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Both the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z anime contain plenty of material not present in Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga. Often, this filler is derided as being of lesser quality by fans, and easily skippable as a result. While there are certainly filler episodes that have earned the series this reputation, there are others with as much value as any other episode in the "real" Dragon Ball franchise.

Filler may have a bad reputation among anime fans but, for a series like Dragon Ball, it can often elevate the canon material. Toriyama did not have much interest in portraying overt character development, downtime, or training, and the anime goes out of its way to fill in these gaps. The Dragon Ball anime also include entire filler arcs, some of which feature elements that fans longed to see canonized for decades.

"Danger in the Air" is the Type of...

In the wild world of celebrity love stories, we’ve seen it all, on-again, off-again romances, whirlwind weddings, and shocking splits. But the latest gossip bombshell? Lily Allen reportedly discovered her husband, Stranger Things star David Harbour, prowling a celebrity dating app while they were still married. Oof. That’s the kind of plot twist even the Upside Down would find messy.

Lily Allen | Credit: Instagram @lilyallen

According to reports, this Raya revelation led to the swift unraveling of their four-year marriage, with Allen waving goodbye faster than you can say, “Swipe left!” But don’t worry, both parties have wasted no time making their post-breakup moves, from Allen channeling heartbreak into a new album to Harbour cozying up to a woman nearly half his age. Let’s dive into the delicious drama.

Lily Allen is turning heartbreak into hits Lily Allen in Dreamland | Credits: Sky Atlantic

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"Barbie" star Margot Robbie, is the ‘face’ of France’s Chanel No. 5 perfume, photographed by Karim Sadli:

After working in commercials and small indie films, Robbie got her first break on the TV series "Neighbours" (2008–2011), followed by "Pan Am" (2011–2012).Her breakthrough role came in 2013 with Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street".

She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as 'Jane Porter' in "The Legend of Tarzan" (2016) and as 'Harley Quinn' in the DC superhero films "Suicide Squad" (2016), "Birds of Prey" (2020) and "The Suicide Squad" (2021).

She also received an Academy Award 'Best Actress' nomination for her portrayal of figure skater 'Tonya Harding' in the biopic "I, Tonya" (2017). This was followed by roles in the period drama "Mary Queen of Scots" (2018) and "Bombshell" (2019).

Robbie and husband Tom Ackerley are co-founders of LuckyChap Entertainment, producing "Promising Young Woman' (2020), TV series "Dollface" (2019–2022), TV miniseries "Maid...

If you've ever spent time at a hospital, you know how incredibly hard working and dedicated nurses are. And how essential they are to keeping a hospital functioning while taking care of all of the patients. This Swiss film premiering at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival is a tribute to nurses while also acting as an urgent call to the world to make sure there are enough nurses working to take care of everyone all over the world. Heldin (which translates to Heroine in German) is the latest feature film made by the exceptionally talented Swiss filmmaker Petra Volpe, her third feature film following Dreamland and The Divine Order (another one of my favorites from 2017 - I interviewed Volpe during the release back then). The film is an intimate, intense, riveting thriller following Floria, a dedicated & caring nurse, who works the late shift in the cancer ward at an overcrowded, understaffed hospital in Switzerland.

Pascale Kann, Anna Friel, Connor Swindells, Clara Rugaard, Katherine Parkinson, and Golda Rosheuvel have been added to the cast of the BBC’s 6-part drama series ‘The Dream Land.’

The coming-of-age drama is based on Rosa Rankin-Gee’s enthralling novel Dreamland and is brought to life for TV by BAFTA award-winning writer Kayleigh Llewellyn, delivering a gripping and intense journey driven by love, hope, and an unyielding will to survive.

Set in a near-future Margate, against a backdrop of soaring inequality, The Dream Lands tells the story of Chance and her family, a young woman who discovers life and love, while being forced to fight for her family and friends’ survival in a world that’s crumbling around her.

It’s 2039 and temperatures are soaring, seas are rising, and the political climate is equally as menacing. Chance is living a life of crime just to get by, when her community...

The BBC, Sister, and Universal International Studios have unveiled the cast for “The Dream Lands,” a new six-part drama set to air on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. The series, adapted from Rosa Rankin-Gee’s novel “Dreamland,” depicts a near-future Margate, England, grappling with extreme climate change and social inequality. What Just Happened: The production companies […]

The Dream Lands: A Near-Future Dystopian Drama Comes to BBC...

