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The Boys gets a Diabolical animated spinoff series

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Amazon is looking to expand the world of The Boys beyond the upcoming college-set spinoff, with the streamer announcing an eight-episode order for an animated anthology series entitled The Boys Presents: Diabolical. Here’s The Boys star Karl Urban with the reveal… The Boys Presents: Diabolical is being executive produced by Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen and Evan […]

The Boys season 3 will explore more of Vought International’s history, says Eric Kripke

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With the third season of Amazon’s hit superhero series The Boys arriving sometime next year after wrapping production back in September 2021, showrunner Eric Kripke has teased that the upcoming season will explore the history of Vought International. In an interview with The Illuminerdi, Kripke was asked if there were any particular characters fans should look […]

Alan Ritchson is Jack Reacher in first trailer for Amazon’s Reacher

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Amazon has released a trailer and images for Reacher, the upcoming small screen adaptation of Lee Childs’ best-selling book series which stars Titans‘ Alan Ritchson in the lead role as a former military police investigator who finds himself fighting to prove his innocence when he is wrongfully accused of murder; check them out here… “Reacher […]

The Marvelous Ms. Maisel season 4 teaser reveals February premiere date

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Amazon Prime has released the first teaser for the fourth season of The Marvelous Ms. Maisel, revealing a February 2022 premiere date. Watch the teaser below… The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel stars Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein, Marin Hinkle, Michael Zegen, Kevin Pollak and Caroline Aaron. It has been a hit for Amazon and a strong contender […]

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan adds five to cast for Season 4

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With the third season of Amazon’s Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan having recently wrapped production, development on the fourth season is already underway as Deadline reports that five actors have joined the cast for the next season. Joining series lead John Krasinski in Jack Ryan us Zuleikha Robinson (The Exorcist), Louis Ozawa (Hunters) and Okieriete Onaodowan […]

20 Years of Tolkien: The Long Road to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings and Beyond

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Brad Cook looks back on The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings ahead of the release of the Middle-earth Ultimate Collector’s Edition 4K box set… With the first Lord of the Rings film celebrating its 20-year anniversary in 2021, I thought it would be nice to take a trip down memory lane. Many of […]

New poster and trailer for sci-fi thriller Encounter starring Riz Ahmed

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Amazon Prime Video has released a new poster and trailer for director Michael Pearce’s sci-fi thriller Encounter which follows a decorated Marine (Riz Ahmed) as he embarks on a dangerous journey to keep his young sons safe from an unhuman threat; take a look here… A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save […]

Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem are Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in new Being the Ricardos trailer

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Amazon Studios has released a new trailer for writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming drama Being the Ricardos which tells the story of the romantic and professional relationship of I Love Lucy’s Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and her husband and co-star Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem); watch it here… Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) […]

Neil Gaiman announces that Good Omens 2 has started filming

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Back in June, Neil Gaiman announced that Michael Sheen and David Tennant would be reprising their roles as Aziraphale and Crowley for Good Omens 2, a follow-up to the 2019 adaptation of his and Terry Pratchett’s 1990 fantasy comedy book, and the writer and showrunner has revealed this past week that filming on the new […]