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Another day, another under-appreciated comedy gem gets tossed to the wayside by its streaming home. That's right, the Stephanie Hsu-starring (and executive-produced!) comedy series, Laid, has been canceled after a single season on Peacock. The show was a hit with critics (including our own Greg Archer) and fans who tuned in — gaining it a 93% on the Tomatometer, which seems a big low, all things considered. Unfortunately, praise was not enough to convince Peacock to give the series another season, which is a shame for anyone who watched the show.

The news, which was first reported by Deadline, comes at a time when fewer and fewer comedy series are getting the green light. Laid followed Hsu's Ruby Yao as she —over the course of the series' 8 episodes — realized that all of her former lovers were dying in unusual ways, forcing her to confront her past (and subsequent sex partners) in order to move forward.

Peacock has canceled “Laid” after one season.

The series starred Stephanie Hsu as Ruby Yao, a woman who learns that her former sexual partners have begun dying off in the order in which she slept with them. With the help of her best friend and roommate Aj (Zosia Mamet), she works to figure out what’s causing the deaths and works to warn the ones who are still living.

Along with Hsu and Mamet, the cast included Zosia Mamet, Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez as series regulars, plus recurring and guest stars including Andre Hyland, Elizabeth Bowen, Olivia Holt, Ryan Pinkston, David Denman, Susan Berger, Kate Berlant, John Early, Ettore “Big E” Ewen, Chloe Fineman, Simu Liu, Finneas O’Connell and Alexandra Shipp.

In an interview with Variety, co-showrunner Nahnatchka Khan indicated that she’d begun planning ideas for a potential second season, as Season 1 concluded with a cliffhanger: the reappearance...

Exclusive: Peacock will not be moving forward with new installments of the freshman series Laid, sources reveal to Deadline.

Laid, starring and executive produced by Stephanie Hsu, premiered on December 19 with all 8 episodes available to stream. While Laid boasted a talented ensemble cast, a catchy title, and a must-stream playlist, the rom-com failed to make the Nielsen streaming rankings, nor did it generate as much buzz as other projects from co-showrunners, executive producers, and writers Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna. It is as yet unknown if the show will be shopped around.

The 8-episode series follows Ruby Yao (Hsu), a woman who finds out her former lovers are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward. Laid is a new twist on the rom-com where the answer to “why can’t I find love, is there something wrong with me?...

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Laid season 1.Laid star Tommy Martinez discusses the dark romantic comedy’s explosive season finale. The Peacock show, led by Everything Everywhere All at Once star Stephanie Hsu, follows Ruby's bizarre journey to break a curse that causes her former lovers to mysteriously die. Martinez plays Isaac, who hires Ruby to organize his parent's anniversary party. The two bond over a shared love of musical theater, as Ruby scrambles to lift the hex on her love life with help from her best friend Aj (Zosia Mamet).

In an interview with ScreenRant’s own Grant Hermanns, Martinez delves into a pivotal moment for Ruby where she decides between maintaining her "safe" arrangement with Richie—her invincible ex unaffected by the curse—or risking everything to pursue her love for Isaac. The actor elaborates on the emotional stakes and the familiar yet vulnerable crossroads his character Isaac navigates with Ruby.

It's Charli Xcx's world, and we're all just living in it. Not only was she just nominated for a whopping seven Grammy nominations for her critically acclaimed album Brat, including album of the year, but the pop star is now garnering major Hollywood attention. Deadline reports that Charli will join the cast of The Gallerist, which stars Natalie Portman and Jenna Ortega and will begin filming sometime at the end of this year.

The plot will follow a desperate gallerist who cooks up a scheme to sell a dead body at a famous art gallery. No word on who will play the lead, but we do know the rest of the cast, which is satisfactorily stacked. The film is also set to star Da’Vine Joy Randolph, winner of last year's best supporting actress Oscar for The Holdovers, Sterling K. Brown, Zach Galifianakis, Daniel Brühl, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

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Superheroes have become a big part of the entertainment world and probably every streaming platform out there has been trying to develop the next big superhero project so that fans could satisfy their superhero itch. In the crowd of these streamers, Prime Video stands out from the rest with its edgy and satirical superhero shows like The Boys and Invincible and that’s why we thought of compiling a list of the best superhero shows you can find on Prime Video right now.

Gen V Credit – Prime Video

Gen V is a satirical teen superhero dark comedy-drama series developed by Craig Rosenberg, Evan Goldberg, and Eric Kripke. Based on The Boys comic book arc titled We Gotta Go Now created by Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, and John Higgins, the Prime Video series is set in The Boys universe...

