TV, Movies & Home Theatre - Page 31

Netflix will say goodbye to BoJack Horseman in 2020, ending an era of feels, amazing puns, and originality.

BoJack Horseman will end in 2020 with its sixth season, Netflix recently confirmed. The last season will be split up in two parts, Netflix says: "It's safe to say Horsin' Around won't be BoJack Horseman's only lasting legacy. The final two-part season airs October 25 and January 31."

The move is somewhat surprising given the show's critical acclaim. BoJack Horseman enjoyed a strong five-year run that saw showrunner Raphael Bob-Waksberg tackled deep, existential issues like depression, anxiety, mid-life crises, and impostor syndrome, all wrapped in an anthropomorphic world that's all-too-relateable.

In case you weren't aware, Brandon Routh is set to return as Superman -- but he won't be playing the Superman you know him for out of Bryan Singer's Superman Returns from 2006.

Routh will play a different Superman inspired by the Kingdom Come version of Kal-El in CW's upcoming five-episode Crisis on Infinite Earths crossover. Routh will play an older Superman in the series, with no connection to his Christopher Reeve-inspired stint in Superman Returns.

Not only that, but Supergirl's Tyler Hoechlin will continue his role as Superman while Tom Welling will be Superman from Smallville, which any Smallville will remember Welling never actually wore the Superman suit. He refused to, leaving the crew to add it in post with CG -- it was also very similar to the one Routh wore in Superman Returns at the time.

Spider-Man is back in the Marvel Cinematic Universe for at least another film.

Following a tumultuous breakup that just about broke the internet, Sony and Disney are back together for another big Marvel film. The titans of industry ironed out a new deal that sees Disney raking in 25% of all profits from the movie, keeping its original merchandising terms, and paying for roughly 1/4th of the film's production costs.

Kevin Feige is working on the new movie, which is set in the Spider-Man Homecoming universe and due out in July 16, 2021. Tom Holland will star and original movie producer Amy Pascal is reprising her role through Pascal Pictures.

Collider has reported that writers Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (Morbius) to write a brand new Spider-Man spin-off movie titled "Madame Web".

For those who don't know who Madame Web is, here is a quick history lesson on the character. Writers Denny O'Neil and artist John Romita Jr introduced Madame Web to the world in The Amazing Spider-Man #210 back in 1980. Madame Web's actual name is Cassandra Webb and she is usually drawn as a blind women who is suffering from a neuromuscular disease that makes it almost impossible for her to move or breathe. Due to this disease she is hooked up to a elaborate life-support system which resembles a web. Madame Web is a clairvoyant and assists Spider-Man in finding kidnapped victims.

At this point there is no solid 'title' for the movie, no director, no official announcement, no actors casted or producers. Collider does say that Avi Arad and Matt Tolmach are likely candidates for being producers, as they produced Venom and Morbius. As more information is released about Madame Web, I will be sure to update you.

It wasn't too long ago the world was shocked to hear about the announcement of The Matrix 4, but now mega star Keanu Reeves has chimed in saying he's read the script.

Reeves said that The Matrix 4 will start shooting in 2020, and during a special screening of Semper Fi (a movie made by his sister) he said he was "absolutely" excited about Neo's new adventures. He said in regards to the story for The Matrix 4 that "it's very ambitious, as it should be!".

The Matrix 4 is expected for a 2020 release with the Wachowski bros (now sisters) continuing to direct their franchise, while Reeves will be in John Wick 4 which is going to drop in 2021. Aleksandar Hemon and David Mitchell have co-written The Matrix 4 with the Wachowski's.

Netflix has blessed its hungry viewers with the brand new full trailer for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. The upcoming TV show starts moments after the events of Breaking Bad.

