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Since 2021, fans have not been rewarded with a new Battlefield game. The primary game gap is getting to be the longest in the franchise’s history, as more than three years have gone by since the controversial Battlefield 2042 launch. But that’s probably for a good cause.

Battlefield is one of the greatest gaming franchises of all time. | Credit: Electronic Arts.

The majority of reviews for this game were unfavorable because many people thought it was a “step back” for the franchise. Now that thorough playtests are beginning, EA appears committed to making amends with Battlefield 2025. Despite being a huge franchise in the gaming world, this series never shed some light on the silver screens, but that might become a reality in the near future.

There are possibilities of a Battlefield movie EA should make a movie on Battlefield 4. | Credit: Electronic Arts.

In an interview with IGN, Head of...

Another luxe resort, another batch of troubled travelers. Welcome back to The White Lotus, where paradise is never quite as perfect as it seems. This time, we’re in Thailand—specifically, the stunning island of Koh Samui—for a season that’s bigger, wilder, and packed with more guests (and chaos) than ever before. Expect spiritual awakenings, awkward family dynamics, simmering tensions, and a brand-new theme song (sorry to those who wanted to belt out the last one). Oh, and Natasha Rothwell’s Belinda is back, bringing a direct connection to Season 1’s Hawaiian misadventures.Need help keeping track of all the fresh faces? Here’s your guide to the main characters and the cast of The White Lotus Season 3—along with where you might have seen the actors before. Happy travels!

Also, read – The White Lotus (Season 2 Finale) Belinda Lindsey (Natasha Rothwell)

The beloved spa manager from Season 1 makes a return!

“The White Lotus” Season 3 is finally here. As is always the case with the HBO anthology series, though, it’s returned with a new cast of actors and characters for viewers to follow and either grow to love or revile. “The White Lotus” has also left its Hawaii and Italy hotels behind in favor of a new exotic setting: a wellness retreat in Thailand. Prepare for a lot of awkward social moments, barely hidden resentment, and, of course, some murder.

Here are all the characters you need to know in “The White Lotus” Season 3 as well as who play them.

Natasha Rothwell as Belinda in “The White Lotus” Season 3 (Fabio Lovino/HBO) Belinda (Natasha Rothwell)

Belinda was the spa manager at the White Lotus in Hawaii. She travels to the brand’s Thailand location to learn from its spa employees (and also take a small vacation herself). A returning character...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Sugar23 has signed rising British actress Hannah Dodd.

Best known for her roles as Francesca Bridgerton in the hit Netflix series Bridgerton and as Sarah Chapman in Enola Holmes 2 alongside Millie Bobby Brown, Dodd has recently established herself as one of Britain’s top young actresses to watch. Straight out of school, she landed a leading role in the Hulu series Find Me in Paris. Most recently, she starred in Paramount+’s The Road Trip and Season 3 of Bridgerton, which earned her and the cast a 2025 SAG Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

Additional television credits include Harlots, Flowers in the Attic: The Origin, and Netflix’s Anatomy of a Scandal. On the big screen, Dodd’s credits also include Marvel’s Eternals and Fighting with My Family.

Founded by Michael Sugar in 2017, Sugar23 has produced titles like Spotlight,...

In the world of ice dancing, nothing is off limits. That’s the tone and story that Layne Fargo set to tell with “The Favorites,” her latest novel that has become the talk of social media since its January release.

Per the book’s description, “To the world, they were a scandal. To each other, an obsession. An epic love story set in the sparkling, savage sphere of elite figure skating, starring a woman determined to carve her own path on and off the ice.”

“The Favorites” is told through multiple storylines — both from Katarina Shaw’s point of view as she falls in love with Heath Rocha as a kid and begins her Olympic journey; and that journey told by others via an unauthorized documentary celebrating the tenth anniversary of Shaw and Rocha’s final skate.

“This was a book I wrote for myself about things I was obsessed with,...

Warning: contains spoilers for Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1!

If you are judging Guy Gardner by his looks, then sorry–you are actually missing out on one of DC’s best Green Lanterns. Although Gardner has been part of the DC Universe for decades, mainstream audiences met him in the trailer for James Gunn’s forthcoming Superman film. Fans laughed at his somewhat ridiculous appearance, but Gardner’s actions in Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1 should silence his many haters.

Green Lantern: Fractured Spectrum #1 is written by Jeremy Adams and drawn by V. Ken Marion. The Sorrow Lantern, a newly created aberration of the Emotional Spectrum, has stolen the Book of Oa for unknown reasons. The Green Lanterns despair over the situation, but Guy Gardner swoops in for the win, revealing that, over the course of years, he had been copying the Book of Oa. Gardner even went as far as to do this under Thaaros’ nose.

