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Disney+ has announced that its upcoming crime K-drama The Worst of Evil will premiere in September.On August 14, the streaming platform shared that its upcoming crime series starring Ji Chang-wook (Suspicious Partner) and Squid Game’s Wi Ha-jun will premiere its first three episodes on September 27.Set in 1990s Seoul, The Worst of Evil follows police officer Park Jun-mo (played by Ji), who goes undercover to infiltrate a notorious crime organisation pushing a new drug in nightclubs. However, he discovers that his wife, Yoo Eui-jeong (The Empire’s Im Se-mi), has volunteered for the same undercover assignment, and shares history with the gang’s leader Jung Gi-cheol (played by Wi).The upcoming series also stars Woo Kang-min (Big Bet), Han Yi-jin (Blind) and Im Sung-jae (D.P.

Disney+‘s upcoming Star Wars series Ahsoka has been released, and teases the return of Hayden Christensen’s Anakin Skywalker.In the teaser trailer, titled ‘Force’, a shot of Anakin Skywalker from 2022’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series flashes across the screen before Skywalker’s voice is heard giving advice to Ahsoka.“In this war, you will face more than just droids. As your master, it’s my responsibility to prepare you.

. But the Disney+ show was missing two familiar faces — Zac Efron, who played basketball playing heartthrob Troy Bolton, and Vanessa Hudgens, who played brainy singer Gabriella Montez, in the original films. Despite the return of several original cast members including Corbin Bleu (Chad Danforth), Monique Coleman (Taylor McKessie), Lucas Grabeel (Ryan Evans), and KayCee Strong (Martha Cox), Efron, Hudgens and co-star Ashley Tisdale (Sharpay Evans) did not make cameos in the finale season of the spinoff series.

Disney+ has announced plans to launch a new, cheaper streaming option with adverts in the UK as profits continue to fall at the company.The new plan, which is already available in the US, will also be introduced to Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Italy and other parts of Europe on November 1.Subscribers of the advert-supported service will be charged £4.99 per month in the UK, while the most common form of subscription will increase from £7.99 to £10.99.There is currently only one price tier for Disney+ in the UK, which costs £7.99 per month. However, come November there will be three new tiers available.

Only Murders In The Building returns with a bunch of new guest stars in its third season.Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, the comedy-drama series follows unlikely trio Charles (Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) as they investigate murders inside their apartment building for their true crime podcast.In the show’s third season, guest stars include Meryl Streep, Ashley Park, Paul Rudd and Jesse Williams.A synopsis reads: “Season three finds Charles, Oliver and Mabel investigating a murder behind the scenes of a Broadway show. Ben Glenroy (Rudd) is a Hollywood action star whose Broadway debut is cut short by his untimely death.“Aided by co-star Loretta Durkin (Streep), our trio embarks on their toughest case yet, all while director Oliver desperately attempts to put his show back together.

Modern Family and Pitch Perfect, appeared on Theo Von’s This Past Weekend podcast where he bemoaned the state of comedy movies in 2023.“You watch comedies nowadays and you’re like, this is not a fucking comedy,” Devine said. “Where are the jokes? Where are the bits? There’s still good [comedy] shows, but movie comedy… it’s hard. My theory: I think Marvel ruined it.“I feel like superhero movies ruined comedies because you go to the theatre and you expect to watch something that cost $200million to make, and comedy movies aren’t that.

movie night. Might we suggest the iconic Indiana Jones franchise created by the talented George Lucas? Along with Harrison Ford's star power, the best thing about starting the series means you have your movie night films locked down for some time. You can even opt for the esteemed days-long movie marathon to watch them all in a shorter span.If you're going to watch in chronological order, your Indy binge actually starts with the prequel about the young Indy.

That's the walking, talking tree and Marvel superhero Groot telling you the wonderful news: is now streaming. The Marvel film that premiered on May 5 in theaters around the country is available to watch again (or for the first time) on Disney+.Peter Quill and the gang are back in the third installment (or fourth if you count the holiday special) of. As of today, August 2, you can now watch the hit film with a Disney+ account.Part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), soared at the box office upon its release in theaters.

That's the walking, talking tree and Marvel superhero Groot telling you the wonderful news: is now streaming. The Marvel film that premiered on May 5 in theaters around the country is available to watch again (or for the first time) on Disney+.Peter Quill and the gang are back in the third installment (or fourth if you count the holiday special) of. As of today, August 2, you can now watch the hit film with a Disney+ account.Part of Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), soared at the box office upon its release in theaters.

The sixth and final episode of “Secret Invasion” premiered on Disney+ this week, and the critical response was …not good at all. In fact, the show’s last episode is the worst-reviewed MCU project ever, with a 13% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

“Star Wars” fans have two more Disney+ series coming this year, “Ahsoka” and “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.” But now they have new confirmation about a title announced nearly three years ago and has languished in development ever since.

