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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed December this year. The upcoming month will see the beginning of some of Prime Video’s best original shows including Secret Level and also the return of hit movies like Your Fault. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 7 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in December 2024.

The Red Virgin (December 5) Credit – Amazon MGM Studios

The Red Virgin is a Spanish drama film directed by Paula Ortiz from a screenplay co-written by Eduard Sola and Clara Roquet. The 2024 film is set in the 1930s during the Second Spanish Republic in Spain and it follows a precocious and prolific writer who is raised by her mother to become the model of future women.

In the latest episode of Marvel’s Spidey and His Amazing Friends, airing at 9:30 Am on Disney, Team Spidey is ready for some festive fun. In “A Snow Day for Aunt May; Hanukkah Heist,” Spidey and his friends are determined to give Aunt May a special snow day for Christmas. However, before they can relax, they must first come to the aid of Santa Claus himself, solving a problem that threatens Christmas cheer. It’s a race against time as Team Spidey works together to help Santa and save the holiday spirit.

In the second part of the episode, Spidey teams up with the Thing to help Aunt Petunia. Her latkes have been stolen, and it’s up to the heroes to track them down and save the day during Hanukkah. With plenty of action, teamwork, and holiday spirit, this episode promises to be a heartwarming adventure for young viewers.

Liam Neeson is seeing the end of the road, starring in action films, and the time seems to be coming soon.

In a new interview, Neeson talks about his age and considers when he should stop taking on physically demanding roles.

“I’m 72 — it has to stop at some stage,” Neeson told People.

The Taken actor continues to perform his own fight scenes, with Mark Vanselow taking on the more demanding stunts.

“You can’t fool audiences. I don’t want Mark to be fighting my fight scenes for me,” he added.

Neeson hasn’t set a time to stop making action movies but noted that it could be sometime in 2025.

“Maybe the end of next year. I think that’s it,” he said.

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Exclusive: Talia Ryder has boarded Rob Burnett’s comedy film In Memoriam alongside Marc Maron.

Burnett (The Fundamentals of Caring) wrote the script, and he will direct the film for Invention Studios (Thelma).

In Memoriam will begin shooting in Los Angeles on Monday, telling the story of a veteran Hollywood actor (Maron) who becomes obsessed with securing a spot in the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” montage after he receives a terminal cancer diagnosis. This leads to a heartfelt journey of self-exploration as well as ego, humility and legacy.

Ryder has appeared in films like Little Death (2024), The American (2023), The Sweet East (2023), Dumb Money (2023), Do Revenge (2022), Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between (2022), Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story (2021) and Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020). She can next be seen in Ethan Coen’s Honey Don’t! for Focus Features.

Aside from The Fundamentals of Caring starring Paul Rudd,...

The Amazon Prime Video dark comedy series “The Sticky” has set its premiere date, Variety has learned exclusively.

The six-episode half-hour series will debut on Dec. 6. In addition, Variety has obtained first-look photos from the series, which can be seen below. The series is produced by Blumhouse Television, Jamie Lee Curtis’ Comet Pictures, Jonathan Levine’s Megamix, and Sphere Media

“The Sticky” stars Margo Martindale, Chris Diamantopoulos, and Guillaume Cyr. It is inspired by the true story of the so-called “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” which made international headlines in 2012 when it was revealed that over $18 million (Cad) worth of maple syrup had been stolen from Quebec’s national reserve. The show was ordered to series at Amazon in 2022.

The official series description states that it “follows Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, middle-aged maple syrup farmer who turns to crime when the bureaucratic authorities threaten to take away everything she loves.

Kevin Hart and Taraji P. Henson are stepping out for the world premiere of their new Peacock series!

The co-stars posed for photos together at the premiere of Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist on Wednesday night (September 4) held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Terrence Howard with wife Mira Pak, Chloe Bailey, Don Cheadle with wife Bridgid Coulter, Lori Harvey, Samuel L. Jackson with wife Latanya Richardson, Dexter Darden, Myles Bullock, Jalyn Hall, Clifton Powell, Marsha Stephanie Blake, and Teresa Celeste.

Here’s a synopsis: Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist follows the infamous story of how an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s historic 1970 comeback fight changed not only one man’s life but ultimately transformed Atlanta into the “Black Mecca.” When a hustler named Chicken Man (Hart) hosts an afterparty to celebrate the fight with...

Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV has revealed its September highlights. The Pluto TV September 2024 lineup includes coverage of the new NFL season and the launch of contact sports channels One Championship TV and Wow – Women of Wrestling.

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Pluto TV is expanding its channel lineup in the category, and for fans looking to return to a place where everybody knows your name, they have a new Cheers + Frasier channel to deliver nostalgic vibes.

Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service, delivering hundreds of live, linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience. The Emmy Award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels in partnership with hundreds of international media companies.

Pluto TV offers various genres, languages, and categories featuring movies, television series, sports, news, lifestyle, kids, and much more. The service can be easily accessed and streamed across mobile,...

In the colorful yet perilous setting of SteamWorld Heist 2, players step into the role of Captain Leeway and crew to traverse the open seas, embark on thrilling turn-based missions, and craft their robots into hybrid heroes through creative class combinations. building on the acclaimed foundations of its predecessor.

The SteamWorld series has long delighted with charming worlds and fast-paced adventures across genres. Where the original Heist brought lively turn-based tactics to side-scrolling battlefields with its risk-reward aiming mechanics, the sequel ups the ante with deeper progression and a lively overworld to connect its expanded mission roster.

Now Captain Leeway seeks to make a name beyond his famous mother’s shadow and uncover the threat poisoning the waters. From the friendly confines of their personalized submarine comes the perfect platform to develop a versatile team through SteamWorld 2’s redesigned class system. Bot’s fluidly swap between roles defined by their weaponry,...

Francis Ford Coppola’s Film’s Female Extras Offer Contrasting Testimonies. (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Two “Megalopolis” actresses offered contrasting testimonies regarding director Francis Ford Coppola’s on-set inappropriate behavior. Last Week, the director was accused of harassing female extras on set after Variety published a video that showed Francis Ford Coppola kissing female extras while moving through a crowd.

At the time, the outlet, citing anonymous sources, reported that The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, who financed the 120 million dollar passion project Megalopolis, himself acted with impunity on set. Variety’s report corroborated the Guardian’s May article, in which the director was accused of trying to ‘kiss scantily clad female extras’, saying he was ‘trying to get them in the mood” for a scene.

However, the female extras have now come forward and provided contrasting testimonies regarding the directors’ on-set behavior a week after Variety published their video.

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Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV has revealed its August highlights. Pluto TV is boldly going where no streamer has gone before, becoming the first service to offer the entire Star Trek film series for free!

Pluto TV has long been home to a galaxy of science fiction entertainment, and now all of the cinematic adventures of the Star Trek Prime Universe (William Shatner and Patrick Stewart) and the Kelvin Universe (Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto) are beaming up to your favorite device. Also joining Pluto TV in August are Alien Nation by Dust and three new channels from Fox.

Pluto TV is the leading free streaming television service, delivering hundreds of live, linear channels and thousands of titles on-demand to a global audience. The Emmy Award-winning service curates a diverse lineup of channels in partnership with hundreds of international media companies.

Pluto TV offers various genres, languages, and categories featuring movies,...

Sky and Peacock have revealed a thrilling first-look teaser for the upcoming Original 10-part series of ‘The Day of the Jackal.’

Alongside the teaser, a set of first-look images featuring Eddie Redmayne, Lashana Lynch and Úrsula Corberó, gives audiences a glimpse at the highly anticipated modern reimagining.

The adaptation is based on the seminal novel by Frederick Forsyth and the subsequent award-winning 1973 film from Universal Pictures. It follows an unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, (Eddie Redmayne) makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

Starring Úrsula Corberó (Money Heist) as Nuria, someone at the heart of The Jackal’s personal life, unaware of who he truly is.

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The saying ‘success comes to those who wait’ is relevant for many celebrities in Hollywood who have ridden the wave of failure to achieve stardom. Jeffrey Dean Morgan is an actor whose career followed a similar path. While the star was the toast of the town on television in the 2000s with shows like The Walking Dead and Supernatural, and movies like Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, to his latest stint in The Boys, his journey to the big leagues wasn’t easy.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Karl Urban in The Boys (image credit: Amazon Prime)

Despite entering the industry in the 90s, Morgan spent many years auditioning for that one big break which eluded him constantly. Even when his manager who no longer believed in his talents dumped him, the charismatic star showed that perseverance always pays rich dividends by proving her totally wrong.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan Answered His Former...

