[Warning: The below contains Major spoilers for Ghosts Season 3, Episode 8, “Holes Are Bad.”] Ghosts was filled with surprises for fans in the latest episode, “Holes Are Bad,” as the true story behind Hetty’s (Rebecca Wisocky) was revealed in order to save Flower (Sheila Carrasco) from her place at the bottom of Woodstone’s well. When Sam (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar) step away for a romantic weekend together, the ghosts stumble upon their long-lost compadre, Flower who fell into the Woodstone well after chasing a butterfly. It turns out that the ghost who was actually “sucked off” at the end of Season 2 was actually basement ghost Ralph (Tyler Alvarez) who was bunking with attic girl, Stephanie (Odessa A’zion). With that mystery solved, the question of how to get Flower out of the well was raised. In the world of Ghosts, spirits aren’t able to climb walls, but need ground to walk on. When construction...
- 4/19/2024
- TV Insider
How To Date Billy Walsh is a teen romantic comedy directed by Alex Pillai. The Prime Video film follows the story of two high schoolers Amelia and Archie who have been friends since childhood. Archie is harboring secret feelings for Amelia but hasn’t told her and when he decides to do so, Amelia falls for the new transfer student Billy. Will Amelia end up choosing Billy or Archie? How To Date Billy Walsh stars Sebastian Croft, Charithra Chandran, and Tanner Buchanan in the lead roles with Daisy Jelley, Kunal Nayyar, Nick Frost, Lucy Punch, Guz Khan, and Charles Camrose starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the love triangle in How To Date Billy Walsh here are some similar films you should check out next.
The Kissing Booth (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
The Kissing Booth is the first film in a trilogy directed by Vince Marcello. Based on a...
The Kissing Booth (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
The Kissing Booth is the first film in a trilogy directed by Vince Marcello. Based on a...
- 4/8/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
UTA Independent Film Group handles North America.
Jackrabbit Media has boarded international sales rights and will show first footage at TIFF this week from the coming-of-age film Pools starring Odessa A’Zion from Hellraiser, Ariel Winter from Modern Family, and Mason Gooding from the Scream franchise.
Michael Vlamis (Roswell: Nm) and Tyler Alvarez (American Vandal) round out the key cast on writer-director Sam Hayes’s story about a group of college students at summer school who embark on a pool-hopping adventure and learn about themselves along the way.
Mark Padilla, president of worldwide sales and acquisitions at Jackrabbit Media, will present footage.
Jackrabbit Media has boarded international sales rights and will show first footage at TIFF this week from the coming-of-age film Pools starring Odessa A’Zion from Hellraiser, Ariel Winter from Modern Family, and Mason Gooding from the Scream franchise.
Michael Vlamis (Roswell: Nm) and Tyler Alvarez (American Vandal) round out the key cast on writer-director Sam Hayes’s story about a group of college students at summer school who embark on a pool-hopping adventure and learn about themselves along the way.
Mark Padilla, president of worldwide sales and acquisitions at Jackrabbit Media, will present footage.
- 9/2/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Netflix’s comedy series “Never Have I Ever” boasts a solid cast, but the added guest stars bring extra magic, whether they recur in their roles or only appear in a single cameo. Season 1 saw appearances from Atticus Shaffer (“The Middle”), professional tennis player John McEnroe, Iqbal Theba (“Glee”) as Uncle Aravind and more.
Seasons 2 welcomed Common, Billy Crystal and Tyler Alvarez to Sherman Oaks. Common played a love interest for Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) mother Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan), and Billy Crystal helped ask a certain someone to the winter dance. Tyler Alvarez plays a child actor who catches Eleanor’s (Ramona Young) attention. Reese Witherspoon’s son Deacon Philippe, Sarayu Blue and more joined Season 3. Model Gigi Hadid and comedian and actor Andy Samberg narrate Paxton’s (Darren Barnet) and Ben’s (Jaren Lewison) lives, respectively. Actors Michael Cimino, Jeff Garlin and Dwight Howard joined Season 4 in guest roles.
Seasons 2 welcomed Common, Billy Crystal and Tyler Alvarez to Sherman Oaks. Common played a love interest for Devi’s (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) mother Nalini (Poorna Jagannathan), and Billy Crystal helped ask a certain someone to the winter dance. Tyler Alvarez plays a child actor who catches Eleanor’s (Ramona Young) attention. Reese Witherspoon’s son Deacon Philippe, Sarayu Blue and more joined Season 3. Model Gigi Hadid and comedian and actor Andy Samberg narrate Paxton’s (Darren Barnet) and Ben’s (Jaren Lewison) lives, respectively. Actors Michael Cimino, Jeff Garlin and Dwight Howard joined Season 4 in guest roles.
- 6/10/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
Whether it’s a collision in an office elevator or a case of mistaken identities, fans of romantic comedies have a love-hate relationship with meet-cutes: The central couple must meet somehow and, since this is a love story, preferably they should do so in a cute way. But how many more white shirts must be killed in the name of clumsy-cute trip-and-falls while holding cups of coffee or orange juice?
For serialized romances, the challenge is even greater. Directors and writers must create interesting run-ins for characters to help sustain interest for longer than it takes for audiences to eat a bucket of popcorn.
“I feel like the bar now is, if you are expected to figure out a meet-cute, it has to be your new slightly subversive never-before-seen version of it,” says director Jay Karas. “I don’t think it’s a trope that we can totally get away from,...
For serialized romances, the challenge is even greater. Directors and writers must create interesting run-ins for characters to help sustain interest for longer than it takes for audiences to eat a bucket of popcorn.
“I feel like the bar now is, if you are expected to figure out a meet-cute, it has to be your new slightly subversive never-before-seen version of it,” says director Jay Karas. “I don’t think it’s a trope that we can totally get away from,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Whitney Friedlander
- Variety Film + TV
Joey Bragg, Tyler Alvarez, Genevieve Hannelius star.
Premiere Entertainment Group has acquired international rights to American High and Ld Entertainment’s teen comedy Sid Is Dead starring Joey Bragg, Tyler Alvarez and Genevieve Hannelius and is kicking off talks in Cannes this week.
Eli Gonda directed the film from Peter Warren’s screenplay based on a novel by Drew Frist and Tom Dolby. The story centres on a high school senior (Bragg) who fears for his life after getting the school bully suspended and creates a bucket list of everything he will miss out on when he expects his life...
Premiere Entertainment Group has acquired international rights to American High and Ld Entertainment’s teen comedy Sid Is Dead starring Joey Bragg, Tyler Alvarez and Genevieve Hannelius and is kicking off talks in Cannes this week.
Eli Gonda directed the film from Peter Warren’s screenplay based on a novel by Drew Frist and Tom Dolby. The story centres on a high school senior (Bragg) who fears for his life after getting the school bully suspended and creates a bucket list of everything he will miss out on when he expects his life...
- 5/15/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Get out your membership cards. The last Blockbuster store in the US is planning to run an ad during the Super Bowl.
No, a bunch of late fees didn’t suddenly appear in its bank account. The store, located in Bend, Oregon, won’t be buying a seven-milliion-dollar TV spot. Instead, it’s streaming on Instagram. It will also play it on a VHS tape at the store, then will make the tape available for rent at 2 per day.
