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Recently resurrected by Oni Press, EC Comics will launch its first-ever serialized horror comic with Blood Type.

The first issue in the four-part series will be published on June 11, and Bloody Disgusting has an exclusive first look at the cover variants below.

Rising from the pages of last fall’s Epitaphs from the Abyss #3, bon vivant bloodsucker Ada is the first character to claw its way out of an EC anthology story and into a standalone series from one of the most influential names in terror.

Blood Type is written by Corinna Bechko and illustrated by Eisner Award winner Andrea Sorrentino. It features coloring by Dave Stewart and lettering by Richard Starkings and Tyler Smith.

A cunning vampire with nothing left to lose, Ada’s misdeeds have landed her on the doorstep of an idyllic Caribbean resort teeming with wealthy tourists and superstitious locals — an ample food supply for the...

Kim Sae-ron, a Korean actress known for her roles in Bloodhounds and Leverage, has died. She was 24.

Kim was found dead at her home in Seoul on Sunday after a friend discovered her body when she missed a scheduled meeting, police told the Yonhap News Agency.

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*Update*: According to Seongdong Police in Seoul and Yonhap, Kim’s death was ruled a suicide on Monday.

The actress starred as Go Na Byeol on Leverage,...

I’m unsure what to make of Prime Video’s You’re Cordially Invited. This film has a fantastic pedigree behind it. First, Will Ferrell and Reese Witherspoon are two reliable comedy stars; this is the first film they have starred in together. They share excellent antagonistic chemistry.

Another factor is You’re Cordially Invited’s director, Nicholas Stoller, who has made some of the best comedy movies of this century, including Forgetting Sarah Marshall, the Neighbors franchise of films, and the unfairly underseen (and box office failure) Bros.

However, you have a likable comedy that is too recycled and plays it too safe for its good, never living up to its War of the Roses premise. Albeit, a Saturday Night Live-esque version of such.

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“Paradise” made a surprise early debut across Hulu and Disney+.

The first episode of Dan Fogelman’s new drama series starring Sterling K. Brown began streaming Sunday, Jan. 26 at 6 p.m. Pt across Hulu and Disney+ in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally.

With the first three episodes initially scheduled to debut on Tuesday, Jan. 28, “Paradise” Episode 2 and 3 will now be available on Hulu beginning Tuesday on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally. The show is also set to air its premiere on ABC and FX later this week in an unprecedented cross-platform push.

From there, new episodes of “Paradise,” which also stars James Marsden and Julianne Nicholson, will premiere Tuesdays, leading up to the finale on March 4. The show consists of eight episodes.

Set in an upscale community inhabited by some of the world’s most prominent individuals, “Paradise” follows the community when the tranquility explodes...

The world’s Richest Actor Jami Gertz (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Jami Gertz—sound familiar? Well, it should. This Chicago-born actress quietly sits at the top of the wealthiest actors list, with a net worth of $3B (£2.45B). While everyone’s obsessed with Tom Cruise or Shah Rukh Khan, Gertz has been stacking her billions in the background, and we’re just now catching up.

Her journey to this mind-blowing fortune wasn’t your typical Hollywood rise. It all started in fifth grade when Gertz played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz—and guess what? She loved it. So, she decided acting was her destiny. Fast forward to 1981, and she was starring in Endless Love. She went on to rock sitcoms like Still Standing and The Neighbors, making a name for herself in the acting world. But that’s not what made her billions.

In 1989, Gertz married Tony Ressler, a banker at the time.

Plot: A comedy-drama series about Ruth Landry, a maple syrup farmer who, in defiance of a heartless system, assembles a team to undertake the Canadian heist of the century. The target: the country’s multi-million dollar maple syrup surplus.

Review: It goes without saying that the last decade has been a boon for true-crime fans. From adaptations of podcasts to limited series of every tone imaginable, fictionalized retellings of shocking events that took place have served as wonderful opportunities for actors to stretch themselves in every way imaginable. Over that same stretch of time, Noah Hawley’s anthology series Fargo has proven that even the most bizarre and original stories can compete with true tales when the writing is strong enough. Taking the similar sensibilities of Fargo, Prime Video’s new series The Sticky blends dark humor with a true story to deliver an entertainingly original show that showcases a...

