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Inside Out‘s cheery Joy (again voiced by Amy Poehler) is here to introduce you to the Dream Productions crew at the heart of a Pixar TV series between the events of Inside Out and Inside Out 2.

Premiering Wednesday, Dec. 11, on Disney+, the four-episode Dream Productions series returns to Riley’s mind, “where dreams really do come true — every night, on time and on budget,” says the official synopsis.

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Apple Original Films is set to develop “Oregon Trail,” an action/comedy feature, which is in early development. It will be produced by Egot winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, via their Ampersand production banner, and directed and produced by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, according to an insider with knowledge of the project.

Based on the popular video game franchise, which is owned by HarperCollins, the script will be written by The Lucas Bros. and Max Reisman. In 2021, Apple Arcade launched an official successor and modern twist to “The Oregon Trail.” The global phenomenon video game continues to be highly rated, and is available to play on Apple Arcade.

Caroline Fraser will produce for HarperCollins Productions. Kevin K. Vafi will also serve as producer.

Speck and Gordon most recently directed Sony’s live-action musical adaptation of the children’s book “Lyle Lyle Crocodile.” They are also the creators and...

Dysentery is coming to the big screen! Apple Original Films is officially set to develop “Oregon Trail,” an action/comedy feature that will be produced by Egot-winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul via their Ampersand production banner, and directed and produced by Will Speck and Josh Gordon.

Based on the popular video game franchise, which is owned by HarperCollins, the script will be written by The Lucas Bros. and Max Reisman. Caroline Fraser will produce for HarperCollins Productions, and Kevin K. Vafi will also serve as producer.

Speck and Gordon most recently directed Sony’s live-action musical adaptation of the children’s book “Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.” They are also the creators and showrunners of the Hulu/Marvel series “Hit Monkey,” which stars Jason Sudeikis and recently premiered its second season The pair’s other credits include “Blades of Glory,” “The Switch” and “Office Christmas Party.”

Songwriters and producers Pasek and...

Steel yourself, rugrats, because an Iron Man series is headed your way.

Disney Jr. has greenlit Marvel’s Iron Man and His Awesome Friends, the first-ever preschool Iron Man series, which will feature a young Tony Stark/Iron Man and his world-saving besties, Riri Williams/Ironheart and Amadeus Cho/Iron Hulk.

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The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies have become some of the most lucrative video game adaptations in Hollywood history, proving that Sega characters can be major draws at the box office. And while the franchise is still going strong — Jim Carrey is coming out of retirement to reprise his role as Dr. Robotnik in the upcoming third film — gamers clamoring to see more non-hedgehog properties from the Sega canon on the big screen are in for a treat. The iconic video game company is teaming up with Universal Pictures on a film adaptation of “Shinobi,” the ninja game that has delighted arcade goers for nearly four decades, IndieWire has learned.

The “Shinobi” film will be directed by Sam Hargraves, who is best known for directing “Extraction” and “Extraction 2” for Netflix. Ken Kobayashi will write the script. No casting details or release date have been announced.

Per a press release, Marc Platt...

It’s not just all about Sonic the Hedgehog. Another Sega video game franchise, Shinobi, is heading to the big screen, with Sam Hargrave directing for Universal.

Ken Kobayashi is writing the screenplay adaptation of the arcade game, which first debuted in 1987. That edgy game followed Joe Musashi, a modern-day ninja who confronts great evil. Shinobi spawned 14 games include spinoffs and ports for a total 5 million copies sold around the globe. A new entry in the series was revealed in late 2023.

Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce the movie through Marc Platt Productions alongside Dmitri M. Johnson through Story Kitchen and Toru Nakahara for Sega. Mike Goldberg will executive produce alongside Timothy I. Stevenson, who is co-producing.

The pic follows Universal’s 2023 video game adaptation success with Illumination and Nintendo’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, which minted over $1.4 billion and $290 million,...

It's hard to believe that it's been over a year now since Bill Hader's increasingly black comedy series Barry reached its jaw-slackening conclusion, the hitman series going out on a high having asserted Hader's status as one of the most exciting talents working in film and TV today. And now, after taking a break from Barry's increasingly bleak world to play Banana in John Krasinski's child-friendly cinematic confection If, Hader's preparing his next HBO soon-to-be hit. Per Variety's reporting, the Tulsan multi-hyphenate is teaming up with his Barry co-writer Duffy Boudreau on a new comedy pilot for the network giant.

