HBO Max Produced for Canada’s Crave streaming service, the gay hockey romance drama “Heated Rivalry” became an unexpected critical and commerical sensation – turning into a massive hit for not just Crave but HBO Max in the US and other countries. It spurred enough book sales to seemingly impact News Corp’s literary division (up 6%), […]

Screenshot: Paramount+ Though the focus of this week’s fifth episode of “Star Trek: Starfleet Academy” was on Kerrice Brooks’ holographic character SAM, it also served another purpose. Titled “Series Acclimation Mil,” the episode served as a bookend to “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” as SAM sets out to investigate the disappearance of Captain Benjamin Sisko […]

Netflix Adam Sandler is reportedly set to replace Christian Bale as the lead in “Deliver Me From Nowhere” and “Hostiles” filmmaker Scott Cooper’s next feature “Time Out” at Netflix. Sandler, coming off “Happy Gilmore 2” and a supporting role in Noah Baumbach’s “Jay Kelly,” will take on the lead role in this reimagining of Laurent […]

Universal Pictures, Illumination Nintendo, Universal Pictures and Illumination have premiered a new 30-second TV spot for “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie,” the sequel to 2023’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie”. The new spot, quite possibly the one that will air during this weekend’s Super Bowl, shows off more Yoshi, Baby Bowser and the various worlds […]

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures’ fourth “Sonic the Hedgehog” film is still on track for release in March next year. The movie is expected to introduce a certain pink hedgehog – the hammer-swinging Amy Rose – following her brief appearance alongside a bunch of Metal Sonics in the post-credits stinger of “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”. Though […]

Apple TV The mystery of one key character in the upcoming “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” may have been revealed. Nexus Point News is reporting that Emmy-winning “Severance” star Tramell Tillman will apparently play the obscure X-Men villain William Metzger in the film. The site claims Metzger will serve as the leader of the Department of […]

Amazon Amazon Prime Video aired the second season finale for “Fallout” this week, and in doing so has set up events for the next round. Amazon’s opting for a weekly rollout has led to a quieter overall response than the binge-dropped first season that kind of exploded and drew a lot of attention back in […]

Angel Studios With both the Winter Olympics and Super Bowl this weekend, cinemas are looking dead quiet despite a number of new (albeit small) titles hitting the market. Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” will stay on top with the title taking $3 million today and eyeing a further $10 million this weekend, a drop of 48% […]