Isabella Star LaBlanc as Donna and Forrest Goodluck as Manny appearing in ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ (Photo Cr: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players)
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines steps back in time and reveals the history behind the creepy cemetery featured in Stephen King’s Pet Sematary. The Paramount+ original film expands the universe of King’s bestselling horror novel that centered on a pet cemetery set up on the Micmac Burial Ground and possessed the power to bring animals…and people…back to life.
The prequel, which just confirmed its official title and premiere date, stars Jackson White (Tell Me Lies) Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jack Mulhern (Mare of Easttown), Henry Thomas (The Fall of the House of Usher), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Gifted) and Isabella Star LaBlanc (True Detective: Night Country). Pam Grier (Jackie Brown) and David Duchovny (Californication) are also featured in the supernatural horror film.
Lindsey Anderson Beer makes her directorial debut with the film and co-wrote the screenplay with Jeff Buhler. Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian serve as producers.
Pet Sematary: Bloodlines premieres on Friday, October 6, 2023 on Paramount+.
Henry Thomas as Dan (Photo Cr: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players)
Paramount+ offers this synopsis of the horror prequel:
“In 1969, a young Jud Crandall has dreams of leaving his hometown of Ludlow, Maine behind, but soon discovers sinister secrets buried within and is forced to confront a dark family history that will forever keep him connected to Ludlow. Banding together, Jud and his childhood friends must fight an ancient evil that has gripped Ludlow since its founding and once unearthed has the power to destroy everything in its path.
Based on the untold chapter from Pet Sematary, Stephen King’s chilling novel, Pet Sematary: Bloodlines is a terrifying prequel and the untold story of why sometimes dead is better…”
Jackson White as Jud Crandall (Photo Cr: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players)David Duchovny as Bill and Jack Mulhern as Timmy (Photo Cr: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players)Pam Grier as Majorie (Photo Cr: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players)A scene from ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’ (Photo Cr: Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players)
Norman Reedus as Daryl Dixon and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi as Laurent in ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’ (Photo Credit: Emmanuel Guimier/AMC)
AMC’s plans for the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con shifted after SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA on strike, but the network will still have a presence at the sold-out convention. “The Walking Dead Universe” will be represented with a Hall H panel set to feature clips and other content from The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Dead City, and the untitled Rick and Michonne series.
Vampire fans will be able to walk through the special immersive “The Street of Immortality” activation set up in San Diego’s Gaslamp District. (Tickets sold out quickly, but there will be a standby line.) The activation’s inspired by Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches and has a New Orleans theme.
The Anne Rice Immortal Universe Experience and Activation – “The Street of Immortality”
Open Thursday, July 20, Friday, July 21, and Saturday, July 22 from 11am – 7pm PT
AMC Networks is back at the Hilton San Diego Gaslamp Quarter Hotel terrace (401 K Street) where guests will be invited to tour “The Street of Immortality,” a New Orleans-inspired immersive experience with several photo and video opportunities along the route. Attendees will recognize some iconic locations from Interview with the Vampire such as the Hotel Iberville and Nawlins Records.
As attendees tour the street, they’ll collect exclusive souvenirs and limited-edition premiums, including “The Elixir of Immortality,” a mocktail presented by POM Wonderful, among other moments and experiences.
“The Walking Dead Universe” Fan Watch Party in Hall H
Friday, July 21 at 1:00 PM PT
Fans will get an exclusive first-look at content from four series in “The Walking Dead Universe,” including:
A retrospective piece and an exclusive clip for Fear the Walking Dead’s final six episodes, which returns this fall
A sneak peek at The Walking Dead: Dead City’s season finale airing Sunday, July 23
The debut of the official trailer and a sneak peek of the first half of the first episode of the highly anticipated next series in TWDU, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, premiering September 10
A tease for the Untitled Rick and Michonne series, debuting in 2024.
CBS’s 2023 fall primetime lineup will look vastly different from previous years. Due to the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes, production has been shut down on scripted series and films. Given the lack of new episodes of its normal nighttime shows, CBS is diving into programs that have aired on Paramount+. Plus, the network’s leaning heavily on unscripted series and game shows.
