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Netflix has added a new Two Thumbs Up button to its platform, which will allow users to indicate that they are highly interested in certain content on the platform. The new feature, which will be used to further curate and personalize a user’s recommended content, will reside next to the streamer’s previously-existing Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down controls on a TV show or film’s page. “Our current Thumbs Up and Thumbs Down buttons are a good way for you to tell us how you feel about a series or film, and in return, you get a profile that’s better personalized to your taste,” the streamer explained in a blog post. “However, we’ve learned over time that these feelings can go beyond a simple like or dislike.  Providing an additional way to tell us when you’re really into something means...

Peacock is reportedly developing a live-action series of Casper the Friendly Ghost. According to sources, the adaptation is being helmed by Kai Yu Wu, whose credits include Hannibal, The Flash, Deception and creating Netflix’s The Ghost Bride. Variety adds that the series is being billed as a “horror/adventure show that reimagines the origin of Casper in a coming-of-age story that explores what it means to be alive. When a new family arrives in the small town of Eternal Falls, Casper finds himself entangled in a mystery uncovering dark secrets that have been buried for over 100 years.” The first live-action adaptation of Casper was released in 1995 and starred Malachi Pearson, Devon Sawa, Christina Ricci, Bill Pullman, Cathy Moriarty and Eric Idle. It was followed by the live-action films ...

HBO Max has officially announced the release date of Warner Bros. and Matt Reeves‘ The Batman. The streaming service confirmed that the Robert Pattinson and Zoë Kravitz-led film will be available to stream on HBO Max on April 18, and will also air on HBO on April 23 at 8:00 p.m. EST. ”When a killer targets Gotham City’s elite with a series of sadistic machinations, a trail of cryptic clues sends the World’s Greatest Detective on an investigation into the underworld, where he encounters such characters as Selina Kyle, The Penguin, Carmine Falcone and The Riddler. As the evidence begins to lead closer to home and the scale of the perpetrator’s plans becomes clear, The Batman must forge new relationships, unmask the culprit, and bring justice to the abuse of power and corruption that has...

Will Ferrell has been cast in Greta Gerwig and Warner Bros.‘ Barbie. While details of the veteran actor’s character are yet to be revealed, he joins a star-studded cast list comprised of Margot Robbie, who plays the titular character, Ryan Gosling who plays Ken, America Ferrara, Kate McKinnon and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu. The plot details are not confirmed as of writing. Gerwig will be directing film and co-wrote the script with Noah Baumbach, Josey McNamara and Ynon Kreiz will executive produce and Robbie and Tom Ackerley of her LuckyChap Entertainment production banner, Mattel’s Robbie Brenner and David Heyman will produce. Elsewhere in entertainment, Matt Reeves and Warner Bros.’ The Batman has received an official premiere date on...

Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow has recently revealed that he has taken some inspiration from the iconic character Joker for a character in the upcoming film. The third installment of the Jurassic World will see Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum reprise their roles in the franchise later this summer. In a recent conversation with Empire, Trevorrow explained that he was heavily inspired by the DC villain when creating the new Giganotosaurus (aka Giga) dinosaur. He said, “I wanted something that felt like the Joker. It just wants to watch the world burn.” Giga is expected to bring trouble to protagonists Claire and Owen Grady, set to cause havoc. Elsewhere in the interview, the director teases the plot by explaining the rival between ...

Stranger Things director Matt Duffer has given fans a teaser on what to expect for the upcoming fourth season of the Netflix series. In a recent interview with Deadline the Matt said, “We kind of jokingly call it our Game of Thrones season because it’s so spread out, so I think that’s what’s unique or most unique about the season.” He further elaborated on the plot stating, “Joyce and Byers family to have left at the end of Season 3. They are in California – we’ve always wanted to have that like E.T.-esque suburb aesthetic, which we finally got to do this year in the desert; and then we have Hopper in Russia; and then of course we have a group remaining in Hawkins. So we have these three storylines, are all connected and kind of interwoven together, but it’s just very different tones.” Mat...

