It looks like the partnership between Ben Affleck and Matt Damon‘s studio Artist Equity and Amazon MGM will continue to bear fruit. Deadline reports that the companies team up again for “The Accountant 2,” a sequel to the 2016 action drama starring Affleck. It’ll be their fourth collaboration together after Nike shoe drama “Air,” Jennifer Lopez doc “The Greatest Love Story Never Told,” and the upcoming wrestling pic “Unstoppable,” about Anthony Robles.

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“Invincible” returned to Prime Video last November for the first part of its second season and immediately became one of 2023’s highest-rated animated series. Despite only being four episodes, and premiering less than two months before the end of the year, the first half of “Invincible” Season 2 won Rotten Tomatoes‘ Golden Tomato Award for Best Animated Series and currently holds an 100% rating on the review-aggregation website.

Continue reading ‘Invincible’ Season 2 Part 2 Trailer: Prime Video’s Animated Superhero Series Returns On March 14 at The Playlist.

Given the chaotic state of both Marvel and DC Comics franchises, it’s increasingly looking like Prime Video is becoming a welcome place for counterprogramming when it comes to the mainstream superhero genre. The streaming service has already tailor-made mature superhero shows such as “The Boys,” “Gen V,” and “Invincible,” with a satirical edge for an audience that might want a bit more than just flashy CGI destruction and convoluted Multiverse cameos.

Continue reading ‘Invincible’ Season 2 Trailer: Mark Grapples With Larger Heroic Responsibilities In Prime Video’s Superhero Series at The Playlist.

Back in Spring 2021, “Invincible” debuted on Amazon Prime Video to great fanfare and critical acclaim. In short, everyone loved the adult animated superhero series so much that Amazon renewed the show for two more seasons leading up to its finale. But since then, crickets on when “Invincible” would return.

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Now, after two years without an update, Variety reports that “Invincible” is back; or, rather, will be back later this year, as hinted in a new teaser for the show’s second season.

Continue reading ‘Invincible’ Season Two Teaser: Amazon Prime Video’s Acclaimed Adult Animated Superhero Series Returns Late 2023 at The Playlist.

Shudder is one of the most interesting streaming services available today. No, it doesn’t have the sheer amount of content you might find on Netflix. No, it doesn’t have the prestige of an Apple TV+ or Amazon. And no, it doesn’t have Marvel or “Star Wars” programming like Disney+. But it does have a ton of fun, well-made horror/thriller films and TV series that are worth your time.

Continue reading ‘Glorious’ Trailer: J.K. Simmons Is A Lovecraftian God Speaking Through A Glory Hole In New Horror-Comedy at The Playlist.

Prime Video’s “Night Sky,” premiering May 20, can sometimes be an odd duck, a show that launches with an extremely science fiction premise but works best when it comes back to Earth to focus on character and relationships. In fact, when it’s forced to return to its twisting and turning sci-fi plot, it kind of drifts off, too content to wallow in mysteries that the writing purposefully keeps vague and obtuse before bringing them crashing to Earth.

Continue reading ‘Night Sky’ Review: Amazon’s Latest Sci-Fi Drama Showcases The Star Power Of J.K. Simmons & Sissy Spacek at The Playlist.

Inspirational sports movies tend to be formula-heavy, and the football movie “National Champions” is no exception. Based on the true story of college athletes demanding to be equitably paid, “National Champions” is a formulaic and safe tale of teamwork, identity, and community, with soap opera-ish sensibilities to boot.

READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2022

Directed by journeyman filmmaker Ric Roman Waugh (“Shot Caller“), “National Champions” introduces us to the top-ranked Missouri Wolves, led by their fearless, stoic, and sometimes reckless leader LeMarcus James (Stephan James), known affectionately by his nickname, “GOAT.” Already a Heisman Trophy winner and on his way to becoming a number one NFL draft pick, he’s the kind of player who’s all-world, all-pro, and always ready.

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“It was a scary goddamn week,” explains a trio of “I Love Lucy” showrunners in a fictional present-day documentary. Aaron Sorkin’s snappy, slick, crowd-pleasing biopic, “Being the Ricardos,” through unfailing comedic precision yet uneven dramatic tension, recounts those terrifying seven days during October 1953, when news broke of Lucille Ball being a member of the Communist Party. The news at hand threatened to upend the biggest show possibly in television history and occurs in the foreground of a failing marriage, on-set rivalries, and the creation of an episode. 

