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In Fixed, premiering at the Annecy International Festival of Animation in France, Netflix has a nice feature film companion piece for its oh-so-adult animation shows like Big Mouth. This one about a pooch named Bull fetting over the imminent loss of his doggie testicles — or so he thinks — is in the vein of Seth Rogen’s very Seth Rogenish 2016 toon Sausage Party and going way back to the king of the genre Ralph Bakshi’s 1972 Fritz the Cat, which was sold with the ad line, “We’re not rated ‘X’ For nothin’, baby!”

That animated breakthrough announced loudly and proudly that cartoons are not always kids stuff, but quite frankly, compared to Fixed, it might as well have come from Disney.

Credit Sony Pictures Animation for this production, and I am not sure why they unloaded it to Netflix, but you can bet kids will have a lot more access...

Having worked on the project for 15 years, Genndy Tartakovsky is fully aware that his latest film, “Fixed,” is an anomaly. Here is a raunchy, capital R-rated 2D animated comedy about a dog having one last wild night out on the town before getting neutered in the morning and losing his precious family jewels. Despite having several acclaimed shows and a highly successful animated film trilogy in his resume, Tartakovsky’s “Fixed” could have easily not made it to the screen — and it almost didn’t several times.

“I’ve always said this movie is a unicorn,” Tartakovsky told IndieWire ahead of the film’s release at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. “It’s a dream come true to have a 2D animated, hand-drawn, R-rated movie that doesn’t rely on pop culture humor. It’s very rare.”

He is not wrong. Though on the surface, it’d be easy...

Next time someone tells you animation is for kids, consider offering “Fixed” as clear evidence to the contrary. Crude in both senses of the term — from its raunchy humor to the deliberately un-slick animation style — Genndy Tartakovsky’s R-rated feature is to “Lady and the Tramp” as “Shaving Ryan’s Privates” is to a respected Spielberg movie. Produced by Sony Pictures Animation and dropping on Netflix, where it should be right at home with the likes of “BoJack Horseman” and “Big Mouth,” the off-color comedy focuses on how a randy rescue mutt (Adam Devine as Bull) reacts to the news he’s about to be neutered.

Bull has balls (which are lovingly drawn beneath his asterisk-shaped keister), but not for long. That is, unless he can figure out some way to outwit his owners, who’ve done little to domesticate their beloved if misbehaved companion since the day they adopted him.

How’s this for a R-rated animated comedy idea: A pooch and his doggy friends go out for one wild night on the town before he’s set to get neutered. Good, right?

“I think it’s the best elevator pitch I’ve ever had,” says Genndy Tartakovsky, about the concept for Fixed, his first R-rated feature, which premiered at the Annecy film festival on Wednesday. “Every time I say it, everybody laughs. You have the vision of a movie, right there.”

That pitch, back in 2009, was enough to get Tartakovsky in the door at Sony Pictures Animation. Tartakovsky was already an established, and Emmy-winning hitmaker, at Warner Bros. Cartoon Network, thanks to shows like Dexter’s Laboratory, Powderpuff Girls and Samurai Jack. Fixed was set to be his first feature, and Sony’s first-ever R-rated animated film.

Then everything changed.

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Exclusive: Iris Apatow (Ballerina Overdrive) has landed a recurring role in the third season of Hulu’s popular drama series Tell Me Lies, Deadline has learned.

She’ll play the role of Amanda, a bubbly but fragile college freshman keeping a big secret. Apatow is the latest to join the cast following Costa D’Angelo, who boarded as a series regular last month, as we were first to report.

Based on the novel of the same name by Carola Lovering, who serves as consulting producer, Tell Me Lies returned for its second season last September and was renewed for a third in December. Grace Van Patten and Jackson White lead the series that charts a tumultuous but intoxicating relationship as it unfolds over the course of 8 years and sweeps everyone around it into its dangerous wake. In the series, a group of college friends has no idea that one addictive entanglement...

Inspirada en producciones como ‘South Park’ o ‘La Fiesta de las Salchichas’. © Annecy

Ya sabemos cuándo se estrena en los cines de España Spermageddon, la loquísima comedia musical animada para adultos protagonizada por espermatozoides en una frenética carrera dentro del cuerpo de un adolescente.

Estrenada en el Festival de Annecy, Spermageddon sigue a los adolescentes Jens y Lisa, que están a punto de experimentar su primera relación sexual. Dentro del cuerpo de Jens, el Spermageddon se acerca, un evento para el que el espermatozoide Simon, el Semen y sus amigos han estado preparándose duramente. En esta carrera donde solo puede ganar uno, deberán sortear todo tipo de obstáculos inesperados que les harán la vida imposible.

