Prime Video revealed the first looks at its new animated series Batman: Caped Crusader on Thursday, May 9.

The Warner Bros. Animation project was produced by The Batman's director Matt Reeves, Star Wars: Episode VII filmmaker J.J. Abrams and Bruce Timm, one of the legends behind the beloved and Emmy-winning Batman: The Animated Series.

Along with the 10-episode series' release date of August 1, Prime Video has dropped teases of the looks of the show's cast of characters, of course including Batman/Bruce Wayne, as well as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Dr. Harleen Quinzel/Harley Quinn, Clayface and Commissioner Gordon.

The streaming service also debuted a tease: "Welcome to Gotham City, where the corrupt outnumber the good, criminals run rampant and law-abiding citizens live in a constant state of fear," it begins. "Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human -- the BATMAN. His one-man crusade for justice attracts unexpected allies within the GCPD and City Hall, but his heroic actions spawn deadly, unforeseen ramifications."

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Netflix's recent The Greatest Roast of All Time, the all-star send-up of football legend Tom Brady, was a hit for the streaming service, notwithstanding some of the jokes about the controversy having to do with Kim Kardashian's appearance.

When the reality star and entrepreneur was first called to the podium Sunday, May 5, to take her shots at the star she was once rumored to be dating, Kim was met with boos from the crowd loud enough for host Kevin Hart to intervene.

After the live, three-hour presentation, however, the boos were silenced in post-production. To The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix's Vice President of Comedy Content Robbie Praw insisted Kim didn't demand the change.

"Post edits are standard practice for comedy specials and happen in live broadcasts, whether that's subtitles, adding things or removing things that we can't do when it's streaming live," Praw said, adding, "It's part of, quite frankly, the fun of watching it live to not miss those things."

He added, "But I will just say this, in addition to that, that no talent were [sic] consulted as part of that."

Praw also revealed that despite some scathing comedic attacks — Praw called Nikki Glaser's scorching set "exceptional," in fact — Brady was a good sport.

He called the reaction from Brady's camp after the event "positive," adding, "It was very clear that it was a very special night, both in the football world and in the comedy world, and the mood after the show was pretty jubilant."

The replay of the Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady is now available for streaming — even if the boos are not.

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FX has just revealed that its Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning dramedy The Bear will drop all 10 episodes of its third season on Hulu on Thursday, June 27.

The network released a moody tease, showing Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto entering the empty kitchen of his new restaurant that shares the show's name.

As the camera tracks toward him, he starts to unroll his knives, then pauses and stares directly into the camera, which zooms in further before tracking out through the eatery, out the window and up into the sky over Chicago.

While that doesn't tell fans much about the new season, the announcement from FX reveals season 3 follows Carmy, Ayo Edebiri's Sydney Adamu and Ebon Moss-Bachrach's "Richie" Jerimovich as their characters "do what it takes to elevate The Bear, their beef stand turned fine dining establishment, to the highest level, all while doing their best just to stay in business."

"Carmy pushes himself harder than ever, and demands excellence from his crew, who do their best to match his intensity," the network continues, adding in part, "Their quest for culinary excellence will propel the crew to new levels and stress the bonds that hold the restaurant together."

FX adds, "Our chefs have learned that every second counts, but this season we’ll find out if they have what it takes to make it to tomorrow."

The acclaimed series also stars Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, and real-life chef and actor Matty Matheson, with Oliver Platt and Molly Gordon.

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Seth MacFarlane's potty-mouthed bear Ted had two movies to his name, and now he'll have at least two TV seasons to it, as well. 

Peacock announced on Thursday, May 9, that it is re-upping the prequel series Ted for a sophomore frame. 

The show features the voice of producer MacFarlane as the titular teddy, alongside Max Burkholder as the bear's Thunder Buddy John — Mark Wahlberg's character from the film — in his high school days. 

Peacock says the series debuted on January 11, and broke records as one of the streaming service's most-watched original titles and ranked as the #1 original streaming comedy in the U.S. for two months straight, according to Nielsen data. 

The show, which earned an audience score of 90% in its first season, per aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, was also a hit for Peacock overseas, scoring particularly well in Australia and Canada.

