HBO/Helen Sloan(LOS ANGELES) — Winter came a little early for some lucky Game of Thrones fans. While most people had to wait for 9 p.m. ET Sunday to watch the much-anticipated eighth and final season premiere, some lucky DirecTV Now subscribers got to see it a several hours earlier when the episode accidentally went live. …
‘SNL’ visits Aunt Becky, Michael Avenatti and Julian Assange in prison
Will Heath/NBC(NEW YORK) — Saturday Night Live‘s cold open this week ignored Robert Mueller’s Russia report, focusing instead on some of the celebrity scandals dominating the headlines. The show opened with three prison inmates — played by Kenan Thompson, Kyle Mooney and Chris Redd — discussing who committed the craziest crime, before getting a visit from three …
‘Game of Thrones’ recap: “Winterfell”
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen; Helen Sloan/HBO(NEW YORK) — (SPOILERS AHEAD!) After eight years, 67 episodes and many, many gruesome deaths, winter is finally here: the premiere episode of the the eight and final season of Game of Thrones, titled “Winterfell,” at last debuted Sunday. We even were treated with a brand-new opening animation featuring not the usual …
‘Shazam!’ tops the box office for the second straight week
L-R: Zachary Levi and Jack Dylan Grazer in “Shazam!”; Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures(NEW YORK) — Shazam! fought off challenges from more than a few newcomers to spend its second week at number one at the box office, earning an estimated $25.1 million. It added another $35 million overseas for a global total $258.8 million. …
Former ‘Game of Thrones’ cast members will be watching Sunday night, too
HBO/Helen Sloane(NEW YORK) — The eighth and final season of HBO’s Game of Thrones kicks off Sunday night, and millions of fans all over the world will be tuning in — including former cast members whose characters didn’t survive to see who will ultimately sit on the Iron Throne. Finn Jones played Ser Loras Tyrell, …
Revealed: ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ is called ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
Lucasfilm(CHICAGO) — Today at Star Wars Celebration, a fan event in Chicago, the name of the ninth Star Wars movie was finally revealed: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Following a Stephen Colbert-hosted Q&A panel with director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and the film’s cast — including Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaacs, John Boyega, …
Star David Harbour wasn’t thinking franchise with ‘Hellboy’: “We just wanted to make a great movie”
Mark Rogers/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) — Hellboy is in theaters today. It’s a reboot of Guillermo del Toro’s two-film series, which originally starred Ron Perlman as the red-skinned demon hero. This new version stars Stranger Things’ David Harbour as Hellboy, and he tells ABC Radio he was quite familiar with the DC Comics source material even before …
Show creator welcomes the freedom of the ‘Hanna’ series-sized canvas, as show gets renewed for second season
L-R: Esme Creed-Miles, Joel Kinnaman/Amazon (NEW YORK) — On the heels of its March 29 series premiere, Amazon has renewed Hanna for a second season, according to Deadline. Based on the 2011 film of the same name, Hanna follows the titular character, played by Esmé Creed-Miles, a young girl raised in seclusion and trained in the …
Disney announces lineup, price, November 12 launch date for Disney+ streaming service
Disney(LOS ANGELES) — On Thursday, Disney revealed details of its new Disney+ streaming service, which will offer users unique access to Disney, Pixar, Marvel and National Geographic content. The service, set to launch on November 12, 2019, will be priced at $6.99 a month. Some of the content that will be available on Disney Plus …
‘Hellboy,’ ‘Little’ and ‘Missing Link’ among this week’s new movies
David Harbour in “Hellboy”; Mark Rogers/Lionsgate(NEW YORK) — Opening nationwide in theaters Friday: * Hellboy — This reboot of writer/director Guillermo del Toro’s 2004 big-screen adaptation of the comic book features Stranger Things star David Harbour playing the titular character, originated by Ron Perlman: a demon raised by a human father to become a wisecracking, butt-kicking …