La película está dirigida por Rasmus A. Sivertsen (Tres ladrones y un león) y Tommy Wirkola (Zombis nazis) y se ha inspirado en el legado de producciones animadas para el público más adulto como South Park...

Andy Serkis has assembled an all-star voice cast for his animated adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel “Animal Farm.” It includes Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner, and Iman Vellani. In addition to directing “Animal Farm,” Serkis will also lend his vocal talents.

Nick Stoller, whose screenwriting credits include “The Muppets” and “Storks,” adapts the story of a group of animals who rebel against their human owners and take over the farm. Their uprising over, they are presented with a fresh set of challenges under the rule of a cunning pig named Napoleon (Rogen). It’s a situation that forces them to find the courage to stand up to Napoleon.

Aniventure and Imaginarium are producing with Adam Nagle, Dave Rosenbaum, Jonathan Cavendish, and Serkis. Harrelson also serves as executive producer alongside Matt Reeves, who worked with Serkis...

From puppet explosions to talking hot dogs, these are strictly for grown-up eyes.

I just saw “A Minecraft Movie” and it was everything it’s hyped up to be — funny, entertaining, visually gorgeous, and (most importantly) great for kids and adults. It was a blast, and it got me thinking about the best animated comedy movies for adults like me. Usually, I’m not a massive animation fan, but if I’m being honest, many of the best movies I’ve seen in theaters over the last year have been animated. So, it’s time to give animation its due. Here are my top seven animated comedy movies built for adults, ranked.

Top 7 animated comedy movies for adults on streaming right now.

No. 7: ‘America: The Motion Picture’

No. 6: ‘The Lego Movie’

No. 5: ‘Beavis and Butt-Head Do America’

No. 4: ‘Team America: World Police’

No. 3: ‘South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut’

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After playing a small role in Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans’ Red One, the next outing from comedy icon Nick Kroll just got an exciting new look. Kroll stars opposite Andrew Rannells in I Don’t Understand You, the upcoming twisted comedy following Dom (Kroll) and Cole (Rannells), a couple on the verge of adopting a baby who embark on a vacation to Italy. While they view this as the perfect opportunity to reconnect, everything changes when things begin to spiral out of control. The first trailer for I Don’t Understand You can be found below, and the film also stars Amanda Seyfried, Morgan Spector, Nunzia Schiano, Eleanora Romandini, and Paolo Romano. Joel Edgerton (Dark Matter) will executive produce.

When Dom and Cole are on their way to dinner, their car gets stuck in a ditch, leaving them stranded in the middle of nowhere during a terrifying downpour. The two Americans,...

Dewayne Perkins continues to make his mark on Hollywood.

A jack of all trades, Perkins is a comedian, actor, writer, and producer with an impressive and diverse resume that’s only getting longer.

Fresh off the success of The Blackening, one of the freshest and most successful horror-comedy films of the last decade, which Perkins co-wrote and starred in, the rising star is trading in the big screen for an Apple TV+ production filled to the brim with Hollywood royalty.

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The new series, headlined by Seth Rogen, is a comedy set in Hollywood at a major studio.

Perkins stars alongside Rogen and many others to bring the story to life, and it’s a highly relevant story, given the forever-changing nature of the business.

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The Studio, the latest star-studded series from Apple TV+, has debuted with an impressive score on the world’s leading aggregate site. The first two episodes of The Studio are set to debut tomorrow, but early reviews for the series have been pouring in for days now, and enough have come in that the show has earned a nearly flawless 98% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. This is one of the best of any projects of the year thus far, and it spells good news for Apple’s new Hollywood drama. Starring in lead roles in The Studio are Seth Rogen, Catherine O’Hara, and Kathryn Hahn, and the series features a loaded list of guest stars including Zac Efron, Bryan Cranston, Paul Dano, Anthony Mackie, Martin Scorsese, Adam Scott, and many more.

The Studio was created for television by Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck, Evan Goldberg, Frida Perez, and Seth Rogen,...

When "Toy Story" was released in the fall of 1995, it not only established Pixar Animation Studios as an upstart studio worth paying attention to, but it also made clear to the entire animation industry that there was a new way to tell stories. Nothing against hand-drawn animation, of course, but now there was proof that computer animation could bring a wonderful, funny, exciting tale to life just as well as other styles within the medium of animation. 

That was both good and bad news. It was good news because it allowed for competition to spring up in places like DreamWorks Animation and Illumination Entertainment. But the bad news was that, as was also the case with hand-drawn animation, there would be always cheaper options available. Yes, computer animation was in its nascent years, but it would improve. What if, though, some studios weren't able to progress technologically and had to use old-school-looking computer animation?...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of April titles. The Tubi April 2025 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi April 2025 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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It was the response a studio head would love. On Friday night at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival in Austin, Texas, Apple TV+ premiered the first episodes of its new Hollywood comedy The Studio to several rave reviews from attendees.

