thursday, May 9, Fandango announced it is making buying your popcorn and soda — or whatever you…… Read More…
Courtesy Warner Bros/New Line CinemaOn Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema announced that Oscar winner Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings collaborators Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and actor-director Andy Serkis are headed back to Middle-earth with two new films.The tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will…… Read More…
Deadline reports Twilight’s Taylor Lautner, Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland, Four Weddings and a Funeral’s Andie MacDowell and Australian actor Brenton Thwaites have joined the cast of the rom-com The Token Groomsman. The movie, per the outlet, follows Lautner as a down-on-his-luck businessman who sees a golden opportunity to make some business connections when he’s invited…… Read More…
James Pardon/Bad Wolf/BBC StudiosThere’s a new Doctor in the house! A new season of Doctor Who debuts Friday on Disney+, the first time the show has ever been on the streaming service and the first time new episodes of Doctor Who will air on the same day around the world. Russell T. Davies returns as showrunner…… Read More…
Jamie McCarthy/Getty ImagesSuccession star Jeremy Strong may have found his next role. Variety reports that the Emmy winner is in talks to join the cast of the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, where he’ll play The Boss’ manager, Jon Landau.Deliver Me From Nowhere follows Springsteen’s efforts to make the 1982 solo album Nebraska. It…… Read More…
PeacockNBC’s sister streamer announced Wednesday that the as-yet-untitled but eagerly anticipated follow-up comedy from The Office adapter Greg Daniels will be a Peacock series.We also officially know now it’s not a reboot of the beloved U.K. import.Daniels, also of King of the Hill fame, collaborated with Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman for the project,…… Read More…
Disney/Kelsey McNealHulu announced on Wednesday, May 8, that the second season of the Kerry Washington/Delroy Lindo family dramedy, UnPrisoned, will return on July 17. In the series produced by and starring the Emmy-winning former Scandal star, Kerry plays a busy single mom and relationship therapist whose life is turned upside down when her formerly incarcerated dad (Lindo) moves…… Read More…
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln CenterEmma Heming Willis is opening up about how sharing her husband Bruce Willis’ Frontotemporal dementia or FTD diagnosis in 2023 impacted her.”I could breathe, you know, I could really exhale and sort of just feel this weight sort of lift from my shoulders but everything changed for the…… Read More…
Marvel StudiosIn a new interview in Empire magazine’s Deadpool & Wolverine feature issue, it looks like director Shawn Levy is putting some distance between his upcoming movie and recent failures in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Marvel Studios’ last theatrical outing was 2023’s The Marvels, its lowest-grossing movie to date; that year also saw the release of the drubbed Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. On the small…… Read More…