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We thought there could be only one. Clearly, that’s not the case, as Henry Cavill will be taking over the Highlander series for the upcoming Chad Stahelski-directed reboot. And while filming is expected to begin a little later this year, Cavill is ready to head back to the gym.

Speaking with Collider, Henry Cavill said he’s on the verge of beginning his intense training program for Highlander, saying, “The training is about to begin in earnest. It’ll be a very long training process, and I’m very excited to get into it.” But that’s about all Cavill offered, adding, “There’s only so much I can tell you at the moment. I want to keep everything under wraps for as long as possible.”

As of now, we do know where Stahelski is partly taking inspiration from and somewhat where in the timeline Highlander will be set.

When the original Highlanderbecame a sleeper hit on home video it was only a matter of time before a sequel was made. Even though Connor had won the Gathering and had once again become mortal surely there was a way to get him to pick up the sword once again. Christopher Lambert was game to reprise the character again so why not move forward with another film?

Well if you’ve seen Highlander II (which we did a memorable episode of Awfully Good on) then you know why they should have thought better about going back to the Highlander well. In an experience that many would describe as frustrating maddening and downright awful Highlander II would set out to fundamentally destroy the first film. The director tried to have his name taken off of it. The lead of the film wanted to drop out. Let’s find out exactly Wtf Happened To This Film.

Production is moving forward full steam ahead on the Highlander reboot, and a release window has been revealed.

Slowly gestating for several years, with director Chad Stahelski first boarding the project back in 2016, the Highlander reboot has finally gotten on track with its production. In October, it was reported that the film, which will feature Henry Cavill in the lead role, was officially starting its development at Lionsgate. Now, a new update reported on by IGN confirms that the film is planning for a theatrical release in 2026, making it a bit of a wait for the reboot to arrive, and marking a full decade elapsing since the film's release and Stahelski first boarding the reboot.

Highlander Almost Caused Sean Connery to Lose His Head... Literally

The revelation reportedly came straight from Lionsgate Motion Picture Group Chairman Joe Drake in a company financial call. Drake also confirmed in the call that...

Baldur's Gate 3 features the most powerful wizard in Faerûn, who only appears as an illusion in the game. Players can discover his secret by examining him, which reveals that he's listed as a "Level One Construct," or by killing him and watching him dissolve into liquid. Killing the simulacrum has consequences, preventing the party from receiving important advice and abilities related to Gale's Netherese orb.

The most powerful wizard and world-renowned scholar of the arcane in Baldur's Gate 3 also happens to be little more than a puddle, but most players are none the wiser. This is just another one of those quintessential hidden Baldur's Gate 3 features most will never even discover. It's programmed only to be revealed in very specific, fringe cases, in which players take an incredibly decisive action with no good reason to do so. And even then, the way it's portrayed is so subtle that some...

The upcoming Jurassic World cards for Magic: The Gathering are a perfect crossover, with 26 cards designed from iconic scenes and moments from the movies. The Jurassic World cards are classified as Rares and have a pull rate of 1 in 12 for Set Boosters or Collector Boosters. The Jurassic World collection cards are legal for use in Commander, Oathbreaker, Vintage, and Legacy formats, but not in Standard.

Magic: The Gathering has had a lot of crossovers during the last few years, but few are as perfect as the upcoming Jurassic World cards added to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan. The Mesoamerican-themed set will include 26 cards that are designed from iconic scenes and moments from the Jurassic Park movies mixed into Collector Boosters and Set Boosters for the Ixalan cards. Other than the new Jurassic World basic land cards, each of the featured booster-insert cards will be classified as Rares.

None of the...

Highlander will soon be reborn with Henry Cavill, as the long-gestating project has gotten a huge update.

Deadline reports that Lionsgate will be launching sales for the new Highlander movie at the American Film Market. Cavill, whose other roles include Man of Steel and The Witcher, is still on board to star in the lead role. Chad Stahelski, who helmed each installment of the John Wick franchise, is also set to direct the feature film. The latest draft of the screenplay was penned by Mike Finch.

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This is seen as exciting news, as the SAG-AFTRA strike has greatly affected the available titles that will be at the AFM. Given the name talent involved, along with the continued popularity of the Highlander franchise, there will certainly be heavy interest in this project. It's noted in the...