Yellowstone starring Kevin Costner, Wes Bentley, Kelly Reilly, and Luke Grimes will make its debut on broadcast television this fall. Season one will air on Sundays on CBS, five years after premiering in June 2018 on Paramount Network.
Paramount+’s SEAL Team season five will run on CBS on Thursdays, and FBI True makes the move from Paramount+ to CBS on Tuesdays this fall. And the original U.K. Ghosts, which inspired the American version, will take up a spot on CBS’s lineup on Thursdays.
Reality competition series’ Survivor and The Amazing Race will be expanding to 90-minute episodes. New reality shows Buddy Games, Raid the Cage, and Loteria Loca debut this fall, along with new seasons of The Price is Right at Night, Let’s Make a Deal Primetime, 60 Minutes, and 48 Hours.
Blue Bloods will be back on Friday nights, but only with repeats of fan-favorite episodes.
YELLOWSTONE
From MTV Entertainment Studios and 101 Studios, Yellowstone stars Oscar, Emmy, and Golden Globe winner Kevin Costner as John Dutton, the patriarch of a powerful, complicated family of ranchers. A sixth-generation homesteader and devoted father, Dutton controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. He operates in a corrupt world where politicians are compromised by influential oil and lumber corporations and land grabs make developers billions.
Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds and hard-earned respect, Dutton’s property is in constant conflict with those it borders – an expanding town, an Indian reservation and America’s first national park.
UK: GHOSTS
A cash-strapped young couple inherit a rickety country mansion, only to find it teeming with needy ghosts. Stars Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.
SEAL TEAM
SEAL Team is a military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan, and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask of them. Starring David Boreanaz, Max Theriot, AJ Buckley and Toni Trucks.
FBI TRUE FBI True features the conversations between agents when they meet to talk about their toughest cases. They talk frankly about the triumphs, tragedies and real truths of their jobs. In this relaxed setting, they share hair-raising stories of dangerous missions carried out by the FBI in the United States and worldwide. The agents give viewers an inside look at the investigations behind some of the biggest cases handled by the FBI.
With everything on the line, what choices did they make? How did they keep their cool with a kidnapped child’s life in danger, or with a bomb ticking in an unknown location, or a terrorist on the loose?
BUDDY GAMES
Hosted by Josh Duhamel, Buddy Games unites six teams of four deep-rooted friends who met at various stages of their lives at a stunning lakeside location for a nostalgic adult summer camp adventure. “Ride or dies” get the chance to play “buddy games” where they will relive their glory days and compete in an assortment of absurd physical and mental challenges in the outdoors while bunking together in the same lake house.
Friendships will be rekindled, and rivalries reignited, when these friends are challenged to prove which bonds are strong enough to withstand the competition. The last buddy team standing will be crowned champion and take home a cash prize, plus the coveted Buddy Games trophy, and of course bragging rights.
LOTERÍA LOCA Loteria Loca is a wildly entertaining, action-packed series hosted by Jaime Camil, who also serves as executive producer. Full of unexpected surprises, the new series is based on the Latin game of chance popularly known now as Lotería.
RAID THE CAGE
Get in. Get out. Get rich! Strategy, teamwork and nerve are key to winning big in Raid the Cage. In the new action-packed game show, two teams of two face off to grab-and-go prizes from the Cage before their time runs out and the doors close. Correctly answering trivia questions adds seconds to the clock, giving teammates more time to grab prizes ranging from cold hard cash to electronics and even a new car!
After three lively rounds, the team that banks the highest total dollar value in prizes wins the game, keeps what they grabbed and plays the final round for an even bigger cash prize.
10 bakers will try their best to whip up creations that are recognizable on Netflix’s The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge. In addition to justified humiliation, the new Nailed It format offers the chosen bakers a shot at actually getting better and learning tricks of the trade from world-renowned pastry chefs.