Dearest gentle reader, everyone's favorite flamboyant 19th century Queen, Golda Rosheuvel's Charlotte, has found her next project, with the star of Bridgerton set to join the cast of the BBC's The Dream Lands, an adaptation of Rosa Rankin-Gee’s climate change novel, Dreamland. A coming-of-age drama set to be split into six parts, The Dream Lands will see Rosheuvel join an already-attractive cast that includes Rivals' Katherine Parkinson as Antonia, Barbie and Sex Education star Connor Swindells as Kole, Marcella herself Anna Friel as Jas, Black Mirror's Clara Rugaard as Franky, as well as the likes of Jacob Greenway, Tareq Al-Jeddal, Scarlett Rayner, Ruby Bridle, and Raphael Sowole.

Record Store Day has revealed its extensive list of limited edition vinyl, box sets, and other speciality releases that will be available as part of its 2025 edition taking place on Saturday, April 12th, 2025.

This year promises exclusive releases from Post Malone (who serves as the 2025 Rsd Ambassador), Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Gorillaz, Taylor Swift, Charli Xcx, The Killers, Tom Waits, and more.

You can find specifics on some of the most notable releases below, and find many more detailed at the Record Store Day website.

Post Malone’s epic Nirvana covers set from April 2020 is being released on vinyl for the first time, with proceeds benefiting MusiCares’ Addiction Recovery/Mental Health division.

Rage Against the Machine will collect completely untouched and unmixed live recordings from their first world tour on Live on Tour 1993.

Wu-Tang Clan has teamed up with producer Mathematics for a brand new album called Black Samson,...

Exclusive: BAFTA and Sundance-nominated Tina Gharavi has optioned Icelandic bestseller ‘Refurinn’ and is adapting it as crime thriller that will be a UK-Iceland co-production. Gharavi helmed Jada Pinkett Smith’s four-part Netflix docudrama African Queens: Cleopatra and is currently directing Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day. She will be showrunner on the series, has penned a pilot, and plans to produce and direct.

The Fox is based on Sólveig Pálsdóttir’s Refurinn, one of her Ice & Crime series thrillers, which feature detective Guðgeir Fransson.

Nordic noir fan Gharavi bought the rights directly from the Pálsdóttir and spent time researching the book’s characters with the author. She will introduce a new British character to proceedings, said to be loosely based on the Robbie Coltrane’s Fitz in the classic crime drama Cracker and the real-life writer and feminist Germaine Greer.

The series turns on a Sri-Lankan woman who arrives in...

The 2024 Sffilm Rainin grant recipients have officially been unveiled.

IndieWire can announce that 17 feature films were awarded $425,000 in cash grants, benefitting 22 filmmakers. Two projects have especially buzzy producers: Joie Estrella Horwitz’s “Dreamland” is produced by recent “The Fire Inside” screenwriter and “Mufasa” director Barry Jenkins, while Lucy Liu is producing “Rosemead.”

The Sffilm Rainin grant is the largest granting body for the development and production of independent narrative feature films in the U.S. The flagship partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation specifically supports films that address social justice issues — the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges — in a positive and meaningful way through plot, character, theme, or setting.

Awards are made to multiple projects once a year, for screenwriting, development, and post-production. Recipients receive an unrestricted cash grant of up to $25,000 for screenwriting, development, or post-production, and a two-month residency at FilmHouse, Sffilm’s artist residency space.

Clelia Mountford is exiting Bad Sisters maker Merman to launch an All3 Media-backed scripted indie.

Sunburnt Penguin will sit within All3’s scripted ranks, focusing on drama and comedy projects. It debuts with a development slate in place.

Mountford co-founded Merman with Sharon Horgan in 2014 and together they built a TV and film production business in the UK and U.S. with credits for the likes of Apple TV+’s comedy Bad Sisters, which is set to debut a second season on November 13; BBC comedies Motherland and There She Goes, Channel 4 and Prime Video’s Catastrophe; Channel 4/Hulu co-pro This Way Up; and Sky drama Dreamland. Mountford also executive produced the upcoming Channel 4 series Disability Benefits with Rosie Jones and Amandaland for BBC One, starring Lucy Punch.

Mountford said: “After a wonderful decade at Merman, I am delighted to be joining the brilliant All3Media family for my next chapter.

Throughout her already prolific career, producer/actor Margot Robbie has proven herself to have a taste that's as discerning as it is eclectic. Most actors attempt to demonstrate their ability to take on as large of a range of projects as possible, yet the demands of the business and marketing sides of the film industry usually see them typecast in some form, usually in a genre if not a specific type of role. This is why Robbie's career is worth pointing out for how diverse it is; she's been able to find a niche for herself that has allowed her to easily move between action films, dramas, period pieces like "Mary Queen Of Scots," comedies, genre flicks, and prestige pics, all while growing her A-list status and not being relegated to either an awards-bait character actor or a paycheck-bait comic book movie star. As a producer, she's demonstrated a steady...