The store is no doubt counting on media (like this site) to pick up on the plans, thus saving several million dollars.
“We are doing a fun, retro-style commercial that we will be releasing during the Big Game. We are featuring it during halftime in the store and on social media,” store owner Sandi Harding told Oregon Live in an email.
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No, a bunch of late fees didn’t suddenly appear in its bank account. The store, located in Bend, Oregon, won’t be buying a seven-milliion-dollar TV spot. Instead, it’s streaming on Instagram. It will also play it on a VHS tape at the store, then will make the tape available for rent at 2 per day.
The store is no doubt counting on media (like this site) to pick up on the plans, thus saving several million dollars.
“We are doing a fun, retro-style commercial that we will be releasing during the Big Game. We are featuring it during halftime in the store and on social media,” store owner Sandi Harding told Oregon Live in an email.
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- 2/13/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Whether due to lack of budget, low viewership or scheduling conflicts, Netflix isn’t afraid to ruthlessly pull the plug on a series prematurely.
Too many times, fan-favourite shows have fallen victim to the dreaded two-season curse. Viewers are all too familiar with waking up to the heartbreaking news that their beloved show will no longer move forward, and that unresolved cliffhanger will be playing on their mind forevermore.
Without further ado, here’s our list of 12 popular series we’re still mourning.
Friends from College
A particularly devastating loss among Key & Peele fans, Friends from College was scratched just as it was finding its groove.
Michael-Keegan Key led the two-season comedy as Ethan, a man who reunites with his college friends as they’re all entering a new era – their forties.
Amidst former romantic entanglements, friendships and feuds, the group of pals nostalgically revisit memories of their glory days...
Too many times, fan-favourite shows have fallen victim to the dreaded two-season curse. Viewers are all too familiar with waking up to the heartbreaking news that their beloved show will no longer move forward, and that unresolved cliffhanger will be playing on their mind forevermore.
Without further ado, here’s our list of 12 popular series we’re still mourning.
Friends from College
A particularly devastating loss among Key & Peele fans, Friends from College was scratched just as it was finding its groove.
Michael-Keegan Key led the two-season comedy as Ethan, a man who reunites with his college friends as they’re all entering a new era – their forties.
Amidst former romantic entanglements, friendships and feuds, the group of pals nostalgically revisit memories of their glory days...
- 12/22/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Blockbuster is not returning for a second season. Netflix has cancelled the comedy series, which arrived on the streaming service with 10 episodes on November 3rd.
From creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Vanessa Ramos, the Blockbuster series stars Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. The workplace comedy follows Timmy Yoon (Park), a dreamer who operates a Blockbuster Video store. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster store in America, Timmy and his employees — including his long-time crush, Eliza (Fumero) — fight to stay relevant and keep the store afloat.
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From creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Vanessa Ramos, the Blockbuster series stars Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. The workplace comedy follows Timmy Yoon (Park), a dreamer who operates a Blockbuster Video store. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster store in America, Timmy and his employees — including his long-time crush, Eliza (Fumero) — fight to stay relevant and keep the store afloat.
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- 12/17/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Whether due to lack of budget, low viewership or scheduling conflicts, Netflix isn’t afraid to ruthlessly pull the plug on a series prematurely.
Too many times, fan-favourite shows have fallen victim to the dreaded two-season curse. Viewers are all too familiar with waking up to the heartbreaking news that their beloved show will no longer move forward, and that unresolved cliffhanger will be playing on their mind forevermore.
Without further ado, here’s our list of 12 popular series we’re still mourning.
Friends from College
A particularly devastating loss among Key & Peele fans, Friends from College was scratched just as it was finding its groove.
Michael-Keegan Key led the two-season comedy as Ethan, a man who reunites with his college friends as they’re all entering a new era – their forties.
Amidst former romantic entanglements, friendships and feuds, the group of pals nostalgically revisit memories of their glory days...
Too many times, fan-favourite shows have fallen victim to the dreaded two-season curse. Viewers are all too familiar with waking up to the heartbreaking news that their beloved show will no longer move forward, and that unresolved cliffhanger will be playing on their mind forevermore.
Without further ado, here’s our list of 12 popular series we’re still mourning.
Friends from College
A particularly devastating loss among Key & Peele fans, Friends from College was scratched just as it was finding its groove.
Michael-Keegan Key led the two-season comedy as Ethan, a man who reunites with his college friends as they’re all entering a new era – their forties.
Amidst former romantic entanglements, friendships and feuds, the group of pals nostalgically revisit memories of their glory days...
- 12/17/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
Blockbuster didn't survive the streamers, and neither did the show about the last Blockbuster on the planet. Netflix's "Blockbuster" has been canceled after one season, Deadline reported on Dec. 16.
But just like his character Timmy, star Randall Park was hoping to keep "Blockbuster" alive. Season one of the Netflix show, which premiered Nov. 3, leaves a few things hanging, including the status of Timmy's relationship with his employee and longtime crush Eliza (Melissa Fumero). The pair spend a lot of the season looking longingly at each other while staunchly refusing to admit their true feelings. "I'm rooting for Timmy and Eliza," Park told Popsugar in a November interview. "I'm very invested in them. My hope is that we'll see some of these things come to fruition, if we do get another season or two."
Unfortunately, fans will never get to know if Timmy and Eliza will finally confess their very obvious love for each other.
But just like his character Timmy, star Randall Park was hoping to keep "Blockbuster" alive. Season one of the Netflix show, which premiered Nov. 3, leaves a few things hanging, including the status of Timmy's relationship with his employee and longtime crush Eliza (Melissa Fumero). The pair spend a lot of the season looking longingly at each other while staunchly refusing to admit their true feelings. "I'm rooting for Timmy and Eliza," Park told Popsugar in a November interview. "I'm very invested in them. My hope is that we'll see some of these things come to fruition, if we do get another season or two."
Unfortunately, fans will never get to know if Timmy and Eliza will finally confess their very obvious love for each other.
- 12/16/2022
- by Eden Arielle Gordon
- Popsugar.com
Blockbuster has closed for business… again. It was announced today that Netflix has cancelled Blockbuster, their single-camera workplace comedy series which revolved around the last Blockbuster in America.
Blockbuster didn’t attract much interest upon its debut on Netflix last month, as it failed to break into the Netflix Top 10 rankings in the U.S. and was largely dismissed by critics. The series starred Randall Park as Timmy Yoon, “an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video.” When he learns that his store has become the last Blockbuster in America, he takes action to stay open and keep his friends employed. “Timmy and his staff quickly realize that being home to the last Blockbuster might actually be what their community needs...
Blockbuster didn’t attract much interest upon its debut on Netflix last month, as it failed to break into the Netflix Top 10 rankings in the U.S. and was largely dismissed by critics. The series starred Randall Park as Timmy Yoon, “an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video.” When he learns that his store has become the last Blockbuster in America, he takes action to stay open and keep his friends employed. “Timmy and his staff quickly realize that being home to the last Blockbuster might actually be what their community needs...
- 12/16/2022
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Netflix is closing up its Blockbuster.
The streaming service made the decision Friday to cancel the comedy series after a single season.
