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Hulu is bidding farewell to another one of its Marvel properties. M.O.D.O.K., the streamer’s adult animated show from Jordan Blum and Patton Oswalt, has been canceled after one season. Oswalt also voiced the title role — a supervillain struggling to balance his company and family. Other actors who lent their voice to…

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount's Sonic The Hedgehog 2 ran off with a $1.2M No. 1 start in France on Wednesday as the sequel begins early rollout at the international box office this weekend. In France, the little blue critter topped the previous film's first day holiday release in the market by 30%. In total, the Jeff…

Was it only two years ago, a month before lockdown, that Sonic the Hedgehog was riding high in theaters, only to be curtailed when most of them had to close? Who knows how high it could have flown, but it remains a record holder for this kind of video game movie adaptation. Paramount obviously could sense that the…

General Mark R. Naird and his motley crew of space experts get a second chance to prove themselves in the Season 2 trailer of Netflix’s Space Force. On Thursday the streamer dropped the trailer for the comedy that stars Steve Carell, Jimmy O. Yang, John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz and more. Season 2 picks up with General…

Sonic The Hedgehog 2 has officially arrived, as star Ben Schwartz and Jim Carrey unveiled the sequel’s trailer at The Game Awards on Thursday. Jeff Fowler, who directed the first installment, will return to helm the sequel, with a screenplay penned by original scribes Pat Casey, Josh MIller, and John Whittington. Neal…

Parks and Recreation alum Ben Schwartz and Big Mouth star Ayo Edebiri will to voice a new interactive choose-your-own-adventure special for Netflix. The pair are set to lead the voice cast of 2D-animated special We Lost Our Human from Rikke Asbjoern and Chris Garbutt, creators of Nickelodeon and Netflix series Pinky Ma…

Space Force creator Greg Daniels is known for workplace comedies like The Office and Parks and Recreation, but the new Netflix series presents a different kind of comedy that stems from the real-life, newly formed branch of the military. During Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event, Daniels said the idea…

It has been about eight years since Billy Crystal toplined a feature film, 2012’s Parental Guidance, but now he’s back and going all indie on us in the modest but touching Standing Up, Falling Down. Even though this story doesn’t center on Crystal’s character, an alcoholic dermatologist named Marty, this fine human…

OK, so I confess I wouldn’t know Sonic the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgefund. Nor do I really care about a film version about a 1990s video game sensation and a speed demon character that hits 265 mph while basically taking a stroll. So take this all with a grain of salt: Sonic the Hedgehog  isn’t my thing, but it coul…

John Malkovich (The New Pope), Ben Schwartz (Parks and Recreation, House of Lies), Diana Silvers (Booksmart, MA) and Tawny Newsome (Bajillion Dollar Propertie$, Brockmire) are set as series regulars opposite Steve Carell in Space Force, Netflix’s new workplace comedy from the former Office star and The Office…

EXCLUSIVE: How I Met Your Mother alum Alyson Hannigan and Ben Schwartz from TV’s Parks and Recreation have signed on for lead roles in Flora & Ulysses, the film adaptation of Kate DiCamillo’s novel, Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures. Set to stream on the upcoming Disney+ platform, the film is being helmed…

There’s a wonderful reminiscence in Matt Ratner’s dramedy Standing Up, Falling Down to the Henry Winkler-directed 1988 dramedy Memories of Me: Yes, both star Billy Crystal, however, both pics pair younger and older generations of comedy. Memories of Me starred Crystal as a responsible middle age guy who tries to mend…