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Courtney A. Kemp has nabbed her first series greenlight under her overall deal with Netflix.

Variety has learned that Netflix has ordered the drama series “Nemesis,” which is co-created by Kemp and Tani Marole in his series writing debut. The official logline for the series states:

“‘Nemesis’ is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal) meets an immovable object (a brilliant police detective). What starts as a series that aims to subvert the heist genre at every turn, amped with thrilling life-or-death stakes, family dynamics and explosive action, actually gives birth to an exploration of what drives us, sustains us, and ultimately destroys us.”

“Tani and I are excited to bring a hard-hitting psychological crime drama to Netflix, specific in location, but broad in universal themes of right and wrong, love and loss, and loyalty vs self-preservation,...

Netflix has officially greenlighted Nemesis, the first series under Power universe creator Courtney A. Kemp’s overall deal with the streamer. Created by Kemp and Tani Marole, the project had already been casting for a couple of months.

Matthew Law and Y’Ian Noel have been tapped for the titular leads. Also cast as series regulars are two Power alums, Domenick Lombardozzi and Jonnie Park, as well as Cleopatra Coleman, Tre Hale and Ariana Guerra.

Described as an action heist series in the vein of Power set in LA, the new series will film in Los Angeles.

Nemesis is the story of two men on either side of the law, the tale of what happens when an unstoppable force (an expert criminal), Coltrane Wilder (Noel), meets an immovable object (a brilliant police...

In the first episode of Daredevil: Born Again on Disney+, Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll) teases best friends Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Foggy Nelson (Elden Henson) about their tendency to indulge in nostalgia for the pre-gentrification days of Hell’s Kitchen. “Not nostalgia,” Foggy insists. “Reverence for the past, yet hope for the future.”

It’s an apt choice to begin the series, which sees Cox, Woll, Henson, and others reprising their roles from the mid-2010s Netflix Daredevil series, where Matt split his time between his legal practice...

Did you know there was once a Marvel show all about containing demons? While Marvel Studios might be more widely known for superheroes, its overall franchise has consistently been at its best creatively when it plays with other genres, particularly comedy and horror. Before projects like Moon Knight, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Werewolf by Night challenged the definition of what the MCU was capable of, one Marvel television show about two spooky siblings flew right under the supernatural horror radar and, today, deserves cult classic treatment: Helstrom, from creator Paul Zbyszewski.

Marvel Television produced TV shows like Daredevil, The Punisher, Runaways, and Cloak & Dagger independently of Marvel Studios. However, when Disney+ launched, Netflix ended its partnership and Kevin Feige was given full control over everything.

One by one, series like the ones listed above were cancelled. Fans weren't too upset given the hit-and-miss nature of the Jeph Loeb-led projects but saying goodbye to the world of the Defenders felt like a major loss.

Marvel Studios gave Charlie Cox a second chance at playing Matt Murdock with small roles in Spider-Man: No Way Home and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. Daredevil: Born Again soon received the green light but was meant to be a reboot that largely moved on from Netflix's Daredevil.

"Season 3 had been well received and they had already gone to work on season 4," Cox tells Entertainment Weekly. "They'd pitched me a really cool arc for the season. My...

"Welcome to the MCU. You're joining at a bit of a low point," says the Merc with the Mouth aka Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) in "Deadpool & Wolverine." He's not wrong. Most would agree the Marvel Cinematic Universe suffered a drop-off in quality in the aftermath of "Avengers: Endgame," with some of the franchise's Disney+ series, in particular, being met with immense criticism. Admittedly, some of that stemmed from a toxic fandom that just couldn't abide by, say, the visual of Jennifer Walters aka She-Hulk (Tatiana Maslany) twerking with Megan Thee Stallion in "She-Hulk: Attorney at Law." However, the lowest rated MCU Disney+ show on Rotten Tomatoes is one that just about everyone agrees would be better forgotten.

Yep, despite having the star power of Samuel L. Jackson, Emilia Clarke, and British national treasure, Olivia Colman, "Secret Invasion" wound up becoming the worst-reviewed MCU series released thus far. (And before...

Exclusive: Paul Zbyszewski, a two-time Emmy nominated series creator, showrunner, writer and producer, has signed with Independent Artist Group for representation.

Most recently, Zbyszewski served as showrunner and exec producer for the final season of Snowpiercer, the dystopian sci-fi series based on Bong Joon-ho’s 2013 film of the same name, which was itself adapted from the French graphic novel Le Transperceneige. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where Earth has become a frozen wasteland, and the remnants of humanity survive aboard a perpetually moving train that circles the globe, the show ran on TNT for its first three seasons before moving to AMC and AMC+ for its final run of episodes.