Payday 3 stumbled into more obstacles than a rookie bank robber on a laser grid when it first came out—we all are aware of that by now. Yet, like some tenacious cat burglar, the game has been steadily patching its way into becoming a competent product.

The same applies to how Starbreeze Studios is carrying itself online. The company’s recent replies to people asking about the game’s current status suggest that, while the devs continue to remain in the trenches, they are trying their hardest to fight for redemption.

Payday 3’s Twitter Continues to Fight for Itself and the Game Payday 3 is still no better than its predecessor, but it’s steadily getting there – Image Credit: Starbreeze Studios.

Look, there are no two ways about it—there are many games that you can play at the moment that serve the exact niche that Payday 3 currently sits in, albeit to a lesser degree.

Dexter: Original Sin has cast four new series regulars to join previously announced Patrick Gibson, who is taking over the titular serial killer role (in his younger years) made famous by Michael C. Hall in Showtime’s Dexter.

As production kicks off today in Miami with Clyde Phillips at the helm, James Martinez, Christina Milian (Falling Inn Love) and Alex Shimizu (The Blacklist) have joined the series portraying younger versions of Og characters.

Martinez plays Angel Batista (originally portrayed by David Zayas), an up-and-coming homicide detective who leads with his heart; Milian plays Maria Laguerta (Luna Lauren Velez), Miami Metro’s first female homicide detective; and Shimizu plays Vince Masuka (C.S. Lee), a forensic analyst who eagerly shares his expertise while relishing the chance to boss around his new intern, Dexter Morgan.

Wilson also joins the cast as a new character, Bobby Watt, the longtime partner and...

Are you an expert in all things pop culture? Prime Video wants to put you to the test.

The streamer has handed a series order to Pop Culture Jeopardy!, a spinoff of the long-running syndicated game show, TVLine has learned. The Jeopardy! franchise’s first series created for streaming “combines the academic rigor of Jeopardy! with the excitement and unpredictability of pop culture,” per the official press release.

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Prime Video’s love affair with Red, White & Royal Blue will continue, now that Amazon has greenlit a sequel to its breakout film.

Our sister site Deadline reports that Amazon MGM Studios has given the go-ahead to a second movie, with stars Nicholas Galitzine and Taylor Zakhar Perez set to return. Matthew López, who wrote the first film, will return to write the sequel alongside book author Casey McQuiston.

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Iconic actor Danny Trejo is set to receive one of the biggest honors of his career.

The star of Machete, From Dusk Til Dawn, Spy Kids, Con Air, Heat, and hundreds of other films and television series will be honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Santa Fe Film Festival on Thursday, the festival’s opening night. His new film, American Underdog, will hold its U.S. premiere at Sfff that night, kicking off the event that runs in New Mexico’s capital city from April 25-28.

“Danny Trejo has developed a prolific career in the entertainment industry with a hard earned and atypical road to success,” the festival notes. “From years of imprisonment to helping troubled youth battle drug addictions, from acting to producing, and now on to restaurant ventures, Trejo’s name, face, and achievements are well recognized in Hollywood and beyond, but it is his continuous...

Heist movies are all about wanting more: more action, more swindling, more fast cars, more stylish getaways and great outfits, more buddy banter. It’s the itch you can’t scratch, the pursuit of the payoff so big it daunts and dazzles, tempting those who seek it to the wrong side of the law. Why break into a regular vault when you can do it in a zombie-ridden Las Vegas casino? Why steal one of Cleopatra’s golden eggs when you can steal three? And why watch one movie when you can watch 10? Pop the Champagne, break out your best fake mustache, and check out this curated watchlist of heist movies and shows.

Fallout is the most exciting Amazon Original dropping this month. From Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, this long-awaited adaptation of the popular video game franchise looks incredible, and is bound to be a hit among video game fans and newcomers alike. The series stars Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Walton Goggins (The Righteous Gemstones), and Aaron Clifton Moten (Disjointed).

Prime Video doesn’t have much else in the way of original offerings this month, aside from the return of Alex Rider on Freevee a few other films and TV series, but there are plenty of popular films joining the streaming service’s library. Cloverfield, Batman & Robin, Titanic, and The Notebook are just a few of the notable movies coming to Prime this month.

