There are countless chill beats to work / study to, but few of them are as ominous as this new eight-hour-long mix from Severance. Not only is just the right amount of creepy, but it also includes some great close-up shots of those bizarre computers.
You might not have been keeping up with the development of Marvel’s Nova, Strange Academy, and Terror, Inc. Disney Plus series, but Deadline reports that the studio is putting all three on hold as it rethinks which projects it wants to prioritize for the MCU’s future.
Over the next four years, Netflix plans to spend $1 billion dollars to energize the production of new films and series out of Mexico according to The Hollywood Reporter. The investment is nowhere near the $2.5 billion Netflix committed to South Korean productions a few years ago. And a time when the studio has come under fire for platforming questionable depictions of Mexico (see: Emilia Pérez), the move definitely feels like some strategic damage control.
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Apple (like most streamers) has always been cagey about sharing viewership data, which makes it difficult to know exactly how well its shows are performing. But Deadline reports that, following the premiere of its second season, Severance has dethroned Ted Lasso as Apple TV Plus’ most-watched series to date:
The series claimed the #4 spot on Nielsen’s Top 10 Originals chart for the week of Jan. 13, which includes the first three days of the Season 2 debut being available on the service. Severance logged impressive 589 million minutes viewed in the U.S. over all existing episodes, 28% of them spent on the Season 2 opener, with the numbers expected to climb as the season progresses.
In Apple TV Plus’ new adaptation of Dennis Tafoya’s 2009 novel Dope Thief, best friends Ray and Manny (Brian Tyree Henry and Wagner Moura) come up with the bright idea to pose as Drug Enforcement Administration agents in order to rob other criminals more easily. Very little about the duo’s plan seems to be paying off in a new trailer for the series that highlights how quickly things start to go sideways. But the show looks like it might scratch that Breaking Bad itch for Apple TV Plus subscribers when it debuts on March 14th.
Nothing is official until HBO confirms it, but Deadline is reporting that John Lithgow is in talks to play Dumbledore in the network’s upcoming Harry Potter reboot series scheduled to debut some time next year.
When FX renewed its English Teacher series for a second season last Friday, the network emphasized how the comedy was “one of the most critically acclaimed new shows of 2024.” Much of that acclaim came before Vulture’s extensive report published back in December detailing allegations of sexual misconduct by The English Teacher creator Brian Jordan Alvarez. And as Maureen Ryan points out in a new Salon piece, everything about the way FX is handling the situation feels equal parts grim and disheartening.
