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The AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches – which, as you may have deduced from the title, is based on author Anne Rice’s trilogy of Mayfair Witches novels – was only four episodes into the eight episode run of its first season when AMC ordered a second season of the show back in February of 2023. Last month, it was finally announced that fans are going to have the chance to see new episodes of the show when Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches season 2 premieres on January 5, 2025 on both AMC and AMC+… and now, a trailer for the season has made its way online. You can watch it in the embed above. Our review of the first season of the show can be read Here.

AMC’s Mayfair Witches series is an exploration of female power and the mortal implications of our decisions. Mayfair Witches focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon...

The AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches – which, as you may have deduced from the title, is based on author Anne Rice’s trilogy of Mayfair Witches novels – was only four episodes into the eight episode run of its first season when AMC ordered a second season of the show back in February of 2023. Now we finally know when fans are going to have the chance to see new episodes of the show, as AMC has announced that Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches season 2 will premiere on January 5, 2025 on both AMC and AMC+! They have also unveiled a new batch of images, which can be seen in this article. Our review of the first season of the show can be read Here.

AMC’s Mayfair Witches series is an exploration of female power and the mortal implications of our decisions. Mayfair Witches focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers...

Toph Beifong is one of the most important characters in Aang’s story in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Her character brought forth a kind of energy in the series that had been missing in the first season. Up until her introduction into the animated series, all the other characters had just been treating Aang like he was fragile. On the other hand, with the life that she had led and the challenges she had faced, she was much tougher on him.

Toph from Avatar: The Last Airbender | Credits: Nickelodeon

Considering the kind of presence she brought into the series, there is no denying that audiences have been looking forward to her arrival in the second season of Netflix’s live-action series. It was recently announced that the role has been given to Miya Cech, best known for Rim of the World and The Darkest Minds.

During an interview, she talked...

Do you, by chance, remember when director McG made good movies? Yeah, I know, me neither. And his latest, Uglies, won’t disprove that point. It is hard to believe that the man who cut his teeth directing Sugar Ray music videos has successfully made movies for nearly a quarter of a century.

Yes, cinema is a visual medium, but McG has always focused more on aesthetics. From the Charlie’s Angels franchise to family fare like Rim of the World and Family Switch, he emphasizes vain visuals instead of character depth and a good story.

McG may have finally found a film that tackles those sensibilities with Netflix’s latest Joey King vehicle. Uglies is a grossly digitally enhanced, special effects-driven, inefficacious streaming film whose themes are so wide of the mark that it practically becomes conceited.

Joey King in Uglies (2024) | Image via Netflix Relateda Family Affair (2024) Review — Joey King...

The AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches – which, as you may have deduced from the title, is based on author Anne Rice’s trilogy of Mayfair Witches novels – was only four episodes into the eight episode run of its first season when AMC ordered a second season of the show back in February of 2023. We still have a while to wait for Mayfair Witches season 2, as it’s not scheduled to premiere until sometime in 2025, but a teaser trailer for the new episodes has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above. Our review of the first season of the show can be read Here.

AMC’s Mayfair Witches series is an exploration of female power and the mortal implications of our decisions. Mayfair Witches focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers,...

5 Things That Did Not Work for Jennifer Lopez’s Atlas(Photo Credit –IMDb)

A megastar, a big budget, a tried and tested genre – Netflix’s Atlas had all the right elements for a blockbuster, so how did the makers still miss it? One of the most anticipated streaming releases of the year, the film fell short of all expectations.

Ever since Atlas was released on Netflix, the film has been panned by critics. What was promised to be an action-packed visual spectacle, turned out to be a dud. So what did go wrong with the Jennifer Lopez movie? Among the many factors behind Atlas’ failure, these 5 things certainly did not work for the film.

1. Predictable Plot

From the trailer, it looked like Atlas would have something new to offer in the sci-fi genre; but instead, the film felt like a rehashed version of all the robots vs humanity movies we have watched before.

Exclusive: Corey Marsh has been promoted to President of TV at Wonderland Sound and Vision, the television and film production banner founded by McG and run by his longtime partner and President of Production, Mary Viola.

Marsh, elevated from his role as EVP of the prodco, has been behind numerous successes in both television and film over his six years at Wonderland. He developed and executive produced Not Dead Yet for ABC, Average Joe for BET+, and True Lies for CBS – all of which received series orders – in addition to overseeing last year’s Anthony Anderson-led pilot Public Defenders for ABC.

