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The Emmy Award-winningLive in Front of a Studio Audiencewill make its highly-anticipated return with a third special that will feature a live reenactment of the hit seriesThe Facts of Life, andDiff’rent Strokes, created byBernie KukoffandJeff Harris.Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff’rent Strokeswill premiere on December 7 on ABC, and will be available to stream on Hulu the following day. This one-night-only live event will reunite executive producersNorman Lear,Jimmy Kimmel,Brent Miller,Kerry Washington,Will Ferrell,Justin Theroux, andJim Burrows....

Tolkien fans can rejoice: an ultimate box set of allThe HobbitandLord of the Ringsfilms exists. The first image of the set, which will surely break the bank, has arrived online and even non and casual enthusiasts will drop their jaws in awe. Viaio9,Amazonreleased the details of the Middle-earth Limited Collector’s Edition, which features 30 discs holding extended editions of all six ofPeter Jackson’s fantasy films fromThe Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneytoThe Lord of the Rings: Return of the King....

Back in October, I traveled with a group of fellow TV writers to the sets of several WB and Fox shows in Vancouver, “the city that doubles for everywhere else” (and yet it’s really beautiful and should be used as itself … but I digress). While there, we were able to speak to the cast ofLucifer, Fox’s upcoming series based on the graphic novel byMike Casey(though the character originated inNeil Gaiman’sThe Sandman)....

One year after New York Cityoriginally closed all movie theaters in March 2020, they will now be open again.New York governorAndrew Cuomohas announcedthat NYC movie theaters will reopen on July 13, 2025 — with lots of stringent safety-oriented policies in place. Using Cuomo’s exact language, these theaters will be open “at 25% capacity, with no more than 50 people per screen. Assigned seating, social distancing and other health precautions will be in place....

Robyn Dixonhas a surprising allyinNneka Ihim. Ihim, who joinedThe Real Housewives of Potomacin Season 8, was not featured talking with Dixon much on the series, but in a new interview, she shared how the two were friends and how, more importantly, she thinks that it would be better to keep Dixon onthe reality series. Rumors began that Dixon was fired from the serieswhen it was announced thatCandiace Dillard Bassettwould not returnfor Season 9....

It’s time to aca-wake up, Pitches, because thePitch Perfectfranchise is back — this time as a television series. Peacock has announced a straight-to-series order for a new, untitled series in thePitch Perfectuniverse, spinning off from the Universal Pictures film series and starring one of its funniest alumni,Adam Devine, reprising his role as everyone’s favorite vocal villain, Bumper Allen. Set several years after the originalPitch Perfecttrilogy, the new series is set to follow Bumper as he moves to Germany to revive his music career, after one of his songs unexpectedly ends up becoming a hit in Berlin....

Directed byDon HallandCarlos López Estradaand from Walt Disney Animation Studios,Raya and the Last Dragontravels into a world where everything once lived in harmony before an evil force fractured and divided humanity. That same evil force sends Raya on an epic journey five hundred years later, with the hope of finding the last dragon and restoring all of the life that had been lost. During a virtual press conference to discuss all thingsRaya and the Last Dragon, co-starsKelly Marie Tran(“Raya”),Awkwafina(“Sisu”),Daniel Dae Kim(“Benja”),Gemma Chan(“Namaari”), andSandra Oh(“Virana”) talked about making this movie from home during a pandemic, pulling off the comradery of the story when they couldn’t be together, why audiences can identify with these characters, the father-daughter dynamic between Raya and Benja, finding Sisu, and the importance of this film at a time when there has been a rise in attacks against Asian Americans....

Tis the season for Christmashorrorfilms. Whether it be classics likeBlack ChristmasandSilent Night, Deadly Nightor modern gems likeBetter Watch Out, there’s no shortage of frosty holiday terrors for genre fans to enjoy. Over the last decade, the horror-centric streamer Shudder has been keeping the blood-soaked tradition alive with their own batch of festive nightmares. One of the best examples of this in recent years has been the horror thrillerThe Sacrifice Game. Now the 2023critically acclaimed satanic panic film is finally coming to Blu-raythanks to Black Fawn Distribution....

Solo: A Star Wars Storymay have had a tumultuous production, but it’s getting averyprestigious premiere. The second-everStar Warsspinoff movie will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it will screen out of competition. The screening will be held on May 15th, 10 days before Disney releasesSoloworldwide on May 25th, so look for the first reviews to hit around that time. It’s a pretty sweet ending to what was a troubled road to release....

Sonic the Hedgehogis a 2020 family film directed byJeff Fowler, based on the popular video game franchise of the same name. The movie was about the blue alien speedster Sonic the Hedgehog (Ben Schwartz) befriending a local cop from Earth, Tom Wachowski (James Marsden). The two bond and go on a road trip to get Sonic’s magic teleporting rings back in San Francisco before he gets captured by the evil Dr....

We all knew thatStar Wars: The Last Jediwould make a ridiculous amount of money, so the only question was “How much?” Disney has just send out a press release announcing that in only 11 days, theStar Warssequel has surpassedWonder Womanas the second-highest grossing film of 2017.Wonder Womantopped out at $412 million domestically.The Last Jedihas now raked in $424 million domestically and $420.2 million internationally for a worldwide total of $844.2 million, which is particularly impressive when you consider that it still hasn’t opened in China yet....

Early in 1964, when former cop-turned-television-producerGene Roddenberrywas developing the Science Fiction/Western-in-space series concept that would becomeStar Trek,he had an idea for a highly intelligent alien character, possibly green or reddish, and with pointed ears. He askedGary Lockwood, star of Roddenberry’s short-lived seriesThe Lieutenant(and who would appear in the secondStar Trekpilot, “Where No Man Has Gone Before”) who should play the role. Lockwood suggestedLeonard Nimoy, someone they had both worked with on The Lieutenant series....

Late on Friday afternoon,Collider reportedthatTaika WaititiandJude Lawwere teaming for a new Showtime series calledThe Auteur. The timing wasn’t ideal, not just because it was a Friday afternoon, but because it was Valentine’s Day, and the start of a long holiday weekend. Showtime wasn’t exactly happy with us, but if a story is true and newsworthy, it’s our duty to publish it. Of course, this means that, sometimes, we don’t have all the details, and with regards toThe Auteur, I had a feeling it was based on the graphic novel of the same name, but I wasn’t totally sure....