Continue reading ‘Being The Ricardos’ Review: Aaron Sorkin’s Snappy, Slick Crowd-Pleaser Often Flirts With Disaster at The Playlist.

Next month, J.K. Simmons is returning to the big screen in “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” reprising his iconic role of J. Jonah Jameson as part of the mainstream Marvel Cinematic Universe. He will also be back as Jim Gordon soon in the HBO Max movie “Batgirl” after briefly playing the DCEU character in “Justice League.” However, Simmons is still doing non-genre work with Aaron Sorkin’s “Being The Ricardos” on the horizon and is reflecting on how his career got a second wind thanks to a young filmmaker taking a chance on him.

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The sports world is no stranger to making headlines with controversial topics. The sports world has seen it all, from peaceful protests to a certain Green Bay Packer’s medical takes. Ric Roman Waugh‘s (“Shot Caller“) upcoming “National Champions” sets out to tell its own headline-worthy story with a movie about equal compensation for all college athletes.

READ MORE: ‘Bruised’ Review: Halle Berry’s MMA Directorial Debut Is A Grueling Mix Of Sundance Misery & Lifetime Sports Clichés [AFI Fest]

“National Champions” focuses on star college football players LeMarcus James and Emmett Sunday and their quest for equal pay for all student-athletes.

Continue reading ‘National Champions’ Trailer: Stephan James Risks Everything To Change The Game at The Playlist.

Most of us spent the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic binge-watching Netflix and eating too much junk food. Jake Johnson spent it writing and starring in a movie with two Oscar-winning actors. As he told EW, he simply missed working with his friends, so he found a safe way to do so by making this heartfelt indie comedy. With its first trailer, “Ride the Eagle,” will finally see the light of day.

Continue reading ‘Ride The Eagle’ Trailer: Jake Johnson’s Pandemic Project Co-Stars Susan Sarandon, J.K. Simmons & More at The Playlist.

What does it take to change the future? Amazon’s new film “The Tomorrow War” tackles one group’s attempt at world-altering time travel. They must question everything, even motivations, in a complete fight for survival. ‘War’ itself faced its own fight thanks to the global pandemic; what once seemed like a sure box office hit became just another shelved film. Now, the focus turns to streaming and a built-in audience for sci-fi action. 

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Time travelers from a war-torn future, the fate of the world in the balance, and soldiers recruited into a secret military campaign. Of course, Chris Pratt is going to lead something like that. Is it Christopher Nolan‘s sequel, a spin-off of “Edge of Tomorrow“? Nope, it’s “The Tomorrow War,” a brand-new sci-fi action blockbuster that hits Amazon Prime this summer.

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Time travelers from a war-torn future, the fate of the world in the balance, and soldiers recruited into a secret military campaign. Is this a sequel to Christopher Nolan‘s “Tenet“? Nope, it’s “The Tomorrow War,” a brand-new sci-fi action blockbuster that hits Amazon Prime this summer.

READ MORE: ‘The Tomorrow War’: Amazon Buys Rights For Chris Pratt’s Sci-Fi Action Film & Will Stream It In July

Chris Pratt stars as an everyman hero who joins the fight in a distant future for Earth’s survival against an invading alien species.

Continue reading ‘The Tomorrow War’ Teaser Trailer: Chris Pratt Stars In Futuristic Blockbuster Coming To Amazon Prime July 2 at The Playlist.

Aaron Sorkin is still riding high from the six Oscar nominations his latest film, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” has received, including for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. But that doesn’t mean he’s slowing down. In fact, it appears that he’s already beginning production on his upcoming Amazon film, “Being the Ricardos,” and Sorkin is filling out the remainder of the ensemble cast that will tell the behind the scenes story of “I Love Lucy” and the iconic stars of the sitcom.

Continue reading J.K. Simmons, Tony Hale, Alia Shawkat & More Join Aaron Sorkin’s Amazon Film, ‘Being The Ricardos’ at The Playlist.

Robert Kirkman is most associated with the source material for AMC’s massively successful “The Walking Dead.” However, one of his other long-running comic book series is a very different piece of work, the superhero deconstruction known as “Invincible,” now given an animated adaptation that launches on Amazon Prime. The initial three episodes made available to the press are a confident blend of superhero origin story, adult-driven action, and incredible voice work.