The series didn't make an impact on the streamer's viewership metrics, which typically spells doom for any series.
The series launched to tepid reviews in November.
Blockbuster starred Randall Park (Timmy), Melissa Fumero (Eliza), Tyler Alvarez (Carlos), Madeleine Arthur (Hannah), Olga Merediz (Connie), Jb Smoove (Percy), and Kamaia Fairburn (Kayla).
"Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that's kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video," the logline teases.
"Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store is officially the last Blockbuster in America."
"He now has no choice but to take action to stay open and keep his friends employed. Timmy...
The streaming service made the decision Friday to cancel the comedy series after a single season.
The series didn't make an impact on the streamer's viewership metrics, which typically spells doom for any series.
The series launched to tepid reviews in November.
Blockbuster starred Randall Park (Timmy), Melissa Fumero (Eliza), Tyler Alvarez (Carlos), Madeleine Arthur (Hannah), Olga Merediz (Connie), Jb Smoove (Percy), and Kamaia Fairburn (Kayla).
"Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that's kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video," the logline teases.
"Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store is officially the last Blockbuster in America."
"He now has no choice but to take action to stay open and keep his friends employed. Timmy...
- 12/16/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The comedy series “Blockbuster” has been canceled after just one season at Netflix.
The 10-episode series launched its one and only season on November 3. The show was a single-camera workplace comedy about the employees of the last Blockbuster Video in the world.
The series starred Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Jb Smoove, Kamaia Fairburn, Leonard Robinson, and Keegan Connor Tracy. Vanessa Ramos created the series and served as executive producer. David Caspe and Jackie Clarke also served as writers and executive producers. John Davis and John Fox executive produced via Davis Entertainment. Universal Television was the studio.
The cancellation of the series is not altogether unexpected. “Blockbuster” failed to break into the Netflix Top 10 rankings in the U.S. upon its debut upon its debut and in the first full week after its debut. Per Netflix, it only reached the top 10 in two countries following its launch,...
The 10-episode series launched its one and only season on November 3. The show was a single-camera workplace comedy about the employees of the last Blockbuster Video in the world.
The series starred Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Jb Smoove, Kamaia Fairburn, Leonard Robinson, and Keegan Connor Tracy. Vanessa Ramos created the series and served as executive producer. David Caspe and Jackie Clarke also served as writers and executive producers. John Davis and John Fox executive produced via Davis Entertainment. Universal Television was the studio.
The cancellation of the series is not altogether unexpected. “Blockbuster” failed to break into the Netflix Top 10 rankings in the U.S. upon its debut upon its debut and in the first full week after its debut. Per Netflix, it only reached the top 10 in two countries following its launch,...
- 12/16/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has opted not to renew new comedy series Blockbuster for a second season.
The decision is not surprising. The single-camera workplace comedy starring Randall Park had a quiet run after launching Nov. 3 and never cracked Netflix’s weekly Top 10.
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Netflix’s pickup of the series was full of irony since Netflix originated as an underdog movie rental upstart that was almost crushed by then-dominant giant Blockbuster Video before ultimately turning the tables and forcing Blockbuster out of business.
The decision is not surprising. The single-camera workplace comedy starring Randall Park had a quiet run after launching Nov. 3 and never cracked Netflix’s weekly Top 10.
Related Story Cancellations Photo Gallery: The TV Series Ending In 2022 & Beyond Related Story 'Freeridge': Netflix Sets Premiere Date For 'On My Block' Spinoff Related Story 'Dead To Me' Lands At No. 2 On Nielsen U.S. Streaming Charts After Season 3 Debut
Netflix’s pickup of the series was full of irony since Netflix originated as an underdog movie rental upstart that was almost crushed by then-dominant giant Blockbuster Video before ultimately turning the tables and forcing Blockbuster out of business.
- 12/16/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Olga Merediz, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur | Created by Vanessa Ramos | Directed by Payman Benz, Aleysa Young, Katie Locke O’Brien, Jackie Clarke
Timmy Yoon is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees (including his long time crush, Eliza fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Ah, Blockbuster. I genuinely miss going to my local store every other weekend to rent the newest video game, and spending the entire week playing it and having the time of my life before the dreaded day when I ultimately had to return the game in the little metal door outside the building. There was something special about Blockbuster Video that nearly everyone seems to miss.
Timmy Yoon is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees (including his long time crush, Eliza fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Ah, Blockbuster. I genuinely miss going to my local store every other weekend to rent the newest video game, and spending the entire week playing it and having the time of my life before the dreaded day when I ultimately had to return the game in the little metal door outside the building. There was something special about Blockbuster Video that nearly everyone seems to miss.
- 11/8/2022
- by Caillou Pettis
- Nerdly
In its heyday, Blockbuster Video boasted over four thousand locations in the United States alone. That’s a lot of return slots.
As the Blockbuster conglomerate grew, millions of people headed out to get their video fix by driving to the closest blazing bright blue and yellow sign to browse in person. If you were a film aficionado from the late 80’s to the early 2000’s, Blockbuster was (probably) your jam. (Hi. Hello. It’s me.)
Blockbuster, a new Netflix series that takes its name directly from the once-popular chain, knows all of this, and it sincerely hopes to appeal to your nostalgia sweet spot. In fact, multiple characters comment on the nostalgia factor throughout the first season, with one person even saying, “never underestimate nostalgia” at one point in time. However, by setting the narrative in a bleak version of the present instead of the storied past, the series...
As the Blockbuster conglomerate grew, millions of people headed out to get their video fix by driving to the closest blazing bright blue and yellow sign to browse in person. If you were a film aficionado from the late 80’s to the early 2000’s, Blockbuster was (probably) your jam. (Hi. Hello. It’s me.)
Blockbuster, a new Netflix series that takes its name directly from the once-popular chain, knows all of this, and it sincerely hopes to appeal to your nostalgia sweet spot. In fact, multiple characters comment on the nostalgia factor throughout the first season, with one person even saying, “never underestimate nostalgia” at one point in time. However, by setting the narrative in a bleak version of the present instead of the storied past, the series...
- 11/7/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Say what you will about Netflix’s “Blockbuster,” but it’s certainly a bold choice.
Bolder still might be the creators’ decision to set the comedy series not in the eponymous home video company’s heyday, but in the present, where there is exactly one Blockbuster left in the world. Putting “Blockbuster” in 2022 provides sky-high stakes for the store’s survival as it competes with streaming, but it also means characters should be engaging with social media and technology, and the show either doesn’t acknowledge or can’t quite understand that. “Blockbuster” feels out of step with the times for multiple reasons, and it’s puzzling lack of understanding of social media doesn’t do the show any favors.
It’s not new for TV shows to fail at understanding modern society’s relationship to technology. The issue is most prevalent in teen shows, which are either packed to...
Bolder still might be the creators’ decision to set the comedy series not in the eponymous home video company’s heyday, but in the present, where there is exactly one Blockbuster left in the world. Putting “Blockbuster” in 2022 provides sky-high stakes for the store’s survival as it competes with streaming, but it also means characters should be engaging with social media and technology, and the show either doesn’t acknowledge or can’t quite understand that. “Blockbuster” feels out of step with the times for multiple reasons, and it’s puzzling lack of understanding of social media doesn’t do the show any favors.
