Inside “House of the Dragon” Episode 6
Episode 6 of House of the Dragon takes us on a major jump forward in time, a leap in years that also includes the switch-over for the actresses playing two of the main roles. Out are the great Milly Alcock as Princess Rhaenyra and Emily Carey as Queen Alicent, and in are Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke, playing the Princess and the Queen, respectively. As episode 6 gets underway, Princess Rhaenrya is giving birth (a relatively mild birth scene by Game of Thrones standards),...
This “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” Clip Harnesses The Show’s Visceral Appeal
Before Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power debuted on the streamer on September 1, much of the talk surrounding the series was just how big of a swing it was. It was being hailed as the most expensive show of all time, a massive investment of time, money, and talent to create a series worthy of J.R.R. Tolkien’s creative vision and the six Peter Jackson films that have become popular culture touchstones and the defining adaptations of Tolkien’s work...
Vince Gilligan’s Next Show Coming to Apple With “Better Call Saul” Star Rhea Seehorn
Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul creator Vince Gilligan is taking his talents to Apple. Not only that, but Gilligan’s next series, which has already gotten a two-season straight-to-series order at Apple, will star Better Call Saul‘s Rhea Seehorn. This is terrific news for all of us mourning the end of Better Call Saul‘s 6-season run, which just aired its finale this past August.
While details of the series are being kept under wraps,...
“Andor” First Reactions: A Gritty, Grounded “Star Wars” Series Unlike Any That Have Come Before
Andor is a major departure from the first three live-action Star Wars series that have aired on Disney+. This is one of the major through-lines of the initial, very positive reviews of the show, which follows Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) as he becomes a key player in the Rebel Alliance’s stand against the Galactic Empire. Unlike The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Obi-Wan Kenobi before it, Andor is a darker,...
“House of the Dragon” Episode 6 Trailer Introduces Older Princess Rhaenyra & Queen Alicent
The upcoming 6th episode of House of the Dragon will propel us a few years into the future after the grim wedding between Princess Rhaenrya Targaryen (Milly Alcock) and Ser Laenor Velaryon (Theo Nate) that anchored episode 5. That episode also hinted at the growing discord between the princess and her lifelong friend, Queen Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey), and now a new trailer for episode 6 introduces the adult versions of these two powerful young women...
Inside the Cursed Wedding in “House of the Dragon” Episode 5
The only thing more dangerous than a war during an episode of Game of Thrones? A wedding. In last night’s fifth episode of House of the Dragon, the first GoT prequel kept up its end of the bargain with yet another bloody celebration, and while the body count wasn’t as high as GoT‘s infamous “Red Wedding,” the results were still gruesome and grim.
“Every Game of Thrones season needs its wedding that doesn’t quite go right in the end,”...
“Blade Runner 2099” Series Coming to Amazon
Amazon has officially ordered a Blade Runner 2049 sequel series. This is huge news for the legion of Blade Runner fans, sci-fi fans, and Ridley Scott and Denis Villeneuve fans. The new series, Blade Runner 2099, will be set (as the title makes clear) 50 years after Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, although plot details will be a tightly held secret—for now.
The series has been in the works for a little while now...
“Shantaram” Trailer Finds Charlie Hunnam as a Fugitive in 1980s Bombay
We’ve finally got a peek at Apple TV+’s new series Shantaram, based on the international bestselling novel by Gregory David Roberts. That sprawling novel, some 900+ pages of intrigue, was fertile ground for showrunner Steve Lightfoot (Hannibal) and executive producer/co-writer Eric Warren Singer (co-writer of Top Gun: Maverick). Charlie Hunnam takes on the role of Lin Ford, a fugitive who escapes to Bombay in the 1980s trying in an attempt to find a new path forward and,...
“The Mandalorian” Reveals First Images From Season 3
One of the big reveals to come from Disney’s D23 Expo was the first trailer for The Mandalorian season 3, which revealed that Mando and Grogu would be heading back to Mandalore, where Mando has made a few enemies. It’s been a while since we’ve gotten to spend quality time with Din Djarin/the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal/Brendan Wayne) and the Child, considering The Mandalorian season 2 capped off in December of 2020 when the pair were saved at the last second by a young Jedi master named Luke Skywalker...
“Squid Game” Star Lee Jung-jae & Zendaya Make Emmys History
Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae became the first Asian actor ever to win an Emmy for Best Actor in a Drama, marking one of the telecast’s highlights. Lee became only the fourth Asian actor to ever win an Emmy in any of the performance categories.
“Thank you to the Television Academy, thank you to Netflix, and thank you to the director for making realistic problems we all face come to life so creatively on the screen with a great script...
Eric K. Thomas of “The Quintessential Gentleman” on Creating a New Kind of Space for Black Men
Eric K. Thomas was about to go to law school when an internship at a radio station gave him his first taste of the entertainment industry.
