The Justice Department has charged Carl Erik Rinsch, the director of 47 Ronin who struck a deal with Netflix to make a sci-fi series he never delivered, for defrauding the company out of $11 million. […]
Daily Archives: March 18, 2025
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Federal prosecutors have indicted Carl Rinsch for allegedly ripping off Netflix for $11 million for a long promised sci-fi series that was never made. In a case with Keanu Reeves cameos, some bad crypto deals, […]
Federal authorities said filmmaker Carl Erik Rinsch was arrested on Tuesday over charges he allegedly defrauded streaming giant Netflix out of $11 million in connection with a science fiction series he never completed. Prosecutors didn’t […]
Netflix‘s television library is ever-growing. Between its rapidly expanding reality universe to its smash hit original scripted series and beloved shows from HBO, NBC and everywhere in between, Netflix has it covered when it comes […]
Ads are an unavoidable part of modern life. They support both free and discounted services, for better or for worse, and unless you pay for premium services like YouTube Premium or expensive Netflix tiers, it’s […]
The aliens of Solar Opposites are set for their last mission. Hulu announced Tuesday that the forthcoming sixth season of Solar Opposites will be its last. The final episodes of the animated series are scheduled […]
Solar Opposites is set to end with Season 6 on Hulu. The streamer revealed Tuesday that the final season of the adult animated series will debut in the fall, though there is no set premiere […]
When I was in college, I watched The Simpsons three times a day. My school was located at a nexus of affiliates, meaning that our free broadcast stations included two different local Fox stations, one […]
Who’s ready for March Madness?! The 2025 NCAA basketball tournament has finally arrived as 68 teams try to punch their ticket to the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, to compete in the Final Four. The […]
The Texas Rangers’ new regional sports network, Rangers Sports Network, has signed a streaming deal with Fubo TV to see its live games for the 2025 season carried across five regional U.S. states. The agreement […]
There’s really no such thing as a “non-smart TV” these days. Still, there are those of us rocking some vintage AV tech that refuses to die, and many older TVs cannot connect to Wi-Fi. If […]
Google Chromecast users rejoice, there’s finally a way to get one of the best streaming devices back up and running, particularly for those who factory reset their model. The issues first cropped up several weeks […]
Darren Aronofsky might tackle a Stephen King adaptation for his next movie. Per the InSneider newsletter, Aronofsky is in negotiations to direct Cujo, Netflix’s feature film adaptation of King’s 1981 novel of the same name. […]
Netflix‘s ambitious one-shot series Adolescence made some noise on the platform in its debut week, racking up 24.3M views in just a few days. That put it at No. 1 on the English TV list […]
Netflix has set a premiere date for Sirens, its female-driven, dark comedy limited series created by Emmy-nominated writer and showrunner Molly Smith Metzler (Maid) and executive produced by LuckyChap. The five-episode limited series that stars Julianne Moore (May December), Meghann […]
Tom Brady quickly regretted doing his Netflix roast. Now, it looks like Will Smith could be next. Puck News reports Netflix is considering the King Richard star, amongst “a few” celebrities, to participate in the […]
A Complete Unknown is finally heading to streaming. The Oscar-nominated biopic about Bob Dylan heads to Hulu on March 27. Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan, the young singer-songwriter who arrives in New York City […]
Disney Plus is rolling out a singularly comprehensive way to watch The Simpsons starting Tuesday: A 24-hour rolling stream of every season of the venerable series, adding up to nearly 300 hours of comedy made […]
Blockbuster disaster sequel “Twisters” swept many moviegoers off their feet in 2024, and it’s now available to watch on one of the very best streaming services. Lee Isaac Chung’s standalone “Twister” sequel was the eighth-biggest […]
Disney+ has launched a 24/7 livestream channel dedicated to The Simpsons, available to Premium subscribers starting today. The livestream channel, or Stream as it’s called on Disney+, will air 767 episodes of The Simpsons throughout […]
March Madness begins today, and the Tar Heels are bringing an extra dash of “mad” to proceedings. Over the next three weeks, 68 of the very best NCAA Division I basketball teams in the land […]
Darren Aronofsky is circling to direct Netflix’s Cujo film, based on the novel by Stephen King. Deadline first reported the news of the film adaptation , with Roy Lee (It, Salem’s Lot) attached to produce […]
The best streaming services, including Hulu, have deep content libraries. While that’s great, because we get endless hours of TV shows and movies, it can be a bit of a struggle to figure out what […]
If you’re in the market for an ultra-affordable 4K TV with built-in smart features, there’s one on sale with your name on it. Best of all, you don’t have to wait for the Amazon Big […]