"Barbie" star Margot Robbie, is the new ‘face’ of France’s Chanel No. 5 perfume, photographed by Karim Sadli:

After working in commercials and small indie films, Robbie got her first break on the TV series "Neighbours" (2008–2011), followed by "Pan Am" (2011–2012).Her breakthrough role came in 2013 with Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street".

She achieved wider recognition with starring roles as 'Jane Porter' in "The Legend of Tarzan" (2016) and as 'Harley Quinn' in the DC superhero films "Suicide Squad" (2016), "Birds of Prey" (2020) and "The Suicide Squad" (2021).

She also received an Academy Award 'Best Actress' nomination for her portrayal of figure skater 'Tonya Harding' in the biopic "I, Tonya" (2017). This was followed by roles in the period drama "Mary Queen of Scots" (2018), Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood".

Robbie and husband Tom Ackerley are co-founders of LuckyChap Entertainment, producing "Promising Young Woman...

It was Martin Scorsese’s iconic The Wolf of Wall Street that gave Margot Robbie the recognition she deserved, and since then, the Australian actress has only been attracting major roles. Little did she know that starting a life in Hollywood would lead her to settle down and start a family as well.

In 2013, while the Birds of Prey actress basked in success following her big break, it was also the same year she met her eventual husband, Tom Ackerley, on the set of Suite Française, a World War II drama. Their lives would change forever a year later.

Margot Robbie in Barbie (2023) | Credits: Warner Bros.

It wasn’t until a year after they met that they began dating, and in 2016, the Robbie-Ackerley union was official. After an extremely private wedding on the Gold Coast of Australia, Robbie and Ackerley kept their marriage a secret until she dropped the ball via a social media post,...

‘Bad Sisters’ has received rave reviews, and Apple TV+ subscribers won’t have to go far to find it.

On Wednesday, Oct. 9, “Slow Horses” will wrap up its fourth season on Apple TV+. The show has already been renewed for a fifth, but even so, it will be a while before fans see new episodes after Wednesday’s Season 4 finale. The dry British humor and taught, tense writing of “Slow Horses” make it a must-see for Apple TV+ subscribers, but once you’re finished you may be feeling a little left out in the cold.

There’s no shortage of titles to turn to next on Apple TV+, but if you are looking for a show that will scratch your incessant Slough House-inspired itch, I do have one recommendation that might fit the bill; and it just so happens to be on the same streamer, so you don’t have...

The Futurama season 12 finale features a major Easter egg that references the Netflix series Disenchantment, and the connection between the two shows could have universe-altering implications. Matt Groening's three major TV shows, The Simpsons, Futurama, and Disenchantment, constantly reference each other despite the differing time periods, stories, and tones. While this is most commonly seen with Futurama and The Simpsons, Disenchantment has also had some tie-ins with the aforementioned shows, although Disenchantment's appearance in the Futurama season 12 finale is by far the show's biggest connection yet.

Futurama season 12, episode 10, "Otherwise" wraps up the second season of Hulu's Futurama revival, with it finally delving into a major sci-fi concept that has been teased for decades now: the multiverse. Although the multiverse has made appearances in previous Futurama episodes, "Otherwise" is the first one to fully explore it, with it following the Planet Express crew as they interact with a multiversal sea.

The following contains spoilers for Futurama season 12 episode 10, "Otherwise," now streaming on HuluFuturama's latest reference to Disenchantment quietly debunks a popular fan theory about the two shows. Both created by Matt Groening, Futurama and Disenchantment share a goofy tone but are set in radically different worlds where sci-fi and magic are common place. Futurama season 12 has been expanding the scope of the series. Episodes have revealed more about the backstories of its characters while bringing back supporting characters from early seasons of Futurama.

The season finale, "Otherwise," even expands the sci-fi scope of the universe by formally introducing the multiverse and sending the show's main characters directly through it. Along the way, the episode is able to tease potential new timelines they could visit while also referencing previous segments from Futurama's non-canon anthology episodes. However, one of these minor moments quietly disproves a fan theory that overtly connected the...

The fall market and festival season is traditionally a thrilling time for the French animation sector as companies prepare to unveil new projects, partnerships, and distribution deals at events such as the Unifrance Rendez-Vous, Cartoon Forum, Mipcom and MipJunior.

This year, however, French animation finds itself in a precarious spot, having been hard hit by a recent contraction among international distribution platforms that had, for several years now – especially during and post-pandemic, been investing heavily in the region.