Garnering his pair of Emmy nominations for his work as part of the writing and producing team on ABC’s Lost, Zbyszewski has also worked on series like Hawaii Five-0, and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He created the thriller...

Exclusive: The new Bosch spinoff series centering on Renée Ballard is rounding out its cast, adding Ricardo Chavira, Noah Bean, Alain Uy and Hector Hugo in recurring roles. They join previously announced series regulars Maggie Q, Courtney Taylor, John Carroll Lynch, Michael Mosley, Rebecca Field, Victoria Moroles and Amy Hill.

The untitled series follows Detective Renée Ballard (Q), who is tasked with running the LAPD’s new cold case division — a poorly funded, all-volunteer unit with the largest caseload in the city. Ballard approaches these frozen-in-time cases with empathy and determination. When she uncovers a larger conspiracy during her investigations, she’ll lean on the assistance of her retired ally, Harry Bosch, to navigate the dangers that threaten both her unit and her life.

Chavira will play Detective Robert Olivas, a well-respected, charming and charismatic detective, who shares a complicated past with Ballard.

Bean will portray Councilman Jake Pearlman, a...

New photos have been released giving viewers a glimpse into Paramount+'s Rosemary's Baby prequel, Apartment 7A, directed by Natalie Erika James and starring Julia Gardner.

These pictures bring us back into the world of the controversial director Roman Polanski's beloved horror classic, Rosemary's Baby. While rooted in the anxieties of the 60s, the original film remains timeless in its terrifying examination of religion. This new film by director Natalie Erika James--co-written by her alongside Christian White and Skylar James--looks back to days past in an eerie throwback to the 60s, exploring the titular apartment before Rosemary came to shake things up. The photos featured in an article by Empire show sickly yellow lighting and hazy shadows cast over period-accurate sets and clothing. They set a sinister tone befitting of a prequel to the demonic Rosemary's Baby.

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Deep-cut fans of Marvel Comics have likely begun several pertinent conversations with the following question: if you could adapt any Marvel character, no matter how obscure, into a live-action feature film, which one would you choose? These conversations were mostly held during the 2010s heyday of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, when most of the company's star characters had already been given the cinematic treatment. Spider-Man, The Fantastic Four, X-Men, and the Avengers were all taken, and even some more obscure characters, like the Guardians of the Galaxy, were being given the A-list polish, so Marvel fans had to get creative in their nerdy, self-indulgent postulations.

Personally, I have already written a treatment (which I sent to Marvel many years ago) for the obscure MarvelUK character Motormouth, a foul-mouthed punk rock teen (real name: Harley Davis) who finds a pair of magical sneakers that allow her to leap between dimensions. I...

The McU's new Marvel Television banner can learn some valuable lessons from mistakes in the previous Marvel Television's projects. The old Marvel Television shied away from comic-accurate costumes, reversed major MCU events, and wasted many brilliant minor characters. Mistakes from Marvel Television's past negatively impacted the MCU, so this should be avoided in the future.

Mistakes in Marvel Television's previous TV shows, released adjacent to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, can teach the new Marvel Television some valuable lessons. Long before Marvel Studios began producing its own TV shows for Disney+, Marvel Entertainment entrusted Marvel Television with developing series for various networks that expanded the world of the MCU significantly. In recent years, doubt has been cast on whether Marvel Television's previous projects are considered canon to the McU's main continuity, and this dispute has been exacerbated by the recent revival of the Marvel Television banner, which will now develop shows specifically set in the MCU.

Exclusive: Sydney Lemmon (Tár) and Romy Reiner (You People) have been tapped to star in The Philosophy of Dress, a dark satire from Cyrus Duff, who directs from his script written with Jacob Potash.

Shooting this month in New York City, pic’s ensemble also includes Eric Roberts (Inherent Vice), Marcia DeBonis (Sometimes I Think About Dying), Jake Weary (Animal Kingdom), Lou Liberatore (Burn This), Jonathan Higginbotham (Slave Play), Clara McGregor (Bleeding Love), Vera Bulder (About That Life), model Jake Lively, fashion icon Amy Fine Collins and NYU Tisch freshman Gabriella O’Reilly.

The Philosophy of Dress is an examination of female friendship and viral ambition set in NYC’s cutthroat downtown fashion scene. Part American Psycho and part Devil Wears Prada, the film follows two young designers as they test the limits of obsession, creation, and betrayal. Jz Tinneny will produce, with Lemmon and Potash exec producing.

