Today, Prime Video announced the cast and debuted official key art for its highly anticipated adult-animated anthology series, Secret Level, from Amazon MGM Studios and Blur Studio, during its New York Comic-Con series panel. Secret Level features original stories set within the worlds of some of the most beloved video games. Secret Level will be available exclusively on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide, with two weekly episode drops, starting on December 10, 2024.

Secret Level has assembled a legendary cast of players featuring some of Hollywood’s biggest stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator Franchise), Kevin Hart (Jumanji), Keanu Reeves (John Wick), Temuera Morrison (The Book of Boba Fett, Chief of War), Ariana Greenblatt (Barbie), HeavenHart, Emily Swallow (The Mandalorian), Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us, Terminator: Dark Fate), Ricky Whittle (American Gods, Land of Bad), Patrick Schwarzenegger (The White Lotus), Merle Dandridge (The Last of Us), Claudia Doumit (The Boys), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost, The Union), Clive Standen (Vikings, The Morning Show), Laura Bailey (The Legend of Vox Machina), and Michael Beach (The Perfect Couple, Tulsa King).

About Secret Level

Secret Level is a new adult-animated anthology series featuring original stories set within the worlds of some of the world’s most beloved video games. From the creative minds behind LOVE, DEATH + ROBOTS, each of the episodes is a celebration of games and gamers.

Secret Level is created by and executive produced by Tim Miller. Dave Wilson serves as executive producer and supervising director.

SMILE 2 is set for a big opening, poised to take top spot with $22 million from 3,610 theatres for Paramount Pictures. This success mirrors its 2022 predecessor which had a similar opening and this latest installlment gets a stellar 84% on the Tomatometer.

THE WILD ROBOT is second with $10 million in its fourth weekend, taking it to $101 million domestically for Universal Pictures.

Third is TERRIFIER 3 with $8 million after a #1 debut last weekend for Cineverse. Its two week tally comes in at $34.9 million.

BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE lands in fourth with $5.1 million, a tally of $284 million for Warner Bros. in its seventh weekend.

Rounding things out is WE LIVE IN TIME, debuting with $4.5 million for A24/Sphere Films from 955 theatres. This TIFF ’24 selection gets 79% on the Tomatometer.

Today we get a glimpse of THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 2, coming soon via Cineplex Pictures!

Directed by: Renny Harlin
Written by: Alan R. Cohen & Alan Freedland
Based on Characters Created by: Bryan Bertino
Produced by: Courtney Solomon, p.g.a., Mark Canton, p.g.a., Christopher Milburn, Charlie Dombek, Gary Raskin, Alastair Burlingham
Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Gabriel Basso, Ema Horvath
Synopsis: The chilling next chapter of The Strangers franchise.

About Cineplex Pictures
Cineplex Pictures, a division of Cineplex, is a distributor of a wide range of genre films. Recent titles include Megalopolis, Never Let Go, Borderlands, The Strangers: Chapter 1, The Queen of My Dreams, The Boy and the Heron, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, SAW X, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, and John Wick: Chapter 4.

As you know, part 1, season 4 of the Netflix’s hit series Outer Banks already is streaming! We’re giving our Readers in Toronto a chance to win passes to a special Outer Banks fan event on Monday, October 28, 2024 from 7:00PM to 10:00PM at the Toronto Event Centre in Exhibition Place!

In addition to being an exciting night for fans of the series, attendees will see special guests, a musical performance, Outer Banks themed photo opps and swag, and more!

About OUTER BANKS Season 4 | Following last season’s 18-month flash-forward showing Wes Genrette’s proposal for the Pogues to find Blackbeard’s treasure, Season 4 takes us back in time to the lead-up of that moment. After finding the gold at El Dorado, the Pogues return to the OBX and commit to having a “normal” life. They’ve built themselves a new safe haven, officially dubbed “Poguelandia 2.0”, where they live together and run a fairly successful bait, tackle, and charter tour shop. But after some financial setbacks, John B, Sarah, Kiara, JJ, Pope, and Cleo take Wes up on his offer, drawn back into the “G” game for a whole new adventure. But before they know it, they’re well in over their heads, with dangerous new enemies hot on their heels racing them to the treasure. Meanwhile, their problems are only growing, and they’re forced to question their past, present, and future – who they really are, has it all been worth it, and how much are they willing to risk?