Details on the newly announced project are incredibly scarce at this stage, but we have at least been given a logline, which reads as follows: “A woman in a small town has a big secret revealed.” Who is the woman? Nobody knows. Where is the small town? Nobody knows.

Bill Hader and Duffy Boudreau are teaming up to develop a comedy pilot script at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively.

The official logline for the untitled project states, “A woman in a small town has a big secret revealed.” Hader and Boudreau will serve as co-writers and executive producers on the project.

This is the latest collaboration between Hader and Boudreau, who became friends when they were teenagers in Tulsa, Ok. They previously worked together on the HBO series “Barry,” which Hader starred in and co-created. Boudreau was a writer and eventually a co-executive producer on the series. They have also co-written multiple episodes of “Documentary Now.”

Boudreau’s other credits include the Netflix animated series “Big Mouth” and the Hulu animated series “Hit-Monkey.” He received an Emmy nomination for best writing for a comedy series along with Hader and “Barry” co-creator Alec Berg for the Season 3 episode “710N.” He...

Variety honorees for the upcoming Power of Women issue on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and event on Thursday, Oct. 24, are Amy Adams, Bela Bajaria, Carol Burnett and Zoe Saldaña. The event, in partnership with Lifetime, celebrates the Power of Women honorees, who will each appear on the cover of the issue, as well as the accomplished women profiled in the annual Women’s Impact Report, which highlights leaders in the entertainment industry.

At the event, six-time Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actor Amy Adams, who will star in Searchlight Pictures’ upcoming “Nightbitch,” will support The RightWay Foundation which helps foster youth in Los Angeles build sustaining adulthoods through supportive housing, mental health, employment and community; chief content officer of Netflix Bela Bajaria will highlight the work of Room to Read, supporting children’s literacy and girls’ education across Asia and Africa; Emmy, Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy award-winning comedian, actor and singer Carol Burnett,...

San Diego Comic-Con (Sdcc) is the ultimate destination for fans of all things pop culture, and this year, Hulu’s Animayhem factory-themed off-site was one of the standout attractions. Bringing together beloved animated series such as “Futurama,” “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” “Hit Monkey,” “Solar Opposites,” and “The Simpsons,” the event offered a captivating blend of interactive experiences, exclusive content, and themed activities that delighted fans of all ages.

Entering the Hulu Animayhem factory, attendees were immediately transported into the world of Hulu’s best animated series!

“Family Guy” had its own dedicated section, which perfectly captured the quirky humor and irreverent spirit of the show

The “American Dad” section of the Animayhem factory was a hit with fans of the eccentric Smith family

“Hit Monkey,” one of Hulu’s newer animated offerings, had an impressive and visually striking section.

“Solar Opposites” brought its quirky alien humor to the Animayhem factory...

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have grown their family! The Hit Monkey star took to Instagram today to reveal the arrival of the couple’s second baby. Neither actor had previously shared they were expecting a baby.

The actress shared that she and John welcomed a daughter on September 14, 2024, “the year of the dragon.” The couple named their daughter Méi June Mulaney. Of her daughter’s name, The Newsroom star shared, “Méi (pronounced may) means plum in Chinese 梅.”

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Méi’s birth comes months after the actress revealed her breast cancer diagnosis. Olivia was diagnosed with Luminal B breast cancer in 2023 and had to undergo four surgeries, a double mastectomy, and medically induced menopause. The 44-year-old went through egg retrieval in June 2023 and she had previously frozen her eggs at ages 33 and 39. In her daughter’s birth announcement,...

Rob Corddry has been promoted to series regular status for Season 2 of the Max comedy series “Bookie.” Corddry appeared in Season 1 of the Chuck Lorre series in the guest role of Walt Dinty.

Season 2 of “Bookie” is set to debut on the streamer in December. Corddry joins fellow returning cast members Sebastian Maniscalco, Omar J. Dorsey, Jorge Garcia, Andrea Anders, Vanessa Ferlito and Maxim Swinton.

Per the official description, “Bookie” follows “veteran Los Angeles bookie Danny (Maniscalco) as the potential legalization of sports gambling in California threatens to upend his business for good. Alongside best friend and former NFL player Ray (Dorsey), side-hustling sister Lorraine (Ferlito), and reluctantly reformed drug dealer Hector (Garcia), Danny must contend with his increasingly unstable clients as he tries to settle their debts – all while making plenty of risky bets of his own.”

Corddry’s recent credits include shows like “Hit-Monkey,” “The Unicorn,” “This Fool,...