The result should not surprise historians of the annual Austin event. The Studio co-creator, director, writer, executive producer, and star Seth Rogen has enjoyed many successful launches at SXSW, including Knocked Up, Neighbors, Sausage Party, Long Shots, and Good Boys.

“The Studio is the best new TV series since the first season of Hacks. It is so clever and funny and well directed and perfectly acted. I can’t wait for everyone to see it,” wrote Variety co-editor-in-chief Ramin Setoodeh.

Inverse editor Hoai-Tran Bui called The Studio, “Entourage, but for Film Twitter (positive). Really enjoyed seeing this with a crowd, whose laughter was so loud, I missed 20% of the dialogue.

Apple TV+ has unveiled a new trailer for Seth Rogen's upcoming comedy show, The Studio. The star-studded series will feature guest appearances from A-list actors in every episode.

Apple dropped the new trailer for The Studio ahead of the show's global premiere at the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival's Opening Night TV Premiere event. Rogen stars as Matt Remick, the new head of a film studio struggling to stay relevant, as he and his team work to wrangle narcissistic artists and their corporate overlords while making great films. The ten-episode comedy will premiere globally on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, with a two-episode drop, followed by new episodes releasing weekly every Wednesday through May 21 on Apple's streaming platform.

The Studio features a star-studded ensemble cast with Apple teasing A-list cameos in each of the ten episodes. Catherine O'Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Barinholtz and Chase Sui Wonders are among the confirmed actors to appear in...

Apple is taking a bite out of Hollywood this spring thanks to the comedy series The Studio.

On Friday, Apple TV+ released the first official trailer for the meta-comedy from co-creator, -writer, -director, -executive producer, and star Seth Rogen. “I am so excited about watching this trailer,” Rogen's character, Matt Remick, says in the opening moments of the teaser.

The Studio features Rogen as "the newly appointed head of embattled Continental Studios. As movies struggle to stay alive and relevant, Matt and his core team of infighting executives battle their own insecurities as they wrangle narcissistic artists and craven corporate overlords in the ever-elusive pursuit of making great films. With their power suits masking their never-ending sense of panic, every party, set visit, casting decision, marketing meeting, and award show presents them with an opportunity for glittering success or career-ending catastrophe. As someone who eats, sleeps, and breathes movies, it's...

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation has released the first teaser for the highly anticipated Shrek 5, confirming the returns of Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, and Cameron Diaz as Fiona - as well as confirming that  Zendaya (Spider-Man: No Way Home; Dune: Part Two; Challengers) has indeed joined the voice cast as Shrek and Fiona's daughter Felicia.

Plot details remain under wraps for now and there's also no word on who's going to be lending their voices to her siblings Fergus and Farkle.

Franchise veterans Walt Dohrn (Trolls; Trolls World Tour; Trolls Band Together) and Conrad Vernon (Monsters vs. Aliens; Sausage Party; The Addams Family) have been tapped to direct, with Brad Ableson (Minions: The Rise of Gru) serving as co-director, while Michael McCullers (Austin Powers in Goldmember; Baby Mama; The Boss Baby) penned the script. 

This will be the first installment in the main franchise in sixteen years,...

Seth Rogen is weighing in on his friendship with James Franco after his former friend revealed their relationship had ended.

In a new interview, Apple TV+’s The Studio star said he doesn’t pay much attention to social media buzz around him.

“Honestly, I absorb so little media that it really wasn’t on my radar,” Rogen told Esquire about Franco’s comments on their friendship.

According to the publication, Rogen was “not surprised to get that question, and he’s clearly not happy about it.” The magazine also noted his response was “all he wants to say about that.”

Rogen and Franco got their start in the business by starring on the NBC series Freaks and Geeks. They would go on to star in films like Knocked Up, Pineapple Express, This Is The End, The Interview, Sausage Party and The Disaster Artist.

However, things took a turn when,...

‘Spermageddon’ is a 2024 Norwegian adult animated musical comedy directed by Tommy Wirkola and Rasmus A. Sivertsen. The movie follows two stories: a teenage couple having sex for the first time and a group of sperm, led by Simen the Semen, on a journey to reach the Egg.

The film has been compared to ‘Sausage Party’ and described as a mix of a road trip and an epic adventure, similar to ‘Lord of the Rings.’ It’s aimed at older kids and adults, with humor and style similar to ‘South Park’ and ‘Checkered Ninja.’

