Apple debuted a trailer today for Side Quest, the upcoming four-episode anthology series based off of Mythic Quest. I bounced off Mythic Quest after season 2, but I liked the episodes that were separate from the main plot line. Hopefully this series channels those.
All four Side Quest episodes will be available on Apple TV Plus on March 26th, the same day as the finale of the current Mythic Quest season.
Kiana Khansmith’s (Big City Greens) Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl isn’t a fledged show just yet, but her new pilot introducing Aika (Anairis Quiñones), Zira (Bennett Abara), and Hoshi (Christine Marie Cabanos) is concrete evidence that it absolutely needs to be.
Sony is soliciting bids to bring Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune to streaming services, The New York Times reports. The company apparently expects that it will reach a deal by early April.
And now you can try refining numbers yourself on the Lumon Industries website. It’s sort of like an unsettling version of Minesweeper — though it’d be even better played on a Lumon computer.
Pokémon Horizons wasn’t a big part of today’s Pokémon Presents showcase, but The Pokémon Company is teasing Mega Evolution becoming part of the series, which makes it seem like Liko and Roy might be making a trip to Lumiose City.
During its most recent earnings call, Paramount reported that Paramount Plus’ revenue was up by 16 percent in Q4, and the streamer added 5.6 million new subscribers, bringing its total up to 77.5 million. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Paramount expects to keep the new-sub momentum going through Q1 2025, albeit at a slightly slower rate due to its current content lineup.
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After making his Disney Plus debut in Daredevil: Born Again, Jon Bernthal’s take on Frank Castle / The Punisher is coming back for his own MCU special à la Werewolf by Night and Guardians of the Galaxy. Per Entertainment Weekly, Bernthal will co-write the special’s script with Reinaldo Marcus Green (We Own This City), who will also direct. Details about the special are thin, but Marvel TV head Brad Winderbaum teased it as “a shotgun blast of a story.”
We finally have word about the second season of the best thing on Peacock. The return of Poker Face — a clever detective series from Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne — will once again include some great guests, which this time means Cynthia Erivo, John Mulaney, and Katie Holmes, among others. No trailer yet ahead of the spring 2025 premiere window, but you can check out the first images below.
