“Stranger Things” Season 4 Trailer Welcomes You To the Creel House
It’s not like the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things hasn’t been one of television’s most meticulously created series over the last few years, but executive producer and director Shawn Levy told Collider their efforts on season 4 were “by far the most ambitious of the seasons.” That’s exciting. Now we’ve got our first good glimpse at season 4 courtesy of a new trailer, introducing us to the Creel House. The Creels,
“Tiger King 2” is Coming to Netflix This Year
Netflix has made it official—Tiger King 2 is happening—with the promise of “more madness and mayhem.” The breakout documentary from 2020 is not only getting a sequel, but that sequel is coming this year.
The news was broke via a teaser announcing Netflix’s upcoming slate of true crime content. There have been whispers about the sequel for a while now, and last month Tiger King 2 was listed on Netflix’s site,
Cinematographer Kira Kelly on The Dark & Desperate World of “Y: The Last Man”
Y: The Last Man kicked off the fall TV season with a dramatic debut. Based on the DC Comics series, the show chronicles families in mourning, supply chains upended, and a democracy dominated by men dismantled when every person born with a Y chromosome suddenly dies. It’s a shocking and abrupt event that leaves a mystery behind when Yorick Brown (Ben Schnetzer) realizes he is the only one left of his kind.
“Britney vs Spears” Trailer Reveals Netflix’s Hotly Anticipated Doc
The trailer for Britney vs Spears is here, a day after Netflix revealed the existence of the long-rumored documentary from director Erin Lee Carr. The trailer reveals our first look at Carr’s film, which is focused, as the title suggests, on Britney Spears’ long battle to regain control of her life and her finances from the incredibly unusual conservatorship she’s been living under for the past 13-years.
The doc comes a few weeks after Spears’
Emmy Winner Jessica Hobbs on Why Directing “The Crown” is a Royal Treat
The 73rd Emmys shined bright over the weekend with a number of fresh faces taking home a statue, including Michaela Coel accepting the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series in a rousing speech for I May Destroy You. It was the first time a woman of color won the award.
The Crown director Jessica Hobbs was also among the newly enshrined during the live broadcast,
The Future of Immersive VFX Arrives With Dark Bay at Studio Babelsberg
The future of visual effects may be moving from post-production and right onto the set. At Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam, Germany, a new stage recently started helping filmmakers make the switch. The 109-year-old studio complex’s new Dark Bay Visual Production Studio is an LED-enabled stage that allows VFX to become part of production while shooting is still underway. And details are mostly under wraps at this point, but the first production to make its home in the new studio is Netflix’s 1899,
Emmys 2021: “The Crown,” “Ted Lasso” & More Win Big
All hail The Crown. Netflix’s royal drama was bestowed with seven awards last night during the 73rd Primetime Emmys, the most for any show, and Netflix itself tied the record for most Emmy wins with a haul of 44. The last time that happened? In 1974, when CBS took home 44 Emmys in a single year.
Yet that wasn’t the only milestone reached during last night’s telecast. Apple TV’s Ted Lasso claimed four awards,
New “The Matrix Resurrections” & “Dune” Footage Revealed During Emmys
If you want to tease the fact that your premium streaming service has two of the biggest movies of the year coming soon, doing so during the Emmys Telecast is the way to go. Such was the case last night when HBO Max revealed a new trailer teasing their upcoming shows and films.
The new trailer highlights returning series like Insecure, Succession, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. It teases new series like The Sex Lives of College Girls,
“Succession” Season 3 Trailer Reveals the Roy Family’s Coming Chaos
“I dropped a bomb, the whole world is watching for my next move,” says Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) at the top of the official trailer for Succession‘s long-awaited third season. Kendall is referring to the fact that at the end of season two, he told the entire world that the company his father built, Waystar Royco, is a seething den of corruption because of his old man’s criminality and ineptitude.
Mahershala Ali Joining Julia Roberts in Netflix’s “Leave The World Behind”
This is going to be an epic movie. Deadline reports that Mahershala Ali is joining the cast of Netflix’s Leave the World Behind, an adaption of Rumaan Alam’s novel of the same name. Alam’s novel, a ripping thriller involving a weekend vacation gone horribly awry, will be adapted by Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail. Ali joins Julia Roberts in the upcoming thriller.
Leave the World Behind concerns two families who are forced to shelter in place together during a long weekend on Long Island.