Despite holding its spot as France’s No. 2 screen industry export medium, with a 25.2% market share, animation had a rough 2023. Foreign sales fell 11.2% to €51.2 million ($56.3 million), according to a Cnc report unveiled at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous on Tuesday. The overwhelming bulk of that drop can be attributed to American investors, who cut back by 69.7% to €4.3 million ($4.7 million). The rest of the world saw a less steep drop of just 6.6% to €12.9 million ($14.2 million), still significant.

“Elizabethtown. ““Dean.” “August: Osage County.” All somewhat recent cinematic efforts of the past several decades revolving around a person or two dealing with the passing of a family member, more often than not, accompanied by a return to their childhood home or small town that will itself become far more inevitably meaningful by film’s end. Directed by renaissance man Robert Schwartzman, having helmed such efforts as “Dreamland,” “The Unicorn,” and “The Argument” in addition to fronting indie group Rooney and appearing onscreen as the dreamboat love interest in “The Princess Diaries,” there’s a smattering of ambition present throughout his latest project “The Good Half, “one that can easily find itself in line with the contemporaries above but can’t help but repeatedly trip over its storytelling shoelaces in the process.

Continue reading ‘The Good Half’ Review: Nothing Can Elevate This Grief-Stricken Tale Beyond The Realm Of Average at The Playlist.

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Joni Mitchell will open the vault this fall, unearthing gems and rarities from the late Seventies.

Joni Mitchell Archives, Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) arrives Oct. 4 via Rhino Records. It documents the creative process behind her studio albums Hejira (1976), Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter (1977), and Mingus (her collaboration with jazz legend Charles Mingus in 1979). It also includes her time on Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Revue tour...

Post-2005 Doctor Who main TV-show companions. That’s the first qualifier to add to the following list. For now at least, we’re celebrating only the Nu-Who main companions who had their own proper stint travelling in the Tardis, or any of the many wonderful actors who preceded them in the classic era.

Now that the rationale has been set out, join us to round up some of the best after-Who roles from the likes of Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, Catherine Tate, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Jenna Coleman, Pearl Mackie, Mandip Gill and Tosin Cole. It’s too early to add Millie Gibson to this gang but look out for her in rebooted period drama The Forsyte Saga when it arrives.

Billie Piper – Suzie in I Hate Suzie (2020)

Thanks to her teen pop career and personal life, Billie Piper was already a famous name in the UK before she played Rose Tyler,...

Flush with new cash thanks to The Walt Disney Company, Doctor Who is getting another spinoff.

The BBC and Disney+ have ordered The War Between The Land And The Sea, a five-part spinoff series starring Russell Tovey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw alongside existing Doctor Who stars Jemma Redgrave and Alexander Devrient.

The War Between The Land And The Sea focuses on military organization Unit. Per the logline, when a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, Unit steps into action as the land and sea wage war.

Doctor Who showrunner and executive producer Russell T Davies wrote the spinoff with Pete McTighe (A Discovery of Witches) and it features the return of the Sea Devils, classic Doctor Who villains first seen in 1972. It comes after the spinoff was alluded to in the 73 Yards episode,...

Those with a certain… let’s say… love for the human foot have a new reason to smile, as Lily Allen has begun selling videos and photographs of her feet on OnlyFans.

For $10 a month, interested parties can gain access to Allen’s newly created page. As of the time of writing, there are seven posts available, presumably with more to come.

Allen announced the page via an Instagram Story post on Tuesday (July 2nd) showing off a preview of the content. “La dolce feeta,” she wrote, linking to the OnlyFans account.

As pointed out by Billboard, the move comes just two weeks after Allen discussed her unusually beloved feet on her Miss Me? podcast. “I have a lady that comes and does my nails,” she told her co-host. “They informed me that I have five stars on WikiFeet, which is quite rare. My feet are rated quite highly on the internet.

“Oh, shit!” Dave Bayley exclaims. His blue eyes are wide as he holds his head with both hands. The Glass Animals frontman has just heard some great news from his publicist, who confirms that the U.K. band’s hit song, “Heat Waves,” is officially RIAA diamond certified, representing 10 million sales and streaming units. Bayley blinks rapidly and sputters in disbelief, trying to think of what to say next in his Zoom with Rolling Stone. “I don’t quite know what to make of it!” he adds.

Even as Glass...

It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from musician turned filmmaker Robert Schwartzman, the younger brother of Jason Schwartzman and part of the larger Coppola-related film dynasty. Schwartzman began his career as lead vocalist of the rock/pop band Rooney. But circa 2014, he shifted towards writing and directing and directed “Dreamland” (2016), “The Unicorn” (2018), and “The Argument” (2020).

Continue reading ‘The Good Half’ Trailer: Nick Jonas & Brittany Snow Star In Robert Schwartzman’s Latest Indie at The Playlist.

