Now that Disney+ is streaming Pixar’s Onward, the streaming service has announced that the Simpsons short film that played with it in theaters – Maggie Simpson in Playdate with Destiny – will premiere on the service tomorrow.
Award-winning actor Lisa Kudrow has joined the cast of Netflix’s Space Force where she’ll play Maggie Naird, the wife of Steve Carell’s General Mark R. Naird – the man tasked with creating the sixth branch of the American military, Space Force. Space Force will premiere on May 29th.
As part of Sesame Workshop’s Caring for Each Other Initiative, WarnerMedia will simulcast the half-hour special Sesame Street: Elmo’s Playdate across its networks on Tuesday, April 14th. Elmo will be joined by celebrity guests Lin-Manuel Miranda, Anne Hathaway and Tracee Ellis Ross.
Chris Hemsworth is mercenary Tyler Rake in Netflix’s Extraction – a specialist in getting people out of tough situations, he is hired to retrieve an imprisoned drug lord’s kidnapped son. Extraction premieres on Friday, April 24th. Check out the trailer below.
Sundays in May will be big movie nights at CBS. The network will air beloved classics Forrest Gump, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Mission: Impossible and Titanic in the 8:00-11:00 (ET/PT) time slot over the five Sundays in May.
Cartoon Network has further expanded its response to the coronavirus pandemic with a new initiative – CNCheckIn – that helps kids stay safe, creative and entertained during this uncertain time.
AMC Networks have launched an initiative called We’re with You – placing hours of free programming from AMC, BBC America, IFC, SundanceTV and Sundance Now in front of the netwroks’ paywalls. Programming includes the first half of AMC’s The Walking Dead: Season 10; a series of free nature documentaries from BBC America, and full seasons […]
Starz has announced the greenlighting of Black Mafia Family from executive producers Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson and Randy Huggins. The series – inspired by a true story – follows ‘ the larger-than-life Flenory brothers to the deadly, high-stakes world they inhabited.’
HBO, TNT and TBS are highlighting dozens of action movies that are available to stream on HBO, TBS and TNT while staying safe at home. Titles include (in no particular order): Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Shazam!, John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, Black Panther, Shooter and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, among others.
The Film Detective (TFD), a classic media streaming network and film archive which restores classic films, is offering a brief escape from these challenging times with the light-hearted side of classic film and television. During the month of April, TFD will run classic films by the likes of Charlie Chaplin, The Three Stooges, Buster Keaton […]
Disney’s Artemis Fowl – the tale of how the world’s greatest (and youngest) criminal mastermind comes into his own – will now premiere on Disney+ (it had been set for theatrical release on May 28th. The Disney+ premiere date is TBD. Check out the trailer below.