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Exclusive: Deep Fusion Films, the UK doc maker behind upcoming doc Hunt: We Need to Talk About James, has hired AI and visual effects guru Christian Darkin.

He is joining the Cardiff-based producer as Head of Creative AI, leading on the development and creation of artificial intelligence software and visuals that will allow Deep Fusion to deliver on its slate.

The match is strong one, with Darkin known for his work in areas such as animation, illustration and AI. He worked with Deep Fusion co-founder and exec producer Benjamin Field, who has been a proponent of ethical AI use in docs and unscripted, to create the deepfakes for Anderson Entertainment’s 2022 doc Gerry Anderson: A Life Unchartered.

Darkin is known for his company, Anachronistic Animation, and has delivered work for the BBC and for sci-fi features. He will report to Field, who said: “Having Christian on board is a game-changer for us.

Ed Fletcher has been at the helm of UK distributor and exhibitor Curzon for six months as CEO, following the departure of Philip Knatchbull from the Cohen Media Group-owned company in November 2023.

Fletcher brings with him experience spent managing cinemas in London and Cambridge, and working in theatrical distribution at first Ica Projects and then distributor Soda Pictures, the company he co-founded with Eve Gabareau in 2002 that became Thunderbird Releasing in 2014. He also runs a production label called Beef with Emma Biggins as a sideline to his day job.

Just before Cannes, Curzon revealed the revival of the Artificial...

Tonight on “The Amazing Race,” to begin this leg of the Race in Santiago, Chile, teams self-drive in search of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic Thunderbird car to receive their next clue, on this episode titled “Save the Stress for Later” airing Wednesday, April 10 on CBS. Phil Keoghan hosts.

Here are the teams still in contention: Amber & Vinny (dating), Angie & Danny (mother/son), Derek & Shelisa (married), Juan & Shane (best friends), Kishori & Karishma (cousins), Ricky & Cesar (dating), Rod & Leticia (married), Sunny & Elizabeth (best friends) and Yvonne & Melissa (dating).

See ‘The Amazing Race’s’ Michelle and Sean on their 4-hour Roadblock and getting Phil Keoghan ‘in the ropes’

Follow are full live blog recap below.

9:30 p.m. — Previously, on “The Amazing Race”! In the Episode 4, teams paraglided their way to the start of the leg in Medellín, Colombia and then chose between detours “getting in sync” or “decoding a rebus puzzle.” Datiny...

The X-Treme Sanctions Executive (X.S.E.) were a mutant peacekeeping task force that operated with legal authority to intervene in human mutant conflicts worldwide. The X.S.E. served as a major milestone in improving mutant/human relations and combating anti-mutant bigotry. Reviving the X.S.E. could have a significant impact on the dynamic between humans and mutants, whether they work for or against the mutant cause.

The X-Men have assembled countless different lineups, each dedicated to the mutant cause in their own way. From X-Factor to X-Force, these teams’ methods and status vary based on their specific missions, and no two X-Teams are ever exactly the same. With things darker than ever for the mutant population of Earth, one team the world could use to make a comeback first appeared in the pages of X-Treme X-Men.

Officially classified as the X-Treme Sanctions Executive, this band of mutants...

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Though the Marvel Cinematic Universe first introduced TV series into the franchise's larger arc back in 2021, shows based on Marvel Comics existed prior, and there are many compelling titles that most people have never watched. Marvel TV shows experienced a surge in popularity with the premiere of WandaVision, the first of many Disney+ originals that MCU viewers must watch to understand the current state of the universe. Marvel has released a large collection of shows beyond the Disney+ originals, however, including ones originating on other streaming platforms and network TV.

With hundreds of characters, storylines, and universes spanning its long comic book history, Marvel has no shortage of source material to pull from when creating shows,...

Exclusive: PBS Kids has bought Thunderbird Entertainment TV movie Rocket Saves the Day.

The animated film, from Thunderbird’s kids and family label Atomic Cartoons, will debut in the U.S. on PBS Kids on December 26.

Rocket Saves the Day is a preschooler feature based on the New York Times bestselling Rocket book series created by Tad Hills and published by Random House Children’s Books.

The movie is billed as a “hero’s journey in which an enthusiastic young pup, Rocket, and his new best friend, Little Yellow Bird, embark on a quest to save their town through the power of reading.” Throughout their journey, Rocket and his friends learn how to put letters and sounds together to make words – the building blocks of reading.

“Tad Hills created such a rich and wonderful world in the Rocket books. They engage kids’ imaginations and celebrate the joy of learning, and...

For one reason or another, there's a collection of underrated Marvel shows that are still worth watching, both in the MCU and those that stand on their own. From more psychedelic stories, teen dramas, and dynamic animated series, there's a wide range of content inspired by Marvel Comics. Furthermore, some shows have been off the air for years that still hold up quite well.

In the current era, the majority of Marvel shows are coming from Disney and Marvel Studios. This includes MCU series such as the very popular WandaVision, Loki, Moon Knight, and more. However, there are other Marvel shows, MCU and otherwise, that are worth looking back on as well. Here are just 10 Marvel shows that are very underrated and are definitely worth the watch.

Related: All Marvel Movies Releasing In 2023

Legion

FX's Legion is a Marvel show that exists in its own universe. Starring Dan Stevens as David Haller aka Legion,...

A reboot of the classic 1980s TV series of the same name, 2021's well-cast Highway to Heaven is a Lifetime Original movie about Angela, an angel who comes to Earth to help people. Angela takes a job as a guidance counselor at a junior high school, but her guidance goes beyond the job description, as she seeks to help a distressed teen who has been causing trouble at school and drifting apart from his father ever since the loss of his mother. Angela is aided in her quest by the school’s principal, Bruce, but her unexplained angelic presence also invites suspicion.

