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After accidentally revealing the news to a handful of trade publications on earlier this week, Weigel Broadcasting and Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) formally announced the forthcoming launch of their classic cartoon television network MeTV Toons on Thursday.
The channel will debut in June on broadcast stations across the country and on free, ad-supported streaming television platforms, and will include dozens of classic animated series like “Tom & Jerry,” “The Flintstones,” “Johnny Quest” and “Scooby-Doo.”
MeTV Toons builds off a Saturday morning cartoon block that has aired on Weigel-owned MeTV for several years now, which consisted primarily of animated shows from Warner Bros. MeTV Toons will expand on this idea by incorporating other Warner Bros series into the mix, along with shows from Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony’s Columbia Pictures and others.
A teaser trailer published online Thursday offered insight into the shows that...
After accidentally revealing the news to a handful of trade publications on earlier this week, Weigel Broadcasting and Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) formally announced the forthcoming launch of their classic cartoon television network MeTV Toons on Thursday.
The channel will debut in June on broadcast stations across the country and on free, ad-supported streaming television platforms, and will include dozens of classic animated series like “Tom & Jerry,” “The Flintstones,” “Johnny Quest” and “Scooby-Doo.”
MeTV Toons builds off a Saturday morning cartoon block that has aired on Weigel-owned MeTV for several years now, which consisted primarily of animated shows from Warner Bros. MeTV Toons will expand on this idea by incorporating other Warner Bros series into the mix, along with shows from Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony’s Columbia Pictures and others.
A teaser trailer published online Thursday offered insight into the shows that...
- 5/2/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
Movie goers have always been fascinated with films that take place in outer space. Infuse that with some fun adventures, and you’re guaranteed a big hit. With Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 hitting big in theaters and bringing fans to tears since it’s their last adventure, now is the time to look for other space operas to fill that gap. What should you be watching?
Galaxy Quest (1999)
This film starts as a joke, making fun of the culture that can spring up around franchises like Star Trek. We see the cast attending a convention celebrating this long over TV series. Most of them seem like they want to be doing anything else, but we hear about the problems of them being typecast as their characters. At first, they think they are being courted for a new show but quickly find out that they are actually...
Galaxy Quest (1999)
This film starts as a joke, making fun of the culture that can spring up around franchises like Star Trek. We see the cast attending a convention celebrating this long over TV series. Most of them seem like they want to be doing anything else, but we hear about the problems of them being typecast as their characters. At first, they think they are being courted for a new show but quickly find out that they are actually...
- 10/3/2023
- by Bryan Wolford
- JoBlo.com
The CMT Music Awards honoring the best in country music videos took place on Sunday, April 2. Winners were decided entirely by fans voting online. The ceremony was hosted by Kane Brown and Kelsea Ballerini and aired live on CBS and streaming on Paramount+. Scroll down for the complete list of winners in all categories, updated throughout the evening.
SEEBillboard Hot 100: Every #1 song of 2023
Lainey Wilson led the way with four nominations including Video of the Year for “Wait in the Truck,” her collaboration with Hardy. She was also up for Collaborative Video of the Year (also “Wait in the Truck”), plus Female Video of the Year (“Heart Like a Truck”) and CMT Performance of the Year (“Never Say Never” with Cole Swindell). Following with three noms apiece were Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, and aforementioned co-host Kane Brown.
Wilson was nominated for Video of the Year against 15 other contenders. That...
SEEBillboard Hot 100: Every #1 song of 2023
Lainey Wilson led the way with four nominations including Video of the Year for “Wait in the Truck,” her collaboration with Hardy. She was also up for Collaborative Video of the Year (also “Wait in the Truck”), plus Female Video of the Year (“Heart Like a Truck”) and CMT Performance of the Year (“Never Say Never” with Cole Swindell). Following with three noms apiece were Cody Johnson, Jelly Roll, and aforementioned co-host Kane Brown.
Wilson was nominated for Video of the Year against 15 other contenders. That...
- 4/3/2023
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
All too often a nonfiction film’s cinematic possibilities deflate in post-production, where the pressure, both internal and external, to make something formulaic becomes intense. The irony, of course, is that it is in the editing that an ambitious nonfiction film’s possibilities can be discovered, or even created. Here are two shining examples of editors steering remarkable films and filmmakers to find their full potential.
Nels Bangerter
Editing documentaries is a singular process quite distinct from its application in narrative features. Non-fiction storytelling often requires culling from hours of footage, weaving together material from disparate times and places, connecting one moment to another even if they were never planned out that way. Over the past decade, Nels Bangerter has emerged as an exemplar of that craft.
Bangerter’s credits extend far beyond the limited realm of talking heads: The 2012 Oscar-nominated short “Buzkashi Boys” assembles a coming-of-age story about two...
