“Selena: The Series” Harnesses a Bevy of Latinx Talent to Tell a Legend’s Story

At a time when voices denouncing the lack of diversity in media representation resound clear across the American cultural landscape, it will be beyond thrilling to watch Netflix’s Selena: The Series. The new series is a Latinx production celebrating the life of the legendary Mexican-American singer, and its production will also put the spotlight on a bounty of talented Latinx creatives.

Born in Texas into a working-class family of Mexican and Native American heritage,

“The Mandalorian” Releases Action-Packed Teaser Ahead of Premiere

We are a mere ten days away from the premiere of season two of The Mandalorian. To that end, Disney+ has released a new teaser that leans heavily into the series’ ripping action. Considering our hero is the titular legendary bounty hunter (Pedro Pascal), it should come as no surprise that it would be filled with blaster fights and cantina brawls. Yet season one was a revelation due to how gobsmackingly beautiful it looked (thanks in huge part to The Mandalorian team’s bespoke technology,

“His Dark Materials” Reveals Sweeping Season 2 Trailer

If you’ve been hankering for some sweeping fantasy action, HBO has just the ticket—a new trailer for His Dark Materials‘ second season is here, and it’s appropriately massive. The series, adapted from Philip Pullman’s beloved novel trilogy of the same name, got off to a gangbusters start with a stellar season one. The show follows Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen), an irrepressibly brave young girl with a troublesome family past and a refusal to let grownups,

Moff Gideon Claims Baby Yoda in New “The Mandalorian” Teaser

Season one of The Mandalorian was essentially an extended tutorial on becoming a father (of sorts). The Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal), the galaxy’s most capable bounty hunter, ended up breaking his own code to protect The Child (Baby Yoda, obviously), defying his paymasters. Throughout season one, Mando fought off one bad guy after another to keep The Child safe. In season two, one of the bad guys coming to collect the little guy is Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito),

Enter Princess Di in “The Crown” Season 4 Teaser

The Crown‘s season 4 teaser is a thing of tensely coiled beauty. Centered firmly on the pending marriage of Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor) and Princess Diana (Emma Corrin), the narration, pulled from their wedding, gravely informs the newlyweds that their journey is only just beginning. We all know the tumultuous trajectory of their marriage and Diana’s tragic fate, all of which lends season four an especially melancholy air. Yet in the years leading up to their wedding (which took place on July 29,

“The Mandalorian” Drops Season 2 Posters

If there was one thing this Monday morning could use, it would be Baby Yoda. To that end, Disney+ has revealed a slew of new character posters for The Mandalorian season two, featuring everybody’s favorite baby Jedi and his closest pals. Straddling the line between photorealistic and hand-drawn, the new posters remind us that Disney+’s most popular series is set to return in just a few weeks for its second season.

We know that season two will track the Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal)’s journey to help reunite The Child (Baby Yoda,

DP James Kniest on Netflix’s New Horror Series “The Haunting of Bly Manor”

The question central to Henry James’ horror novella “The Turn of the Screw” is whether a nanny who tries and fails to protect her young charges from ghosts ever really saw the ghosts, or if she’s gone mad and is thereby herself at fault for the two children’s’ demise. In Mike Flanagan’s loose adaptation of this and other horror works by James, the creator zooms out, asking instead whether all the occupants of Bly Manor might be losing it.

Director Angel Manuel Soto on His High-Octane HBO Max Feature “Charm City Kings”

In some ways, it’s a story that director Angel Manuel Soto knows little about. But it’s also one he knows only too well. Centered around the urban dirt bike culture in Baltimore, Maryland, Charm City Kings, making its debut on HBO Max, is a raw, coming-of-age drama based in a culture where respect is earned through stunt riding.

Take the bikes out of the equation, and it is remarkably similar to how Soto felt growing up in Puerto Rico.

“Godzilla” Anime Series Coming to Netflix

While we keep having to share the bummer news of film releases being pushed back, from The Batman and Dune to the latest big change, Jurassic World: Dominion (moved from summer 2021 to a 2022 release), there is still good news in the entertainment world to share. One bit of it is this—a brand new Godzilla anime series is coming to Netflix. The new show will be called Godzilla Singular Point and will be a brand new thing.