The cast of ‘Spermageddon’ features Aksel Hennie as Simen, a sperm living inside Jens, and Mathilde Storm as Cumilla, a female sperm also inside Jens. Nasrin Khusrawi and Christian Mikkelsen play Lisa and Jens, an awkward teenage couple experiencing their first time together.

Other characters include Bjørn Sundquist as Professor Saltsmak and Christian Rubeck as Jizzmo, a...

“Invincible” is back for Season 3 and boasting the same stellar cast that made the first two so great.

Much of the actors return again to voice their characters based on the Robert Kirkman comic book. Season 3 finds Mark at odds with Cecil all while trying to prepare mentally and physically for the threat of more Viltrumites heading to Earth.

Here are all the “Invincible” characters coming back for Season 3 — and the voice cast behind them.

Invincible (Credit: Getty Images/Prime Video) Steven Yeun as Mark Grayson/Invincible

Steven Yeun plays Mark Grayson, a.k.a Invincible. Yeun is most well-known for playing Glenn for years in “The Walking Dead” – a series based on a different comic book series by “Invincible” creator Robert Kirkman. He has also appeared in “Minari,” “Nope,” “Okja” and the Netflix series “Beef.”

Invincible (Credit: Getty Images/Prime Video) J.K. Simmons as Omni-Man

J.K. Simmons plays Omni-Man,...

Exclusive: Fantasy icon George R.R. Martin, billionaire entrepreneur Jimmy Iovine and animation veteran Conrad Vernon (The Addams Family) are advisory board members and stakeholders in new LA-based animation company Bizaar Studios, which is launching today.

The outfit has been set up by Iovine’s son, Jeremy Iovine, and Amir Mohamadzadeh, who together previously founded creative agency Rosewood Creative, and film and TV exec Eric Bromberg who will serve as co-founder and President.

Rosewood’s work has included short films, animations, and marketing campaigns with Dr. Dre, Bono, Snoop Dogg, Spike Lee and LeBron James. Bromberg previously worked at Exile Content Studios and Gunpowder & Sky. He helped drive horror and sci-fi labels Alter and Dust.

The ambitious company is oriented towards adult animation and aims to include development, marketing and distribution of original films and TV series. It will create content in house and acquire third-party material. First projects are...

Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara had Sunday’s Golden Globes room in laughing to tears as they riffed about winning fake “Golden Antlers” and other miscellaneous Canadian awards for their work in their native country.

“It’s stuff you guys haven’t heard of, but actually, Catherine won not one, but two Golden Antlers for her work as Mama Morissette in the Alanis Morissette story,” joked Rogen before O’Hara added, “What about you and your brave Golden Antler win for your turn as young Ryan, yes, in Gosling, the Ryan Gosling unauthorized biopic?...

Nothing brings out the stars quite like a Saturday Night Live Five Timers Club meeting. So when Martin Short joined the club this week, SNL put together one reunion after another as a parade of cameos came out to celebrate.

Short, a former cast member, finally joined the illustrious club this weekend. He first hosted in 1986 and has become SNL's "Mr. December" as each hosting turn has come during the holiday month.

The combination of Short's fifth time hosting, the Christmas episode, and this being SNL's 50th season created the perfect recipe for cameos. And SNL over-delivered in the cold open and in the process, organized several TV and movie reunions for fans to enjoy. In no particular order...

Paul Rudd and Martin Short represented Only Murders in the Building. While everyone (including us here at Last Night On) expected Steve Martin to show up, Martin Short quickly nixed those expectations.

For any viewers looking for shows like Family Guy, there are some great adult cartoons available. By using and often subverting the animated family sitcom format popularized by The Simpsons, Family Guy's reign began in 1999, and, like its predecessor, appears to have no end in sight. In recent years, however, long-time archetypes of shows like Family Guy and The Simpsons have fluctuated in popularity and quality. This has allowed newcomers like Rick and Morty, Big Mouth, Bob's Burgers, and Invincible to contend for the after-dark TV throne.

Even loyal viewers of Family Guy's 22-plus seasons don't need to search that far in order to find an alternative to Seth MacFarlane's flagship cartoon. Shaped by audience expectations and the evolution of both animation and storytelling styles, modern adult cartoons rival live-action series and movies in just about any category. The best adult cartoons around are among the best animated shows available anywhere,...

Prime Video has renewed its freshman animated series Secret Level for a second season. Additional new episodes from Season 1 were released on the streamer today.

From Amazon MGM Studios and Blur Studio, Secret Level is an adult-animated anthology series featuring original stories set within the worlds of popular video games. Season 1 includes episodes highlighting Dungeons & Dragons, Sifu, New World, Unreal Tournament, Warhammer 40,000, Pac-Man, Crossfire, Armored Core, The Outer Worlds, Mega Man and Honor of Kings, to name a few. From the creatives behind Love, Death + Robots, each of the episodes is a celebration of games and gamers.