Here’s everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in April – Amazon originals are designated with an asterisk.

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Spring has officially arrived, and plenty is blossoming at Prime Video this April! The streamer will kick off the month with dozens of film additions, from classics such as “To Catch a Thief,” “Rosemary's Baby,” and “Saturday Night Fever,” to recent Oscar Best Picture nominee “The Holdovers,” starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa.

But mid-April will bring the premiere of the streamer’s long-awaited adaptation of “Fallout,” starring Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, and Walton Goggins. Other premieres this month include the debut of Rudy Mancuso’s “Música,” Season 2 of the Black horror anthology series “Them: The Scare,” and

Find out The Streamable’s top picks for Prime Video’s April additions, and find out everything coming to the platform this month!

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Vault Comics 2019 science fiction crime title “Heist: Or How to Steal a Planet”, written by Paul Tobin and illustrated by Arjuna Susini, is being adapted as a live action feature , to be directed by Justin Simien :

“…welcome to planet ‘Heist’, the cutthroat capital of the entire ‘Nehring System’, home to billions of the worst men and women in the galaxy.

“The ‘Pan-Galactic’ government has no idea what to do with the planet…

‘…but conman ‘Glane Breld’nand his band of thieves know exactly what to do with Heist — they’re going to steal it…’

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THR reports that Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien to set to helm Heist: Or How to Steal a Planet, a sci-fi crime thriller based on the comic series by Paul Tobin and Arjuna Susini.

The comic is “set on the planet Heist, home to billions of the worst criminals in the galaxy. The ruling pan-galactic government has no idea what to do with the planet, but a conman named Glane Breld and his band of thieves know exactly what to do with Heist: steal it. The story follows Breld on his madcap scheme to pull off the biggest heist in the history of the galaxy.” I’m not too familiar with the comic series, but that sounds like fun. Christopher Yost, best known for Thor: Ragnarok and The Mandalorian, will pen the script.

In a statement, Justin Simien said, “How To Steal Planet wowed me and I’m humbled...

Exclusive: Coming off a busy award season, Erika Alexander has landed a series regular role in Apple’s Invasion for Season 3. Production is currently underway on the Simon Kinberg and David Weil-created series.

Alexander joins the ensemble cast that includes Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna, Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Billy Barratt, Azhy Robertson, Tara Moayedi, Enver Gjokaj and Shane Zaza.

Invasion follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world. Details regarding the Season 3 storyline and who Alexander will play are under wraps. The first and second seasons are now streaming globally on Apple TV+.

Produced for Apple TV+ by Boat Rocker, the series is created by Kinberg and Weil, who also serve as executive producers alongside Audrey Chon, David Witz, Alik Sakharov, Andrew Baldwin, Dan Dietz and Katie O’Connell Marsh. Nick Nantell serves as executive producer for Boat Rocker; Grace Gilroy serves as producer.

It’s almost ironic that one of the most pivotal award presentations in Grammy Awards history didn’t even happen on the main stage.

“You got robbed. I wanted you to win. You should have. It’s weird and it sucks that I robbed you,” Macklemore texted Kendrick Lamar, who was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2014 Grammy Awards. Drake, Jay-Z, and Kanye West were also nominated, but newcomers Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were victorious with their debut album The Heist. The rapper sent the text a few minutes after the main show ended,...

Exclusive: Reno Wilson, best known for his roles on Good Girls and Mike & Molly, has signed with Buchwald for representation.

Wilson played Officer Carl McMillan on the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly alongside Melissa McCarthy and Billy Gardell. He also starred as Stan Hill on Good Girls opposite Christina Hendricks, Mae Whitman and Retta.

Most recently, Wilson played the series regular role of Detective Earl Brooker on the Paramount+ series Fatal Attraction. He also had a recurring role on Peacock’s Bel-Air.

Wilson made his television debut as Theo’s best friend, Howard, on The Cosby Show. He has since starred and guest-starred in dozens of television series, including Heist, Blind Justice, and Showtime’s The Hoop Life.

On the film side, Wilson portrayed jazz icon Louis Armstrong in the feature Bolden. Other credits include Tyson’s Run, Mighty Joe Young, Rough Draft and Fallen. He has also voiced the characters of Frenzy,...

