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HBO Max has entered the streaming wars, and WarnerMedia is hedging its bets that the new platform’s massive back catalogue will warrant its premium price tag.

The AT&T-owned company’s new streaming service, which launched earlier today, boasts 10,000 hours of content from AT&T’s numerous brands and franchises, from the DC Extended Universe and CNN to the Turner Classic Movie catalogue and Studio Ghibli films. The platform is also home to the entire HBO catalogue — rejoice, “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld” fans — as well as all eight “Harry Potter” films and every episode of “Friends” and “The Big Bang Theory,” which WarnerMedia had previously licensed to competing distributors.

Though HBO Max’s catalogue doesn’t encompass every AT&T-owned release, such as the recent Harley Quinn film “Birds of Prey” or originals from the DC Universe streaming service, its library is nonetheless brimming with beloved releases, and...

It seems like every other week brings a new streaming service with it, but the May 27 launch of HBO Max is, indeed, a potential watershed moment. While presented as a branch of the existing HBO brand, it’s more accurately a WarnerMedia behemoth effort that unites the conglomerates many properties (plus a few original efforts) in one convenient place — that is, if you can figure out how to get it, let alone whether or not you already have access to it.

On its debut day, Variety’s chief TV critics Caroline Framke and Daniel D’Addario took a look through the new service to discuss its library, interface, and overall potential.

Caroline Framke: The first thing I did this morning was figure out how, exactly, to access HBO Max at all. In the months, weeks, days leading to this moment, the seemingly simple question of “how do you get HBO Max?...

The goal of any new streaming service worth its salt is consolidation. We’ve got a lot of major entertainment conglomerates now and each one of them needs a streaming home to consolidate its content on. With that in mind, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max is undoubtedly the biggest streaming release since Disney+ last year.

When AT&T acquired Time Warner and all its holdings in 2016, the newly-branded WarnerMedia subsidiary needed a place to house thousands of Warner movies, and other series, films, and documentaries from Warner-branded studios like CNN, TNT, TBS, The CW, Adult Swim, and much more. Enter HBO Max. Though HBO Max is named after Warner’s original premier streaming and cable entity in HBO, this is much more than just an “upgraded” version of HBO. HBO Max is the juggernaut WarnerMedia streaming service AT&T promised.

HBO Max will launch with well over 10,000 hours of content per HBO...

https://youtu.be/Xe-JL7cx3w8 Apologies in advance for the sound quality on this one, but we couldn't resist sharing Eric Bauza's excellent voice-work. With the launch of HBO Max today comes a new batch of Looney Tunes Cartoons. The Warner Bros. Animation series honors both the long history that came before it and brings a fresh new energy to classic characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, and Tweety. Voicing those characters is the one-and-only Eric Bauza, the Emmy-nominated voice-actor who has long been a part of the Looney Tunes (…...

It’s WarnerMedia’s turn to enter the streaming wars.

HBO Max is much more than an upgraded HBO, it’s the streaming home of WarnerMedia, containing thousands of TV shows and films from the conglomerate’s many brands. Here is a helpful video teaser they launched alongside the announcement to give you a better idea of what’s included.

Every major media entity needs a Netflix-style streaming service to consolidate all of their existing properties into one home and allow for consumers to pay those conglomerates directly. Apple has Apple TV+, Disney has Disney+, and NBC Universal is currently working prearing the aptly named Peacock. HBO Max will be WarnerMedia’s answer in the ongoing streaming struggle.

Here is everything we know about HBO Max.

HBO Max Launch Date

HBO Max will launch on May 27, 2020. As 2:59 a.m. Et is the deadline to signing up at a discounted rate,...

HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s long-awaited streaming service, launches Wednesday with hundreds of titles, including beloved TV series, blockbuster film franchises and some originals created specifically for the new platform.

