#FIRSTLOOK: NEW FX SERIES “ADULTS”

Today, Disney+ announced the premiere date for FX’s “Adults,” a new comedy series created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw. The series, formerly titled “Snowflakes,” will debut on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FX Canada and stream the next day on Disney+ in Canada. The premiere of the eight-episode season will include the first two episodes, followed by two new episodes for the following three weeks.

The series features a creative team loaded with FX comedy veterans, including Nick Kroll (“The League”), Stefani Robinson (“Atlanta,” “What We Do in the Shadows”) under her overall deal with FX, Sarah Naftalis (“What We Do in the Shadows”) and Jonathan Krisel (“Baskets,” “English Teacher”).

FX’s “Adults” is an ensemble comedy series about a group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither “good” nor “people” yet. “Samir” (Malik Elassal), “Billie” (Lucy Freyer), “Paul Baker” (Jack Innanen), “Issa” (Amita Rao) and “Anton” (Owen Thiele) are five friends crashing together in Samir’s childhood home, where they share their meals, anxieties and, occasionally, toothbrushes.

Disney+ also released the key art and shared that Charlie Cox, Julia Fox, D’Arcy Carden, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, John Reynolds and Ray Nicholson will guest star in the first season.

Created by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw (“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”), the show puts a slightly heightened twist on the wins, losses and humiliations of starting out in the adult world. Whether they’re trying to get ahead at work, navigating the healthcare system, hosting a dinner party or dating in the age of Find My Friends, the group is finding that nothing about the real world is simple, and all their best intentions tend to make things worse.

FX’s “Adults” is executive produced by Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw, Nick Kroll (“Big Mouth,” “The League”), Stefani Robinson (“Atlanta,” “What We Do in the Shadows”), Sarah Naftalis (“What We Do in the Shadows”) and Jonathan Krisel (“Baskets,” “English Teacher”). Alicia Van Couvering (“Tiny Furniture,” “Drinking Buddies”) also serves as an executive producer under Kroll’s Good At Business banner. “Adults” is produced by FX Productions.

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.

#INTERVIEW: THE CAST OF MARVEL TELEVISION’S “DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN”

By Mr. Will Wong

The Devil’s work is never done. Marvel fans will be thrilled that beloved DAREDEVIL makes his return in upcoming series DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN, which has the distinction of being Marvel Television‘s 13th series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After an absence of eight years, the titular character Daredevil/Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) continues his fight for justice, all while crime boss Wilson Fisk (Vincent D’Onofrio) pursues becoming the Mayor of New York City. Once again, these two powerful forces collide in a superhero story about humanity.

We were thrilled to join DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN‘s global Press Conference. Gracing us in the conversation were:

Dario Scardapane, Executive Producer / Showrunner
Sana Amanat / Executive Producer
Justin Benson / Executive Producer & Director (eps. 101,108-109)
Aaron Moorehead / Executive Producer & Director (eps. 101,108-109)
Brad Winderbaum / Executive Producer
Charlie Cox ‘Matt Murdock /Daredevil’
Vincent D’Onofrio ‘Kingpin’

The group was asked whether or not there was pressure to live up to the legacy built by famed Comic Writer and Artist Frank Miller.

Scardapane: Absolutely. Frank Miller came to set on our last day of shooting and sat at the monitor. We had that kind of, how do you say, Holy Trinity of the Show there. It was one of the most amazing experiences of my creative life. And his stuff was such an influence on me. You’re always going to try to live up to it and sometimes arrogantly trying to beat it just a little bit. And I don’t know, I’m not the one to say if we beat it, but I am always trying to live up to it as a Writer and Director. I can’t speak for Charlie (Cox), but what Frank Miller a bunch of other great Artists like Ed Brubaker and Charles Sewell, we’re always trying to live up to the bar they’ve set.

Cox: Yeah, it’s important we’re not doing the ‘born again’ story. The name of the Show is really just a reference to coming back after so many years and of course, an homage to Frank, an icon. Obviously, we’re trying to find the best version of the best Murdock aka Daredevil. But in finding the best version, we also seek out the worst version. I think that’s what makes him a compelling character and so relatable, actually. I have to think of Daredevil as being when you play that character, you’ll get to see the best version of yourself and you’ll get to see the worst version of yourself, which is fun.

One of the Series’ Executive Producers Sana Amanat talks about female presence in the Series, and also humanizing a villain in Wilson Fisk.