Abbott Elementary really made the grade when nominations for the 55th NAACP Awards were announced Thursday.

ABC’s school-set sitcom nabbed seven nods, including Outstanding Comedy Series, making it the awards ceremony’s most nominated series of the year.

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Netflix’s Survival of the Thickest and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story tied for second with five nods each.

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Making his 4th Netflix Original Film in the last three years, actor/comedian/producer Kevin Hart is back on the platform with his latest venture, Lift, a heist-filled action “comedy” helmed by The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray from a script by 12 Rounds writer Daniel Kunka.

Making good on his Netflix megadeal he signed in early 2021, Hart has now made three starring films under his HartBeat Productions banner after a pair of critically panned films, Me Time opposite Mark Wahlberg & The Man from Toronto alongside Woody Harrelson, dropped in 2022. Lift is also co-produced by The Batman director Matt Reeves’ company 6th & Idaho, which also has an overall deal with Netflix.

The film follows a group of master art thieves led by Cyrus Whitaker (Hart) who live by a code of stealing art before it lands in the “wrong” hands. After their “master of disguise...

nDreams has just dropped their first developer update for Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, alongside a reveal of the game’s expanded post-launch roadmap. The updates will bring new gameplay improvements and content from the wider world of Ghostbusters (including the upcoming Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) to VR across the coming months.

Kicking off the expanded content roadmap is a new game update this Friday. Coming off the heels of last month’s “Heist & Seek” update, this update brings the brand-new Infestation game mode that is free to all players, and sees the Ghostbusters teaming up to trap a stubborn ghostly intruder. Also coming this Friday, owners of the Full Containment Edition of the game can also claim four new characters and two new equipment skins, the latter of which can also be purchased separately.

In January, fans who have been dreaming of becoming a Ghostbuster since 1984 will have the...

Pm Modi’s ‘Money Heist’ Dig At Congress Over It Raids Stars Rahul Gandhi As Denver! (Picture Credit: Facebook & IMDb)

One thing about Prime Minister Narendra Modi is that he knows how to keep up with popular culture. Just recently, Pm Modi took a dig at the leading opposition party, Congress, with a ‘Money Heist’ reference, and Ngl, it’s the coolest thing on the internet today.

Taking to his official X (formerly known as Twitter) handle on Tuesday, Pm Modi took a swipe at Congress over the record cash haul during tax raids at properties related to Odisha MP, Dheeraj Sahu. For those who may not be aware, the Income Tax Department seized around ₹350 crore of ‘black money’ and about 3 kg of gold ornaments during a series of raids on distilleries in Odisha, which is said to be the largest amount ever recovered by any agency during a single investigation in India.

Matt Roe has been named head of unscripted for production company Dirty Robber, The Unreasnble, led by Travon Free, Martin Desmond Roe, and Mickey Meyer.

Roe is an Emmy-nominated producer, director, and writer with more than ten years of development and production experience making unscripted premium content.

Starting his career as a story producer, Roe helped shape such projects Kobe Bryant’s Muse for Showtime, The Last Walk Off with David Ortiz for ESPN, and Tom vs. Tom for Facebook.

As a director, he has made content for companies like Religion of Sports and Uninterrupted. As a showrunner, he has helmed the Audience Network’s anthology series Religion of Sports and ESPN Why We Fight.

In addition to his creative credits, Roe has spent the last few years leading development at Dirty Robber during a time when it landed projects such as Heist and We Are The Champions for Netflix,...

“Writing,” Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet told Bill Maher on Friday’s Real Time, “is just making shit up.”

Mamet has made a successful career of that, creating such plays as Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow, and writing/directing such films as Heist, Wag the Dog and Hannibal, among others.

Now, he’s out with his newest book, a memoir and history called Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood.

As one might expect from the title, it is loaded with caustic opinions on “the industry,” a term the abrasive Mamet loathes.

Maher brought up an anecdote where Mamet was once speaking to a class. One of the college students asked him, “What is the best thing I can do to increase my chances of working in television?”

Mamet had a ready solution. “Cut your d**k off and eat it.