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Part 2 of OUTER BANKS Season 4 arrives November 7, 2024 on Netflix.

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“LEGO® Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition,” the all-new animated special and the tenth entry in the popular signature branded storytelling series, is now streaming exclusively on Disney+. In the new special from Marvel Studios and the LEGO Group, a young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of The Avengers. Streaming now on Disney+ Canada.

The trailer is now available below:

Iron Man and The Avengers are always there to save the day, but fighting villains can get messy. That’s where Damage Control comes in: to clean things up! But on a day unlike any other, a powerful new villain hatches a plan to destroy The Avengers, and the world’s only hope is now the most unlikely of heroes: a clumsy young worker from Damage Control named Dennis, who has a penchant for destroying everything he touches. Can Dennis become the hero he dreams of being and save Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? “LEGO® Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition” features the voices of Will Friedle, Kevin Smith, John Stamos, Roger Craig Smith, Ogie Banks, Laura Bailey, Tiffani Thiessen, and Fred Tatasciore. Ken Cunningham is the director, and the writer is Eugene Son. The story is by Eugene Son and Harrison Wilcox, and Jason Cosler, Eugene Son, Harrison Wilcox, Jill Wilfert, and Keith Malone are executive producers. Stephen L Grover is supervising producer with Dan Langlois serving as producer.

Espionage political thriller THE AGENCY for Paramount+ today revealed First Look Images for its highly-anticipated series starring Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere.

Currently in production in London, THE AGENCY is commissioned by Showtime Studios and produced in association with 101 Studio. George Clooney and Grant Heslov are executive producers through Smokehouse Pictures.

In addition to Fassbender, Wright, Turner-Smith and Gere, previously announced cast includes series regulars Katherine Waterston, John Magaro, Alex Reznik, Andrew Brooke, Harriet Sansom Harris, India Fowler, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Reza Brojerdi and recurring cast members include Adam Nagaitis, Ambreen Razia, Bilal Hasna, David Harewood, Kurt Egyiawan, Ray BLK, Sabrina Wu and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor.

A fresh take on the critically acclaimed hit French drama Le Bureau des Legendes, THE AGENCY will debut on Paramount+ in Canada, the U.S., UK, Australia, Italy, Germany, Latin America, Brazil and Japan. The series is co-distributed internationally by Paramount Global Content Distribution and Federation Studios. Premiere date to be announced soon.

The all-new political thriller follows Martian (Fassbender), a covert CIA agent, ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart; hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.

Le Bureau des Legendes centers on the daily life and missions of agents within France’s principal external security service. It focuses on the “Bureau of Legends,” responsible for training and handling deep-cover agents on long-term missions in areas with French interests. Living under false identities for years, these agents’ missions are to identify and recruit good intelligence sources. Le Bureau des Legendes was created by Eric Rochant and is a CANAL+ Creation Originale series produced by TOP – The Originals Productions and Federation Studios.

THE AGENCY is executive produced by Keith Cox and Nina L. Diaz (Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios); David C. Glasser, Ron Burkle, David Hutkin and Bob Yari (101 Studios), George Clooney and Grant Heslov (Smokehouse Pictures); Alex Berger (TOP – The Originals Productions); and Ashley Stern and Pascal Breton (Federation Studios/Federation Entertainment of America); and Michael Fassbender. Jez and John-Henry Butterworth are writers and executive producers; Joe Wright is executive producer and director for the first two episodes.

For more information about Paramount+ and THE AGENCY, please visit paramountplus.com, and follow @ParamountPlusCA and @TheAgency_Sho on X, TikTok and Instagram, @TheAgencySho on Facebook with #TheAgency.

Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 2 releases globally on November 15, 2024 only on Netflix.
The Finale Event comes in 2025.

Part 2 (Episodes 606-610) brings us to the Sekai Taikai, where Miyagi-Do will face new challenges and old enemies as they fight to become world champions — can they stay united as internal rivalries bubble back to the surface?

Hayden Schlossberg, who co-created Cobra Kai with Josh Heald and Jon Hurwitz, tells Netflix’s Tudum that… “the first thing that you’re going to notice is we’re not in the Valley anymore. It’s a totally different environment. The competitive space is different from previous All Valley tournaments. There’s no crowd watching. This is a karate temple that they’re going to, where the only people in attendance are black belts or karate masters.”