Nicole Byer returns as host along with her sidekick, head judge Jacques Torres. Baking expert Erin Jeanne McDowell and cake artist Robert Lucas mentor the bakers in hopes of turning them into better versions of their baking selves.
Byer, Casey Kriley, Jo Sharon, Gaylen Gawlowski, Claire Kosloff, and Hillary Olsen serve as executive producers. The 10-episode season is set to premiere on August 4, 2023.
The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge Plot, Courtesy of Netflix:
After seven seasons of eating A LOT of debatably edible treats, Nicole and Jacques are ready to up the ante and give a group of motivated but inexperienced bakers the opportunity of a lifetime. Over the course of 10 episodes, Nicole and Jacques will provide 10 bakers with every tool and resource they need to go from OH NO to PRO. They’ll be coached by world-renowned pastry chefs and be given the training necessary for a professional baker to succeed.
The stakes and bakes are higher than ever because only the best bakers will make it to the end and compete for a huge cash prize that can help make their baking dreams come true!
‘The Golden Bachelor’ star Gerry Turner (ABC/Brian Bowen Smith)
71-year-old Indiana bachelor Gerry Turner has the honor of being ABC’s first star of The Bachelor spinoff, The Golden Bachelor. Turner was married to his high school sweetheart for 43 years until her passing in 2017. Now, after six years after Toni’s death, Gerry is ready to try and make a love connection.
The Golden Bachelor will premiere this fall on ABC.
ABC released this description of the new reality dating series and of Gerry Turner:
After more than 20 years of fostering love on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, and Bachelor in Paradise, The Golden Bachelor showcases a whole new kind of love story – one for the golden years. On this all-new unscripted series hosted by Jesse Palmer, one hopeless romantic is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.
The women arriving at the mansion have a lifetime of experience, living through love, loss, and laughter, hoping for a spark that ignites a future full of endless possibilities. In the end, will our Golden man turn the page to start a new chapter with the woman of his dreams?
A retired restaurateur and doting father and grandfather, Gerry [GAIR-ee] Turner lives in his dream house on a beautiful lake in Indiana. He’s often busy hosting barbecues, playing pickleball, cheering on his favorite Chicago sports teams, four-wheeling, and spending time with friends and family at restaurants and local haunts.
Actors and writers won’t be in attendance at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes; however, the show must go on. 130,000 people are expected to attend the sold-out pop culture convention, and rather than star-studded panels, this year’s Con is going back to its roots.
There will still be plenty to do over the four-day event – running July 20 through 23 in downtown San Diego – including panels, exhibitor booths, autograph signings, outdoor activations, pop-ups, and parties. One of the big draws is likely to be the immersive HULU ANIMAYHEM: ENTER THE 2ND DIMENSION experience set up behind the San Diego Convention Center in the Bayfront Parking Lot.
The massive Hulu Animayhem experience will be open on Thursday, July 20th from 11:30am to 7pm PT, and on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30am to 7pm. The experience opens at 9:30am on Sunday and wraps up at 5pm.
Solar Opposites: INSIDE THE WALL (Hulu Original/20th Television Animation)
ZAP! Yumyulack has done it again. As fans enter the 2nd Dimension, they find themselves shrunken down and tossed into the beloved Wall, in this larger than life experience. Season four premieres on August 14, 2023 with 10 episodes, followed by a Valentine’s Day Special coming in 2024.
The Great North: ALANIS BOREALIS (FOX/20th Television Animation)
Fans will step into the expansive Alaskian landscape to join Judy Tobin as she asks for life advice from her imaginary best friend and famed 90’s singer/songwriter Alanis Morrisette. A projected Alanis constellation will appear in the sky and fans can witness the fun, playful interactions between the characters (and maybe even pick up some tips themselves!).
American Dad: HALL OF INFINITE ROGERS (FOX/20th Television Animation)
The CIA’s most wanted alien has endless disguises. As fans continue to make their way through the experience, they get a look into just how infinite Roger’s collection of disguises really is!
