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Ever since The Orville wrapped up its third season all the way back in 2022, we've been dying for news of a follow-up. Dubbed The Orville: New Horizons, season 3 was such a step above everything that had come before that it was mind-blowing. Not only was it a great season of Seth MacFarlane's comedic sci-fi drama, it was also just one of the all-around best seasons of science fiction television of that year. Alas, it was also a big, expensive season of television that took more than two years to produce, and Hulu did not rush to give season 4 the green light.

But hope has remained alive for the past several years. Whenever The Orville comes up in interviews, its cast has kept that torch burning. Lead star and general creative force behind the series Seth MacFarlane (Ed Mercer) reassured fans in early 2024 that "the show is not dead," and...

There are a few shows or movies that set a standard and a template for a whole genre. HBO’s 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers not only did that for war dramas but also launched and boosted many acting careers. The series, created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, presented real-life events of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division throughout World War II.

The ensemble cast of Band of Brothers is one of the main reasons people still remember the show. Apart from playing the roles of soldiers, actors like Scott Grimes as Donald Malarkey, Kirk Acevedo as Joe Toye, and Damian Lewis as Richard Winters made the audience empathize with their losses and wins and connect with their camaraderie. Now, after more than two decades since its premiere, let’s catch up with some of these talented cast members and see what they are up to.

The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike lasted a whopping 148 days, becoming the second-longest strike in the labor union's history. From May 2 to Sept. 27, 2023, Hollywood writers were on strike after disputes with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) involving demands for higher pay and fair residuals, mandatory writer staffing, and protection from the threat of AI technologies. The strike impacted a slew of hit TV shows, including Abbott Elementary, Stranger Things, Saturday Night Live, The Handmaid's Tale, Severance, Hacks, and The Orville.

The Season 3 finale of the latter show premiered on Aug. 4, 2022, about nine months before the historic WGA strikes. From creator Seth MacFarlane (who donated a total of $6 million to the Entertainment Community Fund during the strikes), The Orville acts as a funny but heartfelt Star Trek spoof of sorts set 400 years in the future and follows the trials and tribulations of a starship crew, made up of both humans and aliens,...

Exclusive: Zac Looker (Geek Girl), Jessica Belkin (American Horror Story: Hotel) and Logan Shroyer (This is Us) have been cast in Prime Video‘s Legally Blonde prequel series Elle.

They join the previously announced cast: Lexi Minetree, who plays Elle; June Diane Raphael as Elle’s mom, Eva; Tom Everett Scott as Elle’s dad, Wyatt; Gabrielle Policano as Liz; Jacob Moskovitz as Miles; and Chandler Kinney as Kimberly.

From creator Laura Kittrell, the series follows Elle Woods in high school as we learn about the life experiences that shaped her into the iconic young woman in the first Legally Blonde film.

In a series regular role, Looker has been cast as Dustin, Elle’s classmate and sparring partner who cares about social justice and isn’t afraid to challenge authority.

In recurring roles, Belkin has been cast as Elle’s best friend, Madison, and Shroyer as Madison’s cousin and Elle’s crush,...

Disney is planning to vacate the Fox Studio Lot by the end of the year as it looks to bring its Los Angeles-based production teams closer together in Burbank, TheWrap has learned.

As part of Fox’s $71.3 billion deal with Disney in 2019, the former kept control of the 53-acre lot on Pico Boulevard in Century City and reached a seven-year leaseback deal with Disney to avoid production disruptions.

Over the past year, Disney Entertainment Television has been actively working to create a creative hub where its production teams can work more closely together, an insider familiar with the matter tells TheWrap. As part of the plan, Disney has decided to not renew its lease and its teams based at the Fox lot are in various stages of relocating to workplaces in Burbank, including the Disney Studio Lot. All moves are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

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Disney is leaving the famed Fox Studio Lot amid plans to centralize production teams in Burbank.

Fox retained the 53-acre lot on Pico Boulevard in Century City as part of its $71.3 billion deal with Disney in 2019 for the bulk of assets owned by 21st Century Fox. It reached a seven-year leaseback with the entertainment giant to avoid disruption of productions shooting at the lot.