Netflix is not just a great producer of original content. Sure, many of the original series of the streamer are terrific, but are they immortal? Empire put together a list of the best series ever in 2024, but how many of them can you see on your favorite streamer?

To be fair, Empire's list is of top 100 shows ever. We are just focused on the top 20 here. Once you get past that, the ranking is even more arguable.

But if you want to try and see if the site is correct, you could stream several of the shows on your favorite subscription service. That would be Netflix, obviously. So here is what you can binge-watch in the next week.

If you like Empire, you will love these series on NetflixNo. 20 - Band of Brothers (originally on Max)

The one-season series feels more like an adjunct to Saving Private Ryan, and that makes sense.

CBS' new update effectively spoils Jubal's (Jeremy Sisto) fate in FBI after his suspension. Jubal has been an integral part of the FBI's New York Field Office since the procedural's premiere. However, his fate was left up in the air after he overstepped to protect his son from potential misdemeanor charges in "Pledges," leading to speculation about whether Jubal was leaving FBI.

Jubal's dilemma came at the end of the outing episode when the team was investigating the murder of a Hudson University student during a protest related to immigration policy. While on campus, Jubal discovered that Tyler (Caleb Reese Paul) had been arrested for trespassing along with several other protesters. Jubal didn't want Tyler's criminal record to impact his future dream of becoming an FBI agent, so he pressured a cop to let Tyler go. Later, Isobel (Alana de La Graza) suspended Jubal pending an investigation, making it...

Maggie and Oa's partnership in FBI has remained a pillar of the series since it first debuted on CBS in 2018. With the procedural now in its seventh season, their bond only continues to grow with each installment. Season 7, episode 8, "Riptide," serves as FBI's fall finale and features several impactful moments between the duo. Maggie learns why Oa feels indebted to Clay and chooses to remain by her partner's side, despite distrusting his former army buddy.

When speaking with ScreenRant, star Zeeko Zaki was asked if he could see the show switching up its character dynamics in later seasons by exploring a potential romance between Maggie and Oa. While viewers have varying opinions on their relationship, Zaki shares that he would like the partners to remain friends throughout FBI's run. The actor believes it's important to show that intimate friendships between men and women can exist, emphasizing that there are...

The Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy series Sunny has been canceled after just one season, leaving viewers with a cliffhanger ending and concerns for the future of other streaming sci-fi shows. The ending of Sunny season 1 left several plot points open to exploration in season 2, including a shocking main character betrayal. As Apple TV+ has confirmed that viewers will not get a Sunny season 2, this continues a worrying trend for streaming channels. Sunny might be the latest canceled TV show that ended on a cliffhanger, but it is far from the first, with sci-fi shows often being affected.

FX on Hulu canceled Kindred after just one season, Prime Video's The Peripheral offered viewers hope when it was renewed for a second season before it, too, was canceled. It appears that The Oa's multidimensional cliffhanger ending will never be resolved after six years, and huge franchises are not immune to cancelation,...

Some shows are canceled way before their time, leaving us with major cliffhangers and questions. The axe can often come for sci-fi and fantasy shows, since they often have bigger budgerts than other kinds of series. We’re looking back at five shows that were canceled way too soon.

In some cases, these shows just needed another few episodes of a movie to wrap things up, or maybe they got their chance to finish things but didn't do in a way that did the rest of the show justice. In some cases, they wrapped things up well, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want more.

2024 saw some major cancellations. However, this list will take us back a few years (or even decades)!

The Oa

This Netflix series deserved better. The Oa was always intended to be a five-season show, and you could tell. Netflix feared that the...

Over the years, we’ve welcomed and then lost a bunch of sci-fi and fantasy shows. Some of them were canceled way too soon, leaving us with a lot of questions. A lot of these deserve to make a comeback in some sort of way.

Sometimes shows actually do come back. Series like Night Court and Dexter are getting revivals (and prequels) while shows like Matlock and Hawaii Five-o are getting or have had reboots happen. It’s rare that the sci-fi and fantasy genres get the same treatment, though, and this is the genre with some of the best storytelling.

Here are five such series that deserve to make a comeback, and one of them is from 2024.

Quantum Leap

Okay, Quantum Leap actually did get to come back. The two-season reboot of the 1980s sci-fi series was, in fact, a revival. It honored the Og series through the use...

Oa is in for some big changes on FBI and actor Zeeko Zaki is hinting at what's coming!

Caution: This article contains Spoilers for FBI Season 7 Episode 8

Throughout Season 7 of FBI, Oa has reconnected with one of his old army buddies, Clay (Guy Lockard). Oa realized Clay was involved with some shady deals and enlisted him as a confidential informant, with Maggie worried Oa was letting his friendship with the man cloud his judgment.

