Rainn Wilson travels for a purpose — to find the happiest places on Earth. In the new Peacock docu-series “The Geography of Bliss,” the intrepid traveler traverses the globe in a humorous search for meaning. Based on Eric Weiner’s New York Times bestselling book, “The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World,” Wilson explores some of the happiest and unhappiest places on earth — from Iceland to Bulgaria to Ghana — in a profound and funny way that unpacks the science of happiness. All five episodes of the series will be available during Mental Health Awareness Month, beginning on May 18.
Watch the trailer for “The Geography of Bliss”:
Also arriving on the streaming service next month, Pete Davidson, Edie Falco, and Joe Pesci will star in “Bupkis,” a semi-autobiographical series about Davidson’s life. The show mixes reality and absurdity to capture the complexities...
Watch the trailer for “The Geography of Bliss”:
Also arriving on the streaming service next month, Pete Davidson, Edie Falco, and Joe Pesci will star in “Bupkis,” a semi-autobiographical series about Davidson’s life. The show mixes reality and absurdity to capture the complexities...
- 4/27/2023
- by Fern Siegel
- The Streamable
Horror delights, rom-coms and a new sci-fi series starring Christoph Waltz are just a few of the highlights arriving on Amazon Prime Video in February. This month sees the debut of the second and final season of “Carnival Row” on Feb. 17, while Feb. 24 is when “The Consultant” – a “Severance”-like thriller series starring Waltz and directed by “WandaVision’s” Matt Shakman – drops.
In terms of new original Prime Video movies, on Feb. 10 there’s “Somebody I Used to Know,” a romantic comedy starring Alison Brie who co-wrote the script with her husband Dave Franco (who serves as director).
And you’ll find last year’s buzzy horror hit “Smile” on the streaming service on Feb. 21, while “Mad Max: Fury Road” filmmaker George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” arrives on Feb. 17.
That’s not to mention noteworthy library additions like “A.I.,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Almost Famous.
In terms of new original Prime Video movies, on Feb. 10 there’s “Somebody I Used to Know,” a romantic comedy starring Alison Brie who co-wrote the script with her husband Dave Franco (who serves as director).
And you’ll find last year’s buzzy horror hit “Smile” on the streaming service on Feb. 21, while “Mad Max: Fury Road” filmmaker George Miller’s “Three Thousand Years of Longing” arrives on Feb. 17.
That’s not to mention noteworthy library additions like “A.I.,” “The Talented Mr. Ripley” and “Almost Famous.
- 2/17/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
It feels just like last month we were complimenting Hulu on its true crime offerings. Well, with its list of new releases for February 2023, Hulu is staying in the true crime lane. Suppose that’ll happen when you push back the release date of a series or two.
February sees the arrival of three notable true crime series on Hulu. Taiwan Crime Stories premieres on Feb. 1 and presents four true tales from Taiwan’s criminal “dark underbelly.” That will be followed by ABC News Studios’ Killing County on Feb. 3. That three-episode series ponders the question “what happens when police kill?” The most interesting true crime offering premieres on Feb. 9. That’s when Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence College shares its four-episode saga of Larry Ray and the young college students he victimized.
As far as non true crime offerings go, the third and final season of Hulu...
February sees the arrival of three notable true crime series on Hulu. Taiwan Crime Stories premieres on Feb. 1 and presents four true tales from Taiwan’s criminal “dark underbelly.” That will be followed by ABC News Studios’ Killing County on Feb. 3. That three-episode series ponders the question “what happens when police kill?” The most interesting true crime offering premieres on Feb. 9. That’s when Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence College shares its four-episode saga of Larry Ray and the young college students he victimized.
As far as non true crime offerings go, the third and final season of Hulu...
- 2/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
February is the shortest month of the year but Prime Video is paying that no mind with its jam-packed list of new releases for February 2023.
This really is an uncommonly stuffed month on the Amazon streamer and it all starts with a handful of Amazon Originals. Amazon’s original offerings kick off with the release of Dave Franco-directed romcom Somebody I Used to Know on Feb. 10. That is followed by Carnival Row season 2 – a gritty fantasy crime drama is set in a world of steampunky fairies. The show stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne and this batch of episodes will be its swan song. Meanwhile The Consultant on Feb. 24 is a dark comedy workplace thriller starring Christoph Waltz.
The biggest hits this month, however, might just be some recent cinema faves. If February is for lovers, Amazon didn’t get the memo as there are quite a few horror movies of note here.
This really is an uncommonly stuffed month on the Amazon streamer and it all starts with a handful of Amazon Originals. Amazon’s original offerings kick off with the release of Dave Franco-directed romcom Somebody I Used to Know on Feb. 10. That is followed by Carnival Row season 2 – a gritty fantasy crime drama is set in a world of steampunky fairies. The show stars Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne and this batch of episodes will be its swan song. Meanwhile The Consultant on Feb. 24 is a dark comedy workplace thriller starring Christoph Waltz.
The biggest hits this month, however, might just be some recent cinema faves. If February is for lovers, Amazon didn’t get the memo as there are quite a few horror movies of note here.
- 2/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Much has been made of titles being quietly removed from HBO Max over the last few week, but while the number of films departing the service in September is substantial, at least subscribers have a heads up.
As is the case every month, various movies are due to leave HBO Max in September, and below we’ve got the full list of which films are leaving and when so you can prioritizing some viewing options. Noteworthy removals include the 2021 Warner Bros. thriller “The Little Things” starring Denzel Washington (leaving Sept. 16), the 2020 “Freaky Friday” horror riff “Freaky,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films, the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, “Super 8,” “Tootsie” and the Nancy Meyers classic “The Holiday.”
Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in September below.
September 4
Meet the Patels, 2014
September 5
Turner Classic Movies: Follow the Thread, 2022
September 8
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
September 9
Horrible Bosses 2,...
As is the case every month, various movies are due to leave HBO Max in September, and below we’ve got the full list of which films are leaving and when so you can prioritizing some viewing options. Noteworthy removals include the 2021 Warner Bros. thriller “The Little Things” starring Denzel Washington (leaving Sept. 16), the 2020 “Freaky Friday” horror riff “Freaky,” Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films, the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, “Super 8,” “Tootsie” and the Nancy Meyers classic “The Holiday.”
Check out the full list of what’s leaving HBO Max in September below.
September 4
Meet the Patels, 2014
September 5
Turner Classic Movies: Follow the Thread, 2022
September 8
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies, 2018
September 9
Horrible Bosses 2,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
Tahj Mowry will star in the upcoming Disney Plus series “The Muppets Mayhem,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Mowry joins previously announced cast member Lilly Singh in the series, which was first announced in March. The live-action show follows The Electric Mayhem Band — consisting of Dr. Teeth on vocals and keyboards, Animal on drums, Floyd Pepper on vocals and bass, Janice on vocals and lead guitar, Zoot on saxophone, and Lips on trumpet — as they record their first album ever.
Mowry will star as Gary “Moog” Moogowski. Described as a lovably awkward die-hard superfan of the band, he loyally follows them from gig to gig. Moog is an avid audiophile who knows his way around a mixing board. Since he is a walking encyclopedia of the band, he’s often able to offer advice or guidance to Nora (Lilly Singh) when she’s having trouble wrangling, communicating with or even understanding them.
Mowry joins previously announced cast member Lilly Singh in the series, which was first announced in March. The live-action show follows The Electric Mayhem Band — consisting of Dr. Teeth on vocals and keyboards, Animal on drums, Floyd Pepper on vocals and bass, Janice on vocals and lead guitar, Zoot on saxophone, and Lips on trumpet — as they record their first album ever.
Mowry will star as Gary “Moog” Moogowski. Described as a lovably awkward die-hard superfan of the band, he loyally follows them from gig to gig. Moog is an avid audiophile who knows his way around a mixing board. Since he is a walking encyclopedia of the band, he’s often able to offer advice or guidance to Nora (Lilly Singh) when she’s having trouble wrangling, communicating with or even understanding them.
- 4/5/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Been meaning to check out some Oscar-nominated films before the 94th Academy Awards on March 27? Well does HBO Max have some good news for you! HBO Max’s list of new releases for March 2022 is filled with classic films, new originals, and yes: plenty of current Oscar nominees.
Two Best Picture nominees roll out on HBO Max on March 2: Steven Spielberg’s epic musical adaptation West Side Story and Japanese drama Drive My Car. Those two contenders will be followed by Dune on March 10 and King Richard on March 24.
Read more Movies Oscars 2022: Predictions and Analysis By David Crow Movies How Dune’s Director Helped with Marvel’s Eternals By Joseph Baxter
HBO Max is not neglecting its original responsibilities this month either. March 3 sees the arrival of pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. That will be followed by Adam McKay-produced Lakers drama Winning Time on March...
Two Best Picture nominees roll out on HBO Max on March 2: Steven Spielberg’s epic musical adaptation West Side Story and Japanese drama Drive My Car. Those two contenders will be followed by Dune on March 10 and King Richard on March 24.
Read more Movies Oscars 2022: Predictions and Analysis By David Crow Movies How Dune’s Director Helped with Marvel’s Eternals By Joseph Baxter
HBO Max is not neglecting its original responsibilities this month either. March 3 sees the arrival of pirate comedy Our Flag Means Death. That will be followed by Adam McKay-produced Lakers drama Winning Time on March...
- 3/1/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
HBO Max has a crowded month of new movies and shows streaming in March, from franchise films to original series debuts — and it’s shaping up to be a go-to streaming service for awards contenders, just in time to get caught up before the Oscars.
Warner Bros. films “Dune” and “King Richard,” both of which are nominated in several key categories including Best Picture, make their return to streaming on HBO Max. “Dune” returns on March 10, but last-minute viewers looking to catch up before the Oscars will only have a few days to stream “King Richard,” which returns on March 24. The 94th Academy Awards ceremony airs on March 27.
Fellow Best Picture contenders “Drive My Car” and “West Side Story” are also arriving on HBO Max in the coming weeks. “Drive My Car,” which has been in limited theaters, is finally available to stream on March 2, as is “West Side Story...
Warner Bros. films “Dune” and “King Richard,” both of which are nominated in several key categories including Best Picture, make their return to streaming on HBO Max. “Dune” returns on March 10, but last-minute viewers looking to catch up before the Oscars will only have a few days to stream “King Richard,” which returns on March 24. The 94th Academy Awards ceremony airs on March 27.
Fellow Best Picture contenders “Drive My Car” and “West Side Story” are also arriving on HBO Max in the coming weeks. “Drive My Car,” which has been in limited theaters, is finally available to stream on March 2, as is “West Side Story...
