By A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order to stop Paramount from closing its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery. The order has hit pause on the merger for 14 days. U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín on Monday issued a temporary restraining order after a coalition of 12
TV News: Guilty, Lady, Enigma, Summer
Guilty Creatures Lewis Pullman (“Thunderbolts*,” “Salem’s Lot”) will star alongside Julia Garner in the Apple TV series “Guilty Creatures” based on Mikita Brottman’s book. Stuart Zicherman (“American Sports Story”) is the showrunner. The story looks at the torrid romance and subsequent act of murder between two young, adulterous but God-fearing
Review: The Werewolf of Washington (1973), A Political Satire Without a Point
Political satire does not have to be subtle. Dr. Strangelove (1964) doesn’t pull any punches about its stance on militarism and the men entrusted with destroying the world. The Werewolf of Washington (1973) also wants to ridicule powerful men, but it never decides what it wants to say about them. The result is a
Marvel’s Feige On Blade Failure, MCU Reboot
With the new “Avengers: Doomsday” trailer having just launched, a big Marvel presentation at Comic-Con this Saturday, and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” hitting cinemas next week, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has stepped out of cryostasis and begun media interviews to talk up the MCU’s future. Speaking with Josh Horowitz
“Masters of the Universe” Sets Amazon Date
Amazon MGM Studios and Mattel’s recent live-action “Masters of the Universe” film, an adaptation of the classic 1980s “He-Man” cartoon, is coming to streaming sooner than expected. The title appears to be bypassing the recent traditional path of hitting PVOD first and is instead going straight to SVOD – the