Brooklyn 99 started and ended with a bang. The show took fans along on a journey that they will never forget, and the biggest contributor to this was the characters. The detectives changed along with their viewers, going through several arcs and becoming the beloved pieces of the puzzle that brought life to the precinct.

Rosa Diaz played by Stephanie Beatriz in Brooklyn 99 I Credit: NBC

Although the series has ended, fans cannot help but want to see their favorite actors in more comedic settings, even if it is in different roles. While many were hoping for a movie, the fact that there have been no updates does not help their optimism.

Thankfully, for fans of Rosa Diaz, Stephanie Beatriz is coming back into the world of sitcoms along with the legendary, Mike Schur. However, it is not in the way many may think.

Mike Schur Is Bringing Back...

There have been knocks on Marvel in the past for not embracing its more adult audience. However, Hit-Monkey and Deadpool & Wolverine look to change that discourse. While hype continues to build for the movie, Hit-Monkey embraces violence in ways other Marvel properties have not. Josh Gordon, the co-creator of Hit-Monkey, spoke to FandomWire about his Marvel animated series. We discuss working with a talent like Jason Sudeikis, a long layoff between seasons, and a certain red-suited merc that’s teamed up with Monkey in the comic books.

SUGGESTEDHit-Monkey Season 2 Review – Another Bloody Comedy Showcase for Marvel Josh Gordon and Will Speck reexamined the show’s direction before season 2

While Hit-Monkey received praise for its first season, it did not return for almost another three years. However, Gordon argues that this helped them develop the second season. “It’s interesting you end up marinating in what you made. You watch it with fresh eyes,...

Before the merc with a mouth pays us a visit later this week in theaters in his upcoming bloody venture with his pal Logan, Marvel’s monkey merc has returned for a rampage with the second season of Hit-Monkey. After wreaking havoc in Tokyo’s underworld in the first season and killing the corrupt President-elect Shinji as well, this time the ape version of John Wick has arrived in New York with his trusted assassin ghost sidekick, Bryce, and is taking on threats that are more supernatural in nature. The second season is more introspective and melodramatic in tone, which results in the series losing its edge with a clear lack of action, blood, and gore, and aside from that, the tendency to bring in monstrous flora and fauna in every other episode starts feeling pretty clichéd in no time.

With a host of new characters being introduced, some familiar...

Marvel’s Animation team has taken a huge leap in the last few years. With exciting series like What If…? and X-Men 97, the studio looks to be on the upswing. Part of that jump comes from Season 2 of Hit-Monkey, which premiered on July 15th. The story of Monkey, becoming a killer who kills killers, gained acclaim in Season 1. While the series from Josh Gordon and Will Speck was away for a few years, it allowed the team to craft an emotionally satisfying return.

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Season 2 of Hit-Monkey moves the duo from the Japanese underground to New York City. Here, they team up with their friend and former police officer, Haruka (Ally Maki), and Bryce’s former contact,...

Hit-Monkey continues to walk the vigilante path less traveled. While other heroes trade banter in slick suits, this show honors the violent grit pioneered by films like Oldboy and martial arts classics like Drunken Master. Dark humor cuts through the carnage, recalling Tarantino at his pitch-black best.

Season 2 delves deeper into what fuels a life of violence. Monkey confronts his own “family business” legacy through a crisis of conscience glimpsed in similarly nihilistic animation like Primal. Bryce’s redemption arc nods to fallen antiheroes from The Dark Knight to Breaking Bad. New characters like Eunice bring levity, further separating this show from the gleaming MCU while expanding representation in the genre.

Through intricately animated mayhem and nuanced character journeys, Hit-Monkey remains that rare comic adaptation unafraid to color outside the lines. While some question its direction, true aficionados see how honorably it carries the torch of transgression lit by mangas...

Marvel’s Hit-Monkey is an adult action-comedy animated series created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon. Based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name created by Daniel Way and Dalibor Talajić, the Hulu series follows the story of Monkey and the ghost of Bryce Fowler, an American hit man as they go on a quest for bloody vengeance. Marvel’s Hit-Monkey’s voice cast includes Jason Sudeikis and Fred Tatasciore in the lead roles with Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, Nobi Nakanishi, George Takei, Leslie Jones, and Cristin Milioti voicing the supporting characters. So, if you loved the incredible visuals, bloody action, complex characters, and dark comedy in Marvel’s Hit-Monkey here are some similar shows you could watch next.

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Suddenly, it’s Monday again. The day of the week that no one asked for simply refuses to stop coming around, and that means it’s time for a new list of shows and movies to stream each day and help make the dreaded work week scoot by a little faster.