It’s not new for TV shows to fail at understanding modern society’s relationship to technology. The issue is most prevalent in teen shows, which are either packed to...
- 11/5/2022
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Netflix is really mining the '90s nostalgia caves these days.
On Blockbuster Season 1 Episode 1 we are introduced to Timmy and his staff, who just happen to work at the last Blockbuster video rental store on Earth.
Look, nostalgia's not a bad thing. I used to work in a Blockbuster, and it was my favorite service job. All the staff and customers loved movies. I made friends for life and got ten free rentals a week. I'll always have a soft spot.
If you don't know the history of Blockbuster's downfall, it's a lesson in corporate schadenfreude.
In 2000, Blockbuster turned down a deal to purchase Netflix for 50 million. How the mighty have fallen -- in 2011, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Blockbuster has now gone the way of the mom-and-pop shops and indie video rental stores it swallowed up and put out of business.
There is still one remaining Blockbuster franchise store in the world,...
On Blockbuster Season 1 Episode 1 we are introduced to Timmy and his staff, who just happen to work at the last Blockbuster video rental store on Earth.
Look, nostalgia's not a bad thing. I used to work in a Blockbuster, and it was my favorite service job. All the staff and customers loved movies. I made friends for life and got ten free rentals a week. I'll always have a soft spot.
If you don't know the history of Blockbuster's downfall, it's a lesson in corporate schadenfreude.
In 2000, Blockbuster turned down a deal to purchase Netflix for 50 million. How the mighty have fallen -- in 2011, they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Blockbuster has now gone the way of the mom-and-pop shops and indie video rental stores it swallowed up and put out of business.
There is still one remaining Blockbuster franchise store in the world,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Mary Littlejohn
- TVfanatic
Though “Blockbuster” ostensibly takes place in a Michigan strip mall, it immediately feels stuck in an uncanny valley of Netflix’s strategic making. It’s not the fault of the show itself — a workplace comedy set in the last Blockbuster video store — that the biggest streaming service on the planet bought it, but without being set in the past, it has a hell of a hard time getting out from underneath that shadow all the same. Unable to criticize the very entertainment model putting brick and mortar rental places out of business, but trying to sell a scrappy story of comeback kids all the same, “Blockbuster” quickly gets stuck in a low gear that never quite lets it live up to its potential.
Which is a shame! Even before watching a single minute of the show (which premiered Thursday Nov. 3 on Netflix), it was exciting to imagine what it might...
Which is a shame! Even before watching a single minute of the show (which premiered Thursday Nov. 3 on Netflix), it was exciting to imagine what it might...
- 11/3/2022
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
When “The Last Blockbuster,” a documentary celebrating the Blockbuster Video store in Oregon that became the final surviving vestige of the once-mighty video rental chain, found its audience on Netflix, the irony was so neat it barely qualified as such. After all, where else could a contemporary documentary reach so many people but the very streamer that helped kill off Blockbuster?
It’s a bit more perverse, however, that Netflix has apparently made Blockbuster nostalgia part of their brand, picking up “Blockbuster,” a workplace sitcom once intended for NBC. The show is loosely based on the same final Blockbuster outpost depicted in the doc — though the location has shifted to a midwestern strip mall — and follows the store’s transition from part of a waning corporation to a de facto mom-and-pop operation. Timmy (Randall Park), an earnest go-getter who hasn’t actually gone anywhere in his decades with the store...
It’s a bit more perverse, however, that Netflix has apparently made Blockbuster nostalgia part of their brand, picking up “Blockbuster,” a workplace sitcom once intended for NBC. The show is loosely based on the same final Blockbuster outpost depicted in the doc — though the location has shifted to a midwestern strip mall — and follows the store’s transition from part of a waning corporation to a de facto mom-and-pop operation. Timmy (Randall Park), an earnest go-getter who hasn’t actually gone anywhere in his decades with the store...
- 11/3/2022
- by Jesse Hassenger
- The Wrap
Plot: Timmy Yoon is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees including his long-time crush, Eliza fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Review: I can say without any doubt in my mind that the best job I ever had was the years I spent at Blockbuster Video. Through my high school and college years, I was an assistant manager at my local Blockbuster and had a blast working with friends, renting movies before they came out, recommending my favorites to people, and meeting some weird characters. Losing the video store was a blow to my childhood even if streaming offers thousands of options I never had on the shelves of my local store. In...
Review: I can say without any doubt in my mind that the best job I ever had was the years I spent at Blockbuster Video. Through my high school and college years, I was an assistant manager at my local Blockbuster and had a blast working with friends, renting movies before they came out, recommending my favorites to people, and meeting some weird characters. Losing the video store was a blow to my childhood even if streaming offers thousands of options I never had on the shelves of my local store. In...
- 11/3/2022
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
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The single sharpest joke of Netflix’s Blockbuster is the one contained right there in that phrase: This is a comedy set at the very last Blockbuster on Earth, premiering on the very platform that helped kill all the other Blockbusters.
The irony is so striking and unavoidable that the series tackles it head-on in the very first scene, as a customer admits he hasn’t come by lately because he’s been “doing Netflix, like everybody.” The recommendation algorithm’s been letting him down, though, and that’s where the store staff comes in. It takes a human touch to deduce that what he really needs for his broken heart is Under the Tuscan Sun, when he’d never have picked it out for himself.
But having made a point about the importance of brick-and-mortar retail in an online world, complete with...
The single sharpest joke of Netflix’s Blockbuster is the one contained right there in that phrase: This is a comedy set at the very last Blockbuster on Earth, premiering on the very platform that helped kill all the other Blockbusters.
The irony is so striking and unavoidable that the series tackles it head-on in the very first scene, as a customer admits he hasn’t come by lately because he’s been “doing Netflix, like everybody.” The recommendation algorithm’s been letting him down, though, and that’s where the store staff comes in. It takes a human touch to deduce that what he really needs for his broken heart is Under the Tuscan Sun, when he’d never have picked it out for himself.
But having made a point about the importance of brick-and-mortar retail in an online world, complete with...
- 11/3/2022
- by Angie Han
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There's a moment in the pilot of "Blockbuster," the new Netflix sitcom from "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" and "Superstore" writer Vanessa Ramos, when the staff of the last Blockbuster in the world reaches their hands out, going in for a morale-raising group cheer. Before they can count down ("'Blockbuster' on three!"), jaded employee Eliza (Melissa Fumero) pauses to point out the irony of a once-monopolizing video store chain that put mom-and-pop stores out of business now being positioned as an underdog. It's an apt footnote and a rare moment of self-awareness for a series that, despite being quite funny, often has trouble reconciling the odd space it takes up in a late capitalist world.
There is, for example, the inherent contradiction of the show's own premise. "Blockbuster" sets itself up as a series that's all about the scrappy fight to keep physical media alive, but it's streaming exclusively on Netflix, the company that was,...
There is, for example, the inherent contradiction of the show's own premise. "Blockbuster" sets itself up as a series that's all about the scrappy fight to keep physical media alive, but it's streaming exclusively on Netflix, the company that was,...