On the film side, Marsh developed and produced the hit Netflix movie Tall Girl and sequel Tall Girl 2. He also served as executive producer on Netflix’s Rim of the World and The Babysitter 2.

Prior to joining Wonderland, Marsh worked at The Walt Disney Company where...

Family Switch‘s age/identity swapping premise has been done many times before. In fact, Jennifer Garner even references her prior age-swapping comedy 13 Going on 30 in Family Switch‘s trailer. But Netflix is hoping audiences are ready for a new 2023 version of the tried-and-true premise with Garner and Ed Helms in starring roles.

The cast includes Emma Myers, Brady Noon, Bashir Salahuddin, Matthias Schweighöfer, and Xosha Roquemore. Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, Paul Scheer, Fortune Feimster, and Rita Moreno also star.

McG directs from a screenplay by Victoria Strouse and Adam Sztykiel, based on Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s Bedtime For Mommy novel. McG, Jennifer Lawrence, Lawrence Grey, Ben Everard, Nicole King Solaka, and Mary Viola serve as producers, with David Hyman, Jason Rosenthal, and Victoria Strause executive producing.

Family Switch premieres on November 30, 2023 on Netflix.

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“Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to...

Time is the measure of success or failure in the streaming world. Gal Gadot’s “Heart of Stone” earned 143 million hours in its first 10 days of Netflix availability. That fell short of Chris Hemsworth’s “Extraction 2” and Jennifer Lopez’s “The Mother,” which each notched 175 million-178 million hours in that same time period. All three movies, along with Zack Snyder’s upcoming two-part film “Rebel Moon,” represent a swiftly disappearing notion in the streaming world: The big-budget, English-language streaming movie is becoming a comparative rarity.

As one industry executive told TheWrap, “Peak streaming is over, Wall Street no longer loves it.”

Compared to just a couple of years ago, the sheer amount of direct-to-streaming movies has plummeted. Netflix, which pioneered big-budget streaming movies, will release just above 40 English-language films in 2023, compared to 75 in 2022. Insiders and analysts blame a change in financial tune. Wall Street no longer rewards spending big...

Since the WGA strike began, TV writers have been front and center, with late-night shows canceled, picket lines outside studios and questions lobbed at executives at upfronts about the strike’s impact on their prime-time lineups. But film writers who joined in the strike effort say they face the same struggles, and some worry they’re being left out of the conversation.

Some flashpoints in the tense negotiations that led to the strike, like the use of mini-rooms, are specific to TV. But film screenwriters have seen their pay stagnate, too, the Writers Guild of America said. Many film genres have become more viable as streaming titles than as theatrical releases, leading feature writers to work on projects that often have less favorable pay scales.

Streaming has been a double-edged sword for screenwriters, said Zack Stentz, co-writer of “X-Men: First Class.” It has given screenwriters a new avenue to get...

Slash Back is the perfect film for sci-fi geek kids whose only dream is to save the world from alien invasion. A few years ago, Netflix made one of these called “Rim of the World,” which had a massive budget and followed a similar formula to Stranger Things, making the unknown the focus, but Slash Back is a film about female friendships at a young age, teenage problems, and identity crises. Most importantly, it’s an Inuit story told through Inuit kids, and that’s what makes it a really enjoyable experience.

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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In ‘Slash Back’?

In Pangniturang, Nunavut, a group of teenagers awaits the time when their parents will go out dancing for the summer solstice. That way, they get to hang out and do teenage things. Back in the day, Maika, as a young girl, was taught how to hunt by her father.

The AMC series Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches – which, as you may have deduced from the title, is based on author Anne Rice’s trilogy of Mayfair Witches novels – is only four episodes into the eight episode run of its first season, but it has already earned another season. The Hollywood Reporter has let us know that AMC has officially ordered season 2 of the show.

AMC’s Mayfair Witches series is an exploration of female power and the mortal implications of our decisions. Mayfair Witches focuses on an intuitive young neurosurgeon who discovers that she is the unlikely heir to a family of witches. As she grapples with her newfound powers, she must contend with a sinister presence that has haunted her family for generations.

Alexandra Daddario (We Summon the Darkness), Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire), Tongayi Chrisu (Palm Springs), Harry Hamlin (Mad Men), Annabeth Gish (Rim of the World), Beth Grant...