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Quick Links Who Is Howard The Duck, and When Did He First Appear? Howard the Duck's Quirkiness Made Him Offbeat and More Appealing Did George Lucas Regret Not Being Involved in More Marvel Experiences?

Fans of fantasy and sci-fi the world over almost lost out on the legend that George Lucas became as the creator of Star Wars and all the success he went on to have as a filmmaker. That's because he almost became a professional race car driver until a serious accident caused him to go into filmmaking instead. Thankfully, it all worked out, and he became an icon for sci-fi geeks everywhere. By the '80s, Lucas had already established himself with the enormous success of the first two Star Wars films and Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Those three films alone instantly propelled him to iconic status and made him one of the most famous filmmakers in the world.

Monsters like Swamp Thing and Man-Thing offer a unique blend of horror and fantasy in comics. Marvel's Tomb of Dracula follows the iconic villain in compelling tales that lead to the debut of Blade. The Incredible Hulk cleverly borrows inspiration from Jekyll and Hyde, becoming a symbol of Marvel's style.

Since the earliest days of comics, monsters have been a fixture of the medium, with the upcoming Dcu series Creature Commandos being a testament to their enduring popularity. Whether it was zombies, Solomon Grundy, or the mossy hero Heap, creatures of all shapes and sizes have brought out the best creativity the business has to offer. Through the adventures and horror of these monsters, writers and artists have crafted tales of empathy, fear, action and more, leaving a lasting impact on readers.

Monsters offer an unlikely versatility and range to comics, whether they're adapted from literature or created as...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally confirmed the Defenders Saga, comprising hit Netflix series like Daredevil and The Punisher, to be official franchise canon. After years of build-up, the MCU used the recent Disney+ series Echo to finally take the final steps in grafting the popular television universe into the larger franchise.

While fans are ecstatic that the Netflix series' are MCU canon, many other Marvel shows deserve the same treatment. There are countless other superheroes from Marvel television shows who deserve to be officially recognized by the franchise they once claimed to be a part of.

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Related MCU: 10 Characters Who Deserve A Mature Television Show Marvel Spotlight is a new banner that is allowing the MCU to tell more mature stories, like Echo, and there are other characters who deserve a series.

Daimon Helstrom is the...

The latest McU-set series is the first to come with a rating of TV-ma thanks to a violent and bloody premise.

At 9 p.m. Et on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Disney+ and Hulu — for the first time ever —released all five episodes of its latest Marvel television series “Echo.” However, some viewers might have run into issues watching it, if they hadn’t already updated their content management settings. By default, Disney+ profiles have a content ratings threshold set to TV-14, giving account holders the ability to raise and lower it for individual profiles. As “Echo” is rated TV-ma (for mature audiences) — harkening back to the Marvel Television series that aired on Netflix — MCU fans will need to adjust their settings if they haven’t done so already.

“Echo” is Marvel’s first series rated TV-ma to appear on Disney+. In order to make sure a specific profile is allowed to watch the show,...

Peyton Reed's 2023 superhero film "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" saw the title heroes (Paul Rudd and Evangeline Lilly), and a few compatriots, using an extraordinary sci-fi device to shrink down so infinitesimally small they enter a microscopic dimension called the Quantum Realm. In the Quantum Realm, they find a whole civilization of bizarre humanoid and non-humanoid creatures, as well as the evil rising empire of a villainous tyrant named Kang (the recently-fired Jonathan Majors). Kang had been imprisoned in the Quantum Realm, and if he can escape, he would cause mayhem in the normal-sized world. "Quantumania" was expensive to make and wasn't terribly well-received, marking a definite downturn in the seemingly unending success of the long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Seeing as "Quantumania" was the 31st feature film to come out of the MCU, a pattern was already in place, and Marvel Studios remained as secretive as usual in protecting...

Howard the Duck's 50th anniversary special takes a satirical approach, exploring how he could be integrated into the Marvel Universe. The first story imagines what would've happened if Howard's presidential campaign had been successful, with greedy aliens profiting from conformist versions of superhero stories. The story also includes digs at Disney, who initially felt that Howard was too similar to Donald Duck, highlighting the conglomerate's trend of acquiring studios and IPs for profit.

Howard the Duck has always had a biting satirical bent, so it makes sense that his 50th anniversary special wouldn't pull any punches. Despite starring in the first ever Marvel theatrical movie, Howard has been relegated to cameo appearances and Easter eggs in the years since. That may be why the special's first "What If..." story goes straight for the McU's nonstop content machine.

Renamed "Waugh If..." after the character's duckish sigh, each story in the special...

Marvel Studios might be taking the Marvel Cinematic Universe on another trip into terror with a new TV project, according to a rumor.