The title premiered on Dec 10, and within its first week, Prime Video says it became their largest new animated series debut compared to other recent releases including Sausage Party, Hazbin Hotel, Invincible, and The Legend of Vox Machina.

Season 1 was jam-packed with top voice acting talent including Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Hart,...

As a free streaming option, Tubi is one of the most underrated platforms out there, but there are plenty of funny movies on Tubi right now that can help show people its potential. Movie fans of all kinds will always feel the need to have a laugh from time to time with comedy movies being a popular choice across all streaming platforms. However, Tubi’s library of content is one of the most unique in the streaming world, with a mix of underrated gems and older classics.

The list of comedy movies on Tubi is a long one, providing enough laughs for audiences of all kinds. The selection showcases the versatility of comedy movies, with sports comedies, romantic comedies, and horror comedies to name only a few. There are also some of the most beloved comedy stars with movies available, from Adam Sandler to Seth Rogen to Charlie Chaplin. The...

The Sausage Party cast is star-studded, and thanks to the wide range of celebrity cameos playing foul-mouthed food items Seth Rogen's animated comedy remains as popular as ever. The raunchy comedy Sausage Party was not what anyone expected, an adult-animated movie about anthropomorphic food in a grocery store that believes that when they are bought, they will go to a better place where everything will be perfect. However, when one food item is returned and knows the truth, it turns the entire store upside down.

The cast of Sausage Party cast includes some of the biggest names in comedy movies. Many of them got their start together in Judd Apatow's movies and TV shows. What's more, the raunchy animated movie features many frequent collaborators also worked together on several movies and TV shows both before and after the Sausage Party release in 2016. There are also some other Sausage Party...

In Apple TV’s The Studio, Continental Studios specializes in big-budget movie blockbusters — not indie, arthouse films. Top executive Matt, played by Seth Rogen, and his team are tasked with reinvigorating the increasingly commercialized art form, but in the trailer for The Studio, released Tuesday, viewers watch as his empire begins to crumble.

“I got into this because I love movies, but now I have this fear that my job is to ruin them,” Matt says in the trailer.

In The Studio, Rogen stars as the newly appointed head honcho...

Apple TV+ announced today that its new half-hour comedy series, titled “The Studio,” will premiere with its first two episodes on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, followed by one episode every week through May 21, 2025. Watch the official teaser video above.

Five-time Emmy nominee Seth Rogen stars as a movie executive named Matt Remick who’s in over his head as the new boss of Continental Studios, a fictional Hollywood movie company known for its big budget popcorn fare. Rogen is joined by co-stars Catherine O’Hara, Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, and Chase Sui Wonders, with special guest star appearances by Bryan Cranston, Martin Scorsese, Charlize Theron, and Ron Howard.

In the teaser for “The Studio,” Matt explains how he got into this business because he “loves movies,” but now he fears it’s his job to “ruin them.” Cranston’s character explains how Continental doesn’t make “artsy-fartsy films,” but instead “makes movies — movies!

While he first made a name for himself starring in comedies like Superbad and Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen has since proven himself to be not only a formidable Hollywood actor but also a strong screenwriter and talented producer. However, one film that saw him take on the responsibilities of all three jobs, starring, writing, and producing, is set to leave streaming soon. Netflix has officially announced that Sausage Party, the 2016 animated flick in which Rogen stars alongside Kristen Wiig and Jonah Hill, will leave the streamer on November 22 with no new streaming home in sight. Sausage Party follows a sausage who leads a group of supermarket products off the shelf on a journey to discover what it means to be picked at the store. The film sits at an 82% score from critics but a 50% rating from general audiences on Rotten Tomatoes.

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of December titles. The Tubi December 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi December 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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What to Watch on Netflix This Weekend? The Best New Releases to Binge-Watch (November 8-10) - Main Image

We just welcomed the month of Thanksgiving and while it's a few weeks away, here is another What to Watch on Netflix guide for folks looking to binge new releases this weekend, November 8-10!

Apart from fans' highly anticipated return of Arcane season 2 part 1, check out the rest of the list to find the best weekend binge.

4 Movies Netflix Just Released For Your Weekend Binge

Over the weekend (November 8-11), Netflix is unleashing 4 movies, namely, the slice-of-life Vijay 69 which follows an old man who competes in a triathlon contest at age 69, Focus which centers Will Smith and Margot Robbie working together on their latest con scheme, and Rob Peace aka the movie based on the biography The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs.

Netflix is also bringing back...

