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The Origin of Santa Claus Trailer: Netflix’s Klaus!

Netflix is getting back into the Christmas business (following its fun The Christmas Chronicles starring Kurt Russell as Santa Claus) with an animated feature called simply Klaus – which tells the origin story of the jolly red-suited one. Klaus will premiere on Netflix on November 15th.

The trailer suggests it will be a fun romp – and we can all use one of those during the hectic holiday season. A selection of first look photos has also been released.

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Starz’s Alternate Worlds Spy Thriller Counterpart Returns!

At the Office of Interchange, those who have high enough access, safeguard a crossing into a parallel dimension not unlike our own. And if their world is like ours, who are we over there? Are we better? Are we different?

Season two of Counterpart – premiering on Sunday, December 9th (10/9C) – finds Howard and Howard Alpha stranded in each other’s world. Now they get to live out the answers to those questions.

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No Activity Gets Cocky In Season 2 Trailer!

Despite never actually doing anything, Detective Judd Tolbeck is under suspicion of corruption in season two of No Activity – CBS All Access’ police anti-action series.

Guest stars joining the show this season include Jessica Alba, Chris Gethard, Max Greenfield, Joe Manganiello, Cristin Milioti and Nasim Pedrad, among others.

No Activity: Season Two premieres on Thursday, November 22nd. The redband equivalent trailer follows.

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STARZ ANNOUNCES SEASON TWO WORLDWIDE PREMIERE DATE FOR COUNTERPART!

A cold war and the closing of the door between Earths leave both Howards in extreme situations. Howard Prime takes on his other’s life: going to his job, living in his home… with his wife. Howard Alpha is locked in a mysterious black site known as Echo, cut off from everyone he knows.

Counterpart: Season 2 will premiere day and date on Starz in the U.S., the UK and Germany (exclusively on STARZPLAY via Prime Video Channels in the UK and Germany) on December 9th (9/8C).

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Counterpart Season Two Adds Get Out’s Betty Gabriel, Begins Production!

Counterpart – Howard silk (J.K. Simmons), Aldrich (Ulrich Thomsen) and Howard silk (J.K. Simmons) – Photo courtesy of Starz.

Starz’s original spy thriller/parallel Earth series Counterpart (Sundays,  has begun production on season two in Berlin – and added Get Out actor Betty Gabriel as Naya Temple – a recent addition to the Office of Interchange from the FBI.

On Counterpart, When Howard Silk discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double-cross… where the only man he can trust is his near-identical counterpart from this parallel world.

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Starz Sets Sneak Peak for Counterpart!

Howard Silk (Oscar®-winner J.K. Simmons) is a lowly cog in the bureaucratic machinery of a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency. When Howard discovers that his organization safeguards the secret of a crossing into a parallel dimension, he is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue, danger, and double cross…

Starz has released a featurette in which series creator Justin Marks, Simmons and Nicholas Pinnock talk about the show.

Counterpart premieres on Starz on Sunday, January 21st, 2018 (9/8C). The network will sneak peak the series premiere following the third season finale of Outlander.

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When You Walk Through That Door Trailer: Counterpart!

Counterpart – Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons), Aldritch (Ulrich Thomsen) and Howard Silk (J.K. Simmons) – Photo courtesy of Starz.

Howard Silk is not having a good day. He’s just discovered – in the most devastating way – that the he works in a building that houses a door to another Earth.

Counterpart premieres on Starz on Sunday, January 21, 2018.

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Production Begun On Starz Drama Counterpart!

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A lowly cog in a bureaucratic agency, discovers that the agency he works for is really guarding a crossing into a parallel dimension (of course there’s much more to it than that…).

In a nutshell, that’s the basic premise for Starz’s new drama series, Counterpart. Production on the series – which stars Oscar®-winner J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams and Harry Lloyd – is underway. Mortyn Tyldum (The Imitation Game, Passengers) directed the first episode.

A premiere date for the series is to be determined. For more, read on.

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Terminator Genisys – Close But No T-800!

Left to right: Series T-800 Robot and Jai Courtney plays Kyle Reese in Terminator Genisys from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.
Left to right: Series T-800 Robot and Jai Courtney plays Kyle Reese in Terminator Genisys from Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions.

After the abysmal Terminator 3 and Terminator Salvation, I had virtually no expectations going into Terminator Genisys – it could hardly have been worse than those two movies, right?

Well, right – but not by nearly enough to warrant a $170 million budget. Even with Arnold back and some great performances ( by Emilia Clarke and Jason Clarke), Terminator Genisys falls short.

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