“The Office” star Ed Helms will join Jennifer Garner in “Family Leave,” a body-swap comedy set at Netflix.

Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, is directing the film, which is written by Adam Sztykiel and adapted from author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s heartwarming book “Bedtime For Mommy.”

In the film, Garner and Helms will play Jess and Bill Walker, two parents who are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, the Walkers will attempt to unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout. Additional cast members, who will play the rest of the Walker clan, have yet to be announced.

David Hyman...

Ed Helms has signed on to co-star with Jennifer Garner in the Netflix comedy “Family Leave,” with McG joining as director and producer.

Garner, who also serves as a producer, has been attached to the film since Feb. 2021. Adam Sztykiel is handling the rewrite of Victoria Strouse’s script, which is based on “Bedtime for Mommy” by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

The film follows Jess and Bill Walker, a couple determined to keep their family close as their kids are growing older and less connected to one another. One day, after a chance meeting with an astrological reader, they wake up to find that they’ve switched bodies with a family living on the other side of the world. Unfortunately, the body swap happens to take place on the most important day in their individual lives, with a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout on the table.

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Ed Helms (Together Together) and McG (The Babysitter) have boarded the Netflix body swap comedy Family Leave, inspired by New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal’s book, Bedtime for Mommy. Helms will star alongside the previously announced Jennifer Garner, with McG serving as the project’s director and producer.

The film first announced back in February of 2021 follows Jess and Bill Walker, who are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, on the morning of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion, college interview, record deal and soccer tryout?

Family Leave is a continuation of McG’s recent work with Netflix on titles like The Babysitter, Holidate, the...

Exclusive: We’ll be seeing more of Carlo, Fia and Eugene in the upcoming second and final season of Showtime’s Your Honor. Jimi Stanton (Castle Rock) Lilli Kay (Chambers) and Benjamin Flores Jr. (Fear Street), who recur as the characters, respectively, have been promoted to series regulars for Season 2.

Bryan Cranston stars in the series as Michael Desiato, a respected New Orleans judge whose teenage son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices.

As the only surviving son of Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg), Stanton’s Carlo Baxter is now more determined than ever to follow in his father’s criminal footsteps. Stanton appeared in eight episodes in the first season.

Stanton plays Carlo Baxter. As the only surviving son of Jimmy Baxter (SAG Award winner Michael Stuhlbarg), Carlo is now more determined than ever to follow in his father’s criminal footsteps.

McG, who has been busy producing movies for Netflix, returned to broadcast television this season with three pilots on three different networks for his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, True Lies, based on James Cameron’s 1994 movie, on CBS; Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rodriguez on ABC; and the Jensen Ackles-produced Supernatural prequel The Winchesters on the CW. Over the last couple of days, all three were picked up to series. Additionally, BET+ just picked up Wonderland’s series Average Joe, created by Robb Cullen and starring Deon Cole.

The slate of four series on the air harkens back to Wonderland’s most prolific time in television a decade ago when the company also had four series with Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck and Human Target. The company’s executive team includes McG’s longtime partner, Mary Viola, who serves as President, and EVP Corey Marsh.

True Lies, whose pilot was...

Exclusive: Apple TV+ has given a formal 10-episode series order to Surfside Girls, a live-action kids and family series based on the best-selling Top Shelf Productions (Idw Publishing) graphic novel series by author Kim Dwinell. Miya Cech (Rim of the World) and FBI: Most Wanted‘s YaYa Gosselin headline the project, from WGA Award winner May Chan (Avatar: the Last Airbender), Endeavor Content and Idw Entertainment.

Gosselin has been a series regular on CBS’ FBI: Most Wanted since Season 2 having recurred on the show the first season. As she takes on the lead series regular role in Surfside Girls, she will transition back to guest starring/recurring status on FBI: Most Wanted where she will continue in her role as Tali Lacroix.

Surfside Girls is an adventure series about two best friends, Jade (Cech) and Sam (Gosselin), who are psyched to spend their summer riding the waves and catching the rays.

Exclusive: Benjamin Flores Jr. has signed with Hyperion for agency representation.

The actor most recently starred in the Leigh Janiak-directed Netflix feature trilogy Fear Street, released this past summer. He’s also a series regular on the Showtime drama Your Honor alongside Bryan Cranston and Michael Stuhlbarg. The series, which has been picked up for a second season, became the most-watched debut season ever on Showtime as well as the network’s most watched series.