Amanat: Our Cast across the board, is really incredible. I love that all our female characters are unique, very strong and tough. It was such a joy to have Ava Ayala back. I have to say seeing Vincent and Ayala back together at work, I think that in itself showcased their own personal relationship. But it just changes who Wilson Fisk is. The spots of humanity you see with Fisk only happens wth Vanessa (Ayelet Zurer) and I as a fan sometimes feel sympathy for him in those moments, which is shocking for a villain. And obviously, credit to Vincent, but Ayala and him together was just really fantastic. So it was a joy to work with everybody and hopefully everybody will be drawn to these new characters too.

New York City is a character and portraying this in the Series is discussed.

Moorhead: Daredevil is a Show that often seems like it often it deals in institutions, politics, and also the law because he’s (Murdock) a lawyer, of course. And gansters. So a lot of the locations are things like courthouses and police stations, etc. So you’d think that would be quite boring, but the thing is both with the collaboration of our Cinematographer Hillary Fyfe Spera and our Production Designer Michael Shaw, it felt like you were actually were stepping into this gilded coutroom with beautiful burnished wood. But it’s also a place where people go to just have their dreams die. Those kind of things make you feel like you are kind of just there with them rather than just being presented a movie. And so a lot of that for example, in Matt Murdock‘s world we’re just using more of like a handheld camera and all that and a wider lenses where you just feel like you’re sitting right in front of them. It was really about immeirsion in the world. Just feeling the same thing as we were about earlier with the Documentary within the show. I just wanted it to feel like it was a New York you recognize, not ‘Movie New York’, you know?

Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are asked about their strong working relationship and the sense of trust they’ve built between themselves.

Cox: It was so fun. You can see the joy. You (D’Onofrio) said something yesterday, which is great. Over the last ten years, we’ve become very good friends. And the good news is that it does feel like the better friends we become, the easier it is to hate eachother.

D’Onofrio: It’s so true – with like no consequenes. You know, you develop because we’ve known eachother for so long and we love playing these roles. We have a lot in common and I’ve fallen in love with Charlie and the more I love him, the more I love to hate him. The other thing is that we trust each other a lot. I know that when I’m in the studio, when we were shooting this, he’s usually in one side of the studio. I don’t even know what they are doing. And I’m on the other side of the studio doing something else. I never have to question, I have complete confidence in what is going on. And it gives me a lift on my side to have that knowledge and that’s because of our team and Charlie in a big way – it’s great to have this kind of relationship with your partner in crime.

Scardapane: The scenes that you’re in together, that trust comes out in like such a wild way. You go for it in subtle ways that people who don’t believe in eachother couldn’t have pulled off. We don’t know how we did it, but we’ve developed a kind of shorthand.

Cox: Yeah, we think very similar and our notes are always very similar.

D’Onofrio: And if not, we just fall into collaboration without even thinking about it, because we know that we have deliver stuff that makes sense to him. If we have notes, we don’t want to go in and say ‘Hey, I’d rather say this word than that word, or say I’m not comfortable with that sentence’. That is always helpful for a Writer. Rather than just say ‘I’d really like to do this’, it’s more about ‘I loved it!’. That’s me. I’m just saying we prep really well together, and collaborate really well together.

Marvel Television’s DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN premieres March 4, 2025 at 6pm PT/9pm ET on Disney+ Canada.

(Photo/video credit: Marvel Studios)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS”

It’s here! While we’re waiting for the August release of Marvel’s The Defenders, here’s a new Trailer to whet your appetites.

Synopsis:
Marvel’s The Defenders follows Daredevil (Charlie Cox), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Luke Cage (Mike Colter) and Iron Fist (Finn Jones). A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.

See the Trailer:

Netflix Canada stream MARVEL’S THE DEFENDERS Friday, August 18, 2017.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

#INTERVIEW: DEBORAH ANN WOLL ON “MARVEL’S DAREDEVIL”

Deborah Ann Woll gained wide recognition on HBO‘s popular Series TRUE BLOOD as seductive Vampire Jessica Hamby, but her Fanbase is about to multiply exponentially.  Netflix has just released Marvel‘s Daredevil and the feedback from Franchise Fans and Critics alike have  overwhelmingly been positive, praising it for its unflinching grittiness, making many forget a certain 2003 Film Adaptation. Think more The Dark Knight than… Batman & Robin.