Check out the list below, which as always has been personally curated by me. Hopefully, there’s something for all tastes this week, which will see the return of some old favorites and even the debut of a new obsession or two for many in the audience.

Monday, July 15 ‘Marvel's Hit-Monkey’ Season 2 Premiere | Hulu

This one is the perfect antidote for all viewers who are suffering from a bit of Marvel fatigue. The series centers on a Japanese snow monkey who, aided by the ghost of an American assassin, goes on a killing spree, and becomes the famous “killer of killers.

DC might have a bigger and better coterie of memorable simian characters, but Marvel has one-upped them by bringing their most notorious ape anti-hero to lead an animated series, with Hit-Monkey back in 2021, arguably their best animation work in recent years as well. Don’t get us wrong, we loved X-Men’97, but it lacked the raw style and unadulterated fun that a gun-katana-wielding macaque assassin dressed to the nines can bring to the screen. With a deadly swagger and a kill streak long enough to impress even Baba Yaga and Agent 47, Hulu’s Hit-Monkey is returning with a second season later this week. To get up to speed with the story so far, let us dive into the monkey business.

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The Origin of Hit-Monkey

The story begins with wisecracking, irritably talkative hitman Bryce Fowler, who arrives in Japan to take down a young, promising presidential candidate, Ken Takahara,...

The calls for Marvel to let go of its four-quadrant approach strategy continued all summer, despite the upcoming Deadpool & Wolverine. Around Marvel, challengers for superhero storytelling, like Invincible and The Boys, continue to draw acclaim. Lucky for Marvel, Hit-Monkey returns with a second season, allowing the bloody animated series to occupy that space for them. Almost completely disconnected from the Avengers characters one usually associates with Marvel, Hit-Monkey highlights a unique angle for the studio. It’ll be curious to see if they follow this path, because the results make for an incredibly fun and emotional story.

SUGGESTED4 New Marvel Series Coming To Hulu Hit-Monkey Season 2 Plot

After the deaths in Tokyo, Monkey and the ghost of Bryce Fowler (Jason Sudeikis) move to New York City. Here, they can slowly build up Monkey’s reputation and draw the attention of Bryce’s former agent Eunice (Leslie Jones). However, their past...

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and our monthly breakdown of What’s on Streaming.

With over 500 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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The man behind Hulu's Hit-Monkey spoke with The Direct about the show’s upcoming Season 2, the new chaotic setting of New York City, and how his primate assassin differs from his other Marvel role as Devil Dinosaur.

The series follows a snow monkey who, after losing his tribe to an evil group of humans, takes it upon himself to take up arms and gun down every last person responsible.

To add to the wackiness of the whole situation, he is also straddled by the additional presence of Bryce, a ghost whose spirit can’t move on to the afterlife and who was the target of the hit that resulted in the death of Hit-Monkey’s tribe.

Read full article on The Direct.

Hulu is giving Shark Week a run for its money this July with not one but seven National Geographic specials dropping on the streaming service at the start of the month. From Shark Beach with Anthony Mackie to Baby Sharks in the City, there are plenty of options for fans of these fearsome finned creatures.

Hulu also has a couple of fun offerings for adult animation fans with the full second season of Marvel’s Hit Monkey dropping on July 15 and Futurama returning for its 12th season on July 29th.

There’s not really anything notable in the way of original movies on Hulu this month, but Aliens, Step Brothers, and (500) Days of Summer are just a few of the noteworthy movies joining the library.

Here’s everything that’s coming to (and leaving) Hulu in July.

Hulu New Releases – July 2024

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You could say that comedy is Will’s Forte.

The actor is the latest to join Netflix’s The Four Seasons, a series adaptation of the 1981 film starring Alan Alda and Carol Burnett. The movie followed three middle-class couples vacationing together across the different seasons. It was previously adapted into a show for CBS in 1984, which only lasted one season.

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“Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” Come To Streaming Next Week With Asl Version

Take cover: Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ recent box office smash “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” will head to Max for its streaming debut on the Fourth of July. With its addition to its library, the streamer will also add a version of the film with American Sign Language (Asl), produced exclusively for Max with Asl performer Otis Jones of Deaf West Theatre providing interpretation.

Watch the American Sign Language trailer for “Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire” below:

The latest action-packed installment of the “Godzilla” and “King Kong” franchises is directed by Adam Wingard and follows Kong’s journey to find his family through an undiscovered layer of Hollow Earth, inadvertently uncovering the most dangerous threat to mankind that can only be counted (and possibly defeated) by the combined forces of Kong and the much-evolved Godzilla.

