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While the entertainment world continues to reel from the Warner Bros. Discovery merger, Cartoon Network as you know it is now coming to an end. Founded by Ted Turner October 1, 1992, the cable television channel is beloved for its animated television series, mostly children’s programming, ranging from action to comedy. Cartoon Network will be going through an overhaul, merging with Warner Bros. Animation, as part of the media and entertainment conglomerate’s restructuring of its properties. The Warner Bros. Discovery “strategic realignment” announcement comes after another round of major layoffs at Warner Bros. Television Group. It is currently unclear what the merging of Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. Animation will result in, as Cartoon Network still has series ongoing with no word of ...

Martin Scorsese has boarded Miramax Television’s adaptation of Herbert Asbury’s 1927 non-fiction book The Gangs of New York. According to reports, the revered filmmaker is set to executive produce the possible series as well as direct its first two episodes. Brett Leonard, the playwright and TV writer, has written the script and will co-executive produce alongside Scorsese and his managers, Rick Yorn and Chris Donnelly. The show will be shopped this October. Scorsese had already signs on to a different adaptation of The Gangs of New York, which followed not only organized crime in that city but also in areas like Chicago and New Orleans. Asbury’s book will focus on the rival gangs in New York during the mid to late 1800s, before the Italian-American Mafia took over during Prohibition in th...

Netflix will launch its new “Basic with Ads” subscription tier next month for a price that is less than half that of the platform’s standard service. The new cheaper ad-supported tier will cost $6.99 USD per month in the U.S., and will initially launch in 12 countries starting in November, the streaming giant announced on Thursday. Canada and Mexico will receive access on November 1, and two days later, the new plan will be available in the U.S., Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea and the U.K. Spain will follow on November 10. “We believe that with this launch we will be able to provide a plan and a price for every Netflix fan,” said Netflix COO Greg Peters in a press conference on Thursday. “The most important thing for us is that we want to offer consumers choice and...

Adam Sandler and the Safdie Brothers are reuniting for a new film, and he expects the intensity of filming to be on the same level as their 2019 collaboration Uncut Gems. The actor revealed to Vanity Fair that they are scheduled to begin filming in late winter, “So part of my brain right now is like, ‘I’m on tour.’ Then once that Safdie brothers movie starts—and I love those guys, I know we’re going to dedicate ourselves into working our asses off and making sure it’s as good as it can be, and I know that takes a lot of time.” Sandler continued, “So part of my brain is going, ‘Wow, once that movie starts I’m in deep and our lives are going to change.’ Like everybody, when you work hard you’re tired, you’re knocked out, and you miss out on some stuff that you wish you could’ve seen. But ult...

Brendan Fraser isn’t closing his doors to doing a fourth entry in Stephen Sommers’ The Mummy franchise. The actor briefly spoke to Variety about the possibility of returning to the franchise, and what will need to be done in order for him to sign on. “I don’t know how it would work,” Fraser said. “But I’d be open to it if someone came up with the right conceit.” Meanwhile, Sommers revealed why they gave the role of Rick O’Connell to Fraser, giving him his flowers for being tough, funny and humble. “He could throw a punch and take a punch and he had a great sense of humor,” the director shared. “You really like the guy. He never comes across as cocky or arrogant.” He added that even though filming put a physical strain on Fraser’s body — including a knee injury — he stayed professional and ...

Less than a month after its release, Ryan Murphy‘s Dahmer: Monster – The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has landed as Netflix’s second most-watched English series. The biographical limited ten-part series clocked 205.33 million hours viewed globally during its third week on the streaming platform, Deadline reported. This brings the total number of hours Dahmer has been viewed since its premiere to 701.37 million, with 196.2 million hours watched in its first week and 299.84 million in its second. In terms of overall hours viewed, Dahmer is just second place to Stranger Things 4, which accrued 1.35 billion hours in its first month on the streamer. Alongside co-creators Murphy and Ian Brennan, who also serve as executive producers, Dahmer is produced by Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, Evan Peters,...