The original Highway to Heaven series was created in 1984 by Michael Landon, who also played the angel. The show saw Landon’s angel John Smith travel across the country with retired police officer Mark Gordon (Victor French), assuming different jobs and helping troubled souls overcome their problems. The Highway to Heaven remake,...

Exclusive: Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment has optioned New York Times bestseller Mad Honey.

The Vancouver-based producer is planning to turn Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan’s novel into a premium TV series.

The novel focuses on themes of young love, teen angst and parental grief, interwoven with murder and high-intensity courtroom drama. The story follows a mother, who relocates to her sleepy New Hampshire hometown to take over the family beekeeping business, whose son is suspected of killing his girlfriend.

“Jodi and Jennifer wrote such an incredibly moving story,” said Matthew Berkowitz, Thunderbird Entertainment President and Chief Creative Officer. “We believe that narratives on this level can truly make a significant impact on the empathy we have for others and how people view their own actions as we co-exist in the world.”

He added that Mad Honey was “exactly the kind of IP we’re looking for as we...

Money can make people do funny things. It compels them to trust the wrong people, drives them to makes risky bets or, when all else fails, forces them to act out of desperation. Yet unlike riding a bike, when it comes to money experience doesn't always make us wiser. In the grim and gripping night-gone-wrong thriller Thunderbird, which had its world premiere at the Far East Film Festival in Udine this spring, greed pushes desperate characters to cut all the wrong corners. In this feature graduation project from the Korean Academy of Film Arts (Kafa) by director Lee Jae-won, the proverbial bag of money the story spins around is the titular Thunderbird, a souped-up jet blue Audi 44 with a spoiler on its back and,...

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Marvel Studios upcoming live-action TV series "Echo", spinning off from the new "Hawkeye" series, follows 'hearing impaired'  super-powered native American 'Maya Lopez' (Alaqua Cox), alongside Marvel Comics blind crime-fighter 'Daredevil' (Charlie Cox):

"...with a hand-print across her face, 'Maya Lopez' is an Olympic-level athlete possessing 'photographic reflexes', defined as the uncanny ability to perfectly copy other people's movements. Just by watching other people, she has become a concert-level pianist, a martial artist, a highly skilled acrobat and gifted ballerina. 

"She also gained the acrobatic abilities of 'Daredevil' and the uncanny aim of 'Bullseye'. But her deafness is a drawback as she relies on visual cues that render her helpless in the dark, and her ability to communicate by reading lips prevents her from taking commands and communicating with people who are wearing masks or are not in direct visual contact.

"As the superhero 'Thunderbird',...

Marvel Studios upcoming live-action TV series "Echo", spinning off from the upcoming "Hawkeye" series, follows 'hearing impaired'  super-powered native American 'Maya Lopez' (Alaqua Cox), co-starring Marvel Comics blind crime-fighter 'Daredevil':

"...with a white hand-print across her face, 'Maya Lopez is an Olympic-level athlete possessing 'photographic reflexes', defined as the uncanny ability to perfectly copy other people's movements. Just by watching other people, she has become a concert-level pianist, a martial artist, a highly skilled acrobat and gifted ballerina. 

"She also gained the acrobatic abilities of 'Daredevil' and the uncanny aim of 'Bullseye'. But her deafness is a drawback as she relies on visual cues that render her helpless in the dark, and her ability to communicate by reading lips prevents her from taking commands and communicating with people who are wearing masks or are not in direct visual contact.

"As the superhero 'Thunderbird',...

Exclusive: Former The Magicians star Jason Ralph and Blair Redford (Satisfaction) have booked heavily recurring roles opposite Gabrielle Creevey in Showtime’s upcoming drama series Three Women, an hourlong series based on the nonfiction bestseller by Lisa Taddeo. Shailene Woodley, DeWanda Wise and Betty Gilpin star along with Blair Underwood.

In Three Women, adapted by Taddeo, a group of women are on a crash course to radically overturn their lives. Lina, a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming and transforms her life. Sloane, a glamorous entrepreneur in the Northeast, played by Wise, has a committed open marriage with Richard, until two sexy new strangers threaten their aspirational love story. Maggie (Creevey), a student in North Dakota, weathers an intense storm after accusing her married English teacher, Aaron Knodel, (Ralph) of an inappropriate relationship. Gia (Woodley...

On the heels of his induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Toby Keith has announced the release of his new album. Titled Peso in My Pocket, the 10-song collection will be released October 15th. It’s the Oklahoma country singer’s first new album in nearly six years, following 2015’s 35 Mph Town.

Peso in My Pocket includes five songs written by Keith, including “Growing Up Is a Bitch,” cowritten with Sammy Hagar. Keith and the onetime Van Halen singer have performed together often over the years, including at...

With a pair of short films and a long-list of TV credits to his name, writer/director Nicholas Treeshin makes his feature film debut with Thunderbird. Part mystery and part supernatural thriller, the film stars Colten Wilke as Will Brook, a reclusive fisherman who returns home to help in the search for his missing sister.

Will’s return isn’t an easy one. He and his family have a fraught history with the townsfolk and he’s not exactly welcome but Will is determined to help the lead investigator Ivy (Natalie Brown) and local cop Joe Fletcher (Aaron Douglas), solve the mystery of his sister’s disappearance - and perhaps also find her in the process.

Treeshin’s experience behind the camera is clearly on display in Thunderbird.