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On the red carpet at the recent TIME100 Gala in New York City, one of the list's honorees, actor and now director Dev Patel, talked about his new action picture Monkey Man. 

Co-produced by Oscar winner Jordan Peele, the movie stars the Slumdog Millionaire vet as an underground fight club combatant who becomes a one-man army of retribution against the elites who took everything from him.

Made for around $10 million, the movie has grossed more than triple that worldwide since its release on April 5. 

Regardless of the box office take, Patel tells ABC Audio that the movie is already a personal triumph. "I'm really proud that it exists and that it got a theatrical release. And we were at the Mann Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles," he says, referring to the famous venue now officially called the TCL Chinese Theatre.

He adds, "[It's] like the Mecca of Hollywood, with ... a predominantly brown cast," calling that development huge for representation.

He describes his movie as "an anthem of representation at its core."

"We made this film in the height of the pandemic in Indonesia on a small island," Dev says, adding that Monkey Man "really enjoys the art of martial arts and revenge cinema, but it also underneath ... the physical punches, it has some emotional and political punches, too."  

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Disney and HBO got together and just announced they've made a streaming bundle of joy: a package that will offer viewers content from Disney+, Max and Disney-owned Hulu.

It's a unique collab, as most streaming services offer content bundles from within their corporate umbrella — such as Disney and its sports brand ESPN, or Paramount+ with Showtime, the latter of which are both owned by parent company Viacom.

Max is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.

According to the announcement, the package, which will be made available this summer, will provide subscribers "with the best value in entertainment and an unprecedented selection of content from the biggest and most beloved brands in entertainment including ABC, CNN, DC, Discovery, Disney, Food Network, FX, HBO, HGTV, Hulu, Marvel, Pixar, Searchlight, Warner Bros., and many more."

Joe Earley, president of Disney Entertainment's Direct to Consumer division, commented, "This incredible new partnership puts subscribers first, giving them access to blockbuster films, originals, and three massive libraries featuring the very best brands and entertainment in streaming today."

Both an ad-free and a less expensive ad-supported version of the new bundle will be made available for purchase on all three platforms. Pricing will be announced at a later date.

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For even the biggest movie lovers, there's usually a major downside to going to the theater: suffering that concessions line, a mysterious zone where time seems to stand still, even as your showtime ticks ever closer.

But on Thursday, May 9, Fandango announced it is making buying your popcorn and soda — or whatever you prefer — as easy as it is to snag your tickets in advance.

Starting first with AMC Theatres before rolling out to other movie chains, the online ticketing service is offering users the ability to preorder concessions with their tickets on the Fandango app, allowing you to avoid having to queue up behind that indecisive family of five that can't seem to settle on gummy bears or Sno-Caps.

Instead, you'll just go to a designated area and scoop up your snacks.

For AMC Dine-In locations, which offer actual meals and cocktails, a patron's preordered selections will be delivered right to their seats.

"With either method, moviegoers can rest assured that they’ll never miss a moment of the coming attractions and main features," the company touts.

Meanwhile, members of the theater chain's AMC Stubs club will also be able to earn and redeem benefits for concessions ordered through Fandango.

According to the company's 2024 Moviegoing Trends and Insights Study of more than 6,000 moviegoers, 1 in 4 general ticket buyers say they have tried preordering concessions in the past — and 97% were satisfied with their experience.

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On Thursday, Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema announced that Oscar winner Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings collaborators Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and actor-director Andy Serkis are headed back to Middle-earth with two new films.

The tentatively titled The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum will be the first of two new movies based off of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic characters, with Serkis not only reprising as the One Ring-obsessed title character, but also directing the film.

Walsh and Boyens, who co-wrote and produced the original films in the $6 billion franchise, are writing the new installment, along with Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou, who penned the upcoming anime prequel epic Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.

Jackson, Walsh and Boyens said in a statement, "It is an honour and a privilege to travel back to Middle-earth with our good friend and collaborator, Andy Serkis, who has unfinished business with that Stinker - Gollum!"

The trio added, "As life long fans of Professor Tolkien's vast mythology, we are proud to be working with [New Line Cinema heads] Mike De Luca, Pam Abdy and the entire team at Warner Bros. on another epic adventure!"