Take a look at more Season 2 footage from the animated comedy/action TV series "Hit-Monkey", created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, starring Fred Tatasciore as a crime-fighting Japanese snow monkey, with Olivia Munn and Jason Sudeikis, streaming July 15, 2024 on Hulu:

"..'Hit-Monkey, a Japanese snow monkey is mentored by a ghost while he wreaks havoc on Tokyo's crime underworld...

“Now, in Season 2, set in New York City, Hit-Monkey finds a path to escape his life of killing…

“…while ‘Bryce’ attempts to repair the damage to those he wronged in life.

“But what will it cost them to undo the past?"

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Welcome to July at Hulu! In addition to a large collection of films joining the streamer’s library on the first of the month, including Jordan Peele’s horror hit Get Out, 1986’s better-than-the-first-film “Aliens,” and more, Hulu will load up the rest of the month with various film streaming premieres, animated series returns, and documentary drops.

This July, check out a wide range of titles from the much-talked-about revenge thriller “Femme” to the new Hulu Original fashion competition series “Dress My Tour,” hosted by Kate Upton.

Last but not least, wrap up the month with the Season 12 (or Season 2 of the Hulu revival) premiere of “Futurama,” which celebrates a quarter-century this year.

Check out The Streamable’s top picks for what’s coming to Hulu this month, and find out everything coming to the streamer in July!

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Actress Cristin Milioti is capturing attention in her new role as mafia family member Sofia Falcone, starring alongside Colin Farrell in Max’s upcoming series “The Penguin,” one of two comic book adaptations she’s appearing in this year. In May, Hulu announced she will join the cast of “Hit Monkey” for the animated show’s second season, premiering on July 15. But this is hardly the first time the actress has starred in a major movie or show. If you’ve seen the trailer new teaser for “The Penguin” and are wondering what you’ve seen her in before, here are some of her top credits on IMDb so far.

The Wolf of Wall Street

Cristin Miliotti may not be the first actor you think of when you recall Martin Scorsese’s 2013 exploration of greed ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ but the actress plays an integral role in the story of fraudulent stockbroker Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. As Teresa Petrillo, Militoi brought to life Belfort’s first wife, who was eventually replaced by Naomi Lapaglia (Margot Robbie), aka The Dutchess.

Palm Springs

Andy Samberg’s 2020 time loop comedy was embraced by critics and fans alike, with a 7.4 star rating on IMDb. But Samberg’s Nyles would have been even more lost without Cristin Militoi as Sarah, a fellow wedding guest and love interest who gets trapped with him in a time loop, repeatedly attending the same wedding for somewhere between 40 and 40 million years.

Black Mirror

“Black Mirror” has featured many talented actors, from Daniel Kaluuya and Bryce Dallas Howard to Aaron Paul and Letitia Wright. Cristin Milioti became a “Black Mirror” alum in 2017 when she starred opposite Jesse Plemons in the Season 4 opener, “USS Callister.” In the Emmy-winning episode, Milioti plays a programmer trapped in a virtual world by her reclusive coworker harboring secret possessive fantasies.

Made for Love

“The Penguin” won’t be Cristin Milioti’s first time on a Max original series. In 2021, the actress starred in “Made for Love,” a sci-fi dramedy about a tech billionaire’s ex who discovers a tracking device implanted in her brain.

Notable TV Roles

Throughout the 2010s, Milioti also appeared in recurring roles on several popular shows you may have watched. She played the eponymous Mother in “How I Met Your Mother,” the coked out stockbroker Whitney in “The Mindy Project,” and as cancer-stricken Betsy Solverson in Season 2 of “Fargo.”

Watch the new teaser for “The Penguin” on IMDb....

Sneak Peek new Season 2 footage from the animated comedy/action TV series "Hit-Monkey", created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, starring Fred Tatasciore as a crime-fighting Japanese snow monkey, with Olivia Munn and Jason Sudeikis, streaming July 15, 2024 on Hulu:

"..'Hit-Monkey, a Japanese snow monkey is mentored by a ghost while he wreaks havoc on Tokyo's crime underworld...

“Now, in Season 2, set in New York City, Hit-Monkey finds a path to escape his life of killing…

“…while ‘Bryce’ attempts to repair the damage to those he wronged in life.

“But what will it cost them to undo the past?"

Click the images to enlarge...

Cristin Milioti is getting animated.

