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The Umbrella Academy has been renewed for a fourth and final season at Netflix. The superhero drama series’ renewal comes just one month following the premiere of season three, which debuted at No. 1 in the streamer’s English-language TV weekly rankings with 124.5 million hours viewed. “I’m so excited that the incredibly loyal fans of The Umbrella Academy will be able to experience the fitting end to the Hargreeves siblings’ journey we began five years ago,” said showrunner Steve Blackman in a statement. “But before we get to that conclusion, we’ve got an amazing story ahead for season four, one that will have fans on the edge of their seats until the final minutes.” The series’ season four cast features a slew of familiar faces including Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Casta...

Jeffrey Dean Morgan — famous for his role as the villainous Negan Smith in AMC’s The Walking Dead — has been cast in season four of Amazon Prime Video‘s superhero drama series The Boys. Morgan’s role in the series has not yet been revealed, but his casting marks his reunion with The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke, who he previously worked with while starring in Supernatural. Morgan is the latest Supernatural actor to be recruited for The Boys, following Jensen Ackles, who joined the series in the role of Soldier Boy in season three. For Morgan, this casting has been in the works for quite some time — the actor took to Twitter in 2020 to share his excitement about the series, to which Kripke responded with a friendly offer to join the show for season three. Thanks...

As the month comes to an end, Netflix has unveiled its slate of new programming for September 2022. Next month’s list is led by the premieres of Blonde, the somewhat-fictional narration of Marilyn Monroe’s life starring Ana de Armas, along with season five of Cobra Kai, the documentary on the GameStop saga and Kid Cudi’s Entergalactic series. Meanwhile, September will also be the final month for subscribers to catch favorite titles such as Blade Runner 2049, Mean Girls, Boogie Nights and more. Check out the full list below. Coming to Netflix Coming SoonCyberpunk: Edgerunners ??– NETFLIX ANIMEIn a dystopia riddled with corruption and cybernetic implants, a talented but reckless street kid strives to become a mercenary outlaw — an edgerunner. The Great British Baking Show: Collection 10 ??– ...

Esteemed video game creator and director Hideo Kojima is now partnering up with Spotify to launch his own podcast series. Named “Hideo Kojima presents Brain Structure,” the new podcast series will explore the creative process and ideas behind the enigmatic Japanese developer, whose previous projects include the Metal Gear Solid franchise and 2019 hit Death Stranding. The episodes will cover everything from his favorite games, movies, books and art to his philosophical ideas and the current social landscape, with guest appearances from “domestic and international leaders” as well as “top creators from a variety of backgrounds” including the business, tech and entertainment worlds. Canadian gaming journalist and TV personality Geoff Keighley will also be joining Kojima regularly, offeri...

Wayne Knight, who played Jerry Seinfeld‘s arch-nemesis and mail carrier Newman on Seinfeld, recently addressed the show’s series finale and admitted there could have been a lapse in judgement. In a recent appearance at the Steel City Convention, Knight explained that the finale’s goal of honoring all the characters and plotlines that made Seinfeld one of the most beloved shows of all time simply fell flat. ”I think I’m like the rest of the public as far as the finale goes. I don’t think you can end that show in a way that would work,” he explained. “The idea of doing a retrospective winds up feeling like a clip show, so I think that they tried to pay tribute to all of the people who had walked through that set, all the great performances, all the great people. And it didn’t quite land...

Following months of build-up, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios have now released an official poster and trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home, The More Fun Stuff Version. After working hard to keep the appearance of Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield a secret for Spider-Man: No Way Home, the duo have put the Spider-Men and accompanying villains front and center for the poster. The upcoming release is expected to feature features 15 minutes of additional footage, adding to the original 148-minute film that was released last year. The additional footage is expected to show more scenes with all three Spider-Men and another interaction with Charlie Cox’s Daredevil.​ Unfortunately, the new trailer does not reveal any of the new footage, simply cutting together a conversation between Peter Parker a...

The cast of Matt Johnson’s upcoming film about BlackBerry has been revealed. According to reports, This Is The End’s Jay Baruchel and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Glenn Howerton lead the cast and will most likely portray BlackBerry co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie. Joining the pair are Cary Elwes, Saul Rubinek, Rich Sommer, Martin Donovan, Michael Ironside and director Johnson. BlackBerry is an adaptation of the 2015 bestseller Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry penned by The Globe and Mail reporters Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff. The movie will detail how the world’s first smartphone hit its apex in the 2000s and ended up falling off about two decades later, as well as focus on how the many legal disput...

Yasutaka Tsutsui’s 1993 novel Paprika will become a live-action series, Deadline reported. The techno-thriller was originally published in installments in Marie Claire magazine, chronicling a psychotherapist who infiltrates the dreams of her patients to treat mental illnesses. Her colleague invents a device to streamline the process, which is ultimately stolen, allowing the thief to enter anyone’s dream and control their mind. Paprika has already been adapted into both a manga and an animated film in the early 2000s. Cathy Yan will executive produce and direct the live-action series for Amazon Studios and Hivemind. Additional producers on the project include Rewild’s Ash Sarohi, as well as Masi Oka and Hivemind’s Jason F. Brown. Yan was recently nominated for her first Emmy award. Her...

Just earlier this week it was reported that The Batman 2 has not yet been confirmed. However, in a recent interview with Deadline, Matt Reeves revealed that a sequel is on the way. The publication has reported that Reeves has signed a multi-year first-look film deal with Warner Bros. Pictures. Under the new deal, it has been revealed that Reeves has begun writing the second installment of the Robert Pattinson-led Batman film. Pattinson is slated to return as the titular character. Reeves will also be penning the script with Mattson Tomlin, who was an uncredited writer on the first film. Reeves discussed his new deal with Deadline stating, “Making this legendary studio my home is a dream. I am so excited to be working with Mike, Pam, and Channing and our teams to bring captivating stories I...

J.J. Abrams‘ Batman: Caped Crusader is one of the six animated series cancelled by HBO Max. According to reports, the supposed show — which had The Batman director Matt Reeves attached as executive producer — would have followed Bruce Timm’s 1992-1995 Batman: The Animated Series. Variety adds that HBO Max axed Caped Crusader and the other five shows, Merry Little Batman, The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie, Bye Bye Bunny: A Looney Tunes Musical, Did I Do That to The Holidays: A Steve Urkel Story and The Amazing World of Gumball: The Movie, as its parent company Warner Bros. Discovery distances itself from kids and family content. The show’s cancellation follows the removal of the children’s series Little Ellen and some seasons of Sesame Street last week, along with the staff la...

Following the release of the first teaser trailer for Avatar: The Way of Water earlier this year, the franchise has now announced that its original 2009 Avatar film will be returning to theaters in “4K High Dynamic Range.” Showing 13 years since the original release, Fox offers fans a much-needed refresher on Avatar a few months before the December release of the highly-anticipated sequel. Written and directed by legendary filmmaker James Cameron, Avatar holds the standing record for the highest-grossing movie of all time with nine Academy Award nominations. The main cast, including Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldaña, and Stephen Lang is mostly expected to return for the sequel. Take a look at the new trailer above, the poster below, and expect the movie to arrive in the...