While the 2020 Primetime Emmy Awards are still a few days away, the Creative Arts Emmys have been going on all week to single out additional exceptional work on the year’s best television, and a big early winner is The Mandalorian. It should come as no surprise that the Disney+ series is doing incredibly well in the crafts categories, as the brains behind the first-ever … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’ Has Already Picked Up Five Emmys!!
The 2020 Emmy nominations have arrived! As usual, HBO dominated the proceedings but it was a limited series — Watchmen — that took the cake. Damon Lindelof‘s radical adaptation of the graphical novel racked up 26 nominations overall, more than any other program, including half of the directing nominations and nods for Regina King, Jean Smart, Jeremy Irons, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jovan Adepo, and Louis Gossett Jr.. On the Best Drama Series side, Succession and Ozark appear … Continue reading ‘Watchmen’ Dominates Emmy Nominations 2020!! Check Out the Full List!!
The Peabody Awards has named Watchmen, Dickinson, Stranger Things and When They See Us among this year’s winners. The other winners in the entertainment category are Chernobyl, David Makes Man, Fleabag, Ramy, Succession and Unbelievable. The nods mark the first Peabody wins for Apple TV+ (Dickinson), which just launched in late 2019, and Oprah Winfrey‘s OWN network (David Makes Man). Noteworthy documentary winners include Apollo … Continue reading ‘Peabody Awards 2020’: ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Dickinson,’ ‘Stranger Things,’ Among Winners!! Check Out the Full List!!
Andrew Stanton was Disney-Pixar’s golden child. He co-wrote Toy Story, co-directed A Bug’s Life, and solo-directed Finding Nemo and WALL-E. Then, in 2012, he made his live action feature debut with Disney’s John Carter. It, um, was not received so well. Now, after a string of live-action TV directing (alongside Finding Dory), Deadline reports that Stanton is in talks to return to the world of live-action filmmaking. The project is called Chairman Spaceman, … Continue reading ‘Chairman Spaceman’: Andrew Stanton in Talks to Return to Live-Action Filmmaking!!
Blake Lively is set to make her Netflix debut with a new movie which has Stranger Things‘s Shawn Levy attached to produce. Lively has been keeping a relatively low profile in recent months following the box office disappointment that was The Rhythm Section from earlier this year. Seemingly undeterred, Lively’s next project takes her down perhaps the most genre-driven road of her career with this Netflix pic. According to The Hollywood Reporter, … Continue reading ‘Dark Days at the Magna Carta’: Blake Lively Set For Netflix Debut!!
The 2019 E! People’s Choice Awards were handed out Sunday night, with Avengers: Endgame taking home the award for best movie. The ceremony took Sunday at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, airing live on E! Among the other winners were Kevin Hart, making his first public appearance since he was involved in a serious car accident in September; Zendaya; Cole Sprouse; Jimmy Fallon; Blake … Continue reading ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Named Best Movie at People’s Choice Awards!!
Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and her sister Paige Brown are teaming with Netflix on the cancer drama A Time Lost, Collider has confirmed. Anna Klassen (When Lightning Strikes) has been tapped to write the screenplay, based on an original idea by the Brown sisters. Millie will produce under her PCMA Productions banner, while Paige and her father Robert Brown will serve as executive producers. The story … Continue reading ‘A Time Lost’: Millie Bobby Brown and Sister to Produce Netflix Cancer Drama!!
In the flurry of all the news about Disney’s upcoming streaming service Disney+ out of D23, something pretty major got lost in the shuffle: how the episodes will be released. While Netflix made popular the “binge model” in which all episodes of a season are released at once, available to watch as quickly as possible, it appears Disney+ will be taking a more traditional approach … Continue reading Disney+ Will Release Episodes Weekly!!!
Ever since I started reading Brian K. Vaughn and Cliff Chiang’s Paper Girls, I was wondering why studios weren’t rushing to adapt it. It has a terrific hook where four teenage girls who work delivering papers are mysteriously transported to the future and stuck in between warring factions of time travelers. With all the love and attention heaped upon Stranger Things, which also has 80s … Continue reading ‘Paper Girls’: Amazon to Adapt Image Comics Series!!!
