Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Releasing Acquires ‘Learn to Swim,’ Sets Theatrical and Netflix Release Date

Ethan Shanfeld “The Sandman,” Netflix’s TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s sprawling comic book series, is approaching its third week at the top of Netflix’s Global Top 10 list. The series has racked up over 127.5 million hours viewed, but Gaiman thinks that “may not be enough” for Netflix to renew it for a second season.Answering some questions on Twitter over the weekend, Gaiman explained why fans shouldn’t assume the show’s massive popularity will lead to a Season 2.“Because ‘Sandman’ is a really expensive show,” Gaiman tweeted, responding to a commenter asking why “S2 is even a question.”Gaiman continued, “And for Netflix to release the money to let us make another season we have to perform incredibly well.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s Kaos has its Medusa.

The National have shared further details of their new single, ‘Weird Goodbyes’, featuring Bon Iver.Pictures of posters advertising the new song began to circulate online, with the band later confirming their legitimacy by changing their cover photos on social media to include the same artwork.Now The National have taken to Instagram to provide more information to fans, as well as a release date.“Last spring, the band reconvened at Long Pond to begin writing and recording new music that we’ve been working on ever since,” the statement reads.“‘Weird Goodbyes’ featuring Bon Iver felt like the right track to share first and is one of a handful of new songs we’ve been performing on tour this summer. We’re so grateful to our friend Justin Vernon for joining us on this song.”The post also revealed that the single will be released worldwide at 9am PST / 12pm EST / 5pm UK on Monday, August 22.

Ed Skrein showcases his musical side in the upcoming Netflix film “I Used to be Famous”, and viewers now have a first look at the trailer.

EXCLUSIVE: Universal’s adaptation of the classic TV series The Fall Guy already had star power with Ryan Gosling and David Leitch and looks to be adding more with its latest A-lister. Sources tell Deadline Emily Blunt is set to co-star opposite Gosling in Universal Pictures and 87North’s The Fall Guy, which is set to bow on March 1, 2024.

BLACKPINK have announced the release date for their upcoming second album ‘Born Pink’.As confirmed previously, the follow-up to the K-pop band’s 2020 debut ‘The Album’ will be previewed by lead single ‘Pink Venom’ on August 19. A recent teaser video also signalled a September arrival for the new full-length effort although it didn’t give an exact day.Taking to social media today (August 9), Black Pink revealed that ‘Born Pink’ will come out on September 16.

Amid those rumours Spice Girls might be a good bet for Glastonbury 2023 (Melanie C has a 'good feeling' it may happen one day), the group have teased celebrations for the 25th anniversary of their Spiceworld album.

Hunter Ingram Each morning as Toni Collette brushes her teeth, an owl stares back at her.The stoic bird of prey is not perched outside her window but rather ornately sitting on her countertop, contorted into the shape of a ceramic coffee mug that she places her toothbrush into before she starts her day.“It’s there looking at me daily — twice a day if I’m dentally honest,” Collette says. “Maybe I need a new receptacle.”Even if its days as her morning companion are numbered, the mug is a surreal artifact of her newly Emmy-nominated turn as Kathleen Peterson, a North Carolina woman found dead at the bottom of her stairs in 2001 — a case dramatized by HBO Max’s true crime limited series “The Staircase.” The shocking death occupied headlines for months as her husband, Michael Peterson (played by Colin Firth), was tried and convicted of her murder — all of it later chronicled in a 2004 French documentary also called “The Staircase.” The making of that doc was part of the 2022 series.After years behind bars and later house arrest, Peterson was released in 2017 when he accepted an Alford plea, a paradoxical agreement in which he pleaded guilty but maintained his innocence.

Netflix has bagged Thomas M. Wright’s tense Cannes thriller The Stranger and will premiere it globally in October.

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary British actor Stephen Fry has boarded Netflix’s The F**k it Bucket from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures, joining a clutch of highly-rated newcomers including lead Sophie Wilde (You Don’t Know Me) and Boiling Point’s Lauryn Ajufo.

Array Releasing, the distribution arm of Ava DuVernay’s Peabody Award-winning narrative change collective, has picked up rights to the feature drama Learn to Swim for the U.S., the UK, Australia and New Zealand, slating it for release on select screens and on Netflix on August 15.

Rick and Morty will be returning for a sixth season. We’ve got instructions for how to watch the latest episodes when the season airs. The Adult Swim cartoon has been on the air now for almost nine years, first airing back in December 2013.

The Great British Sewing Bee Christmas Specials will be back this year with a new celebrity line-up ready to follow those tricky patterns and transform unwanted materials into something fabulously festive. Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young will be back to share their expertise and critiques, and potentially dolling out the "chics" if the celebrities are up to scratch. BBC One has yet to confirm when the two part specials will air, but we're expecting the festive editions to follow a similar format to last year's, with one airing around the 22nd December, and the other on 29th December.

AURORA has shared a single that was previously limited to a vinyl release – listen to ‘A Potion For Love’ below.The song was originally only available to listen to on the vinyl version of her ‘The Gods We Can Touch‘ single ‘Cure For Me‘, which was released earlier this year. ‘A Potion For Love’ follows on from the release of another track, ‘The Devil Is Human’, earlier this month.The Norwegian singer will also reveal her live Vevo Studio performance of the song on YouTube at 5pm BST today (July 29) – see below.“When I wrote ‘Exist For Love’ [the first single from ‘The Gods We Can Touch’], a celebrations of the love we carry within us, I also wrote ‘Potion For Love’.

Netflix has greenlit a premium documentary on software pioneer John McAfee, who went on the run after his neighbor was murdered in Belize.