Over the past year, Disney’s TV arm has been bringing Los Angeles-based teams together in Burbank, with the goal streamlining services, according to a person familiar with the situation. As part of this plan, Disney isn’t renewing its lease with Fox. Teams based at the location are already relocating to workplaces in Burbank, where the company has its own studio lot, production services and office space. The company expects the move to be completed by the end of the year.

The move comes as...

Sitcoms have a harder time than ever to really catch on to what the public wants. It's sort of a genre stable that viewers need a few seasons to get to know the characters and storylines they'll be enjoying. Unfortunately, the market is so competitive today that it's almost impossible for many new sitcoms to survive past one season. Many fresh and hilarious comedy shows have fallen by the wayside only because of low viewership, leading to a show's eventual premature cancelation. On top of that, no other sitcoms have it harder than the ones on network television, such as Fox's brand-new sitcom Going Dutch.

Going Dutch was created by Joel Church-Cooper and stars Denis Leary alongside a massive cast of hilarious characters in a show that seemingly fits Leary's charismatic and brash personality to a T. The show premiered right after the New Year on January 2, 2025, and was met with positive reviews.

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Resident Alien is a sci-fi adventure mystery comedy-drama series created by Chris Sheridan. Based on the comic book of the same name by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, the Syfy series is set in a small Colorado town, and it follows an alien who crash-lands on Earth and takes on the form of a vacationing physician after killing him. His mission is to destroy Earth, but after living amongst humans, he begins thinking and feeling like them. Resident Alien stars Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler, Judah Prehn, and Elizabeth Bowen. So, if you loved the sci-fi elements, interesting stories, and entertaining characters in Resident Alien, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Pamela Anderson is joining the cast of Kornél Mundruczó’s upcoming drama movie, Place to Be. The film is currently shooting in Sydney, Australia.

Deadline reports that Anderson has joined the project, with other cast members including Ellen Burstyn and What We Do In The Shadows star Taika Waititi. Place to Be tells the story of "no-nonsense" Brooke (Burstyn) and "discombobulated divorcee" Nelson (Waititi) as they travel from Chicago to New York to bring a lost racing pigeon home. Anderon's role is Molly, Brooke's daughter, who is finding herself after the end of her second marriage. "Anxious about re-homing her elderly mother, she is resistant to any plan to move her to a retirement facility," the character description reads.

Mundruczó spoke about Anderson's talents, including her most recent role in the 2024 film The Last Showgirl, in the casting announcement. "I really love Pamela - she's such a versatile actress, and...

Seth MacFarlane's The Orville has received high praise from Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Jonathan Frakes. A fan asked him about the parody series at this year's Indiana Comic Convention.

Reported by Collider, a fan asked Frakes, who played William Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation, his thoughts about Seth MacFarlane's beloved series. The Orville both parodies and pays homage to Star Trek and the Next Generation eras, while also taking inspiration from Star Wars to tell a sci-fi comedy story, with the crew of its space-ship going on serialized adventures. Frakes spoke highly of both MacFarlane and his work, saying, "Seth MacFarlane is arguably our biggest celebrity fan."

One of the reasons Frakes had such nice things to say about The Orville was due to the way MacFarlane utilized Star Trek veteran creatives for the series. "He hired Brannon Braga, who worked on a lot of our best stuff.

Galaxy Quest and The Orville are hard-hitting spoofs of Star Trek, but there are certainly no hard feelings from the cast of Gene Roddenberry's franchise. In fact, some of them are even big fans of the two. During Indiana Comic Convention's Star Trek: The Next Generation panel, Collider's Steve Weintraub broached the topic with Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, and Denise Crosby. He asked the trio what the sentiment was at the time when Galaxy Quest came out in 1999, a few years after The Next Generation had come to an end. Crosby was the first to share her thoughts: "It's perfect. It perfectly captures the essence [of Star Trek] with love and humor and intelligence...it's so well-crafted."...

During his stint playing Commander William Riker on "Star Trek: The Next Generation," Jonathan Frakes (seen above left) underwent a rudimentary director's boot camp. Frakes was interested in directing episodes of the show, and the producers said he would only be allowed to do so after shadowing other directors for 300 hours. Frakes put in his due diligence, and he ended up directing eight episodes of the series. The producers were so impressed that they also hired Frakes to direct two of the "Star Trek" feature films. 