Synopsis – In the summer of 1985 in Hawkins, the new Starcourt Mall has become the focal point of the town, driving other stores out of business. However, strange power fluctuations trigger Will’s awareness of something otherworldly, and Eleven and Max sense something is off about the town’s residents, and despite having closed the portal to the Upside Down, fears that they are all in … Continue reading Stranger Things Season 3 (2019) Review!!!
Following the final trailer for Stranger Things season 3, two new promos have been released for Netflix’s hit supernatural drama series ahead of its arrival on the streaming service on July 4th; check them out here: this summer will be totally fun and not scary at all pic.twitter.com/jtLITiCDJJ — Stranger Things (@Stranger_Things) June 26, 2019 can't spell america without erica. one week. pic.twitter.com/LsH7qjTMyq — Stranger … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Reveals Two New Promos!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has released a new and final Stranger Things 3 trailer, offering one last look at the new season of the smash-hit series. While previous trailers have leaned heavily on the “summer lovin’” vibe of the new season, which takes place in the summer before the kids enter high school, this new and final trailer raises the stakes and goes heavy on the action and … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things 3’ Final Trailer Reveals the Villain!!! Check It Out!!!
Netflix has released a terrific new poster for Stranger Things 3, the third season of the wildly popular original series. Pre-release interviews from creators and showrunners The Duffer Brothers have honed in on “change” as a major theme of the new season, and indeed the tagline appears to be “One Summer Can Change Everything.” That’s a play not only on the approaching adolescence of the … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things 3’: New Poster Teases a Summer of Change!! Check It Out!!
With a little over a month to go until its return on Netflix, Entertainment Weekly has debuted two new images from the third season of the supernatural drama series Stranger Things featuring Steve (Joe Keery) and Dustin (Gaten Materazzo) as well as Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown); check them out here: Meanwhile, speaking to the outlet, co-creator Matt Duffer has been explaining … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3: Two New Images Debut Online!! Check It Out!!
After a Christmas season and a Halloween season, the marketing for Stranger Things chapter 3 has gone all-in on an 80s summer vibe, harkening back to a time when the weather was warm, the shorts were extremely high-waisted, and sweet dreams were, in fact, made of this. If the July 4 premiere date didn’t tip you off, 13 firework-filled new character posters introduce the idea … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things 3’ Character Posters Promise Frights and Fireworks!! Check It Out!!
Netflix is here to remind you that while Game of Thrones is over, there’s still another major, zeitgeist-grabbing TV series on the horizon: Stranger Things 3. The third season of the binge-worthy Netflix series arrives this summer, and a new clip offers a taste of a very different sort. While the first season of Stranger Things took place around Christmastime and the second season took … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things 3’: First Clip Teases a Steamy Summer in Hawkins!! Check It Out!!
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown has signed on to star in an adaptation of Ali Benjamin’s acclaimed Young Adult novel The Thing About Jellyfish, which is to be directed by Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu (Rafiki). The film will see Brown taking on the role of seventh grader Suzy, who becomes convinced that a rare jellyfish sting is responsible … Continue reading ‘The Thing About Jellyfish’: ‘Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown to Star in YA Adaption!!!
Friends, I don’t know what I expected from the Stranger Things Season 3 trailer, but it delivered so much more than I was prepared for that I can safely say it was worth the wait. The joyous introduction to this new season was not without tinges of darkness (and some very explicit shots of demons and the sinister evil of the Upside Down still corroding … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Images Are Like an 80s Dream!! Check Them Out!!
Netflix has released the first trailer for Stranger Things Season 3, and there is lot to talk about. The details of the highly anticipated third season have been kept tightly under wraps, and would we really want it any other way? But things are definitely changing in Hawkins, Indiana, as the lore of the Upside Down as well as the kids who (like Eleven) were experimented … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Trailer for Teases a Cruel Summer!! Check It Out!!
For Stranger Things Season 3, Netflix has certainly gotten creative with its teaser trailers. Instead of showing us footage from the new season (which, let’s be honest — the less we know the better, just for spooky-sake), we’ve gotten commercials from a local mall, a rollout of the season’s titles, and now, a vintage New Year’s countdown. Of course, it’s no ordinary New Year’s countdown. … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Premiere Date, Poster Revealed with Cryptic Countdown!! Check It Out!!