As Magic: The Gathering got more amibitious with its crossover potential, a few potential partners began to be discussed among players. One that seemed to almost always pop up in "dream" scenario conversations was Doctor Who, which just a few years ago would have been an impossibility because of its sci-fi status alone. Now, with Universes Beyond and an increasing amount of properties joining the extended Mtg family, we're on the cusp of one of the biggest crossover events yet, with Doctor Who characters set to become tabletop fixtures on October 13, 2023.

The weight of some of these IPs can be quite heavy, though. People familiar with Doctor Who tend to be intimately familiar - getting mechanics wrong (even if it's a simple matter of not neatly fitting a character's personality) or failing to explore the dynamic universe of Doctor Who would be a disaster. Principle Game Designer Gavin Verhey recently...

The best order to watch the Children of the Corn movies is to start with the 2023 prequel, followed by the 1984 film or its 2009 TV movie remake. Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice picks up after the original film, providing insight into what happened to the remaining cult members. Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering introduces Naomi Watts' character and explores the mysterious origins of He Who Walks Among the Rows.

Since the Children of the Corn franchise has a huge number of entries, it can be a little tricky for newcomers to work out what order the Stephen King series takes place in. The Children of the Corn franchise began back in 1984 with the original Children of the Corn, an adaptation of King’s short story of the same name from his debut collection Night Shift. Like the source material, Children of the Corn revolves around a...

Chad Stahelski is bringing his signature high-octane action style to the Highlander reboot, promising a John Wick with swords experience. Stahelski is setting up a vast mythology and worldbuilding in the reboot, indicating a bright future with potential sequels and spin-offs. Stahelski's success with the John Wick franchise assures fans that Highlander is in good hands, with a balanced focus on storytelling and worldbuilding.

Chad Stahelski is hard at work on the Highlander reboot and he’s teased that he’s already thinking big in terms of incorporating and setting up the mythology, which is a promising sign for the future of the franchise. Stahelski’s Highlander reboot is poised to be John Wick with swords, bringing a fantasy element to his signature brand of high-octane action cinema. Henry Cavill has been cast in the lead role, and while there’s only one movie on the docket right now, Stahelski...

Seven years have gone by since John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski signed on to direct a reboot of the 1986 classic Highlander (watch it Here). Two years have passed since Henry Cavill of Man of Steel and The Witcher signed on to star in the film. Yet we still don’t know exactly when the new Highlander is going to go into production. But, thanks to a new interview with Stahelski on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, we do know that the movie isn’t going to be an exact retelling of the story we saw in the original film. Instead, it’s going to be “a bit of a prequel” to that story.

While Highlander was an excellent standalone film, the problem came when it was successful enough to spawn a franchise – and the ending of the movie really left nowhere for a sequel to go because it left...

The Highlander reboot, with Henry Cavill starring and Chad Stahelski directing, has the potential to revive the franchise and create a new cinematic universe. The director's involvement is promising, considering his talent for world-building and action scenes seen in the John Wick movies. The story of the reboot may draw elements from the original movie and television series, possibly exploring the events leading up to "The Gathering," where remaining immortals battle for ultimate power.

The Henry Cavill Highlander reboot has been in development for some time, but news on the remake of the 1986 sci-fi/fantasy classic shows it's beginning to take shape, with a release date potentially in the next few years. The 1986 Highlander followed a Celtic warrior who was part of an ancient race of immortals who battle one another throughout the centuries until only one is left standing (leading to the oft-quoted "there can only be one"). The...

There can be more than one way to make a Highlander movie.

Director Chad Stahelski gave some hints about his approach to adapting the 1986 fantasy classic, which has Henry Cavill attached to play the immortal Scottish swordsman Connor MacLeod.

Talking to the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the John Wick director suggested his approach to the new film in development will be to launch a potential series of films. He says the idea is to not rush the first movie to the original film’s conclusion — which crowned MacLeod the sole survivor of a group of dueling immortals following their climactic Gathering.

“I think we have some very good elements now,” he said. “The trick is when you have the tagline, ‘There can only be one,’ you can’t just kill everybody the first time.”

Stahelski also said the film will incorporate elements of the 1992 syndicated Highlander TV series, which ran for six seasons.

Henry Cavill, known for his roles as Superman and The Witcher's Geralt, is set to star in the reboot of Highlander, bringing excitement to fans of the actor and the fantasy genre. Director Chad Stahelski assures fans that the project is still in progress, despite recent quietness, and reveals plans to incorporate elements from the TV shows and create a prequel. Although there is still a wait due to ongoing strikes, the potential success of Highlander could fill the void left by Cavill's departure from The Witcher and benefit from eager fans.

