Comcast launches Xfinity Flex, a $5-a-month service aimed at cord cutters
For $5 a month, Xfinity Flex gives existing Xfinity internet subscribers a 4K- and HDR-ready set-top box that can stream video from YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, Cheddar, and ESPN3. It also comes with a voice-controlled remote, and makes upgrading to Comcast's Xfinity X1 cable service a snap.
New John Wick: Chapter 3 trailer brings gunfights, dogs, and Matrix Easter eggs
A new trailer for John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum punctuates the fast-paced gun and knife fights with deeper looks at new characters played by Halle Berry, Anjelica Huston, and Jason Mantzoukas. There's a sly reference to Keanu Reeves' other big action franchise hidden in there, too.
Want free movie tickets? Beam these ads into your eyeballs for 15 minutes
Would you watch ads for 20 minutes to earn a free movie ticket? MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes is betting that you will, and he's launching PreShow, a new app with some pretty advanced face-tracking technology (not to mention some built-in concerns about data privacy) to prove it.
Bill and Ted 3 finally faces the music once summer 2020 arrives
Wyld Stallyns Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves travel to the famed Hollywood Bowl to make a big announcement: Bill and Ted 3: Face the Music, which will see the duo struggle with their legacy as middle age approaches, begins filming very soon. The film will arrive in theaters about a year later.
James Gunn will return to direct Guardians of the Galaxy 3 after all
Eight months after firing director James Gunn due to a series of off-color social media posts, Disney has rehired the filmmaker to guide the Guardians of the Galaxy on their next adventure -- although not before Gunn helms the Suicide Squad sequel for Marvel's distinguished competition.
Captain Marvel’s original ending didn’t explain her absence in Infinity War
Captain Marvel editor Debbie Berman revealed that Carol Danvers' journey originally had a "jarring" ending that raised more questions than answers, and detailed the changes that were made to help bridge the gap between Captain Marvel's debut and her appearance in Avengers: Endgame.
AT&T jacks up DirecTV Now pricing once again in subscription tier shake-up
Current subscribers to DirecTV Now, AT&T's entry into the competitive streaming television market, will have to pay an extra $10 a month to keep using their existing plans, while new users will only have two subscription tiers to choose from going forward. At least they both include HBO!
Disney Plus will eventually stream every Disney movie, including the ‘Vault’
In a major change to its policy regarding home movie releases, Disney Plus, Disney's upcoming streaming service, will eventually host every movie in the Disney catalog. That includes all of the company's classic animated films, which previously were only freed from the "vault" on a limited-time basis.
‘Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer
Game show host Alex Trebek vows that he'll fight his cancer prognosis and promises that, with support from his family and his fans, he will continue working on Jeopardy! until his contract runs out in 2022. Trebek has hosted the syndicated version of Jeopardy! since 1984. Trebek is 78 years old.
Shazam! is full of slapstick superheroics in its second trailer
A magic word transforms 14-year-old Billy Batson (Asher Angel) into a superpowered adult (Zachary Levi), but getting powers is the easy part. It's when Billy has to learn how to use his new abilities that the trouble (and fun) really begins, as DC Entertainment's latest Shazam! trailer demonstrates.
Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and Carrie Coon strap up for Ghostbusters
Jason Reitman, son of Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman, will direct a sequel to the 1984 supernatural comedy. Filming begins this summer, with Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and The Leftovers' Carrie Coon tapped to show the world that they ain't afraid of no ghost.
New, R-rated Hellboy trailer brings the fire, blood, violence, and laughs
Stranger Things star David Harbour will bring Mike Mignola's monster-hunting demon Hellboy back to the big screen along with Ian McShane, Milla Jovovich, Daniel Dae Kim, a horde of gnarly monsters, and at least one apocalypse. The latest, R-rated Hellboy trailer offers a preview of what's to come.
Will Smith won’t return for director James Gunn’s Suicide Squad sequel
The Suicide Squad is rreturning under the command of James Gunn, writer and director of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, but one founding member won't be along for the ride. Will Smith won't be reprise his role as master assassin Deadshot when the Suicide Squad sequel hits theaters in August 2021.
Star Trek: Discovery is getting a third season on CBS All Access in 2020
The third season of Star Trek: Discovery will air on CBS All Access in 2020. Discovery writer Michelle Paradise will help Alex Kurtzman with showrunner duties while Kurtzman develops a number of other Star Trek projects, including the Patrick Stewart-led Jean-Luc Picard series.
Rotten Tomatoes revamps user reviews after Captain Marvel troll campaign
After angry fans tried to lower Captain Marvel's box office performance by flooding Rotten Tomatoes with negative comments, the site will prohibit users from posting pre-release film reviews. In addition, other changes have already been implemented in an effort to further reduce toxicity.