Donald Glover and his brother Stephen are set to write the forthcoming Lando series for Disney+.The Star Wars show was first announced back in 2020, with Glover recently confirming in an interview that Lucasfilm is definitely interested in moving ahead with the project.Previously Haunted Mansion director Justin Simien was attached to the project according to Variety but he is now longer involved, with both Glover brothers taking up writing duties alone.Speaking previously about the role of Lando Calrissian, which Glover first portrayed in 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, he said: “I would love to play Lando again. It’s a fun time to be him.

Secret Invasion finale has been voted the lowest-rated Marvel title of all time, according to Rotten Tomatoes.The new series – which premiered on Disney+ earlier this months – is based on the 2008 Marvel Comics storyline of the same name, and sees Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) learn of a secret invasion by a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who must band together with his allies to prevent a full conquest of Earth.Alongside Jackson, Secret Invasion also stars Ben Mendelsohn, Emilia Clarke, Olivia Colman, Kingsley Ben-Adir, and Cobie Smulders.While audience review scores remained low to average throughout the show, its finale, which aired yesterday (Wednesday 26) is currently on just 11 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.The low scores makes Secret Invasion the lowest-rated Marvel title of all time, which is currently rated at 57 per cent overall.Episode one, titled ‘Resurrection’ has a 52 per cent rating, while episode three and four, ‘Betrayed’ and ‘Beloved’, are at 38 per cent.The finale received mixed reviews from fans and critics, but many are now curious if there will be a second season.In a four-star review of Secret Invasion, NME described the show as “Marvel’s thrilling answer to Star Wars noir Andor, adding that “Samuel L.

Only Murders In The Building has been shared.Season 3 is set to drop on Hulu/Disney+ on August 8 and will feature an all star cast including Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, Ashley Park and Matthew Broderick, alongside the true crime fanatic trio Charles (Steve Martin), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Oliver (Martin Short).Yet again a murder is carried out in the comedy drama which the trio must get to the bottom of. You can view the trailer below.The show returned for a second season last summer.

Prime Video, Hulu, Disney+, Max (the upgraded HBO Max), Paramount+, Netflix, Peacock, Discovery+, Starz and even more streaming services, there’s no shortage of options when choosing what to binge-watch in your free time. However, sometimes the amount of great film and television available to stream can be overwhelming and lead to scrolling aimlessly — hoping to land on that perfect piece of content. Scroll no more! To help you out, ET has rounded up the best movies and TV shows to stream this week, including new arrivals, nostalgia-filled favorites, and screen adaptations of classic novels.

Marvel Entertainment has released a new trailer for the upcoming 33rd big screen instalment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Marvels – watch it above.The newly released trailer – the superhero movie’s second – offers fans a better look at the film’s plot, how its protagonists Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel (Iman Vellani) and Monica Rambeau (Teyonah Parris) will come together to face a new galactic threat.Danvers, Rambeau and Khan are forced to band together after their powers become interwoven, swapping into one another’s places when their powers are activated.

Star Wars trilogy.The actor, who played Finn in the Disney trilogy, was asked to rank the Star Wars films he’s appeared in from “best to worst” during an interview with First We Feast’s Truth or Dab: Rapid Fire.“Hell yeah, I’ll do it,” Boyega said in response. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens is most definitely the best.

The Los Angeles Times.It will mark the first time in more than 60 years that actors and writers have gone on strike simultaneously.Here is everything we know about why actors are poised to strike this week.SAG-AFTRA – is Hollywood’s largest union, which represents 160,000 actors and performers – and the Writers Guild of America (WGA) are seeking an increase in base pay and residuals in the age of streaming, while other negotiations relate to safeguards against the unregulated use of artificial intelligence in the industry.The WGA strike, which began on May 2, occurred following unsuccessful negotiations with AMPTP, who represent major Hollywood studios like Netflix, Disney, Apple, Amazon, Paramount, Warner Bros. and others.Since the strike was announced, a number of films and TV shows have shut down production in solidarity.

Emilia Clarke has revealed that her brother was on the set of Game Of Thrones while she and Kit Harington filmed their first sex scene.The actor, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the hit HBO fantasy series, recalled the awkward moment while speaking on stage after the release of her Marvel series Secret Invasion.She reunited with her co-star Harington during an audience panel at the Superhero Comic Con and Car Show in Texas, which took place last week (July 7-9) where they remembered show’s seventh season in which Daenerys and Jon Snow (Harington) start a romantic relationship.“I do remember the day, our sex scene day, and my brother was there,” Clarke said (via Metro).“My brother was in the camera department and he was on set that day,” she continued. “It was literally like, ‘Mate! You’ve got to get him out of here.

While the feature side of their “Star Wars” universe is slowly coming together, Lucasfilm is already heading into their second spinoff show connected to “The Mandalorian” with Dave Filoni’s “Star Wars: Ahsoka.” Today, Disney+ released a new trailer and poster for the Rosario Dawson-starring show and also announced that the series debut on August 23 will kick off with the first two episodes.

Game Of Thrones star, whose career has since her play roles in Star Wars franchise films and now the MCU Disney+ series Secret Invasion, has been subjected to using green screen in her work.“The stigma is that people don’t do any acting in these shows,” Clarke told the Los Angeles Times, referring to performing while standing in front of a green screen. “[But] then you’re like, ‘Well, then why are they asking all these great actors to do it, and why are they saying yes?’”The actress reasoned that if green screen acting wasn’t real acting then the acting greats – from Samuel L.