Berlin Trailer Is Released, Here’s Where & When You Can Watch The Series! (Picture Credit: Youtube)

One of the most popular web shows, Money Heist’s character Berlin (portrayed by Pedro Alonso) is back for a spin-off series. Now, the trailer has been released, creating a huge buzz across the globe. But when to watch the series and where? Do you know whether you will get a glimpse of any other Money Heist characters or not? Scroll to find out!

Being from the same universe, it would have been a very bad idea if the show didn’t have any other characters from Money Heist other than Berlin.

And Money Heist fans are more than happy to get this spin-off. After the overtly hyped series’s sad ending, they are pretty excited to watch Berlin’s trailer. The trailer features Berlin (Pedro Alonso) meeting with his thief companions to journey...

Exclusive: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs.

Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.

It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.

The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.

‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974

The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...

If you’re a fan of Mel Gibson’s classic action flicks, be sure to stream them before they leave Max at the end of August.

All four “Lethal Weapon” movies and “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome,” starring the late, great Tina Turner, will be leaving the streaming service. Luckily, you’ll have all month to watch them.

Watching the new “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” animated movie in theaters? Max has several films featuring the radical reptilians: the live-action “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991)

and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993), as well as the animated “Tmnt” (2007).

Kaiju fans will want to check out “Godzilla” (2014), “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” (2019), “King Kong” (1933) and “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” (2012).

Finally, if horror is your thing, six “Hellraiser” films and “The Ring Two” make great summer scares.

Here’s everything leaving Max in August 2023

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It's likely that Scott Snyder got on your radar due to his remarkable contributions to the DC universe, but, equally impressive, is his venture into uncharted territories over the past few years with original creations via Best Jackett Press and his collaborations with companies such as ComiXology, Idw, Dark Horse Comics, and Dstlry. These new partnerships have not only allowed Scott Snyder to tell original stories across multiple genres, but has given opportunties and a spolight to new and diverse creators.

With his latest release (now available in a single volume that collects all five issues!), Dark Spaces: Wildfire, Scott tells a captivating hesist story set in the middle of a historic fire, but this release also sets the stage for all new "Dark Spaces" stories with new creative teams. In our interview, we explore the origins of Dark Spaces, the inspiration behind Wildfire, and much more!

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Military Wives Photo: Lionsgate Military Wives, 9pm, Film4, Tuesday, June 6

Peter Cattaneo's feel-good film is based on one of the singing groups Gareth Malone founded in his hit BBC series The Choir - although Malone is wisely kept out of this picture. Instead the focus is firmly on a group of women on an Army base, who are grappling with fears about their husbands, who are on a dangerous tour of duty in Afghanistan. Structured largely around the relationship that develops between the posh colonel's wife (Kristen Scott-Thomas) and the more working class sergeant's wife Lisa (Sharon Horgan), the choir they set up to improve morale contains all the initial dischord you might expect. The plot might follow a familiar tune but Scott-Thomas, in particular, helps the emotional beats land solidly.

Hell Or High Water, 11.05pm, BBC4, Thursday, June 8

Heist meets western in David Mackenzie's Texan take on the genre that sees brothers,...

Robert De Niro, Samuel L. Jackson in Jackie Brown Screenshot: Lionsgate/Miramax Every actor has worked on bad movies at some point in their career. For a long time, though, Robert De Niro’s bad films always felt like exceptions to the rule. The actor earned his place as one...

Clockwise from top left: Raging Bull (United Artists), The Adventures of Rocky And Bullwinkle (Universal Pictures), The Godfather Part II (Paramount Pictures), The War With Grandpa (Brookdale Studios)Graphic: AVClub

Every actor has worked on bad movies at some point in their career. For a long time, though, Robert De Niro...

Exclusive: AI is in the eye of the storm in LA right now amid the writers’ strike and is also a talking point at the Cannes Film Festival due to the de-aging of Harrison Ford for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny.

We can reveal an interesting development in the Cannes market with news that generative AI firm Flawless, co-founded by filmmaker Scott Mann (Fall), is partnering with U.S. seller and distributor XYZ Films (Run Rabbit Run) and UK producer Tea Shop Productions (47 Meters Down) to acquire rights to foreign-language films, converting them to English for distribution in English-speaking territories.

The plan is for Flawless’ TrueSync technology to create lip-synced versions of acquired titles, and XYZ will distribute them. The idea is to offer an alternative to subtitles and out-of-sync dubs. The company will also distribute the original versions alongside.