And while we’re willing to bet you’ve heard classics like “Friends” and “The Big Bang Theory” are among the offerings that will be available at launch, we’re also pretty sure you don’t know how many other shows and movies you’ll have access to on Day 1.

And, as a bonus surprise, HBO announced all eight “Harry Potter” films as well as “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald” will be available on launch day.

Well, don’t worry, because TheWrap has rounded up a list of the biggest films and TV series will be streaming on HBO Max at launch so that you can decide if it’s worth the $14.99/month price tag, which is bumped down to...

On the May 22, 2020 Episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor-in-chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, weekend editor Brad Oman, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to discuss what they’ve been up to at the Water Cooler. Opening Banter: Ben will return next week! At The Water Cooler: What […]

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There have been several different iterations of Looney Tunes (and by association Merrie Melodies) in recent years that have tried to update the classic cartoon characters with contemporary animation styles and modern day storylines. Unfortunately, the likes of The Looney Tunes Show, New Looney Tunes, and even Tiny Toon Adventures from the 1990s failed to […]

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Most if not all modern cartoon comedy series today can trace their roots back to Looney Tunes. The acclaimed Warner Bros. cartoons famously introduced characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Tweety & Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, Marvin the Martian, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote, to name but a few. Even after nearly a century in existence, the timeless characters and their simple but effective gags still have the power to resonate with today's audiences and make them laugh. That's an impressive legacy, and it's one that lives on, even if it doesn't …...

With “Scoob!,” Warner Bros. Animation launches a new Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe built around the crime-fighting Mystery Inc. teenage gang and its lovable Great Dane. The plan was to release the franchise’s first CG-animated feature theatrically on May 15, but, of course, the pandemic intervened, so it’s going straight to VOD instead.

Whether or not “Scoob!” taps as large an audience as DreamWorks’ “Trolls World Tour” remains to be seen, but, according to director Tony Cervone, a veteran of the Hanna-Barbera and Looney Tunes home video franchises, it offers nostalgic comfort food for quarantined families. “Sure, I would’ve loved a theater experience, but we’re in a weird time,” he said. “It’s a bummer. But because of that, there’s families at home looking for stuff to watch, and there’s something reaffirming and warm and fuzzy and bright and colorful [about ‘Scoob!’].”

It begins with Scooby and Shaggy...

Although Bill Murray is very well known for his roles in movies like Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day, the legendary actor wants just a little more recognition for helping his team win the final game in the classic basketball movie Space Jam.

As Bugs Bunny and Michael Jordan seem to get all of the credit, many of us tend to forget that Murray played himself in the movie and even directly played a very big part in helping the Tune Squad defeat the Monstars in the climax. Now, nearly 24 years later, Murray is looking to get his just desserts.

In Space Jam, Jordan joins a cartoon basketball team to help the Looney Tunes characters win their freedom. It all comes down to a final game between the Tune Squad and the Monstars, with the former trailing the latter by just one point and only ten seconds remaining on the clock.

The...

HBO Max has announced a second wave of original programming that will bow this summer, including the long-awaited third season of TBS transplant Search Party, a revival of Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time and a movie starring Seth Rogen and… Seth Rogen.

Search Party — which aired its Season 2 finale back in December 2017 — will premiere Season 3 on Thursday, June 25. The new episodes find the gang swept up in the trial of the century after Dory (played by Alia Shawkat) and Drew (John Reynolds) are charged for the semi-accidental murder of a private investigator. As Elliott (John Early) and Portia (Meredith Hagner...

Without live sports, one of the best alternatives around is to plop down and watch a sports film. Whether you’ve seen it before or are taking it in for the first time, there’s no shortage of options available on streaming platforms.

But let’s be honest: Plenty of sports movies are just plain terrible. You’re more likely to pick a lame one at random on Netflix than to score a winner.

Den of Geek is here to help, with a lineup of quality sports dramas and comedies — both based on fact and completely fantastic — available on Netflix (in the U.S.) that are bound to make your next streaming session a win.

