Month: July 2021

Disney+ shared a trailer for the animated anthology series What If…? which features Marvel universe characters Peggy Carter, T’Challa, Killmonger, Tony Stark, Thor, Doctor Strange and others, teasing “infinite possibilities” in the Marvel universe. What If…? is based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name, and explores what would happen if major moments in the Marvel Cinematic Universe happened differently.  Disney+ also revealed on Instagram a poster for the show.

Written and created by A.C. Bradley, the series features Jeffrey Wright as the voice of ‘The Watcher,’ who narrates the show. The series also features the voices of several actors from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the late Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa (aka Black Panther), Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter, Josh Brolin as Thanos, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor.

Take a look at the trailer for What If…? at the link – here.

FX dropped the trailer for its new anthology series “American Horror Stories,” and series creator Ryan Murphy shared a teaser that introduces each cast members and their character names. Murphy wrote on Instagram. “And this isn’t even the half of it. Take a peek at some of the American Horror Stories cast.”

Included in the teaser were: Matt Bomer as Michael, with Gavin Creel as Troy, Sierra McCormick as Scarlett, Ashley Martin Carter as Rowena, Paris Jackson as Maya, Belissa Escobedo as Shanti, Kaia Gerber as Ruby, Aaron Tveit as Adam and Rhenzy Feliz as Chad.  Madison Bailey will portray Kelley, with Kyle Red Silverstein as Quinn, Amy Grabow as Tipper Gore, John Carroll Lynch as Larry Bitterman, Naomi Grossman as Rabid Ruth, Dyllon Burnside as James, Nico Greetham as Zinn, Charles Melton as Wyatt, Kevin McHale as Barry, Danny Trejo as Santa, Billie Lourd as Liv Whitley and Virgina Gardner as Bernadette.

“American Horror Stories”, a spinoff of the FX series American Horror Story, will premiere July 15 on Hulu.

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Producers announced Wednesday that the Sara Bareilles musical Waitress will return to Broadway in the fall, for a limited engagement opening in September.  Waitress first debuted on Broadway in 2016

Waitress will open Sept. 2 at Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York running through Jan. 9. Bareilles will reprise the role of Jenna Hunterson from Sept. 2 through Oct. 17.

Waitress features music and lyrics by Bareilles, taken from a book by Jessie Nelson. The musical is based on the 2007 film of the same name starring Keri Russell as Jenna, a waitress and baker in a loveless marriage who enters a baking contest. Bareilles said in a statement: “I couldn’t miss the opportunity to be there when Broadway welcomes audiences back into theaters that have been sitting dark for over a yeaIt ir. s a gift to get to revisit the beautiful story of Waitress, centered around hope, resilience and the support of our chosen family. Broadway is grit and grace, magic and mayhem, and I can’t wait to feel the electricity that pulses through all of us as the curtains rise once again.”

Amazon Prime Video shared a trailer for the new documentary ‘Val,” featuring actor Val Kilmer. You can take a look at the trailer – here.

In the preview, Kilmer, 61, reflect on his “magical life” and career.  The documentary features Kilmer’s home movies from throughout the decades, including footage from the sets of Top Gun and Batman Forever. In addition, Val features narration from Kilmer’s son, Jack Kilmer, and new interviews with Kilmer himself, who confirmed in 2017 that he was “healing” from a battle with throat cancer.

Directed and produced by Ting Poo and Leo Scott, the filmmakers said in a statement: “Val is a very complex and brilliant man with so many layers. And we wanted to try to get that feeling of him into the film, from his spirituality to a great sense of humor.”

Val will open in select theaters July 23 before it starts streaming Aug. 6 on Amazon Prime Video.

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The Season 3 “Succession” teaser trailer has been released, and the new season of the acclaimed HBO comedy-drama will pick up with the aftermath of Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) publicly defying family patriarch Logan (Brian Cox) at the end of Season 2.

The newest season has Kendall warning siblings Shiv (Sarah Snook), Roman (Kieran Culkin) an Connor (Alan Ruck), “He’s our dad, but he was gonna send me to jail. He’d do the same to all of us.”  Production on Season 3 was delayed to due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but is currently slated to premiere in the fall.

Check out the teaser trailer – here.

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62-year-old actress Jamie Lee Curtis will be honored at the 78th annual Venice International Film Festival. Organizers announced in a press release that Curtis will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the film festival. The award ceremony will take place Sept. 8 in the Sala Grande of the Palazzo del Cinema. The event will be followed by the out-of-competition screening of Curtis’ film Halloween Kills.

Said Curtis: “I am incredibly humbled to be honored in this way by the Venice International Film Festival. It seems impossible to me that I’ve been in this industry long enough to be receiving ‘Lifetime Achievement’ recognition, and to have it happen now, with Halloween Kills, is particularly meaningful to me. Halloween — and my partnership with Laurie Strode — launched and sustained my career, and to have these films evolve into a new franchise that is beloved by audiences around the world was, and remains, a gift. Italian Cinema has always honored and heralded the genre that gave me my career, so I couldn’t be more proud and happy to accept this award from the Venice International Film Festival on behalf of Laurie and all the courageous heroines of the world who stand tall in the face of seemingly insurmountable obstacles and refuse to yield.”

Halloween Kills is the 12th film in the ‘Halloween’ franchise, directed by David Gordon Green, and starring Curtis, James Jude Courtney, Nick Castle, Judy Greer and Andi Matichak. The movie opens in theaters Oct. 15.