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Crime Comedy “The Shakedown”, First South African Production

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the-shakedownSet for streaming release on Amazon Prime Video on Thursday, August 8, 2024, the crime comedy stars Carl Beukes, Emmanuel Castis, Julia Anastasopoulos, Berenice Barbier, and Jack Parow

“The Shakedown” is a Fargo-esque comedy-of-errors that follows Justin Diamond, a well-respected family man and medical aid broker who finds himself being blackmailed after his physiotherapist threatens to reveal the secret of their affair.

Desperate to maintain his golden boy reputation, Justin teams up with his ‘black sheep’ brother Dovi, to handle the escalating chaos. However, both their actions lead them down a path filled with dangerous criminals, mistaken identities, and comic mishaps into the clumsiness of the Cape Town underworld.

“The Shakedown” is co-written and directed by Ari Kruger. Co-written by Daniel Zimbler. Produced by Sune Wolmarans. Cinematography by Trevor Calverley. Editing by Richard Starkey. Composed by Andries Smit. A Sketchbook Studios production.

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The HISTORY Channel’s “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch” To Make Panel Debut at San Diego Comic Con

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history-channelThe HISTORY Channel’s hit nonfiction series “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch” is making its debut at San Diego Comic-Con with an exclusive panel featuring aerospace engineer, astrophysicist and lead scientist Dr. Travis Taylor, Defense Intelligence Senior Executive (Retired) Jay Stratton, and others.

The series follows current ranch owner Brandon Fugal alongside an accredited team of scientists, researchers, and experts as they conduct carefully curated scientific experiments, daring drilling and drone exercises, and more in an effort to uncover what’s taking place on the anomalous 512-acre hotspot of high strangeness and UAP-related activity. New episodes currently air Tuesdays at 9/8c with the 2-hour season five finale airing on Tuesday, July 23 at 9/8c.
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Official Trailer For Animated Series Batman: Caped Crusader Released

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batman-caped-crusaderSet to stream exclusively on Prime Video, the series is from the minds of executive producers J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm, season one of Batman: Caped Crusader arrives August 1 to Prime Video.

Voicing the characters are Hamish Linklater as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Christina Ricci as Catwoman/Selina Kyle, Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn/Harleen Quinzel, and Diedrich Bader as Two-Face/Harvey Dent.

Also in the series are Jason Watkins as Alfred Pennyworth, Eric Morgan Stuart as Commissioner Jim Gordon, Krystal Joy Brown as Barbara Gordon, Michelle C. Bonilla as Renee Montoya, and Bumper Robinson as Lucius Fox.

The upcoming animated series has 10 episodes. Check out the trailer below:

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New Teaser Trailer For “The Penguin” Released

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the-penguinThe second official teaser trailer for Max’s upcoming “The Penguin” has been released, giving a better look at the upcoming series. A spinoff from The Batman, “The Penguin” follows the transformation of Oswald Cobblepot from a disfigured nobody to a noted Gotham gangster.

It stars Colin Farrell as Oz Cobb, the titular DC Gotham City villain. “I’m gonna tear down the empire from the inside out,” Oz says in the clip.

Also in “The Penguin” are Alex Anagnostidis, Clancy Brown, Carmen Ejogo, Cristin Milioti, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Michael Kelly, Michael Zegen and Deirdre O’Connell.

The eight-episode limited series is set to premiere in September 2024. Check out the stunning new official teaser trailer for “The Penguin” below.

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Apple TV+ Debuts “Sunny” Trailer Starring Rashida Jones

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sunny-appletvApple recently debuted the official trailer for its new mystery series “Sunny” which is created by Kate Robbins and stars Rashida Jones.

“Sunny” is scheduled to premiere on Apple TV+ on July 10 with its first two episodes, and then followed by one new episode every Wednesday up to September 4.

Also in the upcoming dark comedy are Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, Judy Ongg, YOU, annie the clumsy and Jun Kunimura.

“Sunny” follows American woman living in Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic robots made by her husband’s electronics company. Though at first, Suzie resents Sunny’s attempts to fill the void in her life, gradually they develop an unexpected friendship. Together they uncover the dark truth of what really happened to Suzie’s family and become dangerously enmeshed in a world Suzie never knew existed.

