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Tom Hardy says MobLand season 2 takes Harry's edge away: the fixer who was 'five steps ahead' is on the back foot
Tom Hardy told ScreenRant season 2 is the most kinetic yet, with the Harrigans split across the world and Johnny Flynn joining the villains.
September 20, 2026 9:04 am
NCIS: why did Jimmy's wife die? The off-screen death, and the writers' reason for it
Breena Palmer was already gone by the time NCIS came back to her, and the show delivered the news in a single line of dialogue. Here is when it happened, what the episode said out loud and what it left to inference, and the reason the writers put the loss on Jimmy rather than anyone else on the team.
September 19, 2026 6:41 pm
The Big Bang Theory spin-off wanted Green Lantern — DC kept him for Lanterns, so the episode got the Flash
Co-creator Zak Penn explains why Stuart Fails to Save the Universe went to Gotham and Central City instead: DC would give them anyone but Green Lantern.
September 19, 2026 11:33 am
How did Festus leave Gunsmoke? Ken Curtis played him for close to 300 episodes — and then never once appeared in the TV movies
Ken Curtis played Festus Haggen for 11 years and 304 episodes of Gunsmoke, then sat out every one of the five reunion films CBS made between 1987 and 1994. Here's how the series actually ended for him, and what kept him out of the movies.
September 18, 2026 6:11 pm
Sam Raimi makes movie from horror survival video game, yep, with Toy Story 4 director
Sam Raimi is plotting a big-screen take on a smash horror survival game, with the Toy Story 4 director aboard, as 20th Century Studios snaps up the rights.
September 18, 2026 4:37 pm
All blood, no pulse — Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story just drags
Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story goes bonkers, stretching true crime; Sarah Paulson and Rebecca Hall are great, Ella Beatty’s good — but does it really work?
September 18, 2026 11:54 am
Thought House of Cards was dark? The villain arc you didn’t see was darker
Cody Fern says his House of Cards character was rewritten after Kevin Spacey’s exit — and the darker version you were meant to see never reached screen.
September 18, 2026 9:54 am
HBO's Harry Potter gives Lucius Malfoy a backstory in season 1 — the villain who actually needs one is Quirrell
‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ is set to deepen one villain — yet, for Season 1, it’s another who’s crying out for a proper backstory.
September 18, 2026 2:58 am
Rings of Power season 3 opens with Sauron failing to forge the One Ring — his test orc burns down to a pile of bones
Prime Video’s 'The Lord of the Rings' show will put its biggest villain centre stage — along with the prize he’s set on forging.
September 17, 2026 9:20 pm
Why did Gabriela leave Fire Country? Stephanie Arcila learned of it while filming the season 3 finale
Stephanie Arcila's Gabriela Perez left Fire Country after three seasons. Here's when Arcila found out, what she and the producers said about how the decision was made, and whether the character is gone for good.
September 17, 2026 6:29 pm
Tom Hardy says MobLand was built to run over tens of years - three seasons were mapped before the first episode aired
Tom Hardy hints 'MobLand' is playing a much longer game than you might expect ahead of Season 2's release.
September 17, 2026 1:01 am
What happens at the end of Ozark? Chris Mundy has explained why the finale cuts to black when it does
The Ozark finale ends on a sound rather than an image, and showrunner Chris Mundy has explained the choice more than once since. What the last scene sets up, and why the camera deliberately looks away.
September 16, 2026 9:04 pm
How was Jack Ryan paralyzed? Season 1's MRI scene, and what actually happened to his spine
Jack Ryan's back injury is franchise canon, but the Amazon series is unusually specific about it. What the season 1 MRI scene actually diagnoses, how the show staged the crash, and where the paralysis idea comes from.
September 16, 2026 2:23 pm
Barbossa has died twice in Pirates of the Caribbean. Geoffrey Rush says he would only come back a third time on one condition
A Pirates of the Caribbean icon fancies a comeback in Pirates of the Caribbean 6 — minor snag: his character’s already dead.
September 16, 2026 3:19 am
'I think I should, honestly': Courteney Cox wants to direct Scream 8
Courteney Cox has made a bold play to direct Scream 8 — and, frankly, her logic’s hard to fault.
September 16, 2026 2:03 am
Marvel spent five years not making Blade with Mahershala Ali, then helped pay for the film he made instead
Mahershala Ali told Deadline at TIFF 2026 the Blade update you were dreading — and why he’s still grateful to Marvel for helping another film.
September 15, 2026 12:10 am
Netflix is adapting a Sega game nobody has played yet — Stranger Than Heaven is not out until January 2027
Trust Netflix to bag a Sega action game that isn’t out until 2027 for a live-action movie — but which one?
September 14, 2026 11:30 pm
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe brings back the Big Bang colonel, demoted to captain
A familiar face returns in Stuart Fails to Save the Universe — and a TBBT Season 10 hint suggests the spin-off was on the cards.
September 14, 2026 12:59 am
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