Raging Bull (1980)

Arguably the greatest work of Martin Scorsese’s legendary directorial career, Raging Bull is as must-watch as it gets for film buffs and fans of sports movies alike. The biopic of former world middleweight boxing champion Jake Lamotta,...

Looney Tunes Cartoons, an all-new series from Warner Bros. Animation starring the cherished Looney Tunes characters, is all set to arrive on the HBO Max streaming service when it launches May 27th. Looney Tunes Cartoons echoes the high production value and process of the original Looney Tunes theatrical shorts with a cartoonist-driven approach to storytelling. Marquee Looney Tunes characters will be featured in their classic pairings in simple, gag-driven, and visually vibrant stories. And today, we get our first look at those very characters in a set of 20 new images! The new series will include 80 …...

Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now because “Space Jam 2” has an official title, thanks to NBA superstar LeBron James.

On Thursday, the Lakers player posted a video of himself wearing a hat on his Instagram with the logo of “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” the apparent title of the Looney Tunes sequel. It was reposted by the film’s official Twitter page later that day.

Repost from #LeBronJames: 2021.

LeBron James has news he can’t keep under his hat. So he revealed the title and logo of his new Space Jam take on his lid, as seen in a Twitter post.

Space Jam A New Legacy is the title of the forthcoming James vehicle. Don Cheadle and Sonequa Martin-Green join James in the live action-animation hybrid, which has a July 16, 2021 tentative release date.

1996’s Space Jam starred Michael Jordan and NBA stars in cameos with Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes stars It earned more than $230 million globally. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck are expected to return in the new version.

Malcolm D. Lee is directing the Warner Bros./SpringHill Entertainment project.

Producers are Ryan Coogler, James, Duncan Henderson, and Maverick Carter of SpringHill. EPs are Justin Lin, Sev Ohanian and Jamal Henderson.

Repost from #LeBronJames: 2021.

Space Jam 2 has a new title and a logo, as revealed by LeBron James. The NBA star, who currently plays for the Lakers, has been working for some time on the sequel, attempting to fill the shoes left behind by Michael Jordan, who played ball with the Looney Tunes in the 1996 original. With the movie still set to arrive next year, James has revealed it will be going under the name Space Jam: A New Legacy.

Taking to social media, LeBron James made the reveal by showing off the movie's new logo on a hat, which also reveals the new title. James didn't provide much in the way of a caption, save for a few emoji, but he did include the number "2021," which signals that the sequel is still on track for a release next year. A Twitter account was also launched for the movie, which has a banner...

You can officially stop calling it “Space Jam 2.” In an Instagram post Thursday, LeBron James revealed the title for the sequel to the Looney Tunes-Meets-Basketball film along with the film’s logo.

The sequel is now titled “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” and the film’s release date is still set for 2021.

The 1996 original film starred Michael Jordan playing basketball alongside Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and the rest of the Looney Tunes gang. “Space Jam: A New Legacy” updates the premise with LeBron James leading the cast, and major current NBA stars are expected to make cameos. It also stars Don Cheadle.

Also Read: Charles Barkley Dunks on LeBron James' Planned 'Space Jam' Reboot: 'We Don't Need 2'

“Girls Trip” filmmaker Malcolm D. Lee is directing from a screenplay by Justin Lin, Willie Ebersol, Andrew Dodge and Alfredo Botello. “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler is producing.

The original “Space Jam,...

The Spy Vs. Spy movie is finally moving forward with Rawson Marshall Thurber attached to direct. Warner Bros. hired the Central Intelligence director to take over the project. This will be a live-action adaptation of Mad Magazine's Spy vs. Spy cartoon strip, which has been in development for well over a decade now.

Ron Howard was previously attached to direct back in 2011 from a screenplay by John Kamps. Brian Grazer and David Koepp were set to produce, but the project stalled.