Family Guy: 360 TIME TRAVEL & LIVING ROOM (FOX/20th Television Animation)
Step on Stewie’s infamous Time Travel Pad and take a trip through the 2nd Dimension with this unique photo opp. Guests can also grab a photo on the iconic couch or just sit back and stay awhile as they enjoy the magnitude of Hulu Animayhem content Hulu has to offer.
Archer: WALL OF AGENCY HEROES (FX)
Playing homage to Archer’s opening credits, fans can step in to join the cast in this iconic photo moment.
The Simpsons: LIVING ROOM (FOX/Disney+/20th Television Animation)
The iconic living room has landed in front of the giant Hulu Animayhem TV. Guests can grab a photo or sit and stay awhile as they enjoy all the content Hulu has to offer.
Bob’s Burgers: GRAND RE-RE-RE OPENING (FOX/20th Television Animation)
Fans of Bob’s Burgers won’t be able to resist bellying up to the counter and snapping a pic with their favorite animated family – The Belchers.
Futurama: FUTURAMA HAS LANDED ON HULU (Hulu Original/20th Television Animation) Futurama is BACK for a new season and will be debuting as a Hulu Original Monday, July 24!
The last piece of the activation will feature an incredible 55 ft replica of HQ, along with a crash-landed Planet Express ship. Inside HQ, fans will be able to immerse themselves in the beloved series with a variety of photo moments and immersive set builds.
The harm that can come from being too dependent on artificial intelligence is front and center in the sci-fi action thriller The Creator. The new trailer shows the war that followed after AI detonated a nuclear warhead in Los Angeles, with humans attempting to put down a threat we created.
In addition to releasing a new trailer, 20th Century Studios unveiled a batch of new photos from the September 29, 2023 theatrical release.
Directed by Rogue One‘s Gareth Edwards, The Creator stars John David Washington (Tenet), Gemma Chan (Eternals), Ken Watanabe (Inception), Sturgill Simpson (Dog), Oscar winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya), and newcomer Madeleine Yuna Voyles.
Gareth Edwards co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Weitz. Edwards, Kiri Hart, Jim Spencer, and Arnon Milchan produce, with Yariv Milchan, Michael Schaefer, Natalie Lehmann, Nick Meyer, and Zev Foreman executive producing.
Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself.
Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.
Season 18 of HBO’s Hard Knocks shines the spotlight on the New York Jets. Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets is set to premiere on August 8, 2023, with new episodes of the five-episode season debuting on Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT.
“NFL Films has a long and storied relationship with the Jets, from the early days of the AFL and Joe Namath’s ‘#1’ salute after Super Bowl III, to The Sack Exchange, and the team’s first appearance on Hard Knocks in the midst of back-to-back AFC Championship Game appearances,” said Patrick Kelleher, Executive Producer, NFL Films.
Kelleher added: “The 2010 Jets changed the profile and the success of Hard Knocks forever. That Jets team made football fun for fans. And now we are excited for a new partnership with this iconic organization and HBO to create another chapter in both NFL and television history filled with great personalities and a roster striving to reach new heights of success.”
Liev Schreiber returns as narrator for his 17th season.
Thus far, Hard Knocks has embedded film crews with the Baltimore Ravens (2001), Dallas Cowboys (2002, 2008, 2021), Kansas City Chiefs (2007), Cincinnati Bengals (2009, 2013), New York Jets (2010), Miami Dolphins (2012), Atlanta Falcons (2014), Houston Texans (2015), Los Angeles Rams (2016, 2020), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2017), Cleveland Browns (2018), Oakland Raiders (2019), Los Angeles Chargers (2020), and the Detroit Lions (2022).
HBO offered this description of the upcoming season:
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the New York Jets will mark the 18th edition of the 18-time Sports Emmy-winning series, embedding camera crews at the Jets’ training camp in Florham Park, N.J. to chronicle third-year head coach Robert Saleh preparing his team of young emerging stars and prominent veterans — most notably, four-time NFL MVP, Aaron Rodgers, Offensive and Defensive Rookies of the Year Garrett Wilson and Sauce Gardner, and defensive All-Pros C.J. Mosley and Quinnen Williams — for the upcoming NFL season.