"We always want what we don't have..." Indeed. This kind of suburbia also creeps me out. Starz unveiled an official US trailer for a streaming series called The Couple Next Door, debuting on Starz to watch in January 2025. This British TV series originally premiered in the UK in November 2023 on Channel 4. Starz is finally playing this in the US for streaming more than a year later. A young couple move to an upscale neighbourhood to start a family, but soon find themselves entangled in a complex web of desire and betrayal with their new neighbors. Evie and her husband Pete move next door to the uber hot traffic-cop Danny and yoga instructor Becka and strike up a friendship, but a night of passion between Evie and Danny could have consequences. It's an English-language version of the original Dutch series Nieuwe Buren (The Neighbors). Starring Eleanor Tomlinson, Sam Heughan, Alfred Enoch,...

The Couple Next Door is moving in again.

Channel 4 has renewed the psychological drama for a second season after the first became the UK network’s biggest scripted streaming launch on record, with episode one garnering more than a million views in its first seven days.

Channel 4 co-produced Season 1 of The Couple Next Door with Starz, but the Lionsgate brand was not mentioned in the press release for Season 2. Deadline has asked about Starz’s involvement.

Season 2 will feature a new cast, led by Sam Palladio (Nashville), Annabel Scholey (The Split), Aggy K Adams (The Witcher), and Sendhil Ramamurthy (One Piece). Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered) will return. Production is underway in Belgium. Season 1 starred Eleanor Tomlinson and Sam Heughan.

Here’s the logline: “Heart surgeon Charlotte Roberts (Scholey) and her husband, consultant anesthetist Jacob (Palladio) are a high-flying busy married couple. But things soon turn upside down when their mysterious...

Marvel Studios' upcoming superhero flick "Thunderbolts*" is slated to be the 36th feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and will assemble six ancillary characters culled from previous MCU movies and TV shows, making them into a ragtag fighting force. On the team are the Red Guardian, Yelena Belova, and Taskmaster from "Black Widow," the Winter Soldier and U.S. Agent (Sebastian Stan and Wyatt Russell) from "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier," and Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen) from "Ant-Man and the Wasp." These characters previously served as low-level villains or antagonists, but are now redeeming themselves as hunted antiheroes.

The first full trailer for "Thunderbolts*" was released on September 23, 2024, and it displays the requisite action that the genre demands, as well as the notable character reveals that the MCU is known for. The characters are also well-equipped with quips, wielding bathos like a cudgel. A car is shot during an intense chase sequence,...

Timothée Chalamet’s ping pong movie is adding a few more players.

Odessa A’zion has joined the cast of “Marty Supreme,” from A24 and director Josh Safdie. Rounding out the cast are magician Penn Jillette (of Penn & Teller), investor and “Shark Tank” personality Kevin O’Leary (aka Mr. Wonderful) and “Bad Lieutenant” filmmaker Abel Ferrara.

Specifics about their roles are kept under wraps, but this motley crew joins previously announced cast members Gwyneth Paltrow and Tyler, the Creator in the film, which is said to be about a professional table tennis player. Plot details are unknown, but A24 posted an image of a ping pong ball with the words “coming soon” after Variety broke news of the project in July.

Safdie and Ronald Bronstein wrote the original screenplay for “Marty Supreme” and produce alongside Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Chalamet and A24. Production kicks off in the fall.

A’zion’s...

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Cult filmmaker Tommy Wiseau, somehow independently wealthy despite not seeming to actually do much of anything besides selling underwear with his name on it alongside The Room DVDs and shirts, has finally, after two decades, put aside enough scratch to self-fund a follow-up feature. With Big Shark,...

While This Is Us is known for its tear-jerker moments, dealing with powerful themes about marriage, parenting, and loss, not all of its seasons share the same level of quality. The drama undeniably offered high-quality drama throughout its six-season run, starting with a very strong pilot that became one of the highest-rated episodes of the show. This Is Us constantly shifts from the present day to the past and the future, with complex storylines, timelines, and characters, each of them very well-defined. However, some of them seemed to have lost direction and wanted This Is Us to be mainly known as a show with a lot of sad moments.

Created by Dan Fogelman, This Is Us premiered in 2016 on NBC, and concluded in 2022 after six seasons. It tells the story of the Pearson family: Jack (Milo Ventimiglia) and Rebecca (Mandy Moore), their three children, Kate (Chrissy Metz), Kevin (Justin Hartley...