Fans of Henry Cavill have had a rough ride in the last year, with the popular star having departed his two much-loved roles; Superman and The Witcher’s Geralt. While the actor is now set to appear in a Warhammer 40k project for Prime Video, he is also dipping back into the fantasy genre with a reboot of Highlander,...

Chad Stahelski's 'Highlander' reboot could mark the beginning of a franchise.The 'John Wick' director is set to helm a remake of the classic 1986 fantasy movie – with Henry Cavill attached to star in the lead role – and suggested that it could act as a prequel with further flicks to follow.Speaking on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Chad said: "I think we have some very good elements now. The trick is when you have the tagline, 'There can only be one', you can't just kill everybody the first time."The 54-year-old filmmaker continued: "I'll say it for you first, our story engages a lot of the same characters and stuff like that, but we've also brought in elements of all the TV shows, and we're trying to do a bit of a prequel, a setup to 'The Gathering', so we have room to grow the property.

While details on Chad Stahelski's upcoming reboot of Highlander are still scarce, the director has shared some more insight into the Henry Cavill-led remake.

Speaking to Josh Horowitz on the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, Stahelski addressed how the project is progressing and revealed some key details regarding what elements of the franchise he's evoking. "I think we have some very good elements now. The trick is when you have the tagline 'there can only be one,' you can’t just kill everybody the first time," the filmmaker explained. "I’ll say it for you first, our story engages a lot of the same characters and stuff like that, but we’ve also brought in elements of all the TV shows, and we’re trying to do a bit of a prequel, a setup to The Gathering, so we have room to grow the property."

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Director Chad Stahelski reveals that the Highlander reboot will incorporate elements from previous TV shows and potentially serve as a prequel, allowing room for the franchise to expand. Stahelski's commitment to the project bodes well for its development, as previous failed iterations have been reported over the years. The reboot is expected to be a more grounded and realistic take on the Highlander story, potentially playing out like a modern tragedy instead of leaning towards the more fantastical nature of the original films and TV show.

Director Chad Stahelski gives an update on the highly anticipated Highlander reboot. The fantasy franchise, which initially began with Russell Mulcahy’s 1986 feature film of the same name, follows Connor MacLeod, an immortal Scottish swordsman who must battle his last eternal enemies. After the first movie, other offshoots were created, which includes original novels, an anime film, live-action television films, a flash animation series,...

In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is releasing the groundbreaking original sci-fi TV series Babylon 5 on Blu-ray for the first time ever! On December 5, just in time for holiday gift giving, Babylon 5: The Complete Series will be available at online retailers with all 110 original episodes fully remastered in HD. The highly anticipated release is one fans don’t want to miss! Babylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski that ran for five seasons from 1994–1998. The critically acclaimed franchise debuted in 1993 with the pilot film The Gathering. The series ... Read more...

It may have taken a long time to get here, but Babylon 5 is finally making the leap to Blu-ray. Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment announced today that all five seasons of the iconic sci-fi series will be released on Blu-ray on December 5th.

Babylon 5 has previously only been available on DVD and the image quality wasn’t always the best, so fans have been waiting for this moment for quite some time. You can check out the official box art for Babylon 5: The Complete Series below, which strangely doesn’t feature the titular space station.

All five seasons of Babylon 5 were scanned and remastered from the original camera negative in 4K, with a colour correction and the cleaning of dirt and scratches as well. The many CGI shots of the series have been digitally upscaled to HD, and short of a complete remaster, that’s probably...

Hasbro will return to San Diego Comic-Con this year for its 100th anniversary with a series of branded activities based on their most popular properties.

The toy and game company is celebrating its centennial anniversary with a huge booth showcasing products from fan-favorite brands such as Transformers, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Nerf, G.I. Joe and Power Rangers. The booth will also feature lines of products from third-party IPs like Marvel, Star Wars and Indiana Jones in collaboration with Hasbro.

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Sdcc attendees can visit the Hasbro booth this weekend for meet and greets with important people from the company's history, product signings and showcases, photo opportunities, contests and giveaways of some of its popular toys. The company will also offer exclusive Sdcc products including a Star Wars Vintage collection Krrsantan figure from The Book of Boba Fett, a Marvel Legends series Deadpool,...