The TrueSync tech was used in recent...

Al Pacino, Viggo Mortensen, John Travolta, Shia LeBeouf, Rebecca Pidgeon (“Bird Box”) and singer/actress Courtney Love have joined the cast of the JFK thriller ‘Assassination’.

The synopsis reads; 1963. During a crucial justice hearing against organized crime, the head of the Chicago mob orders the assassination of President John F. Kennedy Jr., creating a deadly conspiracy while altering the fate of a nation.

Pulitzer Prize winner and Oscar nominee Mamet is directing from a story by himself and Nicholas Celozzi, who based the script on his great uncle, the Chicago mob boss Sam Giancana, who may have played a significant role in orchestrating Kennedy’s assassination.

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Insiders indicate it will focus on events that took place 48 hours before the assassination, telling the mob’s version of the story. Celozzi based the material on details shared by his late...

Oscar winner Al Pacino (The Godfather), Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen (Green Book), Oscar nominee John Travolta (Pulp Fiction), BAFTA winner Shia Labeouf (Honey Boy), NBR Award winner Rebecca Pidgeon (Heist) and Golden Globe nominated singer and actress Courtney Love (The People vs. Larry Flynt) are set to star in the thriller Assassination, we can reveal.

The film, which Arclight is launching for the Cannes market, is to be directed by Pulitzer Prize-winner and Oscar nominee David Mamet (Wag the Dog) from a script he co-wrote with Nicholas Celozzi.

Assassination will retell the fateful murder of John F. Kennedy from the mob’s point of view, reimagining his death as a hit ordered by Chicago mob kingpin Sam Giancana as payback for JFK’s attempt to undermine the mob after they helped get him elected (that thread formed a big part of Oliver Stone’s JFK).

Script co-writer Celozzi is Giancana’s grandnephew.

The world’s TV scene faces challenges. But it still has opportunities. Marc Cistaré, a writer on “Locked Up,” has seized one, the strategic co-production alliance between TelevisaUnivision’s ViX streaming service and The Mediapro Studio.

Rolling off the hiked ambitions of Spain’s TV scene after streamer success, he has created“Las Pelotaris, 1926,” which The Mediapro Studio Distribution is bringing onto the market at this week’s MipTV.

A ViX Original, airing from March 10 on its platform as part of its premium offer, the show combines the craft learnt from two decades of writing Spanish prime-time series and the larger canvas, gender focus and artistic boldness of contemporary scripted.

Sold outside Latin America and the U.S. by The Mediapro Studio Distribution, which these days means a lot in terms of profile at Cannes TV markets, the series weighs in as one of the market’s big Spanish-language bets...

Newly-minted Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis is set to guest star in the upcoming Amazon comedy series “The Sticky.”

It was previously announced that Curtis would executive produce the series, which was ordered at Amazon in April 2022. In addition, Guillaume Cyr has joined the show in one of its lead roles alongside Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos.

Production is now underway on the series in and around Montreal. As previously announced, the series is inspired by the true story of the “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist,” in which 70% of the world’s global maple syrup supply was stolen.

The official series decription states: “‘The Sticky’ revolves around Ruth Landry (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm,...

Exclusive: Veteran producer Stratton Leopold (Mission: Impossible III) and filmmaker Dax Phelan (The Other Side of the Wind) have teamed up to produce a new currently untitled limited series based on an infamous 19th-century prison escape known affectionately as The Catalpa Expedition.

Set in Ireland, the United States, and Australia during the 1860s and 1870s, the series will be based on the real-life plan members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood — a 19th-century republican group — made to free six political prisoners from a British penal colony in Western Australia while aboard the whaleship, The Catalpa. The writer, poet, and journalist John Boyle O’Reilly was among the political prisoners sent to a British penal colony in Australia.

The Whaling Ship, Catalpa.

Phelan will write the pilot episode and produce alongside Leopold and Eric M. Klein. Terence E. Groves (Jasmine), who first brought the idea to Leopold, will serve as executive producer along...

Ken Cheng — the writer behind comedy Easter Sunday — is reteaming with Amblin Partners on an original comedy called Princes. The feature pitch is described as a “cross-cultural buddy comedy.”

