Obviously the Star Wars: Ahsoka TV series set up the crossover film that is currently in development from Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni that will supposedly unite the heroes of all the Star WarsDisney+ shows like The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. But the Ahsoka show actually introduced a ton of new concepts to the Star Wars canon, some of them inspired by old Star Wars novels and comics. And some of the concepts are directly connected to another upcoming Star Wars movie: The Rey Skywalker film that will star Daisy Ridley in the role she played in the recent sequel trilogy.
In our latest video, we’ll explore how Ahsoka sets up Rey’s new movie through its use of old Star Wars concepts from Heir to the Empire and New Jedi Order. We’ll also give you some theories on what they Rey movie will actually be about, and why it’s so connected to Ahsoka even though that film and this show are set decades apart. Watch our video below…
If you liked that video on Star Wars: Ahsoka, and how it might have just set up the Rey Skywalker movie (or movies?) check out more of our videos below, including one on what happens next for Ezra and Baylon, all the Easter eggs in the Star Wars: Ahsoka finale, and how Ahsoka is setting up the next Star Wars movie (or movies). Plus, there’s tons more over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. The full season of Star Wars: Ahsoka is now streaming in its entirety on Disney+.
Tons of video game fans are hyped for the new Falloutseries, and we finally have some stills from the show. Based on the long-running game series, the streaming TV show will follow an inhabitant of Vault 33 in Los Angeles. The bunkers were created to protect people from an impending nuclear war. Long after the dust settles, the inhabitants of these vaults slowly realize that people are trying to rebuild on the outside.
The official synopsis for the show is as follows:
Fallout takes place in a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles. Citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits after nuclear annihilation. The story begins in Vault 33, one such bunker that is a prominent setting in the video games.
Here is a gallery of images of the cast, along with their official descriptions from Amazon…
The Fallout TV series comes from Kilter Films and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Nolan directed the first three episodes. (The duo previously worked on HBO’s Westworld.) The series’ showrunners are Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner. The series stars Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets), Walton Goggins (The Hateful Eight), and Aaron Moten (Emancipation), along with Moisés Arias (The King of Staten Island), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Leslie Uggams (Deadpool), Frances Turner (The Boys), Dave Register (Heightened), Zach Cherry (Severance), Johnny Pemberton (Ant-Man), Rodrigo Luzzi (Dead Ringers), Annabel O’Hagan (Law & Order: SVU), and Xelia Mendes-Jones (The Wheel of Time).
The Fallout TV series will premiere on Amazon’s Prime Video on April 12, 2024.
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Acclaimed actor Timothy Olyphant was revealed to have joined the cast of Noah Hawley‘s upcoming Alien series.
Deadline reported that the Deadwood lead will be starring opposite Sydney Chandler in the forthcoming show. No official details involving his character have been made known, but the outlet’s sources suggest that he is playing a synth named Kirsh who serves as a mentor to Wendy — Chandler’s meta-human character. This isn’t Olyphant’s first time working with FX, as the actor previously played a recurring character in Fargo Season 4.
The FX Alien series will be the first-ever Alien story set on Earth. According to Hawley, the series will explore the more grounded aspects of the franchise. The director also touched on the inclusion of Weyland-Yutani — the massive corporation that’s found in nearly every Alien property — and how he plans to deliver a series that both captures the horror-action aspect of the Alien franchise and explores other themes established in the world.
Who is writing the Alien FX series?
The untitled Alien series is written and directed by Hawley and stars Alex Lawther, Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling), Kit Young (Shadow and Bone), Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) as Dame Silvia, and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) as Slightly. Further details about its plot are still being kept under wraps, but it was reportedly developed as a prequel story set before the Sigourney Weaver-led movies.
The project is executive produced by Hawley, Ridley Scott, and Dana Gonzales, with Chris Lowenstein production. In addition to the upcoming FX series, 20th Century Studios is also set to release a brand new installment to the Alien film franchise titled Alien: Romulus, which hails from director Fede Álvarez.