Netflix Reveals Trailer for NYC Set High School Drama “Grand Army”

The first trailer for Katie Cappiello’s new Netflix series Grand Army is a gripping glimpse at a promising new show. Set in Brooklyn’s largest public school (a fictional behemoth called Grand Army High), and set against a backdrop of America’s many flashpoints, Grand Army looks like the kind of high school drama built for both high school-aged viewers and adults alike. Centered on five students at the school, the trailer is short on plot details but rich with teenage atmospherics and New York-specifics (including great shots of Grand Army Plaza at the northern corner of Prospect Park,

Netflix Reveals First “Selena: The Series” Teaser Starring Christian Serratos

Netflix has revealed the first trailer for director Hiromi Kamata’s Selena: The Series starring Christian Serratos (The Walking Dead) as Selena Quintanilla, the Texas-born Tejano music star who went from being a beloved but little known singer to a star with chart-topping albums. Selena is considered one of the most famous Mexican American entertainers of all time, with her album “Selena Live!” winning a Grammy in 1994.

First Images From “The Witcher” Season 2 Reveal Geralt’s New Armor

Henry Cavill took to Instagram today to try and disrupt our lunatic news cycle with something plainly good—a look at himself as The Witcher‘s Geralt in full armor. This monster-slayer is ready to roll for season two, revealing that Geralt will be rocking some brand new armor for the upcoming trials and tribulations he’s sure to face. We get one shot of Cavill’s Geralt facing us in his armor, a second from the back.

“The Good Lord Bird” Costume Designer on Dressing Ethan Hawke as Abolitionist John Brown

Rampaging through “Bloody Kansas” in 1856, abolitionist John Brown and his hardy band of followers lived in the wilderness foraging for food and killing pro-slavery “Red Shirts.” As dramatized in seven-episode miniseries The Good Lord Bird, produced by Blumhouse Television and premiering on Showtime this past Sunday [October 4], the tiny army led by Ethan Hawke‘s vainglorious John Brown rarely had the money for food or store-bought clothing.

Barry Jenkins Reveals First Look at “The Underground Railroad”

When we first learned that Barry Jenkins would be adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Underground Railroad” back in 2017, we were enthused. The immensely gifted writer/director was coming off his groundbreaking, career-making film Moonlight, and the thought of Jenkins taking Whitehead’s gorgeous, haunting novel and adapting it into a series was thrilling. Then Jenkins went on to direct If Beale Street Could Talk, another brilliant film (adapted from another brilliant writer’s novel,

Gillian Anderson is Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” Season 4 Images

The cast of the splendidly written, gorgeously produced, exquisitely attired The Crown has been so good for so long it’s almost easy to take it for granted. For example, the recent news that the extremely talented Elizabeth Debicki would be playing Princess Di for The Crown’s final two seasons added yet more acting firepower to a show that’s already lousy with it. Yet still, it’s pure joy to get a glimpse of a bevy of new photos for season 4,

Watch “The Mandalorian” & More With Friends Via Disney+’s New GroupWatch Feature

Disney is unveiling GroupWatch, a brand new feature on Disney+, that will allow up to seven subscribers to simultaneously watch and react to a series or movie. With many theaters closed and social gatherings largely reduced, GroupWatch will give Disney+ the most developed social viewing option available for a streaming service at a time where we could all use as many remote social options as we can get.

Of course,

“Lovecraft Country” DP Michael Watson on Lensing HBO’s Multi-Genre Hit Series

If you’ve been watching Lovecraft Country on HBO, you’ve seen one of the most sublimely ambitious series on TV this year. Stripping the legendary horror writer H.P. Lovecraft for parts (the man was a seething racist and anti-Semite), creator Misha Green’s 9-episode series is equal parts horror, drama, sci-fi, and social commentary. Lovecraft Country is the show 2020 needed but probably didn’t deserve.

Cinematographer Michael Watson lensed four of Lovecraft‘s episodes,

“The Queen’s Gambit” Trailer Reveals Netflix’s Stylish Chess Drama

As we noted yesterday there is a ton of good stuff coming to Netflix in October. One of those titles is The Queen’s Gambit, a new limited series drama based on Walter Tevis’s novel of the same name. Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy who wades into the male-dominated competitive chess world with her immense, undeniable gifts.

Beth’s journey into the world of competitive chess begins at an orphanage in Kentucky,

“Zack Snyder’s Justice League” Planning Reshoots With Original Cast

If there was one thing that seemed certain about Zack Snyder’s Justice League—and not much did—it was that there would be no reshoots. When the world learned that the long-awaited Snyder Cut was really coming to HBO Max, we weren’t sure in precisely what form (we know now—in 4 installments), or when, but we were told that Snyder would use existing material, special effects, and additional dialogue recording to unveil his vision for the film he never got to make.

John Cena’s “The Suicide Squad” Character Gets HBO Max Show

In case you missed this bit of wild news yesterday, Warner Media revealed that John Cena‘s The Suicide Squad character Peacemaker is getting his own HBO Max show. The streamer has given a straight-to-series order of 8 episodes for the first season, with Cena reprising his role from the film, and with The Suicide Squad writer/director James Gunn penning all 8 episodes.