In “Riptide,” the team was tracking who was responsible for a heist of a cargo container of gold that led to the deaths of several officers. Clay seemed to be working with the team but when the heist turned into a shootout, Oa realized Clay was trying to steal the gold for himself.

What happened with Clay in the FBI season 7 midseason finale?

The two fought with Maggie interfering and Oa ended up forced to shoot Clay in self-defense.

If you're looking for a high-concept, mysterious sci-fi show in the vein of "Under the Dome," "From," or "Manifest," Stephen King has a recommendation for you. The master of horror has always loved sharing recommendations for spooky genre offerings on social media, and this week he took to Threads (he left the cesspool formerly known as Twitter in November) to highlight the UK-made series "The Midwich Cuckoos."

"The Midwich Cuckoos (Amazon): Surprised there hasn't been more talk about this," King recently posted on Threads. "It's a brilliant re-imagining of John Wyndham's classic sci-fi/horror novel." The title of one of Wyndam's best-known novels may not sound familiar to you, but the name of its earlier film adaptation might: "The Midwich Cuckoos" became "Village of the Damned" when Wolf Rilla adapted it in 1960. That version of the story is considered an all-time-great horror movie, alternately dubbed as an "excellent...

Warning: This article contains Spoilers for FBI season 7, episode 8, "Riptide."

FBI star Zeeko Zaki reflects on Oa finally speaking to Maggie about his past. It's in FBI season 7, episode 8, which is titled "Riptide", that Omar Adom "Oa" Zidan (Zaki) is faced with a difficult choice regarding his former life. His friend Clay (Guy Lockard), the person who saved Oa's back when he was held captive, turns out not to be the person that Oa thought he was. It's a difficult realization for Oa but ultimately brings him closer to his partner Maggie Bell (Missy Peregrym).

In an interview with TV Insider, Zaki was asked whether Oa would reveal to Maggie that he was a prisoner of war if not for the Clay factor. The actor shared that Oa has his insecurities about the subject and that it took a significant moment for him to be vulnerable with his partner. The...

“Dexter: Original Sin” brings fans back to the serial killer they all know and (perhaps worth examining) love, but he’s wearing a different face this time around.

No, not literally. Dexter Morgan isn’t that kind of psychopath. He just has urges to kill people, and in the prequel series now streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime (premiering on-air on Showtime this Sunday), we see how he learns to deal with those urges, and implement the Code that his father creates for him to do it somewhat safely.

There are plenty of characters you’ll recognize in the series, but all new faces, so let’s run them down, shall we?

Paramount Dexter Morgan (Patrick Gibson)

Since “Dexter: Original Sin” centers on Dexter Morgan as a teen, Patrick Gibson plays the serial killer this time around. You’ll recognize him from Netflix’s “The Oa” or maybe “Shadow and Bone.

Dexter Morgan is back — and in more ways than one, thanks to “Dexter: Original Sin.”

The prequel series, now streaming on Paramount+ with Showtime, not only brings back Michael C. Hall’s Dexter — at least, in voiceover form — but it also introduces fans to Dexter as a teenager (played by “The Oa” and “Shadow and Bone” star Patrick Gibson), when he’s just learning how and who to kill.

Here’s everything you need to know about the new series and when you can expect new “Original Sin” episodes.

When does the show premiere?

“Dexter: Original Sin” premieres on streaming on Friday, Dec. 13. If you do not have the required subscription package though, you won’t be able to watch it until it hits cable on Sunday, Dec. 15.

Where can I watch it?

If you want to stream it, you’ll be able to watch “Dexter: Original Sin” on Paramount+ with Showtime.

While Netflix is famed for its variety of incredible TV shows and movies, it's also notorious for canceling beloved TV shows before their time. Netflix's original series often face two struggles. Some shows run for too long and become filled with plot holes as they keep getting renewed. Others, however, join a long list of streaming TV series cut down after a cliffhanger, resulting in unresolved plots, unsatisfying endings, and leaving the fates of cherished characters unknown.

From viewership numbers to high production costs, Netflix has a multitude of reasons for canceling TV shows, leaving fans devastated at the loss of their favorite show. Since its inception in 2007, Netflix has released and canceled many incredible shows that deserve more seasons. From heartening teen dramas to creepy mystery drama shows, the untimely cancelation of some Netflix original shows still stings.

Everything Sucks! (2018) Canceled After One Season

The heartwarming and charming coming-of-age...

The Dexter prequel series Dexter: Original Sin features a slate of new actors playing familiar characters from the original series. Developed by New Blood creator Clyde Phillips, the prequel series chronicles a post-college Dexter as he embraces his "dark passenger" through the guidance and teachings of his adopted father, Harry. Dexter implements Harry's code to satisfy his violent urges while making sure never to get caught. The original Dexter featured a variety of flashbacks of Dexter's upbringing with Harry and the formation of the code, which the prequel expands on.

