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Netflix is officially bringing Captain Planet back—with a fresh live-action twist. The streamer has landed the rights to develop a live-action series based on the cult classic Captain Planet and the Planeteers, the ’90s animated show that made climate activism cool before it was trending. This latest adaptation hails from an A-list team: Greg Berlanti’s […]
Paramount+ is officially heading to the Big Easy. The streamer has ordered NOLA King, a Tulsa King spinoff starring Samuel L. Jackson, and revealed the first-look image featuring Jackson alongside Sylvester Stallone. As BLEX Media first reported in June, Jackson will first appear in Season 3 of Tulsa King before leading his own series. NOLA […]
ABC has officially locked in its Fall 2025 premiere dates, with the highly anticipated 9-1-1 spinoff, 9-1-1: Nashville, set to make its debut Thursday, Oct. 16 at 9 PM, following the Season 9 premiere of 9-1-1. The new Southern-set series will lead into Grey’s Anatomy at 10 PM, continuing the network’s powerhouse Thursday night lineup. […]
Warner Bros. has officially dropped the red-band trailer for Mortal Kombat II, and it’s giving fans the tournament they’ve been waiting for. The sequel to the 2021 reboot will hit theaters exclusively on October 24, 2025, and it promises more brutal action, higher stakes, and fan-favorite fighters—plus a big spotlight on Johnny Cage, played by […]
Updated with the trailer. The truth cuts both ways in The Knife, a psychological thriller from first-time director Nnamdi Asomugha, co-written with Mark Duplass. Premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival—where it won Best New Narrative Director and Best Cinematography—The Knife follows Chris, a construction worker and devoted father, whose dreams of building a better life […]
Two fan-favorite faces from the small screen have made it official. Power Book II: Ghost star LaToya Tonodeo and Found actor Arlen Escarpeta tied the knot on June 29 in an intimate, unplugged ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in California. The couple, who have kept their relationship low-key for years, exchanged vows in front […]
One of Showtime’s longest-running shows and its longest-running Black drama is still on the rise. The Chi is delivering one of its strongest seasons yet. The midseason episode of Season 7 drew 1.78 million cross-platform viewers within just three days, Showtime confirmed — a 23% jump from the season-to-date average of 1.45M viewers over the […]
Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy The Wrong Paris finally has a release date — and a first look of the Miranda Cosgrove-led project with an unexpected love story set in Paris… Texas. Netflix has officially set the release date for its upcoming romantic comedy The Wrong Paris, starring Miranda Cosgrove. The film will premiere globally on […]
Netflix has officially released the teaser trailer for the long-awaited final season of Stranger Things, and it promises an epic, emotional showdown to close out one of the most iconic TV sagas of the last decade. The End Begins in 1987 Set in the fall of 1987, the final season finds Hawkins in ruins following […]
Amazon MGM Studios has unveiled the first trailer for After the Hunt, a gripping psychological drama from Oscar-nominated director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers), led by Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, and Andrew Garfield. Set against the backdrop of a prestigious college campus, After the Hunt follows Roberts as a tenured professor whose […]