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In Brief: 'Succession' Emmy winner Brian Cox to play Santa, and more

Anna Camp and Griffin Matthews have been cast as series regulars for the fifth and final season of the Netflix thriller You, according to Variety. Camp will play both Raegan and Maddie Lockwood, twin sisters-in-law to Penn Badgley‘s character Joe Goldberg, described respectively as, “the cunning, cutthroat CFO of the Lockwood Corp,” and, “a thrice-divorced socialite whose job is ‘vaguely PR.'” Matthews will play Teddy Lockwood, described as Joe’s “snarky yet loyal brother-in-law.” A premiere date for season 5 has yet to be announced …. ...Read Full Story

In Brief: New 'Popeye' live action film in the works, and more

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CBS has renewed NCIS: Sydney for a second season. The fifth series in the NCIS franchise was the #1 new series of the fall and currently ranks as the #3 new series of the 2023-24 season, behind Tracker and Elsbeth, per the network. NCIS: Sydney, follows “a brilliant and eclectic team of U.S. NCIS agents and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) … grafted into a multi-national taskforce to keep naval crimes in check in the most contested patch of ocean on the planet,” according to CBS. The series stars Olivia Swann, Todd Lasance, Sean Sagar, Tuuli Narkle, Mavournee Hazel and William McInnes …. ...Read Full Story

In Brief: Bill Hader takes the lead in animated 'Cat in the Hat', and more

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Barry creator and Emmy-winning star Bill Hader leads the voice cast of a new adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, opening in theaters March 6, 2026, according to Variety. The all-star cast also features Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson, Saturday Night Live‘s Bowen Yang, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of MadnessXochitl Gomez, What We Do in The ShadowsMatt Berry and Girls5eva‘s Paula Pell. A 2003 live-action adaptation, starring Mike Myers as the titular troublemaker, earned a disappointing $134 million at the box office …. ...Read Full Story

In Brief: Anne Hathaway's 'The Idea of You' breaks trailer records, and more

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Michael Showalter‘s new rom-com The Idea of You, starring Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine, is already making waves ahead of its May 2 release on Prime Video. Deadline reports the film’s trailer has broken the record for the most watched trailer for any original streaming movie, registering 125 million global views across social media. The Idea of You follows a 40-year-old single mom who begins an unexpected romance with a 24-year-old boy band singer, played respectively by Hathaway and Galitzine …. ...Read Full Story

In Brief: More stars flock to Noah Baumbach's 'Barbie' follow-up for Netflix, and more

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Isla Fisher, Greta Gerwig and Eve Hewson have joined the star-studded cast of Barbie co-writer Noah Baumbach‘s yet-to-be-titled movie for Netflix, according to Deadline. They join previously announced stars George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup and Riley Keough in the, “funny and emotional coming-of-age film about adults,” per the outlet. Gerwig’s husband Baumbach is directing and co-producing, and he co-wrote the script with Emily Mortimer …. ...Read Full Story

Helena Bonham Carter on the significance of her new film, 'One Life'

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The new film One Life is all about how much one person can do when they’re determined to save others. It tells the true story of Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker in London in the 1930s who helped saved hundreds of mostly Jewish children from the Nazis by sending them on trains from Prague to Britain as Adolf Hitler‘s army took over Czechoslovakia. Helena Bonham Carter plays Winton’s mother in the film, and she tells ABC Audio the film shows that “an army of ordinary people” can achieve a lot if they put their minds to it.. ...Read Full Story