Comic Book Men Season 7 is the seventh addition to this unique reality series that revolves around the operations of a comic book store in New Jersey named Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash. Kevin Smith is the store’s owner and engages in conversations about comics, movies, and more with his friends. The series also includes quirky transactions with customers and discussions over their shared interest in pop culture, among other topics.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Comic Book Men Season 7 via streaming services such as AMC Plus.
Is Comic Book Men Season 7 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Comic Book Men Season 7 is available to watch via streaming on AMC Plus.
Season seven continues the narrative of its predecessors and also features conversations and debates over an array of topics that majorly focus on the modern-day pop culture scene. This time out, Kevin Smith and the group delve deep into the history of The Walking Dead and discuss how the show started off as a comic book series and has now taken over the world. They also welcome an icon of the horror genre in the form of Robert Englund, who makes an appearance to personally deliver a present to Ming.
The unique reality series puts Kevin Smith at the forefront, who is the owner of the titular comic book store. The series also features real-life personalities who indulge in customer interactions as well as conversations with each other, including Walt Flanagan, Ming Chen, Mike Zapcic, Bryan Johnson, and Jason Mewes, among others.
Watch Comic Book Men Season 7 streaming via AMC Plus
Comic Book Men is available to watch on AMC Plus. The premium streaming bundle features a plethora of award-winning content, including multiple popular titles like A Bronx Tale, Paint, Saw, and more.
You can watch via AMC Plus by following these steps:
Users can also subscribe to AMC Plus as a channel via Amazon Prime Video if they are current subscribers to Amazon’s service.
Comic Book Men Season 7 synopsis is as follows:
“A show for Fanboys by Fanboys. Set in uber-geek Kevin Smith’s iconic comic shop Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, the show explores every nook and cranny of Fanboy culture from A to Z. Endless circular debates about the technical accuracy of the USS Enterprise’s warp-core schematics. Snarky comic aficionados with an encyclopedic knowledge of every Marvel back issue? You bet.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
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Ah, Thanksgiving. The annual holiday when families pause and take a moment to appreciate everything they have – before stuffing their faces full of food.
But turkey and carbs aren’t the only things people binge during this annual holiday. Many households will gather around the TV to indulge in some festive holiday programming, too.
While most minds conjure up thoughts of NFL games or the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade when they think about turkey day television, many classic sitcoms and dramas have used the holiday as a means to air special episodes.
Arguably the most memorable serving of Thanksgiving TV came from WKRP in Cincinnati in 1978. Then in its first season, the series struck comedy gold with its plot centered on a radio promotion gone horribly wrong.
Likewise, the classic sitcom Cheers counts a Thanksgiving episode among its most memorable, as the gang of bar friends assembled at Carla’s house for a nontraditional Thanksgiving dinner. The episode’s food fight became a famous TV moment, though it also spawned boycotts among some viewers.
Many classic Thanksgiving episodes came from places you’d expect, like heartwarming turns from The Wonder Years and The Brady Bunch. Others have seemingly come out of nowhere: Did anyone really expect a Thanksgiving episode from The A-Team?
Of course, classic Thanksgiving television has not been limited to live-action shows. Both The Simpsons and South Park have delivered memorable holiday episodes, with the latter unforgettably introducing the world to a special turkey by the name of Gobbles.
We’ve assembled a cornucopia of Thanksgiving programming below that spans five decades of television.
Cape Fear has a long history. It’s not just the Martin Scorsese movie we all know. It’s come in many forms, the newest of which will be a TV series. It started as a novel, called The Executioners. It was made into a film for the first time in 1962, and once again in 1991, directed by Scorsese. It was parodied in The Simpsons a couple years after that in 1993, giving rise to one of the show’s most memorable memes in the form of Sideshow Bob stepping on an endless supply of rakes.