"You are who you are, and you couldn't change if you tried." "It's fine. I'm an acquired taste. Everything you heard about me is true." Don't mess with this guy! Max has revealed another new promo trailer for the Gotham City spin-off series The Penguin, debuting streaming in a few weeks. Let's go! This intense crime thriller series will follow the transformation of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot (aka The Penguin) from a disfigured nobody to the noted Gotham gangster, after the events of The Batman movie (2022). Oscar nominee Colin Farrell returns from The Batman as Oz, taking over the city and becoming the notorious gangster villain. The main cast also features Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Deirdre O'Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Theo Rossi, Carmen Ejogo, and François Chau. The more they show from this series, the better it looks. The...

Incoming is a teen comedy film written and directed by Dave and John Chernin. The Netflix film follows the story of four teen friends as they go to their first high school party, which turns out to be one of the most memorable nights of their lives. Incoming stars Mason Thames, Raphael Alejandro, Bardia Seiri, Ramon Reed, Bobby Cannavale, Kaitlin Olson, Isabella Ferreira, and Ali Gallo. So, if you loved the carefree vibes, hilarious comedy, and the insane story in Incoming here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Project X (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Warner Bros.

Project X is a found-footage teen comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh from a screenplay co-written by Matt Drake and Michael Bacall. The 2012 film follows the story of three high school seniors who decide to throw a party to gain popularity amongst their peers but their plans to throw a...

Fans can look forward to ‘The Penguin’ series this year, a spinoff from Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ movie series, which exists in a separate universe from Gunn and Safran’s Dcu. The show is set to pick up one week after the events of the film, where Falcone’s death leaves a power vacuum that The Penguin, with Sofia Falcone’s help, is eager to fill.

Colin Farrell noted that the series will delve into the character’s complexities—his awkwardness, strength, villainy, and underlying heartbreak—building on his portrayal in the film. He also emphasized that the show will be extremely violent and dark.

Showrunner Lauren LeFranc recently spoke with Total Film, discussing the show’s intricate themes and the development of nuanced female characters within the crime genre.

Very few women have been able to write these kinds of movies or television shows.

I think my perspective on Oz,...

Fans od DC adapatation can look forward to ‘The Penguin’ show this year. The series is a spinoff of Matt Reeves’ ‘The Batman’ movie series, which takes place in a separate universe, unconnected to Gunn’s and Safran’s Dcu. The upcoming show will take place a week after the events of the aforementioned movie. Following the events of the movie, Falcone is dead and The Penguin is desperately trying to fill the power vacuum left behind with the help of Sofia Falcone.

Farrell indicated that the series would explore the character’s complexities, including his awkwardness, strength, villainous aspects, and underlying heartbreak, building upon his cinematic portrayal. He also mentioned that the show will be extremely violent and dark.

Showrunner Lauren LeFranc recently sat down with Total Film and commented on the show’s complex themes as well as progressing complex female characters in the crime genre:

Very few...

"If we don't protect what's ours, we just look weak!" Straight from comic book mecca Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con comes this new trailer for the Gotham City spin-off series The Penguin, debuting streaming in September. This intense crime thriller series will follow the transformation of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot (aka The Penguin) from a disfigured nobody to the noted Gotham gangster, after the events of The Batman movie (2022). Oscar nominee Colin Farrell returns from The Batman as Oz, who takes over the city and becomes the notorious gangster villain. A few episodes are directed by Craig Zobel to kick things off. The full ensemble cast also features Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Deirdre O'Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Theo Rossi, Carmen Ejogo, and François Chau. This one is even better than all the teasers before it - a gritty...

With quite a bit of time to go before The Batman 2 hits theaters, Matt Reeves and Lauren LeFranc want to keep audiences invested in the world that debuted in the 2022 superhero pic.

To that end, LeFranc revealed to Entertainment Weekly that there's another television spin-off currently in development.

"There’s another television exploration we’re going to do,” producer Dylan Clark stated. “We’re looking at this entire world as it relates to who Batman is — the antagonists around them, all the crime that has to be navigated in the city — and trying to figure out where are the areas that are best to explore.”

This news comes after a Gotham police department procedural morphed into what became The Penguin, and a planned Arkham Asylum spin-off was ultimately canned.

On the latter, Reeves and LeFranc revealed that HBO execs want them to lean more heavily on Batman's marquee characters,...

If you wanted final confirmation that Matt Reeves' The Batman would be existing outside of James Gunn's DC Universe (Dcu), you finally have it.

In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Reeves revealed that he and his producing partner Dylan Clark refer to their Batman universe as the 'Batman Epic Crime Saga.'

The universe began with Robert Pattinson's 2022, underrated superhero origin tale and will continue with HBO's The Penguin, which will hit HBO in September.