“I was like, before I cut this check [for law school] in terms of student loans, let me see if this is something that I actually wanted to do.”
What Thomas actually wanted to do, he found out, was create a space for Black men he didn’t see anywhere else online or on the magazine racks...
“The Mandalorian” Season 3 Trailer Reveals Mando & Grogu’s Return to Mandalore
As part of the Star Destroyer’s worth of news coming out of Disney’s D23 this past weekend was The Mandalorian season 3 trailer, revealing that everybody’s favorite bounty hunter (all due respect to Boba Fett fans) is back. Din Djarin/the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal/Brendan Wayne) and his charge, Grogu (also known as The Child), are returning to Mandalore, only they won’t be welcomed by everybody on the planet. The two have made a few enemies along the way.
The last time The Mandalorian aired was way back in December 2020 when season 2 ended in epic fashion,...
“House of the Dragon” Episode 4: Sex, Lies, & High Treason
For Game of Thrones fans, you knew coming into House of the Dragon that it wouldn’t be long until things got very weird within the Targaryen household. And while the first three episodes provided plenty of intrigue and danger within the halls of power at the Red Keep and beyond, it was episode 4, “King of the Narrow Sea,” that finally dipped into officially taboo territory.
“You Targaryens do have queer customs,” Alicent (Olivia Cooke) says to her friend (and now the daughter of her husband) Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock)...
Marvel Reveals “Secret Invasion” Trailer Led by Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury
Marvel Studios has revealed, at long last, our first look at their upcoming Disney+ series Secret Invasion, starring Samuel L. Jackson as a weathered, wearied Nick Fury. The official trailer was revealed during Disney’s D3 this weekend and opens with the arrival of a spaceship and a strange alien figure emerging from its glowing interior. That figure turns out to be Nick Fury, fresh off a years-long adventure off-planet. Fury arrived to meet with his former #2, the perpetually on-point Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders)...
“Star Wars: The Acolyte” Adds “Squid Game” Star Lee Jung-Jae
The Star Wars galaxy adds yet another rising star to its firmament.
Just a few days after learning that Jodie Turner-Smith was joining the upcoming series Star Wars: The Acolyte, Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae has found his first major American studio role, Deadline reports. The news comes at an opportune moment for Lee, as he’s vying for an Emmy for Oustanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work in Squid Game,...
Disney+ Releases Sneak Peek of “BTS: PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LA” & “Andor”
Who better to help celebrate the international scope of Disney+ Day than releasing a concert film with arguably the biggest band in the world and a sneak peek at their next live-action Star Wars series, arguably the most globally popular franchise ever?
The streamer has revealed viewers can now stream their first collaboration with the K-Pop supergroup BTS, the concert film BTS PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LA—huge news for their legion of fans...
Going For Broke in HBO’s “Industry” With Cinematographer Federico Cesca
For fans of HBO’s Industry who relished its hyper-intensive peek into the world of international finance, the series’ return this August after an 18-month hiatus was like welcome news on the financial markets.
The ambitious hirers who survived the cutthroat trading floor in season one are upping their game as they fight to make their mark at Pierpoint & Co, the prestigious London-based investment bank. Harper Stern (Myha’la Herrold) is scoring points by currying the favor and business of Jesse Bloom (Jay Duplass),...
“Star Wars: The Acolyte” Adding Rising Star Jodie Turner-Smith
The Star Wars galaxy is set to add a rising star to its roster of talent.
After Yang, Queen & Slim, and Anne Boleyn star Jodie Turner-Smith is finalizing a deal to join Amandla Stenberg in Disney+’s Star Wars: The Acolyte, Deadline reported yesterday. Turner-Smith would be the only other star aside from Stenberg we know currently cast in the hotly anticipated series from the multitalanted writer/director Leslye Headland...
Why Jenna Ortega (And More) Has Us So Excited For “Wednesday”
They’re creepy, they’re kooky, and for more than 50 years, the Addams Family have captivated the hearts of a worldwide audience. Now, their gloomy daughter, Wednesday, takes center stage in Tim Burton’s widely anticipated Netflix series, with the maestro of the maladjusted serving as director and executive producer.
The Streamer has billed Wednesday as a “sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday’s years as a student at the peculiar Nevermore Academy.” As we’ve learned from showrunners Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Smallville),...
Inside “House of the Dragon” Episode 3’s Crab-Nasty Drama
In House of the Dragon‘s third episode, “Second of His Name,” the birth of Aegon Targaryen is but one of the major intrigues that unsettle things within the dragonlords power structure. The littlest member of the family is now expected to be named heir to King Viserys’s (Paddy Considine) throne, no matter the King’s promise to his eldest born, his daughter Princess Rhaenrya (Milly Alcock), that she was his heir. While the King’s Hand, Lord Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans),...