- 2/26/2022
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
The Criterion Channel’s February Lineup Includes Melvin Van Peebles, Douglas Sirk, Laura Dern & More
Another month, another Criterion Channel lineup. In accordance with Black History Month their selections are especially refreshing: seven by Melvin Van Peebles, five from Kevin Jerome Everson, and Criterion editions of The Harder They Come and The Learning Tree.
Regarding individual features I’m quite happy to see Abderrahmane Sissako’s fantastic Bamako, last year’s big Sundance winner (and Kosovo’s Oscar entry) Hive, and the remarkably beautiful Portuguese feature The Metamorphosis of Birds. Add a three-film Laura Dern collection (including the recently canonized Smooth Talk) and Pasolini’s rarely shown documentary Love Meetings to make this a fine smorgasboard.
See the full list of February titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.
Alan & Naomi, Sterling Van Wagenen, 1992
All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955
The Angel Levine, Ján Kadár, 1970
Babylon, Franco Rosso, 1980
Babymother, Julian Henriques, 1998
Bamako, Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006
Beat Street, Stan Lathan, 1984
Blacks Britannica, David Koff, 1978
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,...
Regarding individual features I’m quite happy to see Abderrahmane Sissako’s fantastic Bamako, last year’s big Sundance winner (and Kosovo’s Oscar entry) Hive, and the remarkably beautiful Portuguese feature The Metamorphosis of Birds. Add a three-film Laura Dern collection (including the recently canonized Smooth Talk) and Pasolini’s rarely shown documentary Love Meetings to make this a fine smorgasboard.
See the full list of February titles below and more on the Criterion Channel.
Alan & Naomi, Sterling Van Wagenen, 1992
All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk, 1955
The Angel Levine, Ján Kadár, 1970
Babylon, Franco Rosso, 1980
Babymother, Julian Henriques, 1998
Bamako, Abderrahmane Sissako, 2006
Beat Street, Stan Lathan, 1984
Blacks Britannica, David Koff, 1978
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution,...
- 1/24/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
The podcasting business is expected to hit $1B in revenues this year – a huge leap from the audio medium’s indie roots and self-produced successes.
Last year, during the height of the Covid pandemic, the medium exploded with a raft of A-list talent moving in, hosting and exec producing their own shows, from the comfort of their own homes (and often their bedroom closets).
ICM was responsible for high-profile series such as John Stamos’ The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra for Wondery and Alan Cummings’ Hot White Heist for Audible.
The agency, through its Director of Podcast Initiatives Caroline Edwards, will continue to put together and sell projects from its stable of A-list talent, but Edwards and her team are also doubling down on growing trends in the business towards diverse voices and new areas such as children’s content.
“A lot of celebrities jumped into the space in 2020 and now...
Last year, during the height of the Covid pandemic, the medium exploded with a raft of A-list talent moving in, hosting and exec producing their own shows, from the comfort of their own homes (and often their bedroom closets).
ICM was responsible for high-profile series such as John Stamos’ The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra for Wondery and Alan Cummings’ Hot White Heist for Audible.
The agency, through its Director of Podcast Initiatives Caroline Edwards, will continue to put together and sell projects from its stable of A-list talent, but Edwards and her team are also doubling down on growing trends in the business towards diverse voices and new areas such as children’s content.
“A lot of celebrities jumped into the space in 2020 and now...
- 12/16/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Shaniqua McClendon, who is political director at Pod Save America producer Crooked Media, has signed with ICM Partners.
McClendon, who also hosted Crooked Media’s Rigging North Carolina podcast, which chronicled voter suppression and election fraud in the state, has signed with the Hollywood agency to expand her career across broadcast and lectures.
She regularly appears across the company’s slate of podcasts including Hysteria, What A Day and Lovett or Leave It, and also led the creation of the company’s voter engagement program Vote Save America and volunteer engagement program Adopt a State.
McClendon has spent the past decade in politics; prior to Crooked Media, she served as a policy advisor to Sen. Kay R. Hagan and legislative director to Rep. Alma S. Adams, where she spearheaded the creation of the first-ever Congressional Bipartisan Hbcu Caucus. McClendon began her career as a White House Intern for President Barack Obama.
McClendon, who also hosted Crooked Media’s Rigging North Carolina podcast, which chronicled voter suppression and election fraud in the state, has signed with the Hollywood agency to expand her career across broadcast and lectures.
She regularly appears across the company’s slate of podcasts including Hysteria, What A Day and Lovett or Leave It, and also led the creation of the company’s voter engagement program Vote Save America and volunteer engagement program Adopt a State.
McClendon has spent the past decade in politics; prior to Crooked Media, she served as a policy advisor to Sen. Kay R. Hagan and legislative director to Rep. Alma S. Adams, where she spearheaded the creation of the first-ever Congressional Bipartisan Hbcu Caucus. McClendon began her career as a White House Intern for President Barack Obama.
- 7/19/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Abf Creative, the podcast company behind children’s podcast African Folktales, has signed with ICM Partners.
The company, which was founded in 2019 by former NPR producer Anthony Frasier, will work with the Hollywood talent agency in areas of representation.
Its African Folktales series, which is a collection of traditional bedtime stories originating in Africa for the modern kid, won a 2021 Webby Award and the company also produces shows such as Kwanzaa Time! With Aunt Oni, a podcast that honors the traditions of Kwanzaa but with a new twist.
The business is focused on creating branded, original narrative, and live podcasts for multicultural audiences of all ages. The New Jersey-based company is focused on Bipoc-focused stories and its work has generated over 5M streams and downloads.
It has also previously worked with Amazon Studios, Audible, BET, Essence Magazine and Macro Television Studios.
