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Paul Rudd will join the cast of Only Murders in the Building season three, according to Variety. Following Rudd’s appearance as Broadway actor Ben Glenroy in the season two finale, Hulu confirmed to the outlet that the Ant-Man actor will return in a starring role in the series’ third season. The streamer did not disclose whether Rudd will become a series regular or if he will continue to appear in a guest capacity. “Paul Rudd, after making an auspicious entrance into the world of our show at the end of Season 2 as Ben Glenroy, is someone we clearly want to know more about and see in our upcoming Season 3 — as he is a clear source of many upcoming questions and, as ever with our show, many twists yet to come!” John Hoffman, series co-creator, told Variety. Only Murders i...

After months of anticipation, HBO officially aired the first episode of Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon on Sunday night. Despite some technical issues with fans watching through Amazon Fire Stick, the network reports that the series premiere was its biggest of all time, recording 9.986 million viewers across linear airings and HBO Max streams on opening night in the US alone. HBO notes that the Sunday night viewership numbers typically represent 20 to 40 percent of the gross audience, leaving room for bigger totals to come. For comparison, the Game of Thrones series premiere brought in 4.2 million viewers in 2011 and Euphoria‘s premiere attracted 2.4 million viewers. “It was wonderful to see millions of Game of Thrones fans return with us to Westeros last night, said Casey Bloy...

Playing on the prevalence of influencers in today’s society, the upcoming horror film, Skill House, chronicles the thrilling gore that takes place at an infamous influencer home known as the “Sway House” in Los Angeles. A description for the movie reads, “a group of influencers wake up in a gorgeous mansion, only to discover they’re actually trapped in a deranged popularity contest.” Directed by Josh Stolberg (Jigsaw and Spiral: From the Book of Saw), the film stars 50 Cent and a cast of real-life influencers, like TikTok star Bryce Hall and UFC veteran Paige VanZant. 50 Cent also serves as a producer on the film, alongside Proxima Media. The teaser trailer reveals how the group of influencers mysteriously finds themselves in the house and are faced with life-or-death obstacles. Aside from...

Disney+ has officially released the trailer for the upcoming making-of documentary Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi’s Return. The documentary follows the return of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen as they reprise their respective roles as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker for the first time since the 2005 film, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of The Sith. The documentary synopsis states, “This insightful documentary from Lucasfilm and Supper Club explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen – and Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their respective classic roles. Director Deborah Chow, cast and crew reflect on their journey to tell a new story with iconic Star Wars characters…while introducing new heroes and villains into the saga along the way. Complete with v...

If you’ve enjoyed the premiere of House of the Dragon as much as the show’s 10 million other viewers that tuned in to HBO and HBO Max on opening night and you’re trying to fill your week with more content before the next episode comes out, you’re now in luck: the Game of Thrones prequel is receiving its very own official podcast. Hosted by Binge Mode‘s Jason Concepcion and Nerdette‘s Greta Johnsen, the new podcast will follow the series as it progresses through the season, offering fans exclusive interviews with both its cast and crew members. The two hosts will also be inviting questions from listeners and answering anything they can, discussing fan theories and putting in their own two cents. A few episodes are already live, with one of them featuring an interview wit...

If you’re looking to subscribe to Netflix‘s upcoming ad-free tier, it now appears that you might be able to watch new movies without being interrupted. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Netflix will not be implementing ads when streamers are watching movies that are newly released in an attempt to keep the platform attractive for filmmakers who might be afraid that audiences would be put off by mid-film interruptions. However, once a film has been out for a while, the company will be inserting ads into it, although there’s no clear timeline yet on how long that ad-free premiere period will be. If you’re a parent, you might also be relieved that Netflix has apparently decided to refrain from advertising to children. The report suggests that the streaming platform has taken a pa...

With just three months to go until its highly anticipated release, key art for the upcoming Marvel Studios blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever has now surfaced giving fans of the superhero franchise a closer look at some of the sequel’s main characters. Featured in the collection of artwork above are eight of the movie’s main characters, including Letitia Wright’s Shuri, Lupita Nyong’o’s Nakia, Danai Gurira’s Okoye, Winston Duke’s M’Baku, Tenoch Huerta’s Namor, Domonique Thorne’s Riri Williams aka Ironheart, Alex Livinalli’s Attuma and Mabel Cadena’s Namora. The latter four will all be making their MCU debuts with this film, branching out the ever-expanding multiverse that Marvel has built over the past four Phases. As for who will take on the mantle as the new Black...

Netflix has dropped off the first-look images for its upcoming murder-mystery film, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, directed by Rian Johnson. The movie, which will arrive as a follow-up to 2019’s Knives Out, sees Daniel Craig reprise his role as detective Benoit Blanc, who must travel to the Mediterranean in order to solve a new mystery. Johnson equates his casting process to “throwing a dinner party,” according to the streamer. Seated around the Glass Onion table are Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista. Although plot details remain largely under wraps, Netflix did reveal that the film is slated to debut on December 23, following its premiere at the Toronto International Fil...

Nathan Fielder’s docu-comedy series for HBO, The Rehearsal, will receive a second run. Created, written, directed by and starring Fielder, the show prepares ordinary people to encounter difficult conversion and life events through a rehearsal, using paid actors and sets to mimic real-life situations. For instance, the first episode of last season centers on a man who wants to confess to his bar trivia team that he lied about having a master’s degree. The show was rated highly by critics, who praised Fielder for its over-the-top simulations of events. The news of The Rehearsal’s renewal arrived just before season one’s series finale, which premiered on Friday evening. “One more chance to get it right,” the season two poster reads, showing Nathan facing the camera while a woman looks upset i...

In the latest news to come out of HBO, the network is placing a large bet on their Game of Thrones spinoff series, House of the Dragon. Recently, Deadline reported that to gear up for the premiere of House of the Dragon, HBO spent over $100 million USD on marketing, making it its largest campaign ever. In a congratulatory memo obtained by Deadline, it appears that prior to the series premiere, the campaign has already paid off as it “reached nearly 130 million people in the US alone.” EVP of HBO Originals Pia Barlow told the publication, “The House of the Dragon campaign is really about generating big, broad awareness and interest throughout the summer, but to also make sure we’re signaling to existing fans as well as new fans alike that this is a new Game of Thrones story coming to HBO Ma...

HBO Max has shared a second teaser for the Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd-starring series, The Idol. The one-and-a-half-minute visual mostly follows the journey of Depp’s character as she works towards her career goals in the music industry and her meeting of The Weeknd’s character. The synopsis describes the story as one that is “set against the backdrop of the music industry and centers on a self-help guru and leader of a modern-day cult who develops a complicated relationship with an up-and-coming pop idol,” and sees the likes of Jennie Kim, Moses Sumney, Suzanna Son, Troye Sivan, Jane Adams, Dan Levy, Hari Nef, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mike Dean, Ramsey and Hank Azaria as supporting characters. The series was created by Euphoria’s Sam Levinson, The Weeknd and Reza Fahim, and was also writt...