At The Movies

Fargo creator Noah Hawley has been tapped to write and direct the next installment of the Star Trek franchise. Though plot details are being kept under wraps, the next Star Trek is expected to see Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban and Zoe Saldana returning to man the U.S.S. Enterprise.

Though she has acted in many French films over the last decade plus, many film fans from around the world know Pom Klementieff from her role as Mantis in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Avengers: Infinity War, and Avengers: Endgame. But now, thanks to a recent announcement from filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie, the actress has another mission lined up that might help her shed her Marvel antennae. According to McQuarrie’s recent post on Twitter, Pom Klementieff is the latest actor to join the upcoming Mission: Impossible sequels that are set to begin production all around the world over the next year or so.

In the most unsurprising news of the week, a Joker sequel is officially in the works at Warner Bros. Not only that, but Joker co-writer and director Todd Phillips now reportedly has the permission to not only make Joker 2, but also give a different DC character a gritty, Joker-esque origin story.

Netflix has given a series order to a sequel to the History Channel epic Vikings. The follow-up series, titled Vikings: Valhalla, will be set 100 years after the events of the original show. Valhalla will follow “the most famous Vikings who ever lived,” including Leif Erikson, Freydis, Harald Harada and the Norman King William the Conqueror.

Zoe Saldana will star in Sabaya, a fact-based thriller that Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale) will direct based on a William Monahan script about the unlikely circumstances that made possible a 2015 U.S. Special Forces raid that killed a top Isis leader and started the downfall of the radical Islamic State.

It's a Victorious reunion! Ariana Grande reunited with her former co-stars Elizabeth Gillies and Matt Bennett during her Sweetener Tour stop in Atlant. The 26 year old singer and the 26 year old actress threw it back to their Nickelodeon days by performing their hit Give It Up.

Narcos alum Juan Pablo Raba is set as a lead opposite Michael Chiklis in Paramount Network’s Coyote, a one-hour scripted drama series from Emmy-winning executive producer and director Michelle MacLaren, Dark Horse Entertainment and Sony Pictures TV. It’s slated to premiere in 2020.

Disney Plus’ The Mandalorian swooped into the No. 3 spot on a ranking of the most in demand digital originals among U.S. viewers after its debut, according to new data. For the week of Nov. 10-16, The Mandalorian, the first live action series in the Star Wars universe, notched nearly 40 million “demand expressions,” according to research firm Parrot Analytics.

As pre-production on Amazon Studios’ high-profile Lord Of the Rings TV series is gearing up in New Zealand, the streamer is moving ahead with an early Season 2 renewal for the sprawling adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novels.

American Idol is planning to give three contestants from past seasons another shot at stardom. The ABC singing competition made the announcement on Twitter, then revealed the names of the three fan favorites during this evening’s episode of Dancing With the Stars. The lucky singers are Logan Johnson (Season 17), Layla Spring (Season 16) and Shawn Robinson (Season 17).

Lionsgate has obtained the rights to Seoul Girls, a comedy feature written by Pitch Perfect star Rebel Wilson, with a recent revision by Young II Kim. Wilson will also take on a role in the pic, which follows a Korean American high school girl and her friends who enter a worldwide talent competition to be the opening act for the world’s biggest K-pop boy band. With help from an ex-member of a British girl group and a former K-pop trainee, the Seoul Girls find their voices on the world’s biggest stage.

Netflix is ringing in the holiday season by phasing out the Fullers. The first half of Fuller House‘s fifth and final season will drop on Friday, Dec. 6. The family comedy’s fourth season finale introduced a number of major life changes for the Fuller clan, including the birth of (newly engaged couple) Stephanie and Jimmy’s baby, courtesy of surrogate Kimmy.

Mandy Moore has announced a North American tour for 2020, her first major tour in over a decade. It kicks off March 20th in Pittsburgh at the Benedum Center, with Moore playing shows in New York, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco, Dallas and more before wrapping May 9th at Denver’s Gothic Theatre.