Sizzling Samachar of the Day

The hit Netflix series Squid Game is set to release its second season in 2024, and the streaming giant has announced four new cast members for the second season. The Korean survival drama series has added former K-pop singer and The Attorney star Im Siwan along with Midnight Runners actor Kang Ha Neul, The Glory star Park Sung Hoon, and Yang Dong Geun, the star of the Disney+ K-drama Connect.

Sony LIV has announced that the highly-anticipated Scam 2003: The Telgi Story is set to release this year. The Hansal Mehta series will be a direct adaptation of journalist Sanjay Singh’s book Reporter Ki Diary, which focuses on the infamous stamp paper scam involving counterfeiter Abdul Karim Telgi. The series will premiere on 2nd September this year on Sony LIV.

DC’s latest big-budget release, The Flash, has been met with mixed reactions from both critics and audiences. However, DC Films co-head James Gunn appears to be convinced that The Flash director Andy Muschietti can shoulder the responsibility of a major big-budget DC project. A report from Variety claims that Muschietti will be helming the new Batman reboot based on the Brave and the Bold comics....

XO, Kitty, the spin-off series to the To All the Boys films on Netflix, has been renewed for a second season. The series revolves around Anna Cathcart’s character Kitty, and chronicles her life at a school in Seoul, South Korea. Netflix is yet to announce a release date for the second season.

The writer’s strike in the US has forced Disney to reschedule some of its biggest releases. Fortunately for Deadpool fans, the release date for Deadpool 3 has been moved up from November 8th, 2024, to May 4th 2024. However, Captain America: Brave New World, has been pushed from May 3rd 2024, to July 26, 2024. Other MCU releases in 2024 have also been delayed with Thunderbolts being moved to Dec 24...

Sony’s Spider-Man franchise is in full swing with the recent success of Spider-Man: Across the Spidervrse having drummed up much hype about the upcoming spinoffs Madame Web and Kraven the Hunter, and the video game Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. The studio has now announced that Venom 3 starring Tom Hardy is set for a Halloween 2024 release. Ted Lasso star Juno Temple, who was recently cast in the film, r...

Bryan Cranston, the four-time Emmy Award-winning star of Breaking Bad, has announced his retirement from acting. In an interview with British GQ, the veteran actor explained that he will retire in 2026 so that he can spend more time with his family. The acclaimed actor was last seen in the Showtime drama series Your Honor, and he will next appear in Wes Anderson’s highly anticipated film Asteroid...

Despite mounting speculation that Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana was postponed indefinitely, a new report by Pinkvilla confirms that the project is said to go on the floors by December this year or early next year. Alia Bhatt will reportedly star opposite her husband Ranbir Kapoor in the upcoming film. The couple will essay the roles of Ram and Sita, while Kannada superstar Yash will reportedly slip int...

Nitesh Tiwari's highly anticipated adaptation of Ramayana, starring Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor and Premam actress Sai Pallavi has been put on hold as per various reports. Tiwari will instead focus his attention on another project which was announced earlier this year. Deepika Padukone and Hrithik Roshan were also reportedly cast in the project. The news comes as another Ramayana adaptation, Adip...

In other news, Ranbir Kapoor has shot for an important cameo in Aryan Khan's directorial debut web series Stardom. The star kid has been leaving no stone unturned to ensure the success of his maiden project and has been involved in the writing, casting, and pre-production for the series. Currently filming in Mumbai, the series has garnered much attention with Ranbir Kapoor's surprise visit to the...

Pathaan director Siddharth Anand has reportedly become the highest-paid director from the Yash Raj Films stable, after collecting a reported fee of Rs.40 crores for the upcoming film Tiger vs Pathaan. The news comes as no surprise considering the Shah Rukh Khan film Pathaan shattered box-office records earlier this year. The much-awaited Tiger vs Pathaan is the next film in YRF’s spyverse and will...

Popular web series actor Bhuvan Arora, who is best known for Farzi, has been cast alongside Bollywood star Kartik Aryan in a new film. Both actors will appear in Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Ek Tha Tiger, and 83 director Kabir Khan’s next film. Arora announced the news of the collaboration and the latest project, but further details have been kept under wraps.