Burbank, CA – In celebration of its 30th anniversary, Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment is releasing the groundbreaking original sci-fi TV series Babylon 5 on Blu-ray for the first time ever! On December 5, just in time for holiday gift giving, Babylon 5: The Complete Series will be available at online retailers with all 110 original episodes fully remastered in HD. The highly anticipated release is one fans don’t want to miss!

Babylon 5 is an American space opera television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski that ran for five seasons from 1994–1998. The critically acclaimed franchise debuted in 1993 with the pilot film The Gathering. The series then launched a year later and ran for five seasons and 110 additional episodes. A future-history story covering the years 2257–2262, with each year corresponding to one season, Babylon 5 was the first series to introduce viewers to the concept of a five-year arc, with a defined beginning,...

Welcome to the world of Magic: The Gathering, the collectible card game that has captured the hearts and minds of millions of players worldwide. There have been so many card sets released over the years, with each one having its unique theme and style. Each set introduces its own flavor and mechanics, often changing the meta. For those who have been playing for years or those who are Magic: The Gathering beginners, choosing the right card set can be a daunting task.

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With so many options available, it can be hard to know which sets are worth your time and money. That's where we come in. In this article, we'll take a look at the best card sets products that Magic: The Gathering has to offer. We'll be examining each set's strengths and weaknesses, and giving you our thoughts...

Warning! Spoilers for Star Wars #35!Luke Skywalker has finally received lightsaber construction training in Star Wars canon. Fans have been in the dark for years on how Luke got his green lightsaber in Return of the Jedi, being that he had yet to learn how to build lightsabers. In the days of the Republic, Jedi younglings went on a quest to find the kyber crystal that would power their lightsabers, but Skywalker is on a different path for his training.

In Star Wars #35, by Charles Soule, Madibek Musabekov, Rachelle Rosenberg, and Clayton Cowles, Luke Skywalker is taken to Dr. Cuata in order to get his yellow lightsaber fixed. Cuata knows lightsabers and kyber crystals better than anyone, and he teaches Luke about the parts and lore behind the Jedi weapon. Cuata is able to communicate directly with kyber crystals, providing him knowledge of Luke Skywalker and the rippling Force. Although...

The recently released artwork of The Lord of the Rings' Aragorn by Wizards of the Coast's Magic: The Gathering, which portrays the character as a Black man, has provoked misguided outrage on the internet. Longtime fans of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings could be taken aback due to changes, but it is essential to understand that Mtg seeks to create fascinating narratives. Aragorn is usually portrayed as fair-skinned, but in the card, he is depicted as a Black man. While some argued that it is a stride away from his original likeness, it's an applaudable decision as a step toward greater representation in media.

Magic: The Gathering's Aragorn, the Chieftain of the Dúnedain and King of Gondor, was designed to integrate into the game's storyline and cast of characters. After an Mtg The Lord of the Rings crossover was confirmed, creators successfully broadened the...

The world lost an icon when Kevin Conroy passed away last year, but his legacy forever endures. Given how much fans loved him voicing Batman over the past three decades, his name has been trending on Twitter in response to a viral post asking fans to name which voice actor "crushed a role so hard that nobody else will be able to live up to it." Not only is Conroy getting tons of love with the responses, many of the posts are also giving credit to his pal and co-star, Mark Hamill, who shined alongside Conroy by voicing the Joker.

"Nobody will ever beat mine: Kevin Conroy as Batman in almost everything," reads one popular response tweet, which has been liked thousands of times.

Nobody will ever beat mine: Kevin Conroy as Batman in almost everything pic.twitter.com/ixjo7bIhyM — Emma West (@EmmaWestUK) May 25, 2023

Another fan tweeted, "Kevin Conroy...

"Babylon 5" is getting another moment in the sun. Series creator J. Michael Straczynski revealed via Twitter on May 3, 2023, that an animated film based on the show is forthcoming; he included a picture of the script he wrote with the announcement. Subsequent details were revealed a week later via The Hollywood Reporter, including the voice cast.

Subtitled "The Road Home," the movie's description reads:

"Travel across the galaxy with John Sheridan as he unexpectedly finds himself transported through multiple timelines and alternate realities in a quest to find his way back home. Along the way, he reunites with some familiar faces, while discovering cosmic new revelations about the history, purpose, and meaning of the Universe."