After Michael C. Hall reprised his iconic role as the charismatic vigilante serial killer in 2021's Dexter: New Blood, he returns as Dexter's inner voice and narrator in the prequel series. The series takes place in Miami in 1991 as Dexter begins his career at Miami Metro Pd. Dexter: Original Sin will likely cover a few anticipated kills...

Ever wonder what led up to Dexter Morgan’s first kill? You’re about to find out.

In Dexter: Original Sin, a prequel set 15 years before the original series, Irish actor Patrick Gibson (The Oa, Shadow and Bone) steps into the titular character’s shoes as he’s starting a post-grad internship at (where else?) Miami Metro Pd. Not only do we get to watch a young Dex channel his bloodthirsty urges and inner darkness, but the future Bay Harbor Butcher’s first blood drives much of the action and drama in the show’s early episodes. The ’90s-set...

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In between filling up on leftovers and catching a rivalry football game, there’s a good chance you got some holiday shopping done over the weekend. And while there are still scores of Black Friday deals on everything from TVs to kitchen gadgets, there’s never been a better time to score a discount on an ad-supported Hulu subscription right now (if you act fast).

What’s the Best Hulu Black Friday Deal?...

“The Brutalist” cinematographer Lol Crawley will be honored with the Robby Müller Award at the 54th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, which runs Jan. 30 – Feb. 9.

The award acknowledges the “artistry of an exceptional image maker,” and is given in collaboration with the Netherlands Society of Cinematographers and Andrea Müller-Schirmer, the wife of the late Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller.

The award will be accompanied by a talk from Crawley during the festival, as well as a screening of “The Brutalist,” which marks the Dutch premiere of the film.

The jury for this year’s Robby Müller Award noted: “Lol Crawley’s camera is dedicated to the story and characters in a way that is both humble and ardent. It forms a close, dynamic relationship with them. His sensual cinematography embraces the environment as unpredictable and fluid and aims to align with its flow rather than confine it to a predefined frame.

There’s nothing quite like the agony of a TV show canceled before its time, especially when it leaves fans hanging on a cliff so steep you could call it cruel. You’re sitting there, fondling the remote quite clumsily, practically screaming, or perhaps rolling your eyes as the credits roll. What is worse is that you’ll never know what happens next.

Mads Mikkelsen and Hugh Dancy in Hannibal | Credit: NBC

While the frustration of unanswered questions lingers, these endings often become the stuff of legend, giving fire to endless fan theories and what-if scenarios. Here are 10 shows that left us hanging, yet somehow remain memorable for the passion they inspired in fans.

10. Teenage Bounty Hunters

If you missed Teenage Bounty Hunters, you’re not alone. This one was hard to catch and kept a low profile. But those who watched it loved it. This offbeat dramedy followed twin sisters Sterling and Blair,...

When Patrick Gibson was auditioning to star in Dexter: Original Sin, there were a few items that never came up but probably should have. The first was his comfort level with the sight of blood; the series is a prequel to the Emmy-winning mid-aughts dark comedy about an avenging serial killer, to which gore, however tastefully done, is integral. The second was the matter of The Wig. The prequel’s timeline directly coincides with the original’s infamous flashback to Dexter’s first kill, during which Michael C. Hall dons a hairpiece not dissimilar to that of Lord Farquaad’s (plus, it’s stringy) — Gibson, as his fans well know, has a signature look of blond curls.

Luckily for all involved, Gibson, the 29-year-old Ireland-born actor who broke big in The Oa and starred in The Darkest Minds and Shadow & Bone, is a very cool customer. He’s not at all squeamish,...

Netflix has paved the way for many amazing TV shows in the last 15 years, revolutionizing the television landscape. However, because of its international reach and ambitious plans, the platform has not always been able to keep up with all the projects it initiates, often leading to the cancelation of some of its best series. Sometimes, TV shows need more seasons to reach their full potential. As a consequence, many promising stories have been abandoned, leaving their viewers yearning for more.

Some of these cancelations were caused by factors outside Netflix's control the Covid-19 pandemic being a major example. However, many of the canceled TV shows had such an exceptional critical reception and committed fanbase that their sudden ending felt unjustified. Due to their original renewal plans, some stories ended on shocking cliffhangers, leaving fans without closure. For these reasons, many canceled Netflix shows are worth revisiting, giving their characters the...

Exclusive: Sugar23 has named Alec Stern Vice President of Production for Film & TV, promoting Jacob Snyder to Literary Manager.

