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Ever wonder how the members of BTS spend their days off? Jimin and Jung Kook have teamed up for a new 8-part travel reality series on Disney+.The show is called Are You Sure?! and takes viewers on vacation with Jimin and Jung Kook across three different destinations: New York, South Korea’s Jeju Island and Sapporo, Japan.First announced in July, Are You Sure?! “follows the duo as they eat, shop, cook, camp, canoe, and road trip together, sharing countless stories and laugh-out-loud moments,” per a synopsis.BTS has already taken fans along with them on their globe-trotting adventures in two other travel shows, Bon Voyage and BTS In the Soop. Are You Sure?! was filmed in 2023 prior to Jimin and Jung Kook’s military enlistments, as the two are the youngest members of the K-pop group.The first...

Stranger Things may be gearing up to release its fifth and final season but the sci-fi show will live on as a Broadway play.Stranger Things: The First Shadow first debuted on London’s West End late last year. A prequel set 24 years before the Netflix series, the production looks back on the lives of young Jim Hopper, Joyce Maldonado and Bob Newby and his sister Patty, in Hawkins, Indiana in 1959.“Before the world turned upside down. Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously, and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy … and the shadows of the past have a very long reach,” the...

Adam Sandler is linking up with Uncut Gems co-director Josh Safdie for a new project. Rather than a movie, however, Safdie will be in the director’s chair for Sandler’s upcoming Netflix comedy special.Entitled Love You, the stand-up act marks the actor’s first TV comedy special since 2018’s 100% Fresh. A trailer for Love You previews Sandler once again jamming on the guitar during his act.“Yeah, alright, so anyways, I talk a lot, and then I sing, and then we do a bunch of shit,” he says in one clip, wearing a hoodie over a Hawaiian shirt, before dedicating his next guitar song to a member in the crowd.Sandler and Safdie produced the special alongside Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Dan Bulla, Carter Hambley, Brian Robinson, Joseph Vecsey, Judit Maull, Eli Thomas, and Perry Sachs. Barry Bernard...

The Weeknd is coming back to Universal Studios Hollywood's Halloween Horror Nights this Fall.The XO Records head is returning to the annual horror-themed extravaganza with the “The Weeknd: Nightmare Trilogy.” A haunted house, the experience is similar to his 2022 haunted house experience inspired by his After Hours album and will presumably focus on his latest album trilogy comprised of After Hours, Dawn FM and his upcoming record.There's also “Terror Tram: Enter the Blumhouse” which will immerse guests in the world of Blumhouse Production's popular horror films such as M3GAN, The Black Phone, Freaky, The Purge and Happy Death Day. Finally, the “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Legacy of Leatherface” haunted house celebrates 50 years of the popular killer with a brand new storyline. Guests...

Disney+ has raised its price again, soon costing over double the price when the platform launched in late 2019. The increase, taking effect in October 2024, comes ahead of major titles like Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine coming to the platform in the next couple of months. Disney+ will cost $15.99 USD a month for the ad-free tier, a stark contrast from the $6.99 USD a month at launch. The ad tier has also raised its price to $9.99 USD a month. Both tiers receive increases of $2 USD. Other Disney-owned streaming platforms aren't safe as Hulu also receives a price increase. The ad tier will cost $9.99 USD a month while the service will cost a whopping $18.99 USD a month without ads. Hulu with ads went up $2 USD while the ad-free version only went up $1 USD. ESPN+ also raises its p...

Dream Scenario director Kristoffer Borgli may have found the lead stars of his next A24 film, The Drama.According to Deadline, Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are currently in early talks to front the filmmaker's next movie. Plot details are yet to be revealed, however reports claim that it follows the romantic story of a couple who experience "an unexpected turn" the day before their wedding. Borgli wrote the script himself, while Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone will serve as producers.Deadline adds that A24 was keen on reuniting with Borgli following the success of Dream Scenario, and that Zendaya's "strong interest" in joining the film really got the gears moving. With Pattinson's addition, The Drama has become "a top priority" over at A24.Stay tuned for a trailer and release ...

HBO's House of the Dragon will come to an end with Season 4, the network confirmed.The news was announced by showrunner and co-creator Ryan Condal on Monday as part of a discussion of the Season 2 finale. He also revealed that production on Season 3 could begin in early 2025, although the episode count has not been agreed upon just yet. “I haven’t had discussions with HBO about it," Condal said. "I would just anticipate the cadence of the show, from a dramatic storytelling perspective, will continue to be the same from Season 2 on.”Although this Game of Thrones spinoff will soon be culminating, HBO is already prepping the premiere of another spinoff series. Titled A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, the show will debut in 2025 and is an adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s novella The Hedge Kni...

Lionsgate Television is officially developing a John Wick sequel series.Entitled Under the High Table, the series will pickup right where John Wick: Chapter 4 left off. “John Wick has left the world of the High Table in a tenuous position and a collection of new characters will look to make a name for themselves while some of the franchise stalwart characters remain committed to the old-world order," the logline reads via Variety. "The series will combine new and old and thrust the Wick universe into a new age.”Keanu Reeves, who portrays the franchise character in the films, is set to executive produce alongside Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee. Franchise film director Chad Stahelski will also executive produce and helm the first episode, as well as Robert Levine, who will also serve as writer a...

Max has revealed a sneak peek of its 2025 slate, including hit titles like The Last of Us and The White Lotus. The trailer showcases HBO's and Max's stacked list of original titles set to premiere in late 2024 and 2025. Coming in 2024, The Penguin limited series premieres September 19 and focuses on the life of the iconic villain set in the same universe as 2022's The Batman. Dune Prophecy, a prequel series set ten thousand years before the events of the Dune films is set to premiere sometime in November. For the rest of the HBO 2024 slate, Industry premieres August 11, Hard Knocks: Training Camp With The Chicago Bears premieres August 6, My Brilliant Friend premieres September 9, Chimp Crazy premieres August 18 and Wise Guy David Chase and The Sopranos and The Franchise have yet to receiv...

KATSEYE has already garnered a cult following – evidenced by upwards of a million listeners on Spotify – despite having only put out two singles. A new Netflix docuseries looks into the reality show-style formation of the K-pop-inspired girl group.Originally titled The Debut: Dream Academy, Netflix’s Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE sees 20 girls compete to be invited to join the namesake act. The show was announced a year ago and will now be hitting the streamer on August 21.Formed by HYBE – the management company behind BTS and NewJeans – in partnership with Geffen Records, KATSEYE’s six members officially made their debut in November.The concept for the show was that it doubled as an experiment in creating a group centered on K-pop methodology but made up of internationally hailing artists. Da...