Amblin and Cheng previously worked together on Universal and Rideback’s Easter Sunday, which starred comedian Jo Koy as a man returning home to celebrate Easter with his overbearing family. The feature debuted theatrically in August and was from filmmaker Jay Chandrasekhar.

Upcoming for Cheng is The Great Chinese Art Heist, a Warner Bros. project based on a GQ magazine article of the same name. Condé Nast is set to produce and Jon M. Chu is attached to direct. He is also producing and writing a feature adaptation of the New York magazine article “Chateau Sucker” for Bound Entertainment.

Cheng — who is a co-founder of the production company and creative incubator Crab Club, alongside Jessica Gao and Jimmy O. Yang — is...

Exclusive: Peacock has rounded out the recurring cast for Season 2 of Bel-Air with newcomer Al-Shabazz Jabateh (Prime Day Show), Nicholas Duvernay (Purple Hearts), Diandra Lyle (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy) and Reno Wilson (Good Girls).

Bel-Air, based on Morgan Cooper’s popular fan film that reenvisions the 1990s Will Smith sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air as a drama, hails from Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group. In its first season, it became Peacock’s most streamed original series.

Set in modern-day America, Bel-Air follows Will’s (Jabari Banks) complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As these two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known.

Margo Martindale and Chris Diamantopoulos have been cast in the lead roles of the upcoming Amazon series “The Sticky,” Variety has learned exclusively.

The show was originally ordered at Amazon back in April 2022. As previously reported, the series is inspired by the true story of “The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist.” The real heist involved the theft of $18 million dollars (Cad) of of Quebec’s national maple syrup, which is more than 70% of the global maple syrup supply.

Per the official logline for the half-hour comedy series, “‘The Sticky’ revolves around Ruth Clarke (Martindale), a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer who’s had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. Especially now that that very bureaucracy is threatening to take away everything she loves: Her farm, her comatose husband, and her right to freedom. With the help of Remy Bouchard,...

Alina Starkov is determined to tear down The Fold and save Ravka in the trailer for Netflix‘s Shadow and Bone Season 2.

The trailer, released Friday, begins with General Kirigan (played by Ben Barnes) emerging from the darkness of The Fold with three large scars across his face. As he stands in front of Alina (Jessie Mei Li) with his army of shadows, she realizes that she is the key to stopping him. She and Mal Oretsev (Archie Renaux) set out on a journey to find the Amplifiers — two mythical creatures that can boost Alina’s power, giving her a fighting chance against Kirigan and his growing strength.

But Alina and Mal aren’t the only ones to take note of the havoc The Darkling begins to wreak. Back in Ketterdam, a chance at a deadly heist sends Kaz Brekker (Freddy Carter) and the Crows once again on a collision...

Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis are teaming for an Amazon series based on Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta novels, Variety has confirmed with sources.

Kidman would star as Scarpetta with Curtis playing her sister, Dorothy. Sources say that deals for the show are not yet done, but that it is nearing a two-season order of eight episodes each at the streamer.

Reps for Amazon declined to comment.

Liz Sarnoff will write the series and serve as executive producer and showrunner. Kidman and Per Saari will executive produce via Blossom Films, while Curtis will executive produce via Comet Pictures. Blumhouse Television’s Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold also executive produce. Curtis is currently under a first-look deal with Blumhouse.

Cornwell has written over 20 books in the Scarpetta series. Scarpetta starts out as the Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia in the books before becoming a private forensic consultant.

Robert Dalva, the film editor who earned an Oscar nomination for his work on the touching family adventure The Black Stallion and collaborated with director Joe Johnston on five films, including Jumanji and Captain America: The First Avenger, has died. He was 80.

Dalva died Jan. 27 of lymphoma in Marin County, California, his son Matthew Dalva told The Hollywood Reporter.

Dalva attended USC film school in the same class with George Lucas, and he went to work with him and Francis Ford Coppola in 1969 as the pair launched their innovative American Zoetrope production company in San Francisco.

The relationship paid off when Lucas hired Dalva to handle second-unit photography — he shot the land speeder going across the desert — on the original Star Wars (1977).

On the Coppola-produced Black Stallion (1979), starring Mickey Rooney in an Oscar-nominated performance, Dalva partnered with director Carroll Ballard, who also did second-unit work on Star Wars.

“We had...