With Rawson Marshall Thurber on board as director, Spy vs. Spy will be produced by Ron Howard and Brian Grazer. One has to wonder if Dwayne Johnson will sign on next. The pair have made three hit movies together, including Central Intelligence, Skyscraper and Netflix's upcoming Red Notice. So, will The Rock play one of the Spies?

In addition to directing, it is believed that Thurber will be writing the screenplay too.

Take a look at the new "Looney Tunes" animated TV series, streaming on the upcoming subscription video on demand service HBO Max from WarnerMedia Entertainment, a division of AT&T, launching May 27, 2020:

Along with "Looney Tunes"...

...HBO Max will also offer the Warner Bros film catalog, titles from "The Criterion Collection", Studio Ghibli, Crunchyroll and Hanna-Barbera...

.....plus The CW series "Arrow", "Riverdale" and "Batwoman".

Other properties for streaming will include "Space Ghost Coast to Coast"...

..."Robot Chicken", "Samurai Jack", plus episodes of "The Bachelor", "The O.C." and "The West Wing".

Features streaming will include new prints of "Citizen Kane", "The Shining", "A Star is Born", "Joker"...

...and "2001: A Space Odyssey".

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek HBO Max...

Hot on the heels of the announcement of the slate of HBO Max Originals hitting the streaming service on launch day this May, HBO Max has unveiled a new trailer showing off their catalog of movies and TV shows. There's a place where the Witch of the West meets the King in the North, and The Fresh Prince meets The Dark Knight. That place is HBO Max, launching May 27th with 10,000 hours of premium programming. HBO Max will include the entire HBO service, bundled together with beloved franchises, titles past and present from Warner Bros., the best of the best from around the world, and a monthly offering of new Max Originals which guarantee something for everyone in the house - from preschoolers to teens to grownups - with scripted and unscripted series, docs, animation for kids and adults, and movies.

A new spot released today kicks off HBO Max's brand marketing campaign,...

Looney Tunes has had a rather interesting 40 years. When their glory days faded, they started releasing box office films that acted as glorified clip shows. They made crossover/cameo appearances in a Disney movie. They spent a few years acting as torch-passing professors to a crop of teenage knockoffs. Then they did a movie with Michael Jordan that wasn’t very good, but is so weird that it’s considered a beloved cornerstone of the ‘90s. There were a couple of spinoff shows for Taz and Tweety, as well as a whole lot of embarrassing shirts featuring characters wearing baggy pants and backwards caps.

Things got worse when their Brendan Frasier movie failed to scrounge up interest. They became extreme space superheroes, Daffy became a different kind of space superhero, and then they tried some more modern takes on the Looney Tunes concept with mixed results. Though it did teach...

WarnerMedia today announced that its highly anticipated streaming platform HBO Max will officially launch May 27th, 2020 and has unveiled its slate of premium Max Originals that will be available to viewers on Day One. The slate includes the scripted comedy Love Life, starring Anna Kendrick; Sundance 2020 Official Selection feature documentary On the Record; underground ballroom dance competition series Legendary; Craftopia, hosted by YouTube sensation LaurDIY; the all-new Looney Tunes Cartoons, from Warner Bros. Animation; and Sesame Workshop's The Not Too Late Show with Elmo (full program details available below.) Starting May 27th, HBO Max will offer an impressive direct-to-consumer experience with 10,000 hours of premium content including the entire HBO service, together with beloved franchises, titles past and present from Warner Bros., the best of the best from around the world, and a monthly offering of new Max Originals which guarantee something for everyone in the house - from preschoolers...

HBO Max finally set its official launch date this morning, and with that announcement, the forthcoming WarnerMedia streaming platform released the first trailers for the HBO Max Originals that will debut on day one. Half a dozen HBO Max Originals will be available to watch on the day of the platform’s launch on May 27, […]

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AT&T wants to use WarnerMedia’s HBO Max, which launches May 27 in the U.S., as a carrot to get people to subscribe or upgrade to its most expensive TV, wireless and internet tiers.

