Fans of Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian have every reason in the world to be excited about its return. Series creator Jon Favreau confirmed that the second season's October premiere window was still on track, and some of the faces you might just be seeing include Rosario Dawson, Timothy Olyphant, Temuera Morrison, […]
Starting off on a quick side note, we completely forgot that The Witcher executive producer, writer, and showrunner Lauren S. Hissrich was also an executive producer and writer on The Umbrella Academy ("Man on the Moon," and "I Heard a Rumor" with Sneha Koorse) so we're flicking ourselves behind our ears to attune. Speaking of […]
Star Wars: The Clone Wars creator Dave Filoni has been fortunate to be able to finish despite the series having three different homes. Following the 2008 animated film of the same name, the television series originally premiered on Cartoon Network where it lasted five seasons before its cancellation in 2013. The following year, the series […]
Some excellent news broke on Monday afternoon, with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in favor of LGBTQ rights with a decision that grants gay, lesbian, and transgender workers protection under federal anti-discrimination law. In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled that LGBTQ employees cannot be fired based on their sexual orientation and that Title VII […]
Welcome back to our second edition of BCTV Sunday Slices (yes, we do read your feedback every now and then), where I highlight some of our television coverage from the past week and offer my wise and incredibly witty three cents (so impressive are my thoughts that they earn an extra penny each). Then in […]
Despite the modern discourse on the perils of screen time for children, I love watching television with my kids. I grew up watching Star Trek: The Next Generation and later ER with my parents, and now treasure those shared memories. In an effort to create similar memories for our elementary school-aged children, my spouse and I […]
It's been no mystery that Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian has been having a good run of things, especially when you consider the COVID-19 world we've all been living in over the past several months. With series creator Jon Favreau confirming the second season's October premiere, it appears fans have Rosario Dawson, […]
After an understandable delay of one week (more on that below), the first two episodes of Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge have made their way online (available on the Star Wars Kids channel on YouTube and StarWarsKids.com), but no need to leave since we have both episodes waiting for you below. In the series, host […]
On Monday, fans of Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian learned that Extraction director Sam Hargrave would be joining the second season as a second unit director. Hargrave joins a list of new faces expected for season 2, both in front of (Rosario Dawson, Timothy Olyphant, Temuera Morrison, and Michael Biehn) and behind the […]
Okay, now this is just starting to get silly. Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian somehow found a way to pretty much fly above the coronavirus clouds, resulting in a steady stream of good news. With series creator Jon Favreau confirming the second season's October premiere, news leaks have Rosario Dawson, Timothy Olyphant, Temuera […]
It's hard to believe it, but it's true: we've come to the end of the fourth season of Adult Swim's Rick and Morty. Aside from leaving us slightly depressed and with a theory that the entire season was Evil Morty's psychological warfare against Rick, we're selfish enough to admit that we're already looking ahead to […]
Disney+'s live-action Star Wars spinoff series The Mandalorian has been having a pretty decent off-season. With the series set to return for a second season in October, news leaks have Rosario Dawson, Timothy Olyphant, Temuera Morrison, and Michael Biehn joining the cast, with series creator Jon Favreau, executive producer Dave Filoni, Peyton Reed (Ant-Man), and […]
When it came to life in the Disney+ streaming service world, the end of 2020 was looking pretty good for Marvel Studios. August would bring The Falcon and the Winter Solider, with Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan resuming their Marvel Cinematic Universe roles; followed by Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany doing the same in December […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic running roughshod across the television landscape for the past three months, networks, cable channels, and streaming services have had to rebuild from the ground up how they can promote their upcoming shows to viewers, the media, and (probably the most important) advertisers. That's never been more evident than with how Upfronts […]
WandaVision is an upcoming TV series created for Disney+ from Marvel by Jac Schaeffer, based on the Scarlet Witch and Vision characters and the Tom King and Gabriel Walta series. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Schaeffer serving as head writer and Matt Shakman directing, it stars Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising their movie roles. Teyonah Parris, Kat Dennings, Randall Park, and Kathryn Hahn also star. Filming began in Atlanta, Georgia […]
Star Wars fans young and old who were looking forward to the first episode Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge will have a little extra time to build up that excitement. In fact, they'll have a week. Reality competition series host Ahmed Best aka Master Kelleran Beq (also Jar Jar Binks in the Star Wars prequel […]
Less than a day after word broke that film and television productions were given the green light to resume productions after the UK government and health agencies gave the approval to new coronavirus safety rules and guidelines, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom are hearing from Hollywood. The Industry-Wide Labor-Management Safety […]
Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Peacock, plus whatever Quibi's trying to do: all these streaming services are making my head spin. I mean, really, you're telling me I have to sign up for like seven different streaming services all for a few shows on each (HBO Max the latest)? Yes, companies all want my hard-earned […]
Disney+ and Jon Favreau's The Mandalorian helped put the streaming service on the map when it comes to original content and the viability of live-action Star Wars series, and now its influence has extended out into the awards arena. This week, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) clarified a Golden Globes rule that directly impacts […]
In the two months since Marvel Studios announced that animation studio Squeeze (Cracké) was set to create five episodes of Disney+'s What If…?, the pop culture landscape changed dramatically in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Now that states and countries are beginning to roll back restrictions and studios are looking at revised production timelines, […]
