| | | | What's news: Comic-Con 2022 opened its doors. Amazon ordered a third season of The Wheel of Time. Paramount+ greenlights Teen Wolf spin-off series Wolf Pack. Ricky Martin has a restraining order against him dismissed. Michelle Obama has a new book coming out. Syfy renews Resident Alien — Abid Rahman |
Comic-Con Is Back, Baby! ►The Hughnaissance continues. Paramount and eOne’s Dungeons & Dragons was the first major studio production to hit Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con in three years, bringing in swordplay, a trailer debut and a very funny and scene-stealing Hugh Grant in his first-ever Con appearance. The story.
—"We couldn’t be happier to give fans more reasons to be excited about the show." Amazon Prime Video has given an early season three renewal to its pricey fantasy series The Wheel of Time, it announced Thursday at Comic-Con. Season three will be based on The Shadow Rising, the fourth book in author Robert Jordan’s 14-volume series. The show premiered in November 2021 and became one of Prime Video’s more successful original series. The story.
—Back to the supernatural. Sarah Michelle Gellar will play a lead role in and executive produce Wolf Pack, a Teen Wolf offshoot series on Paramount+. Gellar was a surprise guest at a Comic-Con panel for the series and the streamer's Teen Wolf: The Movie. The story.
—"There was always a temptation to make them smarter, and I’ve always resisted it." Not long now till Paramount+ series Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head, and creator Mike Judge sat down with moderator Paul Scheer for a panel Thursday at SDCC, sharing footage and also teased new developments for a variety of other projects included updates of Daria and King of the Hill. The story.
—Announce Cage you cowards! Harvey Keitel will guest star in Disney+'s National Treasure: Edge of History, a series based on the movie franchise starring Nicolas Cage. Keitel will reprise his role as Peter Sadusky, an FBI agent who investigated the theft of the Declaration of Independence. The news was announced Thursday during a panel for the series at Comic-Con. The story.
—"[Gene Roddenberry would ] be turning in his grave at some of this stuff." William Shatner closed out the first night of San Diego Comic-Con in style — with plenty of cursing and a look back at his storied career. In an hour-long chat with emcee Kevin Smith, the 91-year-old actor talked about aging, space travel (both real and fictional) and his place in the pop culture consciousness. The story. |
Jan. 6 Summer Hearings Draw to a Damning Close ►"A devastating indictment." THR's Frank Scheck reflects on the House Jan. 6 committee's Thursday hearing that detailed Donald Trump's actions, or lack thereof, during the 187 minutes he spent at the White House before addressing his violent followers, writing that it made for riveting and powerfully disturbing television. The critic's notebook.
—"I will never be a hater." Scandal-plagued former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is planning his comeback — and it’s a podcast. Cuomo on Thursday launched The Chris Cuomo Project, an interview podcast with plans to release two episodes per week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The story.
—"I was victim of a lie." Just hours after a judge in Puerto Rico dismissed a restraining order issued against Ricky Martin on Thursday, the artist spoke out and said that this legal situation has been "hurtful." "A lie can cause so much harm. It harmed me, my husband, my kids, my parents, my family," Martin said in a video that was shared with the media by his publicist. The story.
—No signs of foul play. Shonka Dukureh, who played Big Mama Thornton in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, was found dead Thursday in a bedroom at her home in Nashville, police said. She was 44. Nashville police said there were no signs of foul play. Autopsy results are pending from the medical examiner. The story.
—Honorees. George Clooney, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, singer Gladys Knight, the rock band U2, and composer, conductor and educator Tania León have been revealed as the honorees for the 45th Kennedy Center Honors. The ceremony will be held Dec. 4 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The story. |
Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Drops First Poster ►"The World Forever Changes." Universal has dropped the first poster for Christopher Nolan's hotly anticipated, star-packed biopic Oppenheimer. The poster features J. Robert Oppenheimer, one of the fathers of the atomic bomb, dwarfed by a giant ball of fire. Cillian Murphy plays Oppenheimer and the cast includes Kenneth Branagh, Michael Angarano, Robert Downey Jr., Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Florence Pugh, Rami Malek, Benny Safdie, Josh Hartnett, Dane DeHaan, Jack Quaid and Matthew Modine. The poster.
—A profane first. Deadpool and its sequel, along with Logan, are coming to Disney+ today. The additions mark a turning point for the streamer as they will be the first R-rated movies available on the otherwise (mostly) family-friendly service. The story.
—Dethroned at last. After four record-breaking weeks, Stranger Things was dethroned from the No. 1 spot in Nielsen’s streaming rankings. Another Netflix series, The Umbrella Academy, took the lead for the week of June 20-26. Its third season premiered June 22, and the show racked up 2.45b minutes of viewing time for the week. The streaming chart.