Nels Bangerter
Editing documentaries is a singular process quite distinct from its application in narrative features. Non-fiction storytelling often requires culling from hours of footage, weaving together material from disparate times and places, connecting one moment to another even if they were never planned out that way. Over the past decade, Nels Bangerter has emerged as an exemplar of that craft.
Bangerter’s credits extend far beyond the limited realm of talking heads: The 2012 Oscar-nominated short “Buzkashi Boys” assembles a coming-of-age story about two...
- 12/3/2019
- by Chris O'Falt and Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Ryan Britt Nov 25, 2019
Director Dean Parisot explains why Galaxy Quest gets more “meta every year.”
Imagine a world in which there’s a Guardians of the Galaxy without Galaxy Quest coming first. That’s right. You can’t. To say there isn’t another science fiction movie like Galaxy Quest is both completely true and slightly false. Prior to 1999, a metafictional take on something like Star Trek had never really been attempted with the same level of seriousness and care that Galaxy Quest delivered. But since then, the idea of tongue-in-cheek-not-quite-a-parody is widely prevalent. In some ways, by being both satire and serious science fiction, Galaxy Quest reshaped the mainstream space-action movie genre as we know it. And, with each passing year, Dean Parisot — the director of the film — says he’s tickled by how much the “ironies keep stacking up.”
Den of Geek caught up with Parisot ahead of...
Director Dean Parisot explains why Galaxy Quest gets more “meta every year.”
Imagine a world in which there’s a Guardians of the Galaxy without Galaxy Quest coming first. That’s right. You can’t. To say there isn’t another science fiction movie like Galaxy Quest is both completely true and slightly false. Prior to 1999, a metafictional take on something like Star Trek had never really been attempted with the same level of seriousness and care that Galaxy Quest delivered. But since then, the idea of tongue-in-cheek-not-quite-a-parody is widely prevalent. In some ways, by being both satire and serious science fiction, Galaxy Quest reshaped the mainstream space-action movie genre as we know it. And, with each passing year, Dean Parisot — the director of the film — says he’s tickled by how much the “ironies keep stacking up.”
Den of Geek caught up with Parisot ahead of...
- 11/25/2019
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Escape, an action thriller drama based on the 2015 Russian series Quest (Квест), from Lucifer executive producer Jason Ning, Tariq Jalil’s Intrigue Entertainment and Universal Television, division of NBCUniversal TV Studios.
Written by Ning, in Escape, when six complete strangers wake up on the roof of a building in San Francisco, they’re told they have 36 hours to live unless they can solve a series of deadly games set throughout the city.
Ning executive produces with Jalil. Intrigue’s Lucas Carter and Joe Wiggins serve as consulting producers.
The original series premiered on Russia’s Ctc in 2015 and ran for two seasons. Below is a trailer (in Russian) whose opening tagline translates as, “They follow you, they manipulate you, and you cannot escape.”
Ning has been on Lucifer since after the pilot, rising to executive producer. His series credits also include The Expanse and Perception.
Written by Ning, in Escape, when six complete strangers wake up on the roof of a building in San Francisco, they’re told they have 36 hours to live unless they can solve a series of deadly games set throughout the city.
Ning executive produces with Jalil. Intrigue’s Lucas Carter and Joe Wiggins serve as consulting producers.
The original series premiered on Russia’s Ctc in 2015 and ran for two seasons. Below is a trailer (in Russian) whose opening tagline translates as, “They follow you, they manipulate you, and you cannot escape.”
Ning has been on Lucifer since after the pilot, rising to executive producer. His series credits also include The Expanse and Perception.
- 11/22/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
2020 will see the return of Alex Winter’s Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Keanu Reeves’ Ted “Theodore” Logan after 19 years, with the pair teaming up for Bill & Ted Face the Music. Although we’ve already had some nice behind-the-scenes photos and casting news for the picture, today saw the release of the first teaser.
It may only represent a short Twitter video, which you can catch below, but still contains an excellent reference for fans of the movie series in setting up the 9 month wait for the film’s premiere. With the caption “Strange things are afoot, 9 months from today,” we see a neon sign that switches from “69, Dudes, Months” to “9 Months,” before an offscreen flash signals the likely return of Bill and Ted’s elevator time machine.
Sure, it’s not much to go on, but the “69, dudes” is a reference to the scene in Bill & Ted’s Excellent...
It may only represent a short Twitter video, which you can catch below, but still contains an excellent reference for fans of the movie series in setting up the 9 month wait for the film’s premiere. With the caption “Strange things are afoot, 9 months from today,” we see a neon sign that switches from “69, Dudes, Months” to “9 Months,” before an offscreen flash signals the likely return of Bill and Ted’s elevator time machine.
Sure, it’s not much to go on, but the “69, dudes” is a reference to the scene in Bill & Ted’s Excellent...