Multiverses are the hot thing right now, between Best Picture winner "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and the Marvel Cinematic Universe's current phase. The forthcoming "Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse" will give "Babylon 5: The Road Home...

Nearly three years have gone by since we first heard that Equilibrium writer/director Kurt Wimmer was at the helm of a new adaptation of the Stephen King short story Children of the Corn – and the project (which was filmed in Australia) was one of the few productions that didn’t have to shut down during the first wave of pandemic lockdowns back in early 2020. In October of 2020, the movie was given a theatrical release… in just two theatres in Sarasota, Florida. But now we finally know when those of us who didn’t see the movie in Sarasota are going to have the chance to watch it. Wimmer’s Children of the Corn has been acquired by Shudder and Rlje Films and will be getting an 18 day theatrical release beginning on March 3rd. A digital and VOD release will follow on March 21st.

We’ve previously heard that the...

In this new episode of "The Bad Batch," we're introduced to old friends and go on an unexpected adventure. As the brothers of Clone Force 99 and Omega try to deliver a delivery of forgeries to a droid smuggling ring called the Vanguard Axis, they discover something surprising. These droids have captured a young Wookiee that Omega finds and befriends. When they learn the droids were planning on selling the Wookiee, a fight ensues and they realize the young Wookiee is actually a Jedi. They escape with him and agree to take the young Jedi on the run home named Gungi to his home planet of Kashyyyk.

On Kashyyyk, they find the Empire has teamed up with a group of Trandoshans and are terrorizing the Wookiees on the planet. When they discover that Gungi — a Jedi — is on the planet, they hunt for him relentlessly, but the other Wookiees, the Bad Batch,...

(Welcome to Cardboard Cinema, an ongoing series where we look at board games inspired by or connected to our favorite media.)

One of the goals of our monthly Cardboard Cinema roundups is to help people bridge their love of tabletop games and Hollywood. Sometimes, that means shining a light on some of the best licensed adaptations on the market; other times, that means sharing more independent games that capture the spirit of our favorite franchise.

And while walking that line can sometimes be a little tricky, this week, we've got an excellent lineup of games for you to consider. From a high-profile "Monty Python" adaptation to an off-brand "Terminator" RPG, there are plenty of options for fans who like to live in other worlds or create their own. Oh, and we've even thrown in a little Disney news, too, because what doesn't Disney have a hand in at this point?...

The first short story in Andrzej Sapkowski's epic saga was simply titled "The Witcher." It was printed in the Polish fantasy and sci-fi magazine Nowa Fantastyka in 1986, as part of a contest. Sapkowski didn't win the top prize then, but readers were attracted to Geralt of Rivia's struggle to free a princess from an unfair curse. That encouraged Sapkowski, and in 1994, "Blood of Elves" became the first full novel about the mutant monster-hunter's trials. Gradually, Geralt's popularity trickled into the worldwide consciousness, helped along by the 2007 video game adaptation by CD Project.

Geralt's (portrayed by Henry Cavill) first adventure is the third episode of Netflix's "The Witcher." Titled "Betrayer Moon," the myth of the striga becomes a showcase for Geralt's gruff brand of empathy. In his world, monsters can't be allowed to roam free, but when he can, he saves them from their fates. The world of "The Witcher" is often cruel,...

Channel 4 Chief Content Officer Ian Katz has said “there is something depressing” about the number of UK TV reboots currently in production.

The topic of reboots has been raised a number of times at the Edinburgh TV Festival already this year and Katz used his session to back up former Channel 4 CEO David Abraham’s comments yesterday that the situation with reboots is “profoundly depressing.”

Katz was responding to a question on Big Brother returning to ITV, Banijay’s format’s third UK network in 20 years, and he acknowledged Channel 4 has also rebooted shows such as Changing Rooms.

“I do think there is something depressing about this microwave issue in TV, with so many old dishes being reheated,” he said. “If Channel 4 is about anything it is looking for the new dish and that’s what we need to keep focusing on.”

Katz flagged new Channel 4 reality formats Alone,...

Channel 4 has picked up a new six-part drama currently titled The Gathering from the acclaimed writer and director Helen Walsh.

Set on Merseyside, the drama focuses on a group of teens from disparate backgrounds, each of whom could have committed a crime, along with their parents – who give equal cause for suspicion. The series is produced by the award-winning World Productions, which is responsible for hits such as the BBC’s Line of Duty, Save Me, and Vigil.

