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Since making it clear that they’re primarily focused on creating new content, Netflix’s streaming library has dwindled a bit when it comes non-Netflix new releases and old favorite. However, the streaming service is doing a pretty good job of keeping their coffers full enough for a Friday night watch, and June is definitely one of those months where they’re adding more interesting titles than they’re removing.Young Frankenstein,Zodiac,War on Everyone,Okja,and plenty more are dropping on the serviceand the month is pretty light on casualties....

Oscar nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards have been announced.Jokerleads the crop of contenders with 11 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director forTodd Phillips. The gritty Warner Bros. drama has been considered an awards contender ever since it won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, and it’s now made it all the way up to the Academy Awards. Close behind we haveThe Irishman,Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and191710 nominations each, including Best Picture, Director, and corresponding screenplay nominations....

From directorDan Trachtenberg(10 Cloverfield Lane) and writerPatrick Aison, the action/horror thrillerPreyis the fifth installment in thePredatorfranchise and a prequel that’s set 300 years ago, in the world of the Comanche Nation. This time around, it follows a fierce and skilled female Comanche warrior named Naru (Amber Midthunder), who sets out to protect her tribe with no idea that she’s walking into a terrifying battle with a highly-evolved alien that’s landed on Earth....

Warning: Spoilers for “Chapter Forty-One: Manhunter” below! The CW’sRiverdalehas always set itself apart, crafting a Lynchian “teen-noir” potboiler that’s refreshingly different from the predictably angsty high school soap opera efforts on other networks. Dirty dealings, murders, fight clubs, serial killers, and a cult that uses an evil board game that causes its players to commit suicide are all part of the milieu of the bonkers thrill ride that isRiverdale. At the heart of it all, however, are the core four: Archie, Veronica, Jughead, and Betty....

About 70 years ago, televisionWesternswere all the rage across the land, and the myth of the American West was as strong as ever. In attempting to capture the legends of old, Hollywood produced countless Western productions that highlighted real, historical gunslingers and lawmen from the days of old, pacifying them to meet societal standards. Not everyone was pleased with the “careless abandon” that writers and actors took with the names of these Old Western icons, and in 1962, oneRod Serlingtook a shot at the juvenile and inaccurate depictions of these figures....

If you thought Lucasfilm had expended itsRogue One: A Star Wars Storyteases at Star Wars Celebration Europe last week, you’re wrong. While it’s nothing close to a new trailer or behind-the-scenes-video, Lucasfilmdidunveil a newRogue Onecharacter on the floor at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 yesterday. The aptly named Edrio Two Tubes is described as a mercenary pilot who is partners with his eggmate, Benthic. His breathing apparatus allows his Tognath physiology to process oxygen atmospheres, and when his home world of Yar Togna is conquered by the Empire, he sets out to join the resistance and fight alongside Saw Gerrera....

In addition to a heap of new characters, includingFelicity Jones’ Jyn Erso,Rogue One: A Star Wars Storywill further expand the Star Wars universe by introducing new worlds. Thanks to apanelatStar WarsCelebration Europe, we know one of these to be Scarif, the tropical location shown on the film’s poster. And during a post-panel discussion with directorGareth Edwards,he revealed the existence of another previously unknown planet, Jedha. Jedha has been glimpsed in the initialRogue Onetrailer andbehind-the-scenes sizzle reelfromStar WarsCelebration, and ahead of thenew trailer debuton Thursday, Edwards tellsEWthat it’s a holy land....

A dream project is taking shape at FX that revolves around acclaimed filmmaker and choreographerBob Fosse. The network announced today that it has greenlit an eight-episode untitled Fosse/Verdon limited series revolving around the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse andGwen Verdon, withSam RockwellandMichelle Williamsfilling the lead roles. The series will be executive produced byLin-Manuel Miranda,HamiltondirectorThomas Kail, andDear Evan HansenwriterSteven Levenson, with Kail directing the premiere episode from a script by Levenson....

Following the film’s robust box office performance in limited release, Lionsgate is actively developing a sequel to the taut thrillerSicario. Masterfully directed byDenis Villeneuve(Prisoners,Enemy), the film follows an FBI agent played byEmily Bluntas she’s recruited by two mysterious government figures (Josh BrolinandBenicio Del Toro) to accompany them on a secret mission involving drug cartels on the U.S.-Mexico border. I caught the film at TIFF (read my reviewhere) and it’s absolutely one of the best films of the year....

WhileThe Simpsonshas been running for nearly 30 seasons, what makesSouth Parkstand out as unique in terms of a long-running TV series is that it’s maintained the same creative team the entire time. The show was and still is the brainchild ofTrey ParkerandMatt Stone, and fans rest assured that each season, the stories are coming straight from the same guys who gave Cartman an anal probe way back when. But as the show has gone on, Parker and Stone have looked for different, more ambitious ways of tackling the material, and a few years ago they hit upon the idea of finally makingSouth Parkserialized....

A feature adaptation of the long-running Mad Magazine comic stripSpy vs. Spyhas been in the works for nearly a decade, and now Collider has exclusively learned thatRawson Marshall Thurberis in talks to direct the live-action movie for Warner Bros. and Imagine Entertainment. Ron HowardandBrian Grazerwill produce for Imagine, which had initially developed the project as a potential directing vehicle for Howard. Back in June 2011, the Imagine duo brought inDavid Koeppto produce alongside them and oversee a screenplay that would be written by hisPremium RushpartnerJohn Kamps, though other writers have surely had a crack at the script in the intervening years....

Applause. Laughter. Music. That’s what you’ll find on set whenKevin Smith(Clerks,Chasing Amy) is directing. At the beginning of November, I had the opportunity to visit theSupergirlset with a group of journalists, when we were invited by Smith to watch a scene being filmed. Smith brings his unique and fun directing style to theGreg Berlanti’s DCTV universe again this Fall. Last season, he directedThe Flashepisode, “The Runaway Dinosaur,” and returned to direct next week’s “Killer Frost....

It has just been announced by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) that the upcoming release of the Blu-Ray collection ofSuperman: The Animated Serieswill be delayed due to production issues. The six-disc remastered collection of the 54-episode series will be seeing a two-week delay, and is now set to release on October 26. The box set will include all 54 episodes of the original show, with all of the episodes of the series being remastered in terms of both visual and audio....