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Vol. 27
No. 20
Pick Hits
Binge This
Outer Banks
A teenager enlists his three best friends to hunt for a
legendary treasure linked to his father's disappearance.
Outer Banks follows a group of teenagers in the Outer
Banks of North Carolina who are called "Pogues", who
live at The Cut, and are determined to find out what
happened to the missing father of the group's
ringleader, John B. (Chase Stokes). Along
the way, they discover a legendary treasure that is tied
to John B's father. Chased by the law and a wealthy and
superior group called the "Kooks" from Figure Eight, the
Pogues seek to overcome obstacles such as drugs, love,
fighting, friendship, money and how the rich keep on
winning in order to complete John B's father's goal that
he had been working on for 20 years.
Early Access
Scoob!
With hundreds of cases solved and adventures shared, Scooby and the gang face
their biggest, most challenging mystery ever, a plot to unleash the ghost dog
Cerberus upon the world. As they race to stop this global dog-pocalypse, the
gang discovers that Scooby has a secret legacy and an epic destiny greater than
anyone could have imagined. Kids familiar with Scooby Doo will adore it. Adults
who watched the original Scooby Doo and other 1970's Hanna Barbara cartoons will
love it. Great story about friendship, as expected for kids, good guys win, and
TONS of Easter Eggs for adults who were kids in the 70's. Even the closing
credits have a lot of unrelated Hanna Barbara character references
like Jabba Jaws and Johnny Quest.
The Buzz...
Michael Jordan may well be the greatest basketball player of all
time, and the documentary about his historic career has proven to be the biggest
in the history of ESPN. With the ratings for the final two episodes of
the docuseries officially in, The Last Dance averaged 5.6
million viewers across its 10 episodes, beating all previous numbers put up by
ESPN docs.
Actor Timothy Olyphant has been added to the cast of Star
Wars spin-off series The Mandalorian. The Deadwood star
will feature in the upcoming season two, although details about his character
have been kept under wraps. He joins fellow Disney+ show newcomers
Rosario Dawson, Michael Biehn, and Temuera
Morrison.
The long awaited Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, focused on the character of
Furiosa, is shifting into high gear as filmmaker George Miller
confirmed that he’s set to begin work on it next. However, we also learned that
Charlize Theron, who played Furiosa in Fury Road, will definitely
not be back to star, given the prequel follows the early days of the character.
Jodie Comer is reportedly in contention to star.
Rob Reiner, Steve Carell, and Ben Stiller
are among the old friends and colleagues to salute Fred Willard
online following the comedy icon’s death. Actress Jamie Lee
Curtis, who is married to the veteran funnyman’s longtime collaborator,
director Christopher Guest, shared the news of his passing on
Twitter, as she led the tributes to the 86 year old.
Dwayne Johnson couldn’t be more proud of his daughter Simone
after the 18 year old signed her first World Wrestling
Entertainment (WWE) contract. The Jumanji: The Next Level star
appeared on Friday’s instalment of The Tonight Show Starring
Jimmy Fallon, where he gushed over his offspring’s success.
David Arquette has confirmed the Scream movie franchise is
heading back to the big screen with him reprising his cop character Sheriff
Dewey Riley. The actor, who portrayed Riley in all four Scream movies, has
revealed he’ll be reuniting with his “Scream family” once the coronavirus
lockdown is over.
Director Adil El Arbi has promised fans that the
long-awaited Beverly Hills Cop 4 is still going ahead. It was reported
last year that Netflix had picked up the rights to the latest installment
in the franchise, after making a one-time licensing deal with Paramount
Pictures. And while progress on the project has been slow, Adil told
Digital Spy that they’ve now hired a screenwriter to start penning a script.
While it had been speculated that Eddie Murphy would reprise his
role as street-smart Detroit officer Axel Foley in the new movie, Adil stressed
that the 59 year old actor has yet to officially sign onto the film.
Joaquin Phoenix is reportedly set to become a dad with
fiancee Rooney Mara. Sources confirmed the actress, 35, was
pregnant, claiming she and Phoenix, 45, could be up to six months along.
SpongeBob Squarepants, a franchise that refuses to ever go away,
will give fans something to look forward to this June. The Stars of SpongeBob
Fan Favorites Special will reunite the cast for a virtual table read of several
favorite scenes that were picked by fans. |