“We are thrilled to be working with the brilliant Helen Walsh and World Productions on this exciting series; The Gathering which forms part of our strategy to commission drama which also appeals to younger viewers,” said Caroline Hollick, Head of Drama, Channel 4.

“Through this absorbing story, with Helen’s beautifully drawn, real, and relatable characters, the series looks at how family, friendship, and aspiration is influenced and shaped by the highs and lows of modern-day parenting.

Japan’s love of telling stories can be traced back to a time when people genuinely believed in the supernatural. The Edo period gave rise to a parlor game called Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, or in English, The Gathering of 100 Supernatural Tales. Participants sat among one-hundred paper lanterns and swapped kaidan (classic ghost stories) until the last […]

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Brian Goldner, chief executive of Hasbro and Transformers executive producer, has died of cancer several days after taking a medical leave from the Pawtucket, R.I.-based toy and entertainment giant. He was 58.

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The transformational exec was key in expanding the company into entertainment, leading Transformers and G.I. Joe to the big screen. Under Goldner, Hasbro acquired Canada’s independent Entertainment One studio in 2019, selling off its music business.

“It is with deep and profound sadness that Hasbro announces the passing of beloved leader and longtime Chairman and CEO Brian D. Goldner,” the company said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

Goldner first disclosed his cancer diagnosis in 2020, saying he had been undergoing treatment since 2014. Hasbro announced Oct. 10 that he would take an indefinite leave of absence for medical reasons.

“Since joining the company more than two decades ago, Brian has been...

A new version of the Emmy-winning space opera television series Babylon 5 is in the works. The CW has put in development Babylon 5, described as a “from-the-ground-up reboot” of the critically acclaimed 1990s series, from original series creator J. Michael Straczynski and Warner Bros. Television.

Written by Straczynski, the reboot revolves around John Sheridan (played by Bruce Boxleitner in the original series), an Earthforce officer with a mysterious background, who is assigned to Babylon 5, a five-mile-long space station in neutral space, a port of call for travelers, smugglers, corporate explorers and alien diplomats at a time of uneasy peace and the constant threat of war. His arrival triggers a destiny beyond anything he could have imagined, as an exploratory Earth company accidentally triggers a conflict with a civilization a million years ahead of us, putting Sheridan and the rest of the B5 crew in the line of fire as the last,...

Holiday movies are great business, consistently bringing in female audiences and delivering big ratings to establish themselves one of the most lucrative programming genres. But along with their success, the holiday movies also have carried stigma over formulaic plots and characters and are not typically considered awards material.

Netflix’s Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square broke through that stigma to win the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie at the Creative Arts ceremony Sunday.

Netflix pulled out the stops for Christmas on the Square, creating a winter wonderland at the Grove in August to promote the movie, which was also nominated — and won — for choreography. It worked as Christmas on the Square became only the second holiday movie after the 1977 The Gathering, starring Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton, to win the Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie.

“This is such an icing on a cake that we baked so well and tastes so good already,...

Netflix’s Magic: the Gathering animated series has found its Gideon Jura in Brandon Routh. The series hails from executive producer Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime)

Routh announced his casting Tuesday morning over Netflix’s Geeked Twitter account, which also unveiled the series’ premiere year.

“I’m Brandon Routh and I play Gideon in the upcoming Magic: The Gathering animated series, coming to Netflix in 2022,” he said on social media. “For those of you that don’t know, Gideon is known for being the strong guy who always stands up for what’s right, just, and isn’t afraid to fight.”

“Now I understand why they hired me for this,” the actor quipped.

The animated project was originally announced in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. Just last week, Deadline exclusively learned that the Russo brothers and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina,...

Netflix’s animated Magic: The Gathering animated series is running full-steam ahead.

Set to bow in late 2022, Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Legends of Tomorrow) will lead the voice cast of the series from exec producer Jeff Klein (Transformers: Prime).

Picked up straight to series in June 2019, the anime series unites familiar and well-loved Planeswalkers for Magic fans and introduces new characters to tell a new story. Routh will voice the role of Gideon, an unfalteringly heroic Planeswalker in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.

Scripts for the first season have already been completed after Klein replaced Avengers: Endgame siblings Joe and ...

Netflix’s animated Magic: The Gathering animated series is running full-steam ahead.

Set to bow in late 2022, Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Legends of Tomorrow) will lead the voice cast of the series from exec producer Jeff Klein (Transformers: Prime).

