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A lot of hype surrounded the debut of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on Prime Video. The series is reportedly the most expensive in history (when you include the cost of the rights and all that), and it’s a new story set in the world of Tolkien’s classic fantasy series.

Is this the biggest bit of TV news to hit Comic-Con this weekend? Deadline reports that “The Boys” will get yet another spinoff on Prime Video: “Vought Rising,” a prequel series that stars Jensen Ackles‘ Soldier Boy and Aya Cash‘s Stormfront and centers on the Vought’s origins in the 1950s.  Good news for fans of “The Boys,” but for the rest of us: does Prime Video really need another one of these? Continue reading ‘Vought Rising’: Jensen Ackles & Aya Cash To Star In Upcoming ‘The Boys’ Prequel Series at The Playlist.

If you know anything about Hollywood history, you are probably aware of the many, many incarnations of United Artists studios. Founded in 1919 by Charlie Chaplin, D.W.

Following a successful inaugural season of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” Prime Video’s expensive, big genre series returns in August. And today, out of San Diego Comic-Con, the studio released the new full trailer for the series, teasing that “darkness will bind them” all in Middle Earth.

as the hit show has gone viral on social media. “It’s been a surreal experience for me. I’ve never been part of something that’s had a mass appeal.

“The Boys” features a shape-shifting supervillain trying to kill president-elect Robert Singer (Jim Beaver).The episode came out Thursday — five days after the assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump, 78, at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Amazon retitled the episode from “Assassination Run” to “Season Four Finale” and added a “viewer discretion advised” warning that appears on-screen at the start.The network and the show also released a statement addressing the similarities between the storyline of the finale and the Trump shooting.“The season finale of ‘The Boys’contains scenes of fictional political violence, which some viewers may find disturbing, especially in light of the injuries and tragic loss of life sustained during the assassination attempt on former President Trump,” the statement read.“’The Boys’ is a fictitious series that was filmed in 2023, and any scene or plotline similarities to these real-world events are coincidental and unintentional.”“Amazon, Sony Pictures Television and the producers of ‘The Boys’ reject, in the strongest terms, real-world violence of any kind,” the statement concluded.Trump was shot in the ear while speaking to supporters at the rally on Saturday.

It’s been a little more than a month since it was announced that Prime Video was teaming up with Guy Ritchie to make a “Young Sherlock” series. But since the original announcement, things have been a little quiet.

When Prime Video’s “Citadel” was announced, it was just the first series in what was expected to become a massive global franchise. The idea was to make “Citadel” spinoff series around the world.

Do young people remember “Sausage Party”? The movie about the hot dog that really wanted to find his place in a bun? While it may not feel that old to viewers of a certain age, the comedy about sentient food discovering the truth about what happens when they leave the grocery store is already eight years old, a lifetime in pop culture. And there are elements of it that feel even older, a product of a pre-COVID time when comedies aimed more directly at adults were more common.

Spoilers below for “My Lady Jane.” One fan said on X, formerly Twitter, “Y’all are so good about hiding plot details bc what do you mean the main guy in My Lady Jane is a HORSE.” Another fan proclaimed that the show feels like “if they wrote Bridgerton while on ketamine.” “I think the main reason I can’t stop thinking about My Lady Jane is because it is a television manifestation of a phrase I have had stuck in my head since 2007, which is, obviously, ‘His “wife”? A horse,’” another viewer shared. “My Lady Jane,” which is based on a book series, is set in the sixteenth century. It follows Lady Jane Grey (Emily Bader).

Look, honest truth is Sony has struggled to get people interested in ‘Spider-Man’ spinoffs. Outside of the ‘Venom’ franchise, the live-action spinoffs have been varying degrees of bad.

on the Gulf of Mexico. Where to watch: Disney+ “Chapter Seven: The Bite,” (the seventh episode of Season 3) is set on the Fourth of July. During the holiday, the town of Hawkins throws a “Fun Fair,” but as the fireworks go off, the gang spot something sinister and the kids must tangle with one of the monsters from the Upside Down.

For many superhero fans, the best version of a TV series or film based on a comic book is none other than “Batman: The Animated Series” from the ‘90s. That series blew the minds of kids and adults alike by taking the source material seriously and presenting some of the best storytelling you’ll ever see involving capes and cowls.

Matthew Modine, who starred in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick war comedy “Full Metal Jacket,” is outraged that Amazon changed the artwork on the platform’s landing page to rent the film. Modine, 65, took to X, formerly Twitter, to slam the streamer for tweaking the poster of the Oscar-nominated film. “Who decided to remove ‘BORN TO KILL?’’ Modine blasted Amazon in his tweet, adding, “Not only did they alter a piece of iconic art by Philip Castle, but they completely misunderstood the point of it being there.”On the movie’s original poster, there’s a war helmet with the words “Born to Kill” written on it.

Prime Video‘s Blade Runner 2099 has another lead. THR reports that “Euphoria” star Hunter Schafer joins Michelle Yeoh on the cast list of the upcoming limited series.

In this week’s episode of Bingeworthy, our TV and streaming podcast host Mike DeAngelo powers up to take on “The Boys.” The show is premiering its fourth season on Prime Video on June 13th and follows a group of vigilantes who set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers. The show stars Karl Urban, Antony Starr, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, and more.

Since its debut several years ago, “The Boys” has consistently been one of the biggest shows for Prime Video. Now, as the series enters its fourth season later this week, it appears now is the best time to announce when the show will be coming to an end.

While the premise of “The Boys” is fairly simple to convey–a group of people aim to take down self-obsessed celebrity superheroes–there is a lot more going on in the show, especially in more recent seasons. The show never pulls its punches when it comes to social messaging.

Prime Video will release “Like a Dragon,” a live-action series adaptation of the SEGA game franchise “Yakuza Like a Dragon.” The six-part crime-suspense-action series is directed by Take Masaharu (“100 Yen Love”) and Takimoto Kengo (“Kamen Teacher”) and stars Takeuchi Ryoma (multiple “Kamen Rider” titles) as the lead character, Kiryu Kazuma. It will upload to Prime Video in two batches of three episodes on Oct. 25 and Nov.

Charlie Hunman is headed back to TV, and in a big way. Deadline reports that the British actor will lead the upcoming Prime Video series based on Ed Brubaker‘s graphic novel series “Criminal.” He joins a cast that already includes Adria Arjona, Richard Jenkins, and Kadeem Hardison.

For a while now, we’ve known that Guy Ritchie was interested in doing something in the “Sherlock Holmes” universe. And while he has finally gotten his wish, it’s a whole different take on the character than fans might have been hoping for.

When Francesca Sloane jumped on a Zoom five weeks ago to discuss the celebrated “Mr. & Mrs.