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Netflix releases Lost in Space, the streaming service’s reinterpretation of the legendary TV science-fiction show about a planet-tossed family, an overprotective robot, and a curiously unhelpful doctor. The Robinson family, part of a highly trained mission to establish a new colony in space, is unexpectedly pulled off course forcing them to crash land on a lost planet. Danger will find them. Lost in Space premieres April 13, 2018.
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The first teaser for Marvel Television’s Inhumans on ABC has been released. Inhumans is currently being filmed in Hawaii, with Iron Fist showrunner Scott Buck heading up the project. The cast includes Anson Mount as Black Bolt; Serinda Swan as Medusa; Iwan Rheon as Maximus; Ken Leung as Karnak; Eme Ikwuakor as Gorgon; Isabelle Cornish as Crystal; Sonja Balmores as Auran; and Ellen Woglom in an unnamed role. Inhumans’ two-part season premiere will debut in IMAX theaters September 1, before its television debut on ABC September 26.
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Happy Birthday Betty White Television icon Betty White celebrates turning 95 on January 17. Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric caught up with “The Golden Girls” star to talk about her secrets to a long and vibrant life, her storied career and her positive outlook.
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After years and years of development, abandoned film scripts and more than a few canceled ongoing comic series, the long-awaited moment has arrived: “Runaways” is making a major comeback in the form of a television series. A live-action adaptation of the fan-favorite/bordering-on-iconic Marvel comic just got ordered to series by Hulu, where it will become the latest in a long line of streaming Marvel Television series. Of course “Runaways” marks a change in how Marvel Television has previously operated; instead of arriving on Netflix like “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones” and “Luke…
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In the blink of a tornado’s eye, 20-year-old Dorothy Gale and a K9 police dog are swept into a world far removed from our own – a mystical land of competing realms, lethal warriors, dark magic and a bloody battle for supremacy. Starring Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil, Jurassic World) as the guileful Wizard and directed by the visionary Tarsem Singh across three European countries, this is Oz completely reimagined – a place where familiar characters show up in fresh, unexpected ways, and where an unsuspecting young woman holds the fate of…
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The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 4 Night Crossover Event Trailer It’s the biggest and best superhero team-up ever! The epic four night crossover event begins Monday November 28th featuring all-new episodes of The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow!
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Live action Superman on television and movies in the last 77 years has been played by nine actors. Kirk Alyn the first actor to play the DC Comics character Superman in live-action for the 1948 movie serial Superman and its 1950 sequel Atom Man vs. Superman. Alyn played Superman in the first Superman movie serial, released in 1948. The serial consisted of 15 episodes which recounted Superman’s arrival on Earth, getting a job as a reporter at the Daily Planet newspaper, and meeting Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. The main…
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When news broke the 60’s animated Batman series was being revived in a new film, fans could help but say “Holy smokes, Batman!” The iconic series showcases one of the hero’s most recognizable portrayals as Adam West famously voiced Gotham’s vigilante. Now, the first full trailer for Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders has dropped, and it’s bringing back all sorts of nostalgia for Batman fanatics. The new film makes Batman more colorful – and campy – than ever in its first full trailer. The footage starts off by revealing…
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CW Executive Mark Pedowitz confirmed that Barry Allen will be coming to the CW lineup this season. Currently the main character in DC’s ongoing comic book series of the same name, this version of The Flash will start as a recurring character on Arrow in the 2013-2014 second season, Pedowitz confirmed. Over at THR, they have the direct quote from Pedowitz’s presentation at the Television Critics’ Association press tour, confirming Allen and stating that the story will start with his origin: “We plan to introduce the recurring character of Barry…
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Beware the Batman is a computer-animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on July 13, 2013 as part of their DC Nation block. It is the replacement for Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The new Batman Series on Cartoon Networks DCU block is reminiscent of the recent Batman Earth One by Geoff Johns. If you have not read it I highly recommend it. The reason I draw your attention to Geoff Johns’ story is the Alfred…
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Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. coming to ABC Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET this fall! Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange, and the unknown across the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage, Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) expert pilot and martial artist, Agent…
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ADULTS ONLY MATURE THEME Game of Thrones is an American medieval fantasy television series created for HBO by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. The series is based on author George R. R. Martin’s best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of seven planned fantasy novels, the first of which is called A Game of Thrones. The series debuted in the U.S. on April 17, 2011. Game of Thrones has been well received, and garnered a loyal fan-base. The series was picked up for a fourth season on April…
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Avengers Assemble is an upcoming animated series, based on the fictional Marvel Comics superhero team the Avengers, which has been designed to capitalize on the success of the 2012 film adaptation. Avengers Assemble will premiere on May 26, 2013, on Disney XD. The series will be a replacement and a possible continuation for The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Jeph Loeb, Head of Marvel Television and a producer on the series, stated that the series is intended to closely echo the tone and feel of the 2012 The Avengers film. Get…
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Disney XD has announced premiere dates for its new animated series Marvel’s Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. The successor to the cable channel’s popular The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Avengers Assemble will receive a preview Sunday, May 26 at 11 a.m. ET/PT before making its official premiere in the same time slot Sunday, July 7. Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. will debut Sunday, Aug. 11 at 11 a.m. Both are part of Disney XD’s Marvel Universe programming block. “Marvel’s Avengers Assemble” reunites the most popular…
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A recent Press release omitted Young Justice and Green Lantern: The Animated Series from its returning show roster, leading to speculation the shows had been cancelled. Now, we have official confirmation that both shows will not return after their current seasons. On January 28th, a press release was issued to boast Cartoon Network’s upcoming block of cartoons. New shows such as Beware The Batman and Teen Titans Go! were on the release, but two glared out as missing, Green Lantern: The Animated Series and Young Justice. Speculation was that the…
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