Peacock Lost 500,000 Subscribers Before Hiking Its Prices

This month, Peacock hiked up the rates for its upper tiers ahead of this week’s Olympic games in Paris. Apparently, half a million Peacock subscribers didn’t wait around for those price increases to go into effect. According to the Comcast’s shareholder report for its second quarter of 2024, Peacock shed 500,000 paying subscribers between April

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A New Batman Series On Max Is No Longer Moving Forward

This fall, Max’s original series The Penguin will help bridge the gap between The Batman and The Batman Part II. However, the second planned spin-off series centered on Arkham Asylum is no longer going forward at Max. Via Variety, Arkham Asylum was intended to be Max’s second series in The Batman’s continuity. Antonio Campos was

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Deadpool And Wolverine’s Villain Was Inspired By Willy Wonka

Casual comic book movie fans have probably never heard of Cassandra Nova before Deadpool and Wolverine. That’s because this will be the first time that the X-Men villain has been featured in live-action. But when it came time to develop Cassandra’s on-screen persona, Emma Corrin had an unconventional source of inspiration: Gene Wilder’s portrayal of

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Inside Out 2 Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide

Pixar’s Inside Out 2 has become the first movie of 2024 to pass $1 billion worldwide after its third No. 1 finish in a row. The smash hit added $57 million to its domestic total, and edged out A Quiet Place: Day One, which finished in second with $53 million in its opening weekend. Inside

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Get 3 Months Of Kindle Unlimited For Free Ahead Of Prime Day 2024

Ahead of Prime Day 2024, Amazon is offering Prime Members a free three-month subscription to Kindle Unlimited. Normally, Kindle Unlimited costs $12/month, meaning this special promo saves you $36. Kindle Unlimited includes access to over four million ebooks, digital comics, manga, and magazines in Amazon’s library. Many titles even come with free audiobook versions that

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Street Fighter Reboot Movie Lands 2026 Release Date

Thirty years ago, Universal brought Capcom’s fighting game franchise, Street Fighter, to the big screen with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ming-Na Wen, Kylie Minogue, and the late Raul Julia in the leading roles. 20th Century Fox rebooted the franchise in 2009 which Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, which featured Kristin Kreuk in the title role.

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New Collector’s Edition Tolkien Books Up For Preorder

The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, and The Silmarillion are all getting multiple new collector’s editions later this year, giving Tolkien fans a new way to display their favorite books in their home. Each of the books are premium hardcover editions featuring striking new cover designs, and some include interior illustrations or additional

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The Acolyte Just Brought Back The Most Random Jedi

Warning: This article contains a small spoiler about a minor character appearance in Episode 4 of Star Wars: The Acolyte. One of the more appealing aspects of Star Wars: The Acolyte has been its standalone nature, taking place so far before the main parts of the franchise that it feels pretty separate. But the further

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Sony’s Until Dawn Movie Lines Up Its Cast

In 2015, Sony and Supermassive Games’ Until Dawn gave gamers an interactive experience that was inspired by countless horror films that came before it. The game was so well-received that there’s a remake on the way for PlayStation 5 and PC, and an Until Dawn feature film that was announced in January. Now, the movie

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Movie Trailers Are Killing Movies

A great movie trailer can single handedly turn a movie into a success story–like that genius Cloverfield trailer in 2007 that didn’t say what the title of the movie was. But it’s more common these days, I’d argue, for a trailer to have the opposite impact. A generic trailer can so thoroughly dampen hype for

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Blue Beetle Animated Series Is In The Works — Report

The Blue Beetle movie had a very modest $130.8 million worldwide take when it hit theaters last year. While those numbers weren’t high enough to guarantee a Blue Beetle sequel, DC Studios is reportedly planning an animated series that may feature Xolo Maridueña and the rest of the supporting cast reprising their roles from the

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Marvel’s Blade Reboot Loses Another Director

Mahershala Ali and Kevin Feige jointly announced Marvel’s Blade reboot in 2019, but getting the movie off the ground has been no easy task. The new film has been plagued by script problems and delays. Director Bassam Tariq exited the project in 2022. Now, Tariq’s replacement, Yann Demange, has also stepped down from Blade. The

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Review Roundup For The Boys Season 4

The Boys are back in town for what has, ahead of its premiere, been announced to be its penultimate season. The over-the-top superhero satire series will be returning to Prime Video for Season 4 on June 13, with three episodes, followed by weekly releases. As reviews have begun to spring up online, we’re rounding up

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The Minecraft Manga Is Real, Available To Preorder

You probably already know that Minecraft will soon be getting an official movie and a TV show, but did you know it’ll also be a manga in the near future, too? Well, technically it already exists–the Minecraft manga originally made its debut in 2020 in CoroCoro magazine, but its finally getting an English localization by

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How Gen V Will Handle Chance Perdomo’s Death In Season 2

Gen V actor Chance Perdomo tragically passed away earlier this year in a motorcycle accident, just before Season 2 was due to begin filming. The producers said they would take their time to “recraft” the Season 2 storylines in the wake of Perdomo’s death, subsequently saying they would not recast Perdomo’s character, Andre Anderson. Now

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Zack Snyder’s 300 Getting A TV Adaptation

Variety is reporting that a TV series adaptation of the Dark Horse comic and Zack Snyder film 300 is in early development at Warner Bros. Television. While plot details are still being worked out, sources say the show would act as a prequel to the 2006 film. No writer or stars are currently attached to

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Mike Flanagan Is Terrified To Reboot The Exorcist