Timothy Olyphant slips back into the role of Raylan Givens for FX’s Justified: City Primeval, a sequel to the two-time Emmy Award-winning drama Justified. The eight-episode limited series premieres on Tuesday, July 18, 2023 with back-to-back episodes that catch up with Raylan after he’s moved to Miami.
Episode one, directed by Michael Dinner from a script by Dinner and Dave Andron, airs at 10pm ET/PT followed by episode two, “The Oklahoma Wildman,” at 11:15pm.
In addition to three-time Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant, the limited series stars Aunjanue Ellis as Carolyn Wilder, Boyd Holbrook as Clement Mansell, Adelaide Clemens as Sandy Stanton, Vondie Curtis Hall as Marcus “Sweety” Sweeton, and Marin Ireland as Maureen Downey. Norbert Leo Butz is Norbert Beryl and Victor Williams plays Wendell Robinson.
Timothy Olyphant’s daughter Vivian plays Raylan’s daughter, Willa.
“City Primeval” Plot: Fifteen years after Raylan Givens left the hollers of Kentucky, a chance encounter in the Florida swamps sends him to Detroit and places him on a collision course with a violent sociopath and a formidable defense attorney.
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in ‘Justified: City Primeval’ episode 1 (Photo CR: Chuck Hodes/FX)
The Plot, Courtesy of FX:
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind.
A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell’s lawyer, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught in between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well.
These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.
Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens and Vivian Olyphant as Willa Givens in episode 1 (Photo CR: Chuck Hodes/FX)Boyd Holbrook as Clement Mansell in episode 1 (Photo CR: Chuck Hodes/FX)Keith David as Judge Alvin Guy in episode 1 (Photo CR: George Burns, Jr./FX)Vondie Curtis Hall as Marcus ‘Sweety’ Sweeton (Photo CR: Chuck Hodes/FX)Timothy Olyphant, Norbert Leo Butz, Victor Williams, and Marin Ireland in ‘Justified: City Primeval’ (Photo CR: Chuck Hodes/FX)Timothy Olyphant as Raylan Givens in episode 1 (Photo CR: Chuck Hodes/FX)Aunjanue Ellis as Carolyn Wilder in episode 1 (Photo CR: George Burns, Jr./FX)
Universal Studios is preparing to scare 2023 Halloween Horror Nights visitors with a special haunted house inspired by Netflix’s Stranger Things season four. The 2023 scarefest opens Friday, September 1st at Universal Orlando Resort. Universal Studios Hollywood’s Halloween Horror Nights kicks off on September 7th.
“From the opening shots of Stranger Things 4, episode one, we knew this was meant to be an experience at Halloween Horror Nights,” stated John Murdy, Executive Producer of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood.
“We’re excited for our fans to live Vecna’s curse as we recreate the iconic and terrifying moments from the show,” said Lora Sauls, Assistant Director, Creative Development and Show Direction at Universal Orlando Resort.
Universal Studios offered this description of the Stranger Things season four haunted house:
“This year’s petrifying haunted house will once again transport guests to Hawkins, Indiana, where they will encounter the newest supernatural villain, Vecna, who is hell-bent on obliterating the volatile barrier between the eerie Upside Down and the real world in an attempt to reign supreme.
The Stranger Things haunted house mirrors the mind-bending twists and supernatural terror of Season 4, immersing guests in a heart-pounding experience alongside valiant characters from the series, including Eleven, Max, Eddie and more. Guests will find themselves on the front line of Vecna’s deadly attacks on the citizens of Hawkins while traveling through iconic scenes, including the notorious Hawkins Lab, the enigmatic Creel House and Vecna’s chilling mindscape.
Along the way, guests will confront their deepest fears and come face to face with otherworldly creatures like demobats and even Vecna himself. In a race against the clock, guests find themselves in the ultimate showdown within Vecna’s blood-red Mind Lair, striving to escape and save mankind from his deadly curse.”
Tickets are now on sale for both locations. The 2023 special event runs through November 4th in Orlando and October 31st in Hollywood.
