From producer M. Night Shyamalan comes “The Watchers,” written and directed by Ishana Night Shyamalan and based on the novel by A.M. Shine. The film follows Mina, a 28-year-old artist, who gets stranded in an expansive, untouched forest in western Ireland. When Mina finds shelter, she unknowingly becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are watched and stalked by mysterious creatures each night. You can’t see them, but they see everything.
“The Watchers” stars Dakota Fanning (“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” “Ocean’s Eight”), Georgina Campbell (“Barbarian,” “Suspicion”), Oliver Finnegan (“Creeped Out,” “Outlander”) and Olwen Fouere (“The Northman,” “The Tourist”). The film is produced by M. Night Shyamalan, Ashwin Rajan and Nimitt Mankad. The executive producers are Jo Homewood and Stephen Dembitzer.
Joining writer/director Shyamalan behind-the-camera are director of photography Eli Arenson (“Lamb,” “Hospitality”), production designer Ferdia Murphy (“Lola,” “Finding You”), editor Job ter Burg (“Benedetta,” “Elle”) and costume design by Frank Gallacher (“Sebastian,” “Aftersun”). The music is by Abel Korzeniowski (“Till,” “The Nun”).New Line Cinema presents “The Watchers,” set to open in theatres in Canada on June 7, 2024; it will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Roast of Tom Brady, scheduled for May 5, 2024 at 5pm PT as part of Netflix is a Joke Fest, will now be streamed LIVE on Netflix from the Kia Forum in Los Angeles.
Kevin Hart will host the Greatest Roast Of All Time.
This is the first ever roast that will be telecast live, unedited.
Playing offense will be a surprise team of roasters from the comedy, sports and entertainment world. No interference.
Executive produced by: Tom Brady, Casey Patterson, Jeff Ross, Kevin Hart and Jeff Clanagan for Hartbeat.
Today, Marvel Studios debuted a brand-new trailer for its highly anticipated feature film “Deadpool & Wolverine.”
Shawn Levy directs “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which stars Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, and Matthew Macfadyen.
Kevin Feige, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy and Lauren Shuler Donner produce with Louis D’Esposito, Wendy Jacobson, Mary McLaglen, Josh McLaglen, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, George Dewey and Simon Kinberg serving as executive producers. “Deadpool & Wolverine” is written by Ryan Reynolds & Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick & Zeb Wells & Shawn Levy.
Marvel Studios’ “Deadpool & Wolverine” delivers the ultimate team-up throwdown on July 26, 2024.
By Mr. Will Wong
It’s smutty, fearless and everything it should be. OUTtv‘s SUGAR HIGHS is back for a second season and we reunite with roommates Bud (Adam Fox), Tab (Joey Beni) and Mickey (Samuel Dickinson) whom decidedly after not being able to make rent – yes the economy is rough – sought-out sugar daddies, selling their companionship to make ends meet.
Every episode is a new adventure in a way that is a little like Confessions of a Call Girl in that we meet an ecclectic mix of new people throughout with a diverse array of sexual needs, but also a little like Sex and the City in its comedic elements. At once, it also is a little reminiscent of Queer as Folk in that our three leads’ lives are complicatedly intertwined with mixed emotions of jealousy, competition, but an underlying bond.
Common themes in this second season is inter-generational romantic relationships and unresolved feelings. Bud is navigating his ex Early (Scott Thompson), who currently is dating someone Bud goes to school with. Bud also is on the verge of what could be a serious relationship with Clark (Michael Ayres), though the former just might self-sabotage that. Mickey is involved in a throuple with a male-female couple, while one of Tab‘s older clients wants to loop him into a relationship.
Though Writer/Producer/Director Thom Fitzgerald leans on common gay tropes that gay relationships have to be sexually charged and that the characters have to be sassy and confrontational, that is not to say this doesn’t make for juicy entertainment. There is an audience for this.
SUGAR HIGHS Season Two airs on OUTtv, with new episodes every Wednesday till May 15, 2024.
CIVIL WAR takes top spot once again at the Box Office with $11 million from 3,929 theatres for A24/Elevation Pictures. This takes it to $44 million over two weekends.
Horror ABIGAIL just gets edged-out at the Box Office this weekend with $10 million from 3,300 theatres across North America, a debut in second. It gets 82% on the Tomatometer.
Third is THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE with $9 million for Lionsgate. This latest effort from Guy Ritchie gets 92% on the Tomatometer.