It was also announced today that Lewis Tan, Patrick Luwis and newcomer Rayna Vallandingham have joined the cast. First appearing in Part Two, the three are a part of a competing dojo at the Sekai Taikai.

Lewis Tan (Deadpool v. Wolverine, Mortal Kombat) plays “Sensei Wolf,”
Patrick Luwis (Rebel Moon) plays “Axel Kovacevic,”
Introducing Rayna Vallandingham who plays “Zara Malik.”

ABOUT THE SERIES:
Part 2 Synopsis: At the Sekai Taikai, Miyagi-Do faces new challenges and old enemies as they fight to become world champions — can they stay united as internal rivalries bubble back to the surface?
Premiere Dates: Part 2: November 15, Part 3/The Finale Event: 2025
Producers: Cobra Kai is written and executive produced by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg via their production company, Counterbalance Entertainment. Will Smith, James Lassiter and Caleeb Pinkett executive produce for Westbrook Studios along with Susan Ekins in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ralph Macchio and William Zabka also serve as executive producers.
Cast: Ralph Macchio (Daniel LaRusso), William Zabka (Johnny Lawrence), Martin Kove (John Kreese), Xolo Maridueña (Miguel Diaz), Jacob Bertrand (Hawk), Mary Mouser (Samantha LaRusso), Tanner Buchanan (Robby Keene), Peyton List (Tory), Gianni Decenzo (Demetri), Courtney Henggeler (Amanda LaRusso), Vanessa Rubio (Carmen), Dallas Dupree Young (Kenny), Yuji Okumoto (Chozen), Alicia Hannah-Kim (Sensei Kim Dae-Un), Griffin Santopietro (Anthony), Oona O’Brien (Devon), Lewis Tan (Sensei Wolf), Patrick Luwis (Axel Kovacevic) and Rayna Vallandingham (Zara Malik)

Sylvain Parent-Bédard, President and Founder of ComediHa! and the new owner of Just For Laughs (acquired in June 2024) announces that ComediHa ! Fest-Québec will now operate under the Just For Laughs Festival – Quebec brand. This marks a new era for the comedy event in the city, where the head office of the Quebec entrepreneur’s new group is based.

“Last June, our group acquired the biggest comedy brand on the planet, Just For Laughs. I’m proud that the head office of the world’s number one comedy group will now be based in Quebec City. After careful thought and analysis, I decided that the Quebec City festival should bear the name of Quebec’s favourite comedy brand, Just For Laughs—the province’s favourite entertainment brand along with Cirque du Soleil” – Sylvain Parent-Bédard, President and CEO of Just For Laughs.

Quebec City now joins a prestigious global network of Just For Laughs venues that includes Sydney, Australia, Bermuda, Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal, along with other major international cities soon to be announced as part of the brand’s new strategic plan.

This latest addition helps solidify Quebec City’s position as a must-visit destination for comedy, reinforced by the exceptional reputation of Just For Laughs (which will operate as the English-language brand of the Quebec City festival).

For more than 40 years, the Just For Laughs brand, a Quebec cultural institution celebrated by French- and English-speaking communities alike, has played a major role in promoting comedy worldwide, helping catapult the careers of many renowned French- and English-speaking comedians. Just For Laughs plays host to iconic events where up-and-coming talents meet the industry’s best-known artists.

This new chapter for the festival is testament to Parent-Bédard’s strong commitment to the Quebec City community and underscores the city’s potential as a dynamic cultural hub ready to shine on the international stage.

From August 6 to 17, 2025, the Just For Laughs Festival-Quebec City promises to captivate comedy fans, coming together to enjoy an experience worthy of the world’s leading comedy brand. The festival will also feature an impressive English-language lineup to welcome an increasingly diverse audience from around the world.

ComediHa! Group changes its name to Just For Entertainment Group

The ComediHa! Group is making a decisive shift by grouping all its activities under the new banner of the Just For Entertainment Group. This consolidation follows a period of significant growth, marked by a number of major musical events, including the relaunch of SuperFrancoFête, as well as several acquisitions in recent years. These acquisitions, including Les Boys, Les Productions Martin Leclerc and the Just For Laughs / Juste pour rire Group, have helped redefine the Group’s influence in the entertainment world. This evolution signals a new identity for its operations, inspired by the worldwide reputation of the Just For Laughs Group.