Michael Jackson fans need to wait longer for Antoine Fuqua’s highly-anticipated biopic about the King of Pop to rock their world after Lionsgate announced delays for two of its films. The studio’s Michael Jackson biopic, Michael, is moonwalking to a 2025 Easter window (April 18-20 to October 3) while looking to dominate the box office during the bunny-themed holiday. In addition to telling Michael to “Beat It” to later next year, Lionsgate dated Aziz Ansari’s upcoming comedy, Good Fortune, for October 17, 2025. According to Deadline, Good Fortune stars Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen. It focuses on “a well meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel (Reeves) who meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker (Ansari) and a wealthy capitalist (Rogen).”

“Michael will bring audiences a riveting and honest portrayal of the brilliant yet complicated man who became the King of Pop,” reads the official description. “The film presents...

The 2007 teen comedy Superbad has an outstanding ensemble cast full of big-name stars. Most of Superbad's best quotes are from its three main characters, Seth, Evan, and Fogell aka McLovin, who are played by Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse, respectively. Directed by Greg Mottola, Superbad is written by comedic partners Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen, the latter of whom plays Officer Michaels in the film. The protagonists, Seth and Evan, are loosely based on Rogen and Goldberg and their real-life experiences growing up as seniors in high school in Vancouver, Canada.

Superbad was the 21st highest-grossing movie in 2007 with a domestic total of $121.46 million. It was a breakout movie for both Hill and Cera and is widely considered a landmark film in the modern comedy genre. It was the feature film writing debut of both Rogen and Goldberg, who went on to pen other classic comedy films...

Being two of comedy’s most famous talents, Seth Rogen and James Franco had an enduring friendship, which included a long history of riffing off one another and collaborating. Beginning their collaboration with the 1999 show Freaks and Geeks, Rogen and Franco had a friendship spanning over two decades until the duo fell apart in 2018.

James Franco and Seth Rogen in The Interview | image: Columbia Pictures

Despite working together in hit comedies and sharing an unbreakable bond, Seth Rogen and James Franco sparked a rift, after the latter was accused of s*xually inappropriate behavior in an L.A. Times article. After Franco’s s*xual misconduct lawsuit was settled, the allegations seemingly caused him and Rogen to drift apart. Since then, their friendship has never been repaired.

The Beginning of James Franco and Seth Rogen’s Friendship

James Franco and Seth Rogen were both young and newcomers in the industry when...

James Franco was one of Hollywood's biggest stars before his career took a major hit at the height of the #MeToo movement. While the experience was undoubtedly unpleasant for the Spider-Man star, Franco now feels "grateful" for the unexpected turn, feeling that he's come out on the other side as a better person.

After starring in several feature films, Franco largely dropped out of the public eye in 2019 when he was sued for alleged misconduct involving women who'd taken his acting class. The publicity surrounding the lawsuit, which has since been settled, likely cost Franco a Best Actor nomination for The Disaster Artist, a role that had already won him a Golden Globe. Franco would later admit in a 2021 interview on Jess Cagle's podcast that he'd been intimate with some of his acting students and that he sought treatment for sex addiction.

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James Franco has revealed that he and long-time collaborator Seth Rogen are no longer on speaking terms. Franco and Rogen worked together frequently throughout their careers, starring in projects such as the critically acclaimed but short-lived Judd Apatow series Freaks and Geeks, as well as films such as Pineapple Express (2008), This Is the End (2013), The Interview (2014), Sausage Party (2016), and The Disaster Artist (2017). The pair were also good friends off-screen, but their relationship went south after sexual misconduct allegations against Franco.

In an interview with Variety to promote his new Italian-language film, Hey Joe, Franco was asked if he was still in touch with Rogen, to which he replied that he was not. He also indicated that he has been attempting to reconcile their friendship, but that Rogen has been the holdout. He also stated how much Rogen has meant to him over the past 20 years. Here's what the actor had to say:

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Netflix is removing several big titles in November.

The streaming service just updated their monthly list of movies and television series that are debuting on the streamer throughout the month. However, along with the list of debuting shows and films, they always announce a handful that will be removed as well.

This coming month, several big titles will be taken away, but only one TV series will be leaving: Shahs of Sunset.

Keep reading to find out more…

Everything Leaving Netflix in November 2024

Leaving 11/5/24

A Man Called Otto

Leaving 11/6/24

Edge of Tomorrow

Leaving 11/10/24

Night School

Leaving 11/14/24

First Man

Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose 2

Leaving 11/15/24

Harriet

Leaving 11/19/24

Shahs of Sunset: Seasons 1-2

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Evil Dead Rise

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Iris Apatow has signed with Sugar23 for representation following a highly competitive pursuit.