Flores was previously a lead in the McG-directed Netflix feature comedy Rim of the World and played a supporting role in the $605M-global grossing Transformers: The Last Knight for Paramount. The actor got his start as a series regular on Nickelodeon’s The Haunted Hathaways followed by Game Shakers. He is a recipient of the Imagen Award for Best Young Actor-Television.

Flores continues to be represented by Matt Sherman Management and Fox Rothschild.

Partners lining up film, TV slate, currently attending Mia market in Rome.

Highly regarded industry veterans Matt Brodlie and Jonathan Kier have launched Los Angeles-based Upgrade Productions to develop and produce premium local-language film and TV for a global audience.

Backed by German powerhouse Constantin Film and with a strategic partnership in place with Bron, Upgrade aims to exploit the boom in demand for local-language content as the co-founders leverage deep relationships and experience in sales, acquisition and producing to partner with content creators around the world.

Brodlie, who most recently served as SVP international content at Disney+, and Kier,...

Exclusive: WME has signed Amanda Cerny, a social media influencer and actress known for titles including Rim of the World, The Deleted and Speedball.

Cerny, who also co-hosts the Feels Good podcast with Jacqueline Fernandez, will work with WME to build her career in TV, talent, podcasting and personal appearances. The Instagram influencer, who currently has more than 25 million followers, is also a United Nations ambassador, focusing on environment and wildlife.

She continues to be represented by Lacey Abbott and Louie Diaz of Social Adam.

Joey King is set to star in Netflix’s adaptation of the best-selling dystopian novel “Uglies,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

McG, whose recent films debuted on Netflix, like “The Babysitter,” “The Babysitter: Killer Queen” and “Rim of the World,” will direct. Krista Vernoff will adapt the script from Scott Westerfeld’s novel.

“Uglies” is set in a world where people get a compulsory operation at 16 that wipes out all physical differences, conforming everyone to one standard of beauty.

King, who was a fan of the young adult book series, will executive produce alongside Jamie King and Westerfeld. John Davis and Jordan Davis will produce for Davis Entertainment Company, alongside Robyn Mesinger for Anonymous Content, Dan Spilo for Industry Entertainment, and McG and Mary Viola for Wonderland.

King most recently starred in the Hulu limited series “The Act,” which earned her an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nomination,...

Exclusive: Following the success of the romantic comedy The Kissing Booth, Netflix and Joey King have found their next project to collaborate on as King has signed on to star and exec produce an adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s International best-selling-dystopian fantasy novel Uglies. McG, whose recent films have all been for Netflix, has signed on to direct.

The story is set in a world in which a compulsory operation at sixteen wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. Sources say King has long been a fan of the series and was aggressive in pursuing the lead role once Netflix acquired the rights to the novel.

Krista Vernoff will adapt script. John Davis and Jordan Davis for Davis Entertainment Company will produce along with Robyn Mesinger for Anonymous Content, Dan Spilo for Industry Entertainment and McG and Mary Viola for their Wonderland banner.

Just when you thought it was safe to check out Netflix tonight, the streamer has dumped a sequel to its 2017 hit The Babysitter into its endless river of algorithm-calibrated goo. But while some critics apparently found the first movie charming–and appreciated the presence of rising horror-comedy star Samara Weaving (Ready or Not)–The Babysitter: Killer Queen fails on every level to make even a perfunctory case for a follow-up.

For one thing, Weaving is not the lead baddie this time around, even if most of the rest of the cast from the original encore here. Now you may ask how all the other slain cultist villains return. But a script that combines “no one’s ever really dead in horror” contrivances with some motivation-destroying retconning makes it easy. Too easy. But nothing about the story makes sense on any level, and it’s a wonder that it took returning...

When the original Valley Girl was released in 1983, most of you weren't even a thought in your parents' imaginations.

Meanwhile, like the Valley Girls themselves, I was a high school senior navigating the chilly waters of teenage acceptance.

Because of that film and its place in history, most of you probably have a better idea of girls from the valley than I did at that time. All we knew of such places came from entertainment, and until the Frank and Moon Zappa song arrived (which very loosely inspired the film), everything from The Valley was as distant as Arabia to a girl from Pittsburgh.

Fast forward an incredible 37 years, and the movie that fascinated a generation and launched the career of Nicolas Cage gets a reboot.