According to film insider Daniel Richtman, Marvel is developing the project in question, which is called Adventure Into Fear, named after a horror comic which starred Man-Thing, though the post points out that there is "currently no information on what [Adventure Into Fear] is about." Howard the Duck and Morbius were also featured in the Adventure Into Fear collection.

Related Captain America: Brave New World, Deadpool 3 and Thunderbolts Set New Release Dates Marvel Studios has shuffled release dates for Captain America: Brave New World, Deadpool 3, and Thunderbolts. Marvel Studios is reportedly developing a TV project called ‘Adventure Into FEAR’ according to @DanielRPK. There is currently no information on what the project is about. Jennifer Kale first appeared in ‘Adventure into Fear’ comic, we...

Marvel Studios is reportedly exploring a new project titled ‘Adventure into Fear’, bringing the classic horror comic series to television. This news comes from DanielRPK, a well-known industry insider. The comic series, which ran from November 1970 through December 1975, spanned 31 issues under the title ‘Adventure into Fear’. Its unique blend of horror and fantasy captivated readers for years.

An ‘Adventure Into Fear’ TV project is reportedly in the works at Marvel Studios.

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Initially, the first nine issues, simply titled ‘Fear,’ were reprints of stories from Marvel’s pre-superhero era. These included tales from ‘Journey into Mystery,’ ‘Strange Tales,’ ‘Tales to Astonish,’ and ‘Tales of Suspense.’ Most of these early stories were penned by Stan Lee and Larry Lieber, featuring artwork from legends like Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Don Heck.

The comic took a new direction with issue...

The new Star-Lord's look surprises the aliens he helps, as he's revealed to be Howard the Duck, who joins the Guardians as part of an anthology celebrating his 50th anniversary. The tribute anthology features top talent like Chip Zdarsky, Joe Quinones, and Daniel Kibblesmith, offering humorous alternate universe stories involving Howard as a Guardian, an X-Men member, and the American president. Howard the Duck, a satirical character, debuted in 1973 and parodied other Marvel characters and themes. His appearance contrasted against realistic comic art, and he often broke the fourth wall, making winks to the audience.

An unexpected Marvel hero is using the Star-Lord handle as the leader of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Between dealing with intergalactic threats like Ego and the High Evolutionary, the Guardians always find time to help the little people. In a new Marvel issue, however, one of the aliens they've helped notes that Star-Lord...

Earlier this year, it was announced that New Line Cinema had come out the winner in a bidding war over the haunted house project Occupant, which would be based on a 39-page short story by new writer Victor Sweetser. Now that the writers strike has come to an end, The Hollywood Reporter has discovered that New Line Cinema and producer Zach Cregger, the writer/director of last year’s Barbarian (watch it Here), have found the writer who will flesh Sweetser’s story out into a screenplay: Blair Butler, a former writer and on-air personality for shows like Attack of the Show who has gone on to work on several genre films. Her previous writing credits include The Invitation (the vampire movie that starred Nathalie Emmanuel), Polaroid, and Hell Fest. Butler was also a producer on the Marvel-inspired TV series Helstrom.

The Occupant purchase was part of Cregger’s year-long winning streak.

In one of its first development moves since the end of the writers strike, New Line has hired Blair Butler to write Occupant, the adaptation of a short story by Victor Sweetser.

Zach Cregger, the filmmaker behind the critically adored 2022 horror movie Barbarian, is producing the supernatural thriller with frequent collaborator Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment. Vertigo’s Miri Yoon and Scott Glassgold of Ground Control — the latter specializes in the horror short-story adaptation business — are also producing, as is John Poliquin.

The project was the subject of a heated bidding war in February with New Line, the Warner Bros. division that dominates the studio horror space, winning it with a six-figure outright buy.

New Line is keeping the logline locked in the basement, but the story is a spin on the traditional haunted house tale. In this case, when a mysterious old house is moved to a small town,...

Sasheer Zamata will portray Jennifer Kale when the Disney+ series Agatha: Coven of Chaos debuts.

Speaking to Mashable, the comedian confirmed her role as Jennifer Kale, a longtime supporting character of Doctor Strange, Man-Thing, and Ghost Rider. While Zamata didn't reveal too much, she promised that her version of Kale would be fresh and comic-accurate. "I definitely did do as much research as I could," she explained. But the way we formed this character is very different from what I think people expect."

Related: Agatha: Coven of Chaos Is a 'Delicious' MCU Entry, Says Kathryn Hahn

Zamata also feels that the storyline in Agatha: Coven of Chaos is fitting since she talks about being visited by witches in her comedy special. "I had already written material for [The First Woman] before I went through the audition process," the comedian said. "It felt magical that I got to be in a show about witches.