In his new role, Stern will advance Sugar23’s focus on developing impactful content. He brings with him a breadth of experience from previous roles at Paramount Television Studios, Anonymous Content, FX, and WME. Most recently, he served as Director of Original Content at Paramount+, following his position as Director of Development at Paramount Television Studios. At Paramount, he played a key role in developing and producing standout series including The Offer, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Fatal Attraction, and Rabbit Hole.

Snyder began his career at UTA before joining Sugar23 and quickly establishing himself as a rising talent. Going forward, he’ll continue to guide a dynamic roster of clients across the literary and talent departments, including working on the teams of Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla), Diane Lane (The Perfect Storm...

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The Oa is one of the most fascinating and mind-bending sci-fi series ever created. Even though the series was not completed as created by Brit Marling intended, The Oa still garnered a massive following upon its cancellation, the fans of the series did not even believe the news of the cancellation to be true and theorized that the cancellation was a trick that the streaming platform is pulling to promote the upcoming season. The brilliant series tells one of the best and most confusing stories of all time following Prairie Johnson (Marling) who returns home after a seven-year disappearance, her return becomes more and more confusing as she was blind when she disappeared but now she is not and she is not talking about the disappearance. The Oa premiered its second and final season over three years in...

Fresh off of playing the character Francis Cobb on the hit HBO series The Penguin, Deirdre O’Connell has signed on to join Claire Danes (Homeland), Matthew Rhys (Perry Mason), Brittany Snow (Pitch Perfect), Natalie Morales (No Hard Feelings), David Lyons (Truth Be Told), and Tim Guinee (Horizon: An American Saga) in the cast of the the mystery thriller limited series The Beast in Me for Netflix – and Variety reports that O’Connell is just one of nine new additions to the cast! The other eight new additions are Jonathan Banks (Breaking Bad), Hettienne Park (The Last of Us), Aleyse Shannon (Leverage: Redemption), Will Brill (The Oa), Kate Burton (Grey’s Anatomy), Bill Irwin (The Dropout), Amir Arison (The Blacklist), and Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul).

Created, written, and executive produced by Gabe Rotter, who previously worked on The X-Files, The Beast in Me has the following synopsis: Since the tragic death of her young son,...

Guy Lockard is playing a sketchy new character in FBI who will be part of a storyline throughout the season, and it will be interesting to see how he fits in. Lockard's Clay is a different type of character than he has played elsewhere in the One Chicago universe. This character is connected to Oa, who has always been one of the New York Field Office's most trusted agents despite the way his Ptsd from his time in Afghanistan occasionally affects him. Clay has only appeared in two episodes of FBI so far, but it is clear that he will be an important addition to the cast.

Clay is also a person from Oa's past, and his introduction has made it clear that he is shady. Although Oa was happy that Clay was in town, he seemed reluctant to meet him for dinner in his first episode. Clay's inclusion in...

Born September 1, 1996, Zendaya rose to fame as a child star on the Disney Channel, with fan-favorite characters in “Shake It Up” and “K.C. Undercover.” The singer and actress soon started dabbling in feature films, where she earned the plum role of Mj, Tom Holland‘s love interest, in Marvel’s “Spider-Man” movies. Zendaya’s biggest claim to fame was in 2020, when she became the youngest-ever Emmy winner in the Best Drama Actress category for playing a teen drug addict on “Euphoria.” Her career continues to blossom thanks to recent releases like “Challengers” (directed by Luca Guadagnino) and “Dune” (directed by Denis Villeneuve).

Explore our photo gallery above (or click here for direct access) to see the 11 best Zendaya movies and TV shows, ranked. Does your #1 choice match ours?

11. ‘Shake It Up’ (2010-13)

This Disney Channel series marked the first major on-screen appearance for the then-13-year-old actress. Zendaya takes on the role Rocky Blue,...

The Oa might have been the most mysterious and ambitious series ever seen on Netflix. But just as the genre-defying show added a new twist with a mindblowing cliffhanger, Netflix canceled The Oa. The Oa followed the formerly blind Prairie Johnson, who is telling her incredible story to a group of misfits in a nearby abandoned building after she arrives home, able to see and referring to herself as The Oa, after she had been missing for seven years.

In the three years between seasons 1 and 2, The Oa gained a passionate fanbase and critical acclaim for its complex and moving story, with season 1's 76% Rotten Tomatoes rating being beaten by season 2's 92%. However, when Netflix addressed The Oa's cancelation, executives implied that The Oa had still not been attracting enough viewers to justify its high budget. Though fans staged protests and key actors expressed their sadness at the cancelation,...

Another one bites the dust at Netflix!

The streaming giant announced today that the Rob Lowe sitcom Unstable has been canceled after two seasons.

It’s been a tough year for Lowe, whose 9-1-1: Lone Star recently received the ax from Fox.

(Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

But when all is said and done, Rob Lowe still leads a pretty enviable life. So the real losers in this situation are, as always, the folks who continue to shell out for increasingly pricey Netflix subscriptions.

The situation has us feeling a bit like Charlie Brown. In this analogy, Netflix is Lucy, and exciting new content is the football that’s cruelly pulled away each time we make our eager approach.

At this point, it feels like every longtime Netflix subscriber has a horror story about getting hooked on a show just to see it unceremoniously axed after one or two seasons.

Yesterday, DC Studios made it official: Lanterns will see Kyle Chandler play Hal Jordan, with Aaron Pierre taking on the role of John Stewart. We'd imagine the plan now is to start filling out the supporting cast for this Earthbound adventure featuring the two Green Lantern Corps members.

Kelly MacDonald is reportedly being eyed for one female lead role and Nexus Point News' @ApocHorseman has now shared a few additional details about the show's supposed love interests.

"As I reported yesterday, Hal's love interest is the town's sheriff Kerrie Kane," they reveal. "John does get into an affair with an older woman named Zoe. She’s a Native American woman and the only person of color in an all white town."

The scooper adds, "Zoe's married to a businessman named Dillon and he's described as one of the antagonists of the series. Not sure if any of these are codenames or not.

English actor Jason Isaacs played Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery season 1. In a departure from Star Trek's typical format of having the hero starship's captain as the show's main character, Lorca was a foil to protagonist Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), and eventually revealed to be Star Trek: Discovery's season 1 villain. The original Captain of the USS Discovery, Lorca was a fugitive from Star Trek's Mirror Universe who plotted a coup against Emperor Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) before becoming conveniently stranded in the Prime Universe and adopting his Prime counterpart's identity.

Captain Lorca's true motives were a part of Star Trek: Discovery's season 1 mystery. Lorca was more concerned with victory than exploration and lacked the warmth that made many other Star Trek captains so successful. Being in the thick of the Klingon-Federation War meant Lorca's authoritarian command style and casual indifference to violence avoided triggering too much suspicion.

Dominic Orlando gets a special mention in the season 2 premiere of Amazon Prime's horror series Them, and for good reason. Them is a haunted house anthology show created for the streaming service, that first premiered in April 2021, with the subtitle, Them: Covenant. The second season, Them: The Scare, premiered a few years later in April 2024. Both seasons focus on Black families put into horrifying supernatural and sometimes disturbingly real situations. Created by Little Marvin, the series has earned mixed reviews across its seasons.

The first season of the show only has a 58% on Rotten Tomatoes but the second season has a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Them: The Scare has the honor of opening with a dedication to Dominic Orlando, a writer for the series. Season 2, episode 1, "Are You Scared", is set in 1991 and centers on LAPD Detective Dawn Reeve (Deborah Ayorinde) who is assigned to a gruesome murder case that has...

Spanish actress and director Paz Vega (Spanglish, Sex and Lucia, Rambo: Last Blood, The Oa, Netflix heist drama Kaleidoscope), who wrote and stepped behind the camera for her directorial debut Rita, which world premiered during the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival this summer, enjoys writing and directing, adding another layer to her creative endeavors. And she thinks more actors should feel empowered to direct.

She made the comments during a Tuesday keynote interview at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference and market in Madrid that was titled “Changing Roles: Paz Vega and Her Transition From the Art of Acting to the Art of Directing.” She recently said in a THR interview that Billy Wilder, Francis Ford Coppola, and Federico Fellini were among her role models.

Vega wrote, directed and executive produced Rita and also plays a small part in it. “In some way, I had the idea to become...

“Inside Out 2” introduces several news emotions in Riley’s head, but it also welcomes back some familiar favorites from the first film. No matter your preference among them though, you’re going to recognize many of their voices.

Now 13 years old and getting ready to head into high school — without her best friends, as it turns out — Riley has officially hit puberty, and it’s unsurprisingly rough goings. It means dealing with Anxiety and Envy and Embarrassment, and Riley quickly loses her sense of self.

Though those emotions might be a headache for her, they’re fun for fans, especially considering who’s voicing them.

Here are the voices you might recognize in the “Inside Out 2” cast now that the film is streaming on Disney+.

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Joy (Amy Poehler) — Leading the charge at the console — at least, whenever she can — is Amy Poehler’s Joy, returning from the first film.

Netflix has faced growing user dissatisfaction in recent years due to several controversial decisions. A key issue was the company's crackdown on password sharing, which previously allowed multiple users outside the same household to share accounts. This new policy, rolled out in 2023, requires users outside a primary household to purchase their own subscriptions, frustrating many subscribers. Netflixs tendency to axe fan-favorite shows like The Oa and Glow after one or two seasons has left fans feeling disillusioned and skeptical about investing their time in new series.

