Hulu is bulking up its Originals slate in the coming months. The streamer has acquired three upcoming films from Searchlight and will debut them at short intervals over the summer.Fire IslandandGood Luck to You, Leo Grandebecome available in June, andNot Okaycomes to the platform in early August. Two of the films are set to premiere internationally as Star Originals. The first title to make it to the platform isFire Island, a modern-day rom-com directed byAndrew Ahn....

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HBO’sHouse of the Dragonhas found its core audience! A new report byVarietyreveals that the fifth episode, ‘We light the Way,’ drew 3% more viewers than Episode 4, ‘King of the Narrow Sea.’ Furthermore, Season 1 of theGame of Thronesprequel series is currently averaging 29 million viewers per episode. Per the report, these statics are comprised of Nielsen’s measurement of Sunday’s Episode 5’s four cable airings with the number of streaming viewers across HBO Max and other HBO platforms....

With its shift from Fox to Hulu, as well as a greatly expanded budget,The Orville: New Horizonshas taken things to the next level. The stories it’s tackled so far includethemes of suicide, abortion, and even the toll time travel can take on one emotionally. This isn’t the type of thing one would expect from aSeth MacFarlaneshow, but MacFarlane — who serves asThe Orville’s creator in addition to writing, directing, and starring in the series — seems to have grown a more mature set of sensibilities....

Charging your iPhone 16 in your car is simple and keeps your smartphone powered while you’re on the go. You can use the USB-C cable that comes with the phone to connect it to your car. If your car has a USB-C port, you can plug one end of the cable into your iPhone and the other end into the port. If your car only has a USB-A port, you’ll need a USB-A to USB-C adapter to connect your iPhone for charging....

The road to success in Hollywood can be accessed through many avenues. The business is extremely competitive and most people never make it as far as their dreams go. Then you have people likeKevin Smith. His films have not always been critically acclaimed, but they’ve created a loyal following of superfans who can’t wait to see his next take on pop culture. He crafted a style of foul-mouthed poetry filled with nerdy influence that instantly endeared him to fans when comic books andStar Warswere still considered unworthy of mainstream attention....

The famous James Bond franchise needs a new star performer with the exit ofDaniel Craig,and given this development, casting rumors have abounded that the role should be taken up byThree Thousand Years of LongingstarIdris Elba. The British actor has, however, poured water on those embers of hope as he does not believe that the role is one for him. The actor made an appearance alongsideDrew BarrymoreandKyrie Irvingon the podcastThe Shop,and revealed that taking on the role of Mr....

There will be even more murders happening in the Arconia. Hulu’s smash hit murder mystery comedyOnly Murders in the Buildinghas just been renewed for a Season 5 on the platform withSteve Martin,Martin Short, andSelena Gomezall set to reprise their role as the podcasting trio Charles, Oliver, and Mabel. The news comes two episodes intotheir Hollywood-centric fourth season, which sees them investigating thedeath of Charles’s longtime stuntwoman and confidant Sazz Pataki(Jane Lynch)....

Liam Neesonsurprised everyone when he was announced to fillLeslie Nielsen’s shoes in the last update ofThe Naked Gun.The tall and imposing Irishman has spent decades defying expectations, spending half his career as acritically acclaimed actorbefore transitioning into action roles inTakenandThe Grey. It was during the early period of his newfound action hero image that Neeson was an offbeat choice to headline Fox’s film adaptation ofThe A-Team. The star ofSchindler’s Listbrought his gravitas and underrated sense of fun to headlining directorJoe Carnahan’s 2010 re-imagining of the popularNBC action adventure seriesstarringMr....

Amongst his many leading-man roles, it’s telling that the first performance that always jumps to mind when I’m asked aboutMatt Damonis a small cameo. Amongst the drawn out visions of the life of the radical Cuban militant Che Guevera inSteven Soderbergh’s astonishing four-hour-longChe, Damon appears in the second movement of the film, for a moment, as a German priest attempting to strike piece betweenBenicio Del Toro’s Che and the Bolivians. Considering that Del Toro is the biggest name in the film otherwise, Damon’s appearance comes to signal something unexpected in a film that is, in its way, a consideration of the fight to get a personal film made and distributed in the modern marketplace....

Matthew McConaugheyis set to star inThe Rivals of Amziah King, a new crime thriller.The Vast of Night’sAndrew Pattersonis set to write and direct. Plot details onThe Rivals of Amziah Kingare being kept under wraps by production companies Black Bear Pictures and Heyday Films, but the film will be a gritty, atmospheric crime drama set in remote, rural Oklahoma. McConaughey will play the titular role of Amziah King. Says Heyday execDavid Heyman, “When I first watchedThe Vast of Nightit was clear me that Andrew Patterson was a remarkable talent with a singular vision....

24 contestants, grouped into teams of four by profession – police, soldiers, firefighters, bodyguards, athletes, and stuntpeople – trek across a one-kilometer mudflat, then turn to watch the tide come in, flooding the path and leaving them stranded on an island. This is the premise behind Netflix’s newest experiment,Siren: Survive the Island.For seven days, they’ll compete in two types of events: Arena Battle, head-to-head challenges involving strenuous physical activity which grant the winning team an advantage for the Base Battle, initiated when a siren sounds and each team’s flag is vulnerable to capture, resulting in elimination....

DC Universe has released a new trailer forSwamp Thing. The upcoming DC Universe series follows an investigation into a swamp-born virus on a small town in Louisiana that begins to lead to strange and inexplicable phenomenon. Watching this trailer, if you didn’t know that Swamp Thing was an actual character who has been around since 1971, you could easily assume that the title referred to the swamp virus or the swamp phenomenon instead of the character who briefly pops up among a bunch of other stuff in this trailer....