Clark Gregg, the onetime front man for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — sorry, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — had to raise an eyebrow at a perceived slighting of the first contemporary live-action Marvel series.

In post-morteming the underperformance of recent IP-driven films, Disney CEO Bob Iger said this week at the annual Sun Valley Conference, “In our zeal to basically grow our content significantly to serve mostly our streaming offerings, we ended up taxing our people way beyond — in terms of their time and their focus — where they had been.

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Before the age of epic Disney+ series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, like WandaVision and Secret Invasion, Marvel endeavored into the world of television on numerous occasions in an attempt to bring its comic properties to life. Infamously, Marvel didn't find much success in this medium at first.

Related: 10 Great Superhero Shows That Went Off The Rails

While some Marvel shows, like The Incredible Hulk, found passionate fanbases during their runs, others failed to resonate with anyone. In the age of Marvel Television, there are plenty of shows that deserved to be canceled, with very few viewers mourning their loss.

Blade: The Series (2006)

Blade: The Series is one live-action superhero show audiences forgot existed almost immediately after it came out. Set in the same continuity as Wesley Snipes' Blade trilogy, the series attempted to continue the story of the titular vampire hunter. Still, it was promptly canceled after a single season consisting of 13 episodes.

On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every other day throughout the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. The Free Movie of the Day we have for you today is the sci-fi action movie Riot Girls. You can watch it over on the YouTube channel linked above, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.

Directed by Jovanka Vuckovic from a screenplay written by Katherine Collins, Riot Girls has the following synopsis: In an alternate 1995, a mysterious disease has wiped out all of the adults. In this new age, two gangs are pitted against each other in a brutal war for territory, resources and survival.

The film stars Madison Iseman, Jenny Raven, Paloma Kwiatkowski, Munro Chambers, Atticus Mitchell, Carson MacCormac, Evan Marsh, Jordana Blake, Ajay Friese, Chris Mark, Robyn Alomar, Jake Sim,...

February 2023 marks 50 years of "Howard the Duck", with Marvel Comics paying tribute to the 'social satirist' with a year-long series of variant comic book covers:

"...'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, debuting in Marvel's 'Adventure into Fear' #19 (Dec. 1973), as a 'Man-Thing' back up story. 

"Marvel's 'Howard the Duck #1 was published  in 2015.

"He is abruptly abducted from his home planet by an unseen force and randomly dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demon-lord 'Thog the Nether-Spawn'. 

"He meets the 'Man-Thing', who had been attacked by 'Korrek of Katharta' and the three of them are confronted by warriors of the 'Congress of Realities'.

"He then meets 'Dakimh the Enchanter' who banishes the warriors and transports Howard, Man-Thing, and Korrek to his castle, where they are joined by 'Jennifer Kale'. They then travel to the realm of 'Therea' and destroy Thog.

As the MCU continues to expand the Multiverse in anticipation for Avengers: Secret Wars, Nicolas Cage’s Ghost Rider could come back into play, but there’s another who would work even better. Cage first played Johnny Blaze in 2007’s Ghost Rider and again in its 2011 sequel, Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance. This was before the rise of the MCU as it is known today. Intriguingly, there exists a deleted scene from Iron Man in which Nick Fury mentions Eric Bana’s Hulk, Spider-Man, and mutants as there was hope the MCU could incorporate them from the start. However, Ghost Rider was never considered among them.

It’s thanks for Spider-Man: No Way Home and its reintegration of both Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Men that anyone is thinking there’s a chance that other heroes from non-mcu Marvel movies could reappear. Patrick Stewart reprised as Professor X in...

Next year marks 50 years of Marvel's "Howard the Duck", with Marvel Comics paying tribute to the 'social satirist' with a year-long series of variant comic book covers, starting February 2023:

"...'Howard the Duck' was created by writer Steve Gerber and illustrator Val Mayerik, debuting in Marvel's 'Adventure into Fear' #19 (Dec. 1973), as a 'Man-Thing' back up story. 

"Marvel's 'Howard the Duck #1 was published  in 2015.

"He is abruptly abducted from his home planet by an unseen force and randomly dropped into the Florida Everglades by the demon-lord 'Thog the Nether-Spawn'. He meets the 'Man-Thing', who had been attacked by 'Korrek of Katharta' and the three of them are confronted by warriors of the 'Congress of Realities'.

"He then meets 'Dakimh the Enchanter' who banishes the warriors and transports Howard, Man-Thing, and Korrek to his castle, where they are joined by 'Jennifer Kale'. They then travel...

