Yes, the new live-action series will pick up right where Boba and assassin Fennec Shand‘s story left off. Boba and Fennec have already killed off what remained of Jabba the Hutt’s goons at his palace, which means the gangster’s old territory is now theirs for the taking. “The Book of Boba Fett, a thrilling Star Wars adventure, finds legendary bounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigating the Galaxy’s underworld when they return to the sands of Tatooine to stake their claim on the territory once ruled by Jabba the Hutt and his crime syndicate,” reads the official synopsis, which teases a direction for Boba that’s very different to the path he walked in the old Legends continuity....

Flash back, if you will, to March 19, 2020. Things are looking pretty bleak. The COVID-19 pandemic has officially kicked off by just about any metric. The NBA has ended its season prematurely. Tom Hanks has contracted the virus. And everyone is starting to learn about the concept of “social distancing.” Just when it seems as though things can’t possibly get worse, the celebs decide that it’s up to them to do something, anything to cheer us all up....

The Dark Tower has arrived on the big screen, bringing with it one of the most extensive mythologies in all of literature. Since 1978, King has been creating a web of connections between many of his most famous novels, such as ‘Salem’s Lot and The Stand, and it all leads back to the Tower, the most important structure in all of the Kingverse. Director Nikolaj Arcel’s film adaptation contains so many references and easter eggs to the books and movies that I’ve decided to dissect The Dark Tower for all of its secrets....

You will though, you’ll even come to love them. Just as the spikiest people can be the most vulnerable, this show’s aggressive nihilism conceals a tender and romantic centre. Its eight episodes are essentially the story of two young people damaged by abandonment who find temporary solace in each other. With a bit of murder. Seventeen-year-old James has a plan. Testing out his self-diagnosed status as a psychopath, he wants to graduate from killing pets to murdering humans....

That religious chiller is still renowned as the greatest horror movie of all time, and it starts a run on Netflix this week. When director William Friedkin made The Exorcist in 1973, his initial cut was two hours and 20 minutes. Over several objections by producer and screenwriter William Peter Blatty (who adapted his own novel), Friedkin pruned away 20 minutes or so, bringing the film in at a tight two hours....

Not bad for a show that only ran one season, right? While there were a number of factors that contributed to CBS’ The Flash not getting a second season, the people behind it at least knew how they wanted the second season to kick off. And while planning for it didn’t get very far, the first episode of The Flash season 2 would have upped the show’s game and brought it a little closer to its comic book roots....

The second episode of The Gilded Age may only be half the length of the series’ premiere, but “Money Isn’t Everything” ironically finds more breathing room for the development of its most important characters and for viewers to see how the main and supporting cast are engaging or ignoring the nouveau riche vs old money turf war. The opening scene turns the audience towards Agnes and Ada’s staff, who didn’t get a lot of dedicated screen time last week....

The Gilded Age Episode 5 This week’s episode of The Gilded Age shows Bertha turning a new leaf in her quest to join high society. She seizes opportunities to spend George’s cash on philanthropy and makes a critical step in becoming closer to becoming a part of high society. Bertha’s attempts also end up helping Marian and Peggy along with their own agendas. The episode also delivers on a guest star teaser fans have been waiting for....

I want to take a second to talk about the Justice Friends. The original two-season run of Dexter’s Laboratory not only focused on the main misadventures of the boy genius and his bratty sister Dee Dee, but it had two side-cartoons that popped up here and there. One was Dial M for Monkey, where it turned out Dexter’s lab monkey was secretly superpowered and spent his time fighting world-threatening enemies behind Dexter’s back....

That’s exactly the question we’re asking. In Netflix historical drama The Last Kingdom, “complete shit” doesn’t begin to cover Aethelred. Toby Regbo’s character in the series is a cowardly, scheming, abusive rapist who tries to have his wife murdered and plots to overthrow his father-in-law, King Alfred of Wessex. Aethelred’s a dangerous egotist driven by self-regard, with no concern for his people. But what say the history books? Is there evidence that the real Aethelred was such a swine?...