Given my very soft feelings for the original film, the thought of replacing it worried me. And it's a musical, which is not, by any stretch,...

Exclusive: Tony Curran (Ray Donovan), Keith Machekanyanga (Dear White People), Lamar Johnson (The Hate You Give) and Benjamin Flores, Jr. (Rim of the World) are set for recurring roles opposite Bryan Cranston in Your Honor, Showtime’s limited series based on the hot Israeli drama format (Kvodo). The legal thriller hails from Peter Moffat, whose BAFTA-winning Criminal Justice was the basis for HBO’s Emmy-winning limited series The Night Of, and The Good Wife‘s Robert and Michelle King. The series, produced by CBS TV Studios, is in production in New Orleans.

Written by British TV writer-playwright Moffat, the 10-episode limited series rips through all strata of New Orleans society.

Curran plays Frankie, a trusted associate of crime boss Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg). Machekanyanga plays Little Mo, a gang leader who enlists the help of one of his crew, Kofi Jones (Johnson), in a crime. Flores plays Eugene, Kofi’s...

In today’s Nycc TV news roundup, “Harley Quinn” gets a Nov. 29 premiere date and Nickelodeon debuts the official trailer for “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”

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“Harley Quinn” will premiere Nov. 29 on DC Universe, executive producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker announced. The animated original series follows the animated blonde supervillain (Kaley Cuoco) as she sets out to become Gotham City’s criminal Queenpin.

Renewals

Rooster Teeth greenlight an additional two volumes of “Rwby.” The animated supernatural series follows four young girls training to become humanity’s only hope. Rooster Teeth also released a trailer for Volume 7 of the show. The new episodes will follow Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang as they’ve fought hard alongside their friends to bring the Relic of Knowledge to Atlas, the northernmost Kingdom in Remnant. However, the futuristic urban-sprawl may hide just as much danger as the tundra that surrounds it. Enemies...

Nickelodeon formally introduced its new Midnight Society from the upcoming “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” revival, and find themselves in the middle of their own scary story.

The three-episode revival follows an entirely new group of kids who tell a terrifying tale about the Carnival of Doom, only to have the events of the story come to life. It will air over three consecutive Fridays — not the original show’s Saturday night timeslot — beginning on Oct. 11.

Watch the show’s full-length trailer in the video above.

Also Read: With 'All That' and 'Are You Afraid of The Dark,' Nickelodeon Bets Its Future on Its '90s-Era Past

The new members of the Midnight Society are: Gavin, played by Sam Ashe Arnold (“Best.Worst.Weekend.Ever.”); Akiko, played by Miya Cech; Louise, played by Tamara Smart; Graham, played by Jeremy Ray Taylor; and Rachel, played by Lyliana Wray. The Carnival of Doom’s ringmaster,...

Exclusive: Wonderland Sound and Vision, the company founded by director-producer McG, has promoted Corey Marsh to executive vice president of the film and television production label. Marsh joined the company as a producer last year. He brought in and produced the upcoming Nzingha Stewart-directed Netflix movie, Tall Girl, as well as served as an executive producer on the McG-directed Rim of the World, also for Netflix.

In his new post, Marsh will continue to work on TV and film projects as well as build out Wonderland’s growing TV slate.

Marsh previously spent six and a half years working at Disney Channel where he worked his way up to executive director of original series. His credits include Girl Meets World, Liv & Maddie, Bizaardvark, and Kc Undercover. He developed the original franchise film, Descendants, which recently released its third installment. He also conceived the Disney Channel Storytellers program, a WGA-sanctioned writer incubator grooming developers.

Of all the filmmakers that have been absorbed into the Netflix family, few are making the most of it like McG. The man behind the early-‘00s “Charlie’s Angels” films has found a second life as the director of recent Netflix Original films like the recent “Rim of the World” and “The Babysitter.” And the latter of which seems to have struck a chord with the streaming service, as it would appear that McG is back to direct the sequel to his teen horror romp from 2017.

Continue reading McG Reportedly Set To Return As Director For Upcoming Sequel To His Netflix Film ‘The Babysitter’ at The Playlist.

Nickelodeon is getting dark.

The kids network released the first teaser for its upcoming revival of the classic ’90s series “Are You Afraid of the Dark,” and the new version looks a fright more more sinister than the original. The teaser, which you can watch above, shows a new batch of kids gathered around a campfire, submitting fresh scary stories for the approval of the Midnight Society.

