Disney+ just released the first teaser for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, a stop-motion series premiering in 2027. The vibrant teaser gives away that Aardman is behind the series without even needing to mention the animation studio’s name.
“Pokémon has that rare ability to mean something to longtime fans while continuing to feel completely relevant to young audiences today,” stated Ayo Davis, president, Disney Kids & Family. “This new series, Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, brings Aardman’s signature stop-motion artistry with a bold, playful new perspective to this beloved world, giving audiences a fresh way to experience the characters they know and love. Along with Pokémon the Series: The Beginning, these series are powerful additions to Disney XD and Disney+.”
The series is part of a new deal Disney Kids & Family struck with The Pokémon Company International.
“In Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu, Sirfetch’d and Pichu embark on an epic journey through the Galar Region,” reads Disney+’s synopsis. “Together, they set out on a gallant quest to help and protect Pokémon across the region. Their missions rarely go as planned, but their noble deeds forge their friendship as they step bravely into the unknown where peril, alliances, rivalries, extraordinary Pokémon, and endless laughs await them.”
Aardman’s creative team includes director Tom Parkinson, Creative Director – IP Development Nat McKay, and Model Making Creative Lead James Young. The series is produced by The Pokémon Company International.
Poster for Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch’d & Pichu (Courtesy of Disney+)
Netflix announces ‘Arrivals: A New Manifest Mystery’
Netflix is diving back into the world of Manifest with a new sci-fi series. Manifest aired for three seasons on NBC and was canceled before fans learned the answer to what actually happened to Flight 828. Following a massive #SaveManifest social media campaign, Netflix resurrected the series for a fourth and final 20-episode season.
Manifest: A New Manifest Mystery, announced on 8/28, takes place in the Manifest universe but involves a different plane. Per Netflix: “When a mysterious plane crash-lands in Denver, the passengers emerge with no memory of who they are, where they came from, or why they’re here. A young social worker and a novice Homeland Security agent team up with the new arrivals in an attempt to stop a humanity-ending catastrophe, discovering along the way that they are all part of the very puzzle they’re trying to solve.”
The announcement didn’t include any cast details.
Manifest creator, writer, and showrunner Jeff Rake returns, alongside Laura Putney and Margaret Easley. Putney, Easley, and Rake are Arrivals‘ co-creators, writers, showrunners, and executive producers.
“When the idea for Manifest first crash-landed in my head, I never imagined where it would lead,’ stated Jeff Rake. “What started as a wild concept became something much bigger – a story that connected with millions of people around the globe. And thanks to Netflix, we were able to finish the journey and give those fans the ending they deserved.”
Rake continued, “But the world of Manifest has more stories to tell. To now bring fans a brand-new mystery from that world is quite simply beyond my wildest dreams. Arrivals co-sreators and co-showrunners Laura Putney and Margaret Easley have been my trusted colleagues for over a decade. Their contribution to the Manifest mothership cannot be overstated. It was a no-brainer to make them my partners on this spinoff. Together we’ve set out to create something bold, surprising, deeply human, and full of the kind of big ideas that spark conversations long after the credits roll. We can’t wait for a whole new audience – and longtime Manifest fans – to discover Arrivals.”
Season four of Manifest, starring Josh Dallas and Melissa Roxburgh, held down a spot on Netflix’s Global Top 10 list for nine weeks. The streamer reports that the sci-fi drama has racked up well over 130 million views.
“We are thrilled to expand the Manifest universe with Arrivals, led by the original creative team of Jeff Rake, Margaret Easley, and Laura Putney. Their return ensures the creative continuity essential to this franchise, allowing us to honor what made the original a phenomenon while introducing a fresh perspective for fans worldwide,” said Jinny Howe, Netflix Head of Scripted Series, US & Canada.
The new series’ executive producers include Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke of Compari Entertainment; Len Goldstein of Tall Baby Productions; and Jacqueline Levine.
Filmmaker Peter Berg (Lone Survivor) reunites with Friday Night Lights author and lifelong friend Buzz Bissinger on an adaptation of Bissinger’s The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II. Netflix just released the first batch of official photos from Berg’s film adaptation, which will premiere in theaters on October 30, 2026.
Following its theatrical release, the World War II drama based on true events will stream on Netflix beginning November 25.
The Mosquito Bowl ensemble is led by Nicholas Galitzine, Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson, Tom Francis, Brent Comer, and Dominic Bogart. Berg and Mark L. Smith adapted Bissinger’s 2022 book, with Berg, Brian Grazer, and Alex Gayner serving as producers.
“Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America’s top College Football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they’ll play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history – a game that, for many, will be the last they ever play.”
In a recent interview with Esquire, Berg explained what he’s hoping to do by bringing this particular World War II story to the screen. “What we’re aspiring to do with The Mosquito Bowl is take the audience on an immersive, visceral experience through the eyes of these four young men into the realities of war, the horrors of war—without politicizing it,” said Berg.
Author Bissinger, Ezra Emanuel, and Jeb Brody are executive producers.