Of all the holidays, Stranger Things is most rightfully associated with Halloween. But that hasn’t stopped Netflix and the show’s cast from bringing us some Christmas cheer in the form of a very silly video. In it, the younger cast members — Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, and Sadie Sink — gather together to wrap presents for some lucky … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Kids Wrap Presents for Fans and Adorably Goof Off!! Check It Out!!
Ahoy! Netflix has released a trailer for Stranger Things season 3, and while it doesn’t contain any new footage, the brief teaser did reveal all eight episode titles for the third return trip to Hawkins, Indiana. The new episode titles are: Suzie, Do You Copy? The Mall Rats The Case of the Missing Lifeguard The Sauna Test The Source The Birthday The Bite The Battle … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3: Episode Titles Revealed In New Teaser Trailer!! Check It Out!!
Millie Bobby Brown, one of the stars of Stranger Things, has confirmed that the show will not be ending with the upcoming season three. Rumors spread very quickly in the world of film and TV, especially when it comes to incredibly popular series like Stranger Things. When star Millie Bobby Brown shared to Instagram a post that showed her crying after shooting finished for season … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’: Millie Bobby Brown Confirms Show Isn’t Ending With Season 3!!!
Everyday is now a special day for something — aunts, trees, lollipops, the disappearance of a fictional character. Netflix has released a new video to commemorate the event of Will Byers’ disappearing to the Upside Down (November 6, 1983), and to remember where it all began. Sure there’s a mid-term election on November 6th as well, but it’s also Stranger Things Day! The date could be … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’: New Video Commemorates Will’s Initial Disappearance!! Check It Out!!
The Verge is reporting that Telltale Games – the company behind hit episodic video game titles such as The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, Minecraft: Story Mode, Game of Thrones and Batman – could be set to close its doors. According to reports, Telltale laid off the majority of its staff today, reportedly without any severance pay, leaving just a small team of around … Continue reading Telltale Games Closing Down After Mass Layoffs!!!
Stranger Things is, in a lot of ways, more tapestry than TV show. Netflix’s breakout hit in the Kids Ridin’ Bikes horror subgenre from the Duffer Brothers mixes and matches the tones, touches, and a direct plot point or two from the horror staples of the 1980’s. So far, those inspirations have been On Brand; a smidge of John Carpenter, a dollop of American Werewolf in London and … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Is Inspired By a 1985 Chevy Chase Movie!!!
It appears that Hawkins, Indiana is getting an upgrade in Stranger Things Season 3 (and I don’t just mean with the casting of Maya Hawke, who was exceptionally delightful in PBS’s recent Little Women adaptation). According to a retro-styled ad released today, the small town is getting a big city mall: Star Court Mall in fact, which is full of stores like The Gap! Walden Books! Sam … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Gives A Sneak Peek at Season 3 Through A Tubular Retro Ad!!! Check It Out!!
The 2018 Primetime Emmy Nominations have arrived! And they are, well, somewhat expected. Game of Thrones leads the pack with 22 total nominations, but that’s a bit misleading as a show this huge obviously scored a ton of technical nominations. It picked up a nomination for Best Drama Series as well as acting nods for Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and multiple episodes scored directing and writing nominations. Westworld … Continue reading Complete List of Emmy Nominations 2018 Revealed!! Check It Out!!
It was a night of Wakanda pride and ’80s nostalgia at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards, with “Black Panther” winning the most film awards and “Stranger Things” dominating the television field. Tiffany Haddish hosted the show, which aired Monday night on Viacom networks and taped Saturday at Santa Monica’s Barker Hangar. Haddish even took home an award herself for best comedic performance in … Continue reading ‘Black Panther,’ and ‘Stranger Things’ Dominate 2018 MTV Movie and TV Awards!! Check Out The Full List!!!
Fox has acquired movie rights to “Bolivar,” Sean Rubin’s graphic novel about a dinosaur living in modern-day New York City. The book was published by the Boom Studios’ Archaia imprint in November. It was listed on the New York Public Library’s best children’s books of 2017 and carries the description, ” In this ode to NYC, there really IS an antiquities-loving dinosaur living next door … Continue reading Fox Developing Children’s Dinosaur Story ‘Bolivar’ as a Film!!!
