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When COVID-19 hit, the entertainment industry went into an unprecedented lockdown, the greatest international health challenge since the H2N2 pandemic of 1957-1958. Suddenly, everybody was available but nobody could be anywhere. Writer and journalist Marc Bernardin (Critical Role, Alphas, Castle Rock, Star Trek: Picard) was motivated to do something to help people in need. He got an […]

The Council of Economic Advisers to the President of The United States of America has provided their annual economic report to the President. The President, after reviewing and approving of the report, has sent the Economic Report of the President to Congress. What is surprising about this report lies in some surprise appearances in The […]

App conglomerate Colin Kroll, co-founder and CEO of the gaming app HQ Trivia and video app Vine, was found dead Sunday morning in New York. Police found the 34-year old in the bedroom of his New York apartment at the request from his girlfriend for a wellness check, according to CNN. Kroll was unresponsive and […]

Panini Comics Italia used Lucca Comics & Games in Tuscany this weekend to announced a number of new series, including Space Opera. The latest work of Jacopo Paliaga and Eleonora Bruni following their work on Aqualung and Monster Anthology, Space Opera brought out a splash of bright magenta with characters that look both foreign and familiar. The two have crafted […]

Cinemax is set to show viewers a more dangerous side to Harry Potter creator/author J.K. Rowling, setting Friday, June 1st at 10 p.m. ET for the premiere of its action-packed series based on pseudonym Robert Galbraith's crime novels, C.B. Strike. The series launches with three one-hour episodes that will cover The Cuckoo's Calling, followed by four one-hour episodes […]

Hate to be so emotional, and I didn't mean to get physical. But when he pulled in and revved it up, I said,  "You call that a pickup truck?" In the moonlight I throwed him down, a kicking, screaming, a rolling around. A little piece of a bloody tooth, just so you know I was thinking […]

To say it's been a rough couple of months for Starz's American Gods would be a serious understatement, especially considering their series adaptation of author and executive producer Neil Gaiman's novel is coming off of a strong first season. We've watched as things got a little nasty between out-going showrunners Bryan Fuller and Michael Green and Fremantle; and between Gaiman […]

After weeks of "will he/won't he" confusion, of course it would be Dee who would have the scoop on the future of her brother. With Kaitlin Olson wrapping up the second season of her Fox sitcom The Mick, the actress confirmed that her It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-star Glenn Howerton's (A.P. Bio) Dennis Reynolds […]

Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's recap/review of NBC's Thursday night comedy series A.P. Bio, starring It's Always in Sunny in Philadelphia's Glenn Howerton and Happy!'s Patton Oswalt. After last week's "fall from grace" (it happens), here's hoping tonight's ninth episode 'Rosemary's Boyfriend' gets the series back on track…and how can you go wrong with Mr. […]

From the streets of Mega-City One to the bridge of the U.S.S. Enterprise to…kicking the holy hell out of super-heroes on the government dime? Looks like that's case for Karl Urban (Thor: Ragnarok), who will leading up The Boys in Amazon's series adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's comic book series The Boys. Created […]

After a long history of near-adaptations on screens large and small, Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man has received an official series pilot order from FX. American Gods' Michael Green and Luke Cage's Aida Mashaka Croal will serve as the project's co-showrunners. They will executive produce alongside Vaughn, Color Force's Nina Jacobson and […]

By now, we all know the headline: in November 2017, Amazon Studios spent $250 million to outbid Netflix for television series rights to J.R.R. Tolkien's world-renowned Lord of the Rings fantasy series. Produced in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, publisher HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, the project will explore new storylines preceding The Fellowship of […]

Expect a lot more Top 5 lists and a lot less cynical music pretentiousness (I'm looking at you, Barry) — Disney is planning a gender-swapped romantic comedy series inspired by Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity and the 2000 feature adaptation for its upcoming streaming service. Writers Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka's (Bull, Ugly Betty) series looks […]

Welcome back to Bleeding Cool's weekly recap/review of Freeform's Siren,  Eric Wald and Dean White's mermaid fantasy-action drama. After a very strong and promising start to the series, let's see if the the show builds upon it or suffers a second-episode sophomore slump with 'The Lure'. But before we get to that, a quick sneak preview and […]

They say that time heals all wounds — but for Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), all it takes is one bitter reminder… one unforeseen threat… to reignite a legendary rivalry after over three decades. As we see from the two newest teasers for YouTube Red's The Karate Kid continuation series Cobra Kai, […]

Following up on yesterday's reporting that Stranger Things creators The Duffer Brothers (Matt and Ross Duffer) were being sued by filmmaker Charlie Kessler for allegedly stealing the concept for the series from his 2012 short film, the Duffer Brothers have responded to the complaint through their attorney, Alex Kohner: "Mr. Kessler's claim is completely meritless. He […]

There are some things that you just learn to expect around this time of the year, like longer hours of daylight; winter clothes getting racked at discount; and my initial excitement over the new baseball season pretty much waning until the playoffs. We can now add Ryan Murphy revving up the tease machine for the […]

Being a fan of AMC's The Walking Dead, you learn pretty early on that losing people is part of the price you pay for being a part of the shows eight-plus seasons — and still, it's never easy. But when we lose a member of our TWD "fan family," that loss cuts wider and deeper […]

The road to Stranger Things' third season on Netflix has been a good news-bad news roller coaster for series creators Matt and Ross Duffer (The Duffer Brothers) over the past several weeks. With news of the cast getting raises and the show being featured in this year's Universal Studios' Halloween Horror came allegations of verbal […]

Murder on the Orient Express's Kenneth Branagh appears to be going the "stay-cation" route with his newest project, re-teaming with Mark Gordon to star/produce Entertainment One's television adaptation of Amor Towles's novel A Gentleman in Moscow. Entertainment One optioned the book's series rights in 2017 from publisher Viking, a division of Penguin Random House in North America, […]