“You blew me to stardust,” Glass Animals lead singer Dave Bayley sings on the U.K. band’s latest single “Tear in Space (Airlock).” The tantalizing track swirls with synths over a pulsating beat as Bayley’s falsetto compares an all-consuming love to being trapped in the pressurized, in-between area of a space shuttle. Trippy shit, right?

“Tear in Space (Airlock)” is the newest single from the band’s fourth studio album, I Love You So F***ing Much, out July 19. To accompany the track, Glass Animals also shared a...

Lily Allen is the latest star ready to lighten up Night and Day, an adaptation of the comedic Virginia Woolf novel.

The singer and actress joins a cast that includes Haley Bennett, Elyas M’Barek and Timothy Spall, who will bring to life the 1919 novel revolving around the daily lives and romances of two women. Katharine Hilbery (Bennett), is an Edwardian astronomer who avoids love, while Mary (Allen) is a straight-talking, fearless, funny suffragette. Jack Farthing rounds out the cast for the feature.

Justine Waddell penned the script and will produce, with BAFTA nominee Tina Gharavi directing the feature, which is aiming to shoot this fall in Newcastle, England and Cologne, Germany.

Financing company FilmHedge has come on board to back the project, withs its founder and CEO Jon Gosier and its COO Chandler Heinz Laun serving as executive producers, along with Konstantin Korenchuk.

Producers include Christopher Figg, Meg Thomson and German co-producers Glisk,...

The Max Original series Thirst with Shay Mitchell is set to debut on Thursday, May 23, on Max. New episodes of the four-episode series will debut weekly.

Max has released the official trailer and key art for the series, which features the former Pretty Little Liars, Dollface, Dreamland, Mother’s Day, and The Possession of Hannah Grace star.

In the show, Mitchell explores the world one drink at a time as she visits exotic locations, samples unique ingredients, and meets expert hosts. On her journey, she encounters the latest drink trends, the best bars, and 8,000 years of sipping history.

Thirst with Shay Mitchell is produced for Max by The Nacelle Company and Amore+Vita.

Brian Volk-Weiss, Missy Bania, Cisco Henson, Shay Mitchell, and Matte Babel executive produce the series, which is co-executive produced by Kayleigh Rocheck and Ken Franklin.

The post Thirst with Shay Mitchell to Debut on May 23 appeared first on Vital Thrills.

Following Joni Mitchell’s return to Spotify, the singer-songwriter will release The Asylum Albums (1976-1980), out June 21 via Rhino.

The box set contains a remastering of Mitchell’s albums from the late Seventies: 1976’s Hejira (1976), 1977’s Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter, 1979’s Mingus, and the 1980 live album Shadows and Light. You won’t find any unreleased recordings or outtakes here; Mitchell will include those on the official Archives Vol. 4, expected later this year.

Each record on The Asylum Albums (1976-1980) was remastered from flat analong master tapes by Bernie Grundman.

Look around and you just may find yourself amid a Pet Shop Boys renaissance.

Of course, the English duo — consisting of Neil Tennant, 69, and Chris Lowe, 64 — never went anywhere. They have been steadily putting out music since their landmark 1984 debut, Please, which instantly established them with timeless songs like “West End Girls” and “Opportunities (Let’s Make Lots of Money).”

But Pet Shop Boys’ deep catalog has been plundered in recent years everywhere from Madison Avenue (“Opportunities” showed up in a Super Bowl ad for Allstate) to Hollywood (several classics were used to wonderful effect in two of last year’s zeitgeistiest movies, Saltburn and All of Us Strangers). Their signature sound is suddenly everywhere — wistful and longing, danceable and intellectually sophisticated synth-pop. Their 15th studio effort, Nonetheless, drops tomorrow and features more of that infectious trademark music.

Tennant and Lowe sat with The Hollywood Reporter recently to relive their...

Later this year, Glass Animals will bring their forthcoming studio album I Love You So F***ing Much on an international tour fittingly titled Glass Animals: Tour of Earth.

The record, which features the newly released single “Creatures in Heaven,” will arrive on July 19, while the tour is scheduled to kick off just under a month later. The band will be joined on the road by Kevin Abstract, Eyedress, Blondshell, and The Big Moon on select dates.

Tour of Earth begins on Aug. 7 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and will close...

English quartet Glass Animals are back to announce their fourth album, I Love You So F***ing Much, and shared the LP’s lead single, “Creatures in Heaven.” Update: Glass Animals have announced a 2024 world tour.