It’s officially official: Stranger Things 3 filming is underway. Collider broke the news last week that production on Stranger Things Season 3 was set to begin on Monday, April 23rd, and indeed now Netflix has released a video confirming the start of production, teasing the return of familiar faces, and also offering a peek at a couple of the new cast members. You won’t get … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things 3’ Video Teases the Start of Filming on the New Season!!! Check It Out!!
When you watch Stranger Things, there are a few things you can always count on. Eleven is going to kick ass, Jim Hopper is going to be criminally handsome, and Will Byers is going to take a thorough beating from the forces of the Upside Down. But not anymore, according to series producer and director Shawn Levy. OK, Hopper’s still probably going to be pretty … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 To Introduce New Evil!!!
Nominations for the 75th Golden Globe Awards have been announced, and in keeping with this year’s incredibly fluid race, the love was spread to a variety of films and performers. The Shape of Water came away with the most nominations with seven in total, including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, and Supporting Actor. But it was followed close behind by Steven Spielberg‘s timely The Post and the … Continue reading ‘The Shape of Water’, ‘The Post’, & ‘Three Billboards’ Lead 2018 Golden Globe Nominations!!!
The only strange thing would be if you couldn’t see this news coming from a mile away. Netfix will journey back to Hawkins, Indiana — and more importantly, the Upside Down — when “Stranger Things” returns with a third installment, the company announced Friday. The full main cast is expected to return for show’s third outing. For those who need reminding, that’s Winona Ryder as … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Renewed for Third Season at Netflix!!!
Synopsis – When terrifying supernatural forces once again begin to affect Hawkins, they realize Will’s disappearance was only the beginning and so the adventure continues. Episodes – S02E01 to S02E09 My Take – A year ago, this quirky little show that no-one had heard much about debuted on Netflix to an unexpected bona-fide sensation that soared almost by word of mouth alone, cementing its status … Continue reading Stranger Things Season 2 (2017) Review!!!
With just over a week to go until Stranger Things Season 2 finally arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has debuted a new clip and it seems to offer a very straightforward answer to a major fan question — Where did Eleven go after defeating the Demogorgon and how the heck did Eleven get back into our reality? If this clip is to be taken … Continue reading Eleven Escapes The Upside Down in a New ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Clip!!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has released the final new trailer for Stranger Things Season 2, just two weeks before the show premieres. The new season picks up about a year after the events of Season 1, exploring the larger mythology of Will’s disappearance as new threats are introduced. Creators/showrunners The Duffer Brothers have described the nine-episode second season as more of a sequel than a new season, and indeed that’s … Continue reading Final ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Trailer and New Images Tease a Straight-Up Sequel!! Check It Out!!
It appears some of the episode titles for Stranger Things Season 2 are changing pretty drastically. The very first teaser for the second season, which announced that Season 2 was coming in the first place, included episode titles for all nine episodes, but creators/showrunners Matt Duffer and Ross Duffer subsequently revealed that some of those titles would be changing. Indeed, Netflix simply wanted a video … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Teaser Reveals New Episode Titles!! Check It Out!!
Stranger Things Season 2 is poised to be a very big deal when it returns to Netflix on October 27th. And to accommodate a second season this big, the town of Hawkins, Indiana will have to play host to an ever bigger villain than that of the demogorgon or the Hawkins National Laboratory. It’s a villain so big that it’s been teased in the TV show’s marketing … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Villain Is a Lovecraftian Shadow Monster!!!
It’s hard to believe but we’ve only got one month left to go before Stranger Things Season 2 is unveiled. It feels like we’ve been anticipating this thing for a long time now, but we’re almost there folks. And with the premiere date looming closer, Netflix has unveiled a few new images from the second season, giving us another look at the show’s new characters and … Continue reading New ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Images Reveal New Characters & New Horrors!! Check It Out!!