Annie Clark displays a remarkable facility for change, creating constantly morphing songs contained within a shifting panoply of modes, voices, and styles, cutting delicate, glittering pop with forceful fuzz and raunchy, preening guitar work. A multi-instrumentalist with a history of institutional training and anonymous backing-band work, she retains the guitar as her signature instrument and most potent tool, lacerating otherwise divine music with down-and-dirty grit, eyes heavenward and feet muddy.

The gradual expansion of sounds and textures occurring across her seven solo albums as St. Vincent has been accompanied by an inverse sense of simplification, the fine-tuning of music that’s grown less theatrical and more precise, imagery and language filed down to a sharp point. To celebrate the release of her latest release, All Born Screaming, we’ve ranked all eight of the musician’s albums, including her one-off collaboration with David Byrne.

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David Mamet is speaking out in response to the presumption that his kids are nepo babies.

For those who don’t know, Mamet is the two-time Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Verdict and Wag the Dog and two-time Tony-nominated writer of Broadway plays like Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow.

Mamet‘s daughters are Girls actress Zosia and The Neighbors actress Clara.

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“They earned it by merit,” Mamet said at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (via TheWrap). “Nobody ever gave my kids a job because of who they were related to.”

Mamet also slammed diversity rules in Hollywood.

“Dei is garbage,” he said. “It’s fascist totalitarianism.”

Zosia recently starred in one of the most critically-panned movies of the year so far.

Legendary Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright David Mamet said that his children aren’t nepo babies and that they have achieved their success due to their talent. His daughter Zosia Mamet is best known for starring on “Girls” alongside news anchor Brian Williams’ daughter Allison Williams, Bad Company drummer Simon Kirke’s daughter Jemima Kirke and creator Lena Dunham, daughter of a pair of New York City artists.

Promoting his memoir “Everywhere an Oink Oink” over the weekend at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, David conceded that his daughters — including Zosia’s sister Clara Mamet — learned from spending time on set with their father, according to the L.A. Times. He noted that he felt gratified by that.

Speaking particularly of the successful Zosia, Mamet argued that his daughters haven’t benefited from any form of privilege. “They earned it by merit,” he said.

“Nobody ever gave my kids...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Elemental, the Pixar pic directed by Peter Sohn.

Launching with a world premiere as the closing-night film at May’s Cannes Film Festival, Elemental was penned by John Hoberg & Kat Likkel and Brenda Hseuh, based on a story by the writers and Sohn about a fantastical place called Element City, where Fire-, Water-, Earth- and Air-residents live together.

The plot follows the quick-witted and fiery Ember (Leah Lewis), a new arrival to the city whose friendship with go-with-the-flow Wade (Mamoudou Athie) challenges not only her beliefs about the world they live in, but the person she wants to be.

The idea germinated from Sohn’s own experiences; like Ember, he was a second-generation immigrant whose parents moved from Korea to New York City. That starting point helped to form the film’s themes of fitting in to a new place,...

Some of Zac Efron's most notable work has been in musicals, with High School Musical being his breakout role. Some of Efron's musicals have been more successful and memorable than others. Hairspray is Efron's best movie musical, capturing the magic of the Broadway show through polished performances and impeccable casting.

Zac Efron has starred in six quality movie musicals, but some are better than others for many reasons. Efron's breakout acting role was playing Troy Bolton in Disney Channel's unexpected hit movie, High School Musical (2006). He went on to have a successful career as an actor, starring in comedies like 17 Again, That Awkward Moment, Dirty Grandpa, and the Neighbors movies, as well as dramas like The Lucky One, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, and the Von Erich family biopic The Iron Claw.

Despite finding success in other genres, some of Efron's most notable and memorable work has been in musicals.

Swiss distributor and producer Ascot Elite has sold German rights to its comedy remake The Neighbours From Upstairs (Die Nachbarn Von Oben) to Wild Bunch, which will release the film from June 1, 2023.

Ascot Elite has drawn 55,000 spectators to the film in German-speaking Switzerland where it is still on release and has become the most popular local production of the year to date.

Based on the Spanish hit from 2020, the film sees a couple who spend most of their time arguing decide to invite their upstairs neighbors for dinner despite their differences. As the night goes on, various secrets about the couple come to light.

Sabine Boss (I Am The Keeper) directs Sarah Spale (Needle Park Baby), Max Simonischek (Zwingli), Ursina Lardi (The White Ribbon) and Roeland Wiesnekker (Heart Of Stone).