The move is the latest step in ICM’s podcast business,...
The company, which was founded in 2019 by former NPR producer Anthony Frasier, will work with the Hollywood talent agency in areas of representation.
Its African Folktales series, which is a collection of traditional bedtime stories originating in Africa for the modern kid, won a 2021 Webby Award and the company also produces shows such as Kwanzaa Time! With Aunt Oni, a podcast that honors the traditions of Kwanzaa but with a new twist.
The business is focused on creating branded, original narrative, and live podcasts for multicultural audiences of all ages. The New Jersey-based company is focused on Bipoc-focused stories and its work has generated over 5M streams and downloads.
It has also previously worked with Amazon Studios, Audible, BET, Essence Magazine and Macro Television Studios.
The move is the latest step in ICM’s podcast business,...
- 6/23/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The wild story behind the heist of Dorothy’s iconic ruby red slippers from The Wizard of Oz is the subject of a new podcast series hosted by Seyward Darby and Ariel Ramchandani.
No Place Like Home is a limited run podcast docuseries that comes from Audacy-backed C13Originals.
Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the classic movie are among the most iconic and nostalgic objects in Hollywood movie history, a rare collector’s item worth millions. And in the summer of 2005, a pair was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in the small town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Garland’s hometown. They were missing for about thirteen years until one day they mysteriously reappeared in an FBI sting operation. Although the shoes were eventually recovered, there are more questions left than answers. The FBI still hasn’t announced who stole them, where they went, or the circumstances surrounding their return.
No Place Like Home is a limited run podcast docuseries that comes from Audacy-backed C13Originals.
Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the classic movie are among the most iconic and nostalgic objects in Hollywood movie history, a rare collector’s item worth millions. And in the summer of 2005, a pair was stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in the small town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, Garland’s hometown. They were missing for about thirteen years until one day they mysteriously reappeared in an FBI sting operation. Although the shoes were eventually recovered, there are more questions left than answers. The FBI still hasn’t announced who stole them, where they went, or the circumstances surrounding their return.
- 6/14/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Randy Travis released his debut album Storms of Life on June 2nd, 1986. Thirty-five years later, the country music vocalist will revisit the LP with a deluxe reissue. Storms of Life (35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) arrives September 24th.
The upcoming set includes the 10 original tracks remastered, as well as three previously unreleased songs: “Ain’t No Use,” “Carryin’ Fire,” and “The Wall.” Storms of Life, featuring some of Travis’ most memorable songs, like “Diggin’ Up Bones” and “On the Other Hand,” went on to top the country albums chart. It’s...
The upcoming set includes the 10 original tracks remastered, as well as three previously unreleased songs: “Ain’t No Use,” “Carryin’ Fire,” and “The Wall.” Storms of Life, featuring some of Travis’ most memorable songs, like “Diggin’ Up Bones” and “On the Other Hand,” went on to top the country albums chart. It’s...
- 6/2/2021
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.
Ak vs Ak (Vikramaditya Motwane)
Over the 21st century, Bollywood cinema has entered into a completely different era of filmmaking and storytelling than was being made in the decades prior. Actors and directors who started their careers in the ‘80s and ‘90s have experienced such a drastic shift from their beginnings to what they are doing now that their older works seem almost archaic and unrecognizable. This has led, expectedly, to many of Bollywood’s artists making self-reflexive work that also reflects on the industry in general––Fan, Sanju, The Dirty Picture, Luck By Chance, and Shamitabh are just a few examples. Vikramaditya Motwane’s Ak vs Ak is...
Ak vs Ak (Vikramaditya Motwane)
Over the 21st century, Bollywood cinema has entered into a completely different era of filmmaking and storytelling than was being made in the decades prior. Actors and directors who started their careers in the ‘80s and ‘90s have experienced such a drastic shift from their beginnings to what they are doing now that their older works seem almost archaic and unrecognizable. This has led, expectedly, to many of Bollywood’s artists making self-reflexive work that also reflects on the industry in general––Fan, Sanju, The Dirty Picture, Luck By Chance, and Shamitabh are just a few examples. Vikramaditya Motwane’s Ak vs Ak is...
- 1/1/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Sopranos’ genius was in telling structured stories with well-established themes, while still aping life in all its dirty, disorganised, contradictory, open-ended glory. The show wasn’t a drama, or a comedy, or a tragedy, or a farce. It was all of them. It was none of them. It was life.
Creator David Chase and his crack team of writers never lost sight of the essential truth that no matter how cruel, harrowing or horrid life becomes, it’s always laced through with laughs: oftentimes the laughter and the horror rise in tandem.
Here, then, are some of The Sopranos’ funniest moments, most of them enmeshed with the macabre, the monstrous and the melancholy.
South of the Border S1, E9 ‘Boca’
In the machismo-drenched world of the mafia, even going down on your girlfriend is seen as a sign of sexual weakness, and quite possibly – in the non-pc words of...
Creator David Chase and his crack team of writers never lost sight of the essential truth that no matter how cruel, harrowing or horrid life becomes, it’s always laced through with laughs: oftentimes the laughter and the horror rise in tandem.
Here, then, are some of The Sopranos’ funniest moments, most of them enmeshed with the macabre, the monstrous and the melancholy.
South of the Border S1, E9 ‘Boca’
In the machismo-drenched world of the mafia, even going down on your girlfriend is seen as a sign of sexual weakness, and quite possibly – in the non-pc words of...
