With the third season of “Picard,” Terry Matalas experienced the fickle world of meme-ification. Notably, he wrote a scene where Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) was asked by Picard to help with a shady rescue operation … off the books. Captain Shaw, a practical, by-the-book character, merely responded with a “No.” That “No” wormed its … Read more
Summary Superman’s killing of General Zod in “Man of Steel” divided viewers, and the same is true for DC comic book writers. Some supporters of the movie cite how Superman has killed before in other media or how Zod’s death raised the emotional stakes for Superman. Those who disagree think Man of Steel didn’t make … Read more
Longtime NCIS actor David McCallum sadly passed away in September 2023 and his character Ducky will be written off the long-running CBS series when it returns soon. The 21st season of NCIS premieres on February 12 and a tribute episode for Ducky will air during episode two of the season on February 19. CBS has … Read more
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Throughout January, NBA fans can mark their calendars with another weekly primetime matchup to get accustomed to. Ahead of the 2023-24 NBA season, ESPN flexed five Wednesday night primetime games to network television for NBA Wednesdays on ABC. The games, which are scheduled to air at 8:30 p.m. ET, also coincide with ESPN’s NBA broadcast, … Read more
Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi games are firmly embedded in the years before the original trilogy, and keep the focus on a core cast of wholly new heroes and villains. It’s what made Star Wars Jedi: Survivor from earlier this year so excellent: the games take advantage of that relative freedom from the timeline and offer … Read more
You’re also attached to a movie version of “The Premonition: A Pandemic Story.” We were talking a little about the pandemic earlier, but from my perspective, it seems like society kind of wants to forget about the pandemic and basically pretend that it never happened. So does that provide a challenge for you? Schuker Blum: … Read more
Image: Helen Chen/Marvel Comics All the way back in 2020, it was reported that Sony and Marvel were teaming up to create a TV show for Silk, one of the more recent heroes to spin from Spider-Man’s (Peter Parker’s) supporting cast. In the years since, news on the show has been hard to come by: … Read more
Update 5:46 PM: Sports Illustrated sent us the following statement. Today, an article was published alleging that Sports Illustrated published AI-generated articles. According to our initial investigation, this is not accurate. The articles in question were product reviews and were licensed content from an external, third-party company, AdVon Commerce. A number of AdVon’s e-commerce articles … Read more
Harry Brook has been named England Player of the Year at the 2023 Cricket Writers’ Club Annual Awards with Nat Sciver-Brunt claiming the women’s award. Batter Brook scooped the Bob Willis Trophy, which is named after the late England seamer and Sky Sports analyst and which recognises the best player, male or female, across a … Read more
After a tentative fair deal between writers and studios was reached on September 24, you can now remove “tentative” from that: the WGA strike, which began May 2 and put the state of Hollywood production under a microscope, is over-over. The acting union, SAG-AFTRA, has been on strike since July 13 and remains so. Microsoft … Read more