Alongside these frustrations, frequent price hikes have compounded the dissatisfaction, with many users feeling that Netflix no longer provides the value it once did. These pricing changes, combined with unpopular decisions regarding content and policies, have led to an increase in social media campaigns encouraging users to cancel their subscriptions. These factors have significantly influenced the narrative that Netflix is becoming less customer-friendly, prompting...

When it originally premiered, there was nothing else like Dexter on TV.

Our volatile relationships with antiheroes were suddenly under a microscope, as Dexter analyzed blood spatter at crime scenes while setting up his next victim — those he believed weren’t meted the appropriate dose of justice.

Dexter Morgan was a serial killer, Robin Hood, doing the work law enforcement failed to do.

(Patrick Wymore/Paramount+ with Showtime)

Although Dexter finished its award-winning eight-season run in 2013, the man, the myth, and the legend live on.

He was first revisited with a Showtime original series, Dexter: New Blood, in 2021. If the original series ending didn’t satisfy, Dexter: New Blood proved equally as divisive. Yet, still, we tune in.

Related: Dexter: Original Sin: Can The Christian Slater Spinoff Atone For Its Predecessors’ Misdeeds?

Shortly after New Blood, it was announced that a spinoff focusing on his son, Jack, would take flight.

He was in The Oa, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and played Roy Cohn in Fellow Travelers, but the stage is where Will Brill has found the most satisfaction and success recently, in A Case For The Existence of God, Uncle Vanya, and, just this year, as Reg in Stereophonic on Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award. On this episode he talks about building Reg by starting with his voice, why following playwright David Adjmi to a bar was a pivotal move, the importance of directorial affirmation, how his pre-show ritual has changed, and much more. Back To One […]

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He was in The Oa, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and played Roy Cohn in Fellow Travelers, but the stage is where Will Brill has found the most satisfaction and success recently, in A Case For The Existence of God, Uncle Vanya, and, just this year, as Reg in Stereophonic on Broadway, for which he received a Tony Award. On this episode he talks about building Reg by starting with his voice, why following playwright David Adjmi to a bar was a pivotal move, the importance of directorial affirmation, how his pre-show ritual has changed, and much more. Back To One […]

The post “Eventually What I Realized I Was Doing Was Trying to Create an Empathy Machine”: Will Brill, Back To One, Episode 306 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.

Chick-fil-a+. How does that sound? Is it catchy? That might just be the name of a new streaming service in the future. Yes, we're talking about the Chick-fil-a that serves some of the best chicken sandwiches and waffle fries you could ever eat!

The popular fast food restaurant chain is looking to join the streaming wars by launching its own streaming service. Who would've thought this would ever happen? We didn't see this coming at all. Like Netflix, Chic-fil-a will be creating original content as well as licensing and acquiring content for its streaming platform.

An official name for the streamer has not been announced yet, but the fast food company has reportedly been talking and working with major production companies on creating family-friendly, unscripted original shows. One show that's currently in the works and has been given a 10-episode order by Chick-fil-a is an upcoming game show from Glassman Media (The Wall) and Sugar23.

Dark Matter on Apple TV+ offers unique sci-fi storytelling with potential for multiple seasons. Dark Matter's creator, Blake Crouch, ensures the show diverges from its source material for fresh character development. Dark Matter season 1 ends perfectly, leaving room for expansion, while Stranger Things season 5 wraps up the beloved series.

Although I look forward to watching Stranger Things season 5, I am more excited about the renewal of this Apple TV+ show. Created by the Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things has been one of Netflix's biggest IPs, especially in the science fiction genre. After running strong for four seasons, the show is finally about to end with a fifth installment. Since Stranger Things season 5 will conclude its long run on Netflix, it is hard not to anticipate its release.

However, after recently binge-watching a gripping science fiction series on Apple TV+, I cannot deny that I am more curious about its...

You may have enjoyed Spanish actress Paz Vega‘s performances on the big screen in Spanglish, Sex and Lucia, Acts of Vengeance, or Rambo: Last Blood, among others. Or you may have seen her in such TV series as The Oa or Netflix heist drama Kaleidoscope.

Now, she has written and stepped behind the camera for her directorial debut Rita, which celebrated its world premiere on Friday evening during the 77th edition of the Locarno Film Festival on the Swiss town’s picturesque Piazza Grande. Plus, she plays the mother in the movie. The cast also includes Sofía Allepuz, Alejandro Escamilla, and Roberto Álamo.

“Seville, summer of 1984. Rita and Lolo are brother and sister, seven and five years old, and live at the heart of a humble working-class family,” reads the film’s plot description. “Rita dreams of going to the beach, but at home, her father’s word is law,...