His directorial experience on "Next Generation," he found, could be parlayed into other directing gigs. For one, he remained with the "Star Trek" franchise for decades, coming back to helm episodes of "Deep Space Nine," "Voyager," "Discovery," "Strange New Worlds," and "Picard." He directed the family friend sci-fi adventure film "Clockstoppers" in 2002 and "Thunderbirds" in 2004, eventually moving exclusively into television, overseeing episodes of "Leverage,...

The fate of The Orville remains undecided. After three seasons, it could all be over in a blink of an eye. Still, if all we got were three seasons, then what a wonderful three seasons it was. The series won over fans by embracing the core concepts of Star Trek. Granted, it was with a humorous twist most times, but the idea of pushing for a brighter future while also pushing important cultural conversations was straight out of the Star Trek playbook.

The fact that The Orville so lovingly modeled itself after the prime years of Star Trek (1987-2005), and the shows that came with it isn't some random act. Many of the men and women who worked on those iconic shows 20 to 30-odd years ago were brought in by Seth MacFarlane to help launch and mold The Orville into a spiritual successor to all of those wonderful Star Trek shows of the 80s,...

Leighton Meester and Miles Fowler are joining the cast of Nobody Wants This when the show returns for Season 2 on Netflix.

Meester will share credits with her real-life husband, Adam Brody. The Gossip Girl alum will play Abby, who the streamer describes as Joanne’s (Bell) “middle school nemesis” who cross paths now as adults.

Fowler is set to guest star as Noah’s (Brody) basketball teammate, who gets set up with Joanne’s sister Morgan, played by Justine Lupe.

Created by Erin Foster, Nobody Wants This follows an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party. When they walk out — together — the unlikely pair, Joanne (Bell) and Noah (Brody), can tell there is something between them. But also potentially between them, with their differing outlooks on life, all of the modern obstacles to love, and their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families — including her...

Horror feature Marshmallow is ready to bring a summer camp nightmare to life this spring.

Director Daniel DelPurgatorio’s indie film is set for theatrical release from Hemlock Circle Productions on April 11. The movie stars Giorgia Whigham (Ted), Alysia Reiner (Orange Is the New Black) and Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law).

Marshmallow centers on Morgan (played by Kue Lawrence), an introverted 12-year-old suffering from nightmares who heads to a secluded summer camp. Morgan realizes that a spooky campfire story about the camp has come to life as a mysterious figure starts to stalk the campers, forcing the boy and his new friends to face a dangerous mission.

“There used to be cabins all throughout these woods,” Whigham says in the trailer that can be seen below and is exclusive to The Hollywood Reporter. “One of those cabins belonged to a doctor. He had this huge cellar in the basement. If...

Some of history's most successful animated shows have taken it upon themselves to go a step further and tell stories in a feature-length format. "The Simpsons" and "Bob's Burgers" created their own movies. "South Park" went "Bigger, Longer and Uncut" on the big screen, and dipped into movies again years later when they planned 14 films for Paramount+. Even "Futurama" sent the Planet Express team on four cinematic adventures before those were split up and turned into a sixth season. However, while all these animated escapades have transpired over the years, one beloved animated sitcom, complete with a homicidal infant and crude cutaways, has refrained from the same treatment. "Family Guy" still hasn't had a proper movie, but it's not for a lack of trying. According to show creator Seth MacFarlane, it's simply because his schedule is too jam-packed to send the Griffins off on a whirlwind adventure that would require a movie ticket.

Exclusive: After nearly a decade at Buchwald, veteran talent agent Ben Gorman has moved to Prototype Talent Agency.

Gorman began his career as an assistant at the now-defunct Abrams Artists Agency, followed by stints at Independent Artist Group (then known as APA) and The Gersh Agency, before spending several years at Pakula/King & Associates as an agent, prior to the move to Buchwald.

Clients joining Gorman at Prototype include Brandon Jay McLaren, Tim Griffin (Voltron), Larry Joe Campbell, model and actress Charlotte McKinney (Fantasy Island), Dan Leahy (Reboot) and CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Showcase performer Jetta Juriansz. Others are expected to follow shortly. Gorman also represents well-known British motorsports journalist and presenter Will Buxton, who after 17 years with Formula 1, is now set to become the play-by-play commentator for Fox Sports’ coverage of the IndyCar Series this season.

“Ben has been in the industry...