Ascot Elite’s Ralph S. Dietrich said: “We’re very pleased with the ongoing strong performance and the word of...

Exclusive: CBS has put in development Little Shells, a multi-hybrid semi-autobiographical comedy, from writer Brian Donovan (American Housewife), director Todd Holland (The Real O’Neals), Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and CBS Studios.

Written by Donovan inspired by his life and to be directed by Holland, Little Shells is the story of a 20-something agoraphobe who discovers an oddball friendship with the spunky, under-achieving kid next door. Not only do the two help slay each other’s demons, but they create a charmingly unconventional chosen family in the process.

Donovan executive produces with Holland, along with Kaplan and Dana Honor for Kapital Entertainment. CBS Studios is the studio.

Both Donovan and Holland are frequent collaborators with Kapital. Donovan was recently a writer-producer on Kapital’s ABC comedy series American Housewife and previously worked on the company’s ABC comedy series The Neighbors.

Holland has directed on Kapital’s series The Unicorn,...

Exclusive: Amazon Studios is teaming with Topic Studios and Pkm Productions to develop the series Savannah from Tracy Oliver and Joey Falco (The CW’s Charmed).

Adapted from New York Times best-selling author Sarah Pinborough’s book Dead to Her, Savannah is a thriller that follows two outsider women, one Black and one white, who marry into a moneyed and closed Southern society and the twisted choices they make to protect their secrets and survive a judgmental world that wants to tear them down. Oliver and Falco are co-writing the new drama series that Patrick Moran and his Pkm Productions and Topic Studios, the entertainment studio from First Look Media, are producing. Topic Studios landed the rights to Pinborough’s book to be developed as part of Oliver’s previously announced first-look deal with Topic Studios.

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Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are reuniting on screen for an Apple TV+ series.

The Neighbors co-stars will topline a comedy called Platonic for the tech giant’s streaming platform. Apple has ordered 10 episodes of the half-hour series, which comes from Neighbors director Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco (Friends From College). Sony Pictures TV produces.

Platonic will star Byrne and Rogen as former childhood best friends who reconnect as adults and try to get past the rift that led to their falling out. As their friendship becomes more consuming, it destabilizes their lives and causes them to re-evaluate their choices.

The series ...

Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen are reuniting on screen for an Apple TV+ series.

The Neighbors co-stars will topline a comedy called Platonic for the tech giant’s streaming platform. Apple has ordered 10 episodes of the half-hour series, which comes from Neighbors director Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco (Friends From College). Sony Pictures TV produces.

Platonic will star Byrne and Rogen as former childhood best friends who reconnect as adults and try to get past the rift that led to their falling out. As their friendship becomes more consuming, it destabilizes their lives and causes them to re-evaluate their choices.

The series ...

Alan Menken and Glenn Slater just won Best Original Song for a Children’s, Young Adult or Animated Program at the 2020 Daytime Emmys for composing the tune “Waiting in the Wings” for “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure” on the Disney Channel. That finally completes Menken’s Egot grand slam as he had previously won at the Grammys, Oscars and Tonys. Check out the complete list of Daytime Emmy winners here.

SEE2020 Daytime Emmy winners: Full list of nominees and winners in all categories

Menken received his Got awards a while ago. He has claimed a whopping eight Oscars, making him the second biggest winner ever at those kudos for music, behind nine-time champ Alfred Newman. The first of those was 30 years ago when he took home Best Original Song (“Under the Sea”) and Best Original Score for “The Little Mermaid” (1989). That Disney classic also won him the first of his 11 Grammys: Best...

Rose Byrne has demonstrated fierce comedic timing in movies like Bridesmaids, Spy, the Neighbors franchise and this year’s Like a Boss. But the Australian native’s turn as feminist trailblazer and Ms. magazine co-founder Gloria Steinem in FX’s limited series Mrs. America reminds us of her chameleon-level expertise. Yes, the wig and the sunglasses are a big plus, but Byrne plunges into the complexities of the Era proponent’s public image and personal life with a great subtlety, displaying not only Steinem’s inspirational attributes, but her flaws as well. Byrne was previously Emmy nominated in the supporting category for Damages in 2009 and 2010.

Deadline: When you were first approached with Mrs. America, did the creators always have you in mind for the part of Gloria Steinem?