- 11/3/2022
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Madeleine Arthur grew up going to the Blockbuster in her neighborhood; it was walking distance from her house in Vancouver. "I remember specifically the layout of where the new releases were," the actor tells Popsugar. "They were on the right side of the store."
Of course, her hometown Blockbuster is gone - it's a vintage clothing store these days. But she still remembers her family's frequent trips. "I loved going," the 25-year-old says. "I feel like it's what sparked my love for movies, going to pick out movies every week."
So it's fitting that Arthur is now a cast member of Netflix's "Blockbuster," a nostalgic series following the employees at the last Blockbuster in the world. The show is "a celebration of movies, and it's about rekindling human connection in this digital world," she says.
Arthur plays the super-sweet Hannah, a young woman who maintains a sunny outlook despite...
Of course, her hometown Blockbuster is gone - it's a vintage clothing store these days. But she still remembers her family's frequent trips. "I loved going," the 25-year-old says. "I feel like it's what sparked my love for movies, going to pick out movies every week."
So it's fitting that Arthur is now a cast member of Netflix's "Blockbuster," a nostalgic series following the employees at the last Blockbuster in the world. The show is "a celebration of movies, and it's about rekindling human connection in this digital world," she says.
Arthur plays the super-sweet Hannah, a young woman who maintains a sunny outlook despite...
- 10/31/2022
- by Victoria Edel
- Popsugar.com
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Once upon a time in cities across the U.S., one of the most popular destinations on a Friday or Saturday night, aside from the multiplex, was the local Blockbuster.
Though it has long since been replaced by streaming, the rental chain, which went belly up more than a decade ago, once held prime spots on the weekend social calendars of families, couples, teens, gamers and solo movie-lovers as the place to peruse the shelves and pick out a VHS or DVD to take home — temporarily.
“I would spend all of Friday night in a Blockbuster because I could never decide what movie to get,” Randall Park recalled to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday before heading into the world premiere of his new Netflix series Blockbuster at Tudum Theater in Hollywood. “I was one of those guys who would be there for hours...
Once upon a time in cities across the U.S., one of the most popular destinations on a Friday or Saturday night, aside from the multiplex, was the local Blockbuster.
Though it has long since been replaced by streaming, the rental chain, which went belly up more than a decade ago, once held prime spots on the weekend social calendars of families, couples, teens, gamers and solo movie-lovers as the place to peruse the shelves and pick out a VHS or DVD to take home — temporarily.
“I would spend all of Friday night in a Blockbuster because I could never decide what movie to get,” Randall Park recalled to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday before heading into the world premiere of his new Netflix series Blockbuster at Tudum Theater in Hollywood. “I was one of those guys who would be there for hours...
- 10/28/2022
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Enola Holmes 2, Blockbuster and Wif Honors.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever world premiere
The highly anticipated sequel made its debut on Wednesday night in Hollywood, alongside director Ryan Coogler and stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Winston Duke and newcomers Tenoch Huerta and Michaela Coel. Rihanna, who has new music on the film’s soundtrack, also made an appearance, as well as a starry guest list including Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Janelle Monáe, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Regé-Jean Page, Tyler Perry, Simu Liu and Quinta Brunson.
Lupita Nyong’o Winston Duke and Letitia Wright Kevin Feige, Disney Studios Content chairman Alan Bergman and Ryan Coogler Rihanna and Aap Rocky
Enola Holmes 2...
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including red carpets for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Enola Holmes 2, Blockbuster and Wif Honors.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever world premiere
The highly anticipated sequel made its debut on Wednesday night in Hollywood, alongside director Ryan Coogler and stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Winston Duke and newcomers Tenoch Huerta and Michaela Coel. Rihanna, who has new music on the film’s soundtrack, also made an appearance, as well as a starry guest list including Michael B. Jordan, Daniel Kaluuya, Janelle Monáe, Tessa Thompson, Kumail Nanjiani, Regé-Jean Page, Tyler Perry, Simu Liu and Quinta Brunson.
Lupita Nyong’o Winston Duke and Letitia Wright Kevin Feige, Disney Studios Content chairman Alan Bergman and Ryan Coogler Rihanna and Aap Rocky
Enola Holmes 2...
- 10/28/2022
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix’s Blockbuster is set in the last Blockbuster video store on the planet. Randall Park plays Timmy the manager and as the official trailer reveals, he’s doing everything in his power to keep his employees employed and the store’s doors open.
The season one cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah, Olga Merediz as Connie, Jb Smoove as Percy, and Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla.
Vanessa Ramos created the half-hour comedy and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Jackie Clarke, David Caspe, John David, and John Fox are also involved as executive producers.
The 10 episode season will premiere on November 3, 2022.
The Blockbuster Plot:
Timmy Yoon (Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job,...
The season one cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah, Olga Merediz as Connie, Jb Smoove as Percy, and Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla.
Vanessa Ramos created the half-hour comedy and serves as writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Jackie Clarke, David Caspe, John David, and John Fox are also involved as executive producers.
The 10 episode season will premiere on November 3, 2022.
The Blockbuster Plot:
Timmy Yoon (Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
There’s something undeniably troll-like about Netflix launching a series revolving around an enterprise it helped run into the ground. Then again, Blockbuster Video owes a portion of its pop culture relevancy to the streamer, who in 2020 released The Last Blockbuster, a documentary about the video rental store’s last gasp. Putting those things aside, today, we have Netflix’s Blockbuster trailer. The promo teases the new comedy series from Vanessa Ramos, featuring a cast of comedic greats struggling to keep the last Blockbuster Video from going the way of the dodo.
Here’s the official description for Blockbuster:
Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video.
Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store...
Here’s the official description for Blockbuster:
Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that’s kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video.
Then Timmy is alarmed to learn that his store...
- 10/7/2022
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Prepare to feel nostalgic after watching the first trailer for Netflix’s upcoming comedy series “Blockbuster”.
The trailer begins with Randall Park, who stars as Timmy Yoon, the manager of his hometown Blockbuster video, finding out that his location is the last one standing in America. Suddenly, he’s faced with the challenge of saving his store with the help of his staff, including “recently single long-time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero), aspiring filmmaker Carlos (Tyler Alvarez), mother figure Connie (Olga Merediz), naive Hannah (Madeleine Arthur), and landlord’s daughter, Kayla (Kamaia Fairburn),” as per Entertainment Weekly.
Blockbuster. Randall Park as Timmy in episode 101 of “Blockbuster”. — Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Randall Park as Timmy, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos, Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla, Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah in episode 107 of “Blockbuster”. — Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Randall Park as Timmy in episode 108 of “Blockbuster”. — Photo:...
The trailer begins with Randall Park, who stars as Timmy Yoon, the manager of his hometown Blockbuster video, finding out that his location is the last one standing in America. Suddenly, he’s faced with the challenge of saving his store with the help of his staff, including “recently single long-time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero), aspiring filmmaker Carlos (Tyler Alvarez), mother figure Connie (Olga Merediz), naive Hannah (Madeleine Arthur), and landlord’s daughter, Kayla (Kamaia Fairburn),” as per Entertainment Weekly.