Exclusive: Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) and Laura Slade Wiggins (Shameless) have signed on to star alongside Landon Ashworth (Space Force) in Go On, a fantasy drama marking Ashworth’s feature directorial debut, which will enter production in New Mexico in September.

Marking Ashworth’s first produced feature screenplay, the film follows two strangers on a remote mountain, scorched by forest fires, as they help each other process baggage from their previous lives so they can transition to the afterlife. Ashworth crafted the screenplay after losing his very young cousin, Landon Bellm, to suicide.

“Having my feature film directorial debut be my own screenplay which addresses real, meaningful, and relatable issues is an honor,” Ashworth told Deadline. “Also, having the opportunity to work with Vincent is beyond a dream come true. I’ve followed his career for over a decade and knew he needed to play the co-lead of this movie.

[Editor’s note: this list was originally published September 2023, and has since been updated.]

There was a time not too long ago when whodunnits seemed to be a dusty relic of cinema’s past. Mysteries about a cast of colorful characters at the center of a murder case, and the intrepid detective investigating them, were far and few between in movie theaters for what felt like decades, and the rare films to feature those plots seldom attracted much attention. But nowadays, the genre is back, baby.

In 2017, Kenneth Branagh directed and starred as the iconic detective Hercule Poirot in “Murder on the Orient Express,” based on one of mystery writer Agatha Christie’s most famous novels. It was the first high-profile Christie adaptation to hit theaters in ages, after 1988’s “Appointment with Death.” The movie was highly successful, and Branagh has returned to that Poirot mustache with “Death on the Nile” and “A Haunting in Venice,” the latter of which opened in theaters this month.

General Hospital news reveals there is another sad twist in the tale of getting justice for Johnny-Johnny Wactor, that is. A frustrated Los Angeles Police Department has released suspect photos of his presumed murderers and is requesting the public’s help.

General Hospital Spoilers – Life Imitated Art In A Terrible Twist

Johnny made a memorable mark as Brando Corbin in 164 episodes of “General Hospital,” but in a haunting twist of fate, his character met a tragic end outside a bar.

This mirrored the real-life loss of the actor himself, killed after getting off his shift as a bartender; Brando’s demise occurred outside the fictional Charlie’s Pub.

He was “The Hook’s” first victim, later revealed to be Heather Webber (Alley Mills); fans will always remember Johnny as Brando, and shared a passionate marriage with Sasha Corbin (Sofia Mattsson).

His portrayal spanned from 2020 until his exit in 2022; Brando,...

The cancellation of beloved TV shows like The Oa and Mindhunter can leave fans with unanswered questions and disappointment. Fans' support through campaigns and demonstrations can sometimes save a show from being canceled due to strong audience interest. Reboots and revivals of canceled TV shows like Hannibal and Gossip Girl are possible if actors, writers, and showrunners are willing to return.

When a TV show is canceled, it's normal for audience members and the show's creators to hold out hope that it might return. While some series reach their natural conclusion or have always planned to have a limited number of seasons, others are cut short before their time, leaving unanswered questions and unfinished character arcs. This can be immensely disappointing, especially if audiences have spent years becoming invested in the story, only to never discover how it ends. Fortunately, the last few years have seen an increase in the...

“Twisters” is sweeping audiences off their couches and into the theaters.

The standalone follow-up to “Twister” (1996) grossed over $80 million in its first weekend and was the third highest-grossing film of 2024.

Glen Powell, Daisy Edgar-Jones and Anthony Ramos lead the disaster film as a ragtag group of storm chasers. Jones plays Kate Carter, a once disaster-seeker turned to corporate weather pro, while Powell plays Tyler Owens, a viral “tornado wrangler.” The two team up with Javi, a longtime friend of Kate’s played by Anthony Ramos, to tackle the biggest twister Oklahoma’s seen in generations.

The cast also features some newcomers but (spoiler alert!) no cameo from Helen Hunt. For the complete “Twisters” cast and character guide, keep reading.

Daisy Edgar-Jones as Kate Carter Daisy Edgar-Jones on the “Twisters” red carpet (Credit: Getty Images)

Kate Carter is a young woman who suffered through a tragedy while attempting a new experiment...

What was initially a plan for a Star Wars film rejected by Disney seems to have transformed into the worst flop in the career of director and writer Zack Snyder, as the recently released Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, the sequel to Rebel Moon, is once again panned by critics, with the ratings listing it as Snyder’s worst movie – yes, worse than even the horrible Sucker Punch and the first part of Rebel Moon.

But, it seems that this won’t be stopping Snyder from expanding his franchise, as per the most recent reports. We know that Snyder and his writers are currently working on the script for a third movie if Netflix decides to make it, but a new project is coming sooner than expected and in a very unexpected format.

But, aside from this, we’d also like to report that the fans are not too happy about this,...