Firstly, if you haven't seen Breaking Bad and you are thinking about watching this TV show you have already made a mistake. Binge watch Breaking Bad and I promise you that you won't regret it. Anyway, El Camino begins right after the events of the final episode of Breaking Bad and follows the story of the distressed and slowly recovering Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

From the above trailer, we can see that Jesse is on the run from the police and seeks refuge at his old drug deals house Skinny Pete. He is dirty, tired, emotionally torn in two, panicked and his friends seem extremely concerned for him. The trailer actually doesn't show off anymore than that, as a good trailer should do. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie will release on Netflix on October 11th. In other news about the upcoming movie, it has been reported that the film will feature 10 cameo characters from Breaking Bad, more on that here.

Warner Bros. has gotten out ahead of the controversy that is surrounding their upcoming Joker film that is scheduled to release on October 4.

The controversy comes from an open letter written by several victims of the 2012 Aurora shooting that happened during a screening of The Dark Knight Rises. The letter says that there is major concern towards how the character in the film (Joker) is depicted and that the way that he is portrayed could inspire violence in others. According to Deadline this is what was sent to Warner, "We're calling on [Warner Bros. CEO and chairperson Ann Sarnoff] to use your massive platform and influence to join us in our fight to build safer communities with fewer guns".

The letter also went on to express massive concerns for gun violence and also called on Warner to leverage their power in Congress to push gun reform. Warner Bros. has since issued a statement, condemning gun violence but also standing by their upcoming Joker film. "Gun violence in our society is a critical issue, and we extend our deepest sympathy to all victims and families impacted by these tragedies. Our company has a long history of donating to victims of violence, including Aurora, and in recent weeks, our parent company joined other business leaders to call on policymakers to enact bi-partisan legislation to address this epidemic."

The new Batman movie has got some fans quite perplexed at who will be taking on the legendary characters, and one of these characters is Batman's good friend in the Gotham City Police Department, Commissioner Jim Gordon.

We now have some news out of THR that has said that Westworld actor Jeffery Wright is currently in talks with Warner about taking on the role of the Commissioner. Who has already played Jim Gordon? Well, if Wright is to take on the role of the Commissioner his performance would be going up against Gary Oldman's portrayal in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy and J.K Simmons in Zack Snyder's Justice League.

This new Batman movie will be focusing much more on the detective side of Batman that hasn't been shown on the big screen as of yet. Judging from this angle, I think it would be safe to assume that since we will be seeing a more detective orientated Batman that Gordon's role would become much more important, therefore giving more screen time etc. For those that didn't know, Robert Pattinson will be taking on the role as the Caped Crusader and the film is expected to hit theaters on June 25, 2021.

Robert Pattinson was announced as the new Caped Crusader not to long ago, but who will be his villain counter-part? According to some news outlets, Jonah Hill is currently in talks about being casted as the movies villain.

Its not just one or two media outlets who have reported the news either, The Hollywood Reporter, Collider and Deadline have all reported that Jonah Hill is currently in talks with the film to take on the role as The Riddler. This hasn't been confirmed though as some of the media outlets have said that the villain hasn't been penciled in just yet, and that The Riddler was just an idea that was thrown around.

Alongside The Riddler, THR says that The Penguin is also a possibility and that negotiations are currently at their very early stages. It was also mentioned that Hill and Warner are still quite unsure of what role he would eventually take. It should also be noted that the film is set to showcase a multitude of Batman villains, and not just the ones that are mentioned above. Robert Pattinson's Batman movie is set to hit theaters on June 25, 2021.

During the Sunday night Emmys a new trailer dropped for the upcoming Netflix film, El Camino: A Breaking bad Movie. The trailer follows the story of Jesse Pinkman the survivor of Breaking Bad's last episode.

From the teaser we can see that the movie starts straight after the events of the last episode in Breaking Bad's final season. We see a extremely distressed Jesse Pinkman sitting in the same car he drove off in, listening to the radio report about the events that had just been discovered by police.