Blockbuster. Randall Park as Timmy in episode 101 of “Blockbuster”. — Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Randall Park as Timmy, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos, Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla, Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah in episode 107 of “Blockbuster”. — Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Melissa Fumero as Eliza, Randall Park as Timmy in episode 108 of “Blockbuster”. — Photo:...
- 10/7/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Do you miss Blockbuster?
If the answer to that question is Yes, then Netflix might have the perfect show for you.
The streaming service unveiled the full-length trailer for its forthcoming workplace comedy titled -- you guessed it -- Blockbuster.
The trailer looks very much like an NBC comedy, and that should bode well for fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore.
The series comes from Vanessa Ramos, who worked on the two NBC comedies.
The cast includes Randall Park (Timmy), Melissa Fumero (Eliza), Tyler Alvarez (Carlos), Madeleine Arthur (Hannah), Olga Merediz (Connie), Jb Smoove (Percy), and Kamaia Fairburn (Kayla).
EPs include Jackie Clarke, David Caspe and John David & John Fox for Davis Entertainment.
"Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that's kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video,...
If the answer to that question is Yes, then Netflix might have the perfect show for you.
The streaming service unveiled the full-length trailer for its forthcoming workplace comedy titled -- you guessed it -- Blockbuster.
The trailer looks very much like an NBC comedy, and that should bode well for fans of Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Superstore.
The series comes from Vanessa Ramos, who worked on the two NBC comedies.
The cast includes Randall Park (Timmy), Melissa Fumero (Eliza), Tyler Alvarez (Carlos), Madeleine Arthur (Hannah), Olga Merediz (Connie), Jb Smoove (Percy), and Kamaia Fairburn (Kayla).
EPs include Jackie Clarke, David Caspe and John David & John Fox for Davis Entertainment.
"Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) is an analog dreamer in a 5G world. He’s spent his entire adult life dedicated to his first love, movies — a passion that's kept him at his first and only job, managing his hometown Blockbuster Video,...
- 10/7/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Netflix sitcom “Blockbuster” is just salt in the wound of the ol’ tale of streaming killed the video store star.
Randall Park leads the series as Timmy Yoon, an “analog dreamer living in a 5G world” per an official description, where he is operating the last remaining Blockbuster Video store in the country. Per the official synopsis, Timmy and his staff employees, including his long-time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero), then must fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
The series also stars Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. “Blockbuster” premieres November 3 on Netflix.
“Superstore” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” producer Vanessa Ramos created the series with David Caspe (“Happy Endings”) and Jackie Clarke also serving as writers and executive producers. John Davis and John Fox also executive produce for Davis Entertainment.
Randall Park leads the series as Timmy Yoon, an “analog dreamer living in a 5G world” per an official description, where he is operating the last remaining Blockbuster Video store in the country. Per the official synopsis, Timmy and his staff employees, including his long-time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero), then must fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
The series also stars Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn. “Blockbuster” premieres November 3 on Netflix.
“Superstore” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” producer Vanessa Ramos created the series with David Caspe (“Happy Endings”) and Jackie Clarke also serving as writers and executive producers. John Davis and John Fox also executive produce for Davis Entertainment.
- 10/7/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Rowan Blanchard looks stunning with a smokey eye look. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Birdie Thompson/Admedia
Rowan Blanchard looks breathtaking in a tight animal print dress.
The former Disney Channel star is mostly known for her role as Riley Matthews on the channel’s show Girl Meets World, alongside pop star, Sabrina Carpenter.
Unlike Carpenter, Blanchard hasn’t had any new major roles ever since the show ended.
However, she has become very well known for the way she expresses her creativity with fashion.
On a recent Instagram story, she probed all of us about how iconic her fashion sense is.
The actress took a mirror selfie showing off a tight animal print dress.
Rowan Blanchard isn’t afraid to wear animal print
The dress itself is stunning. The neckline has a squared shape which accentuates Blanchard’s chest.
Her curves look wonderful, as well as her legs. Her brown...
Rowan Blanchard looks breathtaking in a tight animal print dress.
The former Disney Channel star is mostly known for her role as Riley Matthews on the channel’s show Girl Meets World, alongside pop star, Sabrina Carpenter.
Unlike Carpenter, Blanchard hasn’t had any new major roles ever since the show ended.
However, she has become very well known for the way she expresses her creativity with fashion.
On a recent Instagram story, she probed all of us about how iconic her fashion sense is.
The actress took a mirror selfie showing off a tight animal print dress.
Rowan Blanchard isn’t afraid to wear animal print
The dress itself is stunning. The neckline has a squared shape which accentuates Blanchard’s chest.
Her curves look wonderful, as well as her legs. Her brown...
- 9/9/2022
- by Barbara Gutierrez
- Monsters and Critics
Netflix has unveiled the release date for Blockbuster, a comedy series set in, you guessed it, the last Blockbuster on the planet.
Official plot synopsis: “Timmy Yoon Is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees as the store’s manager, Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as a co-worker and potential love interest, Olga Merediz (In the Heights) as a mother figure to the employees, and Tyler Alvarez (Netflix’s American Vandal) as an aspiring director. Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jb Smoove is listed as a recurring guest star.
The first season of Blockbuster will have ten 30-minute episodes. Blockbuster streams on Netflix on November 3rd.
Do you have good memories of Blockbuster Video in its prime? Or were you happy to see it crumble when Netflix came to town? Let us know who...
Official plot synopsis: “Timmy Yoon Is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees as the store’s manager, Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as a co-worker and potential love interest, Olga Merediz (In the Heights) as a mother figure to the employees, and Tyler Alvarez (Netflix’s American Vandal) as an aspiring director. Curb Your Enthusiasm’s Jb Smoove is listed as a recurring guest star.
The first season of Blockbuster will have ten 30-minute episodes. Blockbuster streams on Netflix on November 3rd.
Do you have good memories of Blockbuster Video in its prime? Or were you happy to see it crumble when Netflix came to town? Let us know who...
- 8/29/2022
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
“Blockbuster,” a Netflix comedy series about the flagship movie rental store starring Randall Park, has set a premiere date for Nov. 3. The half-hour comedy’s 10 episodes will premiere all at once on the streaming service.
Park plays Timmy Yoon, an analog dreamer who is in charge of the last operating Blockbuster Video in the United States. Timmy, alongside the rest of his employees, must work to remind their community that the local store can provide the human connection that big corporations can’t.
Alongside Park, the cast includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman and Olga Merediz as Connie Serrano. Recurring guest stars for the series include J.B. Smoove as Percy Scott and Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla Scott.
Vanessa Ramos created the show and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Her previous credits include working on “Superstore” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Universal Television produced the show,...
Park plays Timmy Yoon, an analog dreamer who is in charge of the last operating Blockbuster Video in the United States. Timmy, alongside the rest of his employees, must work to remind their community that the local store can provide the human connection that big corporations can’t.
Alongside Park, the cast includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman and Olga Merediz as Connie Serrano. Recurring guest stars for the series include J.B. Smoove as Percy Scott and Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla Scott.
Vanessa Ramos created the show and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Her previous credits include working on “Superstore” and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” Universal Television produced the show,...