Rose Byrne: I was approached by Dahvi [Waller], and we had a couple of great conversations, and I was just intrigued by the project as a whole.

Composer Alan Menken is nominated for Best Original Song for a Children’s, Young Adult or Animated Program at the 2020 Daytime Emmys for penning “Waiting in the Wings” from “Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure” on the Disney Channel. If he wins, he’ll finally complete his Egot grand slam as he has already won at the Grammys, Oscars and Tonys.

Menken got his Got a while ago. He has won a remarkable eight Oscars, which makes him the second most awarded person at those kudos for music, behind nine-time champ Alfred Newman. The first of those came 30 years ago when he won Best Original Song (“Under the Sea”) and Best Original Score for “The Little Mermaid” (1989). That animated film also won him the first of his 11 career Grammys: Best Recording for Children and Best Visual Media Song (also for “Under the Sea”) in 1991.

SEE2020 Daytime Emmy nominations list: Full list of 47th...

There’s a ridiculous amount of TV content out there waiting to be streamed during your downtime — and a lot of it won’t cost you one shiny penny.

TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.

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Seth Rogen finally got around to watching Cats!

On Tuesday night, the actor-comedian spent his Saint Patrick’s Day watching the Tom Hopper-directed movie-musical — which is now available to watch on iTunes, Amazon and other digital platforms — with the help of some green goods.

“I’m pretty stoned and watching Cats. I’ve never seen the broadway show. It is truly trippy,” Rogen shared on Twitter. “Am I supposed to know what a Jellicle is? They’ve said it 200,000 times but I don’t know what’s happening haha.”

“Also the scale is bizarre,” he added. “The behind the scenes features,...

Exclusive: Paprika Steen (Okay), Isabella Crovetti (Colony), Glo Tavarez (Late Night), Jade Payton (Dynasty) and Connor Falk (Diary of a Future President) are set as series regulars opposite Lena Headey in Showtime dramedy pilot Rita, based on Christian Torpe’s award-winning Danish series. Torpe will pen the pilot and serve as showrunner. Rita is a co-production of Showtime and Platform One Media.

In Rita, Headey will play the title character, a headstrong, unconventional teacher and single mother who takes on every kind of authority – as well as her family – in a messy and unfiltered way. Josh Hutcherson, Curtiss Cook, Darren Pettie and Bryce Gangel also star.

Steen will play Ellen, a guidance counselor who runs the school with weaponized empathy. Crovetti will portray Rose, an overly ambitious student whom Rita is constantly at odds with. Tavarez will play Connie, a new and overly enthusiastic teacher at Rita’s school. Payton is Molly,...

Hulu had given a straight-to-series order to a serialized comedy starring Steve Martin and Martin Short. The half-hour project, involving true crime and mystery, hails from This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman and 20th Century Fox TV where he is under an overall deal.

The comedy is based on an idea by Martin, who had been pursued by television networks for decades as an actor and as a writer-creator. Aside from co-creating the 1984 comedy series Domestic Life and his 15 hosting turns on Saturday Night Live, Martin has largely stayed away from television for the past five decades. This is his first TV series starring role.

“When you’re lucky enough to have lunch with Steve Martin, and halfway through the meal he says ‘hey, I have an idea for a TV show’ – it’s a pretty good day,” Fogelman told Deadline. “This is as exciting as it gets.”

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Oklahoma native Reba McEntire is headed to East Texas by way of Young Sheldon.

The country music superstar will guest-star in a February episode of the Big Bang Theory prequel series, TVLine has learned.

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McEntire will play June, the “fun and fiery” ex-wife of Craig T. Nelson’s Dale Ballard. She strikes up an unlikely friendship with Meemaw (Annie Potts), who...

Paramount Network (currently Spike) and Paramount Television have tapped Girls Trip co-writer Tracy Oliver to pen First Wives Club, a half-hour TV series based on the 1996 Paramount Pictures movie.

A First Wives Club reboot was originally developed and picked up to pilot by TV Land last year with a different writer. While the network passed on the pilot, the project was kept alive and moved to Paramount Network for redevelopment. Paramount Network, slated to debut Jan. 18 as Viacom’s leading scripted cable brand, also took in newly picked up TV Land series Heathers and American Woman, which will be part of the network’s inaugural slate. This marks Par Network’s first collaboration with sibling production company Par Television.

The First Wives Club series, like the film, which starred Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn, will be based on New York City. It will follow a group of women...