Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is attending Mumbai Film Festival with feature-length drama Something Like An Autobiography, which is playing in the festival’s Icons: South Asia section after premiering in the Jiseok section at Busan.
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Given the chaotic state of both Marvel and DC Comics franchises, it’s increasingly looking like Prime Video is becoming a welcome place for counterprogramming when it comes to the mainstream superhero genre. The streaming service has already tailor-made mature superhero shows such as “The Boys,” “Gen V,” and “Invincible,” with a satirical edge for an audience that might want a bit more than just flashy CGI destruction and convoluted Multiverse cameos.
Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is attending Mumbai Film Festival with feature-length drama Something Like An Autobiography, which is playing in the festival’s Icons: South Asia section after premiering in the Jiseok section at Busan.
Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. Although it’s been two-and-a-half years since the season one finale of Robert Kirkman‘s “Invincible” back in April 2021, the subversive animated superhero series is back for season two. Available to watch now, “Invincible” returns on Amazon Prime Video for subscribers only.
EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Freevee has ordered a second season of Tribunal Justice, created and executive produced by Judge Judy Sheindlin. The renewal comes ahead of the December 1 Season 1 finale of the the courtroom program, part of the Justice brand on Freevee anchored by Sheindlin’s other courtroom show for the streamer, the Daytime Emmy-winning Judy Justice, which has been renewed through Season 4. Both programs are distributed by by Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is being made into a TV series.
Jaden Thompson Netflix has released the trailer for Part 1 of the sixth and final season of “The Crown,” slated for release on Nov. 16. The final season will be split into two parts, with the first four episodes exploring the new relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed before their tragic car accident.
UPDATED, 7:40 AM: “Well, sir, there’s no easy way to say this, your wife isn’t who she says she is.” So begins the first full trailer for the fifth installment of FX‘s Fargo. In the trailer, we also get a glimpse of Jon Hamm in a hot tub, and Juno Temple as Dot whose attempts to shield her past from her family are quickly unraveling. Jennifer Jason Leigh also stars. Watch the new trailer above.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer “Jet Lag: The Game” is refueled for Season 8 and bringing “Challenge Accepted” host Michelle Khare along for the ride. Streamy winner Khare has joined “Jet Lag” as the guest contestant on the new season of the hit web travel game show, which will be returning to the U.S. for its eighth season after several installments shot abroad in Europe, Japan and New Zealand, playing alongside usual competitors: Sam Denby, Adam Chase and Ben Doyle (the winner of Season 7).
Prime Video has set April 12, 2024 for the premiere of Fallout, its anticipated new series from Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy and their Kilter films, based on the worldwide best-selling game franchise. It will be available to stream exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. You can watch the date announcement below.
Anna Marie de la Fuente In perhaps one of her meatiest roles since Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” Oscar-nominated thesp Yalitza Aparicio stars in Prime Video’s upcoming series “Cometierra,” created by its showrunner Daniel Burman, The Mediapro Studio’s head of content for the U.S., Mexico and Central America. Principal photography is underway, predominantly in Mexico, with some scenes shot in Uruguay.
Great news from Amazon’s Prime Video today: Gen V has been renewed for a second season, Deadline reports!
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Boys” spinoff series Gen V” has been renewed for Season 2 at Amazon Prime Video. The news comes ahead of the Season 1 finale, which is due out Nov. 3.
Arnold Schwarzenegger recently got the Netflix doc treatment, Sylvester Stallone is next, and hell, maybe Bruce Willis is after that for a triumvirate of the action gods of the 1980s and 90s. We’re getting ahead of ourselves, for now, Netflix is getting ready to release “Sly,” a new Stallone documentary from Thom Zimny, the doc filmmaker behind “Springsteen on Broadway,” and “The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town.
Thania Garcia “What’s next for Bad Bunny?” has become a polarizing question in the Puerto Rican artist’s fanbase this year. After releasing his culturally shifting record “Un Verano Sin Ti” in 2022, the Grammy award winner has had a magnifying glass pressed up to his career (more recently on his love life) and even more immediately on his newly released, surprise LP “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” (“Nobody Knows What Will Happen Tomorrow.”) After spending most of last year on tour, Bunny proclaimed 2023 as his year of rest, emerging only to headline Coachella or to claim verses on Travis Scott’s and Drake’s new albums, but “Nadie” proves he’s had a plan all along — or at the very least, that he’s had a lot on his mind: One hour and 21 minutes’ worth of trap, reggaeton, drill and electronic beats represent his present and previous muses, while lyrically he appears more vulnerable than ever.
Prime Video on Saturday unveiled the main cast for its upcoming adult animation series Hazbin Hotel. Season One series regulars include Erika Henningsen as Charlie, Stephanie Beatriz as Vaggie, Alex Brightman as Sir Pentious, Keith David as Husk, Kimiko Glenn as Niffty, Blake Roman as Angel Dust, and Amir Talai as Alastor. with Christian Borle and Joel Perez also joining the cast as notable demons of Hell Vox and Valentino, respectively.
Caroline Brew editor Over two years since the first season aired, Amazon Prime Video‘s “Invincible” is back for Season 2. The animated superhero series will pick up right where the last season ended, introducing new characters and stories from the comic it is based on. The first four episodes of Season 2 will debut on Prime Video on Nov.
Prime Video today released the official Season 2 trailer for Robert Kirkman‘s adult animated superhero series Invincible from Skybound Entertainment. It was unveiled during Saturday’s Prime Video New York Comic Con panel, along with an exclusive episode clip, and a series conversation with executive producer, co-creator and co-showrunner Kirkman and co-showrunner and executive producer Simon Racioppa.
“How do we justify losing half a season, half a year?”
Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer It’s something of a marvel to trace the trajectory of Troye Sivan’s pop career. Only a decade ago, the singer-songwriter sat poised in front of his camera, the “most nervous” he’d ever been in his life.
The 10-episode fourth season of Apple TV+ space drama For All Mankind will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, November 10, followed by one new episode weekly every Friday through January 12, 2024.