The telco on Tuesday outlined multiple promotional offers for HBO Max — regularly priced at $15 per month — that will be available to current and new customers when the streamer debuts next month.

First, as previously announced, those who currently subscribe to HBO through AT&T will automatically have access to HBO Max for no additional charge.

Next, subscribers of AT&T’s highest-tier wireless, video and internet plans will have HBO Max included, while nearly all other AT&T customers will get at least one month — and up to 12 months — of the service free depending on their plan. The telco’s customers can check if they will have access to HBO Max based on their plan in the MyAT&t app.

The long-awaited launch date for HBO Max is finally set. The new streaming service from WarnerMedia, which combines HBO’s library with original titles and past and present Warner Bros. content, will officially go live on Monday, May 27.

According to HBO Max, the streaming library will feature films and TV series from Warner Bros.’ “100-year content collection,” New Line, library titles from DC, CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll, Rooster Teeth, Looney Tunes, and “a selection of classic films curated in partnership with TCM.”

WarnerMedia also announced the “Max Originals” that will be available to stream on launch day: Anna Kendrick’s comedy Love Life; the Sundance feature doc On the Record; dance competition series Legendary; Craftopia, hosted by YouTuber LaurDIY; a new Looney Tunes cartoon, and Sesame Workshop’s The Not Too Late Show with Elmo. That last one already sounds better than James Corden’s show.

HBO Max has finally revealed its launch date and along with that announcement on Tuesday came a slew of trailers for all of the WarnerMedia-owned streaming service’s original titles that will be available on day one, along with its large catalogue of library content.

Among those new programs you can look forward to diving into when the platform launches May 27 are scripted comedy “Love Life,” starring Anna Kendrick; Russell Simmons accuser documentary film “On the Record,” Sesame Workshop’s “The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo,” which is a late-show starring the little red monster himself; new “Looney Tunes” cartoons; underground ballroom competition “Legendary”; and kids’ crafting series “Craftopia.”

HBO Max will cost $14.99 a month, the same price as an HBO-only subscription. The price makes HBO Max among the most expensive services, when compared to Netflix, Hulu and fellow newer entrants like Peacock, Quibi, Apple TV+ and Disney+.

Also...

WarnerMedia finally announced exactly when its streaming service HBO Max will be available for potential subscribers.

HBO Max will hit the market on May 27, the company announced Tuesday. The offering will cost $14.99, the same price as an HBO-only subscription. The price makes HBO Max among the most expensive services, when compared to Netflix, Hulu and fellow newer entrants like Peacock, Quibi, Apple TV+ and Disney+.

The service will be free of charge to AT&T and Charter customers who already subscribe to HBO either through a pay-tv subscription or digital via HBO Now. Those who subscribe to AT&T’s highest-tier wireless, video and internet plans will also have HBO Max included. Additionally, all other AT&T customers will get anywhere between one and 12 months free, depending on their plan.

An ad-supported version of HBO Max will launch in 2021.

Also Read: Watch Trailers for HBO Max Launch Titles, Including Elmo's Late-Night Show,...

WarnerMedia has set the start date for HBO Max: It’s slated to barrel into the streaming wars on May 27.

The subscription-streaming package, with some 10,000 hours of content out of the gate, will debut May 27 in the U.S., priced at $14.99 monthly (the same as HBO Now). WarnerMedia announced the launch date Tuesday after earlier running online ads with the info.

HBO Max — with the tagline “Where HBO meets so much more” — will include all the programming from HBO; a slate of new original series; third-party licensed content like “Friends,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “South Park” and all Studio Ghibli films; and movies from Warner Bros., New Line and DC like “Joker,” “Suicide Squad,” “Wonder Woman,” “The Matrix,” “Casablanca” and “The Wizard of Oz.” In addition, HBO Max will be stocked with content from other WarnerMedia brands including CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Crunchyroll,...