We talk about Star Trek-inspired properties a lot over on our site. We mention The Orville, Galaxy Quest, and other Star Trek-themed, or inspired shows. Yet, one that we don't talk about a lot is the horror-anthology series, Black Mirror.

A modern-day Twilight Zone, Black Mirror does all the same things that the iconic Twilight Zone used to do, just with more emphasis on technology than the 1960s horror series used to. The cultural examinations, the lessons, and the concepts are pretty universal across both shows and Black Mirror mostly does an excellent job of filling in where Twilight Zone left off.

Despite Black Mirror not being anywhere close to a Star Trek clone on its own, season four brought forth an episode that caught many Star Trek fans by surprise. The episode was called USS Callister, and it featured Jesse Plemons as the standard, James Kirk-stand in character.

XYZ Films and Blue Finch Films have come on to represent North America and international rights, respectively, to the sci-fi horror thriller Redux Redux ahead of its world premiere in the Midnighter section at SXSW in March.

Hailing from brothers Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus, who were writers on Cobra Kai and co-directed The Block Island Sound and Funeral Kings, the story stars their sister Michaela McManus as Irene Kelly, who travels through parallel universes to kill her daughter’s murderer over and over again. As she grows addicted to revenge, the process begins to jeopardise her own humanity.

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The Orville is one of the best pieces of science fiction going today. Whether or not it gets a fourth season, the show's legacy has been cemented. It's funny, it's poignant and it's not afraid to do what Star Trek used to do quite a bit, and tackle serious questions. Topics like gender-affirming care, social media's toxic influence, addiction, and so many other conversations have all been had in this show. A show that is quite honestly a parody, and love-letter to the world of Star Trek.

It's actually one of the biggest compliments that the show routinely gets from Star Trek fans; it feels like a Star Trek show. That's not by accident, they've intentionally brought on numerous figures both behind the scenes and in front of the camera to come in and help with the franchise. Due to that, it has a very Star Trek vibe. Well, the...

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Seth MacFarlane is undeniably a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood, particularly in the TV space. As the creator of long-running shows such as "Family Guy" and "American Dad," his creations are now fixtures of the pop culture landscape. But even heavy-hitters miss every once in a while. For MacFarlane, his biggest miss to date came in 2013 when Fox picked up his live-action multi-camera sitcom "Dads" to air. Riding high at arguably the biggest moment in his career, the network seemed to think it couldn't lose. What it wound up with was an unrivaled critical misfire.

How bad was the response to "Dads," exactly? Amazingly enough, it ranks as the worst-reviewed sitcom on Metacritic with a dreadful 15 "Metascore." It should be noted that the site only counts titles with seven or more reviews. Setting aside any technicalities, "Dads" is...

An exciting update has been revealed for Ted, the prequel series to Seth MacFarlane's Ted and Ted 2. After a well-received first season, new episodes are on the way with Season 2 now in the can.

On Instagram, MacFarlane shared a post announcing that the second season of Ted has officially wrapped production. While he did not share a premiere date for Season 2, the update would suggest that the series will return to Peacock sooner rather than later. MacFarlane also teased that Season 2 will be even funnier, which should also sound encouraging for fans.

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As MacFarlane wrote, "Today we wrap production on Ted Season 2! Thanks to our stellar writers, cast,...

Star Trek is a franchise that is one of the most important in the history of television, particularly in how it was able to essentially create a subgenre of TV that took many of the rhythms of police procedurals and mapped them onto a utopian science fiction setting. What resulted was a series that appealed to multiple generations of fans, who were able to hop into any single episode of the series without needing much prior context and enjoy Star Trek as an episodic drama.

Star Trek: The Next Generation followed in the footsteps of The Original Series, improving upon the template that was set by the 1960s sci-fi classic to deliver a timeless series in its own right. The best episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation were often ones like "Darmok," which captured the essence of the original show and then built on it by delivering a smart...

Ted fans can get ready for more adventures with the drug-taking, foul-mouthed bear, as Seth MacFarlane has revealed that filming on the second season has now wrapped. While this is great news, it does not mean that we will be seeing the results on screen just yet, as those who remember Ted’s first season will recall several months of post-production work being required to bring its titular character to life.