For his part, Serkis added — in character, no less — "Yesssss, Precious. The time has come once more to venture into the unknown with my dear friends, the extraordinary and incomparable guardians of Middle-Earth Peter, Fran and Philippa," calling the new collaboration "just all too delicious."

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Deadline reports Twilight's Taylor Lautner, Modern Family‘s Sarah Hyland, Four Weddings and a Funeral's Andie MacDowell and Australian actor Brenton Thwaites have joined the cast of the rom-com The Token Groomsman. The movie, per the outlet, follows Lautner as a down-on-his-luck businessman who sees a golden opportunity to make some business connections when he's invited to be a groomsman at ritzy wedding of a friend he doesn't remember. That's until he falls in love with the groom's sister, played by Hyland, and has to choose between money or love ...

A new trailer for the highly anticipated Twisters film is here. Daisy Edgar-Jones is featured in the clip, which dropped Wednesday, as former storm chaser Kate Cooper, who crosses paths with Tyler Owens, played by Glen Powell, a reckless social media superstar who thrives on storm-chasing. The film is a sequel to Jan de Bont's 1996 classic Twister, starring Helen Hunt and the late Bill Paxton as estranged spouses Jo and Bill, storm chasers on the verge of divorce who join forces to chase tornadoes in Oklahoma in order to test the research device they created to study storms. Twisters opens in theaters July 19 ...

Anyone but You and Immaculate star Sydney Sweeney has been tapped to play legendary boxer Christy Martin in a yet-to-be titled biopic, according to Deadline. The film tells the true story of the 1990s female boxer, whom producers call the "female Rocky." Filming is set to begin this fall ...

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There's a new Doctor in the house! A new season of Doctor Who debuts Friday on Disney+, the first time the show has ever been on the streaming service and the first time new episodes of Doctor Who will air on the same day around the world. Russell T. Davies returns as showrunner after a 14-year absence, and he tells ABC Audio the Doctor and his companion Ruby wind up in "a new place, a new time, a new energy."

"Sometimes they land in a new genre. It could be comedy, it could be a thriller. It could be a haunted house film. It could be a scary movie," he reveals.

Davies says he wanted the new season to be "mad" and "bonkers." "I look at the other science fiction shows, which are marvelous. I'm a huge fan of those Marvel shows, the Star Wars shows ... but there's a certain amount of testosterone in the shows. They carry guns. You're basically dealing with a military or some form of military or even fighting the dictatorship, and Doctor Who is free of all that."

Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa (SHOE-tee GOT-wah), who plays the new Doctor, invites newcomers to the long-running series to "come with us."

"We're going to take you on loads of adventures. We're going to take you through time and space, and you're going to meet things that you've never met before. And I'm going to face monsters that I've never faced before, and I have more power than I've ever seen before."

Gatwa is the first Black man to play the Doctor and says he's gotten a lovely welcoming from fans so far, adding, "The Whovians have welcomed me in with open arms."

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Succession star Jeremy Strong may have found his next role. Variety reports that the Emmy winner is in talks to join the cast of the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, where he’ll play The Boss’ manager, Jon Landau.

Deliver Me From Nowhere follows Springsteen's efforts to make the 1982 solo album Nebraska. It is based on Warren Zanes' book Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.

In early April, it was confirmed that The Bear star Jeremy Allen White was in talks to play Springsteen in the picture, which will be written and directed by Scott Cooper, with Springsteen and Landau both involved in the project. The film is being produced by 20th Century Studios and Disney.

Nebraska, released on September 30, 1982, featured 10 acoustic songs that Springsteen originally recorded as demos on a four-track recorder. Springsteen had planned to rerecord the songs with the E Street Band but instead opted to release it as a solo acoustic record. It featured such songs as "Atlantic City," "Johnny 99" and "State Trooper." 

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NBC's sister streamer announced Wednesday that the as-yet-untitled but eagerly anticipated follow-up comedy from The Office adapter Greg Daniels will be a Peacock series.

We also officially know now it's not a reboot of the beloved U.K. import.

Daniels, also of King of the Hill fame, collaborated with Nathan for You co-creator Michael Koman for the project, described as "a new mockumentary series set in the same universe as NBC's Emmy Award-winning hit series The Office."