While everyone is still talking about the Game of Thrones finale, the next TV phenomenon is right around the corner. Stranger Things Season 2 debuts in two months, and Netflix has now unveiled a series of character posters that are delightfully throwback in nature. Not only do the posters have fold marks, just like the ones you used to hang on your bedroom wall, but … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Character Posters Go Full Spielberg-Face!! Check It Out!!
Stranger Things took the entertainment world by storm when it premiered last summer on Netflix, making a Season 2 order a certainty. There’s so much hype for the follow-up to the Hawkins kids’ adventures in the Upside-Down, however, that Netflix has decided to go ahead and order up Season 3, according to showrunners/creators Matt and Ross Duffer. That’s great news for fans of the series since … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 3 Ordered by Netflix!!
Amblin’s sci-fi film Intelligent Life has landed a new director. THR reports that Rebecca Thomas (Stranger Things) will direct the upcoming sci-fi film, which “centers on a United Nations employee who monitors outer space and makes contact with a beautiful woman who may be an alien.” Jurassic World duo Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connelly wrote the original script, but Thomas will do some additional writing … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Helmer Rebecca Thomas to Direct Sci-Fi ‘Intelligent Life’!!
20th Century Fox has recruited Stranger Things director Becca Thomas to direct an adaptation of James Wan‘s comic series, Malignant Man. Per THR, The Conjuring and Aquaman filmmaker is attached to produce Malignant, which is based on the Boom! Studios comic he co-created with writer Michael Alan Nelson (Hexed) and artist Piotr Kowalski. Boom!’s Ross Richie and Stephen Christy will also produce alongside Wan, operating through his Atomic Monster label. The sci-fi thriller follows Alan … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Director Teaming with James Wan for ‘Malignant Man’ Movie!!!
Netflix has dropped a brand new trailer for Stranger Things Season 2, fresh out of the show’s Comic-Con panel. The new season picks up about a year after the events of Season 1, exploring the larger mythology of Will’s disappearance as new threats are introduced. Creators/showrunners The Duffer Brothers have described the nine-episode second season as more of a sequel than a new season, and … Continue reading New ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Trailer Is Downright Spooky!! Check It Out!!
Season 1 of Netflix’s Stranger Things will go down in TV history as one of the buzziest shows ever made. While that’s good news for the cast and crew, the fans are now expecting big things for Season 2. The pressure is on showrunners Matt and Ross Duffer and executive producer Shawn Levy to recapture the nostalgia and magic of the first season, which followed the adventures of … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Poster Sees a Storm A-Brewin’ Over Hawkins, Indiana!! Check It Out!!
The Television Critics Association has announced its nominees for the current awards season, and inarguably the big winner is Carrie Coon. The impeccably talented actress landed a nomination for Individual Achievement in Drama, but instead of voters having to choose between her work in The Leftovers and Fargo, she’s nominated for her work on both. That’s a unique honor that is wholly deserved for one … Continue reading ‘Atlanta’, ‘Handmaid’s Tale’, and ‘This Is Us’ Lead Television Critics Association Nominees!!! Check Out The Full List!!
“Stranger Things” fans are unlikely to go trick-or-treating this Halloween, as season two of Netflix’s breakout hit debuts on that most spooky of holidays. As excited as many surely are to return to Hawkins, director/producer Shawn Levy warns viewers not to get their hopes up for the return of a certain beloved character: good ol’ Barb. “We are going to do things that fans will … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2: Barb Probably Isn’t Returning!!!
Love Stranger Things but wish there was more of the Demogorgon? Good news! Well, not about the Demogorgon, I think that thing’s dead. However, if you were craving more monster action in Matt and Ross Duffer‘s breakout Netflix hit, you’re going to like what the creators have to say about Season 2. TVLine hit up Netflix’s FYSee Space and embraced the opportunity to get some updates on the … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Will Give the Monster More Screen Time!!!
The newly revamped MTV Movie & TV Awards are aired for the first time ever Sunday night, hosted by “Pitch Perfect” and “Workaholics” star Adam Devine. For the 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards — known previously as the MTV Movie Awards from 1992-2016 — the network honored fan-favorites in both film and television. “Beauty and the Beast” took home movie of the year, while “Stranger Things” won … Continue reading ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Beauty & the Beast’ Win Big at 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards!!! Check Out The Full List!!!