However, MacFarlane was delighted to share an update on the series’ continued production, with an X/Twitter post in which he said:

"Today we wrap production on Ted Season 2! Thanks to our stellar writers, cast, and crew for all their amazing work on the funniest season yet!"

Ted is a prequel series to MacFarlane’s popular movie franchise, and goes back in time to when John Bennett (played by Mark Walhberg in the movies and Max Burkholder in the...

It's not surprising that a show created by Seth MacFarlane would feature big name stars, and his Star Trek homage The Orville is certainly packed with celebrity appearances, from Charlize Theron to Ted Danson. But there’s a huge Hollywood star whose cameo in the second season may have passed you by.

In the seventh episode of season 2, "Deflectors," an envoy from the planet Moclus comes aboard the Orville to escort one of their top engineers, Locar (Kevin Daniels), who is there to help the ship's engineering team upgrade its deflectors. This makes things awkward for the Orville crew member Bortus (Peter Macon), another Moclan and Locar's ex.

And Bortus isn’t the only crew member having troubles with failed love affairs. Having ended a relationship with on-board teacher Cassius (Chris Johnson) at the start of the episode, First Commander Kelly Grayson (Adrienne Palicki) finds herself the recipient of a...

Galaxy Quest remains one of the best Star Trek-inspired parodies out there. It's funny, witty, touches on reality a lot, and does a great job of depicting life in the Star Trek fandom without being mean-spirited or unkind. The acting is fantastic, the story is tight and it's largely everything you'd ever want from a movie. Star Trek or otherwise.

Yet, after 25 years, we've gotten nothing. We've heard rumors of a new Galaxy Quest-themed show, but with the passing of Alan Rickman and Tim Allen now leading a hit new sitcom with Kat Dennings, it looks like a revival, sequel or spinoff may not happen.

But it should. And it could. Galaxy Quest started off as a Star Trek parody, but with the arrival of shows like The Orville, it's clear that Star Trek fans want more than just Star Trek. At the very least, they want more Star Trek,...

In case it wasn't obvious from his sci-fi comedy show "The Orville," TV guru Seth MacFarlane is a huge, huge Trekkie. "The Orville," in its construct, lighting, and character types, very much resembles "Star Trek: The Next Generation," just with a few crass jokes and flippant commentary added throughout. MacFarlane also once presented William Shatner, in character as Captain Kirk, on a big screen at the Academy Awards. Some might even know about the "Star Trek" fan film that MacFarlane made back in high school, wherein he cast himself as Captain Kirk. 

His Trekkie credentials don't end there. On one of the "Next Generation" Blu-rays, MacFarlane hosted a commentary track for the episode "Cause and Effect," talking to the episode's writer, Brannon Braga. He was also in the documentary "Trek Nation," and has included myriad "Star Trek" references in his animated sitcoms "Family Guy," "American Dad!," and "The Cleveland Show.

Star Trek is a brand that has influenced the world of science fiction for decades. They've helped create and influence other franchises for years. Due to this, some franchises and films have popped up that took the Star Trek formula and gave it their own twist. The most recent iteration of this trend is The Orville, a show some of you may be quick to tie to Star Trek.

Yet, before there was the Orville, there was Galaxy Quest. If The Orville is a show that is telling untold stories from within the Star Trek universe, but with a comedic twist, then Galaxy Quest is about the lives of those actors.

Starring Tim Allen as Jason Nesmith, a William Shatner stand-in, the movie follows the cast of Galaxy Quest, a show that ended its run some 20 years before the start of the film. The show is still beloved all this time later,...

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Seth MacFarlane is now (and perhaps always will be) best known as the man behind his massive animated hit shows "Family Guy" and "American Dad." MacFarlane's creations now rival the likes of "The Simpsons" and "South Park" in terms of longevity and staying power in pop culture. But MacFarlane is more than that, as evidenced by his live-action love letter to "Star Trek" aka "The Orville."

The series, which as of this writing has run for a total of three seasons, premiered on Fox in 2017. "The Orville" later moved to Hulu for its third season, which arguably changed the show for the better but that's another issue entirely. During the show's second season when it was still on Fox, it actually featured a cameo from none other than action maestro Bruce Willis. That said, viewers would be forgiven for not noticing him.

What We Do in the Shadows actor Harvey Guillén and The Orville’s Adrianne Palicki are set to lead the cast of the pickleball mockumentary film Pickleheads.

