Month: August 2025

Netflix released a trailer for Black Rabbit, a limited series starring Jason Bateman and Jude Law.

Law as Jake Friedkin, owner of the Black Rabbit restaurant and VIP lounge in New York, whose life erupts into chaos when his brother, restaurant co-founder Vince, returns to the eatery with substantial debts to dangerous figures. The official synopsis reads: “Set against the backdrop of New York City’s high-pressure nightlife scene, ‘Black Rabbit’ centers around two brothers who learn just how far family, and the pursuit of success, can push them to the edge.”

Bateman told Netflix’s Tudum: “It’s really about these brothers who love each other but don’t match — one’s a screw-up, and the other is much more buttoned up. Everybody can relate to that. Everybody’s either got a sibling, or a friendship where you love being with one another, but it’s kind of dangerous; where that person usually gets you in trouble, but they’re really exciting to be around.” 

The series is created and executive produced by Zach Baylin and Kate Susman. In addition to Bateman and Law, the ‘Black Rabbit’ cast also includes Cleopatra Coleman, Amaka Okafor, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Troy Kotsur, Abbey Lee, Chris Coy, Dagmara Dominczyk, Odessa Young and Robin De Jesus, with Amir Malaklou, Don Harvey, Forrest Weber, Francis Benhamou, Gus Birney, John Ales and Steve Witting.

Black Rabbit streams Sept. 18 on Netflix; see the trailer: HERE.

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Jude Law and Andrew Garfield will star in “Wild Things,” a new limited series from Apple TV+ centered around iconic magicians Siegfried & Roy.

Variety has learned that the series takes its inspiration from the Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy Apple Original Podcast that “was the first in-depth podcast series about the most famous and controversial magicians in history,” per a press release. The upcoming limited series will consist of eight episodes that illustrate the pair’s “wild ride relationship.”

The official logline for the show states that it “tells the wild ride relationship tale of two of the greatest showman-magicians in history who, along with their white tigers, are tasked with turning Sin City into a family-friendly destination. The duo push the concept of illusion versus reality to the extreme, personally and professionally, until tragedy reframes and opens a mystery surrounding their last fateful Las Vegas show.”

John Hoffman, a six-time Emmy Award nominee known for “Only Murders in the Building” and “Grace and Frankie,” will serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer.  Both Law and Garfield will executive produce in addition to starring, with Matt Shakman to executive produce and direct the first episode.

The Apple Original Podcast “Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy” premiered back in 2022, and took a deep-dive into the controversial magicians. All eight episodes are now streaming on Apple Podcasts.

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The final trailer has dropped for ‘Conjuring: Last Rites’, the last film in the ‘Conjuring’ franchise.

The fourth Conjuring film follows Ed (Patrick Wilson) and Lorraine Warren (Vera Farmiga) as they take on the Smurl case at a haunted Pennsylvania home in 1986, which involved a family that was tormented by a demon for more than a decade. The story is inspired by real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. inspired by a true story.

Annabelle was introduced in the ‘Conjuring’ universe in the first film of the same name, which was directed by James Wan and released in 2013. The haunted doll appeared in more of the franchise’s films, including the spinoffs Annabelle (2014), Annabelle: Creation (2017) and Annabelle Comes Home (2019).

Mia Tomlinson plays Judy Warren, Ed and Lorraine Warren’s daughter and Ben Hardy, who plays her boyfriend (now husband), Tony Spera. Steve Coulter, Elliot Cowan, Rebecca Calder, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Beau Gadsdon, Shannon Kook, John Brotherton add to the cast.

The Conjuring: Last Rites arrives on September 5; see the trailer – HERE.

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Bleecker Street released the trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Begins, the long-awaited sequel film which features cameo appearances from Paul McCartney and Elton John.

Spinal Tap II: The End Begins is a follow-up to the beloved 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap – based on fictional rock band Spinal Tap – starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer portraying the hapless heavy metal trio, all of whom are set to return to the second film.

The sequel picks up with the surviving Spinal Tap members falling on hard times. David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) now plays with a mariachi band, while Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer) promotes cryptocurrency, and Nigel Tufnel plays with an Irish pub band.

Filmmaker Marty DiBergi (Rob Reiner) follows Spinal Tap on their farewell tour, with the trailer also revealing the last minute venue cancelation that landed them the gig.

Spinal Tap II: The End Begins premieres Sept. 12 in theaters; see the trailer – HERE.

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After a three-year wait, Netflix is teasing the fifth and final season of Stranger Things with a first look trailer.

The official description of the new season reads: “The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.”

The new season will be released in three parts: Volume 1 on Nov. 26 (consisting of four episodes), Volume 2 on Christmas (three episodes) and The Finale on New Year’s Eve. Each will drop at 5 p.m. PT.

Back in January, co-creator Ross Duffer said about the final episodes, “We spent a full year filming this season. By the end, we’d captured over 650 hours of footage. So, needless to say, this is our biggest and most ambitious season yet. It’s like eight blockbuster movies. It’s pretty insane.”

Co-creator Matt Duffer added, “At the same time, we think it’s our most personal story. It was super intense and emotional to film, for us and for our actors. We’ve been making this show together for almost 10 years. There was a lot of crying. There was so much crying. The show means so much to all of us, and everyone put their hearts and souls into it. And we hope — and believe — that passion will translate to the screen.”

Starring in Season 5 are: Millie Bobbie Brown, Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson, Brett Gelman, Cara Buono, Amybeth McNulty, Nell Fisher, Jack Connelly, Alex Breaux and Linda Hamilton star.

See the teaser trailer – HERE.

 

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