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The Playlist

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The Playlist‘Good American Family’: Isabel Merced & Patrick Schwarzenegger Set For Hulu Anthology Series Focused On The Bobbitt Scandal Hulu and 20th Television ‘s “ Good American Family ” is returning for a second season, with Katie Robbins (creator and writer) alongside fellow executive producer Ellen Pompeo (who starred in Season…

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The Playlist‘Digger’ Actor John Goodman Believes Critics “Killed” Big Swing Satire “Before We Even Opened”: “I Am Proud Of It” John Goodman played the fictional American President in Alejandro G. Iñárritu ‘s disaster comedy “ Digger ,” and the actor is now sharing his opinion concerning the movie after it misfired at the…

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The Playlist‘Percy Jackson & The Olympians’ Season 3 Trailer: Greek Mythology Series Returns To Disney+/Hulu With Two-Episode Premiere On November 20 Later this month, Disney+ and Hulu are gearing up for the return of the third season of “ Percy Jackson & the Olympians ” as a new trailer has arrived, giving subscribers a good look at what to…

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The PlaylistNovember TV Preview: ‘Blade Runner 2099,’ ‘The Rings Of Power,’ ‘Black Doves,’ ‘Yellowjackets’ & More Must-Watch Shows November is here, and the fall TV season still has plenty left in the tank. As we noted in our 62 TV Shows To Watch This Fall, the month was already looking busy, and a handful of late dates and…

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The PlaylistJoel Coen’s Scottish Gothic Mystery ‘Jack Of Spades’ Lands At Netflix For Fall 2027 Theatrical Release Well, this is a great November surprise, as the next Joel Coen film, “ Jack of Spades ,” has been nabbed by Netflix , and they’re now aiming to release the movie sometime next fall in theaters.

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The PlaylistEli Roth Says Peacock Passed On ‘Hostel’ Series With Paul Giamatti: “They’re Not Going To Do It” Peacock and Eli Roth were once coming together for a series set in the world of his “ Hostel ” franchise, a group of films where naive American backpackers are lured to Bratislava, Slovakia, a small…

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The PlaylistNovember Movie Preview: ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ ‘Paper Tiger,’ ‘Cliff Booth,’ ‘Sunrise On The Reaping’ & More If you thought October was crowded, guess again; November is arguably worse. Festival movies are finally hitting theaters, awards season is fully underway, Thanksgiving brings the usual studio…

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The Playlist‘Bond 26’ Hopeful Jack Lowden On Gary Oldman’s James Bond Casting Comments: “It’s All Very Flattering” As director Denis Villeneuve , new producers ( Amy Pascal and David Heyman ), and Amazon MGM Studios are trying to find their new James Bond for their untitled “ Bond 26 ,” Jack Lowden has seen some…

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The Playlist‘My Phone Died’: Simon Pegg, Mark Duplass & Haley Joel Osment Assemble For Tech Apocalypse Dark Comedy Next week, the American Film Market kicks off, and there have been a slew of neat projects announced ahead of the event.

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The PlaylistZach Cregger’s ‘Resident Evil’ Hits $400 Million, Becoming Highest-Grossing Franchise Installment Writer/director Zach Cregger has sworn off tackling more studio IP in the future to focus on his originals.

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The Playlist‘Blade Runner 2099’: Showrunner Silka Luisa Confirms Events Of Prime Series “Not Directly Connected” To ‘Blade Runner 2049’ This month sees the premiere of the Prime Video show “ Blade Runner 2099 ” starring the impressive duo of Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer ; however, fans of the franchise might want to temper…

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The Playlist‘The Man With The Bag’ Trailer: Arnold Schwarzenegger Plays Santa Claus & Recruits Alan Ritchson For A Christmas Heist Thirty years after “ Jingle All the Way ,” Arnold Schwarzenegger is getting back into the Christmas spirit.

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The PlaylistTaika Waititi Slams Critics As “Obsolete, Sad Souls” After ‘Klara & The Sun’ Earns Poor Reviews & Misfires At Box Office Tell us what you really think, Taika Waititi . The Kiwi director of “ Klara & The Sun ” took to social media over the weekend to throw some barbs at film critics (well, what felt like the entire…

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The Playlist‘You Can See Everything’ Sneaks By ‘Clayface’ To Top Scary Halloween Weekend Box Office Whenever Halloween occurs on a Friday or Saturday, the U.S. box office totals tend to crater with moviegoers fixated on celebrating the holiday.

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The Playlist‘Obsession’ Director Curry Barker Has Already Approached Nathan Fielder About Collaborating: “I Put It Out In The Water” Following the unexpected success of his Elizabeth Holmes documentary, “ You Can See Everything ,” everyone wants a piece of Nathan Fielder right now.

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The PlaylistChase Sui Wonders Circling A24’s Raunchy ‘Goblin’ Comedy With Kenneth Branagh, Skyler Gisondo & Will Forte Chase Sui Wonders has been on a strong run lately, especially after her breakout turn in Apple TV’s “The Studio.” And for her next trick, she may be getting mixed up with a thousand-year-old goblin…

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The PlaylistMatthew Weiner Exits Eddie Murphy’s ‘The Chairman’ Series At Peacock Over Creative Differences Less than a month after Eddie Murphy and Matthew Weiner were announced as an unlikely creative pairing for Peacock’s upcoming drama “ The Chairman ,” the collaboration has already ended.

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The Playlist‘Naza’ Trailer: Gaza Documentary Featuring Testimony From 24 Israeli Soldiers Expands To Over 100 Theaters “After October 8, everyone kept saying, there are no innocent people in Gaza. Whatever we do, they deserve it.” That chilling testimony from an Israeli soldier is just one of the disturbing…

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The Playlist‘Nocturne’ Review: Liev Schreiber & Stephen Graham Elevate An Absurd But Entertaining Crime Thriller When the story of prestige television in the 2020s is written, an interesting thread worth exploring will be its preoccupation with crime and detective stories set in and around Philadelphia and…

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The PlaylistKane Parsons Teases ‘Backrooms 2,’ New Characters & Why The Franchise Can’t Go On Forever After turning “Backrooms” into A24 ’s biggest box-office hit and helping fuel Hollywood’s sudden obsession with YouTube horror, Kane Parsons has plenty of reasons to keep wandering those…

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The Playlist‘Paradise Disturbed’: Hoyt McCallany To Star In Upcoming Serial Killer Pic Set To Hit AFM Next Month Still holding out hope for “ Manhunter ” S3? Well, with David Fincher ‘s exit from Netflix earlier this month, whatever tiny chance it had of getting made is gone.

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The Playlist‘To Hold A Mountain’ Trailer: Sundance-Winning Documentary Follows A Shepherd & Daughter Fighting To Protect Their Land For generations, shepherds have spent summers grazing livestock on Montenegro’s Sinjajevina plateau, one of Europe’s largest mountain pastures.

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The PlaylistDavid Oyelowo & Hayley Atwell Talk ‘Treasure Island,’ ‘Avengers: Doomsday,’ The Fate Of ‘The Rocketeer’ & More [Interview] How many more “ Treasure Island ” adaptations do we need, people?! Enough adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson ’s classic adventure have already been made to fill a small fleet of pirate ships.

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The Playlist‘The Mosquito Bowl’ Review: Peter Berg Brings Gridiron Glory & WWII Carnage To Life In Visceral Drama Multihyphenate Peter Berg — director, writer, producer (not to mention an erstwhile actor) — knows a thing or two about men and ritualized violence.

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