Reeves was also developing an Arkham television spin-off that surprisingly was revealed to be set within Gunn's Dcu before the project was ultimately canceled.

"As we were writing the movie [The Batman], I was like, 'Hey, you know what? I think there are some cool shows that we could do," Reeves told EW. "It was actually why I wanted to make our deal at Warner Bros."

According to Reeves, HBO execs told...

When Variety broke the news last month that HBO and Max content CEO Casey Bloys had changed the delineation between what an “HBO show” and a “Max show” is, there was an asterisk attached. Max’s big-budget, tentpole Warner Bros. IP projects like the “Harry Potter” TV show, the “It” prequel series “Welcome to Derry” and the Green Lantern adaptation “Lanterns” — were moving to under the HBO umbrella, but those coming before 2025 would not.

Here was the rub, much to Bloys’ chagrin: The two shows premiering this fall that had inspired Bloys to change his tune, “The Penguin” and “Dune: Prophecy,” couldn’t contractually make the switch. The shows had already been sold to international outlets as Max Originals, and those kinds of complicated deals are hard to unwind and revise.

“ ‘The Penguin’ would be an obvious fit as an HBO Original. Unfortunately, the process of licensing it internationally has already started,...

This article contains spoilers for the Lost finale and the epilogue “The New Man In Charge.”

Perhaps you may have heard, but the Lost finale was a touch controversial. As one of the biggest network TV dramas of all time and one of pop culture’s great “mystery box” stories, this ABC series had a lot of questions to answer in its final season.

Some would argue that Lost did a mostly fine job of resolving its many mysteries. In fact, that’s the official position taken here at Den of Geek. Many others, however, have found the finale’s focus on emotional catharsis over logical resolutions to be unsatisfying. While everyone is entitled to their opinion, something that the latter crowd sometimes misses in their interpretation of the Lost finale is that “The End” isn’t really the end. That’s right: there’s an epilogue to the Lost...

Max Releases New “The Penguin” Teaser

The Penguin has returned to Gotham for more upstanding mayor stuff. Max has released a new teaser for its upcoming DC Studios limited series “The Penguin,” starring Colin Farrell.

Developed by showrunner Lauren LeFranc and based on characters created for DC by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, the eight-episode series is a spin-off from Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” and explores Oz Cobb, a.k.a. The Penguin’s rise to power in Gotham City’s criminal underworld.

Watch the new teaser for “The Penguin” below:

In addition to Farrell, “The Penguin” will also star Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Clancy Brown, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Michael Zegen, Carmen Ejogo, Theo Rossi, François Chau, David H. Holmes, Craig Walker, Mark Strong, and more.

“The Penguin” will debut exclusively on Max in September with the exact premiere date to be announced...

"I refuse to let these old men push me aside again. So I'm gonna take from them now, and I'm gonna force them to their knees." Max has revealed an impressive second teaser trailer for the upcoming spin-off series The Penguin, confirmed for a September launch later this year. This is going to kick ass. This streaming series will follow the transformation of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot (aka The Penguin) from a disfigured nobody to the noted Gotham gangster, after the events of The Batman movie (2022). Oscar nominee Colin Farrell returns from The Batman (loved him in it) as Oz, bringing us his full transformation into the infamous DC Comics villain who gives Batman quite a fright. The first few episodes are being directed by Craig Zobel who seems like a perfect choice for this. The full ensemble cast also has Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Shohreh Aghdashloo,...

Send out the Bat Signal, because Oz Cobb is terrorizing Gotham City once again.

Warner Bros. Discovery has released a new trailer for “The Penguin,” the spinoff series focusing on Colin Farrell’s titular gangster from DC’s “The Batman.”

Set immediately after the events of the 2022 blockbuster film, the eight-episode series charts the character once known as Oswald Cobblepot and his rise to power in the Gotham underworld to become one of the most notorious villains in the “Batman” universe.

Joining Farrell are Cristin Milioti as Carmine Falcone’s daughter Sofia, Michael Zegen as Carmine’s son Alberto and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni, one of Gotham’s former top gangsters. Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau and David H. Holmes round out the cast.

Lauren LeFranc (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner on “The Penguin,” while “The Batman...

When Colin Farrell was cast as Oswald Cobblepot, The Penguin, in Matt Reeves’ The Batman, many fans were skeptical as they did not know what to expect from the interpretation. Farrell definitely did not look the part, but the costume design crew did an amazing job and Farrell delivered a brilliant villain who was so good that HBO ordered a standalone spin-off series focusing on The Penguin. The series, which will be titled The Penguin, is set to be released later this year and we have just today received some interesting casting rumors!