Popular Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh is set to play the titular role in Imtiaz Ali’s upcoming film Amar Singh Chamkila. Dosanjh will play the role of the legendary Punjabi rockstar Amar Singh Chamkila, who is widely regarded as a trailblazer in the Punjabi music industry. The Netflix film will be a musical and also stars Parineeti Chopra in pivotal roles. The streaming giant released the first tr...

Filmmaker Quentin Tarantino recently announced that he has begun work on what could be his final film. Titled The Movie Critic, the film was initially speculated to be about film critic Pauline Kael, but Tarantino has contradicted these claims. He has confirmed that it will be about a man who wrote film criticisms on a page in a pornographic magazine. The auteur also added that he is looking for a...

The highly anticipated third instalment of Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds, has finally begun filming. Hugh Jackman will reprise his role as Wolverine from Fox’s X-Men franchise, while Morena Baccarin, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni, Brianna Hildebrand, Shioli Kutsuna, and Stefan Kapičić will reprise their roles from the previous films. Shawn Levy replaces David Leitch as director, and the film is set...

The God of mischief, Loki, is set to return to television after DIsney+ announced that the second season of Loki will premiere later this year. The new season will be released on October 6 during this year’s Halloween. The first season ended in a major cliffhanger, with major implications for the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe. Tom Hiddleston will reprise his role as Loki, and he will be joined b...

James Cameron’s blockbuster, Avatar: The Way of Water, is set for an OTT release on Disney+ Hotstar. Fans of the hit franchise won’t have to wait much longer to dive into the mesmerising world of Pandora as the film is set to drop on the streaming platform on June 7th. We’re surely looking forward to experiencing this big screen extravaganza at home.

Ranveer Singh’s sports film 83, based on the heroic performance by the Indian cricket team at the 1983 World Cup, may not have impressed at the box office when it released, following multiple setbacks due to the pandemic. But it appears the film is now set to be bestowed with a unique honour later this year. The inspiring tale of how the underdog Indian cricket team overcame the mighty West Indies...

The much-awaited second season of HBO’s superhit drama The Last of Us is likely to be delayed. Like many others, the production of the show has been temporarily suspended due to the Writers Guild of America strike. Sources share that the show was in the process of casting for new characters and had begun the process of adapting scenes from the video game into the script

Bollywood star Arjun Rampal is set to make his Telugu debut in Anil Ravipudi’s untitled film starring Balakrishna. The film also stars Kajal Aggarwal and Sreeleela in pivotal roles, while Rampal will slip into the role of the main antagonist. Director Ravipudi has revealed that Rampal has been practising his lines in Telugu in order to give more authenticity to his performance.

The White Lotus star Theo James has been cast in James Wan’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s short story, The Monkey. The plot revolves around twin brothers Bill and Hall who stumble upon their father’s toy monkey, only to realise that a series of gruesome deaths have begun occurring around them since they found the toy. Wan will serve as executive producer and the film will be directed by O...

Recent rumours claimed that Ghajini, Aamir Khan’s blockbuster remake of Christopher Nolan’s 2000 hit Memento, is planning a sequel. But when an entertainment portal reached out to producer Allu Arvind to confirm the loose report, he vehemently dismissed it. The producer shared that there were no plans to make a sequel of the Aamir Khan-Asin starrer about the man who struggles with memory loss whil...

Abbott Elementary, Cobra Kai, Yellowjackets, all the Late Night shows including Late Night with Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and SNL are among the several American TV programs that were forced to halt production following the writer’s strike being enforced across America. The Writers Guild of America recently announced the strike after negotiations with...

13 Reasons Why star Miles Heizer will essay the lead in the upcoming queer marine corp series, titled The Corps. The Netflix comedy-drama series will be set in the 90s and will tell the story of a bullied high school student named Cameron. The 10-episode series will also feature The Conjuring star Vera Farmiga and Vampire Academy’s Max Parker. The series is based on the memoirs by U.S. Marine Greg...

Avatar the Last Airbender, the universally-acclaimed animated series is set to continue its story with a sequel. In a joint production with Nickelodeon Animation, Avatar Studios, and Paramount, the film will tell the story of Avatar Aang and his friends in a magical world ravaged by war. The film will likely be set during the events of the animated series and its sequel series The Legend of Korra....