- 11/6/2020
- by Louisa Mellor
- Den of Geek
‘The Voice’ will enable directors to create a proof-of-concept.
New projects by Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan and Maudie filmmaker Aisling Walsh are among 27 chosen for the inaugural edition of The Voice, Screen Ireland’s development scheme for emerging and established directors.
Each director is eligible for up to €30,000 in funding across a maximum of two projects.
Finnegan has received funding for his TV drama Strange Coast. His second feature Vivarium debuted at Cannes 2019 in Critics’ Week, winning a distribution prize.
Walsh is receiving support for her as-yet-untitled feature film project about US photojournalist Dorothea Lange. The director’s fourth feature Maudie,...
New projects by Vivarium director Lorcan Finnegan and Maudie filmmaker Aisling Walsh are among 27 chosen for the inaugural edition of The Voice, Screen Ireland’s development scheme for emerging and established directors.
Each director is eligible for up to €30,000 in funding across a maximum of two projects.
Finnegan has received funding for his TV drama Strange Coast. His second feature Vivarium debuted at Cannes 2019 in Critics’ Week, winning a distribution prize.
Walsh is receiving support for her as-yet-untitled feature film project about US photojournalist Dorothea Lange. The director’s fourth feature Maudie,...
- 9/1/2020
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
’90s nostalgia is in full swing, and horror fans are loving it. Many people are revisiting movies they grew up with, while others are discovering those same titles for the first time. And it’s not only cinematic terror that has everyone talking.
Over the past couple of years, the interest in retro books has been on the rise. Combined with ’90s sentimentality, teen horror fiction from the decade has become a special niche for collectors, many of whom are part of Instagram’s enthusiastic community of “bookstagrammers.”
A large portion of the teen horror titles released during the ’90s are now available in e-book format, but the original editions with their colorful covers and witty taglines are the ones we look for while perusing the shelves of used bookstores.
Here at Daily Dead, during a series of seasonal posts, I’m going to be sharing books from my own collection.
Over the past couple of years, the interest in retro books has been on the rise. Combined with ’90s sentimentality, teen horror fiction from the decade has become a special niche for collectors, many of whom are part of Instagram’s enthusiastic community of “bookstagrammers.”
A large portion of the teen horror titles released during the ’90s are now available in e-book format, but the original editions with their colorful covers and witty taglines are the ones we look for while perusing the shelves of used bookstores.
Here at Daily Dead, during a series of seasonal posts, I’m going to be sharing books from my own collection.
- 4/1/2020
- by Bryce Gibson
- DailyDead
Hulu is out with its list of new content coming in July, and highlights include the “Veronica Mars” revival and the series premiere of the new “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” We also have the list of everything that’s being removed from the streaming service at the end of July.
Season 1-3 of the original “Veronica Mars” series will be available starting July 1, so you can brush up on all the background knowledge you’ll need to fully enjoy Season 4 when it drops July 26, with Kristen Bell returning the starring role as the title character after almost 15 years. Here’s everything we know about the revival so far.
The new Mindy Kaling-produced “Four Weddings and a Funeral” series comes July 31, with “Game of Thrones” star Nathalie Emanuel in the lead role. Original star Andie MacDowell will return as a guest star.
Also Read: Summer TV Premiere Dates: Here's...
Season 1-3 of the original “Veronica Mars” series will be available starting July 1, so you can brush up on all the background knowledge you’ll need to fully enjoy Season 4 when it drops July 26, with Kristen Bell returning the starring role as the title character after almost 15 years. Here’s everything we know about the revival so far.
The new Mindy Kaling-produced “Four Weddings and a Funeral” series comes July 31, with “Game of Thrones” star Nathalie Emanuel in the lead role. Original star Andie MacDowell will return as a guest star.
Also Read: Summer TV Premiere Dates: Here's...
- 6/17/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
'Horton' walking on eggshells
Easter isn't a so much a huge boxoffice weekend as it is one that typically requires careful slotting to get moviegoers hopping to local multiplexes.
With lots of kids off from school for Good Friday -- not to mention those enjoying spring break respites from classrooms -- Fox's animated comedy Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! could top the domestic boxoffice again. A 50% hold should be easily doable under the circumstances and reap more than $22 million, but it could take a bit more than that to beat the Lionsgate comedy Meet the Browns.
Set for more than 2,000 theaters, Tyler Perry's Browns is the latest in a recent series of Easter openers aimed at attracting a substantial black audience. Last April, it was Ice Cube's comedy Are We Done Yet? mounting a $14.3 million opening, and the previous Easter saw the Wayans brothers' Scary Movie 4 debut to $40.2 million.
"Based on the tracking, it certainly seems Tyler's fans are ready to come out in big numbers this weekend," Lionsgate distribution president Steve Rothenberg said.
With lots of kids off from school for Good Friday -- not to mention those enjoying spring break respites from classrooms -- Fox's animated comedy Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! could top the domestic boxoffice again. A 50% hold should be easily doable under the circumstances and reap more than $22 million, but it could take a bit more than that to beat the Lionsgate comedy Meet the Browns.
Set for more than 2,000 theaters, Tyler Perry's Browns is the latest in a recent series of Easter openers aimed at attracting a substantial black audience. Last April, it was Ice Cube's comedy Are We Done Yet? mounting a $14.3 million opening, and the previous Easter saw the Wayans brothers' Scary Movie 4 debut to $40.2 million.
"Based on the tracking, it certainly seems Tyler's fans are ready to come out in big numbers this weekend," Lionsgate distribution president Steve Rothenberg said.