With the slogan “A world of entertainment,” the Just For Entertainment Group now offers a wide range of content that includes festivals, shows, tours, audiovisual content, digital platforms, artist representation, global content distribution and more.

About Just For Entertainment

Since it was founded in 1997, Just For Entertainment/Juste pour divertir (formerly ComediHa!) has firmly established itself as an international entertainment leader in the world of live shows, television, film and festivals.

In 2024, the acquisition of the Just For Laughs Group added to ComediHa’s strengths and values. We solidified our position as the benchmark in the comedy industry for “Making people laugh around the world”. Established in 1983, Just For Laughs is internationally renowned for organizing the world’s largest comedy festival, attracting millions of visitors to Montreal and Quebec City. It’s also celebrated for its role in promoting comedy worldwide and for catapulting the careers of countless comedy stars.

Today, Just For Entertainment goes far beyond comedy to deliver a diverse range of content, including music, drama and much more. Our talented team is made up of nearly 200 permanent employees and 6,000+ temporary employees and collaborators, who always bring their shared passion and creativity to the table.

Our mission is clear: Bring together talent to create a world of entertainment through inspiring brands and content.

Our brands and products now captivate hundreds of millions of viewers around the world via our broadcast partners, festivals, social media, and digital platforms, which are followed by over 70 million engaged fans and have accumulated over 100 billion views so far.

Hot Docs is pleased to announce dates for its 2025 Festival, the gradual resumption of programming at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, and the organization’s plan forward. After an intensive period of cost-cutting measures and stabilization efforts, program assessments and internal restructuring, Hot Docs will resume operations. Over the past four months, the Hot Docs team has worked tirelessly to address the organization’s financial challenges and governance issues, and significant progress has been made to stabilize the organization and establish a solid foundation for a sustainable path forward.

“We are absolutely thrilled to share this news,” said Hot Docs’ Interim Executive Director, Janice Dawe. “We are grateful to our steadfast sponsors, donors and public sector stakeholders whose outpouring of support has given us the confidence to move forward. We would not be in this position if it weren’t for these champions of Hot Docs – from the individual donors who gave during our spring campaign, to the incredibly gracious donors who converted their designated gifts to operational support and to the many elected officials at all levels of government who are standing up for culture and working diligently to help secure funding.”

In September, Hot Docs announced the limited reopening of Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema after a summer closure necessitated by the organization’s financial challenges. Today’s announcements follow that positive first step and are made with confidence that Hot Docs will continue to deliver on its mission to support documentary filmmakers and showcase their work in the upcoming year, as it has done for the past three decades.

The 32nd annual Hot Docs Festival will take place April 24 to May 4, 2025, in Toronto. Festival Programming Director Heather Haynes will lead the curation of an outstanding lineup of more than 100 documentaries from Canada and around the world. Submissions are now open at hotdocs.ca/submit.

Industry programs offered at the Festival are currently being planned to prioritize intimate networking opportunities, meaningful knowledge sharing and impactful market initiatives. Details will be announced later this month.

Hot Docs thanks the Festival’s major sponsors, foundations, arts councils and government agencies who have unanimously expressed their desire for the event’s return, many of whom, including Founding Partner Rogers, have already confirmed their support for the 2025 edition.

Hot Docs will gradually resume its own programming season at Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema starting on Wednesday, December 4, with the launch of the long-running and much-loved Doc Soup screening series, which features premieres of new documentaries hot off the festival circuit and post-screening Q&As with guest directors. The series opener will be announced later this month, and subscriptions will go on sale in the coming weeks.

In addition to Doc Soup and first-run documentaries, audiences can expect the return of many popular curated series and special events.

