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Daniel Radcliffe is slated to star as ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in Roku’s upcoming original biopic movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. The film, which will premiere exclusively on The Roku Channel, marks Roku‘s first original biopic. “The biopic holds nothing back, exploring every facet of Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like Eat It and Like a Surgeon to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle,” the official synopsis from Roku reads. “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.” The film is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango. Eric Appel is directing the project based on a script he co-wrote w...

With Moon Knight‘s full-length trailer premiere just around the corner, the upcoming Marvel Studios series has just announced its release date for this March. In a new video posted by Marvel-centric Twitter account @PhaseZeroCB, ESPN announcers during the NFL Super Wild Card matchup revealed that the highly anticipated origin story of Marc Spector — portrayed by Oscar Isaac — will arrive on Disney+ on March 30. The series itself will follow Spector’s death and subsequent transformation into the titular anti-hero, with Total Recall and The Magnificent Seven veteran Ethan Hawke playing the main villain for the season. Other details remain scarce at this point, but the show’s first full-length trailer is due to be released soon, so fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe should d...

New Gen: Spring 2021 contender Joyce Wrice has been enlisted to sing the theme song for Disney’s upcoming The Proud Family reboot. The songstress confirmed the news on social media with a featurette and short message that read, “I am so excited to share that I’ll be singing the reimagined theme song for #TheProudFamilyLouderAndProuder. I am a huge fan of the original series and am honored to be a part of the #DisneyPlus Revival. I can’t wait for you to hear it!!” In the featurette, Wrice also shared how big of a fan she was of the original series and the honor she feels in following the footsteps of Destiny’s Child and Solange. The showrunners added that Wrice was the perfect choice because she is who they imagined Penny Proud to be if she was a pop star. Watch the featurette below. The Pr...

In celebration of what would’ve been legendary comedian Betty White‘s 100th birthday on January 17, Google has now paid tribute to her with a new Easter egg. When fans look up her name over on the search engine, you’ll be led to the first page of her results, but with an animation of rose petals coming down from the top of the page along with a poster-like message reading “Thank you for being a friend.” Incidentally, that’s also the name of Andrew Gold’s song which was used as the opening theme for The Golden Girls. Google aside, fans from across the country also joined in on the commemoration, with many paying tribute to the late actress over on social media along with the hashtag #BettyWhiteChallenge, which urges people to raise money for animals much like White did in her advocacy ...

Netflix on Tuesday shared the official trailer for The Cuphead Show!, an upcoming series based on Studio MDHR’s run-and-gun video game. The series, which will arrive in 12 episodes, is described as a character-driven comedy that follows “the unique misadventures of lovable, impulsive scamp Cuphead and his cautious but easily swayed brother Mugman.” The visuals showcase the streamer’s commitment to the game’s distinct, early-20th-century animation aesthetic and mimic the comedic violence from the original video game. Created by Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, the series stars a voice cast of Tru Valentino as Cuphead and Frank Todaro as Mugman, along with Joe Hanna, Luke Millington-Drake, Grey Griffin and Wayne Brady. The video game, which previously won awards at the D.I.C.E. Awards, SXSW ...

Scream has overthrown Spider-Man: No Way Home at the weekend box office, dethroning Sony and Marvel‘s superhero film for the first time since it premiered in December 2021. According to reports, the horror franchise’s sequel earned a total of $30.6 million USD as it opened in 3,664 location and is expected to earn $35 million USD over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. “They re-invigorated the franchise for pre-existing fans and introduced it to new generation of fans,” Chris Aronson, Paramount’s domestic distribution chief, said. “We’ve heard anecdotally that people have seen the film more than once or are planning to see it multiple times.” “It shows how different age groups are responding to omicron when it comes to out of the home activities,” added Paul Dergarabedian, a senio...

After releasing multiple teaser clips, the official trailer for Marvel Studios‘ upcoming Disney+ series Moon Knight has finally arrived. In Moon Knight, Oscar Isaac plays an anti-hero named Marc Spector, who’s an ex-Marine and CIA agent who’s diagnosed with a dissociative identity disorder that manifests into distinct split personalities. As he attempts to get a grasp on reality, he becomes a vessel for the Egyptian moon god Khonshu, driving him deeper into madness. Ethan Hawke plays a cult leader in the series who serves as the main antagonist. In the newly released trailer, Marc Spector is seen padlocking his doors and tying himself down onto his bed, explaining that he has a sleeping disorder. “I can’t tell the difference between my waking life and dreams,” he says with Kid Cudi‘s Day ‘...

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has confirmed that he is moving away from his original plan to end the BBC crime drama at the start of World War II. The show, which is coming back for its sixth and final season, will be wrapped up with a film. In a recent interview, Knight shared that he wants the storyline to go through the conflict of the second world war for the film. He said, “It was always Britain between the wars – how the lesson from one war was not learned and was repeated. It’s also the end of empire: we enter the Second World War and by the end of it, there is no empire, really. But I…have revised the scope of what it is. It will now go into and beyond the Second World War. Because I just think the energy that is out there in the world for this, I want to keep it going, and ...

When Jared Leto debuted on screens as Paolo Gucci in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci, many fans praised the actor for his full transformation. Since the release of House of Gucci, Leto has received awards buzz for his supporting role for the film. Leto, who starred opposite of Adam Driver‘s Maurizio Gucci, Lady Gaga‘s Patrizia Reggiani and Al Pacino‘s Aldo Gucci, was a clear, was able to hold his own as a powerhouse staple in the film. Fans of Leto and his portrayal of Paolo will be pleased to know that Leto is open to exploring more of the storyline between Paolo and Aldo Gucci. In a recent interview for The Jess Cagle Show on Sirius XM , the actor told Cage he would “love to do a prequel to House of Gucci, “Just the Two of Us, we could call it.” In the film, Paolo wanted to create his own ...

With its highly anticipated release date just around the corner, Netflix has now dropped the official, full-length trailer for its upcoming Korean zombie thriller All of Us are Dead. Based on the webtoon Now at Our School by Joo Dong-geun and co-directed by Lee Jae-kyu and Kim Nam-soo, the new series follows the events of a zombie outbreak in a school where a group of students finds themselves trapped and fighting for survival. Among the cast is Squid Game‘s Lee Yoo-mi — who played Ji-yeong aka player number 240 — as well as Yoon Chan-young, Park Ji-hoo, Park Solomon and Yoo In-soo. For those interested, check out the full trailer above while you wait for All of Us are Dead to hit Netflix on January 28. Elsewhere in entertainment, the streaming giant has also released the first t...