The 1991 remake of the film tells the basic story that develops in both the book and the older version, with a few changes. The story follows a lawyer who helped in the conviction of an extremely violent and single-minded criminal. Despite representing the criminal, Max Cady, the attorney didn’t do things by the book, knowing that he couldn’t let Cady out on the streets.
After being sent to prison for 14 years, Cady learns the law so he can get back at the man who put him there, Sam Bowden. Cady is released and begins terrorizing Bowden’s family. as revenge for the conviction he received. In the Scorsese film, Cady was played by Robert De Niro, while Nick Nolte played the attorney.
The movie’s backstory is just as interesting as the plot. Initially, Scorsese was working on Schindler’s List, while Steven Spielberg was working on Cape Fear. Spielberg left the director’s chair, deciding the film was too violent for him. So, they switched projects. Given the way both of the movies turned out, it may have been for the better.
Now both Scorsese and Spielberg are backing the new Cape Fear TV series, with Nick Antosca functioning as the showrunner. Deadline says the show will be an “unconventional take” on the concept, making it a “a tense, contemporary thriller that examines America’s obsession with true crime in the 21st century. In it, a storm is coming for a pair of married attorneys when an infamous killer from their past gets released after years in prison.”
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Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem won’t be coming back for another tour. The Muppets Mayhem, which debuted on Disney+ in May, has been canceled after only one season.
The ten-part live-action series — co-created by Adam F. Goldberg, Bill Barretta, and Jeff Yorkes — was expected to explore The Muppets universe further. Goldberg’s shared hopes for more Muppets on X (formerly Twitter):
I wanted to give sincere thanks to the brilliant cast & crew of @Muppets_Mayhem. This will forever be the show I’m most proud of start to finish. Praying that 6 Emmy noms, a #1 billboard album and 86%/95% on @RottenTomatoes means that Disney finally begins the epic Muppet-verse!! https://t.co/uTtjZNg8Li
The release of The Muppets Mayhem was not the streamer’s first attempt to make a hit show out of the classic characters. In 2020, Disney+ released Muppets Now! and was followed by a Halloween special Muppets Haunted Mansion in 2021.
What is The Muppets Mayhem about?
Based on the puppet characters Jim Henson created, The Muppets Mayhem heavily focuses on the members of The Electric Mayhem band — Dr. Teeth, Animal, Floyd Pepper, Janice, and Zoot — as they go on an epic journey to record their first studio album.
“With the help of a driven young music executive, Nora, the old-school Muppet band comes face to face with the current day music scene as they try to finally go platinum,” the synopsis reads.
The series features the voices of Lilly Singh as Nora Singh, Bill Barretta as Dr. Teeth, Matt Vogel as Floyd Pepper, Dave Goelz as Zoot, Eric Jacobson as Animal, Peter Linz as Lips, David Rudman as Janice, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Penny Waxman, Saara Chaudry as Hannah Singh, Tahj Mowry as Moog Moogwski, and Anders Holm as JJ.
The Muppets Mayhem also featured notable guest stars, including Morgan Freeman, Nicole Byer, Paula Abdul, Karamo Brown, Kesha, Lil Nas X, Danny Trejo, Ryan Seacrest, Steve Aoki, Charlamagne Tha God, Rachel Bloom, James Hong, Ben Schwartz, Billy Corgan, and Sofia Carson, among others.
The Muppets Mayhem Season 1 is available to stream on Disney+.
For years, writer/producer/director Dave Filoni has taken an increasingly central role in the creation of the Star Warsuniverse. And now he has a job title to match.
A new profile of Filoni in Vanity Fair reveals he has been promoted to the “chief creative officer of Lucasfilm.” In this position he says he will more directly with company president Kathleen Kennedy, as well as the company’s head of development. His job: “To originate and shepherd the next generation of Star Wars shows and movies.”
“In the past,” he explained, “in a lot of projects I would be brought into it, I would see it after it had already developed a good ways … when we’re planning the future of what we’re doing now, I’m involved at the inception phase.”