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“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Sets Spinoff Debut Date

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Tales-of-the-Teenage-Mutant-Ninja-TurtlesParamount+ has released the full trailer for “Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, its animated series spin-off of last year’s hit film “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem”.

According to the show’s synopsis, Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles “explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple.”

Tales features the voice cast of reprising Nicolas Cantu (The Amazing World of Gumball) as Leo, Micah Abbey (Cousins for Life) as Donnie, Shamon Brown Jr. (The Chi) as Mikey, and Brady Noon (Family Switch) as Raphael.

The 2D-animated show on Paramount Plus is set to run for 12 episodes.

“Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is set for release on August 9th on Paramount Plus.

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“Angry Birds Mystery Island” New Trailer Released

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Angry-Birds-Mystery-IslandAngry Birds Mystery Island, the new animated original series featuring new characters from Rovio Entertainment Corporation, is set to debut the first eight episodes simultaneously on Amazon Kids+ and Prime Video on Tuesday, May 21st.

The just hatched Trailer gives a sneak “beak” of what fans can expect from the talented cast as they give a voice to three new hatchling characters: Mia, Rosie, Buddy plus a foreign-exchange piglet named Hamylton. This follows the announcement of the 24 episode order for the first season.

Angry Birds Mystery Island features an ensemble cast including Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Kate Micucci (Scooby-Doo!), Dominic Monaghan (The Lord of the Rings), and Nasim Pedrad (Saturday Night Live). The series was developed by Amazon Kids+ and showrunner Eric Rogers (Futurama), and is being produced by Titmouse Inc. (The Legend of Vox Machina).


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Official Trailer for “The Boys: Season 4”

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the-boys-season-4A new trailer has been released for Prime Video’s The Boys Season 4, ahead of the show’s debut next month. The trailer gives fans the best look yet for upcoming return of the superhero satire.

“The Boys” stars Antony Starr, Jack Quaid, Karl Urban, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher and Chace Crawford.

In the upcoming season four, the world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is closer than ever to the Oval Office and under the muscly thumb of Homelander, who is consolidating his power. Butcher, with only months to live, has lost Becca’s son and his job as The Boys’ leader. The rest of the team are fed up with his lies. With the stakes higher than ever, they have to find a way to work together and save the world before it’s too late.

The Boys season 4 is set to kick off the season premiere on June 13.

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Official Trailer for Hulu’s Upcoming “Prom Dates”

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prom-date-hulu“Prom Dates” star Antonia Gentry, Julia Lester, Chelsea Handler, John Michael Higgins, Kenny Ridwan, JT Neal, Jordan Buhat, Zión Moreno, Terry Hu.

The comedy is directed by Kim O Nguyen, who directed the acclaimed 2012 Canadian dramatic war film “War Witch”.

The film follows Jess and Hannah, who, at 13 years old made a pact to have the perfect prom, only 24 hours before the big event, everything is ruined when they break up with their dates. Now they have one night to find new dates and make the fantasy comes true.

Prom Dates is set for release by Hulu on May 3, 2024.

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Tribeca Festival 2024 Announces TV and Now Lineup

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Tribeca-FestivalThe 2024 Tribeca Festival, presented by OKX, today announced its lineup of television and original indie episodic series. The Festival, which takes place June 5-16, showcases highly anticipated world premieres of new and returning programs from networks and streamers at the forefront of groundbreaking storytelling including Apple TV+, AMC, HBO, Hulu, Paramount+, and more. 
 
This year’s TV lineup features 11 series premieres and two first looks at returning classics. World premieres include Hulu’s Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer, executive produced by Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, an in-depth exploration of Dr. Anne Burgess’ career and her successful journey to closing some of America’s most infamous criminal cases; Hollywood Black, executive produced by Justin Simien, an examination of the Black experience in Hollywood featuring conversations with Issa Rae, Lena Waithe, Ryan Coogler, and Ava DuVernay; and Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent, a legal thriller starring and executive produced by Jake Gyllenhaal, hailing from David E. Kelley and executive producer J.J. Abrams, also with Ruth Negga and Peter Sarsgaard. 
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