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The team behind the HBO’s hit Baltimore crime drama The Wire is making a comeback with We Own This City. The forthcoming miniseries, which will also air on HBO, will chronicle the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption within it. Based on journalist Justin Fenton’s novel of the same name, the show is helmed by The Wire’s creator David Simon and writer and producer George Pelecanos. Reinaldo Marcus Green of King Richard will direct. Jon Bernthal stars as Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, a central figure in the department. Wunmi Mosaku plays attorney Nicole Steele from the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice and Jamie Hector portrays BPD homicide detective Sean M. Suiter. Additional cast members include Josh Charles, McKinley Belcher III ...

Marvel Studios‘s upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart has now recruited Sam Bailey and Angela Barnes as directors. Bailey is best known for her previous co-creation of the Emmy-nominated Brown Girls as well as creating Gotham-nominated You’re So Talented. She has also produced and directed the final season of Dear White People on Netflix and Powderkeg’s East of La Brea. As for Barnes, her work includes episodes of both Mythic Quest and Blindspotting, and she’s also directing the upcoming fourth and last season of Donald Glover‘s Atlanta. Ironheart will follow the origin story of Riri Williams, played by Dominique Thorne, a young genius who invents a suit of armor similar to Tony Stark’s Iron Man suit. Other details regarding the show remain scarce at the mom...

Giancarlo Esposito, who portrayed Gus Fring in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, revealed that he is quite open to the possibility of reprising his role for another spinoff that is focused on his character. Speaking to Insider, the actor shared that series creator Vince Gilligan may be on board for the hypothetical Gus Fring series. “The last days [on set of ‘Better Call Saul’], I’m tearing up and looking over my shoulder and I hear Vince say, ‘You never know,’” Esposito explained. “And so, I’ve always wanted, and felt like, there’s room for material for the rise of Gus. I feel like it’d be interesting to know where he came from.” He also added that the backstory of Fring “is fascinating” to him, and that he would love to explore that more, ”I feel like he came from a rea...

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...