Later in the piece, Filoni compared his role in Star Wars to being “a part of the Jedi Council.” (“I’m not telling people what to do,” he added, “but I do feel I’m trying to help them tell the best story that they want to tell.”)
Filoni worked his way up in animation for television, and then served as the director of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated feature and was heavily involved in the spinoff Clone Wars animated series. Later, he served as an executive producer on Star Wars Rebels and created the Star Wars Resistance television series.
While he has continued to over see Lucasfilm’s animated series, he has also begun working in live-action since Star Wars became a centerpiece of the Disney+ streaming service. He is a director, writer, and producer on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, and he also created the recent Star Wars: Ahsoka series. Filoni is also in line to direct a movie that will combine the storylines from all of these TV shows into a single feature. According to Vanity Fair, he will also explore “a possible second season of Ahsoka.”
Audiences were eagerly awaiting the final season of The Crown.
Part 1 of Season 6 debuted on November 16, quickly racking up 11.1M views in its first few days on Netflix. That was enough to boost it to No. 1 on the English-language TV charts for the week of November 13 to 19. According to Netflix, the new episodes were No. 1 in 44 countries and among the Top 10 in 85.
The final episodes are set to debut on December 14, meaning that The Crown is likely to appear in the Top 10 through the end of the year.
In second place last week was Matt Rife’s new stand-up special, Natural Selection. The special managed 7.4M views in its debut week. That was followed by All The Light We Cannot See, which was down from first place the week prior, with an additional 5.7M views. Netflix says the World War II limited series reached the Top 10 in 93 countries.
The TV list was rounded out with some unscripted content, including Escaping Twin Flames and Season 7 of Selling Sunset.
As for the film side of things, David Fincher’s The Killerstole first place for the second consecutive week with 22.3M views — by far the most-watched title this week. In just two weeks, the film has racked up about 50M views, putting it well on its way to Netflix’s most popular list. Extraction 2 is currently in tenth place with just over 134M views in its first 91 days.
Best.Christmas.Ever! also made its debut on the Top 10, coming in at No. 2 with 16.3M views.
Returning to the list were romantic thriller Locked In (UK) in fourth place (5.1M views), Paw Patrol: The Movie in eighth place (2.7M views) and Pain Hustlers, starring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans, in ninth place (2.6M views).
Although The Walking Dead is technically over, the Walking Dead universe is somehow more busy than ever. (There may be a metaphor about zombies in here somewhere, I’m not sure.) There’s no less than three different spinoff shows on or coming to AMC, including The Walking Dead: Dead City, featuring Maggie and Negan, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon featuring, um, Daryl Dixon, and nowThe Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live, which might be the most anticipated of the bunch.
That’s because it will feature the long-awaited returns of Andrew Lincoln’s Rick Grimes, who left The Walking Dead during its ninth season, and Danai Gurira’s Michonne, who followed suit in the tenth season. Rather than kill Rick off when Lincoln decided to leave The Walking Dead, his character was wounded and taken by the CRM. Most of the characters believed he had died, but the audience (and Michonne) knew better.
When Gurira left in Season 10, her character went on a quest to find Rick — and now we‘ll finally get the followup to both those cliffhangers on this new show, which was created by Scott M. Gimple and Danai Gurira. Watch the first teaser below:
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live presents an epic love story of two characters changed by a changed world. Kept apart by distance. By an unstoppable power. By the ghosts of who they were. Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead … And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they’ve ever known before? Are they enemies? Lovers? Victims? Victors? Without each other, are they even alive — or will they find that they, too, are the Walking Dead?
In other words, it turns out the real walking dead … was love. Or maybe it was the friends we made along the way? I’m not sure. We’ll have to tune in to find out when The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live is scheduled to premiere on AMC and AMC+ on February 25, 2024.
