20-05-2025
‘It: Welcome to Derry' gets creepy trailer, Elle Fanning joins ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,' ‘Yellowjackets' renewed, and more top news today
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It: Welcome to Derry, HBO Max's upcoming prequel series based on Stephen King's novel and Andy Muschietti's film adaptations, got its first trailer. Pennywise the Dancing Clown emerges every 27 years to feed on the children of Derry, and the show tells the story of the class of 1962 — 27 years before the events of It Chapter One. The cast includes Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk, and Taylour Paige, with Bill Skarsgård reprising his role as Pennywise. Andy Muschietti, Barbara Muschietti, and Jason Fuchs developed the series for television, with Andy Muschietti directing multiple episodes and Fuchs serving as showrunner alongside Brad Caleb Kane. The horror drama premieres this fall on HBO and HBO Max.
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Emmy nominee Elle Fanning has joined the cast of Hunger Games prequel Sunrise on the Reaping as Effie Trinket, the conflicted stylist played by Elizabeth Banks in the original films. In Sunrise on the Reaping, Effie is much earlier in her career, and is serving as the stylist for hero Haymitch Abernathy (Joseph Zada). The film also cast two other important roles, with Molly McCann set to play young District 12 tribute Louella, and Iona Bell as her lookalike Lou Lou. They join a cast that already includes Zada, Whitney Peak, Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Maya Hawke, Lili Taylor, Ben Wang, and Ralph Fiennes as President Snow. The film is slated for release on Nov. 20, 2026.
Yellowjackets, Paramount+ with Showtime's Emmy-nominated thriller series, has been renewed for Season 4. Season 3 became the series' most-watched season yet, according to the streaming service. The series is created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson and stars Melanie Lynskey, Christina Ricci, Tawny Cypress, Lauren Ambrose, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Courtney Eaton, Liv Hewson, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, Kevin Alves, Sarah Desjardins, and Simone Kessell. It follows the survivors of a plane crash as they try to stay alive in the wilderness in 1996 and stay alive when their past comes back to haunt them in the present.
Humanitas, a nonprofit that 'honors and empowers television and film writers whose work explores the human condition in a nuanced, meaningful way,' announced that Lena Waithe, creator of The Chi and Twenties and Emmy winner for writing Master of None, will receive the organization's Voice for Change Award, which 'honors those who have created or championed visionary and courageous storytelling.' Waithe will receive the award at the 2025 Humanitas Prizes Award Show & Toast on Sept. 7 at Avalon Hollywood. Writer and producer Mara Brock Akil, who gave Waithe one of her first jobs in Hollywood as her assistant on the set of Girlfriends, will present her with the award.
CLASH, an animated comedy series based on studio Supercell's massively popular mobile games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, is coming to Netflix. The new series will build upon the mayhem of the games. It follows a determined, but in over his head, Barbarian who must rally a band of misfits to defend their village and navigate the comically absurd politics of war, according to Netflix. The project is in pre-production now, with showrunner Fletcher Moules (Agent Elvis), head writer Ron Weiner (30 Rock), and animation studio ICON Creative Studio.
Netflix released the trailer for Season 2 of action comedy series FUBAR. In Season 2, father-daughter CIA agents Luke Brunner (Arnold Schwarzenegger) and Emma Brunner (Monica Barbaro, who picked up an Academy Award nomination between seasons) are back in action trying to stop a terrorist (Carrie-Anne Moss) — who also happens to be Luke's ex, with whom he still has great chemistry — from starting World War III. The season premieres on June 12, just in time for Father's Day.
Emmy-winning Abbott Elementary star Sheryl Lee Ralph will be honored with the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Second Annual Gotham Television Awards on June 2. 'Over the course of her distinguished career across film, television, and stage, including her recent, widely celebrated performance as Barbara Howard in Abbott Elementary, Sheryl Lee Ralph has carved out a singular place in entertainment history,' Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, said in a statement. 'After making her feature debut in Sidney Poitier's A Piece of the Action, she has continued to embody his spirit of purpose, dignity, and excellence. Honoring her with the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Gotham Television Awards will be a powerful, full-circle moment.' Other honorees at the Gothams include Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino (Étoile) and Hwang Dong-hyuk (Squid Game), who will receive Creator Tributes; Elisabeth Moss and the cast of The Handmaid's Tale will receive the inaugural Ensemble Tribute; and Brian Tyree Henry will receive the Performer Tribute.
Meg Ryan (When Harry Met Sally) and Rashida Jones (Black Mirror) are joining the cast of writer-director Lena Dunham's Netflix romantic comedy movie Good Sex. Natalie Portman stars as a therapist who gets out of a bad relationship and tries having good sex for the first time, helped along the way by an older and younger man (Mark Ruffalo and Tucker "Role Model" Pillsbury, respectively, whose castings were announced yesterday). Ryan will play Portman's character's therapist and mentor, and Jones will play her recently divorced best friend.
Netflix's live-action adaptation of animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender has added seven actors to its upcoming second and third seasons. In Season 2, Severance breakout Dichen Lachman will play Yangchen, Triangle of Sadness Golden Globe nominee Dolly de Leon will play Lo and Li, Terry Chen (Lucky Star) will play Jeong Jeong, Lily Gao (Blue Sun Palace) will play Ursa, and Madison Hu (The Brothers Sun) will join as Fei. Killers of the Flower Moon's Tantoo Cardinal will join in Season 3 as Hama, along with Hadestown's Jon Jon Briones as Piandao. Avatar: The Last Airbender premiered in 2024, and was renewed for Seasons 2 and 3 to conclude the series shortly thereafter. Season 2 production has concluded, and production on Season 3 starts soon.
The Westminster Kennel Club is celebrating a milestone anniversary in 2026, with its 150th annual dog show. The organization has announced dates, venues, and judges for the sesquicentennial event. The agility competition will take place at New York's Javits Center on January 31. Breed competitions and judging will occur on February 2 and 3. And the Best in Show champion will be crowned at Madison Square Garden, the original home of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, on February 3, judged by two-time Westminster Best in Show-winning breeder-owner-handler David Fitzpatrick. The show's Fox Sports broadcast and streaming schedule will be announced at a later date.
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