- 11/21/2019
- by Jessica James
- We Got This Covered
Each year for over a decade, the Cinema Eye Honors selection committees, comprised of filmmakers from the documentary community, help to whittle down an increasingly overwhelming list of must-see non-fiction film and television. The 2020 nominees for Outstanding Feature Film are lead by Oscar frontrunners “American Factory” and “Apollo 11”, with five nominations each, and “For Sama”, “Honeyland”, “Midnight Family”, and “One Child Nation”, with three apiece.
Also scoring three nominations were “Aquarela” (Sony Pictures Classics”), “The Cave” (NatGeo), and “Beyoncé’s Homecoming” (Netflix). “American Factory,” “Honeyland,” and “One Child Nation” also earned nods for Outstanding Direction, along with Feras Fayyad for “The Cave,” Mads Brügger for “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” and Brett Story for “The Hottest August.”
Audience Choice nominees include “17 Blocks,” “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” “Ask Dr. Ruth,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Knock Down the House,” and “Maiden.”
Netflix led all distributors/broadcasters with a record total of 17 nominations,...
Also scoring three nominations were “Aquarela” (Sony Pictures Classics”), “The Cave” (NatGeo), and “Beyoncé’s Homecoming” (Netflix). “American Factory,” “Honeyland,” and “One Child Nation” also earned nods for Outstanding Direction, along with Feras Fayyad for “The Cave,” Mads Brügger for “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” and Brett Story for “The Hottest August.”
Audience Choice nominees include “17 Blocks,” “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” “Ask Dr. Ruth,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Knock Down the House,” and “Maiden.”
Netflix led all distributors/broadcasters with a record total of 17 nominations,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Each year for over a decade, the Cinema Eye Honors selection committees, comprised of filmmakers from the documentary community, help to whittle down an increasingly overwhelming list of must-see non-fiction film and television. The 2020 nominees for Outstanding Feature Film are lead by Oscar frontrunners “American Factory” and “Apollo 11”, with five nominations each, and “For Sama”, “Honeyland”, “Midnight Family”, and “One Child Nation”, with three apiece.
Also scoring three nominations were “Aquarela” (Sony Pictures Classics”), “The Cave” (NatGeo), and “Beyoncé’s Homecoming” (Netflix). “American Factory,” “Honeyland,” and “One Child Nation” also earned nods for Outstanding Direction, along with Feras Fayyad for “The Cave,” Mads Brügger for “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” and Brett Story for “The Hottest August.”
Audience Choice nominees include “17 Blocks,” “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” “Ask Dr. Ruth,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Knock Down the House,” and “Maiden.”
Netflix led all distributors/broadcasters with a record total of 17 nominations,...
Also scoring three nominations were “Aquarela” (Sony Pictures Classics”), “The Cave” (NatGeo), and “Beyoncé’s Homecoming” (Netflix). “American Factory,” “Honeyland,” and “One Child Nation” also earned nods for Outstanding Direction, along with Feras Fayyad for “The Cave,” Mads Brügger for “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” and Brett Story for “The Hottest August.”
Audience Choice nominees include “17 Blocks,” “The Amazing Johnathan Documentary,” “Ask Dr. Ruth,” “The Biggest Little Farm,” “Knock Down the House,” and “Maiden.”
Netflix led all distributors/broadcasters with a record total of 17 nominations,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Roger Moore, James Remar, Janet Gunn, Jack McGee, Aki Aleong, Abdel Qissi, Louis Mandylor | Written by Frank Dux, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steve Klein, Paul Mones | Directed by Jean-Claude Van Damme
Ah, 1996. The year that gave us Fargo, Scream, From Dusk till Dawn, The Craft and The Frighteners. It also gave us Daylight, with Stallone, Barb Wire with Pamela Anderson, Eraser with Arnie and… The Quest, with Jean-Claude Van Damme, who also directed it. The Quest. You remember this, right? I mean… at a time when action-stars were squeezing the last drops of sweat and tears from the action-movie genre that hit massive heights in the 80s, Van Damme joined them. He wrote, directed and, of course, starred in this movie, a movie that also starred Roger Moore. Yes, Roger Moore. James Bond. The Saint. Roger bloody Moore! I mean, Roger would say that The Quest was...
Ah, 1996. The year that gave us Fargo, Scream, From Dusk till Dawn, The Craft and The Frighteners. It also gave us Daylight, with Stallone, Barb Wire with Pamela Anderson, Eraser with Arnie and… The Quest, with Jean-Claude Van Damme, who also directed it. The Quest. You remember this, right? I mean… at a time when action-stars were squeezing the last drops of sweat and tears from the action-movie genre that hit massive heights in the 80s, Van Damme joined them. He wrote, directed and, of course, starred in this movie, a movie that also starred Roger Moore. Yes, Roger Moore. James Bond. The Saint. Roger bloody Moore! I mean, Roger would say that The Quest was...
- 10/25/2019
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
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