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Ankita Lokhande, Vicky Jain, Aishwarya Sharma, Neil Bhatt, Isha Malviya, Abhishek Kumar, Sunny Arya, Anurag Dhobal, Jigna Vora, Munawar Faruqui, Firoza Khan aka Khanzaadi, Mannara Chopra, Navid Sole, Rinku Dhawan, Arun Srikanth, Sana Raees Khan, and Soniya Bansal had entered the Bigg Boss 17 house as contestants. Amongst them, Manasvi and Samarth had entered as the wild card contestants in the second week itself. Bigg Boss 17 is getting amazing numbers on the TRP charts and hence the makers decided to make the show even more interesting. Also Read – Bigg Boss 17 wild cards: Anupamaa star Tassnim Nerurkar, Poonam Pandey, Flora Saini to enter the show?
Post the show, she got to know that Ritesh was already married and had a child. She then got separated and got in a relationship with Adil Khan Durrani. She again got secretly married to Adil and revealed their marriage and said he was cheating on her.
Things went very dirty and Adil also made allegations against her saying that she cheated on him and is using him. Adil also said that she made his nude videos and took lots of money from him in the name of her mother’s health.
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The blame game is still going on between Adil and Rakhi. As per reports in TellyChakkar, Adil Khan Durrani is also going to enter as a wild card with Rakhi.
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Apart from Rakhi and Adil, Tassnim Nerurkar, Poonam Pandey, Flora Saini, Bhavin Bhanushali, Adhyayan Suman, Jahanara Alam have been approached to be a part of Bigg Boss 17 as wild cards.
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Crunchyroll announced a slew of news during its industry panel at Anime NYC 2023, including some new information on previously announced series, as well as some new acquisitions.
Among the news, Crunchyroll confirmed that Tower of God Season 2, based on the popular webtoon, would be arriving on the streaming service in July 2024. The anime series Solo Leveling also saw its English dub cast revealed ahead of its January 2024 release.
Delusional Monthly Magazine Release Date: January 2024
Synopsis: The story takes place in the town of Most City in a certain country. On the second floor of an old building is a publishing company that puts out a periodical called Delusional Monthly Magazine, a science magazine featuring articles about shocking, bizarre events and inexplicable phenomena that make even scientists throw up their hands in defeat.
Senpai is an Otokonoko Release Date: 2024
Synopsis: Can true love really overcome any obstacles? Saki, a high school student, confesses her feelings to Makoto. Taken aback, Makoto reveals his secret, but the sudden discovery doesn’t seem to bother Saki who is already head over heels for him.
After being rejected, Saki asks Ryuji, Makoto’s childhood friend, for some advice on how to win his heart. A love triangle unfolds when Ryuji realizes that he might also have some feelings for his old friend.
True Beauty Release Date: 2024
Synopsis: Jugyeong, who transformed herself with makeup, transfers to Saebom High School to leave her past of being bullied behind. The school is known for producing idols, actors, and influencers, thanks to its unique tradition of anonymous voting for the school’s True Beauty goddess. The chosen student gets scouted by entertainment agencies
My Hero Academia UA HEROES BATTLE Release Date: November 30
Synopsis: Class 1-A are bored out of their minds! Stuck in their dorms during the winter season, they can’t go out or do anything fun. That is until third year Mirio Togata pays the students a visit with a new card game the support course developed that uses U.A. students as playable characters. Now to pass the time, they’ll play this game that’s just as tough as U.A. Who will win the card battle?!
The Thanksgiving episode is a time-honored tradition of ensemble television, where comedy characters get to share some heartfelt, emotional moments, and dramas put theirs in a pressure cooker of anxiety and bad vibes. Rarely does the traditional family dinner go as smoothly as everyone wants it to, often devolving into a shouting match or a food fight or a totally different kind of party, but no matter what happens these episodes tend to stand out from the rest of the season. Some, like a certain iconic Mad Men episode and one of the most anxiety-inducing Sopranos hours ever aired, are barely even “Thanksgiving episodes,” and yet they still use some of that holiday flavor to spice things up.