- 8/27/2022
- by EJ Panaligan, Michaela Zee and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Melissa Fumero as Eliza and Randall Park as Timmy in ‘Blockbuster’ (Photo Cr. Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022)
Remember the days of actually getting in your car and driving to a Blockbuster while crossing your fingers a new DVD release you’ve been dying to see is available? And then when it’s not, trying to figure out what you haven’t already watched a million times before so you don’t leave empty-handed? Netflix’s Blockbuster dives into those good old days when streaming didn’t exist and everyone owned a DVD player.
The 10-episode series is set in the last remaining Blockbuster Video and stars Randall Park as the store’s manager, Timmy Yoon. The cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, and Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman. Olga Merediz plays Connie Serrano, Jb Smoove is Percy Scott, and Kamaia Fairburn stars as Kayla Scott.
Remember the days of actually getting in your car and driving to a Blockbuster while crossing your fingers a new DVD release you’ve been dying to see is available? And then when it’s not, trying to figure out what you haven’t already watched a million times before so you don’t leave empty-handed? Netflix’s Blockbuster dives into those good old days when streaming didn’t exist and everyone owned a DVD player.
The 10-episode series is set in the last remaining Blockbuster Video and stars Randall Park as the store’s manager, Timmy Yoon. The cast also includes Melissa Fumero as Eliza Walker, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos Herrera, and Madeleine Arthur as Hannah Hadman. Olga Merediz plays Connie Serrano, Jb Smoove is Percy Scott, and Kamaia Fairburn stars as Kayla Scott.
- 8/26/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
(Welcome to ...And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.)
One Upon A Time, the long-fabled business known as the video rental store reigned supreme. In nearly every U.S. town, one could walk up to the local video rental location and select classics and new releases alike in a variety of formats. With the rise of streaming pioneer Netflix, however, the ease of home streaming saw the gradual decline of all the major home video rental chains. With the collapse of chains like Hollywood Video and Blockbuster Video, the era of video rentals is all but over (minus select boutique rental houses).
Bucking the fall of the former behemoth Blockbuster is one remaining location in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Chronicled in the documentary "The Last Blockbuster," an ironic twist of...
One Upon A Time, the long-fabled business known as the video rental store reigned supreme. In nearly every U.S. town, one could walk up to the local video rental location and select classics and new releases alike in a variety of formats. With the rise of streaming pioneer Netflix, however, the ease of home streaming saw the gradual decline of all the major home video rental chains. With the collapse of chains like Hollywood Video and Blockbuster Video, the era of video rentals is all but over (minus select boutique rental houses).
Bucking the fall of the former behemoth Blockbuster is one remaining location in beautiful Bend, Oregon. Chronicled in the documentary "The Last Blockbuster," an ironic twist of...
- 8/26/2022
- by Jeff Ewing
- Slash Film
Netflix’s workplace comedy Blockbuster is set to release its 10-episode first season on November 3. The series stars Randall Park, Melissa Fumero, Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove, and Kamaia Fairburn
From creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Vanessa Ramos, Blockbuster follows Timmy Yoon (Park), an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Alongside Ramos, the series is also written by David Caspe and Jackie Clarke who are also executive producers. John Davis and John Fox are also EPs for Davis Entertainment. The series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
More first-look photos can be found below.
From creator, writer, executive producer, and showrunner Vanessa Ramos, Blockbuster follows Timmy Yoon (Park), an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
Alongside Ramos, the series is also written by David Caspe and Jackie Clarke who are also executive producers. John Davis and John Fox are also EPs for Davis Entertainment. The series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
More first-look photos can be found below.
- 8/26/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Streaming killed the video store, but Netflix is keeping the spirit alive.
On Friday, the streamer shared the first images from the upcoming sitcom “Blockbuster”, about the last Blockbuster Video store in the U.S.
Read More: First Look At Netflix’s Upcoming ‘The Midnight Club’
Randall Park as Timmy – Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Madeleine Arthur as Hannah, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
“Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) Is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world,” the longline reads. “And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.”
Olga Merediz as Connie, Melissa Fumero as Eliza – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla, J.B. Smoove as Percy – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
The series is...
On Friday, the streamer shared the first images from the upcoming sitcom “Blockbuster”, about the last Blockbuster Video store in the U.S.
Read More: First Look At Netflix’s Upcoming ‘The Midnight Club’
Randall Park as Timmy – Photo: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix © 2022 Madeleine Arthur as Hannah, Tyler Alvarez as Carlos – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
“Timmy Yoon (Randall Park) Is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world,” the longline reads. “And after learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.”
Olga Merediz as Connie, Melissa Fumero as Eliza – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022 Kamaia Fairburn as Kayla, J.B. Smoove as Percy – Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2022
The series is...
- 8/26/2022
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
‘Blockbuster’ First Look: Randall Park Tries to Save the Home Video Store in Netflix Series (Photos)
Remember Blockbuster? In its latest series, Netflix is exploring the end of the home video store, and a first look at the project suggests the plot includes quite a few shenanigans.
“Blockbuster” will follow Timmy Yoon, played by Randall Park, who is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. After learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees — including his long time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero) — fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
You can see Park in a first look image at the top of the page, where he appears to be smiling at a customer while sporting that (vintage) Blockbuster employee polo.
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“Blockbuster” will follow Timmy Yoon, played by Randall Park, who is an analog dreamer living in a 5G world. After learning he is operating the last Blockbuster Video in America, Timmy and his staff employees — including his long time crush, Eliza (Melissa Fumero) — fight to stay relevant. The only way to succeed is to remind their community that they provide something big corporations can’t: human connection.
You can see Park in a first look image at the top of the page, where he appears to be smiling at a customer while sporting that (vintage) Blockbuster employee polo.
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- 8/26/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
The teen romance “Crush”, directed by Sammi Cohen, stars Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez, Teala Dunn, Rico Paris, Addie Weyrich, with Aasif Mandvi, Michelle Buteau and Megan Mullally now streaming on Hulu:
“…when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the person she’s been harboring a long-time crush on.
“ But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like…”
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“…when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the person she’s been harboring a long-time crush on.
“ But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 7/3/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
The made-for-tv movie was a programming staple for the broadcast networks in the 1970s and 1980s. While it fell out of favor in the 1990s and was even dropped as an Emmy Awards category for three years beginning in 2011, it has been on an upswing as of late. This year, 48 telefilms are in contention for the five nominations that will be revealed on July 12; last year, only 41 TV movies were submitted.
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 27 to cast their 2022 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017, that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.
See 2022 Emmy nominations ballot: 2,800 performers vie for...
All 22,000 plus voting members of the TV academy have until June 27 to cast their 2022 Emmy Awards nominations ballots for their favorite TV movies. In the past, voters were limited in the number of telefilms that they could put forth. In 2017, that cap (which was usually 10 per category) was lifted. And, as opposed to the Oscars, voters for the Emmys do not rank their choices and nominees are determined by a simple tally.
See 2022 Emmy nominations ballot: 2,800 performers vie for...
- 6/18/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: WME has signed up-and-coming pools filmmaker Sam Hayes for representation.
Hayes soon will wrap post-production on his debut feature, Pools — a coming-of-age story about pool-hopping that he wrote, directed and produced, starring Odessa A’zion, Mason Gooding, Michael Vlamis, Ariel Winter, Tyler Alvarez, Francesca Noel and Suzanne Cryer. The film shot last summer in Chicago and will be represented for sales by UTA.