The trailer features ominous music and more soundbites of screaming than we ever expected to hear on the channel that brought us “Spongebob,” “Zoey 101,” and almost every other beloved kids show. Then it asks the time-worn question anew: “Are you afraid of the dark?”

Also Read: 'Henry Danger' Musical Special Posts 2-Year Ratings High for Nickelodeon Series

The new three-episode miniseries follows an entirely new group of kids who will tell a terrifying tale about the Carnival of Doom, only...

Netflix has acquired the rights to “Love Hard,” a romantic comedy spec script that will be produced by McG and Mary Viola on behalf of their banner Wonderland Sound and Vision, an individual with knowledge of the project tells TheWrap.

The spec script for “Love Hard” was written by Danny Mackey and Rebecca Ewing, a literary agent turned screenwriter. The spec is a rom-com described as “When Harry Met Sally” meets “Roxanne” (1987), though the specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

McG recently directed the Netflix adventure film “Rim of the World,” which was released in May. He and Viola are also next producing the comedies “Tall Girl” and “Holidate,” both also at Netflix.

Also Read: Netflix in August: Here's All of the New and Expiring Titles

Mackey previously has sold scripts for the TV comedies “Jackass of All Trades” to TBS and “B Team” to Fox. Ewing was...

With the continued rise of the streaming giants we’re seeing such an extraordinary influx of new films and TV series that it can be hard to keep on top of things. This new era may mean that you could miss something special on your epic trawl through the many options. However, there is also a new urgency for a little curation – so you don’t miss the diamonds in the digital rough. Here’s a few recent arrivals on Netflix, so you can catch up on some great entertainment.

The Gambler

This remake of a 1974 film stars Mark Wahlberg and was directed by Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Wyatt. It explores the story of an exclusive, very high-stakes gambling ring and how a professor secretly selects the top minds in his literature class to learn the intricacies of gambling. Of course he could have just gone to legalonlinecasino.

Stars: Jack Gore, Miya Cech, Benjamin Flores Jr., Alessio Scalzotto, Andrew Bachelor, Annabeth Gish, Scott MacArthur, Dean Jagger, Michael Beach, Lynn Collins, David Theune, Tony Cavalero, Carl McDowell, Punam Patel, Jason Rogel | Written by Zack Stentz | Directed by McG

Charlie’s Angels and Terminator Salvation director McG continues his path of exclusive Netflix content after The Babysitter, with Rim of the World. A more family-friendly oriented feature that follows a quadruple group of kids who are all at camp for the summer when a worldwide alien invasion begins. Devastating the planet and plunging the world into chaos with only the hope of these very four diverse children the only chance for survival.

McG crafts here what is essentially a pleasant surprise from the often hit and miss director. Rim of the World is fine fodder. It never oversteps the mark or feels too dissident from what it aims to be...

Exclusive: The Walking Dead producer Circle of Confusion has added managers Antonio D’Initino and Samantha Starr and promoted Andrew Olson to manager.

“Sam, Antonio and Andrew are the kind of sharp, passionate advocates for which Circle is known”, the management and production company’s partners David Alpert, Frank Frattaroli, Lawrence Mattis and Brad Mendelsohn said in a joint statement. “Their great taste in material, indefatigable energy and collegial attitude fit seamlessly into the existing culture at Circle and their addition is the perfect next step in our ongoing expansion as we build the future of Circle of Confusion.”

D’Initino joins Circle from Plattform, where he managed a roster including writer Micah Ranum and Michael O’Shea, Cat Solen and Jerome Sable. Prior to that, he worked in the feature literary department at Apa.

Starr was a literary manager at Primary Wave, with clients including director Becca Rodriguez, filmmaker Bennett Lasseter,...

McG’s sci-fi adventure movie Rim of the World has crashed into top spot for Netflix’s UK top ten list, while CBS Studios’ Dead To Me stays steady in second.

It marks Netflix’s fourth most-watched list in the UK with the Svod service running the experiment on a weekly basis.

Rim of the World, which follows four teenagers attending summer camp when aliens attack, was released on May 24 and goes straight into the Svod service’s most watched. Dead To Me, which was overtaken last week by Riverdale, remains second.

Renee Zellweger’s thriller What/If comes in fourth, while Marc Webb’s mystery drama The Society and RuPaul’s Drag Race remain strong.