Namely, we know that Farrell is reprising his role and that the series will focus on Penguin taking over Gotham’s criminal underworld after the death of Carmine Falcone (played by John Turturro in the film) at the hands of the Riddler.

The series will obviously focus on Penguin’s clash with what remains of the Falcone family,...

The Penguin trailer offers a glimpse into the forthcoming installment of The Batman saga ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

The latest trailer for The Penguin sees Colin Farrell reprising his role as Oswald Cobblepot, alias Penguin. The trailer delves into the DC villain’s contemplation of the posthumous recognition bestowed upon a local gangster by the community during his upbringing, prompting Cobblepot to ponder the significance of such acknowledgement. “Can you imagine being remembered like that?” Cobblepot queries an off-screen character. The trailer doesn’t spill much about the story, but it does give us quick peeks at Cristin Milioti playing Sofia Falcone and Clancy Brown as Salvatore Maroni.

Announced in September 2021, “The Penguin” continues the saga of Colin Farrell’s Oswald Cobblepot shortly after the events depicted in “The Batman 2023,” as he manoeuvres to assert his authority within Gotham’s criminal hierarchy. The production of the eight-episode limited series commenced in...

"Can you imagine to be remembered like that?" Max has unveiled the first real teaser trailer for the spin-off series The Penguin, set to debut in the fall this year. This streaming series will follow the transformation of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot from a disfigured nobody to the noted Gotham gangster, after the events of The Batman movie. Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell returns from The Batman (loved him in it) as Oz, bringing us his full transformation into the infamous DC Comics villain who gives Batman quite a fright. The first episodes are being directed by Craig Zobel who seems like a perfect choice for this. We featured an early production teaser last year. The full ensemble cast also has Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Deirdre O'Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Theo Rossi, Carmen Ejogo, and François Chau. Ohhhhhhh this looks So damn good.

The bat is nowhere to be seen in the latest trailer for “The Penguin,” but that doesn’t mean that Gotham City crime is running rampant…yet.

Max’s “Batman” spinoff “The Penguin” is produced by “The Batman” writer/director Matt Reeves, with Dylan Clark executive producing. Colin Farrell reprises his role of corrupt nightclub owner Oz Cobb from Reeves’ 2022 feature starring Robert Pattinson as the titular superhero.

Following the events of the film which saw most of Oswald’s gang members either killed or incarcerated, Oswald is climbing the ranks in underground organized crime. The cast is rounded out by Cristin Milioti, who portrays Sofia, daughter of John Turturro’s mafia boss Carmine Falcone, and Theo Rossi, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, and David H. Holmes. Clancy Brown is believed to be playing Gotham City mafia head Sal Maroni, who was formerly...

Colin Farrell returns to Gotham City as Oz Cobb, aka Oswald Cobblepot, in the trailer for “The Penguin,” a spinoff series of “The Batman” coming this fall to Max.

“The Penguin” takes place immediately following the events of DC’s 2022 blockbuster, tracing Cobblepot’s rise to power in the Gotham underworld as he becomes one of the most prominent villains in the “Batman” universe. Farrell gives a classic gangster monologue throughout the trailer, which slowly ramps up the violence and gunfights in Gotham City’s seedy underground.

“When I was a kid, there was a gangster, real old-school type. Rex Calabrese. He was a big deal. He helped people. He saw you on the street, he’d call out to you,” Cobblepot narrates in the trailer. “When I was 14 or something, he has a heart attack and dies, still holding a cigar. In my neighborhood, they throw a parade in his honor.

Production on Max’s highly anticipated The Batman spinoff series The Penguin has finally wrapped in New York City.

Emmy-winning production designer Kalina Ivanov shared on Instagram that The Penguin has indeed completed its filming, after being delayed for several months due to last year’s Hollywood strikes. In addition, Fantastic Beasts alum Carmen Ejogo also celebrated the series’ production wrap with a photo of one of The Penguin merchandise that the cast and crew had received. She also expressed her excitement about the show, teasing DC fans to anticipate "something epic." Like most of the cast members, further details about Ejogo’s character are still being kept under wraps.

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A new batch of set photos from the New York City production of Max’s upcoming The Penguin series has arrived online, featuring Oscar nominee Colin Farrell.

Shared on X, the images show Farrell’s titular villain in the middle of chaos, which seems to be the aftermath of a massive explosion. Farrell can be seen wearing his character’s signature fur-lined coat from the comics. Last June 2023, The Penguin had a filming setback after it was temporarily delayed due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Despite this, HBO boss Casey Bloys assured fans that the highly-anticipated series is still set for a 2024 debut on Max, as production finally resumed the week after Thanksgiving.

