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As September comes to an end, Max has unveiled its slate of new programming in October 2023.Next month's list is led by the premiere of the fourth and final season of Doom Patrol, as well season two of The Gilded Age, Our Flag Means Death and 30 Coins. There's also the animated series Scavengers Reign, the documentaries The Ringleader and AKA Mr. Chow, Meg 2: The Trench and Halloween fan favorites such as The Exorcist, Evil Dead Rise, Poltergeist, Hereditary, The Witch, A Nightmare On Elm Street and more.Check out the full slate of October 2023 programming on Max below.Coming To Max October 13 Godfathers (1948)The Adventures of Pinocchio (1996)All About the Benjamins (2002)The Amazing Panda Adventure (1995)Angels in the Outfield (1951)The Answer Man (2009)Anthropoid (2016)Appaloosa (2008)T...

Adding to the excitement of Deadpool and Wolverine officially joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy is now teasing the potential of seeing more X-Men characters in the film. Speaking about the upcoming first-ever Marvel Studios R-rated release, Levy shared that the film will explore the "Fox-Marvel Legacy." Noting the now-defunct 20th Century Fox era of Marvel-based movies and their place in the MCU."Deadpool and Wolverine are iconic Marvel characters; more specifically, iconic Marvel-of-the-Fox-era characters," said the filmmaker during an interview with Total Film. "We’re not going to pretend: 'Oh, we snap our fingers, and suddenly that Fox legacy doesn’t exist, and it shaped a lot of what we now know as the MCU.' Fox also shaped Ryan’s career, Hugh’s care...

Netflix has dropped off the official trailer for its upcoming game show based on its hit series, Squid Game.The series, titled Squid Game: The Challenge, is scheduled to drop on November 22, per Netflix's Tudum fan event earlier this summer. The show will see 456 real-life players battle for the top prize of $4.56 million USD through a series of challenges based on the record-breaking Korean scripted series.Here's the official logline: “Though the reality version of ‘Squid Game‘ isn’t a matter of life or death, there’s still a lot on the line. 456 players will compete to win $4.56 million, the largest cash prize in reality television history. Through a series of games, each player will be pushed to their limits and forced to ask themselves just how far they’ll go to win, with opportunistic...

HBO has debuted the trailer for The Ringleader: The Case of the Bling Ring, the upcoming documentary featuring the first-time interview with Rachel Lee, the alleged criminal mastermind that led the infamous "Bling Ring" burglars.Directed by Erin Lee Carr, known for her I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth V. Michelle Carter and The Heart of Gold: Inside The USA Gymnastics Scandal, The Ringleader "examines the motivations of Lee and a group of her friends" who targeted and robbed the houses of high-profile celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Brian Austin Green and Megan Fox, Lindsay Lohan, Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom, Audrina Patridge and Rachel Bilsen in 2008 and 2009, as well as explore "the possible reasons behind her actions including mental health issues and addictions, as well as th...

Following her name being plucked out of a bucket the Reaping, Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) is not on her journey alone, finding solace in an unexpected mentor-turned-friend, a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth).A new trailer is out for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins’ prequel to the hit Hunger Games book trio and acclaimed film series. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the movie adaptation takes viewers back decades before Katniss Everdeen entered the scene, honing in on the early days of Panem.Baird, a tribute from District 12 in the 10th annual Hunger Games, isn’t content to go down without a fight. Snow, meanwhile, resides in the Capitol along with his grandmother and cousin Tigris (Hunter Schafer). At odds with himself and what he wants, he finds himself under the inf...

Nippon Television Network Corp. has purchased Studio Ghibli, the animation studio co-created by lauded director Hayao Miyazaki, according to AP News.Per the outlet, Nippon TV looks to honor Studio Ghibli's "creative independence so it can focus on animation and other artistic projects," as it becomes the studio's top shareholder, with a 42.3% stake. The company did not disclose financial figures associated with the acquisition.The deal has reportedly been in the works since last year, when Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki spoke with Nippon TV's team about the future of the agency as its leaders look to retire in the near future. Previously, the company had eyed Miyazaki's son, Goro, who is also an animation director, as his successor. However, according to AP, Goro "had expressed doubt...

With over a billion people smoking throughout the world, JUUL noticed a "huge public health opportunity." Entitled Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul, Netflix's forthcoming docuseries will take an intrinsic, in-depth look at how the e-cig empire captured the hearts of global youth.Directed by R.J. Cutler of notable documentaries Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry and Belushi, per the Netflix logline, the film will focus on the "scrappy electronic cigarette startup [that] becomes a multibillion-dollar company until an epidemic causes its success to go up in smoke.""In the early 2000s, there was this sense that tech could do no wrong," one man asserts at the trailer's opening. "Move fast and break things, that's the tech ethos." Noting Apple's marketing tactics as a "huge inspiratio...

The showrunner of season one of Netflix's Daredevil series, Steven DeKnight, publicly called out "an old Disney scam" in regards to the upcoming reboot series Daredevil: Born Again.DeKnight took to Twitter and explained that although the reboot will see Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio reprise their roles from his Netflix series, he will not be financially earning from it due to the way Disney renamed the show. “It’s an old Disney scam where they slightly rename a series to reset contract terms back to first season. Needs to be addressed by all the guilds/unions and crushed!” he wrote in response to a fan who shared similar thoughts.“From what I understand, I’m not going to see a penny from ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ because they added the ‘Born Again’ and can claim it’s a completely differe...

In a recent Forbes article, Disney confirmed that the upcoming The Marvels superhero film is the most expensive title of the Marvel's Phase 5. Beating out films like Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania which cost $200 million USD, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 at $250 million USD and even the Disney+ series Secret Invasion which cost $212 million USD, The Marvels cost the studio a whopping $270 million USD to make. This number is $140 million USD than what was recently reported in an interview with director Nia DaCosta for Vanity Fair. Marvel Studios has confirmed that this is the most expensive, non-Avengers film in the MCU. The U.K. government subsidized The Marvels with $55 million USD but even discounting that, the budget totals to $219.8 million USD. Forbes indicated that in order for ...

Michael Chow, more colloquially known as culinary aficionado Mr. Chow, has opened a run of eponymous high-end eateries throughout the country. Specializing in family-style authentic Chinese cuisine, Chow's restaurant empire – which taps into the richness and opulence of Chinese food and culture – has landed him an impromptu role as one of the cultural zeitgeist's key figures. AKA Mr. Chow will peer into the creative's personal life and professional inspirations, as well as chat with Chow's inner circle to tell his story.Per the film's official synopsis: "AKA Mr. Chow details the vibrant and varied life of Michael Chow. Born Zhou Yinghua in 1930s Shanghai, he would use creativity to triumph over childhood trauma, personal loss, and systemic prejudice, growing up to become an actor and artis...