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Netflix has renewed the critically-acclaimed sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson for a second season. There’s no official release date set for season 2, but it’ll premiere sometime in 2020. The series showed up without much fanfare on the streaming platform earlier this year and quickly became a viewer and critic favorite with its short sketches revolving around day-to-day life in an over the top and absurd way....

Hulu is starting the Halloween month off right with the next installment of the anthology from Blumhouse Productions, Into the Dark, set to premier on October 4. According to the newly released trailer, the feature-length episode titled Uncanny Annie answers the question, “What if Jumanji was a horror film?” On Halloween night a group of college students get trapped in a mysterious board game that brings their darkest secrets and fears to life, where they must play to escape…and win to survive....

According to The Associated Press, author J.K. Rowling has stated that two characters will die in the last installment of her boy wizard series, and she hinted Harry Potter might not survive either. “I have never been tempted to kill him off before the final because I’ve always planned seven books, and I want to finish on seven books,” Rowling said on Monday’s Richard and Judy television show.{@@@newline@@@}{@@@newline@@@}“I can completely understand, however, the mentality of an author who thinks, ‘Well, I’m gonna kill them off because that means there can be no non-author written sequels....

While James L. Brooks’ new film doesn’t quite have a title yet, the cast is rounding out with the possible addition of a screen legend. According to Variety, Jack Nicholson is in negotiations to join the cast of the Untitled James L. Brooks Project. If Nicholson should sign on, he would join a cast that already includes Paul Rudd, Reese Witherspoon and Owen Wilson. It was said that Bill Murray was in extensive talks to portray the father of Rudd’s character, it seems that Murray has lost interest in the film and Nicholson may come on board as the last key member of the cast....

IFC Films has slapped James Gunn’s upcoming micro-budgeted superhero comedy Super with the coveted debut date of April 1st. That’s right, it will be released on April Fool’s Day! The movie stars Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon, and Michael Rooker. The plot follows Frank (Rainn Wilson), an average guy who transforms himself into the superhero “The Crimson Bolt” after his wife Sarah (Liv Tyler) hooks up with a smooth-talking drug dealer, Jacques (Kevin Bacon)....

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn remains determined to bring a modern-day take on Knight Rider to screens, with the filmmaker confirming ongoing meetings with star David Hasselhoff. While the dream project has yet to hit the gas, Gunn has revealed via Twitter that it is high up on his ever-growing to-do list, but is finding it difficult to fit the Knight Rider legacy sequel into his busy schedule....

Will Jamie Lee Curtis reunite with Halloween Kills director David Gordon Green for his planned trilogy at Blumhouse based on The Exorcist? Time will tell, but per EW, the legendary scream queen has pitched herself for the voice role of the devil. Not only would it be an interesting role for JLC, but it would also mark a full-circle moment for the actress, as she is one of many who can recall being horrified by the original Exorcist movie as a child....

Actor Jason Momoa has apologized after recent posts on social media had gotten him into some hot water. Taking a break from filming for his role as the villain in Fast X, Momoa paid a visit to the Vatican City where he visited the famed Sistine Chapel. He had then shared images and video clips to Instagram of his trip. It wasn’t long before some commenters noted how it’s typically forbidden to take pictures or film inside of the building as it’s considered sacred by Catholics....

Former Saturday Night Live star Jason Sudeikis returned to the sketch comedy series on Saturday as Joe Biden, mocking the former vice president over accusations of touching multiple women inappropriately. Sudeikis is one of the more well known SNL stars of recent years, having performed on the show from 2005 until 2013. During his time on the program, Sudeikis had often portrayed Biden, who was of course serving as the vice president of the United States during that time....

Dean and Bobby enter a high stakes game of poker in this thrilling Halloween episode This Thursday night, Bobby (Jim Beaver) is going to bet his life against a game of high stakes poker in Supernatural: S05E07: “The Curious Case of Dean Winchester. Hoping to free himself from his wheelchair, Bobby bets twenty-five years against a witch and loses. Dean (Jensen Ackles) steps in to help as Bobby begins to age rapidly....

The upcoming action movie sequel, John Wick: Chapter 4, will see the put-upon suffer even more than ever before. Which, according to director Chad Stahelski and star Keanu Reeves, is very, very intentional. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Stahelski explained how they begin with thinking up ways that Wick will suffer and then work backward, thus creating the exciting action sequences that have wowed audiences since the franchise started back in 2014....