More new pics! Colin Farrell is seen during a scene at 'The Penguin' set January 31, 2024 | New York City#ColinFarrell #ThePenguin pic.twitter.com/amMaHx7Kt5 — Colin Farrell Updates💚ðŸ¤.🧡 (@CFarrellUpdates) February 1, 2024 More new pics!

The Penguin star Michael Kelly recently opened up about getting to act opposite Colin Farrell after he had been transformed into Oswald Cobblepot for The Batman sequel series.

Speaking with ComicBook.com, Kelly — who will portray Falcone Crime family underboss Johnny Vitti in The Penguin — confirmed that he had wrapped filming on the hotly-anticipated DC series. "I was doing The Penguin and we stopped right in the middle [because of the strike]," Kelly says. "I had one day left [of filming], and I'm done now with that." The actor then discussed being "blown away the first time" he saw Farrell on set in makeup and costume as the Penguin. "It's mind-blowing man, mind-blowing and he's so freaking good in it. He's so good in it," Kelly added.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender: Everything We Know About This Netflix Series ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender will soon start streaming on one of the biggest streaming platforms, Netflix. 12-year-old Aang is burdened with the responsibility to restore peace with some help from his friends. Gordon Cormier will lead the series in the titular role, and here’s everything else we know about the upcoming series.

What is it about?

There are four nations in this fictitious world: the Water Tribe, Earth Kingdoms, Air Nomads, and the Fire Nation. People living in these parts of the Avatar: The Last Airbender world possess specific abilities depending on their country. However, the Avatar can only master all four elements and act as the bridge between the spirit world and the humans.

It is inspired by Nickelodeon‘s original animated series. The Fire nation goes to war with the other nations,...

Colin Farrell is returning to the makeup chair to transform himself into Oswald Cobblepot for Max‘s The Penguin series. After months of being grounded because of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, production for The Penguin is taking flight the week after Thanksgiving. The series, a spin-off of Matt Reeves’ The Batman film, started filming in March but stalled because of the writers’ strike in June.

In addition to revealing the production restart date for The Penguin, Empire recently dropped a new image from the series:

The eight-episode drama continues Penguin’s rise as one of Gotham’s most notorious criminals, from the chilling dancefloors of the Iceberg Lounge to the darkest corners of Gotham City’s underworld. Cristin Milioti plays Sofia Falcone, a prolific crime boss who succeeded in taking Oswald’s empire apart piece by piece. Clancy Brown plays Salvatore Maroni, a powerful mob boss in Gotham City who disfigured Harvey Dent,...

“The Penguin” is heading back into production.

The Max-dc series, which stars Colin Farrell in a spinoff of the film “The Batman,” is set to return to shooting now that the SAG-AFTRA strike has been settled. Production on the series will resume the week after Thanksgiving, Variety has learned. It originally began in March 2023 but was suspended in June during the writers’ strike and subsequent actors’ strike in Hollywood.

Farrell will reprise the role of Oswald “The Penguin” Cobblepot in the series after delivering a critically-acclaimed turn as the iconic character in the hit film.

The show will pick up in the immediate aftermath of the conclusion of “The Batman” and will chart Cobblepot’s rise to power in the Gotham underworld to become one of Batman’s most feared villains. On the live-action side, The Penguin has previously been played by actors like Burgess Meredith, Danny DeVito, and Robin Lord Taylor.

The upcoming Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel will focus more on the iconic villain Shredder, promising a villain-forward film. The writing team is prioritizing what tells the best story about the Turtles, ensuring the main characters are still at the center of the film. Shredder is described by writer-director Jeff Rowe as an iconic, classic, and loved character, much like the Joker, who is recognizable even to those unfamiliar with the source material.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel will be more villain-forward, promises the director. The movie, which is the latest big-screen reimagining of the iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book characters, was both a critical and commercial success. In addition to getting a Certified Fresh 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Mutant Mayhem grossed $180.5 million worldwide, becoming the 23rd highest-grossing movie of the year at the time of writing.

Recently, Collider spoke with writer-director Jeff...

Water! Earth! Fire! Air! The elements will align for Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender! The streaming platform is bringing heat to Airbender fans before this year’s Netflix Geeked presentation kicks off with looks at upcoming film and television projects like 3 Body Problem, Blue Eye Samurai, Damsel, Devil May Cry, Exploding Kittens, Masters of the Universe: Revolution, Obliterated, Stranger Things, Sonic Prime, The Archies, and more! Netflix’s Geeked Week will occur between November 6th and November 12th!

To tease the event to come, Netflix unleashed a gallery of images from Avatar: The Last Airbender, featuring multiple Fire Nation characters, including Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as General Iroh, Ken Leung as Commander Zhao, and Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula. Netflix also presented a new image of Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko.