Neon’s official trailer for Fjord, a Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner, introduces a couple who move with their children to a small town only to have their parenting skills questioned amid abuse allegations. Neon’s set an October 9, 2026 theatrical release for the festival favorite that currently sits at 90% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
An unrecognizable Sebastian Stan stars alongside Oscar nominee Renate Reinsve. The cast also includes Lisa Carlehed, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Henrikke Lund-Olsen, and Vanessa Cebane.
Neon’s synopsis reads, “A Norwegian woman and her devout Romanian husband relocate with their five children to a remote, close-knit coastal town. Their teenage children form a fast bond with a neighboring family as unease begins to simmer around their rigid beliefs. When allegations of abuse emerge, they are forced to confront a system of judgement that blurs the lines between concern and prejudice.”
Speaking at a press conference following the film’s Palme d’Or win, writer/director Cristian Mungiu said, “It’s important to understand that there is no single truth and that we can survive and live alongside others, even if we do not share the same values. Even if we may be convinced that our values are the best, I do not believe we have the right to impose them on others.
Without engaging in this dialogue, we’re going to see high levels of social violence. And this isn’t for our sake — since we’re older — but for our children.”
A scene from ‘Fjord’ (Photo Credit: Tudor Panduru / Neon)
Season one of Starz’s Outlander: Blood of my Blood ended with both Jamie’s parents and Claire’s parents reunited. But, of course, the trailer for season two shows the couples in serious danger of losing each other once again.
Jeremy Irvine stars as Henry Beauchamp, Hermione Corfield is Julia Beauchamp, Jamie Roy plays Brian Fraser, and Harriet Slater stars as Ellen MacKenzie. Tony Curran returns as Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat, Séamus McLean Ross is Colum MacKenzie, Sam Retford is Dougal MacKenzie, Rory Alexander is Murtagh Fitzgibbons Fraser, and Conor MacNeill is Ned Gowan.
Season two premieres on September 18, 2026. New episodes stream on Fridays.
‘Outlander: Blood of my Blood’ season 2 poster (Photo Credit: Starz)
Starz offers this description of season two:
“In the second season of Outlander: Blood of my Blood, our lovers are separated once again as the Scottish Highlands are split in two by the 1715 Jacobite Rising, thrusting the clans into war and forcing them to choose a side in the rebellion.
With the fiery crosses lit, Brian and his cousin Murtagh must return to Castle Leathers and pledge to fight beside his father, the scheming Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat. Ellen reluctantly returns to Castle Leoch to find her brothers, Colum and Dougal, feuding over how to respond to the call to arms. She cleverly devises a plan to protect Clan MacKenzie from the Crown regardless of the outcome of the uprising.
Meanwhile, Henry and Julia Beauchamp, finally reunited after their unexpected journey back in time left them lost and separated, are ready to return back to their time and their daughter, Claire. When their plan goes horribly awry, the couple is parted once again. Separated from his love and hope, Henry must grapple with his mental health as he fights to find his way back to Julia, who is forced to return to Castle Leathers and contend with her sinister husband, Lord Lovat.”
Matthew B. Roberts is the showrunner and executive produces along with Ronald D. Moore, Maril Davis, Toni Graphia, Luke Schelhaas, Michael Wilson, Jim Kohlberg, and Luke Parker Bowles.
Netflix’s Unabomber revisits Ted Kaczynski’s past, exploring a key period in his life that could have contributed to him becoming a serial bomber. The just-released trailer focuses on Kaczynski’s time spent undergoing experiments during his college years.
“Inspired by true events, Unabomber follows Ted Kaczynski’s transformation from 16-year-old Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray, Kaczynski’s troubled past resurfaces decades later when his manhunt, led by FBI agent Joanne Miller, brings to light the chilling consequences of ambition and isolation.”
Kaczynski was ultimately arrested by the FBI in 1996 following a tip from his brother, David.
Janus Metz directs from a screenplay by Sam Chalsen and Nelson Greaves. Sophie Cassidy serves as a producer, and Chalsen, Greaves, and Donald J. Lee executive produce.
The absolute best clip in the new The Social Reckoning trailer is when Jeremy Strong, as Mark Zuckerberg, is instructed on how to act like a human. Aaron Sorkin’s incredibly timely followup to The Social Network will launch in theaters on October 9, 2026.
The dramatic thriller stars Oscar winner Mikey Madison (Anora) as whistleblower Frances Haugen and two-time Emmy winner Jeremy Allen White (The Bear) as journalist Jeff Horwitz. The cast also includes Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners), Betty Gilpin (Widow’s Bay), Billy Magnussen (The Audacity), and Bill Burr (Unfrosted).
“Inspired by true events and the whistleblower who started the social media reckoning we’re seeing play out today, this Aaron Sorkin original screenplay is a companion piece to the hit film The Social Network and a true David and Goliath story,” reads the official synopsis. “Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets.”
