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May 09 2019
The Final Betrayal – Season 6 of POWER Returns to Starz On August 25
Starz announced that the first chapter of its #1 hit series “Power,” created by Courtney A. Kemp, will close with The Final Betrayal. A heightened and unpredictable journey that raises the stakes yet again, Season 6 will play out over a super-sized, 15-episode season, premiering Sunday, August 25, 2019 on STARZ, the STARZ app and STARZ ON DEMAND.
May 09 2019
Disney+ Streaming’s Original Movie Secret Society of Second Born Royals Announce Peyton Elizabeth Lee As Lead
Actress Peyton Elizabeth Lee, lauded for her role on the acclaimed Disney Channel series “Andi Mack,” has won the lead role in the original movie “Secret Society of Second Born Royals,” a contemporary princess story for Disney+, the upcoming streaming service. The movie will begin production this month in Toronto.
“Secret Society of Second Born Royals” introduces Sam (Peyton Lee), a rebellious princess second in line to the throne of the kingdom of Illyria. The movie follows Sam’s adventures at a top-secret training program for a new class of second born royals tasked with saving the world.
Also starring are Skylar Astin (“Pitch Perfect”) as James, Elodie Yung (“Daredevil”) as Queen Catherine, Ashley Liao as Princess Eleanor, and Noah Lomax as Mike.
May 09 2019
FX and BBC One Partner on 3-Part Adaptation of A Christmas Carol Set For December 2019, Guy Pearce Stars As Ebenezer Scrooge
FX and BBC One are re-teaming with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son & Baker on a new three-part special of Charles Dickens’ timeless classic A Christmas Carol. A Christmas Carol features a star-studded ensemble cast including Guy Pearce (Mary Queen of Scots) playing Ebenezer Scrooge; Andy Serkis (Black Panther) as Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham (This Is England) as Jacob Marley; Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders) as Lottie; Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) as Bob Cratchit; Vinette Robinson (Doctor Who) as Mary Cratchit; Rutger Hauer (True Blood) as the Ghost of Christmas Future; Kayvan Novak (What We Do In The Shadows) as Ali Baba and Lenny Rush (Old Boys) as Tim Cratchit.
May 09 2019
Early Access Screening to Olivia Wilde’s New Film BOOKSMART On May 17 For One Night Only
United Artists Releasing announced it will offer exclusive early access to Annapurna’s Booksmart, director Olivia Wilde’s critically acclaimed film, to its Instagram community for one night only. United Artists Releasing is also launching an Instagram-focused advertising campaign that will make it easy for moviegoers to buy tickets to the advance screenings.
May 09 2019
Video: Showtime’s Limited Series The Loudest Voice Premieres June 30
SHOWTIME has released the official poster and trailer for its highly anticipated seven-part limited series THE LOUDEST VOICE, starring Academy Award® and Golden Globe® winner Russell Crowe as Fox News founder Roger Ailes. THE LOUDEST VOICE will premiere on Sunday, June 30 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
THE LOUDEST VOICE is based on extensive reporting by Gabriel Sherman in his bestselling book, The Loudest Voice in the Room, which included interviews with more than 600 people and Sherman’s reporting for New York Magazine.
May 08 2019
Video: Six-Episode Event Series BH90210 Premieres August 7 On Fox
Watch the new teaser promo! Jason Priestley, Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling, the original stars of “Beverly Hills, 90210,” the groundbreaking teen drama that defined Southern California life, return to FOX, the network they called home for the entire decade of the 1990s, in an all-new event series the takes the concept of a series reboot to a whole new meta-level. When the cast gets back together, it will come with a big twist: the seven former teen idols will be playing heightened versions of themselves in the brand-new serialized drama – with a healthy dose of irreverence – that is inspired by their real lives and relationships with each other.
May 08 2019
What We Do In the Shadows Renewed For Second Season On FX
Bust out the crepe paper! FX has renewed its hit verité vampire comedy series What We Do in the Shadows for a second season. Based on the feature film of the same name from Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows is a documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of four vampires who’ve “lived” together for hundreds of years. In Staten Island.
May 03 2019
News/Video: Showtime’s City on a Hill Starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge Premieres June 16
SHOWTIME released the poster and new trailer for its upcoming one-hour drama series CITY ON A HILL starring Golden Globe® winner and Emmy® nominee Kevin Bacon
May 03 2019
News: ABC Picks Up Black-ish for Season 6 and Gives All-New Comedy Mixed-ish, Series Order
The Johnsons will be back for Season 6 of “black-ish,” as The ABC Television Network announced it is picking up the acclaimed comedy for the 2019-2020 season.
May 03 2019
Video: CBS’ Action-Adventure Series Blood & Treasure Premieres May 21
BLOOD & TREASURE is a globe-trotting action-adventure drama about a brilliant antiquities’ expert and a cunning art thief who team up to catch a ruthless terrorist who funds his attacks through stolen treasure. Danny McNamara is a former FBI agent specializing in stolen arts and antiquities. Lexi Vaziri (Sofia Pernas) is a resourceful art thief who is haunted by the tragic loss of her father, which she blames on Danny. When terrorist Karim Farouk (Oded Fehr) absconds with a priceless artifact and kidnaps Danny’s mentor Dr. Anna Castillo (Alicia Coppola), Danny recruits Lexi to help him bring Farouk to justice and rescue Anna.
May 03 2019
News: YouTube Announces New and Returning Slate of Original Series and Specials
YouTube unveiled a new and returning slate of original series and specials focused on music, learning and personalities that will all be free with ads
May 02 2019
News: FX Networks Sets Premiere Dates for Baskets, Legion and Snowfall
FX Networks has set the premiere dates for its critically-acclaimed series Baskets, Legion and Snowfall,
May 02 2019
Video: Paramount Pictures’ Sonic The Hedgehog In Theaters November 8.