The live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender cast rounds out with Amber Midthunder,...

The first teaser for Colin Farrell’s The Penguin spin-off was released during Warner Bros Discovery’s Max presentation on Wednesday (12 April).

The media giant announced a slew of new content as it revealed that its streaming services HBO Max and Discovery+ are officially being combined into one platform dubbed simply, Max.

Farrell first starred as the mob boss (Aka Oswald Cobblepot) in Matt Reeves’s 2022 movie The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader.

The trailer shows Farrell waddling up stairs with a typical penguin sway and delivering lines like: “I’ll cut you like a goddamn fish.”

Yet more rain pours down on Gotham City after it was reported that The Batman featured over an hour of rainy sequences.

It also shows Oswald clinking glasses with Sofia Falcone (played by Cristin Milioti), the daughter of John Turturro’s Carmine Falcone.

The series also stars Theo Rossi, Rhenzy Feliz,...

"The new Kingpin of Gotham." HBO Max (now known as only "Max") has revealed a first look production teaser for the upcoming spin-off series The Penguin, currently set to arrive sometime in early 2024. This streaming series will follow the transformation of Oswald "Oz" Cobblepot from a disfigured nobody to noted Gotham gangster, after the events of The Batman movie. Academy Award nominee Colin Farrell returns from The Batman (loved him in it) as Oz, bringing us his full transformation into the infamous DC Comics villain who gives Batman quite a fright. The first episodes are being directed by Craig Zobel who seems like a perfect choice for this. It's currently in production now, and has been filming for a few months already. The cast also includes Cristin Milioti as Sofia Falcone, Clancy Brown, Michael Zegen, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O'Connell, James Madio, Scott Cohen, Theo Rossi, Carmen Ejogo,...

The Penguin is looking to make a name for himself on the streets of Gotham City in the first trailer for HBO Max’s series offshoot of Matt Reeves’ The Batman.

The first footage was released on Wednesday as part of a Max Day press event that formally announced the new name and details for the streaming service that as of May 23 will be known as Max.

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Colin Farrell is back as a chilly “Batman” villain.

Max’s “The Penguin” marks a sequel spinoff to Matt Reeves’ film “The Batman,” during which Farrell made his debut as the corrupt nightclub owner Oswald Cobblepot. Now, following the events of the film, Oswald aka the Penguin is a rising mob boss. The first footage from the series debuted at Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max presentation on Wednesday. Watch below.

Cristin Milioti portrays Sofia Falcone, the daughter of John Turturro’s mafia boss Carmine Falcone.

In addition to Farrell and Milioti, the series stars Theo Rossi, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, and David H. Holmes.

Clancy Brown is believed to be playing Gotham City mafia head Sal Maroni, who was formerly portrayed by Eric Roberts in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” Michael Zegen, best known for “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is rumored...

Oswald Cobblepot is finally getting his moment in the sun.

Warner Bros. Discovery executives have unveiled the first look at “The Penguin,” the spin-off series focusing on Colin Farrell’s titular Gotham City gangster from the 2022 blockbuster film “The Batman.” The preview was part of the company’s presentation on Wednesday of its streaming service, Max, a combination of the HBO Max and Discovery+ services.

“The Penguin,” which is currently in production, will run for eight episodes. Spoiler alert for that film: After Paul Dano’s the Riddler kills Carmine Falcone, one of Gotham City’s top mob bosses, he floods the major downtown area in a coordinated terrorist attack — leaving Farrell’s Cobblepot with a city in chaos and a power vacuum within Gotham’s underworld.

Costarring with Farrell are Cristin Milioti (“Made for Love”) as Carmine’s daughter Sofia Falcone; Michael Zegen (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) as Carmine...

This year’s Star Wars Celebration drew to a close on Monday with the release of a trailer for Volume 2 of Star Wars: Visions, Disney+’s animated anthology series.

The nine shorts this time around hail from Rodrigo Blaas, the writer/director of El Guiri’s “Sith” from Spain; Paul Young, director of Cartoon’s Saloon’s “Screecher’s Reach” from Ireland; Gabriel Osorio, writer/director of Punkrobot’s “In the Stars” from Chile; Magdalena Osinska, director of Aardman’s “I Am Your Mother” from the UK; Hyeong-Geun Park, director of Studio Mir’s “Journey to the Dark Head” from South Korea; Julien Chheng,...

“The Penguin” series at HBO Max has cast Carmen Ejogo, François Chau, and David H. Holmes in recurring roles, Variety has learned exclusively.