“Life is about growth; it’s about change…” With Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in full swing, having already introduced a couple of major new characters (Doctor Strange, Spider-Man) and raised the stakes for the Earth-bound Avengers (in Captain America: Civil War), it was time for the Mighty Thor’s third big-screen outing. It’s fair to say, though, that the God of Thunder was in need of a bit of a rethink after his largely soulless second adventure, The Dark World....

Do you remember the first time you watched The Matrix? I was 12 or 13, and it was probably on VHS. I loved it, but it scared me. I remember I would have nightmares about the small machine going into my belly button and my mouth stitching up. The imagery is so iconic and striking, and it really did stay with me. Even though I probably didn’t watch it again for another five or six years after that, I could have told you scene for scene what happened....

While fans might have hoped that Kent continue in the genre (and she most likely will at some point — more on that later), she has pivoted to a different kind of horror with her second feature, The Nightingale. Set in the early 1800s in what is now Tasmania, during a long and vicious struggle between British colonists and Aboriginals in what was called the Black War, The Nightingale tells the story of Clare (Aisling Franciosi), a young Irish convict, wife and mother who is the victim of horrendous atrocities at the hands of her jailer, Lieutenant Hawkins (Sam Clafin)....

Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit dramatizes the unprecedented rise of (fictional) chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) through the grandmaster ranks of chess champions in the 1950s and ‘60s. But as with other prestige television series, there is a dark side to this savant’s talents: While she possesses a natural affinity for complex and creative chess moves, Beth is also constrained by her growing drug addiction, which she believes allows her to prevail in so many harrowing chess matches....

When Sophie writes to the SGE begging for enrollment, she and Agatha are transported there… but then Sophie gets dropped into the School for Evil, while Agatha wakes up at the School for Good. With the School Master Rhian (Laurence Fishburne) staunchly claiming that there are no mistakes at his school, each girl must try to conform to an unfamiliar and uncomfortable environment (Aggie taming her hair and practicing smiles, Sophie shrieking at putrid boils and fearsome familiars)....

“For one of our two Halloween episodes this year, we’re holding a Simpsons Halloween Fan Art Contest to get some great homemade drawings of scary Krusty,” The Simpsons‘ showrunner Matt Selman tells Den of Geek. “We’ll put the winners under the end credits of ‘Not It,’ our parody of… well, you know.” Viewers are encouraged to send Krusty the Clown fan art for a chance to have their work aired during the end credits of “Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It....

Series 12 is set to start on Thursday the 23rd of September at 9pm on Channel 4. Also arriving in 2021 is the show’s second Champion of Champions special miniseries. That one is set to welcome back the overall winners from series six to ten: Ed Gamble, Lou Sanders, Kerry Godliman, Liza Tarbuck and Richard Herring. If Taskmaster keeps going until series 25 (and if there’s any justice in the world, it will, and beyond) then presumably they’ll be able to stage a Champion of Champions of Champions, where the prize will Greg Davies himself....

Wix is an established UK comic actor, with credits across the board, starting with cult hit Time Trumpet and going mainstream as witless, lovable Daisy in BBC mega-sitcom Not Going Out. She’s currently part of Channel 4’s Stath Lets Flats, the hottest comedy around, fresh from multiple Bafta wins. She plays Fergie in royal satire The Windsors, and was among the comedian-contestants in series nine of Taskmaster. In BBC One sitcom Ghosts, Wix plays Mary, a 17th century yokel burned as a witch and now part of the motley group haunting a modern-day stately home....

From Safe to The Five, The Stranger, and soon, Stay Close, here’s what makes the English-language Harlan Coben adaptations addictive yet undemanding viewing. They’re all essentially the same 20 years ago: a Thing! Today: that Thing has returned to haunt someone living in a well-appointed six-bed with double garage and curb appeal. Over the course of eight-10 episodes, a long-buried secret will worm its way to the surface, threatening to leave muddy footprints all over the protagonist’s Land Rover Discovery and De’Longhi coffee machine....

AMC announced today that it has ordered a new series set in The Walking Dead universe, with Lauren Cohan and Jeffrey Dean Morgan reprising their TWD roles of Maggie and Negan. The series, titled Isle of the Dead, will be set in a crumbling post-apocalyptic Manhattan. Long cut off from the mainland, the Big Apple is now occupied by only the dead and a handful of denizens trying to survive....