With all the speculation and rumors about casting for Iron Man 2 flying around, it’d be great if someone could get a confirmation about the casting from Marvel, or even better, director Jon Favreau. Well, Ain’t It Cool News got the chance to talk to Favreau, and he confirmed - sort of - that the news about Mickey Rourke and Scarlett Johnasson’s casting in the film was true. When asked what was true and what was not, Favreau answered by saying " I can’t confirm any casting stuff because there have been no announcements made, but let me say that the people that have deals that should all be finalized in our cast this week, I should hope…it’s a different process being that Marvel is not a big studio and they don’t really have the infrastructure to get things out there; it’s not as streamlined as a studio, so I apologize to the fans for not being able to say things as quickly as possible....

In March 2021, Netflix announced that it acquired the rights to adapt Keanu Reeves’ original comic, BRZRKR. Things have been quiet since then, but on Friday new information has been announced! During the “Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR: The Immortal Saga Continues” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, fans learned that not only is the project continuing, but will be in the form of both an anime movie and anime series! Reeves is set to star in both with the plan for the anime series to span two seasons....

Last month, DC Comics announced that it would be producing its second annual DC Pride 2022. After the overwhelming success of the 2021 Pride anthology, the first year the Big Two released special comics in celebration of Pride month, DC has decided to go even bigger and gayer this year (if that’s possible) with its celebration. On Wednesday, the comic book publisher announced the latest details of DC Pride 2022, including that the iconic voice of Batman in Batman: The Animated Series, Kevin Conroy, who is openly gay, would be penning a story for the issue....

Fans everywhere are in mourning after the sad loss of Kevin Conroy, the legendary voiceover actor who’s been synonymous with Batman for decades dating back to his run on Batman: The Animated Series. On Friday, it was announced that Conroy had died at the age of 66, and the news had come as a shock to both his friends and his fans. Given how much he is loved, it wasn’t long before social media began filling up with tributes as people expressed their sorrow over the loss....

Good news for Kevin Smith and his fans worldwide (because they are mostly teenage boys), Zack and Miri Make a Porno has been awarded an R rating. According to AP Wire, the film was original given the dreaded NC-17 rating. But Smith has won his appeal to keep the film from getting tagged with that notorious box office killer. MPAA spokeswoman Elizabeth Kaltman said that the decision was reversed after the appeals board sat down to watch the film....

We have an exclusive video interview with star Jason Statham for his upcoming action-adventure Killer Elite, which arrives in theaters on September 23. Click on the video player below to watch the actor discuss working with his legendary co-star, Robert De Niro, in Killer Elite. A match-up made in tough-guy heaven – Jason Statham, Clive Owen and Robert De Niro star in Killer Elite. Based on a shocking true story, Killer Elite pits two of the world’s most elite operatives - Danny, an ex-special ops agent (Jason Statham) and Hunter, his longtime mentor (Robert De Niro) - against the cunning leader of a secret military society (Clive Owen)....

Fans aren’t the only ones excited about The Twilight Zone reboot coming to CBS All Access. Plenty of stars want in on the action, too. Jordan Peele, who made a name for himself in the world of comedy before directing the Oscar-winning thriller Get Out, is behind this new iteration of the classic anthology series. And some big names are getting in on the scary business being planned. Kumail Nanjiani has just crossed over into The Twilight zone....

Buzz Lightyear and his crew put a plan together in the latest clip from the upcoming Pixar outing, Lightyear. Starring Marvel actor Chris Evans as the title character, the footage has been released on social media courtesy of Discussing Film, and teases the old-school sci-fi adventure film that will undoubtedly endear and captivate audiences when it lands later this month. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Lightyear will act as both a Toy Story spinoff and an in-universe movie....

Lightyear marks a meta first for the world of Pixar, as the movie tells the story of the real-life Space Ranger that inspired the toy. A spinoff of Toy Story, many have asked whether Lightyear will lead to more Pixar outings in this vein, and star Chris Evans has his own ideas about which character should be next. Speaking with Variety, Evans stated that he believes, should Pixar continue with in-universe spinoffs following the release of Lightyear, that Toy Story staple, Woody (whose full name is Woody Pride), should be next on the list....