The actress has joined the voice ensemble for Season 2 of Hulu’s adult animated series Hit-Monkey, according to Variety.

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Based on the Marvel character, the series follows the titular Monkey (Fred Tatasciore), a Japanese macaque who is mentored by the ghost of an American assassin named Bryce (Jason Sudeikis) and takes...

“Hit-Monkey” is an adult animated TV series on Hulu, based on the Marvel Comics character, and is highly praised as one of the best Marvel projects to date. Created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the first season was produced by Marvel Television and the second by 20th Television Animation. The show stars Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, Fred Tatasciore, and Jason Sudeikis, with additional cast members including Nobi Nakanishi, George Takei, and Leslie Jones.

Initially announced in February 2019, “Hit-Monkey” was part of a lineup of Marvel-based series intended to culminate in a crossover special titled “The Offenders.” Oversight of the series shifted from Marvel Television to Marvel Studios in December 2019.

With less than two months until the second season premiere on Hulu, Variety reports that Cristin Milioti has joined the cast of the popular show “Hit-Monkey.” Milioti will play Iris in Season 2, a character who vowed never to be like her father Bryce,...

‘Hit-Monkey’ is an adult animated TV series on Hulu, based on the Marvel Comics character and it’s definitely lauded as one of the best Marvel projects to date. Created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the first season was produced by Marvel Television and the second by 20th Television Animation. The show featured Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, Fred Tatasciore, and Jason Sudeikis in lead roles, with additional cast members such as Nobi Nakanishi, George Takei, and Leslie Jones.

Originally announced in February 2019, it was part of a lineup of Marvel-based series planned to culminate in a crossover special titled ‘The Offenders.’ Oversight of the series transitioned from Marvel Television to Marvel Studios in December 2019.

Now less than 2 months before the second season is set to premiere on Hulu Variety reports that Cristin Milioti has joined the cast of the popular show. Milioti will play Iris in “Hit-Monkey” Season 2. Iris,...

Cristin Milioti is lending her voice to Season 2 of the Hulu adult animated series “Hit-Monkey,” Variety has learned exclusively.

As previously reported, Season 2 will see Monkey (Fred Tatasciore) and the ghost of American assassin Bryce (Jason Sudeikis) travel from Japan to New York. It is due to premiere on Hulu in July 15.

Milioti will star as Iris. Her official character description states, “Iris has grown up vowing never to be like the father, Bryce, who abandoned her, but when fate brings them back together, she realizes that she and her old man are cut from the same cloth as they hurtle towards a final reconciliation.”

This is the second comic book role Milioti has taken on recently. She is also set to star in the upcoming Max DC series “Penguin,” playing the role of Sofia Falcone. Milioti is known for her roles in projects like the “USS Callister” episode of “Black Mirror,...

Marvel Studios has drastically reduced its output since Bob Iger returned as Disney CEO, with the hope being to get back to quality over quantity. That's led to fewer TV shows on Disney+, but at least two more Marvel Animation titles will reportedly be released this year. 

According to What's On Disney Plus (via Toonado.com), the streamer has sent out an updated 2024 slate which names Black Panther spin-off Eyes Of Wakanda and Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man (previously known as Spider-Man: Freshman Year) as being among the platform's 2024 offerings. 

Other Marvel titles mentioned include Hit-Monkey season 2 (a Marvel Television leftover), Agatha: Darkhold Diaries, and Deadpool & Wolverine. Only Hit-Monkey has a confirmed launch date of July 15; the rest are currently undated.

It's interesting that Marvel Zombies isn't listed, as we'd expected that to hit in 2024 as well. It could be that no final decision has been made on the series,...

Bob Iger recently announced that the studio plans on reducing its creative output and that the fans can expect 2 or 3 movies per year in addition to 2 shows. This is a response to the catastrophic year that’s left Disney as the biggest box-office loser, having the most movies on the list.

The new release schedule is seemingly already kicking in, with ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ being the only movie to release this year. But this most likely has more to do with last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike than a change in direction.

New updated Disney schedule doesn’t reflect these changes however, as we still have plenty of Marvel content to look forward to. The first show to arrive on the streaming service is ‘Hit Monkey’ season 2, it arrives on Disney+ on July 15th. Even though it’s not under the MCU umbrella, the show has plenty of fans and it...

Bob Iger just revealed that the studio aims to cut back on its creative output. Fans can anticipate 2 or 3 movies per year, along with 2 shows. This decision follows a disastrous year for Disney, which landed them as the top box-office loser, with the most movies on the flop list.