According to Deadline, Josh Flanagan and Pej Vahdat will co-direct the original comedy mockumentary Pickleheads, starring Harvey Guillén and Adrianne Palicki. Vahdat, who also acts in the film, will make his feature-length directorial debut with Pickleheads after appearing in featured roles on hit shows such as Jeff Bridges' The Old Man, Empire, and Bones. Other cast members include Kristine Froseth, Eric Nelsen, Ryan Cooper, Lindsey Morgan, Sam Humphrey, and Jared Bonner.

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Pickleheads is written by Bonner, who most recently penned Cottonmouth, starring The Magnificent Seven’s Martin Sensmeier and Hellboy’s Ron Perlman.

Resident Alien stands out as a tasty blend of quirky humor, offbeat storytelling, and heartfelt moments amidst its sci-fi backdrop – and there are more shows like it out there. Resident Alien stars Alan Tudyk as Harry Vanderspeigle, a flawed, genocidal alien who poses as a small-town Colorado doctor and eventually becomes sympathetic to the human cause.

The show dives into everything from offbeat human interactions to larger existential matters. Whether it’s the off-kilter small-town atmosphere, clever humor, or supernatural storylines, there are a handful of sci-fi comedy shows that capture a similar balance likely to tick all the right boxes with Resident Alien viewers.

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Created by Seth McFarlane and set in the 25th century, The Orville follows the crew of the titular ship and its captain, Ed Mercer (McFarlane) as they explore the galaxy.

Joaquin Phoenix leads the Beau is Afraid cast in one of the wildest roles of his career, but he is also backed by an outstanding cast that pulls him through his surreal story. Written and directed by Ari Aster, the filmmaker who brought audiences Hereditary and Midsommar, Beau is Afraid follows Beau Wasserman (Phoenix), an anxious, fearful man who has a complicated relationship with his mother Mona. After her death, Beau goes on a journey of self-discovery and realization as he attempts to get home in time for her funeral.

Aster’s latest, and most challenging movie yet, isn’t exactly a horror in the same way its predecessors are, but there is still a sense of unease that permeates Beau is Afraid. The film Aster takes Beau down an intriguing, strange, and complex path filled with colorful and absurd characters. The ensemble alongside Phoenix includes acclaimed actors, some known primarily for comedic roles,...

Helicon Arts Cooperative, a cinematic arts foundation and production company dedicated to innovative storytelling, is pleased to announce ‘Star Trek: Picard’ actress Olivia Youngers has been cast in the mystery thriller ‘Contre-Coup’ feature film, due to begin filming in 2025. Youngers will star with actresses Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica, Transplant, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and Nicola Bryant (Doctor Who). Actor Rico E. Anderson (Truth Be Told, Swat) is also attached.

Written by James Kerwin (Yesterday Was a Lie), who will also direct, ‘Contre-Coup’ tells the story of a brilliant but troubled particle theorist desperately searching for answers as to why the only life he knows — and the only woman he’s ever loved — are disappearing before his eyes.

“I’d been kicking around the idea for a spiritual successor to my last feature,‘ Yesterday Was a Lie, ’for a few years. ‘Contre-Coup’ is a sci-fi-leaning film that deals with some weighty and timely social issues.

The Orville fans are impatiently waiting for news of a renewal for the series which ended its third season on August 4, 2022. Two years with little drips of information here and there are frustrating to say the least. Some fans may have even moved on from the sci-fi dramedy which has its roots firmly embedded in Star Trek. But other fans are sharing clips from the series, and those clips are bringing new fans onboard.

You only have to search TikTok to find snippets of some of The Orville's best episodes, many of which have received thousands, even millions of views. TikTokkers Jessica.tvseries, james.in.nyc, and stellau.chaneyfyp have shared clips that have grown in numbers and are directing new viewers to The Orville.

One really great show that people are finding on TikTok is The Orville, Seth MacFarlane's storytelling masterpiece. It's a blend of humor, drama,...

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The following contains spoilers from Superman & Lois Season 4, Episode 9, "To Live and Die Again," now available on The CW app.

With one episode left, Superman & Lois Season 4 is ending the series on a high-octane note. Elizabeth "Bitsie" Tulloch's Lois Lane realizes that her family needs assistance if they're to stop Lex Luthor. The villain is now leading a slander campaign against the Kents, purporting that Lois was a corrupt journalist who framed him.

