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LEGO announces new Lord of the Rings Rivendell set with 6,167 pieces, costing $499.99 and releasing on Mar 5th for LEGO VIP members, Mar 8th for all. Comes with 15 minifigures, includes all 9 Fellowship members and in 3 sections depicting memorable scenes.

King of the Hill, an adult-animated dark-comedy show, is coming back to Hulu with its original creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels. The main cast members, including Hank Hill (Judge), Peggy (Kathy Najimy), Bill (Stephen Root), Bobby Hill (Pamela Adlon), Dale (Johnny Hardwick), and Minh (Lauren Tom), are also returning. The show, which was on air from 1997 to 2010, ran for nearly 300 episodes and...

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Paramount Network, Paramount Global, and Taylor Sheridan, the co-creator and showrunner of the TV series “Yellowstone,” are planning to end the show but are considering a franchise extension to continue the “Dutton Saga.” Matthew McConaughey is in talks to star in the new show, and it is expected that some of the prominent cast members will also move to the new series. The current show is facing i...

The co-heads of DC Studios, James Gunn and Peter Safran, announced a new series "Paradise Lost" for HBO Max, which will be an origin story for the legendary island of Themyscira aka Paradise Island, the home of the Amazons. The series will be set before Wonder Woman's birth and will explore the "darkness and drama and political intrigue" behind the society of women in a "Game of Thrones-type story...

James Gunn and Peter Safran have announced a new Swamp Thing film, part of a fresh slate of DC projects. The movie will delve into the dark origins of the character and feature other DC characters as well. The film will be more horrific in nature but will still have Swamp Thing interact with other characters. Swamp Thing was previously seen on the small screen in a short-lived TV series and in a 1...

DC has announced plans to adapt the comic book series "Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow" into a movie. The movie will be led by James Gunn and Peter Safran and will offer a different perspective on Supergirl compared to past adaptations. The comic book series follows Supergirl as she is approached by an alien girl whose planet has been destroyed and who is seeking revenge. Supergirl, Krypto the dog, a...

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Fox’s Animation Domination lineup including Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons, and Family Guy, has been renewed for two more seasons each, through 2025. The renewals will keep The Simpsons as the longest-running scripted series on TV history, covering seasons 35 and 36. Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy will cover seasons 14 and 15 and 22 and 23, respectively. Fox’s president of scripted programming, Michael...

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The DCEU Press Event was held by Warner Bros. on Monday and provided fans with updates on the future of the superhero franchise. The co-chairmen and CEOs of DC Studios, James Gunn and Peter Safran, confirmed the new project, “The Brave and the Bold,” which will introduce the new DCU Batman. This Batman will not be played by Ben Affleck or Robert Pattinson, who starred in previous Batman movies. Th...

Amazon Studios has hired Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write a TV series as part of a potential “Tomb Raider” franchise that would include TV, film, and games. Waller-Bridge could also be involved in a potential movie. The TV series will be produced by Amazon Studios’ former Head of Comedy Ryan Andolina and Amanda Greenblatt, with Legendary also said to be involved. This is part of Amazon’s multi-platfo...

The Authority is a high-concept superhero team from the independent superhero setting of Wildstorm comics, which was initially published by Image Comics and later became part of the DC Comics universe. The team was created by writer Warren Ellis as a boundary-pushing reflection and celebration of the Justice League and the Avengers. The Authority’s members, including Jenny Sparks, Jack Hawksmoor,...

DC Studios co-CEOs James Gunn and Peter Safran announced the first film in the new DCU titled Superman: Legacy set to premiere on July 11, 2025. The film will kick off Chapter 1, Gods and Monsters. Gunn is writing the film and may direct, but not yet confirmed. Other films were announced including Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, Swamp Thing, The Authority and Batman. Superman: Legacy focuses on bala...

The Greg Berlanti Green Lantern series development has been scrapped, and a new series called “Lanterns” is being developed by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the new heads of DC Studios. The previous Green Lantern series was to be based on a space opera, while the new series is described as a “True Detective”-style terrestrial-based investigation. The Green Lantern series was expensive with multiple...

Paramount Global is rebranding its premium cable network Showtime as “Paramount+ with Showtime” in the US. The two brands will be integrated in the streaming world and Showtime content will be available on Paramount+’s premium tier. Chris McCarthy will lead the Showtime studio and oversee network operations while Tom Ryan will oversee the Paramount+ with Showtime streaming business. Some shows are...

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Jeffrey Dean Morgan teased fans of the Prime Video animated series “Invincible” by posting a photo on Instagram of him buying two comic book compendiums of the series, sparking speculation that he will join the show’s cast. Robert Kirkman, the co-creator and executive producer, was thanked in the caption, but Amazon Studios has not yet confirmed Morgan’s involvement. Kirkman hinted that future sea...

MoviePass is back in a very big way. This week they've launched their nationwide beta test. There's a lot of details in this. We're actually going to be trying this out ourselves and doing a full review on the podcast, The Geek Freaks podcast. So check that out, guys. But basically, you guys can return to the theaters using MoviePass nationwide now. X-Box and Bethesda had their developer direct, w...

HBO Max has canceled the shows "Doom Patrol" and "Titans" and James Gunn has said this was not his doing and was planned months ago. It's disappointing as both these shows have a lot of fans. Tobey Maguire is willing to play Spider-Man again and the possibility of using both Tobey Maguire and Garfield in future Spider-Man movies. Marvel's Thunderbolts cast expands and this movie is a big deal for...

343 Industries, the studio behind the Halo franchise, has denied rumors that it has been taken off of lead development of the Halo franchise and has stated that it will continue to "develop Halo now and in the future". This statement was made by the studio head Pierre Hintze on Twitter. The news follows the mass layoffs of 10,000 people at Microsoft, which saw a number of employees at Xbox Game St...

Activision Blizzard, the publisher of Overwatch 2 and World of Warcraft, has said that Chinese publisher NetEase declined a last-minute offer to extend their publishing deal in China. This means that services for games such as Overwatch 2, Hearthstone, and other Blizzard titles will be discontinued on January 23rd as planned. In November, the company announced that it was looking for alternative w...

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water has officially become the sixth movie ever to cross the $2 billion mark worldwide. It is also the filmmaker’s third to hit the milestone, alongside Titanic and the original Avatar. The sequel grossed $2.024B globally and $1.426B from overseas turnstiles. It has become the No. 4 title of all time overseas, jumping past Avengers: Infinity War and behind only...

Chad Stahelski, the director of the John Wick series, will direct Michael B. Jordan in the Tom Clancy sequel Rainbow Six, which will be a follow-up to 2021’s Without Remorse. Jordan will reprise his role as Navy SEAL and CIA operative John Clark, who has appeared in numerous Tom Clancy novels. The movie will adapt from the same novels that Ubisoft has based its video game series on. Stahelski will...

Late-night host Stephen Colbert has partnered with Skybound Entertainment and Vincent Newman Entertainment to develop a TV series based on Roger Zelazny’s The Chronicles of Amber, a fantasy series first published in 1970. The story follows a young man named Corwin, who has the ability to travel through different dimensions of reality and rules over the one true world, Amber. Fantasy author George...