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Includes minor Spoilers for The Wheel of Time books, which could end up in the TV show!

Prime Video's The Wheel of Time adaptation has made some questionable changes from the source material, but one recent casting announcement seems to be making up for one of them. Based on the prolific fantasy Wheel of Time book series by Robert Jordan, Amazon's big attempt at the fantasy game kicked off in 2021 to mixed reviews, with many long-term readers criticizing the numerous and often needless narrative changes, especially those that pertain to major components of the main characters.

The Wheel of Time season 3 returns in early 2025, with the next set of episodes planned to cover The Shadow Rising and The Fires of Heaven. Marcus Rutherford plays Perrin Aybara in The Wheel of Time's cast, terrifically bringing the classic fantasy protagonist to life. Perrin is one of the three boys who set...

Today's a Wednesday, and we've got some big Wheel of Time news for you to start your day. Yes, if you're one of those perpetually online Wheel of Time fans, the hallowed "#WoTWednesdays," when Prime Video drops exciting updates or behind-the-scenes looks at the series, are back! The Wheel of Time season 3 premieres on March 13, which is just around the corner. Prime Video clearly want us to know it is time to start getting hyped.

To wit, today the studio announced five new cast members who are joining The Wheel of Time for its third season, along with the characters they're playing. This is the third major casting announcement so far for season 3, following Shohreh Aghdashloo as the Aes Sedai Elaida and the royal family of Andor.

Season 3 will largely be adapting Robert Jordan's novel The Shadow Rising, which vastly expands the cast of The Wheel of Time story...

The Wheel of Time season 3 adds five new book characters to its ensemble, including important Aiel figures. Adapted for television by executive producer and showrunner Rafe Judkins, and based on the novels by Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time season 3 debuts globally on Prime Video on March 13 and will continue to examine the possibility that Rand (Josha Stradowski) could be corrupted by power. The upcoming episodes may be just as notable, though, for the number of new additions to the high-profile fantasy series.

Prime Video confirms that Isabella Bucceri, Nukâka Coster-Waldau, Salóme Gunnarsdóttir, Björn Landberg, and Synnøve Macody Lund are among the latest names to join Wheel of Time season 3. Several characters are connected to the Aiel, which is a race of people, in the novels on which the show is based. They live between the Westlands and the Sharans and are generally considered to be skilled warriors.

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The cast of Liam Neeson's 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank has been revealed. The news comes as the film prepares to be sold by FilmNation at the upcoming TIFF market.

Per Deadline, Neeson, known in part for his roles in the Star Wars and Taken franchises, is currently in talks to lead the cast of 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank. Other cast members joining Neeson in the movie include Talia Ryder, Noah Jupe, Whitney Peak, Jack Dylan Grazer, and newcomer Deacon Phillippe, the son of Hollywood stars Ryan Phillippe and Reese Witherspoon.

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Exclusive: Ace Entertainment has optioned TV rights to New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young’s In Nightfall, a young adult horror novel that was sought after by a number of production companies, sources tell Deadline.

SVP, Television Paul Kim and VP of Television Kendyll Boucher will serve as exec producers of the small-screen adaptation, we’re told.

Billed as a gender-swapped Lost Boys, or The Lost Boys meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer, In Nightfall was published by Penguin Random House/Delacorte Press in March 2023, going viral on X and being springboarded into the publishing zeitgeist when no one showed up to the author’s book launch in Tempe, Arizona.

The book takes place in the quaint town of Nightfall, Oregon, where it isn’t the dark you should be afraid of — it’s the girls. Theo and her brother, Marco, threw the biggest party of the year. And got caught.

Exclusive: Eric Dane (Euphoria), Maia Mitchell (Good Trouble), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta) and Thomas Doherty (Gossip Girl) have been set to star in Family Secrets, a new thriller from Matt Kaplan’s Ace Entertainment.

Currently in production in Montenegro, the film follows a charming young man (Withers) who makes himself part of a destination wedding to exact revenge on the family’s patriarch (Dane) by seducing his affluent goddaughter (Mitchell) and befriending the groom-to-be (Doherty). But as their relationship gets steamier, the truth gets closer to the surface, forcing the question of whether anyone is safe… and who is conning who?

Directing the pic is Malik Vitthal, the filmmaker best known for his law enforcement horror Body Cam starring Mary J. Blige and Nat Wolff, as well as the John Boyega Netflix drama Imperial Dreams, which won the Best of Next! Audience Award at Sundance. Writers of the most recent draft...

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If the Ninja Turtles are out on the town, you can bet that reporter April O’Neil isn’t far behind and she’s ready to get in on the action. Mutant Mayhem’s incarnation of April is a younger version of the classic character who is one of the first humans to closely interact with the mutant teenagers. The Turtles are apprehensive but April surprises them with her acceptance of their differences. In a way, she helps them come out of their shells. April also helps the teens realize how important it is to just be regular teenagers and the fun that comes along with it. Without her, the Turtles’ interaction with the human world would be much different.

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Douglas Tait has a long list of acting and stunt credits to his name, and among those many credits are a couple of horror icons. Tait was the man behind the mask when Jason Voorhees rises from the water clutching Freddy’s severed head at the end of Freddy vs. Jason, and eighteen years later he was also did some stunt work as Michael Myers in Halloween Kills. Now Tait is making his feature directorial debut with the psychological thriller Angel Baby, and he has assembled a strong cast for the film. That includes Rebecca de Mornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle), Daniel Roebuck (The Munsters), Dan Thiel (Ratched), Whitney Anderson (The Lady Killers), Chris Browning (The Lincoln Lawyer), Tait himself, and his wife Isabel Cueva (Aztec Warrior). Quiver Distribution holds the North American sales rights and Variety reports that 101 Films Intl. has now acquired the international rights. They...