The new release plan appears to be taking effect, with only ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ hitting screens this year. However, this is probably due more to last year’s SAG-AFTRA strike than a shift in strategy.

Despite the updates, the new Disney schedule still promises a wealth of Marvel content. Leading the charge is the arrival of ‘Hit Monkey’ season 2 on Disney+ on July 15th. While it may not fall under the MCU umbrella, the show boasts a dedicated fan base and is regarded as one of the top Marvel-based animated series at present.

‘Agatha: Darkhold Diaries’ is also slated for release this year,...

‘Hit-Monkey’ is an animated TV series on Hulu, based on a Marvel Comics character, and it’s considered one of Marvel’s best projects so far. It was created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, with the first season produced by Marvel Television and the second by 20th Television Animation.

The main cast includes Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, Fred Tatasciore, and Jason Sudeikis, with additional actors like Nobi Nakanishi, George Takei, and Leslie Jones. The series was announced in February 2019 as part of a lineup of Marvel shows leading to a crossover special called ‘The Offenders.’ Oversight of the series shifted from Marvel Television to Marvel Studios in December 2019.

The first season of the show began airing in November 2021, and since then, some time has passed. We previously mentioned that season 2 was in development, and now we have an update. Hulu has revealed its spring and summer lineup, confirming that...

‘Hit-Monkey’ is an adult animated TV series on Hulu, based on the Marvel Comics character and it’s definitely lauded as one of the best Marvel projects to date. Created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, the first season was produced by Marvel Television and the second by 20th Television Animation. The show featured Ally Maki, Olivia Munn, Fred Tatasciore, and Jason Sudeikis in lead roles, with additional cast members such as Nobi Nakanishi, George Takei, and Leslie Jones.

Originally announced in February 2019, it was part of a lineup of Marvel-based series planned to culminate in a crossover special titled ‘The Offenders.’ Oversight of the series transitioned from Marvel Television to Marvel Studios in December 2019.

The first season of the show started airing in November 2021 and as you can imagine quite a lot of time has passed since then. A while back we announced that season 2 is currently wrapping up...

Hulu is gearing up for summer with new seasons coming to the streaming service. Viewers will see the returns of series like Marvel's Hit-Monkey (season two), Futurama (season 12), Only Murders in the Building (season four), and Solar Opposites (season five). A premiere date for Only Murders in the Building will be announced later, but specific launch dates for the other three have been announced.

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Exclusive: Following a bidding war, TriStar Pictures has beaten out a number of suitors and pre-emptively acquired rights to Alison Espach’s forthcoming novel The Wedding People. Will Speck and Josh Gordon, who have a first-look deal with Sony Pictures, are set to direct, with Oscar-nominated screenwriter Nicole Holofcener writing.

“It’s rare to read something that feels like real life, in all the best ways. .. funny, painful, cathartic and lasting. A throwback to the movies we grew up on with a modern sensibility. This is a story we can’t wait to tell,” said Speck and Gordon.

Speck, Gordon and Eric Fineman will produce through their company Speck + Gordon Inc. alongside Jonathan King and Ash Sarohia for Concordia Studio. Shary Shirazi and Kelseigh Coombs are overseeing the project for TriStar.

“Nicole is the perfect partner to adapt this incredible novel. She writes characters that are beautifully complex, with humor...

Olivia Munn is set to star opposite Jon Hamm in the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Your Friends and Neighbors,” Variety has learned.

The drama series was originally ordered at Apple in December. It is based on an original idea by Jonathan Tropper.

Hamm will star in the series as Coop, described as “a recently divorced hedge fund manager who, after being fired, resorts to stealing from the wealthy residents in his tony upstate New York suburb in order to keep his family’s lifestyle afloat. These petty crimes begin to reinvigorate him until he breaks into the wrong house at the wrong time.”

Exact details on Munn’s character are being kept under wraps.

Munn’s previous TV roles include shows like “The Newsroom” “New Girl,” and “Six.” She first broke out as a host of the G4 series “Attack of the Show,” on which she starred from 2006-2010. In film,...

The latest McU-set series is the first to come with a rating of TV-ma thanks to a violent and bloody premise.

At 9 p.m. Et on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Disney+ and Hulu — for the first time ever —released all five episodes of its latest Marvel television series “Echo.” However, some viewers might have run into issues watching it, if they hadn’t already updated their content management settings. By default, Disney+ profiles have a content ratings threshold set to TV-14, giving account holders the ability to raise and lower it for individual profiles. As “Echo” is rated TV-ma (for mature audiences) — harkening back to the Marvel Television series that aired on Netflix — MCU fans will need to adjust their settings if they haven’t done so already.