The network teases, "The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch is in search of a new subject when they discover a dying historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it with volunteer reporters."

As previously reported, Star Wars sequel star Domhnall Gleeson and The White Lotus alumna Sabrina Impacciatore will lead an ensemble of as-yet-unnamed co-stars.

The series, produced by Universal Television, gets underway in July.

"It’s been more than ten years since the final episode of The Office aired on NBC, and the acclaimed comedy series continues to gain popularity and build new generations of fans on Peacock," touted Lisa Katz, president of NBCUniversal Entertainment.

She adds in part, "This new series ... introduces a new cast of characters in a fresh setting ripe for comedic storytelling."

Daniels and Koman co-produce along with the creators and stars of the original The Office, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.

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Hulu announced on Wednesday, May 8, that the second season of the Kerry Washington/Delroy Lindo family dramedy, UnPrisoned, will return on July 17. 

In the series produced by and starring the Emmy-winning former Scandal star, Kerry plays a busy single mom and relationship therapist whose life is turned upside down when her formerly incarcerated dad (Lindo) moves in with her and her teen son.

In a "first look" teased by the streamer, Kerry's Paige, Lindo's Edwin and Paige's son Finn (Faly Rakotohavana) are shown seated together in a family therapy session.

Hulu's season synopsis states in part, "The Alexander family is still a mess," so they "turn to a 'family radical healing coach,' who throws out all the rules to free them of the issues, old wounds and family secrets holding them back."

The show's first season scored a stellar 93% and 94% respectively with critics and audience members, according to the aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, and its premiere in March of 2023 scored the best-ever numbers for Hulu's Onyx Collective brand.

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Emma Heming Willis is opening up about how sharing her husband Bruce Willis' Frontotemporal dementia or FTD diagnosis in 2023 impacted her.

"I could breathe, you know, I could really exhale and sort of just feel this weight sort of lift from my shoulders but everything changed for the better once we were able to disclose his diagnosis," Heming Willis said in a video shared Tuesday by The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration at their 2024 Education Conference.

"I was able to see the support that I so desperately needed for my husband, for our whole family," the 45-year-old added.

Willis was diagnosed first with aphasia in 2022 and then about six months later, he received an additional diagnosis of FTD, according to his family.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, FTD is a common type of dementia marked by personality and behavior changes as well as problems with language skills, such as speaking or understanding words. 

Heming Willis, who shares two daughters with Willis and is a stepmother to Willis' three older children with actress Demi Moore, has been vocal on social media since then about sharing their family's experience and her own experience as a caregiver.

"There were so many reasons to go public but first and foremost, it had been so isolating and you know, I was trying to keep it quiet and really, it was about our daughters and … I never wanted them to think that this was some kind of family secret that we had to keep," Heming Willis told the audience at the conference. "I felt like it was very important for us to come out and say what it was."

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In a new interview in Empire magazine's Deadpool & Wolverine feature issue, it looks like director Shawn Levy is putting some distance between his upcoming movie and recent failures in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Marvel Studios' last theatrical outing was 2023's The Marvels, its lowest-grossing movie to date; that year also saw the release of the drubbed Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. 

On the small screen, Loki's second season was heralded by critics, but Secret Invasion was decidedly not. 

Louis D'Esposito, co-president of Marvel Studios, says in the issue, "We learned our lesson."

"You'd have to live under a rock not to know that the last few Marvel movies have failed to ignite the world in the way that so many did," Levy says.

He says of his film's July 26 release date, "We do come along at an interesting time."

Indeed, the trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine has Ryan Reynolds' red-suited hero tasked with doing nothing less than saving the Marvel Cinematic Universe, boasting, "I am Marvel Jesus."

Levy insists the movie is "decidedly something different" from the studio, snarking, "Whether it is of Messianic proportions, time will tell."

Some fans have griped about recent MCU outings feeling like there is required reading to fully enjoy them, but Levy recently told The Associated Press Deadpool & Wolverine will not. 

"I was a good student in school. ... But I am definitely not looking to do homework when I go to the movies," he said, adding that while he respects the MCU lore that came before, "This movie is built for entertainment, with no obligation to come prepared with prior research."

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