Exclusive: MPI Original Films and BET have added to the cast of their feature Kemba, inspired by the life of criminal justice reform advocate Kemba Smith, with Michelle Hurd (Star Trek: Picard), Sean Patrick Thomas (Till), Siddiq Saunderson (Wu-Tang: An American Saga) and June Carryl (Helstrom) signing on for roles. Nesta Cooper will lead the cast of the film directed by Kelley Kali, which is currently shooting in Atlanta, as previously announced.

The upcoming film follows Kemba (Cooper) as a young college student who falls in love with a man, only to learn he is a drug kingpin who leads her down a path of abuse and manipulation, placing her in the middle of the government’s “war on drugs,” and ultimately landing her in federal prison. While Hurd and Thomas will play Kemba’s loving parents Odessa and Gus, details as to Saunderson and Carryl’s roles haven’t been disclosed.

Exclusive: David Meunier (Justified) and Dee Wallace (Just Add Magic) have joined the cast of Fatal Attraction, the upcoming Paramount+ series that reimagines the classic 1980s psychosexual thriller film.

Meunier will portray Richard Macksey, a psychology professor at the university and Ellen’s (Alyssa Jirrels) thesis advisor, mentor, and friend, whose personal interest in the work and life of Carl Jung ignites Ellen’s own interest.

Wallace will portray Emma Rauch, who is described as open, friendly, chic, and interested but also sensitive to boundaries. She is a retired career woman, enthusiastic and helpful volunteer, mother of adult children, and a student of life— someone anyone but Alex (Lizzy Caplan) would be thrilled to have as their neighbor.

Written by Alexandra Cunningham from a story she co-wrote with Kevin J. Hynes, Fatal Attraction explores the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women,...

Where in the world are Sara Sidle and Gil Grissom when Season 2 of CSI: Vegas opens up? TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek at the new season has the answer to that question.

Though both Jorja Fox and William Petersen reprised their original CSI roles in Season 1, the latter had only signed on for that initial 10-episode run (but stayed on as an executive producer). Fox subsequently announced that she would not continue on either, explaining, “I personally just can’t split Sara and Grissom up again…. Wherever they go, they belong together.”

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CSI: Vegas is reinforcing its ranks for Season 2, following the exits of William Petersen, Jorja Fox and Mel Rodriguez at the conclusion of the first season.

The CBS drama has added Lex Medlin (Drop Dead Diva) and Ariana Guerra (Helstrom, Promised Land) as new series regulars, our sister site Deadline reports. Medlin will play Beau, one of Dow Chemical’s longtime top research scientists who followed his heart after the pandemic and went to the CSI Academy, making him the most overqualified CSI Level 1 of all time. Guerra will portray Serena, a daughter of cops and a sister to doctors...

Exclusive: Lex Medlin (Drop Dead Diva) and Ariana Guerra (Helstrom) are set as new series regulars, and Jay Lee, who recurred last season as CSI Chris Park, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming second season of CBS’ CSI: Vegas.

Season 1 of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation sequel series opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former colleague David Hodges (Wallace Langham). This combined force deployed the latest forensic techniques to follow the evidence...

Hulu is bidding farewell to another one of its Marvel properties. M.O.D.O.K., the streamer’s adult animated show from Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, has been canceled after one season.

Oswalt also voiced the title role — a supervillain struggling to balance his company and family. Other actors who lent their voice to the action were Ben Schwartz, Aimee Garcia, Jon Daly, Melissa Fumero, Sam Richardson, Beck Bennett and Wendi McLendon-Covey.

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Hulu has struggled to find success with its properties from Marvel, which is one of the main brands on Disney+, the Walt Disney Co.’s flagship streaming platform. The live-action series Helstrom was canceled after one season and two of the four planned animated series – Howard The Duck and Tigra & Dazzler – didn’t move forward. All the projects originated at Marvel Television, the defunct television division that was run by Jeph Loeb.

Exclusive: Fox’s upcoming crime anthology drama Accused has added Oakes Fegley (The Goldfinch) and Robert Wisdom (Barry) to the cast as guest stars. They will appear opposite Michael Chiklis and Jill Hennessy. The series comes from executive producers Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa and David Shore.

Accused, directed by Michael Cuesta and co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television, is based on the BBC’s BAFTA-winning crime anthology. It opens in a courtroom on the accused, with viewers knowing nothing about their crime or how they ended up on trial. Told from the defendant’s point of view through flashbacks, Accused depicts how an ordinary person gets caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back.