In fourth we have GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE with $8.5 million from 3,658 theatres for Warner Bros. In tallies in at $170.6 million in its fourth weekend.
Rounding things off is SPY X FAMILY CODE: WHITE with $5 million, getting 96% on the Tomatometer for Sony/Crunchyroll.
DYLAN is ready to make a huge splash globally! The English Singer-Songwriter truly is the real deal, exuding showmanship, musical talent and great songcraft! She’s in Toronto, wrapping-up her Rebel Child World Tour, in advance of her upcoming album to be released domestically by Universal Music Canada.
We had the joy of seeing her blow the roof off at UMUSIC Live, a showcase which takes place at Universal Music Canada‘s head office in Toronto. A select group got to witness her performance ahead of her show at The AXIS Club. She possesses this magnetic energy, with songs big enough to fill an arena.
She’s already supported and collaborated with some of Pop Music’s greats like Ed Sheeran, Bastille, Gayle and Tate McRae. If that’s not a sign, I don’t know what is. Her debut Mixtape The Greatest Thing I’ll Never Learn already has won her much acclaim from some top publications.
Check out some highlights from her amazing Showcase. So impressed. What a force!
Be sure to follow DYLAN on IG and also Universal Music Canada as well.
(Photo/video credit: Mr. Will Wong)
After making a splash on the Festival circuit, BACKSPOT arrives in theatres May 31, 2024 via levelFILM. Today, we get a new Trailer.
Director: D.W. Waterson
Screenplay: Joanne Sarazen
Executive Producers: Elliot Page, Matt Jordan Smith, J.C. Davidson, Katisha Shaw
Producers: Alona Metzer, D.W. Waterson, Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs, Martin Katz
Cast: Devery Jacobs, Evan Rachel Wood, Shannyn Sossamon, Kudakwashe Rutendo, Thomas Antony Olajide and Wendy Crewson
Logline:A driven cheerleader (Devery Jacobs) struggles to handle the pressure when she and her girlfriend are both selected for an elite cheer squad, in D.W. Waterson’s feature directorial debut.
(Photo/video credit: levelFILM)
Disney+ announced the release date for the upcoming Disney+ Original series, “Shardlake”. The thrilling Tudor murder-mystery series based on the internationally popular novels by C.J. Sansom launches on May 1, 2024 on Disney+.
Drenched in mystery, suspense and deception, this four-part drama, based on the first novel in Sansom’s series, is an eerie whodunnit adventure, set in 16th century England during the dissolution of the monasteries. Shardlake’s sheltered life as a lawyer is turned upside down when Cromwell instructs him to investigate the murder of one of his commissioners at a monastery in the remote town of Scarnsea. The commissioner was gathering evidence to close the monastery and it is now imperative for Cromwell’s own political survival that Shardlake both solves the murder and closes the monastery. He leaves Shardlake in no doubt that failure is not an option. Cromwell insists that he is accompanied by Jack Barak to Scarnsea, where the duo are met with hostility, suspicion and paranoia by the monks who fear for their future and will seemingly stop at nothing to preserve their order.
Arthur Hughes (“Then Barbara Met Alan”) plays Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer with an acute sense of justice and one of the few honest men in a world beset with scheming and plots. Shardlake works for Thomas Cromwell, played by Sean Bean (“Time”) the dangerous and all-powerful right-hand man to Henry VIII. Anthony Boyle (“Masters of the Air”) plays the cocky Jack Barak, who leaves Shardlake unsure of whether he is an assistant, or Cromwell’s spy.
The series also stars Babou Ceesay as Abbot Fabian, Paul Kaye as Brother Jerome, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis as Alice Fewterer, Peter Firth as Norfolk, Matthew Steer as Goodhap, Brian Vernel as Brother Mortimus, Irfan Shamji as Brother Guy, David Pearse as Brother Edwig, Miles Barrow as Brother Gabriel, Mike Noble as Bugge and Kimberley Nixon as Joan.
“Shardlake” is written by Stephen Butchard (“The Good Mothers”). The series is executive produced by George Ormond and Mark Pybus for The Forge (a Banijay UK company) and Stevie Lee for Runaway Fridge. The series was commissioned by Lee Mason for Disney+, with Jonny Richards serving as executive producer for Disney+. Justin Chadwick (“The Other Boleyn Girl”) has directed the series with John Griffin as producer.