Hayes is a Chicago native who also recently executive produced Roswell, New Mexico star Michael Vlamis’ first feature Crossword, in which he stars alongside Aurora Perrineau and Harvey Guillén. He also penned the Halloween comedy Costumes Required with Black List writers Vlamis and Kyle Anderson, seeing it be optioned by Seth McFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions in 2020, with Nina Dobrev attached to produce and play a role. Rights to the project have subsequently reverted to Hayes, who will produce the film himself.
Hayes started his career...
Hayes soon will wrap post-production on his debut feature, Pools — a coming-of-age story about pool-hopping that he wrote, directed and produced, starring Odessa A’zion, Mason Gooding, Michael Vlamis, Ariel Winter, Tyler Alvarez, Francesca Noel and Suzanne Cryer. The film shot last summer in Chicago and will be represented for sales by UTA.
Hayes is a Chicago native who also recently executive produced Roswell, New Mexico star Michael Vlamis’ first feature Crossword, in which he stars alongside Aurora Perrineau and Harvey Guillén. He also penned the Halloween comedy Costumes Required with Black List writers Vlamis and Kyle Anderson, seeing it be optioned by Seth McFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions in 2020, with Nina Dobrev attached to produce and play a role. Rights to the project have subsequently reverted to Hayes, who will produce the film himself.
Hayes started his career...
- 5/27/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
With a handsome face and plenty of talent to back it up, Tyler Alvarez is an actor who is definitely worth keeping an eye on. Tyler started his professional acting career a little over a decade ago, and he has achieved a lot of success in that time. He got his first big break in 2014 when he was cast in the TV series Every Witch Way. Since then, he has appeared in several other popular shows including Orange Is the New Black and Veronica Mars. He currently has a handful of projects in the works that will give him
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Tyler Alvarez...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Tyler Alvarez...
- 5/20/2022
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Netflix has released a first-look photo of Randall Park and Melissa Fumero on the set of Blockbuster, its upcoming single-camera video store comedy series from Universal Television. See the photo below.
Park and Fumero star in the ensemble comedy that takes place in the last Blockbuster Video in America. It explores what it takes – and more specifically who it takes – for a small business to succeed against all odds.
Cast also includes Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove and Kamaia Fairburn.
The photo was released as part of the Netflix Is A Joke festival. Later tonight, Park, Fumero, Smoove and Alvarez will be competing against each other in a Movie Trivia Happy Hour event out of the festival.
The series is created by Vanessa Ramos, with David Caspe and Jackie Clarke also serving as writers/executive producers. John Davis and John Fox executive produce for Davis Entertainment. Payman Benz...
Park and Fumero star in the ensemble comedy that takes place in the last Blockbuster Video in America. It explores what it takes – and more specifically who it takes – for a small business to succeed against all odds.
Cast also includes Tyler Alvarez, Madeleine Arthur, Olga Merediz, Jb Smoove and Kamaia Fairburn.
The photo was released as part of the Netflix Is A Joke festival. Later tonight, Park, Fumero, Smoove and Alvarez will be competing against each other in a Movie Trivia Happy Hour event out of the festival.
The series is created by Vanessa Ramos, with David Caspe and Jackie Clarke also serving as writers/executive producers. John Davis and John Fox executive produce for Davis Entertainment. Payman Benz...
- 5/5/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Curiously unadventurous for a sex-positive teen romantic comedy, Sammi Cohen’s “Crush” centers its premise on an age-old recipe: an emotionally bemused heroine desperately pursues her supposed soul mate, when her ultimate the one has been right under her nose all along.
Still, predictability isn’t the real deficit of this well-meaning and progressive Hulu original that aims to land somewhere in the vicinity of “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “American Pie.” After all, some of the most timeless and irresistible romances stem from tales we’ve all heard a million times before. What’s jarring in “Crush” is the absence of some requisite dose of youthful mischief, a sense of stakes and perhaps even a lightly scandalous touch, integral to the spirit of many of the genre staples Cohen and co-writers Kirsten King and Casey Rackham attempt to revive on their own terms.
Still, the world “Crush” conjures up is surprisingly timid,...
Still, predictability isn’t the real deficit of this well-meaning and progressive Hulu original that aims to land somewhere in the vicinity of “Some Kind of Wonderful” and “American Pie.” After all, some of the most timeless and irresistible romances stem from tales we’ve all heard a million times before. What’s jarring in “Crush” is the absence of some requisite dose of youthful mischief, a sense of stakes and perhaps even a lightly scandalous touch, integral to the spirit of many of the genre staples Cohen and co-writers Kirsten King and Casey Rackham attempt to revive on their own terms.
Still, the world “Crush” conjures up is surprisingly timid,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Tomris Laffly
- Variety Film + TV
The teen romance “Crush”, directed by Sammi Cohen, stars Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez, Teala Dunn, Rico Paris, Addie Weyrich, with Aasif Mandvi, Michelle Buteau and Megan Mullally streaming April 29, 2022 on Hulu:
“…when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the person she’s been harboring a long-time crush on.
“ But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like…”
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“…when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the person she’s been harboring a long-time crush on.
“ But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/27/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Don't be afraid to draw something a little more vulnerable." Hulu has debuted the trailer for a high school romantic comedy titled Crush, marking the feature directorial debut of comedy filmmaker Sammi Cohen. This is landing on Hulu at the end of April. An aspiring young artist joins her high school track team and later discovers what real love feels like when she finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate. Another cute LGBTQ comedy for the streaming era that seems to be rehashing the same teen romance we've seen before so many other times. The first feature film from former Hollywood Darlings director Sammi Cohen, from a script written by Kirsten King and Casey Rackham. Crush features a comedic cast including Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez, Aasif Mandvi, Rico Paris, Teala Dunn, Addie Weyrich, Michelle Buteau, and Megan Mullally. This look super cheesy and unoriginal. Here's the...
- 4/7/2022
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Hulu has debuted a new trailer for the coming-of-age, feel-good feature ‘Crush.’
When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she’s been harbouring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.
Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez, Teala Dunn, Rico Paris, Addie Weyrich, With Aasif Mandvi, Michelle Buteau and Megan Mullally star.
Also in trailers – New trailer chugs in for ‘The Railway Children Return’
The film hits Hulu on April 29th.
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When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she’s been harbouring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.
Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez, Teala Dunn, Rico Paris, Addie Weyrich, With Aasif Mandvi, Michelle Buteau and Megan Mullally star.
Also in trailers – New trailer chugs in for ‘The Railway Children Return’
The film hits Hulu on April 29th.
The post Feel-good trailer lands for ‘Crush’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 4/7/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
The teen romance “Crush”, directed by Sammi Cohen, stars Rowan Blanchard, Auli’i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez, Teala Dunn, Rico Paris, Addie Weyrich, with Aasif Mandvi, Michelle Buteau and Megan Mullally streaming April 29, 2022 on Hulu:
“…when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the person she’s been harboring a long-time crush on.
“ But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
“…when an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the person she’s been harboring a long-time crush on.
“ But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 4/6/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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