Fegley plays Hunter Corbett, the troubled son of neurosurgeon Dr. Scott Corbett (Chiklis) and Lynn Corbett (Hennessy). Wisdom plays Mitch Becker,...

Ezra Miller, star of the continuously delayed The Flash movie, has been arrested in Hawaii for disorderly conduct.

“A wise man once said, ‘At your highest moment, that’s when the devil comes for you.’ It was true last night at the Academy and it was also true last night in Hawaii, where the winner of the Oscar for “most cheer-worthy moment,” Ezra Miller, was arrested for disorderly conduct and harassment.”

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While The Batman might not make more than some older DC films in the pre-Covid era of the box office, it did just surpass the theatrical run of Justice League.

“The Batman has hit yet another global box office milestone in its third weekend out. The Matt Reeves-helmed DC film has officially surpassed Zack Snyder‘s 2016 Justice League. In Robert Pattinson‘s debut as the Caped Crusader, the film has brought...

“Snowpiercer” is changing showrunners going into the show’s fourth season.

Paul Zbyszewski — whose past credits include “Lost,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” and “Helstrom” — will take the reins of the TNT series from Graeme Manson. Manson famously took over showrunning duties on the drama show after original series creator Josh Friedman and TNT parted ways over “creative differences” before Season 1.

In addition, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D” alum Clark Gregg and Michael Aronov are both joining the series in Season 4. The news comes the same day as the Season 3 finale. Production is now underway on Season 4.

“We have been blessed with an abundance of riches in building the world of ‘Snowpiercer’ – from the incredible cast and crew, to the loyal fanbase and the building blocks afforded from the film and graphic novel,” said Manson and executive producer Aubrey Nealon. “Tonight’s finale is the culmination of several storylines, with unexpected twists and turns around every corner,...

Here's the status of TV shows like MacGruber, Mad About You, Made for Love, Maggie, The Magicians, Maid, Malibu Rescue, Manhunt: Unabomber, The Man in the High Castle, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Mandalorian, Maniac Cop, Manifest, Mann & Wife, Marcella, Mare of Easttown, Mars, Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger, Marvel's Daredevil, Marvel's Deadpool, Marvel's Ghost Rider, Marvel's Helstrom, Marvel's Hit-Monkey, Marvel's Howard the Duck, Marvel's Iron Fist, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Marvel's Luke Cage, Marvel's Moon Knight, Marvel's Ms. Marvel, Marvel's She-Hulk, Marvel's Modok, Marvel's Runaways, Marvel's Tigra & Dazzler Show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mary Kills People, Master of None, Masters of the Air, Mayans Mc, Mayor of Kingstown, McMafia, Mech-X4, Medical Police, Medici: The Magnificent, Meet the Mayhems, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Merry Happy Whatever, Messiah, Metropolis, Micronesian Blues, The Midnight Club, The Midnight Gospel, Midnight Mass, The Mindy Project, Minx, Miracle Workers, The Missing, Modern...

With the arrival of Disney+, Marvel Television took a decidedly more mainstream turn. Gone were the more offbeat, second-tier, or downright bizarre offerings centered on characters that would likely never find their way to a big-screen feature film.. Instead, we suddenly got series like WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Loki, which not only focused on established figures from the MCU but also frequently tied directly back to the adventures taking place at the local multiplex.

This isn’t an entirely bad thing—after all, WandaVision was one of the best shows we saw on television last year—but it has meant we’ve had to say goodbye to many familiar properties in order to get there. Or, have we? With the news that the Netflix suite of street-level Marvel TV properties are all moving to Disney+ this month, fans will get another chance to experience some of...

George R.R. Martin sent a raven Wednesday with updates on his highly anticipated new projects on his blog.

The 73-year old fantasy author behind “Game of Thrones” (and creative contributor to the just-dropped “Elden Ring” video game) cast some light on the numerous “GoT” prequel series that are in the works. Perhaps more importantly to his O.G. fans, he confirmed that he is still plugging away at his long-delayed novel “The Winds of Winter,” the sixth of seven planned doorstopper books in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series from which “Game of Thrones” and the entire Westeros mythos derives.

“Winds of Winter,” which was originally due to be published in 2016, is still coming, he says, but as a way of excusing himself for its absence, he wrote that Westeros is bigger than just one project now. But working in that world is his “number one priority,” he said.

On March 16 Disney+ will gain all six Marvel series produced for Netflix in their uncensored glory: “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” “The Punisher,” and “The Defenders,” as well as the ABC series “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” To prepare for the incoming violence and profanity, Disney+ is asking its subscribers to update their parental controls settings.