The police are after a suspect who has fled the scene, and that is Jesse. Judging from this and the videos caption, I believe that the Netflix movie will focus around the events Jesse is going to have to experience, such as being on run from the police and moving on mentally from what has happened. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie will be released on Netflix on October 11.

It was only a matter of time before the awards started being thrown at Game of Thrones for its last season despite its controversial ending, and now the show has walked away from the Emmys with 12.

The Emmys which have just passed saw a number of different awards being handed over to the cast and production team of Game of Thrones. Peter Dinklage who players Tyrion Lannister in the show was awarded 'Outstanding Supporting Actor', he said that when he met Benioff and Weiss that "I had no idea what I was getting myself into." He continued and said "David and Dan, we literally walked through fire and ice for you, and I would do it all again in a heartbeat."

In total Game of Thrones was nominated for 32 Emmys and ended up walking away with 10 to its name. The awards were in the following categories: editing, makeup, costumes, sound mixing, sound editing, casting, music composition, title design, stunt coordination, and visual effects. Game of Thrones has created Emmy history now being the most decorated drama since the organization was founded.

Curve Digital and Kuju are collaborating as publisher and developer, respectively to release a new game based on the hit Netflix TV show 'Narcos'.

To celebrate the announcement of the new title two new trailers have been released, one for the cartel and one for the DEA. Judging from the trailers, players will be able to choose to play from a range characters from the TV show. Some of these characters include: El Mexicano, Murphy, and Primo.

Players will have to choose which side of history they are going to be on, the drug empire or the DEA. The game is a turn-based strategy title which means that each of the decisions presented to players could possibly have both positive and negative outcomes. This means that each decision presented to the player should result in the player carefully thinking out each play, as careless actions could have devastating outcomes. Narcos: Rise of the Cartels will be released on the Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4 and Xbox One sometime during the Fall of 2019.

Jonah Hill is has been getting more and more serious since his comedic start in Superbad, riding into huge movies like Wolf of Wall Street and many more, but now he's going to be directing a new Instagram TV series about bullying.

The new 4-episode series is called Un-filtered and will be on Instagram's own IGTV channel, on both its mobile app and the internet. The new unscripted TV series will see Hill interview people aged between 13-25 about bullying, both online and in real-life.

Hill said in a statement: "It was an incredible experience to direct this project. I tried to create an environment for young people to be heard and listened to. I wish there was a platform to hear other's struggles and experiences when I was growing up. I hope that this will be inspiring for young people to share their stories and feelings and not feel so alone".

HBO Max will soon feature 55 episodes of the hit animated TV series 'The Boondocks', while also announces that two more new seasons will also come to air.

'The Boondocks' was created by Aaron McGruder who based the animated TV show off his comic book series. McGruder will also return to the animated series as the head showrunner, he spoken out about the opportunity to bring life back into the TV show. "There's a unique opportunity to revisit the world of The Boondocks and do it over again for today."

He continued and said "It's crazy how different the times we live in are now - both politically and culturally - more than a decade past the original series and two decades past the original newspaper comic. There's a lot to say and it should be fun." For fans of 'The Boondocks' the new season will be following the life of Robert 'Granddad' Freeman and his grandsons Huey and Riley. The characters move to the Maryland suburbs but later discover that its been taken over by uncle Ruckus. HBO Max will air 'The Boondocks' sometime in 2020.

Bill Murray might reprise his role as Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters 3, but nothing's been set in stone yet.

A new Ghostbusters is in the works, and it's being directed by Jason Reitman, the son of original Ghostbusters movie director Ivan Reitman. Due out in 2020, Reitman senior recently revealed new details on the sequel and confirmed it's a story about family and the passing of the torch onto a younger generation. Old stars like Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson are set to return alongside other familiar faces...but what about Bill Murray?

"It's going to be Ghostbusters the third movie. It'll be most of the original people, some from the original movie. We're hoping Bill Murray's going to be in it. And the new cast as well," Aykroyd said on a recent Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Amazon has taken one out of Jackson's book and will be using same location to film their upcoming Lord of the Rings (LOTR) TV show.

Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy is acknowledged as a masterpiece of cinema, and a massive part of that is the sets that were used to shoot the film. According to an announcement from Amazon, the filming for their LOTR TV show will take place in Auckland, New Zealand. While details of the specific locations were left out of the announcement, we do know that the filming sets will depict that of Tolkien's Second Age.

Here is what the showrunners and executive producers J.D Payne and Patrick McKay had to say "As we searched for the location in which we could bring to life the primordial beauty of the Second Age of Middle-earth, we knew we needed to find somewhere majestic, with pristine coasts, forests, and mountains, that also is a home to world-class sets, studios, and highly skilled and experienced craftspeople and other staff. And we're happy that we are now able to officially confirm New Zealand as our home for our series based on stories from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings".

Tinder... yes, Tinder is reportedly making its own TV show with steaks of Black Mirror: Bandersnatch in the way that it is a choose-your-own-adventure-style original series.

The new show is reportedly done in-house by Tinder and will be uploaded to the Tinder app, with the series set with an "impending apocalypse". Tinder is asking "Who would you spend your last night alive with" in the show, where viewers will use the app to do the usual swipe left or right on Tinder, to progress through the show.

Tinder's new show will be a 6-episode event that was shot in Mexico City, directed by Karena Evans who has directed multiple videos for Drake. The company might not keep its show as a Tinder exclusive forever, with Variety reporting in its scoop that it could be pushed out to traditional streaming and broadcast platforms according to "another source".

The streaming wars have well and truly begun, with WarnerMedia securing streaming rights for The Big Bang Theory on HBO Max for $1 billion and Netflix getting exclusive rights to Seinfeld in a deal worth over $500 million.

Now... it's NBC Universal's turn with a new deal seeing Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail rebooting Battlestar Galactica (for the second time). It will be an exclusive show to Peacock, NBC Universal's new streaming service.

NBC didn't spill any details on the Battlestar Galactica reboot, but anyone who has seem Esmail's work on Mr. Robot knows that this is definitely an interesting move. I didn't expect anything like this, and I'm kind of intrigued as to what Esmail can do differently in a space setting versus the world of Mr. Robot.

J.J Abrams was presented with a half-a-billion dollar signing offer from Apple and declined it, essentially walking away from one of the largest production signing deals.

If you happened to miss the news last week, famous director J.J Abrams signed a huge deal with his production company Bad Robot Productions and WarnerMedia, the deal was reported to be worth about $250 million. The Hollywood Reporter is now saying that before this deal was signed Apple offered Abrams a staggering half-a-billion dollars to sign with them, but Abrams declines and here's why.

THR Claims that it was included in Apples contract that Abrams would be required to develop content exclusively for Apple and only Apple. Meaning that Abrams would have to drop all current work on projects that weren't Apple related. For those who don't know Abrams is currently partnered with Disney on the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as the director. He is also partnered with Paramount for something new in the Star Trek series, and in video games he is working with Epic Games on brand new game titled Spyjinx.

WarnerMedia has just signed a gigantic $1 billion deal to grab exclusive rights to one of the biggest TV shows ever; The Big Bang Theory. It will be an exclusive on HBO Max for five years.

Another big part of this deal are the syndication rights on traditional cable TV, especially for a show the size and popularity of The Big Bang Theory. The $1 billion deal will see the syndication deal extended with TBS and have the show air on the WarnerMedia-owned basic cable network all the way through to 2028.

All 12 seasons of The Big Bang Theory will be available to stream on HBO Max when its direct-to-consumer service launches in 2020. The Big Bang Theory is one of the biggest bangs in TV history (I had to) where after its 12-season run it became the longest-running multi-camera comedy series ever (beating Cheers!), and laid claim to the #1 scripted half-hour in the most-important 18-49 demographic.