- 3/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Carr captains 'Mall' force
Daddy Day Care director Steve Carr has been tapped to helm Columbia's Mall Cop in early 2008.
The comedy centers on a mild-mannered security guard (Kevin James) who is thrust into action when his mall is taken over by highly organized thieves.
James penned the script with Nick Bakay. In October, with the writers strike looming, the studio hired Steve Pink to polish the screenplay. Locations are being scouted.
James also is producing along with Happy Madison Prods., manager Jeff Sussman and producer Todd Garner.
Carr, who most recently helmed Are We Done Yet? is represented by ICM, the Collective and attorney Karl Austen.
The comedy centers on a mild-mannered security guard (Kevin James) who is thrust into action when his mall is taken over by highly organized thieves.
James penned the script with Nick Bakay. In October, with the writers strike looming, the studio hired Steve Pink to polish the screenplay. Locations are being scouted.
James also is producing along with Happy Madison Prods., manager Jeff Sussman and producer Todd Garner.
Carr, who most recently helmed Are We Done Yet? is represented by ICM, the Collective and attorney Karl Austen.
- 12/4/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Blades' vanquishes 'Grindhouse' at boxoffice
Moviegoers stuck with the familiar during the Easter holiday weekend: Blades of Glory and Meet the Robinsons, the previous weekend's top two, once more rose to the top at the North American boxoffice, while Ice Cube's comedy sequel Are We Done Yet? received the warmest reception of the weekend's newcomers.
The R-rated Grindhouse, with a running time of more than three hours, provided the biggest surprise of the weekend. The exercise in low-rent, '70s nostalgia from directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had been expected by many to dominate the frame, but the Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films release opened at a tepid No. 4, attracting just $11.6 million. Rounding out the new releases, the horror pic The Reaping took fifth place with $10.1 million, while 20th Century Fox's family movie Firehouse Dog snuck into 10th place with just $4 million.
"It was one of those great weekends for incumbents," Buena Vista Pictures Distribution president Chuck Viane observed.
Buoyed by strong holdovers, overall business for the top 10 films was up nearly 9% over the comparable weekend last year, when 20th Century Fox's Ice Age: The Meltdown, in its second weekend, dominated the charts with $33.8 million, while Sony Pictures' The Benchwarmers and New Line Cinema's Take the Lead were the top two new releases.
The PG-13 Blades, Paramount Pictures' release of the DreamWorks/MTV Films comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, demonstrated definite stamina, falling just 30%. Its weekend take of an estimated $23 million, following strong daily showings during the week, brought its collective purse to $68.4 million.
"It's always great to have the No. 1 film two weeks in a row," DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy said, "but it only happens if you have a film that the audience is really enjoying." In its second weekend, the movie expanded to the over-25 audience, DreamWorks reported. "And we're in good shape to keep gliding along on our skates," Levy said of the comedy, produced by Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films and directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck.
Playing to the family audience, Buena Vista's G-rated animated Robinsons, directed by Stephen J. Anderson, hung in strongly as well, falling just 32%. Its estimated weekend take amounted to $17 million in 3,435 theaters, bringing its cume to $52.2 million.
Like Blades, Robinsons took advantage of spring vacations and built during the week.
The R-rated Grindhouse, with a running time of more than three hours, provided the biggest surprise of the weekend. The exercise in low-rent, '70s nostalgia from directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino had been expected by many to dominate the frame, but the Weinstein Co.'s Dimension Films release opened at a tepid No. 4, attracting just $11.6 million. Rounding out the new releases, the horror pic The Reaping took fifth place with $10.1 million, while 20th Century Fox's family movie Firehouse Dog snuck into 10th place with just $4 million.
"It was one of those great weekends for incumbents," Buena Vista Pictures Distribution president Chuck Viane observed.
Buoyed by strong holdovers, overall business for the top 10 films was up nearly 9% over the comparable weekend last year, when 20th Century Fox's Ice Age: The Meltdown, in its second weekend, dominated the charts with $33.8 million, while Sony Pictures' The Benchwarmers and New Line Cinema's Take the Lead were the top two new releases.
The PG-13 Blades, Paramount Pictures' release of the DreamWorks/MTV Films comedy starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder, demonstrated definite stamina, falling just 30%. Its weekend take of an estimated $23 million, following strong daily showings during the week, brought its collective purse to $68.4 million.
"It's always great to have the No. 1 film two weeks in a row," DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy said, "but it only happens if you have a film that the audience is really enjoying." In its second weekend, the movie expanded to the over-25 audience, DreamWorks reported. "And we're in good shape to keep gliding along on our skates," Levy said of the comedy, produced by Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films and directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck.
Playing to the family audience, Buena Vista's G-rated animated Robinsons, directed by Stephen J. Anderson, hung in strongly as well, falling just 32%. Its estimated weekend take amounted to $17 million in 3,435 theaters, bringing its cume to $52.2 million.
Like Blades, Robinsons took advantage of spring vacations and built during the week.
- 4/9/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Are We Done Yet?
Mr. Cube builds his dream house in Are We Done Yet? which essentially takes the Are We There Yet? characters and grafts them into the basic plot line for the classic RKO comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, in which Cary Grant played Mr. Blandings, a man who predated "Green Acres' " Oliver Douglas by a couple of decades.
