Following the success of Set It Up—which opened to a chorus of “actually kind of good??”s and “great for watching while eating ice cream in your sweatpants”s from critics last week—Netflix is expanding its slate of original rom-coms, touting releases through September in its monthly newsletter. None of them will debut…
Like its lead character, Marvel’s Luke Cage is aware of the upward climb it’s facing in season two. Luke (Mike Colter) cleared his name in Defenders, but when the new episodes begin, he’s wrestling with his newfound fame and obligations, the return of his estranged father (the late, great Reg E. Cathey), and, oh yeah,…
Mark Millar is a major force in Hollywood, making bank on film adaptations of his creator-owned comics Wanted, Kick-Ass, and The Secret Service (which became Kingsman on screen) and playing a significant role in superhero movies by writing the comic-book source material that inspired Marvel’s Avengers franchise and…
Hey, do you like the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Do you love watching Captain America banter with Iron Man and the Black Widow while they engage in thrilling, high-quality superhero action? Do you enjoy dramatic, mind-blowing teases for their future adventures, possibly with a big reveal or two of new footage for…
Adam Sandler isn’t the only Saturday Night Live alum out here pitching film ideas to Netflix. Deadline reports Will Ferrell will write and star in a new comedy inspired by The Eurovision Song Contest, the “popular and long running international TV music competition” which helped launch the careers of artists like ABBA…
Netflix’s American Vandal was one of the most refreshingly smart shows of the last year, a surprisingly emotional parody of our true crime obsessions, pitched through the lens of two teen documentarians investigating the case for, and against, a dopey high school prankster accused of committing a massive, expensive…
Performing a minor miracle of television redemption, Netflix announced today that it’s saving Lucifer’s soul—or, at least, its chance for a fourth season on TV. Variety reports that the streaming service has resurrected the Tom Ellis-starring Vertigo adaptation for another year, after Fox unceremoniously dumped it…
Welcome back to Trailer Happy Hour, where life—by which we mean promotional videos released by film and television studios in order to promote their upcoming projects—finds a way. Today we’ve got men brainwashing wolves, dads pitching CNN shows for their daughters, and the natural consequences of playing Card Against…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the cast of Eddie Murphy’s biopic about comedian Rudy Ray Moore is getting even better (or “muscular,” as THR puts it), with Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Tituss Burgess, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph all joining the cast. The Hollywood Reporter story says that Snipes will…
E3 is winding down, meaning the big announcements like the new Halo and the new Smash Bros. have already been made, leaving only the announcements that are—to be fair—not as exciting as a new Smash Bros. or a new Halo. One such announcement comes from Telltale Games, the studio behind a lot of well-regarded adventure…
Earlier this year, Netflix released yet another droplet in its ever-continuing deluge of TV content, the graphic novel adaptation The End Of The Fucking (or F***king, if you want to be cute about it) World. We ended up liking the series quite a bit (even if, as our own Josh Modell noted at the time, it felt much more…
In accordance with its own “change is good” philosophy, Netflix’s Queer Eye reboot got a makeover in its first season, tweaking its title along with expanding its focus and pool of subjects. The new “Fab Five”—Jonathan Van Ness, Bobby Berk, Tan France, Karamo Brown, and Antoni Porowski—now use their considerable…
Jim Gaffigan wastes no time in his new stand-up special, Noble Ape, jumping immediately into a significant event in his personal life: Yes, he’s grown out his beard, and yes, it makes him look, in the words of his ever-present, falsetto-voiced inner critic, “like an out-of-shape Civil War general.” After a minute or…
Shonda Rhimes has just announced her first new show since making the big move to Netflix, with Variety reporting that the Shondaland mastermind is adapting a version of New York Magazine’s recent piece “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People” for the screen.
Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9. All times are Eastern.
Howdy, internet person, and welcome to Trailer Happy Hour, a dusty refuge on the range where y’all can find the rootinest and/our tootinest teasers and trailers this side of that big ol’ muddy river. Today we have Queer Eye’s return to Netflix, some hashtag branded content coming to a Star Wars game near you, a…
After spending most of the last decade in a Medium Place occupied by the occasional role in a poorly-reviewed dramedy (remember Mr. Church? A Thousand Words?) and recording reggae music in his home studio, Eddie Murphy is making his return to the blue comedy that made him famous. He’s doing so with a starring role in…
When The Staircase first debuted on French TV in 2005, it was barely recognizable as a true-crime documentary. At that time, “true crime” meant Dateline. It meant Nancy Grace, whose smug moralism stands in for the judgments of society in Jean-Xavier de Lestrade’s then eight-part documentary series. More than a decade…
Despite being kind of a mess, the first season of 13 Reasons Why was plenty addictive thanks to its mix of grounded high-school drama, out-there theatrics, and mystery. It was also hugely popular, so season two came along, continuing the “being a mess” part but without the addictive qualities. Apparently, the gambit…
It may seem a little late for happy hour, but it’s never too late for Trailer Happy Hour, the semi-regular A.V. Club feature where we post some trailers that didn’t get their own story earlier in the day. Today we’ve got Matthew McConaughey playing a retro bad dad in White Boy Rick, a teaser for season three of HBO’s …