Paramount has set up an untitled action comedy about FBI agents in a bogus marriage with Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and Kevin Messick producing through their Gary Sanchez company. The studio bought the pitch from Lauryn Kahn for a story about two FBI agents who go deep undercover as a married couple on a reality show about rich Los Angeles housewives. “Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates” director Jake Szymanski […]
The first episode of Star Trek premiered 50 years ago, and the beloved sci-fi series is now scheduled to return to television in 2017 with a new show on Netflix and CBS — or more specifically, on CBS All Access, the Network’s digital subscription video on demand and live-streaming service. The network revealed the first teaser for the series in early 2016 along with previews of several other new, upcoming programs, and the brief […]
Attention Seattle: The shortest grunge union of the early '90s is getting remarried! Temple of the Dog — the supergroup including members of Soundgarden (Chris Cornell) and Pearl Jam (Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, and Mike McCready), plus drummer Matt Cameron (who played for both) — are reuniting for the 25th anniversary of their debut album. And they're actually gonna tour it this time! Like most '90s relics, Temple of the […]
When the fourth Star Trek film arrives in theaters, it will do so without Pavel Chekov. Speaking to the Toronto Sun, producer J.J. Abrams said there were no plans to find a new Chekov following the death of Anton Yelchin, who played the character in three Trek films, including this week’s Star Trek Beyond. “I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly imagine that, and […]
If you’re an Android fan, you’ve probably been teeming with excitement ever since Google released the Android N Developer Preview in March. It has been a long four months, but we’re finally at Developer Preview 5, the final beta version that was launched on July 18. If you’ve been holding out on installing the beta for fear of stability issues, don’t worry — the latest update is the most stable […]
Star Wars Celebration, which took place in London over the weekend (15-17 July 2016), saw its fair share of interesting anecdotes told by Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and other crew and cast members who are now part of the expanding franchise. One guest who had much to talk about was director Gareth Edwards, who most recently helmed upcoming prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. During the event, he took […]
McDonald’s Holdings Co. will participate in the introduction of the hit game “Pokémon Go” in Japan and will make its restaurants key locations for players, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday. The deal could be announced as soon as Wednesday, along with the introduction of the game for players in Japan, these people said. It would be the first business tie-up for “Pokémon Go,” an augmented-reality game in which […]
Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Bad Robot have announced a fourth film in the rebooted “Star Trek” series, starring Chris Pine and Chris Hemsworth. The studio made the announcement Monday, four days before it launches “Star Trek Beyond,” disclosing that Pine’s Captain Kirk will cross paths with his father, described as “a man he never had a chance to meet, but whose legacy has haunted him since the day he was […]
Greg Berlanti has created an entire universe between four superhero shows (and counting). THR looks back on all the times the shows have hosted crossovers Greg Berlanti is arguably one of the kings of superhero TV. The uber-producer is a TV vet with credits including Dawson's Creek, Everwood, Dirty Sexy Money and Brothers & Sisters among many others, but in just the past four years, he's done something few have […]