Next up, Apatow stars alongside Douglas Booth and Alison Pill in Young Werther, an adaptation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Classic The Sorrows of Young Werther for director José Avelino Gilles Corbett Lourenço, which premiered at TIFF 2024.

Apatow is currently in production on the upcoming women-led survivalist action thriller Ballerina Overdrive. Apatow stars opposite Uma Thurman, Lana Condor, Millicent Simmonds, and Maddie Ziegler in the 87North and Gulfstream Pictures production.

An in-demand young talent, Apatow’s previous film work includes Judd Apatow’s Netflix film, The Bubble, opposite Karen Gillan, Fred Armisen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Leslie Mann; Sausage Party, This Is 40; Funny People; Knocked Up and the short film Vodka, which debuted at the 2022 Tribeca Film Festival.

On the series side, Apatow can be see starring alongside Rob Lowe and Sian Clifford in Netflix’s...

Its shocking just how different critics' opinions of a film can be from audiences, as proved by the massive disparity of certain movies' scores on Rotten Tomatoes. These were movies that, for one reason or another, ticked all the right boxes for professional critics and left general audiences feeling disappointed or, in some cases, downright hateful toward a release. Whether it was remakes of beloved classics, movies that didnt line up with audience expectations, or franchise entries that went in surprising new directions, there are plenty of movies that divided critics and viewers.

Some of the most controversial movies ever split critics and audiences and have remained highly divisive. While a high critic score doesnt automatically make a movie great, the fact that these films have received such a disproportional reaction from critics and audiences means that they each have something interesting to offer and were well worth checking out...

Prime Video has been on a roll with its releases in 2024. This past summer, the streaming platform released the highly anticipated Season 4 of The Boys, which amassed 1.3 billion minutes viewed during its finale. Apart from The Boys, Prime Video also released Sausage Party: Foodtopia, based on the 2016 animated feature Sausage Party, and the DC animated series Batman: Caped Crusader, a gritty, noir-inspired reimagining of the Batman lore exploring the political unrest in Gotham City. In addition to television series, the streaming platform premiered original films such as the tear-jerking Celine Dion documentary I Am: Celine Dion, and the lighthearted family flick My Spy: The Eternal City.

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 has finally arrived, and we couldn't be more excited! The intricate fantasy series and franchise overall have built such an expansive world, and it's fun to see it all come to life in a new way with this prequel series.

The first three episodes are now streaming, and going forward one new installment will be released weekly. I'm sure we're in for a wild ride! I mean, this trio definitely got things moving right away. There's no argument that Rings of Power is one of the best shows streaming on Prime Video right now. And there's a bunch of others that join it. And, well, some that aren't worth your time.

There's the obvious shows that really are good, but you'll find on every list like this. Those include The Boys, Fallout, The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Wheel of Time,...

Playing like Percy Jackson for grownups, with a dash of American Gods and Hadestown thrown in for good measure, Netflix’s dark comedy Kaos is packed with big ideas that creator Charlie Covell struggles to explore in any depth.

Over eight hour-long episodes, my response to Kaos and its often clever upending of mythological tropes went from “That’s really cool, I can’t wait to see what they do with that” to “That’s interesting, but I know it won’t go anywhere” to “Meh.” With an impressive cast, a cheeky tone and little investment in substantive follow-through, the show goes from promising to frustrating to disappointing — albeit with tantalizing hints throughout of what could have been.

Jeff Goldblum commands attention throughout as Zeus, the all-powerful yet fiercely neurotic king of the gods and overall facilitator of a humanity that still worships them. Ruling from Mt. Olympus with his...

A new trailer reimagines South Park in live-action, featuring famous actors such as Michael Cera and Jonah Hill. This fantasy cast includes Seth Green as Kyle and Craig Robinson as Chef in an AI-generated trailer concept. While a live-action South Park may not be happening, the idea of adult actors playing schoolchildren is intriguing.

A new trailer shows a live-action reimagining of South Park, featuring several notable actors. Focusing on the tales of four elementary schoolers in South Park, Colorado, the raunchy adult comedy show began in 1997 and has since had 26 seasons. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park's leading voice cast featured both creators as the pain stars, alongside Isaac Hayes, Mona Marshall, April Stewart, Adrien Beard, and Eliza Schneider.

Now, a new live-action South Park trailer from Multiverse Of AI reveals a look at the main characters as portrayed by major actors.

The main members...

Sausage Party: Foodtopia delves deeper into human society, serving as an allegory for societal corruption and power dynamics. The series highlights the importance of unbiased news and how misinformation can manipulate public opinion and elections. Despite its raunchy humor, the show offers surprising insight into human follies, making it worth a watch for age-appropriate viewers.