Top Titles:

Rim of the World Dead to Me Jane The Virgin What/If RuPaul’s Drag Race The Society The Mummy Storks Dynasty Fate of the Furious

Top Films:

Rim of the World...

Michael Beach is set fir a heavily recurring role in DC Universe’s Swamp Thing, opposite Crystal Reed, Derek Mears, Will Patton, and Jennifer Beals. The weekly series hails from James Wan’s Atomic Monster in association with Warner Bros TV and premieres Friday on the DC Universe subscription streaming site.

Swamp Thing follows Abby Arcane (Reed) as she investigates what appears to be a deadly swamp-born virus in the small Louisiana town of Marais. Beach will guest star as Nathan Ellery, a no-nonsense businessman with a ruthless streak. Ellery presents as the polished CEO of a legitimate venture capital firm, but his smooth corporate veneer hides his willingness to resort to extreme measures to achieve his goals.

Beach was most recently seen in If Beale Street Could Talk, opposite Stephane James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Beach portrayed the doomed high-seas hijacker Jesse Kane,...

Rim Of The World is the latest sci-fi adventure from Netflix and comes from director McG. This alien invasion adventure that follows a ragtag group of summer camp misfits. But is this just another run-of-the-mill teen-focused Netflix original or is it actually worth adding to your queue?

Watch the 60-second review from One Minute Critic:

You can check out more 1-minute reviews on One Minute Critic's Instagram or Youtube page.

This Friday, it’s up to four teenagers to help save the world from an alien invasion when Netflix premieres their latest film Rim of the World! Directed by McG, the film follows a group of teens who band together at summer camp when an alien invasion strikes. Armed with a key […] The post Interview: Rim Of The World Writer Zack Stentz on Alien Invasions and Summer Camp appeared first on Dread Central.

McG is a filmmaker that gained a lot of notoriety in the first part of the 21st century, with his “Charlie’s Angels” films and his “Terminator: Salvation” reboot-quel. Though the latter might not be seen as a shining moment in his career. However, in recent years, the director has found himself finding new success in the realm of streaming, with two Netflix films (“The Babysitter” and the upcoming “Rim of the World”).

Continue reading McG Has James Cameron’s Blessing & Is Developing A ‘True Lies’ Series For Disney+ at The Playlist.

Susan Sarandon is to star in John Krokidas’ debut feature “Tunnels,” which Highland Film Group is selling in Cannes.

The film is set in the wake of a school shooting, when an unlikely friendship develops between Ruby Love (Sarandon), the grandmother who raised the shooter, and Grayson Mitchell, the teenage brother of one of the victims, when paired to work together at the local supermarket.

The screenplay is written by Victoria Rose. Colin Bates and Michael Jefferson will produce for Lucidity Entertainment with Ethan Terra and Cindy Bru serving as executive producers. Circle of Confusion’s Matt Smith (“Maleficent”) and Brad Mendelsohn (“Rim of the World”) will produce along with Circle of Confusion’s Frank Frattaroli, who will executive produce.

Highland describes it as “an inspiring and surprisingly funny story of two outsiders helping each other to find hope in a town still too stuck in its recent history to...

Exclusive: Holidate, the Netflix romantic comedy, has added a bevy of actors including Luke Bracey, Jake Manley, Jessica Capshaw (Grey’s Anatomy), Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor, Frances Fisher, Manish Dayal, and Kristin Chenoweth. Emmy winner John Whitesell is directing the film based on a screenplay by Tiffany Paulsen. Emma Roberts was previously announced to star.

The pic, which is being produced by Wonderland’s McG and Mary Viola, follows Sloane (Roberts) and Jackson (Bracey), both of whom hate the holidays! Their enduring singledom leaves them subject to the judgment of their meddling family members or stuck with clingy, awkward dates on each festive occasion. When these two meet, they pledge to be each other’s plus-ones for each holiday celebration over the course of the year.

A24 has released a new trailer for the emotionally poignant drama ‘The Farewell’ starring Awkwafina.

Scoring a massive hit at this year’s Sundance Film Festival Lulu Wang‘s dramady is going off the tag line of “Based on a Lie”, a lie that sees one family hide the fact the grandmother is dying from the woman it’s happening too.

The film stars Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong and Jiang Yongbo.

Also in trailers – The Earth is under Alien attack in trailer for Netflix Original ‘Rim of the World’

The film has a Us release of July 12th

The Farewell Synopsis

A Chinese family discover that their beloved grandmother has only a short time left to live, and instead of telling her, they whip up an impromptu wedding to gather the family together before she passes.