Woll was in Toronto recently to promote the new Series and although we always say  that the Talent are nice, she was another level of giving,  providing genuine, articulate answers and still delivering a bright energy despite it having been a long day and our being the last Outlet of the day.  As an example how grounded the New York-born Actress is, she opted to live at home with her Parents instead of on her own while filming Daredevil in her native City.

Woll admittedly isn’t a huge Comic Book Fanatic, although her Boyfriend EJ Scott, played a big part in helping her prepare for her role as Karen Page,  a  kind Woman with a mysterious past who wakes-up to find herself in a pool of blood, framed for murder.  This is where she requires the expertise of Lawyers Murdock (Charlie Cox) and Foggy Nelson (Eldon Henson), who enlist her help as a Secretary. We wonder what it is that drew her to the Role. She says, “Actors are Storytellers at heart. This initially was someone I feel I could stick my tentacles into.” .

She dishes on the  secretive casting process with a notoriously-protective Marvel Entertainment, stating  “We were given sides, not written for the audition process initially”.  “I had an idea but didn’t want to commit too much to it.  I then got called back for a real audition with actual sides, still not being really sure what it really was.”.  She explains,  “As a Woman coming into a Superhero Show, I spoke with the Producers to ensure that Karen will be taken care of in a respectful way.”.

Woll describes her greatest challenge getting into Karen‘s mindspace.  “‘Challenge’ is a good word for Actors. Karen is one big contradiction in that she is very sweet, but likes trouble, running from a mysterious past”, she says. “She’ll be running for a while and with what happens at the end of the first Season, she will have to keep running.”. “Even with People she trusts the most, she can’t tell them what’s true about her. Karen is hiding a ton.”.

On what makes a scene truly magical, she feels “Acting moments that are rich are ones where you play the opposite of something the same time you play something – when you can believe simultaneously that things will never get better and hope at the same time they will get better.”.

Although we don’t know much about the Series’ titular Star Charlie Cox, Woll does shed some light on her Co-Star. “Charlie is a ridiculously wonderful Human Being”, Woll admits. “You sign-on and hope the People you work with will be easy, talented and respectful.”. “From the first day I came in, we were Best Friends right away. He thinks deeply about the part and wants to do something that is great, not just to become a Star.”. She adds, “He already is a Star because he gives it his all.”.

The Actress recalls a recent visit to Australia where  Cox and she made a day of Coffee and the Art Gallery. She said to him, “If we are lucky enough to do this again,  anytime you want to talk about a scene or wanna try anything a little different, I am there.”.  “It is rare to find people that committed.”.

I ask Woll after her turn as Jessica on True Blood whether or not there is any carryover from that Character at all in this new Role.  “If there is any carryover, it is as an Actor what I am working on for myself”, she says. “I think when you take on a Role, you become defensive about them. With Jessica, I was forced to accept her failings. I did not want her to have any failings. I came to Karen wanting to lean into those things. I commit to her not being perfect. I wanted her to be outspoken, determined, pushy – almost to a fault”, explains Woll. “The thing that made her strongest is also her biggest difficulty. I continue work as an Actor and practice that with Karen.”.

Marvel’s DAREDEVIL streams now on Netflix Canada.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)

#FIRSTLOOK: NEW TRAILER FOR “DAREDEVIL”

“I’m just trying to make my city a better place.”.

Surely this is the DAREDEVIL Fans of the Franchise truly dreamed of! Netflix just unleashed the new Trailer for the new Series based on the Marvel Comic and it looks rather promising!

Official Synopsis:
Meet Matt Murdock. Blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses, Matt fights injustice by day as a respected lawyer and by night as the masked vigilante Daredevil in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. He’ll do anything to make his city a better place, but at what price?

The Cast includes:

• Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil
• Vincent D’Onofrio as Wilson Fisk
•  Rosario Dawson as Claire Temple
•  Deborah Ann Woll as Karen Page
•  Elden Henson as Foggy Nelson
•  Vondie Curtis Hall as Ben Ulrich
•  Scott Glenn as Stick
•  Ayelet Zurer as Vanessa Marianna
•  Bob Gunton and Leland Owlsey
•  Toby Leonard Moore as Wesley

See the Trailer:

Netflix Canada stream all 13 episodes of DAREDEVIL on Friday, April 10, 2015 at 12:01 AM EST.

(Photo/video credit: Netflix)