Due out July 19th, I Love You So F***ing Much is Glass Animals’ follow up to 2020’s Dreamland, which gave the band their first #1 hit in the US with “Heat Waves.” The new album, then, was born from the chaos of supporting a record during the pandemic and finding newfound success within the band. Frontman Dave Bayley claims that I Love You So F***ing Much came from an existential crisis: “Life can change dramatically, but sometimes you aren’t able to change as quickly on a personal level,” Bayley writes in a statement. “You end up feeling like a spectator. And then you are asked and expected to be a certain type of person,...

The BBC has unveiled its biggest drama slate in years featuring a TV version of James Graham play Dear England starring Joseph Fiennes from The Crown producer Left Bank, Sex Education star Aimee Lou Wood’s debut writing project and a Rebecca Hall-starrer from Poor Things maker Element.

Unveiled at a glitz London do for press and producers, the 12-strong roster, which features some of Britain’s best and brightest talents, is the first from new Drama Director Lindsay Salt, who took over from A24’s Piers Wenger 18 months ago.

Scroll down for the full slate below, which features an adaptation of Sherwood creator Graham’s Dear England about the England soccer manager Gareth Southgate – the play of which has taken London by storm and recently transferred to the West End. Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale) will reprise his role as Southgate and Graham will pen the TV version, which...

The BBC have unveiled a new slate of star-studded dramas including the TV adaptation of James Graham’s football play “Dear England” starring Joseph Fiennes, a new co-pro with “Euphoria” producer A24 and the screenwriting debut from “Sex Education” star Aimee Lou Wood.

Director of BBC Drama Lindsay Salt revealed the 12-strong slate – which adds up to 66 hours of top TV – at a press event in London, U.K. on Wednesday evening. It includes two more series of Belfast-based police drama “Blue Lights.”

“Inflation, content and platform saturation, streamer retrenchment, the writers’ strike… It’s all fed a serious slowdown,” Salt said as she unveiled the diverse slate. “Five years ago, everyone was willing to make brave choices, to experiment, to try something a little unorthodox. I worry that risk-taking is becoming a dirty word… And that, in less than a decade, the industry might be moving from ‘peak TV...

The BBC Writers section of its website now contains a selection of scripts from Doctor Who and beyond.

BBC Writers is a wonderful resource for anybody interested in the mechanics of making scripted television. You can find hundreds of scripts in its archive. From classic drama like Accused and children’s shows like The Story Of Tracy Beaker to feature films like Blue Story, In The Loop and Rye Lane, it provides a fascinating insight into British film and television production.

The BBC has now revealed a new Whoniverse section, which contains not only a selection of Doctor Who scripts from Rose right up to date with The Church On Ruby Road, you can also find scripts for Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Tales Of The Tardis, Class, animated adventures The Infinite Quest and Dreamland, and VR game The Runaway. One of the most intriguing new additions is the Fifteenth...

Exclusive: Tony winner Adrienne Warren is set to star in and executive produce Dreamland, a period drama series in development at Peacock from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Written and executive produced by Eric Haywood (Law & Order: Organized Crime), Dreamland explores the world of Black Wall Street, the legendary African-American business district in Tulsa, Oklahoma’s segregated Greenwood community. Set in 1915, the series avoids depicting the well-known deadly massacre that took place several years later. Instead, it explores the daily lives, interpersonal relationships, and class struggles of Greenwood’s residents — all taking place in the shadow of an oil boom that ignited long-standing tensions between the city’s white, African-American, and displaced Native American populations.

Warren and Haywood executive produce with Kapital’s Aaron Kaplan and Brian Morewitz. Hannibal Johnson, a member of the Tulsa Community Foundation and author of the...

Netflix is delivering a versatile range of thriller films and series, such as Deliver Us from Evil, The Fall of the House of Usher, Bodies, and many more, offering a dark and gothic experience for audiences worldwide to enjoy this spooky season. Joining this list, one of the most anticipated Netflix thrillers is just around the corner, about to hit our screens. Locked In, directed by Nour Wazzi and starring Finn Cole, Rose Williams, and Famke Janssen, has dropped its official trailer this month, setting high expectations for this thriller. The dark and mysterious ambience of the trailer speaks volumes and also hints at the connection between these characters.

Spoilers Ahead

Story and Plot

The official trailer for Locked In is promising and intriguing. We are introduced to these characters, Katherine, a famous television actor, and her daughter-in-law, Lina, who have a very conflicting relationship with each other. Lina is...

If Doctor Who fans ever felt hard done by during any of the show’s previous big anniversaries then the 60th is here to soothe spirits, hand out cherished gifts, and generally make a bloody big hair-ruffling fuss of the lot of us.

First came news of David Tennant and Catherine Tate’s return in three anniversary specials, then came the ‘roughly 8 million episodes of Doctor Who are coming to BBC iPlayer on November 1’ announcement, then they brought back Doctor Who Confidential under a different name, and now…

…three Classic era Doctors are returning alongside eight former Doctor Who Companions (plus The Sarah Jane Adventures’ Clyde Langer) for new series Tales of the Tardis.