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Universal Pictures has released a new trailer for celebrated filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s zombie project ‘The Dead Don’t Die’ alongside a number of character posters.

With a tagline stating ‘the greatest zombie cast ever disassembled’, it includes Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Selena Gomez, Caleb Landry Jones, Tom Waits, Chloe Sevigny, Carol Kane, Iggy Pop and RZA among many more.

Also in trailers – The Earth is under Alien attack in trailer for Netflix Original ‘Rim of the World’

The film hits cinemas July 12th.

The Dead Don’t Die Synopsis

In the sleepy small town of Centerville, something is not quite right. The moon hangs large and low in the sky, the hours of daylight are becoming unpredictable, and animals are beginning to exhibit unusual behaviours. No one quite knows why. News reports are scary and scientists are concerned. But no one foresees the...

Netflix has released the trailer and poster for the action-adventure ‘Rim of the World’ where the earth is under attack from Aliens and a bunch of kids are tasked to save the day.

Directed by Charlie’s Angels’ McG, the film stars Jack Gore, Miya Cech, Benjamin Flores Jr., Alessio Scalzotto and Andrew Bachelor.

Also in trailers – Spider-Man Far From Home Trailer shows off a darker tone for Peter Parker’s latest outing

The film launches on Netflix May 24th

Rim of the World Synopsis

Four misfit campers must band together and conquer their fears in order to save the world during an alien invasion. Summer camp at Rim of the World has barely begun when four misfit teenagers — Alex, ZhenZhen, Dariush, and Gabriel — find they’ve got bigger problems to face than learning how to canoe and climb ropes when aliens suddenly invade the planet. Alone in a campground once teeming with people,...

Netflix has released the first trailer for a new sci-fi action thriller called Rim of the World, which was directed by McG (Terminator: Salvation). The film focuses on a group of young teens who have to fight to survive an alien invasion that breaks out while they are at summer camp.

The movie looks like it’ll offer some fun entertainment. I’m not the biggest fan of McG and his work, but I’ll give this next movie of his a shot when it’s released.

Summer camp at Rim of the World has barely begun when four misfit teenagers — Alex, ZhenZhen, Dariush, and Gabriel — find they’ve got bigger problems to face than learning how to canoe and climb ropes when aliens suddenly invade the planet. Alone in a campground once teeming with people, the kids are unexpectedly entrusted with a key that carries the secret to stopping the invasion.

Stranger Things is a huge hit for Netflix, so it makes sense that they’d want to try to recreate that success elsewhere. Enter Rim of the World, a new sci-fi movie that looks a lot like Stranger Things. Kids on bikes? Check. Some sort of paranormal event? Check. The aforementioned kids banding together to save the day while […]

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Netflix is merging the ’80s and ’90s with a new upcoming original film called Rim of the World that makes no bones about being directly inspired by Independence Day and Stranger Things. That being said, there’s something to the openness and honesty this movie that has me thinking, “Yeah, I can get behind this.” After […] The post Independence Day Meets Stranger Things in Netflix’s Rim Of The World appeared first on Dread Central.

Four misfit teens set out to save the world from aliens in the new trailer for Netflix’s new sci-fi film, Rim of the World, out May 24th.

Directed by McG (Charlie’s Angels, The Babysitter), Rim of the World centers around a group of kids — Alex, ZhenZhen, Dariush and Gabriel — who meet at summer camp and must band together when aliens suddenly invade Earth. After a dying soldier entrusts them with a crypto key that can activate a satellite defense system, the kids must figure out a way to...

"We have each other! We can't give up now." Netflix has dropped an official trailer for a big new sci-fi action movie titled Rim of the World, the latest from director McG who has been laying low and making movies quietly for Netflix these past few years. The film is about four misfit teenagers at a summer camp called "Rim of the World" who must band together and conquer their fears in order to save the world during an alien invasion. It's a nifty summer camp concept. That tagline on the poster is fun: "saving the world is alien to them."Rim of the World stars Jack Gore, Miya Cech, Benjamin Flores Jr., Alessio Scalzotto, and Andrew Bachelor. This is a surprise sci-fi project and it looks good, but not that great. This kind of seems like Attack the Block meets Transformers meets "Stranger Things" and a whole bunch of...