A Few of Norm Macdonald’s Funniest “SNL” Moments
By now you’ve likely heard that Norm Macdonald has passed away at the age of 61 after a private battle with cancer for the past nine years. Macdonald was arguably the king of the deadpan delivery, an iconic comedian who always went his own way, even when that way alienated some audience members or involved making another late night show guest squirm. As has been said a lot since the news broke of his passing,
Behold The First Trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Hawkeye”
Marvel Studios has revealed the first trailer for Hawkeye, a surprisingly cheery, definitely compelling glimpse at everyone’s favorite grumpy archer, Clint Barton (Jeremy Renner). This is our first actual look at Marvel’s next Disney+ series, which boasts a strong Christmas vibe, and the long-awaited reveal of another ace Marvel archer, Kate M. Bishop (Hailee Steinfeld), who teams up with Hawkeye for what looks to be one very busy Christmas season.
The Charismatic, Captivating Michael K. Williams is Gone at 54
Michael K. Williams, one of the most electrifying talents of the past 20-years, has passed away at 54. Williams was found dead in his home in Brooklyn, New York. It’s a heartbreaking loss.
It’s not hyperbole to say that Williams gave one of the most legendary performances in any TV series this century with his portrayal of Omar Little, the shotgun-toting, philosophically-bent stickup artist in David Simon’s groundbreaking series The Wire.
“The Flight Attendant” Casting Directors on Booking HBO’s High-Flying Series
The Flight Attendant casting directors John Papsidera, Beth Bowling, and Kim Miscia had to book HBO Max’s hit series long before HBO Max was even a known quantity. Yet these veterans managed to fill The Flight Attendant‘s planeload of superb performers and earned an Emmy nomination for their efforts.
The Flight Attendant‘s cast delivers on the thrills, chills, laughs, and spills—the latter mostly via the drunken shenanigans of Kaley Cuoco’s Cassie Bowden.
“Untold: Breaking Point” Creators Examine Tennis Star Mardy Fish’s Battle With Severe Anxiety
Mardy Fish knows that he and others benefit when he tells his life story. Still, he’s not quite ready to watch someone else tell it for him.
Breaking Point — the latest installment in Netflix’s sports documentary series Untold, which will be released September 7 — recounts Fish’s descent from his perch as the No. 1 American tennis player in 2011 into a years-long battle with severe anxiety disorder.
Costume Designer Meghan Kasperlik on Capturing the Gritty Essence of “Mare of Easttown”
Costume designer Meghan Kasperlik did some serious fieldwork when she was preparing for HBO’s critical hit Mare of Easttown. One of her first research trips? To a Wawa in Coastville near where the series is set. The iconic chain is well known to residents of the greater Philadelphia area and southern New Jersey, and it proved an invaluable point of entry for Kasperlik to get a better sense of how the characters in Easttown would dress.
Emmy-Nominated “Mare of Easttown” Creator Brad Ingelsby on Bringing a Murder Mystery Home
The excitement was high in the Ingelsby house this past July 13. Like many in the television industry, writer/producer Brad Ingelsby and his family were watching this year’s Emmy nominations. He had good reason to tune in. Mare of Easttown, the HBO Max original series Ingelsby had created, had plenty of awards buzz. The series focuses on a somber small-town Pennsylvania detective (Kate Winslet) struggling with a deep personal loss as she works to unravel a murder mystery.
“Hacks” Editor Jessica Brunetto on Creating Comedic Rhythm
Editor Jessica Brunetto has been collaborating with Hacks creator Lucia Aniello for years now. Brunetto worked with Aniello on Time Traveling Bong in 2016, and from there, she jumped into the editing bay for seasons four and five of Broad City (Aniello directed 16 episodes of the critically acclaimed Comedy Central series). So when it was time for Aniello to find an editor for her new series Hacks,
The Emmy-Nominated “Ted Lasso” Editors on Cutting to the Funny
Apple’s Ted Lasso is one of the funniest series out right now. But it’s more than the laughs that will keep you watching. The writing is clever, the performances are refreshing, and there’s a depth to the characters that make you even cheer on the ones you hate. Well, maybe not Rupert, played devilishly well by actor Anthony Head.
The series centers on Ted (Jason Sudeikis), a former college football coach who’s been handpicked to coach a pro soccer club in England by new owner Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham),
Getting Down to Funny Business with “Hacks” Creator Lucia Aniello
Delving into the world of stand-up comedy, Hacks, the HBO Max original series, is an edgy but loving look at comediennes and the struggles they face in the pursuit of laughs.
Jean Smart stars as Deborah Vance, a Las Vegas legend whose decades-old routine is starting to show its age. Hannah Einbinder plays Ava Daniels, a hot, young television writer who finds her career canceled after she posts an inappropriate tweet.