Just three weeks after its Season 1 premiere, Prime Video has ordered a second season of biblical drama House of David. The series, which launched with three episodes on February 27, drew 22 million viewers […]
Netflix is stocking 15 new TV series, movies, and Netflix originals in the streaming library this week! Marking the latest additions from the March 2025 content list, this week’s lineup features hit licensed titles like […]
It might come under the banner of ‘Scandi Noir’ but perhaps the ‘Finnish Weird’ genre is a better fit as this award-winning six-part mystery-thriller starring Jessica Grabowsky as rescue mission leader Sanna Tanner sent to […]
That shocking and sad end in episode 3 of Daredevil: Born Again is likely to steer things in a certain dangerous direction in the Marvel series. Who it gets dangerous for is yet to be seen. It could […]
A movie from Steven Soderbergh, the great director behind Erin Brockovich, Ocean’s Eleven and, more recently, Logan Lucky? Twists, thrills and desperate characters populate this crime thriller set in 1950s Detroit. When a seemingly simple […]
Taylor Swift is trading the music streaming charts for the Netflix streaming charts in 2025. After breaking numerous Spotify streaming records in 2024 with her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, the singer, 35, […]
Moana 2 made quite the splash on Disney+. The anticipated sequel drew 27.3 million views globally in its first five days on the streamer, according to Disney. That marks the biggest Walt Disney Animation Studios […]
Roku designs some of the best streaming devices, but they are home to several annoying advertisements that are becoming more intrusive than ever before. Case in point: Several Roku users are citing the introduction of […]
Everybody is not in LA for John Mulaney’s new Netflix talk show. The comic’s latest project premiered on Netflix on March 12 after a trial run that aired over a six-week period last year as […]
After a brief hiatus, Alexi Hawley’s immensely popular ABC drama The Rookie has returned with new episodes. Just a quick reminder that new installments debut Tuesday nights on ABC before making their way to both […]
After a 92-day theatrical window that is hearty for an independent movie, Searchlight’s Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown will hit Hulu on March 27. The James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic received eight Oscar nominations including Best […]
Chromecast users recently experienced problems with the second generation Chromecast dongles and the Audio devices not functioning properly. The issue was linked to an expired security certificate stopping the devices from connecting or being set […]
Sylvester Stallone will return as Dwight “The General” Manfredi in Tulsa King season 3. Paramount+ has officially renewed the crime drama for a third season. The streamer has announced that production on season 3 commenced this […]
Hulu’s lineup of original content is lighter in April than in previous months but includes the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale (April 8), the dystopian drama based originally on Margaret Atwood’s novel […]
Gwyneth Paltrow has said she welcomes Meghan Markle‘s “attempt” to become a lifestyle influencer with new Netflix series With Love, Meghan — but she has yet to engage with the show. In an interview with […]
Paramount+ has made it official that its hit series Tulsa King will return for a third season. The new season of the Taylor Sheridan crime drama starring Sylvester Stallone had been casting for months and […]
Disney+ has sophomore seasons of two significant series coming in April. The second installment of Lucasfilm’s Emmy-nominated thriller Andor—the prequel to Rogue One and set five years prior—tells the origin story of Rebel spy Cassian […]
EXCLUSIVE: The WNBA is getting its first ever scripted TV series. Peacock is developing a series titled The W. The series, set in the world of professional women’s basketball, which is having a moment with […]
Taking eight episodes for what would, in more efficient hands, be a pilot — and setting up a second season that’s somehow even less necessary — Paramount+’s Happy Face vacillates between sanctimonious and hypocritical, lashing […]
Netflix‘s newest legacy sequel is “Happy Gilmore 2″… and the streaming service just dropped a full-length teaser trailer for the Adam Sandler comedy. The streamer already gave us a quick glimpse at the golfer’s return […]
It wasn’t enough for US/China/South Korea-based electronics makers Wiim to give brands like Sonos and Bluesound a run for their money with some of the best network music streaming devices on the market, it had […]
The Buccaneers are back in a set of first-look photos and a teaser clip for Season 2 of the Apple TV+ show, which will return to society and streaming June 18, 2025. The eight-episode second […]
After nearly three decades, Happy Gilmore is ready to return to the golf course. Netflix on Tuesday released the teaser trailer for the upcoming film Happy Gilmore 2, a direct sequel to Adam Sandler‘s 1996 […]
It certainly feels like Disney+ EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) scripted originals are in a good place. That’s according to the man in charge, Lee Mason, executive director of scripted originals, EMEA Disney+, who […]