“Echo” is Marvel’s first series rated TV-ma to appear on Disney+. In order to make sure a specific profile is allowed to watch the show,...

After essentially being forgotten about by the general public after its Season 1 release, Hulu announced that its Marvel animated series titled Hit-Monkey will return for a new season.

Starring Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Munn, Marvel's Hit-Monkey is a Hulu original series that premiered in 2021.

The adult animated show, rated TV-ma, follows a Japanese macaque, also known as the snow monkey as the ghost of an American assassin trains him.

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Exclusive: Josh Gordon and Will Speck have signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment to develop and produce feature films. The news comes in the wake of their feature take of the children’s book Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile grossing over $104 million at the global box office.

The movie, which stars Javier Bardem and Constance Wu and has songs by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul and Shawn Mendes, is set for a China release April 15.

Speck and Gordon are attached to direct a film based on the AfterShock comic The Kaiju Score for Columbia Pictures. Todd Black and Jason Blumenthal at Escape Artists are producing along with AfterShock Media’s Lee and Jon Kramer; that project is in development. The duo are also attached to direct the A24 TV thriller Silverlake starring Zach Quinto and written by Samuel D. Hunter (The Whale). They also are the creators and showrunners of the...

Eat your heart out, Austin Butler. As wild as Baz Luhrmann's "Elvis" biopic got at certain points, it's safe to say it never quite managed to top the zaniness on display in "Agent Elvis," Netflix's new animated series that sees the King of Rock and Roll suit up to use his world-famous talents in a slightly different way. We've been following this oddity of a concept for quite some time now, with our first look at the adult-oriented and violent show last year promising the sort of alternate history mayhem that only animation can truly do justice to. Like a cross between "Archer," Hulu's "Hit-Monkey," and other similarly out-there premises, "Agent Elvis" promises to pack quite the punch.

The story sees Elvis secretly recruited by the government to maintain his wildly successful cover story as the legendary entertainer by day, while lending his services to protect his...

Plot: The adventures of super-genius Lunella Lafayette and her 10-ton T-Rex, Devil Dinosaur. After Lunella accidentally brings Devil Dinosaur into present-day New York City, the duo works together to protect the city’s Lower East Side from danger.

Review: Since Marvel Studios rose to power in Hollywood, comic book animated series have varied wildly in quality. While DC and other companies have successfully adapted their titles, Marvel Comics-inspired animated projects have been all over the place. In recent years, we have gotten projects like M.O.D.O.K. and Hit-Monkey, as well as the MCU series What If?… All of these shows have grappled with mature storytelling, while the Disney feature film Big Hero 6 serves as the only big-screen project to take advantage of Marvel superheroes. Now, Disney Animation and Marvel have combined their powers for a new, kid-friendly animated series that harnesses the wholesome brand that the House of Mouse...

"Hit-Monkey", the 'adult' animated comedy/action TV series created by Will Speck and Josh Gordon, now produced by 20th Television, starring Fred Tatasciore as a crime-fighting Japanese snow monkey, with Olivia Munn and Jason Sudeikis, has been renewed for Season Two streaming on Hulu:

"..'Hit-Monkey, a Japanese snow monkey is mentored by a ghost while he wreaks havoc on Tokyo's crime underworld..." 

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American Auto is staging a mini Superstore reunion.

Ben Feldman will guest-star in the NBC comedy’s Feb. 21 episode as Chase, the preppy, tech bro college best friend of Wesley (played by Jon Barinholtz), TVLine has learned.

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There will be no monkeying around at Hulu, my friends. The network announced Hit-Monkey Season 2 on Thursday, continuing the animated antics of Marvel‘s Japanese snow monkey assassin with a taste for vengeance. In the animated series co-created by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, Hit-Monkey targets those responsible for slaughtering his tribe. To bring pain to the culprits, Hit-Monkey joins forces with the ghost of an American assassin, and together, they pick off Yakuza members one-by-one until they’re nothing but blood and giblets on the ground.

Hit-Monkey Season 2 brings Bryce (Jason Sudeikis) and Monkey (Fred Tatasciore) to New York City. Olivia Munn returns as Akiko, with Ally Maki as Haruka. Leslie Jones joins Hit-Monkey Season 2, though her role remains a mystery.

You can check out a list of the main characters as well as their descriptions for the first season below:

Fred Tatasciore as “Monkey”: Monkey’s...