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those Cheaper by the Dozen remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's (Scrubs regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's Next Friday, and adapted by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn Citizen Kane into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
While the refurbished version would never be taken as an improvement over the original, it makes for a generally inoffensive hour-and-a-half, and with a certifiably gonzo John C. McGinley providing the bulk of the laughs, it is definitely less obnoxious than those Cheaper by the Dozen remakes.
It also is better than the 2005 Ice Cube comedy that still managed to gross a highly respectable $82 million. Given the new film's pre-Easter weekend release strategy, it should play well with kids and home improvement fanatics, though others could find themselves relating to the title on more than one occasion.
The last time we saw Ice Cube's Nick Persons, he was trapped in an SUV with two kids traveling from Portland to Vancouver. Now fully domesticated, Nick, his bride, Suzanne (Nia Long), and her two growing children (Aleisha Allen, Philip Daniel Bolden) are finding his former bachelor pad a little cramped, and with twins on the way, bigger quarters are required sooner rather than later.
They find the sprawling house of their dreams in the rural Pacific Northwest (courtesy of British Columbia), which affords lots of fresh air and lakeside views. It also proves to be a major money pit, but Persons is so taken in by a local real estate agent's (Scrubs regular McGinley) slick sales pitch, he fails to notice all the telltale signs.
As it turns out, McGinley's ingratiating Chuck Mitchell Jr. wears a number of hats, including building inspector and contractor, and before Nick knows what has hit him, Chuck has moved his Airstream trailer into the Persons' yard to oversee the neverending renovations.
Directed by Steve Carr, who helmed Ice Cube's Next Friday, and adapted by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the picture delivers the requisite number of pratfalls, and the genial Ice Cube makes for a credibly hapless everyman, but the comedy still feels a little too safely soft around the edges. A little more inspiration could have made it something enjoyable instead of simply innocuous.
Visually, cinematographer Jack Green, a frequent Clint Eastwood collaborator, effectively captures all those unobstructed, picture-perfect vistas. Production designer Nina Ruscio rightfully lends the house a distinctive character of its own.
Should the Persons family return for another sequel, here's hoping they at least don't take another dip into the RKO vault and turn Citizen Kane into "Are We Rich Yet?"
ARE WE DONE YET?
Columbia Pictures
Revolution Studios presents an RKO Pictures/Cube Vision production
Credits:
Director: Steve Carr
Screenwriter: Hank Nelken
Based on characters created by: Steven Gary Banks, Claudio Grazioso
Based on the motion picture "Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House," screenplay by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank
Producers: Ted Hartley, Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, Todd Garner
Executive producers: Heidi Santelli, Aaron Ray, Steve Carr, Derek Dauchy, Neil Machlis
Director of photography: Jack Green
Production designer: Nina Ruscio
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Music: Teddy Castellucci
Cast:
Nick Persons: Ice Cube
Suzanne Persons: Nia Long
Chuck Mitchell Jr.: John C. McGinley
Lindsey Persons: Aleisha Allen
Kevin Persons: Philip Daniel Bolden
Running time -- 92 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 4/4/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dimension, Cube, Carter get 'Tough'
Dimension Films has pre-emptively purchased the comedy project Tough Love from writers Matt Allen and Caleb Wilson, with Ice Cube attached to star and Thomas Carter to direct.
Inspired by the life of former New England Patriots defensive back Tebucky Jones, the story centers on a tough-as-nails NFL player who realizes that his kids have become spoiled brats. In an effort to toughen them up, he forces them to spend their summer in the mean streets of Oakland, Calif., where he grew up. Along the way, he realizes that he also might have some things to learn.
Cube will produce with his Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez, in addition to H2F Entertainment's Walter Hamada and Chris Fenton as well as Carter. Life rights initially were optioned by Jonathan Bogner, who also will produce.
Cube's next movie, Are We Done Yet? hits screens April 4. Cube, Alvarez and Dimension are developing a film adaptation of the 1970s television show Welcome Back, Kotter.
Cube is repped by WMA, the Firm and attorney Matt Johnson.
Inspired by the life of former New England Patriots defensive back Tebucky Jones, the story centers on a tough-as-nails NFL player who realizes that his kids have become spoiled brats. In an effort to toughen them up, he forces them to spend their summer in the mean streets of Oakland, Calif., where he grew up. Along the way, he realizes that he also might have some things to learn.
Cube will produce with his Cube Vision partner Matt Alvarez, in addition to H2F Entertainment's Walter Hamada and Chris Fenton as well as Carter. Life rights initially were optioned by Jonathan Bogner, who also will produce.
Cube's next movie, Are We Done Yet? hits screens April 4. Cube, Alvarez and Dimension are developing a film adaptation of the 1970s television show Welcome Back, Kotter.
Cube is repped by WMA, the Firm and attorney Matt Johnson.
- 3/29/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Guys' stuff: Bullock lead in Fox comedy
Sandra Bullock is attached to star in and produce the comedy One of the Guys for producer Todd Garner and 20th Century Fox.
Currently in the pitch stage, the film's premise centers on a true guy's gal (Bullock) who throws her all-male circle of friends into chaos when she embraces her feminine side.
Based on an original idea by Garner, the former Revolution Studios executive took it to Bullock and got her interest. The two then pulled in screenwriting brothers Tom and Tim Mullen.
Garner will produce through his Broken Road Prods., and Bullock will produce through her Fortis Films.
Bullock most recently starred as Harper Lee in Warner Independent Pictures' Infamous. She is repped by CAA.
Garner recently completed Are We Done Yet? the Ice Cube-starring sequel to Are We There Yet? for Sony Pictures.