Picked up straight to series in June 2019, the anime series unites familiar and well-loved Planeswalkers for Magic fans and introduces new characters to tell a new story. Routh will voice the role of Gideon, an unfalteringly heroic Planeswalker in the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.

Scripts for the first season have already been completed after Klein replaced Avengers: Endgame siblings Joe and ...

Exclusive: Magic: the Gathering, Netflix’s CG-animated series adaptation of the popular tabletop trading-card game, has put in place a new creative team led by executive producer Jeff Kline (Transformers: Prime).

The animated project was originally announced in 2019 with Joe and Anthony Russo at the helm. I hear the Russos and their team, including head writers Henry Gilroy and Jose Molina, departed early in the process over different visions for how best to adapt the IP. The parting of the ways was amicable, and Netflix subsequently tapped Kline to oversee the creation of an all new storyline and expand on the stories of the Planeswalkers, Magic’s unique magic-wielding heroes and villains.

Kline’s team includes Co-Executive Producer and Story Editor Steve Melching (Star Wars: The Clone Wars), Supervising Director Audu Paden, Art Ddirector Izzy Medrano and Writers Nicole Dubuc, Russell Sommer & Dan Frey, and Taneka Stotts. The Russo brothers...

Frank Turner envisions the first concerts after Covid-19 lockdown on his new song, “The Gathering,” featuring Jason Isbell and Muse drummer Dom Howard.

Considering its subject matter, “The Gathering” is appropriately arena-sized from the start as Turner bellows over booming drums and towering glam rock riffs: “The first time that the beat drops in the bar, it’s going to be biblical!/The second that the singalong starts, it’ll be sensational!” The track (which was produced by Rich Costey) ends with Isbell unleashing the mightiest guitar solo he can muster.

Timothy Cole, Alexandru Popescu and Isabella Povolny’s Cassini Logs has won the Unreal Engine Short Film Challenge, a joint initiative of Epic Games and the state and territory screen agencies.

Following on from a free online Unreal Engine training course that saw over 1,800 artists and filmmakers from across Australia participate, 16 teams presented with $20,000 each to produce a short film.

With just six weeks to complete the project, teams collaborated with visual effects facilities, production studios, and universities to explore virtual production, including LED stage shoots, real-time animation workflows, performance capture, in-camera visual effects and VR.

Judged as the winner, Cassini Logs ultimately takes home a $50,000 grand prize. The project follows a scientist on one of Saturn’s moons trying to understand her parents’ disappearance.

“The level of production quality achieved in these shorts is remarkable considering the tight six-week turnaround,” said Epic Games head of Los Angeles lab Connie Kennedy.

Martin Markinson, a producer and theater owner who took Torch Song Trilogy to Broadway and returned the venue now known as the Hayes Theatre to theatrical use, died Thursday, January 7 at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was 89.

Arlena Markinson, his wife of 58 years, said the cause of death was cancer. The producer had been battling the disease for two years.

In addition to the Tony-winning Torch Song Trilogy (1982), Markinson, over a five-decade career, produced such notable Broadway productions as The Gathering starring Hal Linden (2001), Honeymoon in Vegas, Gigi and the Gloria Estefan musical On Your Feet (2015), as well as George Gershwin Alone (2001), Getting and Spending (1998), Corpse! (1986), Peter Nichol’s Passion (1983), Ned and Jack (1981). He served as associate producer on Chicago (1975), Poor Murderer (1976), Some of My Best Friends (1977), Cheaters (1978) and Whoopee! (1979).

Another of Markinson’s contributions to Broadway: The 1979 purchase, with nephew Donald Tick, of what was then called the Little Theatre,...

With relations between Wizards of the Coast and fans of Magic: The Gathering already at an all-time low due to recent events, this latest development surely isn’t going to help defuse the situation. For those not aware of what’s going on, we’ve already covered the current outrage extensively over here, but suffice it to say, a recent crossover product with AMC’s The Walking Dead has resulted in a fallout of epic proportions between the two parties.

The combination of artificially scarce promotional cards and their status as tournament legal has rubbed many players the wrong way, and despite Wizards doing its best to downplay the power level of these extremely limited printings, results from a recent online competition suggest the opposite to be true. One card in particular, Rick, Steadfast Leader, has proven to be an incredibly popular inclusion for mono white decks and especially in Commander,...