Today, Disney+ revealed the trailer for the third season of FX’s “Welcome to Wrexham,” which recently won the Emmy® Award for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program, will premiere on Thursday, May 2, 2024 10 PM ET on FX Canada and the next day on Disney+ in Canada. The premiere of the eight-episode season will include the first two episodes, followed by a new episode each week.
Rob McElhenney (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Ryan Reynolds (“Deadpool”) navigate running the 3rd oldest professional football club in the world. “Welcome to Wrexham” is a docuseries tracking the dreams and worries of Wrexham, a working-class city in North Wales, UK, as two Hollywood stars guide the future of their historic Club.
In 2020, Rob and Ryan teamed up to purchase the 5th tier Red Dragons in the hopes of turning the Club into an underdog story the whole world could root for. The world took notice and change is afoot. After 15 painful seasons in the National League, the Club finally achieved promotion back into the English Football League. The stakes have never been higher as League Two brings a new level of intensity and the Club continues to be plagued with injury and setbacks. Dedicated staff and supporters celebrate the city’s return to glory while bracing for the new-found challenges that come with a return to the EFL. Will Wrexham AFC stand up to the challenge and rise again?
Meanwhile, Wrexham AFC’s Women’s Team, fresh off an undefeated season that saw them promoted to the Welsh Adran Premier League, continue to show why women were meant to be footballers. With new players, a new pitch, and a whole new level of competition, can they continue to dominate and make a name for themselves at the top of the League?
For the first time ever in season three, with the team taking their place in the EFL, “Welcome to Wrexham’s” cameras will have unprecedented access on the pitch, bringing viewers inside the locker room and alongside the players, while the action is unfolding in some of the biggest matches Wrexham AFC has ever played.
“Welcome to Wrexham” is executive produced by McElhenney, Reynolds, Josh Drisko, Bryan Rowland, Jeff Luini, Humphrey Ker, Nick Frenkel, George Dewey and Boardwalk Pictures’ Andrew Fried, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, and Andy Thomas. “Welcome to Wrexham” is produced by More Better Productions, Maximum Effort Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment and Boardwalk Pictures.
Robust parental controls ensure that Disney+ remains a suitable viewing experience for everyone in the family. Subscribers can set access limits on mature content and create PIN-protected profiles alongside the already existing Junior Mode profiles to give parents and guardians peace of mind.
A date has been set for the third season of Netflix‘s SWEET TOOTH and even greater news, Star Wars’ Kelly Marie Tran joins the cast as “Rosie”!
ABOUT SWEET TOOTH SEASON 3:
Release Date: June 6th, 2024
Synopsis: Having defeated General Abbot in the battle at Pubba’s Cabin, Gus (Christian Convery), Jepperd (Nonso Anozie), Becky (Stefania LaVie Owen), and Wendy (Naledi Murray) embark on a journey to Alaska in search of Gus’s mother, Birdie (Amy Seimetz), who has been working to uncover the mysterious origins of the deadly Sick. Along the way, they are joined by Dr. Singh (Adeel Akhtar), who may have his own dangerous beliefs about Gus and his role in reversing the virus. Meanwhile, a new threat emerges in the form of Helen Zhang (Rosalind Chao), her daughter Rosie (Kelly Marie Tran), and the ferocious Wolf Boys, who seek to restart human birth and view Gus as the solution to their plans. As they navigate through perilous terrain, Gus and his group of friends find refuge at the Outpost in Alaska, where they meet a new ensemble of characters including Siana (Cara Gee) and her hybrid daughter Nuka (Ayazhan Dalabayeva). With the clock to find answers running out, alliances are tested and destinies intertwine, all leading to a thrilling climax that will determine the fate of humanity and hybrids. Based on the DC comic book series by Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth is executive produced by Jim Mickle, Susan Downey, Robert Downey, Jr., Amanda Burrell, and Linda Moran. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television.
Executive Producer / Writer / Director / Showrunner: Jim Mickle
Executive Producers: Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey and Amanda Burrell; and Linda Moran
Co-Executive Producer: Team Downey’s Evan Moore
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Format: 8 x ~50 min episodes
Cast: Christian Convery as Gus, Nonso Anozie as Tommy Jepperd, Adeel Akhtar as Dr. Aditya Singh, Stefania LaVie Owen as Becky, Naledi Murray as Wendy, Amy Seimetz as Gertrude “Birdie” Miller, Rosalind Chao as Helen Zhang, Kelly Marie Tran as Rosie, Cara Gee as Siana, Ayazhan Dalabayeva as Nuka and James Brolin as Narrator.
(Photo/video credit: Netflix)
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