Currently in the pitch stage, the film's premise centers on a true guy's gal (Bullock) who throws her all-male circle of friends into chaos when she embraces her feminine side.
Based on an original idea by Garner, the former Revolution Studios executive took it to Bullock and got her interest. The two then pulled in screenwriting brothers Tom and Tim Mullen.
Garner will produce through his Broken Road Prods., and Bullock will produce through her Fortis Films.
Bullock most recently starred as Harper Lee in Warner Independent Pictures' Infamous. She is repped by CAA.
Garner recently completed Are We Done Yet? the Ice Cube-starring sequel to Are We There Yet? for Sony Pictures.
- 12/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Long, Gorham recurring on ABC series
Nia Long has been tapped to do a multi-episode arc on ABC's drama series Boston Legal.
Meanwhile, after two guest appearances on another ABC one-hour series, Ugly Betty, Christopher Gorham has joined the cast of the freshman comedy as a recurring.
There is a possibility for Long and Gorham to continue on the respective series as regulars next season.
On three episodes of the David E. Kelley Prods./20th Century Fox TV-produced Boston Legal, Long will play Vanessa Walker, a disciplined, ambitious, micromanaging new associate from the New York office of Crane Poole & Schmidt who comes to Boston to solicit help from Alan Shore (James Spader).
Long has starred in such features as the two Big Momma's House comedies, Are We There Yet? and its upcoming sequel Are We Done Yet? Baadasssss! and the upcoming Premonition.
She is repped by Paradigm and attorney Jason Sloane.
On Touchstone TV's Betty, Gorham will reprise his role of Henry, a nerdy accountant and new love interest for Betty Suarez (America Ferrera).
Betty reunites Gorham with the show's writer/executive producer Silvio Horta.
Meanwhile, after two guest appearances on another ABC one-hour series, Ugly Betty, Christopher Gorham has joined the cast of the freshman comedy as a recurring.
There is a possibility for Long and Gorham to continue on the respective series as regulars next season.
On three episodes of the David E. Kelley Prods./20th Century Fox TV-produced Boston Legal, Long will play Vanessa Walker, a disciplined, ambitious, micromanaging new associate from the New York office of Crane Poole & Schmidt who comes to Boston to solicit help from Alan Shore (James Spader).
Long has starred in such features as the two Big Momma's House comedies, Are We There Yet? and its upcoming sequel Are We Done Yet? Baadasssss! and the upcoming Premonition.
She is repped by Paradigm and attorney Jason Sloane.
On Touchstone TV's Betty, Gorham will reprise his role of Henry, a nerdy accountant and new love interest for Betty Suarez (America Ferrera).
Betty reunites Gorham with the show's writer/executive producer Silvio Horta.
- 11/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lionsgate has 'Escape' locked up
Lionsgate Films has acquired the script The Escape Artist from producer Todd Garner, who will produce through his company, Broken Road Prods.
Escape, an original comedy by brothers Jim and Brian Kehoe, centers on a relationship consultant who gets paid to break people up. Garner helped develop the script with the writers.
This is the first sale for the Kehoe brothers, who are repped by ICM and manager Marti Blumenthal.
Ben Haber will oversee the project for Broken Road.
Mike Paseornek and John Sacchi will handle the project for Lionsgate.
Garner, a founding partner of Revolution Studios, will see Sony Pictures release in April his next film, Are We Done Yet, a sequel to the 2005 Ice Cube- starrer Are We There Yet.
Escape, an original comedy by brothers Jim and Brian Kehoe, centers on a relationship consultant who gets paid to break people up. Garner helped develop the script with the writers.
This is the first sale for the Kehoe brothers, who are repped by ICM and manager Marti Blumenthal.
Ben Haber will oversee the project for Broken Road.
Mike Paseornek and John Sacchi will handle the project for Lionsgate.
Garner, a founding partner of Revolution Studios, will see Sony Pictures release in April his next film, Are We Done Yet, a sequel to the 2005 Ice Cube- starrer Are We There Yet.
- 11/28/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roth's Revolution ends development schedule
Revolution Studios said Thursday that it is shuttering its development operations. The Sony-based company, founded by Joe Roth in 2000, will shepherd the 13 titles it already has in the pipeline over the next two years. Those films include six that are in preproduction: Perfect Strangers, Next, Brothers Solomon, No Place Like Home, Wind Chill and a project that will be announced next week. The remaining films include four in postproduction -- Benchwarmers, Click, Zoom and an untitled Julie Taymor Beatles project; two in production -- Rocky Balboa and Little Man; and the Roth-helmed Freedomland, which opens Feb. 17.
- 1/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Revolution's Garner segues to producer
Revolution Studios partner Todd Garner will enter into a nonexclusive, first-look deal with Revolution Studios as an independent producer, it was announced Tuesday by Revolution founder Joe Roth. In the wake of the development, Roth now will oversee all of Revolution's development activities. Garner's first project in his new role will be to serve as an executive producer on The Fog, which will be released in October. Garner also will join Suzanne Todd and Jennifer Todd as a producer on the Tim Allen comedy Zoom, which will begin production in July. In addition, Garner will serve as a producer along with Nicolas Cage and Norm Golightly on the sci-fi action thriller Next and with Ted Hartley, Ice Cube and Matt Alvarez on the remake of the classic 1948 comedy Mr. Blandings Builds his Dream House, both of which are in preproduction. Garner also has several other projects in development.
- 5/4/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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