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The Boys Renewed for Season 4
The Boys will be back in town for Season 4. One week after the third season debuted on Prime Video, the streamer officially announced the superhero satire has been renewed. In a press release, Prime Video also touted the show’s continued growth, revealing the worldwide audience has expanded 17% from Season 2 and 234% from the first season. “The Boys continues to push boundaries in storytelling while also being relentlessly entertaining and threading the needle on social satire that feels all too real,” said Vernon Sanders, head of global television at Amazon Studios, in a statement. “This stylized world of the series has incredible global reach and the viewership for opening weekend is proof of that. We are immensely proud of the cast and crew that has spawned a franchise for Prime Video, ...
J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek Hide a Space Portal in Trailer for Night Sky: Watch
Coming on the heels of Prime Video’s acclaimed neo-Western series Outer Range is another sci-fi show titled Night Sky, premiering on the streamer May 20th. The series centers around an elderly couple hiding the secret of their backyard portal that transports them to space, and you can watch the official trailer below. Night Sky stars Oscar winners J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek as Franklin and Irene York, who have been traveling to a deserted planet through a chamber buried in their backyard for many years. An enigmatic young man pops up out of nowhere during one of their trips, threatening to expose the secret they hold so dear. In the trailer, Simmons and Spacek are seen descending into the mysterious chamber through a trap door in a shed behind their house. In the blink of an eye, they e...
Josh Brolin Meets the Void in Sneak Preview of Prime Video’s Outer Range: Watch
Consequence’s newest TV obsession might very well be Outer Range, the sci-fi neo-Western coming soon to Prime Video. Before its premiere tomorrow, April 15th, the streamer has shared an exclusive two-minute clip from the show as a sneak peek. In this preview, Royal Abbott (Josh Brolin) is wandering through his otherwise unassuming Wyoming ranch when he discovers a strange, circle-shaped void. When he tries to put his hand into this supernatural portal, he experiences what appears to be a jarring memory from his past that sets off a series of thrilling events. What does this mean for Royal and the rest of the Abbott family? In case this clip leaves you more confused that curious, here’s the official logline for Outer Range: “At the onset of the series, the Abbotts are coping with the d...
Josh Brolin Is a Spooked Rancher in Trailer for Outer Range: Watch
The teaser for Prime Video’s upcoming Josh Brolin vehicle, Outer Range, left us intrigued with its Yellowstone meets The X-Files vibe. With the arrival of the full trailer, the streamer has offered us a closer look at the mind-bending neo-Western series while providing more questions than answers. In the clip, a stranger named Autumn (Imogen Poots) shows up on a sprawling ranch owned by Brolin’s Royal Abbott. Soon after, she points out a symbol that she’s been drawing for years. It’s clear Autumn’s arrival spells bad news. “You stay away from her,” Royal tells his family. Meanwhile, Abbott has been trying to fight off the wealthy Tillersons, who have set their sights on his land. Amid that stress, he spots a mysterious black hole in his pasture that seems to have drawn the i...
Amazon Closes $8.5 Billion Deal to Acquire MGM
Amazon has officially brought yet another company under its wing. Jeff Bezos’ empire announced today that it has closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. The deal, which was first announced back in May 2021, adds more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV shows to Amazon’s Prime Video catalog. This merger means that giant franchises like the James Bond series, as well as Silence of the Lambs, Rocky, and The Hobbit, now belong to Amazon. The company now owns the rights to some storied TV classics, such as The Apprentice and the fabled racist Donald Trump tapes. With their ownership of MGM’s studios now in effect, Amazon plans to use the acquisition to boost Prime Video and Amazon Studios’ growing catalog of new originals. Advertisement Related Video “The storied, nearly century-old studio — wi...
The Adventure Begins in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Teaser Trailer: Watch
Polish your sword and pack your own second breakfast, because the adventure finally begins in the teaser trailer for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Prime Video’s highly-anticipated prequel series has been a long time coming. Amazon first announced it in 2017, and they’ve reportedly spent $465 million on the first season alone. Throw in the cost of the rights and the fact that they’ve already committed to a second season, and Rings of Power may be the first billion-dollar series. The Rings of Power is drawn from J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Silmarillion and set in Middle-earth’s Second Age, thousands of years before Bilbo or Frodo ever met that meddlesome wizard Gandalf. As anyone who’s read Tolkein or seen Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit t...
Kid Cudi Gets The Doc Treatment In ‘A Man Named Scott’ On Prime Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prime Video / Courtesy of Amazon Studios Kid Cudi has carved out a masterful, influential career. The Cleveland rapper and vibe conductor’s life is getting the documentary treatment via A Man Name Scott on Prime Video. Source: Prime Video / Courtesy of Amazon Studios The doc trails Cudi’s come up from the release of his 2009 debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day through his career’s ups and downs. Man on the Moon received critical praise not only for the music itself but for his candid tackling of topics related to mental health. Related Stories Cudder can be heard saying, “Everything I help has to help people in some way,” in the trailer while reflecting on his tendency to wear his feelings on his musical sleeve at all times. “How can I give p...
Hollywood-backed Quibi to shutter six months after launch
Streaming service Quibi said on Wednesday it intends to wind down its operations and start a process to sell its assets, just six months after its launch. The announcement highlights the dominance that Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, Disney+ and Apple TV+ hold over smaller streaming service providers, which struggle to keep up against their large content budgets and vast libraries of shows. “The world has changed dramatically since Quibi launched and our standalone business model is no longer viable,” founder Jeffrey Katzenberg said in a statement. Los Angeles-based Quibi offers entertainment and news in episodes of 10 minutes or less on mobile phones, initially promoted for on-the-go viewing. The service was priced at $5 a month with advertisements, or $8 a month without them. “Our failure...
Blumhouse’s ‘The Craft’ remake heading straight to VOD on Amazon
School may be out for a theatrical release of Blumhouse’s remake of The Craft. The teen horror fantasy remake written, directed, and produced by Zoe Lister Jonesis headed straight to video-on-demand on Amazon this October, according to a new press release of incoming Prime Video titles. Just in time for Halloween. The Craft remake release has been set for Amazon Prime Video on October 27, 2020, four days before Halloween. An Amazon Prime Video press release reveals that The Craft will make its VOD premiere on the platform for rental or purchase. Here is the description of The Craft‘s Amazon premiere date: The Craft (2020), a remake of the 1996 film of the same name, follows a group of high school students that form a coven of witches. Available to buy or rent October 27. We haven’t heard m...
Apple removes Fornite from App Store
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