New Scenes, Classic Who Cast

Not a behind-the-scenes documentary, and not standalone adventures, the six-part series will pair up the stars of classic Who acting in new scenes together, in character, wrapped around episodes from six existing serials.

Stars: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Sharon Rooney, Simu Liu, Ncuti Gatwa, John Cena, Michael Cera, America Ferrera, Rhea Perlman, Will Ferrell | Written by Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach | Directed by Greta Gerwig

In a world that has gifted Greta Gerwig the possibility to focus all her creative skills and talents on Barbie, the film becomes the pink dream we all hoped it would be. After months and months of their marketing campaign, which often felt like seeing a sea of pink slowly wash towards us, the creators behind Barbie were right to put everything they had into getting people into the theatres to see this on the big screen. Not only does Barbie reach something on a creative and entertaining level, but it touches deeper and lingers on the mind longer than any movie about a doll has the right to.

Tom Ackerley has a knack for producing projects with dynamic and strong female characters, often working with his wife Margot Robbie, resulting in critical and financial successes. While some projects like Terminal and Dreamland fell short in terms of script and cinematic quality, others like Promising Young Woman and I, Tonya received critical acclaim and award nominations. Ackerley's latest project, Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig, became a cultural phenomenon and broke box office records, delivering an entertaining film with a powerful message about sexism and the patriarchy.

Hollywood's premiere movies and TV shows are mostly remembered for the big-named stars and notable directors, but producers like Tom Ackerley work tirelessly behind the scenes to help bring the biggest hits to life on screen. The young power broker from the UK has an impressive set of credits to his name, and Ackerley has worked in the film and TV business in...

"Disenchantment" Part 5, is the final season of Matt Groening‘s comedic animated TV series, starring Abbi Jacobson ('Bean'), Eric Andre ('Luci') and Nat Faxon ('Elfo') along with John Dimaggio, Tress MacNeille, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Noel Fielding, Meredith Hagner, David Herman, Sharon Horgan, Maurice Lamarche, Lucy Montgomery and Billy West now streaming on Netflix:

"...it all endeth here. The misadventures of hard-hitting, hard-drinking 'Queen Bean', her feisty elf companion 'Elfo' and her personal demon 'Luci' culminate...

"...in an epic battle for 'Dreamland' in the fifth and final installment of Matt Groening’s comedy fantasy series 'Disenchantment'..

"To save Dreamland from 'Queen Dagmar', Bean must vanquish her mother and outrun a prophecy that foretells she will kill someone she loves.

"The stakes are as high as ever as our heroes face a headless corpse, an evil scientist and most terrifying of all — their true destiny.

The Simpsons and Futurama crossover episode establishes that both series exist within the same universe. Disenchantment also linked Bean's world and the one depicted within Futurama because of Professor Farnsworth and his time machine. Because of the connections between Futurama, The Simpsons and Disenchantment, the three series can be viewed as a working trilogy that examines and theorizes on the history of humanity.

Regarding cherished animated series, Matt Groening seems to have his fingers on the pulse concerning what audiences want to watch. After all, the cartoonist and animator has three distinct shows -- The Simpsons, Futurama and Disenchantment -- which have all done well over the years despite their ups and downs. Nevertheless, fans have always viewed each sitcom as a standalone piece regardless of crossovers or Easter eggs, which shouldn't be the case. These connections, in all actuality, bind the three series in a unique way that not...

Disenchantment is one of the better adult cartoon series available, but there are 10 similar shows to enjoy after finishing the show. Disenchantment, created by The Simpsons and Futurama's Matt Groening, has received widespread acclaim since its 2018 debut on Netflix. The series, which takes place in a medieval fantasy setting called Dreamland, is full of Groening's trademark wit and creative plot lines. Despite the show's success, its fifth season has officially been confirmed as the end of the series.

Luckily, there are plenty of other animated fantasy series for fans to sink their teeth into after finishing Disenchantment. Though Disenchantment's witty, satirical side is difficult to find in other entries in the fantasy genre, there are plenty of fantasy shows that contain some level of humor alongside their classic fantasy elements. There are also some animated fantasy series that may not contain much humor but are fantastic watches for any fan of fantasy cartoons.

Disenchantment season 4 ended with unanswered questions about Dagmar's plan and goals, leaving viewers eager for more answers in season 5. Freckles, the puppet character, may be secretly Yøg seeking revenge on King Zøg, hinted at by their similar appearance and shared voice actor. The show introduced intriguing plotlines surrounding Satan, including the debt Dagmar owes him and the mystery behind his changing appearance in mirrors, which will likely be explored in later seasons.

