Cordkillers 561: Presidential Spin
A Rick and Morty spinoff enters the fray, The Walking Dead gets one last run, and Amazon eyes Wolfenstein for TV. Plus, Warner Bros. splits, and Happy Gilmore breaks Netflix records.
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Supply Run
Adult Swim announces President Curtis
At San Diego Comic-Con, Adult Swim revealed President Curtis, a Rick and Morty spinoff featuring the interdimensional Commander-in-Chief. Dan Harmon and James Siciliano are behind the series. Previous spinoffs include Vindicators 2 and Rick and Morty: The Anime.
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon renewed for final season
AMC is giving the Norman Reedus-led spinoff a fourth and final season.
Search Party
Amazon developing a Wolfenstein TV series
Patrick Somerville (Station Eleven) is set to adapt the Nazi-blasting video game for Amazon. Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan, producers of Fallout, are on board.
Netflix renews Wednesday for Season 3
The hit Addams Family series scores another season before Season 2 even drops on August 6.
Paramount greenlights first US-Korean co-production
Ji-young Yoo will star in a K-pop-centered film set to release in theaters February 12, 2027. It will be the first US studio movie shot entirely in South Korea.
Squid Game stars join All of Us Are Dead S2
Kim Si-eun and Roh Jae-won join the cast of Netflix’s zombie thriller for its return.
Peacemaker S2 trailer drops
John Cena’s DC antihero heads to an alternate dimension in Season 2, premiering August 21 on Max.
Banana Ball hits HBO Max
Starting August 18, TNT Sports and truTV will air eight weeks of Savannah Bananas baseball—complete with choreographed antics.
Buried Treasure
Brian: FANTASTIC FOUR!
Tom: My Melody and Kuromi (Netflix) and Superman
Scanning the Horizon
Warner Bros. Discovery splits into two
The “Streaming & Studios” division will now be called Warner Bros., while the networks side becomes Discovery Global.
Jetflicks operator sentenced
Kristopher Lee Dallmann gets 7 years for running a massive pirated streaming service.
Comcast spinoff Versant names board members
Mark Lazarus and Rebecca Campbell join the board of Comcast’s cable networks spinoff.
Paramount + Skydance merger closing August 7
Regulators have cleared the deal to go through.
Happy Gilmore 2 smashes Netflix records
Adam Sandler’s sequel scored the biggest US Netflix movie debut ever, racking up 46.7 million views in three days.
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