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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…

Alex Winter (Bill & Ted Face the Music), Alok Vaid-Menon (Random Acts of Flyness), Andy Allo (Chicago Fire), Désiré Mia, Jennifer Jajeh (Transparent), Juliana Joel (American Gigolo), Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul), June Carryl (Y: The Last Man), Junes Zahdi (Counterpart), Laith Ashley (Pose), Mario D’Leon (Power)…

I Love My Dad writer, director, and star James Morosini joined actors Patton Oswalt, Rachel Dratch, and Claudia Sulewski at Deadline’s SXSW Studio to discuss their film. “A version of [I Love My Dad] actually happened to me,” says Morosini. “My dad and I got into a big fight and I decided to just cut him off of social…

I Love My Dad is a sort-of Cyrano for the internet age, a scabrous comedy of embarrassment and bad parenting. After his micro-budgeted 2018 directorial debut with the little seen-Threesomething, writer-director-co-star James Morosini returns with a swiftly paced second feature that provokes plenty of laughs, often at…

Patton Oswalt assures fans he supports trans rights after he was called out for a New Year’s Eve performance with Dave Chappelle, whose recent Netflix special The Closer was criticized for its controversial remarks about LGBTQ+ communities. Oswalt was invited by longtime friend Chappelle to perform a surprise set…

EXCLUSIVE: Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio), Nat Faxon (The Way Way Back), Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital), Patrick Walker (The Resident), Carlos Valdes (The Flash) and Raphael Sbarge (Once Upon a Time) are set for heavily recurring roles opposite Julia Roberts and Sean Penn in Starz’s Watergate drama Gaslit. Also joining in…

Patton Oswalt is toplining and starring alongside writer-director James Morosini in I Love My Dad, a dramatic comedy that just wrapped principal photography in Syracuse, NY. Claudia Sulewski, Rachel Dratch, Ricky Velez also star along with Lil Rel Howery and Amy Landecker. Inspired by Morosini’s real-life experiences…

Hulu's new adult animated comedy series Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. about the cocky, blockhead villain of the same name, will hit the streaming service on Friday, May 21. 2021 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders The 10-episode series follows the megalomaniacal M.O.D.O.K. (Patton Oswalt), who long has pursued his dream of one day…

Patton Oswalt is heading back to the Sundance Film Festival, though the comedian won't need a snow coat this year. The Big Fan star and 2017 jury member will be hosting the 2021 SFF Awards Night on February 2, the Robert Redford founded shindig announced today. Semi-virtual like all of Sundance '21 because of the…

Joseph James DeAngelo, known as the "Golden State Killer" who terrorized California during a two-decade, six county rape, murder and robbery spree, was sentenced Friday to 11 consecutive terms of life without parole. The subject of an HBO documentary series, I’ll Be Gone in the Dark, which was based on writer Michell…

Patton Oswalt has been set to return as host of the 24th annual Webby Awards, a ceremony that honors the best of the Internet. The event is May 19 and, due to the coronavirus lockdown, it will be in a virtual format, meaning Oswalt will be hosting what organizers have dubbed WFH: Webbys From Home from his house. The…

EXCLUSIVE: Marvel Television might be getting phased out, but Marvel's M.O.D.O.K. TV series at Hulu has a whole new chorus of voices. Veep's Sam Richardson, The Goldbergs’ Wendi McLendon-Covey, House of Lies' Ben Schwartz and Lucifer's Aimee Garcia are among the cast added to the animated supervillain family sitcom…