Matt Groening's Disenchantment season 4 recap ended with more questions than it did answers. There were several big subplots that got some form of resolution, answering some questions. However, the show's fifth season finale was consistent with its previous installments in the fact that it split up the main cast in various cliffhangers, and in the case of Queen Bean, literally tossed off of a cliff. Disenchantment skips around its ongoing subplots and long-standing mysteries every season,...

SkyShowtime, the European streaming home to releases from Paramount and Universal, has revealed its upcoming film and TV slate through the rest of the year, including “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” and “Poker Face.”

Just one year since the streaming service’s launch in the Nordics and six months since its rollout in 20 more European markets, SkyShowtime is on track to have 50% of this year’s box office on the platform.

“Less than a year since our launch, SkyShowtime boasts an impressive line-up of amazing content,” SkyShowtime CEO Monty Sarhan said in a statement. “From the latest Hollywood hits and exclusive global series to our local originals, SkyShowtime offers subscribers across Europe an incredible selection of the world’s best entertainment. And with even more spectacular content to come in 2024, SkyShowtime will continue to deliver great entertainment at a great price.”

SkyShowtime is currently available in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina,...

The following contains spoilers for Disenchantment, now streaming on Netflix.

The fifth and final season of the animated fantasy series Disenchantment, created by the mind behind the Simpsons, was released on Netflix, marking the culmination of Queen Bean's and her friends Elfo and Luci's misadventures. This concluding season unfolds with an epic final battle, requiring Bean's confrontation with her mother, Queen Dagmar, who has taken over Dreamland. However, even though this trio of misfits has been the show's central focus, one character is finally getting the recognition she deserves: Mop Girl.

Disenchantment is just one of the projects that Matt Groening has co-created alongside David X. Cohen, which includes Futurama. Therefore, it isn't surprising that the two shows now seem to coexist in the same universe. The latest season presents many challenges for Bean and her crew, which also involves Bean's departure for Steamland with her mermaid girlfriend, Mora,...

FX’s final season of Archer is bringing back high-adventure set pieces, international intrigue, and bawdy workplace comedy shenanigans for one last ride — and it’s easier than ever to watch Archer season 14 online.

Created by Adam Reed, the title namesake self-absorbed Sterling Archer (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin of Bob’s Burgers) and his fellow agents at the former International Secret Intelligence Service (Isis), now just “The Agency”, have been pushing the envelope of adult animated comedy since 2009. After a few “coma-seasons” of delightful departures (including the 1940s Dreamland, Archer...

Disenchantment season 5 serves as a satisfying conclusion to the story, with major storylines wrapped up and loose ends tied. The series was not canceled by Netflix; it was ordered and written as the show's final season, allowing the creators to end it on their own terms. Disenchantment ending at the same time as other major Netflix adult animated series may indicate a shift in the streaming platform's content plan, possibly producing fewer shows in this category.

Netflix's animated fantasy series Disenchantment has taken its final bow with season 5, wrapping its major storylines and raising questions about why it's not getting a season 6. Disenchantment premiered back in 2018, introducing the wayward Princess Bean and her eccentric but lovable companions. Animated in the same style as hits like The Simpsons and Futurama — and brought to life by both shows' creator, Matt Groening, and producer, Josh Weinstein — Disenchantment follows Bean on a journey to...

The following contains spoilers for Futurama Season 8, Episode 6, "I Know What You Did Next XMas," now streaming on Hulu.

Futurama has played with the apocalypse on multiple occasions. Thanks to its distant future setting, the show has hinted at multiple ways humanity could collapse and rebuild itself. The latest hint at this cyclical existence goes a step further and quietly cements another show as part of Futurama's lore.

"I Know What You Did Next XMas" -- Written by Ariel Ladensohn and Directed by Crystal Chesney-Thompson -- features a clever reference to one of Matt Groening's other animated properties, Netflix's Disenchantment. Notably, this direct reference suggests that the fantasy comedy is actually set in the distant future of Futurama's world. On top of seemingly confirming the shared universe between the two shows, it follows up a reoccurring element of Futurama's timeline.

Related: Hulu's Futurama Features Final...

If at any point during your bingeing and re-bingeing of Netflix’s live-action One Piece you start to get the warm and fuzzies between two characters, know this: Not only was that “not intended,” but it’s also never going to happen.

One Piece Cast Photos: Live-Action vs. Animation View List

“One of the mandates from [manga creator] Eiichiro Oda was against romance on the crew,” co-showrunner Steven Maeda tells TVLine. “That is a hard no, as far as the manga and the live-action show are concerned.”

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