‘Howard the Duck’ and three other Marvel animated series are coming to Hulu
Patton Oswalt, Kevin Smith, Chelsea Handler, and more are bringing Marvel second-stringers Howard the Duck, MODOK., Hit Monkey, and Tigra and Dazzler to Hulu as adult-oriented cartoon comedies. After that, the heroes will team up to form a new superteam, the Offenders, in a "special animated event."
‘Aquaman’ spin-off ‘The Trench’ in development at Warner Bros.
In the wake of Aquaman's $1 billion box office haul, DC and Warner Bros. have begun work on a "horror-tinged" spin-off starring the Trench, a lost Atlantean tribe that evolved into a race of monsters after losing contact with the rest of the underwater nation. Aquaman director James Wan will produce.
‘Zombieland 2’ has an official title and a familiar-looking promo image
Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin are ready to nut up or shut up once more in the first fan-friendly look at Zombieland: Double Tap. The sequel will be directed by Venom's Ruben Fleischer from a script by Deadpool and Deadpool 2's co-writers.
Zac Efron is Ted Bundy in ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ trailer
Zac Efron plays serial killer Ted Bundy in the first trailer for Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, a drama from the director of Netflix's Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes that tells the infamous murderer's story from his long-term girlfriend's point of view.
‘Deadpool 3’ will take series in a ‘different direction,’ Ryan Reynolds says
With the Deadpool universe expanding thanks to characters like Cable, Domino, and X-Force, a censored cut of Deadpool 2 making its way to China, and family-friendly Disney waiting in the wings, Ryan Reynolds claims it's time to "reboot or change" the character before it's too late.
Netflix recruits Steve Carell for the Trump-inspired comedy ‘Space Force’
Steve Carell, Netflix, and The Office showrunner Greg Daniels are teaming up for Space Force, a workplace comedy poking fun at President Donald Trump's very real plans to establish a sixth branch of the U.S. military. Like the actual military expansion, the series isn't going to be cheap.
Apple’s first original feature film reunites Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola
On the Rocks, which Apple will co-produce with A24 as part of an ongoing partnership, reteams the Lost in Translation duo of Bill Murray and Sofia Coppola with their A Very Murray Christmas collaborator Rashida Jones for a father-daughter adventure set in New York City.
NBCUniversal will launch its own streaming service in 2020
Get ready, Dunder Mifflin fans: NBCU is prepping an ad-driven streaming service that will be free for pay-TV and Comcast subscribers and will be filled with NBCU's original content, including streaming-friendly hits like The Office and other NBC fan-favorite TV shows.
CBS recruits Michelle Yeoh for ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ spinoff
Yet another Star Trek show is on the way. CBS confirms that Michelle Yeoh will return to play her Star Trek: Discovery character, Philippa Georgiou, in a spinoff centered on Starfleet's clandestine Section 31, which will air at an unspecified date on the CBS All Access streaming service.
New Star Wars movies will not premiere on Disney’s upcoming streaming service
The Mandalorian, a Rogue One prequel series, and The Clone Wars revival might be headed straight to Disney+, but Disney CEO Bob Iger confirms that all future Star Wars movies will receive a full theatrical run before making their way to the media conglomerate's upcoming streaming service.
‘The Batman’ might begin filming in the fall — minus Ben Affleck, report says
A new report suggests The Batman, the Dark Knight's long-awaited solo outing, will finally start rolling cameras in late 2019. Cloverfield and Planet of the Apes' Matthew Reeves is still slated to take the director's chair, but expect to see a brand new face under Batman's iconic cowl.
‘Bandersnatch’ leads to the delay of ‘Black Mirror’ season 5
Making Bandersnatch, the interactive movie that took Netflix by storm, proved so complicated to make that the Black Mirro' team was forced to delay the upcoming season of the dystopian science fiction series. Netflix currently has Black Mirror slated for a 2019 return, although that could change.
Universal has found a new writer for its ‘Battlestar Galactica’ film
Universal Pictures has recruited Jay Basu, who wrote 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' as well as the upcoming 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Labyrinth' feature films, to breathe new life into its big screen 'Battlestar Galactica' reboot. He'll be working from a script by 'Westworld' co-creator Lisa Joy.
Streaming services blast past networks for the most scripted TV shows in 2018
For the first time ever, streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon produced more original scripted series than broadcast or cable channels, airing nearly a third of 2018's TV shows and helping set a new record for the number of series in production -- and there's even more on the way.
Disney reveals epic first picture from Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attraction
The Millennium Falcon is fueled up and ready to embark on its Smuggler's Run at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the new theme park attraction set to open in 2019 at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Disney has revealed the first image of the impressively detailed attraction.