It's all due to Lex and Tom Cavanagh's Gordon Godfrey. Lois, however, has an ace up her sleeve. As she pursues justice and evidence to put Lex away for past misdemeanors, she finds this silver lining in a former enemy: Bruno Mannheim. In the process, Bruno achieves redemption as he tries to help create the future his wife,...

A new 2024 Netflix comedy series staring Cheers star Ted Danson is now the Number 1 TV show on the platform's global streaming chart this week. Danson's most well-known role is as Sam Malone in the '80s and '90s sitcom, having been on the cast of Cheers from the beginning, all the way to the end of the show in season 11. He was nominated for and won multiple awards in the role, including Emmys for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 1990 and 1993. Its success led to the recently-revived Frasier as well.

However, he's also been recognized for his role in later works, with his roles as Michael in The Good Place and Hank in Fargo season 2 being his most recognizable characters in recent years. He's also had a recurring role as Admiral Perry in The Orville and starred as Mayor Neil Bremer in the short-lived Mr. Mayor.

Peacock’s coming-of-age thriller series “Hysteria!” plunged its small Michigan town into full-blown Satanic Panic. Thanks to its teen protagonists and an atypically sympathetic police chief, order is mostly restored in Happy Hollow by season’s end.

Chief Dandridge (Bruce Campbell) had a particularly stressful arc in showrunners Matthew Scott Kane (Stitchers) and David Goodman’s (The Orville) inaugural season; the observant yet patient small-town lawman nearly succumbed to the hysteria himself and rallied to survive a near-death confrontation with The Reverend (Garret Dillahunt). The finale wraps up the season’s overarching questions, yet leaves lingering signs that The Reverend and Tracy Whitehead’s (Anna Camp) devious machinations still have roots in Happy Hollow.

Considering that Campbell plays his cop character with unconventional kindness and is billed as a guest star, not series regular, where does that leave the actor regarding the future of the series?

“Well, I am under contract,...

Seth MacFarlane is most famous for creating (and voice acting in) crass comedy cartoons like "Family Guy" and "American Dad." His love for animation was sparked by primetime TV's first cartoon sitcom, "The Flintstones," but animation is not MacFarlane's only passion -- he also loves show tunes and musicals.

Indeed, MacFarlane's all-time favorite movie is "The Sound of Music," Robert Wise's 1965 musical epic starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer. As he put it to Wired when revealing his favorite film, "Can you believe that? Who would've thought? 'The Sound of motherf***ing Music.'"

"The Sound of Music" adapted the 1959 stage musical of the same name, which itself was based on the true story of the Austrian Von Trapp family, a family of singers who escaped their Nazi-conquered homeland in 1938. Andrews plays the future Mrs. Von Trapp, Maria. Initially a free-spirited nun sent to be a governess to Captain...

I have very sad news to report tonight. It has been announced that Tony Todd has died at the age of 69. The legendary actor is best known for his roles in Candyman, Final Destination, Platoon, The Crow, Night of the Living Dead, and his many appearances in the Star Trek franchise. He was a massively talented actor whose incredible baritone voice made every project so much better. This is a huge blow.

Todd’s wife, Fatima, told THR that he died on Wednesday at his home in Marina del Rey after a long illness. New Line Cinema, the studio which produces the Final Destination franchise, wrote on Instagram: “The industry has lost a legend. We have lost a cherished friend. Rest in peace, Tony, -Your Final Destination Family.“

After studying theater at the Eugene O’Neill National Actors Theatre Institute, Todd made the leap to the silver screen, making...

Prolific actor Tony Todd, especially popular with horror fans for his roles in the genre, passed away on Nov. 6 at his Los Angeles Home. Per Deadline, Todd's death was confirmed by his reps, but the cause of death is not yet known. He was 69 years old.

Todd was born on Dec. 4, 1954. After studying theater at the Eugene O'Neil National Actors Theatre Institute, he began appearing in movies and TV shows by the mid-1980s. One of his very first roles was in Oliver Stone's acclaimed 1986 war film Platoon alongside Charlie Sheen, Johnny Depp, and Willem Dafoe. The film won Best Picture at the Academy Awards, among other Oscars, helping to further launch Todd's career.

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