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG is a live-action adventure comedy based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega that centers on the infamously brash bright blue hedgehog.
May 02 2019
Video: Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 6 Premieres May 10
It was announced from the stage at WonderCon 2019 that “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” will return for its sixth season with a special episode directed by Clark Gregg, FRIDAY, MAY 10 (8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT), on The ABC Television Network, streaming and on demand. Watch a sneak peek.
May 01 2019
Videos: Hulu Releases Season 3 Trailer for The Handmaid’s Tale and First Look at Veronica Mars
During the Hulu ’19 presentation, Hulu released the official trailer for season three of The Handmaid’s Tale as well as the first look at the Hulu revival of Veronica Mars. The new season of The Handmaid’s Tale premieres Wednesday, June 5. Veronica Mars premieres all episodes on Friday, July 26, only on Hulu.
Apr 30 2019
Showtime Gives The Chi Third Season Pick Up
SHOWTIME has picked up the hit drama series THE CHI for a third season. Created and executive produced by Emmy® winner Lena Waithe (Boomerang, Master of None) and executive produced by Academy Award®, Emmy and Golden Globe® winner Common (Selma), THE CHI is a timely coming-of-age story centering on a group of residents who become linked by coincidence but bonded by the need for connection and redemption. The cast includes Jason Mitchell (Mudbound, Straight Outta Compton), Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine (Queen of Katwe), Jacob Latimore (Sleight), Alex Hibbert (Moonlight), Yolonda Ross (Treme) and Armando Riesco (Bull).
Apr 30 2019
WGN America’s New Crime Drama The Disappearance Premieres July 9
The Disappearance, a six-part summer event starring Emmy® winner Peter Coyote (“The 4400,” “Law & Order: LA”), Camille Sullivan (“The Man in the High Castle”) and Aden Young (“Rectify,” Killer Elite) centers around the unexplained and sudden disappearance of a 10-year-old boy, and the investigation that leaves a devastating and unforeseen impact on every member of the family.
Apr 29 2019
News: CBS All Access Renews The Twilight Zone for Season Two
CBS ALL ACCESS announced the second season renewal of its latest original series, THE TWILIGHT ZONE.
Apr 29 2019
Black Monday Starring Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, and Regina Hall Renewed For Second Season on Showtime
SHOWTIME announced that it has picked up a second season of its series BLACK MONDAY. The comedy about a motley crew of underdogs causing the worst stock market crash in the history of Wall Street stars and is executive produced by Emmy® nominee and Golden Globe® winner Don Cheadle. BLACK MONDAY takes viewers back to October 19, 1987 – aka Black Monday. To this day, no one knows who “caused it” … until now.
Apr 29 2019
Hulu Announces Teen Cast For Limited Series Little Fires Everywhere
Hulu’s highly anticipated upcoming (8-episode) limited series, Little Fires Everywhere, announces additional series regulars: Jade Pettyjohn, Jordan Elsass, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott and Lexi Underwood. This teen cast joins previously announced series regulars and executive producers, Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, as well as Rosemarie DeWitt.
Apr 27 2019
Video: Lifetime Special Follow-Up Surviving R. Kelly: The Impact Premieres May 4
Following the debut of the record-breaking premiere of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly this past January, the network will debut a two-hour follow-up special, Surviving R Kelly: The Impact, detailing the conversations and reactions ignited by the powerful documentary series. Hosted by award-winning journalist Soledad O’Brien, Surviving R Kelly: The Impact is set to premiere Saturday, May 4th at 10pm ET/PT and highlights the impact the documentary has had on our culture globally, how it has elevated the conversation on sexual violence and what it means to be a survivor.
Apr 27 2019
Shannen Doherty Joins BH90210, 6-Episode Series Airing Summer 2019 on Fox
Original “Beverly Hills, 90210” star Shannen Doherty is set to join her former co-stars – Jason Priestley, Jennie Garth, Ian Ziering, Gabrielle Carteris, Brian Austin Green and Tori Spelling – for BH90210, FOX’s highly anticipated new series airing this summer. For four seasons, Doherty starred as “Brenda Walsh” on the groundbreaking teen drama, but this time when the cast gets back together, it will come with a big twist: the seven former teen idols will be playing heightened versions of themselves in the brand-new serialized drama – with a healthy dose of irreverence – that is inspired by their real lives and relationships with each other.
Apr 27 2019
Photo: Season 2 of VIDA Will Be Available For Binge-Watching May 23 On the Starz App
Starz released the official Season Two key art of the critically lauded Original Series “Vida.” “Vida” Season Two will make its world premiere as an Official Selection of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival. In the second season of “Vida,” Lyn (Melissa Barrera) and Emma (Mishel Prada) begin the monumental task of rebuilding their mother’s business while navigating financial constraints, competing developers and the growing anti-gentrification movement. Lyn and Emma must contemplate the relationships in their lives, including their own, and they are forced to dig deep to unearth what their mother’s legacy means to them.
Apr 26 2019
Bruce Campbell Hosts All-New Reboot of Iconic Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! On Travel Channel, Premieres June 9
Awe-inspiring talents, unusual objects, strange phenomena and mind-boggling feats are explored in Travel Channel’s reboot of the iconic series, “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” premiering on Sunday, June 9 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Hosted and executive produced by actor Bruce Campbell, the 10-episode, hour-long series is inspired by Robert Ripley’s obsession with the awesome and his keen eye for what keeps viewers mesmerized. Seventy years after Ripley hosted the first eponymous series, we still can’t resist his challenge to, “Believe it, or not!”
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