Heritage Auctions is hosting an auction dedicated to the Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z later this month with a variety of over 200 items unique to the hit anime. Lots will include original printings of Weekly Shōnen Jump, trading cards and production cels from the shows. Cels showcase iconic characters such as Goku, Vegeta, Krillin, Piccolo and Bulma, as well as some of the anime’s villains. Among the rarer collectible items are a set of seven PSA-graded trading cards from the Dragon Ball Z Trading Card Game’s Saiyan Saga, the first-ever Dragon Ball manga issue and several copies of the Viz Media Dragon Ball comic books. Akira Toriyama’s Dragon Ball was launched in 1984 and has since grown to become one of the most popular franchises of all time. The series has spawned multiple spin-o...

Hasbro‘s Entertainment One is developing a documentary about the highly-popular roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons. The film, which is set to premiere in tandem with the title’s 50th anniversary in 2024, will travel back to the game’s creation in the early 1970s and cover its famous wizards and elves via more than 400 hours of archived footage. Joe Manganiello, the actor who doubles as an official ambassador for Dungeons & Dragons, will co-direct the feature with Kyle Newman. Nick Manganiello, Anthony Savini and Cecily Tyler will produce. “I couldn’t be more proud and excited to get back behind the camera for another documentary, this time with the D&D dream team of Jon, Kyle and my brother and producing partner Nick. I lived through the rise and fall and rise again...

Marvel is officially putting a pause on its highly anticipated reboot of Blade. The news has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter that the studio is placing the project on hold after the announcement of director Bassim Tariq‘s departure. Fans expected Marvel to immediately announce Tariq’s replacement, however, in the two weeks following the announcement, it is clear that the studio really wants to make sure they get it right. The film was already in preproduction in Atlanta and was heading towards a November start of photography. With the hold, the film timeline is expected to be pushed back. The studio was hoping to begin production of the Blade in early 2023. The film was originally set to release on November 3, 2023, however, now the studio has pushed the release date to September ...

Sydney Sweeney is making moves in Hollywood. She is officially set forward plans to star in and executive produce Sony Pictures‘ upcoming Barbarella film. While the project is currently in the very early stages of development, the young star took to Instagram recently to confirm the news. Sweeney posted an image of the original artwork from the 1968 space opera along with the caption, “time to save the universe.” In the original film, Jane Fonda played the role of Barbarella. The film was adapted by French writer and illustrator Jean-Claud Forest’s comic series surrounding a space-traveling heroine. At the time, it was not considered a box office hit, however, in the decades after, it has developed its own cult following. Sweeney and Sony Pictures have previously partnered with one another...

Bella Ramsey, who portrays Ellie in HBO Max‘s adaptation of The Last of Us, revealed that she was “encouraged” to not play the beloved Naughty Dog game while she was auditioning for the series. Speaking to USA Today, the young actress explained that the advice came from the show’s team, “After my first audition, they asked me, ‘Have you played it?’ And I said, ‘Nope,’ and they said, ‘Keep it that way.’” She admitted that she “did watch some of the game play on YouTube just to get a sense of it,” but her excitement for it remains the same, “…it was such a big part of my life. I shot for a whole year, which is quite a long time when you’ve only lived for 19 years.” Ramsey also shared that her co-star Pedro Pascal, who plays Joel, wrote her a card when production wrapped that read, “How inter...

Dune: Part 2 is heading to theaters sooner than originally planned. Just hours after Disney announced it was pushing back the premiere of Marvel Studios‘ Blade, Warner Bros. revealed that Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune: Part 2 will open in theaters on the Marvel pic’s original premiere date, November 3, 2023. The new date is two weeks earlier than the film’s previously-scheduled release. Hailing from Legendary Pictures, with producers Mary Parent, Cale Boyer, Tanya LaPointe and Villeneuve, the Dune sequel will see the return of several actors, including Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgår, Javier Bardem, Charlotte Rampling and Stephen McKinley Henderson. Additionally, Part 2 welcomes a bevy of famous faces like Academy Award wi...