The trio join a cast that includes series lead Colin Farrell, who will reprise the role of Oswald “The Penguin” Cobblepot from “The Batman, as well as Cristin Milioti, Rhenzy Feliz, Michael Kelly, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Deirdre O’Connell, and Clancy Brown. Character details for Ejogo, Chau, and Holmes are being kept under wraps.

Ejogo’s recent TV credits include “Your Honor,” “I’m a Virgo,” and “True Detective” Season 3. In film, she has starred in features such as the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, “Alien: Covenant,” and “Roman J. Israel, Esq.” She is repped by WME and Peikoff Mahan.

Chau is known for his work in shows like “Lost” and “The Expanse,” while he has also recently appeared in shows like “Law & Order: Organized Crime” and “American Gigolo.” He is repped by Gva Talent Agency.

Ben leaps into a hospital’s busy ER on NBC’s Quantum Leap season 1 episode 10. “Paging Dr. Song” will air on January 9, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.

The sequel stars Raymond Lee (Kevin Can F**k Himself) as physicist Ben Song and Caitlin Bassett as Addison, a hologram who only Ben can see when he leaps. Ernie Hudson (The Family Business) plays Herbert “Magic” Williams, Mason Alexander Park (The Sandman) is Ian Wright, and Nanrisa Lee (First Love) plays Jenn Chou.

“Paging Dr. Song” Plot: Ben leaps into Alexandra Tomkinson, a medical resident in a Seattle hospital. As victims from a train crash pour into the ER, Addison reveals a very complicated mission facing Ben during this leap. Ben must go up against hospital bosses to save lives and Alexandra’s career.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender has added 20 cast members for the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series. Among them are Arden Cho (June), George Takei (Voh), Momona Tamada (Ty Lee), Thalia Tran (Mai), Utkarsh Ambudkar (King Bumi), Amber Midthunder (Princess Yue), Danny Pudi (The Mechanist), and James Sie (Cabbage Merchant). The streaming service’s account shared a look at them alongside their characters. Check it out below. Arden Cho, George Takei, Momona Tamada, Thalia Tran, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Amber Midthunder , Danny Pudi, and James Sie have joined the cast of our live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series! pic.twitter.com/cxiQp7moD5 — Netflix (@netflix) September 27, 2022 Also cast were A Martinez, Irene Bedard, Joel Oulette, Nathaniel Arcand, Meegwun Fairbrother, Lucian-River Chauhan, Ruy Iskandar, Hiro Kanagawa, C.S. Lee, François Chau, Ryan Mah, and Randall Duk Kim. They join the previously announced cast, which includes Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara,...

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender has rounded out its cast, adding 20 actors, including George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Danny Pudi and Arden Cho.

Written by Albert Kim, Netflix bills the series as an authentic adaptation of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender reimagined as a live-action adventure.

The world of Avatar is divided into four nations: the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. In addition to the Four Nations, some characters have the ability to visit a parallel dimension called the Spirit World. New cast descriptions follow below.

Water Tribe:

Amber Midthunder is Princess Yue, the compassionate spiritual leader of the Northern Water Tribe.

A Martinez is Pakku, the veteran waterbending master of the Northern Water Tribe and a fierce defender of their traditions.

Irene Bedard is Yagoda, an empathetic healer...

Netflix‘s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series is preparing to climb atop a flying bison and soar through the sky! The entire cast for the anticipated adaptation is finally revealed, including several notable names added to the roster. The live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender cast rounds out with Amber Midthunder, Arden Cho, Danny Pudi, Utkarsh Ambudkar, George Takei, Momona Tamada, Thalia Tran, and James Sie. They join the previously announced cast, including Gordon Cormier as Aang, Kiawentiio as Katara, Ian Ousley as Sokka, Dallas Liu as Zuko, Elizabeth Yu as Azula, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as Iroh, and Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai.

The world of Avatar is divided into four nations: the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. In addition to the Four Nations, some characters can visit a parallel dimension called the Spirit World.

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Netflix has rounded out the cast of its upcoming live-action adaptation of “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” with 20 new additions including George Takei, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Arden Cho and Danny Pudi.

Playing characters in the Water Tribe are Amber Midthunder as Princess Yue, the compassionate spiritual leader of the Northern Water Tribe; A Martinez as Pakku, the veteran waterbending master of the Northern Water Tribe and a fierce defender of their traditions; Irene Bedard as Yagoda, an empathetic healer who serves as a role model for her tribe’s female waterbenders; Joel Oulette as Hahn, a strong and skilled warrior with an unwavering loyalty to his tribe; Nathaniel Arcand as Chief Arnook, father to Princess Yue and the respected leader of their tribe; and Meegwun Fairbrother as Avatar Kuruk, a previous Avatar with a haunted past.