Aaron Sorkin, Todd Black, Peter Rice, and Stuart Besser serve as producers. Executive producers include Lauren Lohman, Roger McNamee, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Broderick Johnson, and Andrew A. Kosove.
Brad Pitt has stepped back into the role that earned him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. Pitt reprised his stuntman character in The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, a spinoff with David Fincher directing.
The film marks the fourth time Pitt and Fincher have collaborated. They previously worked together on 1995’s Se7en, 1999’s Fight Club, and 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. And Pitt earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his work in Benjamin Button.
Tarantino wrote the screenplay, which moves the year the action takes place from the end of the 1960s to the dramatically different Hollywood of 1977. Elizabeth Debicki, Scott Caan, Carla Gugino, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Peter Weller also star, along with Matt Groove, JB Tadena, Corey Fogelmanis, and Karren Karagulian.
Netflix will release the film in IMAX theaters on November 25, 2026. A streaming premiere is set for December 23, 2026.
Brad Pitt and Ceán Chaffin serve as producers. Fincher’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Erik Messerschmidt, production designer Donald Graham Burt, editor Kirk Baxter, costume designer Trish Summerville, casting director Laray Mayfield, sound designer Ren Klyce, and stunt coordinator Dave Macomber.
A criminal defense attorney, a federal prosecutor, a pro wrestler, and multiple farmers are among 21 castaways competing to outwit, outplay, and outlast each other on CBS’s Survivor season 51. The upcoming season marks the beginning of what’s been dubbed the “Open Era” of the long-running reality competition series.
CBS’s description of the Open Era states that “every twist, every idol, every advantage in the series’ history may come into play in any order and without warning.”
Season 51 premieres on September 23, 2026 with a two-hour episode. New 90-minute episodes follow on Wednesdays. Five-time Emmy winner Jeff Probst returns as host, guiding the 21 castaways through intense competitions on the beaches of Fiji. The sole survivor at the end of the season collects a $1 million grand prize.
Survivor Season 51 Castaways
Name: Aaliyah Puglia
Age: 24
Hometown: Gloucester City, N.J.
Current Residence: Providence, R.I.
Occupation: Chef
Name: An “Thien An” Nguyen
Age: 24
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
Current Residence: Fort Worth, Texas
Occupation: Medical student
Name: Ana Sani
Age: 34
Hometown: Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Current Residence: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Voice actress
Name: Angelica “Jelly” Loblack
Age: 29
Hometown: Garland, Texas, and Midwest City, Okla.
Current Residence: Bloomington, Ind.
Occupation: Sociology professor
Name: Brady Booker
Age: 27
Hometown: La Salle, Ill.
Current Residence: Knoxville, Tenn.
Occupation: Pro wrestler
Name: Carter Krull
Age: 24
Hometown: Rock Rapids, Iowa
Current Residence: Sioux Falls, S.D.
Occupation: Livestock farmer
Name: Cristian Chavez
Age: 26
Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah
Current Residence: Salt Lake City, Utah
Occupation: Head of HR
Name: Danny “Kilby” Kilby
Age: 30
Hometown: Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada
Current Residence: London, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Game designer
Name: Devin Way
Age: 33
Hometown: Lufkin, Texas
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
Occupation: Actor
Name: Eric Macksoud
Age: 34
Hometown: Lincoln, R.I.
Current Residence: Windsor Locks, Conn.
Occupation: Mental health counselor
Apple TV announced a November 13, 2026 premiere date for 12 12 12 starring Emmy nominee Anthony Mackie (Twisted Metal) and Critics Choice Awards nominee Jamie Dornan (Belfast). The streamer also released the first batch of photos from the upcoming series, which Mackie and Dornan executive produced.
The eight-episode series, described as a heist drama, also stars Jack Kesy (Hellboy: The Crooked Man), Agathe Rousselle (Titane), Sallie Harmsen (Blade Runner 2049), José Garcia (The Ax), and Kali Reis (True Detective).
Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan in 12 12 12 (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
“Each episode of 12 12 12 unfolds across three timelines of a heist: the 12 months of planning, the 12 hours of the heist and the 12 days following it,” reads Apple TV’s synopsis. “The series follows a disgraced FBI agent (Mackie) and an American career criminal (Dornan) as they play a zero-sum game of cat and mouse across Europe. At the center of it all is the daring, epic raid on a bank vault deep beneath the streets of Zurich.”
Dudi Appleton and Jim Keeble created the series and serve as executive producers. Additional executive producers include Samantha Corbin-Miller, David Knoller, and Jason Spire. Emmy nominee Kari Skogland (The Handmaid’s Tale) directed multiple episodes and executive produces.
The series is produced by Paramount Television Studios and Anonymous Content.
Jamie Dornan and Jack Kesy (Photo Credit: Apple TV)Kali Reis (Photo Credit: Apple TV)Agathe Rouselle (Photo Credit: Apple TV)Anthony Mackie (Photo Credit: Apple TV)Sallie Harmsen (Photo Credit: Apple TV)
