It looks like FX’s Baskets has come away from its former association with Louis CK unscathed, as the network has just announced that it’s renewing the comedy series for a fourth season. In a press release, FX’s president of original programming Eric Schrier said that the network “couldn’t be happier” to order another…
At the beginning of May, we reported that Lifetime was developing two projects about R. Kelly and the allegations that he keeps women in some kind of sex cult where they can’t do anything—including going outside or using the bathroom—without his permission. Lifetime’s projects are a documentary series and a…
The end of Game Of Thrones is in sight, even if it won’t come for another year, but that doesn’t mean we’re facing a shortage of George R.R. Martin content. He has Syfy’s adaptation of Nightflyers and that book he’s supposed to be working on, and now Deadline is reporting that an adaptation of his kid-friendly short…
Mothers, lock up your teasers: It’s time for Trailer Happy Hour, the place where you can find all of the day’s hottest promotional videos that aren’t exciting enough to warrant their own dedicated post. Do you want a trailer for a Star Wars movie? Well, you’re out of luck. We only serve locally sourced, artisanal…
According to The Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, including whether or not he ever “lured or induced any women to travel across state lines for the purpose of committing a sex crime.” If the investigators determine that…
LeBron James and Channing Tatum are the sort of guys who seem really good at a lot of things and at least medium-good at literally everything else, and now they’re going to combine their powers to make Public Enemy, a new action-comedy film from New Line and their respective production companies (SpringHill…
Show Dogs is a family comedy film in which an NYPD Rottweiler must go undercover at a dog show in order to get into wacky hijinks and set up jokes about dabbing or whatever, but some parents are getting offended by more than just the movie’s banality. That’s because Show Dogs has a scene in which lead dog Max—voiced…
According to Variety, HBO has chosen some surprising names for its Watchmen pilot, specifically Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr., Adelaide Clemens, and Andrew Howard. We don’t know who any of them will be playing, both because HBO is keeping details like that under wraps and because Damon…
The announcement of Cartoon Network’s new ThunderCats reboot has been met with some backlash from people on the internet who are mad that it looks like a modern cartoon and not some wild nonsense from the ‘80s, but at least Matt Groening’s new Netflix show Disenchantment won’t look like every other cartoon. Well, it…
Recently, photos have been circulating on Twitter that appear to show Jet Li in poor health, prompting some fans to wonder if he’s alright and some websites to post the same kind of breathless news story that always comes out whenever a famous person steps out of the spotlight for a bit and has the unmitigated gall to…
According to Deadline, Rebel Wilson has joined Taika Waititi’s World War II satire Jojo Rabbit as Fraulein Rahm, a “brutish instructor” in a Hitler Youth Camp that the main character—a 10-year-old boy struggling with his country’s descent into fascism—is recruited into. Deadline’s sources say that Wilson’s character…
Today, the internet has reacted with predictable glee at the news that Donald Glover fans on Reddit have taken over a subreddit dedicated to Donald Trump, flooding the page with Donald Glover memes, Community gifs, and posts about how Glover should run for president. It’s the kind of fun prank that Reddit excels at,…
For years, fans have been forced to enjoy the bizarre twists and turns (and thoughtful movie reviews) of Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington’s On Cinema At The Cinema from the comforting glow of their TV or computer screens, but now the show is hitting the road to give everyone a chance to see On Cinema as it was meant…
According to Variety, Netflix has decided to continue bolstering its collection of original movies with a very expensive action film with some reliable action movie people on board. The movie, Six Underground, will be directed by Michael Bay and will star Ryan Reynolds, with the script coming from Deadpool and …
Just when you thought it was safe to go into a public park or a hall of fame, another bizarre approximation of a famous person’s face has been cast in bronze. Curse you, copper! Why must your alloys torment us by making our famous people look like unrecognizable monsters? Following what happened to Lucille Ball, Kurt…
Today on Twitter, the official page for Wyatt Cenac’s HBO series Problem Areas announced that the show will be getting a second season, solving a pressing issue that has been facing everyone who enjoys the Daily Show veteran’s new project but was concerned about running out of thoughtful, informational, and funny TV…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Charlize Theron has signed on to play former Fox News personality Megyn Kelly in a yet-untitled movie about Roger Ailes—the disgraced network head who left Fox News over sexual harassment allegations and then died because we all hated him so much. The movie will be directed by Jay…
The world is still reeling from the revelation that musician Grimes is dating Elon Musk, a member of a new generation of rich people who are so obscenely wealthy that they do stupid shit like make a “cyborg dragon” or a “satirical news site” instead of doing literally anything else (see also: Jeff Bezos, Russ…
Last week, Solo: A Star Wars co-writer Jonathan Kasdan declared that Lando Calrissian is pansexual, saying there’s a “fluidity” to the sexuality of how both Donald Glover and Billy Dee Williams played the character. He acknowledged that Lando’s sexuality isn’t directly addressed in either Solo or the original Star…