Because it’s almost that time, we decided to find these episodes and tell you what makes them all so special. From the one where Monica puts the turkey on her head to possibly the most cursed holiday-themed Glee mashup of all time, we have gathered a misfit family of the best, craziest, and most iconic Thanksgiving TV episodes of all time to get us all into the holiday spirit. Yes, even the Roy family of Succession gets in on some of the fun. Let’s carve up the bird and squash the beef and see how our favorite TV families and friend groups celebrate the season of giving.
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In a recent interview with Deadline, FX’s Alien series creator Noah Hawley finally provided a new production update about the upcoming sci-fi drama spin-off, after filming was temporarily shutdown last August. Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, Hawley confirmed that they’re currently planning to resume the Alien series production in Thailand around January or February of 2024.
“We’re getting back into production as quickly as possible,” Hawley said. “We’re shooting in Bangkok, a half a world away; shooting again in the New Year.”
In addition, the Fargo creator revealed that he was able to start editing some of the footage they got before production was halted. “I got some footage. Some of the first hour was shot before we had to shutdown. It’s stuff to play with and edit.”
Who’s involved in FX’s Alien series?
The untitled Alien series is written and directed by Hawley and stars Alex Lawther, Sydney Chandler (Don’t Worry Darling), Kit Young (Shadow and Bone), Samuel Blenkin as Boy Kavalier, Essie Davis (Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries) as Dame Silvia, and Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) as Slightly. Further details about its plot are still being kept under wraps, but it was reportedly developed as a prequel story set before the Sigourney Weaver-led movies.
It will be the first-ever Alien story set on Earth. According to Hawley, the series will explore the more grounded aspects of the franchise. The director also touched on the inclusion of Weyland-Yutani — the massive corporation that’s found in nearly every Alien property — and how he plans to deliver a series that both captures the horror-action aspect of the Alien franchise and explores other themes established in the world.
The project is executive produced by Hawley, Ridley Scott, and Dana Gonzales, with Chris Lowenstein production. In addition to the upcoming FX series, 20th Century Studios is also set to release a brand new installment to the Alien film franchise titled Alien: Romulus, which hails from director Fede Álvarez.
What If…?is back. Season 2 will feature nine episodes hopscotching around the weirdest corners of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, presenting alternate versions of familiar Marvel stories and heroes. The show has been done for a while, and we’ve been waiting for its return. Now it’s not only coming back, it’s giving us a 9 Days of Christmas style release, with one new episode every day starting on December 22.
The first trailer the season premiered this week and so did our breakdown of all the Marvel Easter eggs, references, and little details you might have missed. We’ll show you what episodes are which, who we know will and won’t appear, and go through all the scenes in the trailer, identify all the heroes you’re going to see (Winter Soldier! Hank Pym! Wendy Lawson! Goliath! T’Chaka!) We’ll also explain who Kahhori is, since she’s getting her own What If…? episode and she’s maybe the most obscure character in all of this season of the show. Check out the full video below:
If you liked that breaking down the trailer for What If…? Season 2, check out more of our videos below, including our breakdown of the season finale of Loki, one reviewing last week’s Loki and exploring how the series is setting up Avengers: Secret Wars, and all the Easter eggs and secrets in Episode 4 of Loki Season 2. Plus, there’s tons more videos over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to catch all our future episodes. What If…? Season 2 premieres on Disney+ on December 22. The remaining eight episodes of Season 2 will premiere daily after through the end of 2023.
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The creators of the extensive horror movie documentary movies In Search of Darkness are turning their bloodshot eyes toward horror video games for In Search of Darkness Presents: Terrorbytes; a five-part documentary series on the history of horror gaming.
Horror Gaming History Uncovered
Horror has grown into one of the most popular genres of video games over the past few decades, from the survival horror of Alone in the Dark and Resident Evil to more commercial horror-flavored fare like CoD Zombies, and importantly the surge in indie horror games that have led the way for the industry over the last 10-15 years.