Earlier this month, Jim Carrey announced that his contemplating retirement. The 60-year-old actor is considering making Sonic the Hedgehog 2 his final project, however, he can revealed that he could potentially be swayed. Speaking in a new interview with E! News Daily Pop, Carrey shut down future ideas of reprising his old roles. Though that is the case, he did tease fans that he will consider returning for Ace Ventura 3 under one condition, “I think after the fact, when there’s been a lot of years, unless some genius person, director, auteur comes to you with a completely new take on what’s going on, you know. If Chris Nolan came to me and said ‘I want to make Ace Ventura real and I want to do something, you know, something more interesting’…then I might listen. But for the most part, you...

Moff Gideon actor Giancarlo Esposito has now revealed a potential release window for season three of Disney+‘s The Mandalorian. Making an appearance on a recent episode of The Rich Eisen Show, the Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul veteran revealed that the third season of the massively popular Star Wars series will premiere sooner than fans expected. “You’ll get it soon. You’ll get it soon,” Esposito reassured. “I got a little few things to do in regards to that, to put some finishing touches on what I do, but I believe it will be sometime this summer. No date set yet, but coming soon.” Esposito also revealed that The Mandalorian co-creator Jon Favreau wrote Moff Gideon specifically for him and that the one condition he had for joining the series was for his c...

Curb Your Enthusiasm will return for a twelfth season, Larry David confirmed during a TV Academy event at the DGA on Sunday evening. The Emmys event, which was presented by HBO, featured a screening of Season 11, episode four, “The Watermelon,” along with a panel discussion with David, executive producer Jeff Schaffer, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, J.B. Smoove, Cheryl Hines and Richard Lewis, hosted by Rich Eisen. Following the event, Eisen took to Twitter to share the news, writing, “So, I was honored to emcee an [Emmys] panel for ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ tonight here in LA with most of the cast and asked Larry David the ultimate question: Will there be another season of Curb? He said yes.” So, I was honored to emcee an @TheEmmys panel for “Curb Your Enthusiasm” tonight here in LA with mo...

Spirit Halloween, the well-known, seasonal costume and prop store with 1,425 North American locations, has joined forces with Strike Back Studios, Hideout Pictures and Particular Crowd to create a feature-length film titled Spirit Halloween, according to Variety. The project, which is described as a family-friendly adventure movie, will star Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Rachael Leigh Cook (She’s All That), Marla Gibbs, Donavan Colan, Dylan Frankel, Jaiden Smith, Marissa Reyes and more. “When a new Spirit Halloween store appears in a deserted strip mall, three middle-school friends who think they’ve outgrown trick-or-treating make a dare to spend the night locked inside the store Halloween night,” the logline reads. “But they soon find out that the store is haunted by a...

When asked if he’d return for another season of the BBC‘s Sherlock, Benedict Cumberbatch replied last year that he’d “never say never,” but new comments from the show’s creators now suggest that the actor isn’t so interested in returning to the franchise anymore. Speaking to Radio Times in a recent interview, creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss were asked about the fifth season for the beloved modern twist to the detective classic, but while Moffat says he’d make another season in a heartbeat, he’s doubtful that the show’s two main stars Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman would return. “I’d do Sherlock again tomorrow, why ask me?” he remarked. “Mark would do it tomorrow, Sue [Vertue, producer] would do it tomorrow – we’d all just do it again… It’s down to Benedict and Martin…...

Makoto Shinkai‘s upcoming film Suzume no Tojimari has received an official release date. According to reports, the animated movie will open in Japanese theaters on November 11 and will mark the Your Name. and Weathering With You director’s first film in three years. Suzume no Tojimari follows the story of 17-year-old Suzume, who must find and close doors all over Japan as they will bring disasters to the country: “On the other side of the door, was time in its entirety—17-year-old Suzume’s journey begins in a quiet town in Kyushu when she encounters a young man who tells her, “I’m looking for a door.” What Suzume finds is a single weathered door standing upright in the midst of ruins as though it was shielded from whatever catastrophe struck. Seemingly mesmerized by its power, Suzume reach...