As announced earlier this week, Mike Flanagan has officially signed on to direct the next Exorcist movie, which is a clean break from the previously planned trilogy. Flanagan has a “radical new take” on the classic franchise. But that doesn’t mean he isn’t intimidated by the task at hand. “For The Exorcist specifically, I’m f***ing

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Giancarlo Esposito’s First Marvel Movie Revealed

Earlier this month, Giancarlo Esposito couldn’t resist telling fans at CCXP Mexico that he had finally been cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. At the time, Esposito declined to share any details about his character or where he would show up. But he did say it would happen “sooner than you think.” And he was

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Black Mirror Creator Teases USS Callister Sequel

In 2017, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker opened up the fourth season with USS Callister, an episode that featured Jesse Plemons as Robert Daly, a man who trapped digital clones of his colleagues in his own classic Star Trek-inspired world. It was a living hell for the clones until Nanette Cole (Cristin Milioti) led a

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Nicholas Galitzine Has The Power As Live-Action He-Man

Nicholas Galitzine has The Power! Amazon MGM has announced that the Idea Of You star has landed the role of the live-action He-Man for the long-delayed Masters of the Universe movie. The Travis Knight-helmed (Bumblebee) production is aiming for a 2026 release. Chris Butler is writing the screenplay after David Callaham and the Nee brothers

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One Of The Best Mad Max Game Characters Is In Furiosa

Director George Miller recently shared his dissatisfaction with the 2015 Mad Max video game while promoting his latest film in the franchise, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Despite Miller’s apparent disdain for the adaptation of his characters, he used one of the original creations from the game in a cameo appearance in Furiosa itself. Warning:

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Ending Explained

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is focused on the young woman Furiosa and how she became the person that we saw in Mad Max: Fury Road, but this saga also charts the rise and fall of the warlord Dementus, who spends nearly two decades rampaging all over the post-apocalyptic wasteland, causing all sorts of trouble

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Venom: The Last Dance Will Be The Final Venom Movie

The first Venom movie with Tom Hardy marked the beginning of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe, which has yet to included Spider-Man himself. Instead of using Spidey, Sony has put villains and supporting characters into leading roles. Unlike the films that came after it, including Morbius and Madame Web, Venom was actually successful. However, the upcoming third

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House Of The Dragon Season 3 Is Deep Into Writing Phase

The Game of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon comes back this June for its sophomore season, but could the story span another season? It sure sounds like it. Writer Sara Hess told Entertainment Weekly that she and showrunner Ryan Condal are planning a third season, which backs up previous comments from George R.R. Martin

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Humble Bundle Offers 61 Doctor Who Comics For $25

Doctor Who is a series with a ton of history and unique stories thanks to the universe-spanning, time-hopping adventures of its protagonist, the Doctor, and the frequent regeneration that shapes them into a new character every so often. While the franchise is best known for the long-running BBC series, there are also many comics that

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Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes Ending Explained

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes takes place “many generations” after the last movie–we’re talking hundreds of years here–and so it gets to establish a new franchise status quo for how things are going on Earth. We learn about the new way of things through the eyes of Noa, a small-town chimp from the

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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Will Be Released Late In 2024

While the release of new Star Wars shows on Disney+ has slowed down from the pace of the last few years, The Acolyte won’t be the only new live-action series this year. Via Collider, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew co-creator Jon Watts confirmed at CCXP Mexico that his series will be released around Christmas. Assuming that

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The Roku Home Screen Is Getting Video Ads

Roku CEO Anthony Wood has revealed the company’s plans to introduce video ads to the Roku home screen. This move, discussed during Roku’s Q1 2024 earnings call last week, aligns with the broader trend in the streaming industry where ads are becoming more prevalent, raising concerns for some viewers. During the call, Wood highlighted the

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Westworld Blu-Ray Box Set Is Half Off Right Now At Amazon

Bad news: Westworld, the futuristic show about lifelike robots finding their humanity, is no longer available to stream on Max, despite that service encompassing HBO, where Westworld originally aired. There’s good news too, though: You can currently grab Westworld: The Complete Series on Blu-ray from Amazon at a deep discount. The box set includes all

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Diablo TV Show Is A Great Idea, Blizzard Boss Says

Diablo GM Rod Fergusson has said a Diablo TV series could work, in part because its story is one of good versus evil, and that’s something many people can relate to and understand. Speaking to Windows Central, Fergusson said, “Yeah, I definitely think it could work.” You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.

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Catch Up On The Dandadan Manga With These Deals

There’s no guarantee that a manga series will make a successful transition to anime, but the odds seem to be in Dandadan’s favor. The mix of homicidal hauntings, alien invasions, and high school drama made Yukinobu Tatsu’s series an immediate hit when it first premiered in 2021, and now it’s getting an anime adaptation from

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Fallout Season 2 Is Happening, Amazon Confirms

Ahead of the series premiere of Fallout last week, some fans of the franchise worried that dropping all of the Season 1 episodes on a single day might hurt its chances for renewal. Fortunately, that didn’t turn out to be the case. Amazon Prime Video has officially renewed the series, and Fallout Season 2 is

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Band of Brothers Blu-Ray Is 50% Off At Amazon

Band of Brothers first aired in 2001 and remains one of the best shows HBO has ever produced. The Emmy Award-winning series holds up remarkably well, and if you’ve yet to watch it (or are a long-time fan), you can pick it up in a Blu-ray box set that includes its sibling series, The Pacific,

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