The documentary series promises to go in deep on a wide variety of horror game history stories, and include insight from those in the know behind the games and those who live for them (I’ll assume they’ve not got around to asking for me yet as they’re very busy).
CreatorVC, the makers of the documentary, are asking for fan feedback on the website, and detailing exactly what its plans are with the series.
The official synopsis is as follows.
”In Search of Darkness Presents: Terrorbytes – The Evolution of Video Game Horror is a deep dive, retrospective documentary series covering the rich history, evolution and emotional core of the horror gaming landscape. Through separate episodes that each put a specific horror gaming topic under the microscope, viewers will be taken on a journey from video game horror’s humble beginnings to its explosion of popularity today — exploring throughout the series such thematic ideas as why we love scary games, how the design sensibilities of horror gaming break away from and upend traditional video game power fantasies, how horror games both draw from and inspire other mediums, and more.
From the formative ideas of 3D Monster Maze (1981) and Haunted House (1982), to the smash hits of Resident Evil (1996) and Silent Hill (1999), to the now thriving indie scene and the off-the-beaten-path obscurities, no stone will be left unturned in chronicling, analyzing and understanding the vivid and varied world of horror gaming.
With a huge scope displaying over 50 years of horror gaming history, Terrorbytes will discuss the psychology, themes, narratives, mechanics, visuals and development of these games with some of the most prominent figures involved in their creation as well as accomplished writers, academics, and horror talent.”
The episode titles and details are as follows
Enter the Survival Horror
An examination of horror gaming’s most famous sub-genre. Survival Horror birthed classics such as Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, and Dead Space. A solid place to start a series on horror gaming, that’s for sure.
Lethal Licences
A look at the use of licenses in horror games. As far back as the ’80s, horror movies were made into video games, and that’s not really stopped. These days, more horror movies and their characters appear in games than ever before, with the likes of Dead by Daylight collecting them in a single place and studios like Gun Media giving loving care to the likes of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre in game form.
Full Motion Frights
FMV horror is a curious thing. It was certainly unique back in the ’90s, but it had a poor hit rate. A resurgence in the format has given this strange sub-genre new life.
The Indie Revolution
Indie horror is the lifeblood of the horror gaming scene. It blew up with the emergence of YouTube Let’s Plays, and has taken horror to new heights with games such as Amnesia: The Dark Descent, FAITH, Murder House, and Five Nights at Freddy’s paving the way over the years.
Cursed and Controversial
Documents the history of horror gaming’s most cursed and controversial moments, including Rockstar’s Manhunt, and Capcom’s Rule of Rose.
The weather is cold, the family is around, no one wants to talk to each other: Of course you are going to watch a lot of Disney+ in December. And there’s some new stuff to watch there too. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destinydebuts at the start of the month, along with a new documentary about the character and star Harrison Ford. Later in the month, there’s a new TV adaptation of the novel series Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and a new season of Marvel’s What If…? — which is going to be released in a very unusual way. Starting on December 22, Marvel is releasing a new episode a day for nine straight days until they’ve unveiled the entire season.