It might be shocking to see Disney+ host The Punisher, an antihero who’s been known to vanquish his enemies with a sledgehammer, but that shift may signal something even more significant. Once upon a time, Disney+ was supposed to be the family-friendly streamer and Hulu its more mature and complex cousin. With R-rated content, Disney+ changes its branding barrier — and that may also reflect a change in Hulu’s future as a standalone streaming service.

The subject arose several times during the January Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour. Reporters asked...

Lower the flags in Hell’s Kitchen to half-mast. It’s the end of an era.

Ever since Disney+ canceled its suite of Defenders shows on Netflix, fans have feared the day when Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and their teamup effort The Defenders would be removed from the massive streaming service. Well, thanks to some eagle-eyed Netflix viewers, we now know that day is unfortunately nigh.

Per the “Renew Daredevil” Twitter account, streams of any of the Defenders series comes along with the watermarked message that “This show is available isn’t March 1st.”...

It's hard to imagine a world of Marvel television series before Disney+ entered all of our lives, but yes, this mysterious time exists, and there were a lot of really wonderful shows that came out of it. Based on the Marvel comic of the same name, "Helstrom" was a series about siblings Daimon (Tom Austen) and Ana (Sydney Lemmon), the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The duo's relationship is complicated, to say the least, but the two join forces to hunt down humanity's most despicable monsters and make sure they can't hurt anyone ever again. Unfortunately, the Hulu series...

The post Why Hulu's Helstrom Was Canceled — Here's What We Know appeared first on /Film.

Exclusive: ABC will welcome Vinny Chhibber, Romy Rosemont, Patrick Gallagher and more to Season 2 of Big Sky as recurring. Ryan O’Nan, Michael Malarkey and David Meunier will also recur opposite returning leads Kylie Bunbury and Katheryn Winnick.

In Season 2 of the David E. Kelley series based on the books by C.J. Box, when private detectives Cassie Dewell (Bunbury) and Jenny Hoyt (Winnick) reunite to investigate a car wreck outside of Helena, Montana, they soon discover that the case might not be as straightforward as it seems. As they unravel the mystery of the accident, their worlds will collide with a band of unsuspecting teens, a flirtatious face from Jenny’s past and a vicious outsider hellbent on finding answers. Season 2 lands at ABC on September 30.

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Following the cancelation of Hulu‘s Marvel shows “The Runaways” and “Helstrom,” and Kevin Feige taking over Marvel TV (shuttering it in favor of a new slate of Marvel Studios-produced shows at Disney+), it’s been thought, well that’s the end of that, right? Lest you forget “M.O.D.O.K.,” and what appears to be one avenue of Marvel that Feige seems ok with Hulu still-running with: R-Rated, adult-oriented Marvel animation.

Continue reading ‘Hit-Monkey’ Teaser Trailer: Marvel’s Animated Hulu Series Debuts On November 17 at The Playlist.

Marvel has had a successful run of TV dramas on Disney+ including WandaVision, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Loki.

But could the comic book giant broaden its output across the Disney family with more series on sister platform Hulu? That’s certainly the intimation from Hulu head of scripted content Jordan Helman.

The streamer’s most recent Marvel live-action series Helstrom was canceled after one season and two of the four planned animated series – Howard The Duck and Tigra & Dazzler – did not move forward.

But Helman told Deadline, “Marvel continues to be an incredibly important partner and one of the biggest generators of content within the Disney ecosystem so we’re excited about the possibility of what may lie in the future with regards to the Hulu/Marvel relationship.”

He admitted that he hasn’t engaged in conversations with Marvel Studios and its chief Kevin Feige, but added,...

Exclusive: Adam Kaplan, Tom Lennon and Robert Wisdom have joined the cast of Fox’s dance dramedy The Big Leap in recurring roles opposite Scott Foley, Simone Recanser, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo and Anna Grace Barlow. The series hails from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.

Written by Heldens, inspired by a UK reality format, The Big Leap is a show-within-a-show that takes viewers on a journey of self-acceptance, body-positivity and empowerment at any age. It’s described as a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours. The show revolves around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of Swan Lake.

The Big Leap is produced by 20th Television and Fox Entertainment. Heldens, Winer and Nagle serve as executive producers.

“Fear the Walking Dead” and “Helstrom” actress Sydney Lemmon is the latest to join the cast of Blumhouse and director Keith Thomas‘ (The Vigil) Firestarter, Deadline reports. Ryan Kiera Armstrong (It Chapter Two, “American Horror Story”) is playing Charlie in the new Stephen King adaptation, and Lemmon will be playing Charlie’s mother. In Firestarter, “A young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is […]...