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Prime Video has released a teaser trailer and first-look images for Criminal, a new series based on the multi-Eisner Award-winning graphic novels by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. All four episodes of Criminal: Part One “Coward” premiere January 13, 2027, followed by all four episodes of Criminal: Part Two “Lawless” on January 27. The series […]
Hamilton and Variety have announced the honorees and presenters for the 15th Annual Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards, taking place November 13 in Los Angeles. The ceremony recognizes behind-the-scenes artisans across film production, with presenters including Matt Damon, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Malkovich, Jaafar Jackson, and Alexander Skarsgård. Marci Rodgers will be honored for Costume […]
Lionsgate has released the first trailer and images for Karōshi, a near-future action thriller produced by John Wick director Chad Stahelski and starring Giancarlo Esposito and Cynthia Erivo, set for a theatrical release February 5, 2027. Written and directed by Takashi Doscher, Karōshi imagines a version of Manhattan where corporate loyalty has effectively replaced tradition, […]
Lifetime has greenlit Double Double Trouble 2, a sequel to the network’s highest-rated original movie of 2026. Tami Roman returns to executive produce and reprise her dual roles as identical twins Drea and Ali, starring alongside Roger Cross. The original Double Double Trouble, directed by Gabriel Correa from a script by Sa’Rah L. Jones, premiered […]
Charles F. Porter, the actor and producer known for starring as pioneering NASCAR driver Wendell Scott in ESPN’s Wendell Scott: A Race Story and producing Lifetime’s Finding Faith, died Monday at his home in Calabasas after an 17½-year battle with Hodgkin lymphoma. He was 47. His death was confirmed by his wife, Candice Tab-Porter. Born […]
Cynthia Erivo has joined the cast of Snoop, Universal Pictures’ biopic of Snoop Dogg, and will portray Afeni Shakur, the Black Panther activist, political prisoner, and mother of Tupac Shakur, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter both report exclusively. Jonathan Daviss, known for Netflix’s Outer Banks, leads the cast as Snoop Dogg, with production currently underway […]
Netflix has released the first trailer for One Last Order, a short documentary centered on Sighle Williams’s final shift after 37 years at Mac’s Drive-Thru in Gainesville, Florida. The film begins streaming November 24. According to Netflix’s official synopsis, Williams, whose name is pronounced “Sheila,” expected a quiet farewell after decades of turning routine orders […]
Netflix has released the first trailer for Trinity, an eight-episode political thriller starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Richard Madden, set to premiere Tuesday, December 1. The series comes from Jed Mercurio, creator of Line of Duty, who serves as writer, showrunner, and executive producer. Trinity follows Commander Katherine Decker, played by Mbatha-Raw, a naval officer who […]
What happens when the thing you love most isn’t real, and then suddenly, briefly, it is? That’s the question driving Caterpillar, an experimental romantic thriller written and directed by Dennis Williams II, now in post-production after wrapping principal photography. Geffri Maya, Angela Lewis, Jamad Mays, and Jack Seavor McDonald lead the cast. The film follows […]
The war between the Greek gods and the Titans is looming in the first full-length trailer for Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 3. The trailer makes clear that in order to save the world from that apocalyptic clash, Percy, played by Walker Scobell, will need all the help he can get, likely meaning he’ll […]