Here’s the full list of what’s coming to Disney+ in December 2023:
Isabel Preysler, My Christmas (Spanish Original) – Two-Part Special
Wednesday, December 6
New Library Titles – The Ghost and Molly McGee: White Christmess/Perfect Day (S2, 1 episode) – SuperKitties (S1, 3 episodes) – Villains of Valley View: A Very Villain Christmas (S2, 1 episode)
Disney+ Originals
The Santa Clauses (Season 2) – Season Finale Soundtrack #2 (Korean Original) – Two Episode Premiere
Friday, December 8
New Library Titles – The Mission
Disney+ Originals
Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever – Premiere
Saturday, December 9
Disney+ Originals
Doctor Who: The Giggle – Premiere
Monday, December 11
New Library Titles – Science Fair: The Series (Complete Season 1)
Tuesday, December 12
Live on Disney+
Dancing with the Stars (Season 32) – Finale
Wednesday, December 13
New Library Titles – The Curse of Oak Island (S2, 10 episodes) – Dance Moms (Complete Seasons 3-6 and 8) – Kiff (S1, 3 episodes) – Mickey Mouse Funhouse (S3, 4 episodes) – PJ Masks: Power Heroes Music Videos (Shorts) (S1, 5 episodes) – PJ Masks: Power Heroes (S1, 5 episodes)
Disney+ Originals
Soundtrack #2 (Korean Original) – Episodes 3 and 4
Friday, December 15
New Library Titles – CMA Country Christmas Special
Wednesday, December 20
New Library Titles – Hailey’s On It!: We Wish You a Merry Chaos-mas (S1, 1 episode) – Pupstruction (S1, 4 episodes)
Disney+ Originals
Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Two Episode Premiere Soundtrack #2 (Korean Original) – Episodes 5 and 6 Chip ‘n’ Dale: Park Life (Season 2) – Special Christmas Episode
Friday, December 22
Disney+ Originals
Marvel Studios’ “What If…?” Season 2 – New episodes daily
Monday, December 25
Disney+ Originals
Doctor Who Holiday Special: The Church on Ruby Road – Premiere
Tuesday, December 26
New Library Titles – Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade
Wednesday, December 27
New Library Titles – Me & Winnie the Pooh (S1, 9 episodes) – Playdate with Winnie the Pooh (Shorts) (S1, 11 episodes) – Rewind the ’90s (S1, 10 episodes)
According to the Film & Television Industry Alliance, production on HBO‘s highly-anticipated The Last of Us Season 2 has been scheduled to begin on January 7, 2024. The listing also states that the horror drama’s filming location will take place in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to the SAG-AFTRA strike, Season 2 was originally slated for a late 2023 filming start.
What is The Last of Us about?
“The live-action series takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed,” reads the synopsis. “Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across a post-pandemic America.”
The Last of Us currently stars Pedro Pascal as Joel, Bella Ramsey as Ellie, Gabriel Luna as Tommy Miller, and Rutina Wesley as Maria. Season 2 is expected to be based on Naughty Dog’s acclaimed video game sequel The Last of Us Part II, which will feature a significant time jump introducing a now grown-up Ellie. Due to the 118-day-long actors’ strike, new casting announcements for Season 2 have not yet been made.
The series is executive produced and co-written by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and original game writer Neil Druckmann, who is also serving as one of the directors. It is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television in association with PlayStation Productions. Executive producers are Carolyn Strauss, Naughty Dog President Evan Wells, and PlayStation Productions’ Asad Qizilbash and Carter Swan.
2023 will come to a close with one more Marvel show for the year. After Secret Invasion and Loki Season 2, we’re getting nine more episodes of What If…?the animated anthology series inspired by the long-running Marvel comic that imagines alternate versions of famous Marvel storylines and characters.
The trailer for What If…? Season 2 is here and it shows that the new episodes include some returning favorites from the first season, like the evil Doctor Strange and Agent Carter, along with some new riffs on familiar heroes. (The alternate lineup of Avengers including Hank Pym looks pretty fun.) The trailer also reveals that the show itself sees Marvel trying a bit of a what if themselves: What if they released a show daily instead of weekly? New episodes of What If…? begin next month, and then each new episode follows every day for nine straight days. Pity the recappers…
Check out the new What If…? trailer below:
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Here is the new season’s official synopsis;
Season two of “What If…?” continues the journey as The Watcher guides viewers through the vast multiverse, introducing brand new and familiar faces throughout the MCU. The series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments with an incredible voice cast that includes a host of stars who reprise their iconic roles. Featuring fan-favorite characters this season like Nebula, Hela and Happy Hogan, episodes are directed by executive producer Bryan Andrews with executive producer AC Bradley as head writer.
What If…? returns for Season 2 on Disney+ on December 22.