As a follow-up to the surprisingly successful 2016 raunchy animated comedy, Sausage Party, the Prime Video series, Sausage Party: Foodtopia, could have easily devolved into an abysmal and redundant addition to the very adult franchise. However, the surprising depth of the movie has also led to the surprising depth of the series. After overthrowing all of humanity and killing most of them, Frank (Seth Rogen), a sausage, and Brenda (Kristen Wiig), a hot dog bun, do their best to maintain their new paradise and lead the others to Foodtopia. However, it doesnt take long for the...

Marvel Studios never ventured into R-rated territory before the naughty Merc with a Mouth came slicing through the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The comic book movie house kept things PG-13, though they did manage to let their first f-bomb ever into "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3." Of course, all of that relatively clean language that Captain America reluctantly defended in "Avengers: Age of Ultron" gets tossed right out the window with "Deadpool & Wolverine," which drops a plethora of profanity and other vicious vernacular.

Yes, "Deadpool & Wolverine" doesn't shy away from dropping many f-bombs. Apparently the folks at Discussing Film kept a tally, and the magic swear word is unleashed 118 times, bringing the total count of f-bombs in the MCU to 119. That's not a bad number at all, and it's enough to surpass the word's usage in "Deadpool 2," probably because Wolverine is throwing it around quite a bit in this movie too.

You can’t keep Invincible down, as Prime Video has renewed the animated superhero series for a fourth season. Additionally, they have also renewed Sausage Party: Foodtopia for a second season and renewed Hazbin Hotel for a third and fourth season.

Based on the comic series by Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Invincible follows Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun), the son of an extraterrestrial superhero known as Omni-Man (J.K. Simmons). Mark later inherits his father’s abilities, including great strength, flight, speed, and some invulnerability, and becomes the superhero known as Invincible. He also discovers that his father’s race, the Viltrumites, doesn’t exactly have peaceful intentions toward Earth. In addition to Steven Yeun and J.K. Simmons, Invincible also features the voices of Sandra Oh, Seth Rogen, Gillian Jacobs, Andrew Rannells, Zazie Beetz, Mark Hamill, Walton Goggins, Jason Mantzoukas, Mae Whitman, and more.

As far as how many seasons Invincible could last,...

Prime Video has ordered additional seasons of its animated series Hazbin Hotel, Invincible and Sausage Party: Foodtopia, it was revealed at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday.

Additionally, exclusive clips for the upcoming third season of The Legend of Vox Machina, premiering October 3, and the new series Batman: Caped Crusader, premiering August 1, were revealed; as well as a first look at the Invincible blue suit design which will be featured in the show’s upcoming third season.

Invincible, co-produced by Skybound Animation and Amazon MGM Studios, was renewed for a fourth season after it received its first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance for Sterling K. Brown.

Hazbin Hotel, from A24 and Bento Box Entertainment, has been renewed for a third and fourth season; and The Sausage Party: Foodtopia scored a Season 2 renewal. The latter is a co-production of Annapurna Television, Sony Pictures Television, and Amazon MGM Studios.

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Season 2 of Sausage Party: Foodtopia is in development, following the success of the first season on Prime Video in July 2024. The series parodies the acclaimed romantic drama Call Me By Your Name in an unexpected and irreverent manner in episode 4. Despite mixed reviews, the show features new characters and running gags, including a spoof of Armie Hammer's off-screen transgressions.

Following the successful first season of Sausage Party: Foodtopia on Prime Video in July 2024, Season 2 has officially been put in development. Functioning as a sequel to the 2016 feature film, the adult animated series follows Frank Frankfurter (Seth Rogen) and his edible pals as they rush to rescue their heavenly Foodtopia from a massive flood. To ensure their race's survival, Frank and his friends must join forces with the humans they defeated in the original film.

Although the 8-part TV series has drawn mixed reviews for being a stale rehash of the 2016 movie,...

Sausage Party: Foodtopia is a streaming hit on Prime Video, ranking tenth on Reelgood's Top 10 TV shows chart. The sequel series features familiar voices like Seth Rogen and Kristen Wiig but lacks critical acclaim compared to the original movie. Reviews for Sausage Party: Foodtopia are mixed, with critics praising its crude humor but criticizing it as a rehash of old material.

Sausage Party: Foodtopia has become a streaming success on Prime Video. A sequel to 2016's Sausage Party, the adult animated comedy series picks up following the events of the film as Frank and friends create the titular Foodtopia safe haven, which is nearly destroyed by a massive flood, forcing them to partner with humans to ensure their survival. The Sausage Party: Foodtopia cast includes Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Michael Cera, David Krumholtz, and Edward Norton reprising their roles from the film with Will Forte, Natasha Rothwell, Sam Richardson, and Yassir Lester voicing new characters.