Cho, Ambudkar and Pudi all play Earth Kingdom characters, with Cho (“Partner Track”) as June, a...

Prey breakout Amber Midthunder, Ghosts‘ Utkarsh Ambudkar, Teen Wolf alum Arden Cho and FBI: Most Wanted vet Nathaniel Arcand are among the many to have boarded the cast of Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender, based on the animated series from Nickelodeon.

In what is being described as “an authentic adaptation of the award-winning and beloved Nickelodeon animated series,” written and exec-produced by Albert Kim (Sleepy Hollow, Nikita), the world of Avatar is divided into four nations: the Water Tribe, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. In addition to the Four Nations, some characters have...

The old adage “art imitates life” is really hitting home for Will Yun Lee, who plays surgeon Alex Park on The Good Doctor. This week, an elderly Korean American shopkeeper (François Chau) and his activist daughter (Jee Young Han) come to the medical center after he’s beaten in an anti-Asian hate crime. When the two have different opinions on how to deal with the attack, Park uses his experience as the son of immigrants to connect with the young woman and bridge the gap. For Korean American Lee, whose parents owned stores when he was growing up, conversations about that hardworking generation were particularly touching. “Sometimes, because their English is limited, they become faceless,” he says. “I love that this episode goes into what’s in their heart and shows them as human beings.” An upcoming hour involving a young patient is also personal to Lee, whose son was...

Disney has released a brand new featurette that takes a behind-the-scenes look at Raya and the Last Dragon. Titled "Crafting Raya," it offers a glimpse into what it took to bring the movie to life. Walt Disney Animation Studios' latest is set to arrive both in theaters and on Disney+ through Premier Access in March.

The video offers a new look at the upcoming epic fantasy-adventure. It features stars Kelly Marie Tran (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Awkwafina (Ocean's 8), as well as the filmmakers. They discuss what inspired the story, characters and martial arts in the movie, in addition to how it was crafted by the artists, talent and filmmakers who were all working from home, given that it was finished during the shutdown Hollywood faced in 2020. Tran had this to say in the video.

"It is so exciting to be the first Southeast Asian Disney Princess. It is a big deal.

A new Super Bowl ad for Raya and the Last Dragon provides a new sneak peek at the animated movie ahead of its premiere in March. Last week, Walt Disney Animation Studios released an official trailer for the movie, which will release simultaneously in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. The new Super Bowl spot provides another thrilling new look at the anticipated movie, and if you didn't catch the game, you can watch the new ad below.

Per an official logline, "Raya and the Last Dragon takes us on an exciting, epic journey to the fantasy world of Kumandra, where Raya, a lone warrior, must track down the legendary last dragon to stop an evil force that has returned after 500 years to once again threaten her homeworld."

Awkwafina also stars as the voice of Sisu the dragon, which has been drawing some comparisons to Robin Williams' iconic performance as the Genie in Aladdin.

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Stars: Jim Schubin, Chloe Carroll, François Chau, Tara Westwood, Ione Butler, Mike Sutton | Written and Directed by Phillip G. Carroll Jr.

Phillip G. Carroll Jr. has written and directed a variety of short films in his career, and The Honeymoon Phase adds a notch to his resume as his first foray into feature films. The movie tells the story of a young couple named Tom (Jim Schubin) and Eve (Chloe Carroll) who, in order to make some easy cash, lie about their relationship in order to enter something named “The Millennium Project”. They must convince and keep up the lie that they’re married whilst undertaking this research project in the place of guinea pigs. Under a scientific behavioural microscope, things begin to change for this couple… and not in the best and calmest of ways either.

The Honeymoon Phase is a real cave-jump into relationships, into trust and that...

FrightFest, the UK horror festival that was forced to move online this year because of pandemic disruption, has unveiled a lineup for its 21st edition (August 27-31) including seven world premieres.

The event opens with the UK premiere of Sky Sharks, which features Nazi zombie-piloted airborne killer sharks.

World premieres include Logan Thomas’s There’s No Such Thing As Vampires, Patrick Rea’s I Am Lisa, Ruben Pla’s The Horror Crowd, G-Hey Kim’s Don’t Click, Toby Watts’ Playhouse, Airell Anthony Hayles and Sam Casserly’s They’re Outside, and Francesco Giannini’s Hall.

Industry-focused events will include a panel hosted by Den Of Geek’s UK editor Rosie Fletcher about how the horror genre has been affected by the pandemic.

All online film screenings will be geo-locked to UK audiences and available through FrightFest’s website.

“We will desperately miss seeing all of you in person...