Wizards of the Coast still has a steep hill to climb in order to regain the trust of many Magic: The Gathering players, it would seem.

When the Ccg’s creator confirmed last week that upcoming limited edition product, Secret Lair X The Walking Dead, would contain playable (i.e. tournament legal) cards with “mechanically unique” abilities not available anywhere else, a monsoon of negativity came crashing down on the company, criticizing it for what many believe to be a deliberate act of creating artificial scarcity. Indeed, while many of those cards included in the bundle are relatively unremarkable, that’s not the case for all of them. Rick, Steadfast Leader, for instance, is considered to be an extremely powerful buff to human-oriented mono white decks.

With only a brief one-week window available to secure a copy of each card (not to mention the steep $50 asking price), the subsequent...

Magic: The Gathering‘s latest crossover product is causing something of a small outrage among fans of the card game on social media.

For those not in the know, Wizards of the Coast announced earlier this week that an upcoming Secret Lair (limited edition products that include promotional and/or alt-art cards/reprints) set containing cards themed after AMC’s The Walking Dead will be going on sale to coincide with air dates for the TV show’s final episodes. Crossovers with other media franchises are nothing new for the collectible card game, of course, with the likes of My Little Pony and Godzilla just two of many immortalized on cardboard over the years, but there’s something different about this particular collaboration.

All the contents included in Secret Lair X The Walking Dead will be printed with standard black, not silver – which denotes promotional, non-legal cards – borders, making them...

Wizards of the Coast and AMC have announced that characters from The Walking Dead will be appearing in Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair, a limited edition release timed with the return of The Walking Dead and the premiere of The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

"Renton, Wa, September 28th - Wizards of the Coast has today announced their latest Magic: The Gathering Secret Lair drop, a one-of-a-kind crossover with the universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead, which will be launching October 4th. This super-limited drop will include an all-premium-foil set of cards, with all but one of them being revealed in the coming weeks and the last one being kept a secret for players to discover.

AMC’s The Walking Dead Secret Lair drop will be open for pre-order for a very limited time between October 4th and October 12th. The Sun., Oct. 4th, launch will coincide with AMC’s...

This week will bring the first ever Hasbro PulseCon online for fans in the United States and Canada. It’s basically Hasbro’s virtual substitute for the lack of conventions available for them to announce the latest merchandise for properties like Star Wars, Marvel, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Power Rangers, Ghostbusters, Magic: The Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons. […]

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There are a few patient zeroes for proving serialized storytelling on TV viable. Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Battlestar Galactica, and the so-called “golden era” of TV aren’t possible without a few under-the-radar precedents. Different critics will point to different examples, but when it comes to science fiction and fantasy shows, that list gets a lot smaller. Some might say Buffy’s interconnected season-long arcs are the most influential, while Trekkies tend to lean heavily on the innovation and risk-taking of Deep Space Nine’s serialization in later seasons. In fact, one prominent DS9 podcast — The Rules of Acquisition — has effectively argued that DS9 created the foundation for all contemporary TV that followed. And then there’s The X-Files.

All of these examples are valid because, clearly, in the late 1990s, there was a vortex swirling that led to a revitalization of TV conventions that was most noticeable in genre shows.

The final 12-episode season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars is almost upon us and now Disney+ has picked out 20 of the most important episodes to watch before the show returns in less than two weeks.

It’s a known fact that Star Wars fans are usually divided about almost everything that comes out of a galaxy far, far away. But surprisingly, this has never been the case with The Clone Wars. The critically acclaimed series came to an abrupt end in 2014 with a shortened 13-episode season, but fans have been asking the Mouse House to revive it ever since. As such, everyone collectively freaked out when they learned that Dave Filoni would be back with his hit show to conclude the story, this time in a satisfying way.

In fact, this final run promises to explore the events that lead to Revenge of the Sith and fill in the gaps.

Based on what we’re hearing from Disney, the seventh and final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, now on Disney Plus, will be with us on February 17th, 2020. One of the more challenging aspects of the animated series, though, is that you won’t get a chronological experience by just following the released episode order. Thankfully, then, we now have a correct viewing order courtesy of the official Star Wars site, which tells us all you need to know to catch up on The Clone Wars before its return.

The Clone Wars bridges the gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, providing a significant level of detail for anyone wondering what was going on in between the two prequel movies. When aired, episodes could often be bundled together as arcs, linked by one-off episodes that might explore a different part of the galaxy adjacent...