—Sticking around. Syfy has given an early third-season renewal to Resident Alien. The pickup comes three weeks ahead of the series' return for the back half of its second season on Aug. 10. Resident Alien stars Alan Tudyk as Harry, an extraterrestrial who’s sent to Earth on a mission to destroy all humans. The story.
—New book coming. Michelle Obama will have a book out this fall, The Light We Carry, in which she reflects upon her experiences and shares insights on navigating an increasingly stressful world. It’s the former first lady’s first entirely new work since the 2018 release of her acclaimed blockbuster Becoming, which has sold more than 17m copies. The story. |
Why Individual Stories Get Lost in the Fight for Abortion Rights ►"No one is asking them what they need, or even what they think." Documentary filmmaker Dawn Porter depicted the struggle of Southern abortion clinics when they were under legislative attack in 2016. Now, after the reversal of Roe v. Wade six years later, Porter, in a guest column for THR, again asks why the women aren't being centered in the conversation. The column.
—Heading back online. A spike in COVID cases in Los Angeles has forced the Television Critics Association summer press tour to go virtual. The TCA had been slated to hold its first in-person version of the press tour in more than two years, beginning July 27. But with a rise in cases and Los Angeles County on the verge of reimposing an indoor mask mandate, several media companies informed the group that they planned to shift to virtual sessions. The story.
—Team in place. Warner Bros. Discovery has unveiled its restructured communications team, led by Nathaniel Brown after he recently came on board as chief corporate communications officer. Megan Klein will be in charge of corporate communications with Laura Watson overseeing executive communications. The story.
—Going back to the well. After dropping HBO Max as a bundle perk for new unlimited mobile phone plans following AT&T’s sale of WarnerMedia to Discovery, the telecom giant is eyeing possibly rebundling the streaming service as a promotion to draw new customers. AT&T CEO John Stankey said the company may consider reoffering a free subscription to HBO Max for new unlimited wireless customers. The story. |
Thank Pod It's Friday► All the latest content from THR's podcast studio. — TV's Top 5. Lesley Goldberg and Dan Fienberg break down the latest TV news. The guys begin by running through the week's headline makers, including the latest on broadcast pilot season and San Diego Comic-Con. Alex Weprin pops by to talk over Netflix's Q2 earnings report. The hosts ruminate on the sad and abrupt end of Showtime's Desus & Mero. THR’s resident Westeros expert James Hibberd joins the show to go inside his excellent cover story on the House of the Dragon. And Dan reviews HBO Max’s Rap Sh!t and The Last Movie Stars. Listen here. — Awards Chatter. Awards analyst Scott Feinberg talks to the great and the good of Hollywood. In this episode, Scott speaks to Bill Hader. The SNL standout turned HBO auteur reflects on why he owes his career to Megan Mullally, what prevented him from enjoying his eight years in 30 Rock’s Studio 8H and how his work in the indie film The Skeleton Twins led to the opportunity to co-create, write, direct and star in Barry. Listen here. In other news... —Florence Pugh attempts to expose secrets of idyllic utopia in new Don’t Worry Darling trailer —Harry Styles starrer My Policeman to world premiere at Toronto Film Festival —Netflix sets K-Drama revenge series The Glory —Which service is that show on? New app debuts amid crowded streaming market —After commercial walk-off, a major union drive for production workers begins —Netflix vp product Todd Yellin to exit in September — Tracy McGrath, veteran physical production executive, dies at 65 What else we're reading... —Oliver Milman looks at how the super rich's penchant for taking short flights on their private jets is coming under mounting criticism [ Guardian] —Jaweed Kaleem reports on Hollywood’s growing use of the Baltic countries for production, with shows like Stranger Things shooting there, but the presence isn’t without tension [ LAT] —Critic Maya Phillips writes that the antihero in the Peak TV era "has become a gross parody of itself" [ NYT] —Hard to escape the feeling that NFTs might not be such a great idea: "Minecraft-based NFT project in disarray after Minecraft bans NFTs" [ Vice] —Here's your Friday list: "Volcano films – ranked!" [ Guardian] Today... ...in 1996, Comedy Central unveiled a news-driven variety series, The Daily Show, with host Craig Kilborn. The original review. Today's birthdays: Selena Gomez (30), Danny Glover (76), Willem Dafoe (67), Rhys Ifans (55), Albert Brooks (75), Terence Stamp (84), John Leguizamo (62), Franka Potente (48), Adam Godley (58), David Spade (58), Paul Schrader (76), Clive Standen (41), Skyler Gisondo (26), A.J. Cook (44), Isabelle Cornish (28), Keegan Allen (33), Jaime Camil (49), Rob Estes (59), Blake Harrison (37), Rufus Wainwright (49), S.E. Hinton (74), George Clinton (81) |
| Taurean Blacque, who portrayed the streetwise Det. Neal Washington on all seven seasons of the acclaimed NBC cop show Hill Street Blues, died Thursday in Atlanta following a brief illness, his family announced. He was 82. The obituary. |
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