Continue reading ‘Invincible’: Amazon Mixes ‘The Boys’ With ‘Teen Titans’ In A Clever, All-Star Animated Series [Review] at The Playlist.

Amazon isn’t content with just one R-rated superhero TV show that pokes fun at the genre conventions. In addition to previously announced spin-offs for “The Boys,” the streaming will also debut an adult animated adaptation of “The Walking Dead” creator, Robert Kirkman‘s “Invincible” which is premiering on March 26.

READ MORE: ‘Invincible’ Trailer: ‘The Walking Dead’ Creator Takes On Superheroes In Amazon’s New Adult Animated Series

“Invincible” is based on the Image Comics series with the same title created by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley.

Continue reading Amazon’s Animated Adaptation Of Superhero Comic Book ‘Invincible’ Gets March Release Date And New Clip at The Playlist.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This biweekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching. 

It’s a busy week on the new release front, with a handful of hits getting the 4K treatment, hidden gems and certified classics hitting Blu-ray, and one of the year’s very best movies making its Netflix bow.

Continue reading The 12 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Dick Johnson Is Dead,’ ‘The Elephant Man’ & More at The Playlist.

If you stuck around the two end-credits scenes during “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” you probably know that JK Simmons returned as J. Jonah Jameson (in a new, Alex Jones-ish role) to cause incredible distress for Spidey and his family. And it appears, as we all expected, that Jameson is going to be sticking around for the long haul in the ‘Spider-Man’ universe.

Speaking to SiriusXM, JK Simmons was asked about his future as the fake news pusher J.

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Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching. 

This week’s new release slate includes three big Oscar nominees (and one winner), an acclaimed indie that should’ve been up there with them, new Aardman animation on Netflix, a muscular old-school action flick, and two new Blu-rays from Criterion. 

Continue reading The 9 Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ ‘Beautiful Day,’ ’21 Bridges’ & More at The Playlist.

Say what you will about Sony’s pre-Marvel Studios handling of the “Spider-Man” film franchise and the recent debacle with Disney, where neither side seems to be able to agree on how to move forward, the studio is really killing the marketing for the Blu-ray release of “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”

Last week, we covered a fake trailer that Sony created to promote the release of ‘Far From Home.’ The studio took footage from the billion-dollar-grossing film and created an ad for a fake ‘Night Monkey’ film, and in the process, delighting fans all over the world.

Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’: J. Jonah Jameson Is Back As Sony Releases New Video & Launches The Daily Bugle Website at The Playlist.

Having a successful marriage is no easy feat. And couples will go to extreme lengths to make sure the union survives. But most probably wouldn’t go so far as to rob a bank. In the new film, “My Only Sunshine,” a couple does just that, with seemingly disastrous consequences.

Deadline is reporting that Simon Pegg and J.K. Simmons are set to star in the film “My Only Sunshine,” from director Mark Palansky.

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Though many studios are opting not to share their work at Comic-Con this year, the Russo Brothers, fresh off the box office and cultural behemoth “Avengers: Endgame,” are back rather quickly to pitch audiences on a newly produced project.

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“21 Bridges” looks like Touchstone made it for a February 2005 release.

Continue reading ’21 Bridges’ Trailer: Chadwick Boseman Goes On A Citywide Manhunt For Cop Killers In New Russos-Made Thriller at The Playlist.

**Spoilers for “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” For real, if you haven’t seen the film, you don’t want to know about this.”

**Seriously**

**Okay, you were warned…**

If you were lucky enough to avoid spoilers before walking into the theater to see “Spider-Man: Far From Home,” you were probably delighted (and shocked) to see that J.

Continue reading Kevin Feige Says Special Cameo In ‘Spider-Man’ Post-Credits Scene Is Not Linked To Any Previous Versions Of The Character at The Playlist.

**Spoilers for “Spider-Man: Far From Home.” For real, if you haven’t seen the film, you don’t want to know about this.”

**Seriously**

**Okay, you were warned…**

Arguably, there are more shocks and surprises in “Spider-Man: Far From Home” than any previous Marvel Studios film, including “Avengers: Endgame.” With the reveal of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Quentin Beck having ulterior motives to MJ finding out Peter’s identity, ‘Far From Home’ is jam-packed with moments that will make audiences go, “holy shit!

Continue reading Jon Watts Talks THAT ‘Spider-Man’ Mid-Credits Cameo & Why They Cast Who They Cast: “There Is No Other” at The Playlist.