Crater has been pulled from Disney+ less than two months after its release.The film – which premiered on May 12 and came from Stranger Things‘ producers Dan Cohen and Shawn Levy – is about a recently bereaved boy growing up on a lunar colony who takes a trip to a legendary crater with his four best friends.Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez and starring Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace and Billy Barratt, it reportedly cost $53.4million (£42million), but was only on the streaming service for 48 days before it was removed.“@DisneyPlus can you guys give us heads up when you’re gonna yank shows or films off,” one Twitter used said in response.“The ultimate result of movies become a product instead of art is this,” another added.“I was JUST about to watch it!” a third shared. “This is the worst thing now about streaming,” another insisted.Tried to rewatch the excellent Crater on @DisneyPlus only to find it’s been inexplicably deleted.

Disney+ shows are being licensed to Channel 4‘s official on-demand service.Alias (seasons one-five), The Americans (seasons one-six), Empire (seasons one-six), Scandal (seasons one-seven), The X Files (seasons one-11), Bones (seasons one-12), The Killing (seasons one-four), Star (seasons one-three), Grown-ish (seasons one-six), and Abbott Elementary (seasons one-two) are included in the deal.Except for Star, all the series are available to watch as part of a monthly subscription on Disney+ in the UK.The additions to the Channel 4 streaming platform will be available to watch from later this month.Nick Lee, head of acquisitions at Channel 4, said: “We’re so pleased to have agreed such an extensive content deal with Disney, ranging from their most iconic series like ‘The X-Files’ to fresh hits such as ‘Abbott Elementary’ and ‘Star.’ We look forward to our viewers being able to binge series after series on Channel 4.”Meanwhile, sign-ups for streaming giant Netflix have risen by more than 100 per cent since the streaming service began cracking down on password sharing.Earlier this year, the streaming service announced details of its password crackdown, making it impossible to use one account in several locations.The rule then came into force in May, with Netflix receiving major backlash from existing subscribers.Since then though, Netflix has experienced a large rise in sign-ups, with the days between May 25-28 – shortly after the May 23 announcement – becoming the platform’s four biggest days of new sign-ups in the US since 2019, as Variety reports.On those days, 73,000 new users signed up for Netflix, a 102 per cent increase on the previous 60 days.

Star Wars franchise has its first ever transgender actor, who will star in forthcoming spinoff series The Acolyte.According to DisneyDining.com, Abigail Thorn has been cast as Ensign Eurus in the forthcoming Disney+ series alongside Amandla Stenberg, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen and others.Thorn has yet to confirm the news publicly. NME has contacted Disney+ for comment.Thorn is a British actress, writer and director who produces the YouTube channel Philosophy Tube.

Star Wars franchise has its first ever transgender actor, who will star in forthcoming spinoff series The Acolyte.According to DisneyDining.com, Abigail Thorn has been cast as Ensign Eurus in the forthcoming Disney+ series alongside Amandla Stenberg, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen and others.Thorn has yet to confirm the news publicly. NME has contacted Disney+ for comment.Thorn is a British actress, writer and director who produces the YouTube channel Philosophy Tube.

Futurama has landed.10 new episodes feature in season 11, which see Fry, Leela, Bender and co. deal with an outbreak of a deadly virus in a nod to the COVID pandemic.

While the premiere “Andor” Season 2 remains just over a year away, it’s safe to say it’s easily the most hyped series in the “Star Wars” Disney+ upcoming lineup. Yup, more so than “Ahsoka” or “The Acolyte,” or more episodes of “The Mandalorian.” And fans already know a little about what they should expect in new episodes of “Andor.” For one, Season 2 runs twelve episodes, with a time jump in the narrative every three episodes.

The Bear returns for its second season this month.Created by Christopher Storer, the show’s first season followed award-winning chef Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) who returns to run his family’s Italian beef sandwich shop following the suicide of his older brother.The second season picks up after Carmy’s decision to close the shop in order to open a new restaurant, alongside Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and Richie (Ebon Mass-Bachrach).A synopsis reads: “Carmy, Sydney and Richie work to transform their grimy sandwich joint into a next-level spot. As they strip the restaurant down to its bones, the crew undertakes transformational journeys of their own, each forced to confront the past and reckon with who they want to be in the future.

Samuel L. Jackson has addressed the past online hate campaigns and backlash to Brie Larson’s casting as Captain Marvel.Ahead of the film’s release in 2019, Larson was targeted with online sexist abuse and review bomb campaigns in an attempt to tank the film’s success.Jackson, who first met Larson while filming 2017’s Kong: Skull Island before she cast him in her directorial debut Unicorn Store, explained in a Rolling Stone interview how she consulted him on whether she should join the Marvel Cinematic Universe.“We bonded through the election while we were doing her movie when Donald Trump won,” Jackson recalled.

will conclude after the upcoming fourth and final season, Disney+ announced on Wednesday. All eight episodes of the final season will be available to stream Aug.