Hot Docs’ Board of Directors have taken significant steps to address governance issues and prepare the organization for new executive leadership to guide it through this next phase. After scaling down to a three-person working board in June to more efficiently address the organization’s challenges, the Board is actively planning to rebuild its membership this winter. Additionally, the Board is excited to announce the initiation of recruitment efforts for a permanent Executive Director to lead Hot Docs into its next chapter. The Board is dedicated to ensuring that the organization takes the right steps during this process to identify an individual who will not only excel in leadership but also resonate with our mission and community. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

While today’s announcements reflect the team’s incredible work to stabilize Hot Docs, confidently reopen the Cinema and deliver the 2025 Festival, the organization is still working through two years of operating deficits, the majority of which can be attributed to the ownership and operation of the Cinema. As part of its longer-term rebuilding strategy, Hot Docs has decided to seek a new owner for its Cinema at 506 Bloor West and secure a lease-back arrangement that will allow programming at the Cinema to continue. The organization is actively seeking a buyer who values cultural spaces and creative enterprise, and who demonstrates a commitment to the legacy of the Cinema as a vital hub in the city.

“Owning the Cinema for the past 12 years has been an incredible opportunity for Hot Docs, allowing us to expand our reach and impact and those of the stories we’ve showcased on our screen,” said Nicolas de Pencier, co-chair of Hot Docs’ Board of Directors. “But current financial conditions—including rising interest rates and the post-pandemic recovery of audiences—have made it extremely challenging. We’re confident that finding the right buyer will allow us to refocus on our mission to support documentary filmmakers and continue to celebrate their work at the Cinema and Festival, while also addressing our deficit and ensuring our long-term viability.”

Hot Docs’ history with the Cinema has been one of collaboration and cultural impact, and this next phase presents an exciting opportunity for a new owner to join in supporting the continued success of the venue. The organization remains committed to securing a future that balances its mission and the community’s needs, while ensuring a sustainable foundation for the years to come.

Apple TV+ is hitting the Thunder Stage at CCXP24 for its second consecutive year, showcasing the highly anticipated second season of its award-winning workplace thriller “Severance,” and the action-packed, genre-bending film, “The Gorge.” The largest pop culture festival in the world, held in São Paulo, Brazil, begins on Thursday, December 5, 2024 with “Severance” and “The Gorge” set to take over the Thunder Stage and expo floor with can’t-miss panel conversations, and unforgettable events and fan experiences on Saturday, December 7, 2024.

Returning for its second season on Apple TV+ on January 17, 2025, “Severance” is the globally celebrated and Emmy Award-winning workplace thriller hailing from executive producer Ben Stiller, and starring Emmy Award nominee Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Zach Cherry, Jen Tullock, Michael Chernus, Dichen Lachman, Emmy Award winner John Turturro, Academy Award winner Christopher Walken and Academy and Emmy Award winner Patricia Arquette. Season two welcomes new series regular Sarah Bock.

In “Severance,” Mark Scout (Adam Scott) leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in “work-life balance” is called into question as Mark finds himself at the centre of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself. In season two, Mark and his friends learn the dire consequences of trifling with the severance barrier, leading them further down a path of woe.

In the upcoming Apple Original Film “The Gorge,” two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast and highly classified gorge, protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within. They bond from a distance while trying to stay vigilant in defending against an unseen enemy. When the cataclysmic threat to humanity is revealed to them, they must work together in a test of both their physical and mental strength to keep the secret in the gorge before it’s too late.

Also starring Signourney Weaver, “The Gorge” is directed by Scott Derrickson from a script by Zach Dean. Skydance Media’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger are producing alongside Crooked Highway’s Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, Sherryl Clark, as well as Zach Dean, Adam Kolbrenner and Greg Goodman.

Apple TV+ offers premium, compelling drama and comedy series, feature films, groundbreaking documentaries, and kids and family entertainment, and is available to watch across all of a user’s favourite screens. After its launch on November 1, 2019, Apple TV+ became the first all-original streaming service to launch around the world, and has premiered more original hits and received more award recognitions faster than any other streaming service in its debut. To date, Apple Original films, documentaries and series have earned 516 wins and 2,320 award nominations and counting, including multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy “Ted Lasso” and historic Oscar Best Picture winner “CODA.”

About Apple TV+
Apple TV+ is available on the Apple TV app in over 100 countries and regions, on over 1 billion screens, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Vision Pro, Mac, popular smart TVs from Samsung, LG, Sony, VIZIO, TCL and others, Roku and Amazon Fire TV devices, Chromecast with Google TV, PlayStation and Xbox gaming consoles, and at tv.apple.com, for $12.99 per month with a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. For a limited time, customers who purchase and activate a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV or Mac can enjoy three months of Apple TV+ for free.*