Space Jam is one of those peculiar films that could only have been made in the 1990s. How else can you explain a film that no only stars the basketball star Michael Jordan but also the famous characters from Looney Tunes?

Related: 10 Things We Know So Far About Space Jam 2

It’s a film that is, depending on your perspective, either an underrated guilty pleasure or a travesty that should be left behind and forgotten. Here are five reasons for each of those perspectives. You be the judge.

Last year the Overlook Hotel made its return to the big screen in Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's Doctor Sleep, and now Warner Bros. is teaming up with Bad Robot to bring the haunted hotel to life on the small screen, as the streaming service HBO Max has given a production commitment to Overlook, a new series inspired by Stephen King's The Shining.

According to the official press release (see below), Overlook is "inspired by and featuring iconic characters from Stephen King's masterpiece The Shining," and "explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction."

The show reunites the Castle Rock team of J.J. Abrams and Katie McGrath’s Bad Robot, Stephen King, and Wbtv, which is fitting, because Overlook sounds like it could be in the same creative vein of the Castle Rock Hulu series, as it looks to expand upon...

Scorpion from Mortal Kombat goes after Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes in the new animated movie Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, and crossovers don't get much more bizarre than this. Known for pulling in his enemies with a harpoon before roasting the flesh off their bones with his demonic fire breath, Scorpion is perhaps the last character any of us expected to tussle with everybody's favorite cartoon duck. Still, with Warner Bros. behind the new movie, the door was opened for Daffy to make a cameo of sorts at the start of the movie.

During the animation sequence for the Warner Bros. Animation logo, Daffy Duck can be seen acting mischievously, bouncing around and making lots of noise. The cartoon duck learns quickly enough that this perhaps wasn't the best movie for him to try these shenanigans, as Scorpion himself bursts through the Warner Bros. logo moments later to utter his classic catch phrase,...

While it’s not a controversial opinion, given the cult status for the movie, James Gunn has announced he prefers Gremlins 2: The New Batch to the original Gremlins.

The director named Gremlins 2 in a list he posted on Twitter over the weekend of 36 sequels that he thinks are better than their predecessors. Other choices included Evil Dead 2, The Dark Knight, and Blade II, with the Guardians of the Galaxy filmmaker also throwing in some more recent McU movies to the mix.

Preferring Gremlins 2 to Gremlins may arguably be down to the former’s scrapping of a rulebook that was already pretty loose in the original picture. Director Joe Dante agreed to return to the franchise after Warner Bros. gave him rare creative control, allowing him to experiment with what usually goes into a major studio sequel. As a result, the film’s plot of gremlins taking...

The bad news: We had to bid multiple TV series farewell this week, and two of them have left our screens for good. (Schitt’s Creek and Modern Family, we miss you already.)

The good news: The myriad finales yielded plenty of memorable dialogue, which we’ve collected in our latest Quotes of the Week gallery.

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Of course, not all of this week’s quotable moments came from finales,...

Sneak Peek "Easter Yeggs", the 1946 "Looney Tunes" animated short, directed by Robert McKimson and released theatrically June 28, 1947:

"Easter Yeggs" story is by Warren Foster, with layouts by Cornett Wood and backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas. Voices are by Mel Blanc and Arthur Q. Bryan as 'Elmer Fudd'.

The title is a play on 'Easter eggs' and on 'yegg', a slang term for a burglar or safecracker.

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Easter Yeggs"...

Julie Bennett, a longtime voice-over performer and actress perhaps best known for her role as Cindy Bear in the classic Hanna-Barbera Yogi Bear cartoons, died March 31 from Covid-19. She was 88.

Her death was announced by talent agent and friend Mark Scroggs.

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Bennett, who later became a personal manager under the name Marianne Daniels, began her career in animation voice-overs with roles on the “Fractured Fairy Tales” segments of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show before being cast as Yogi’s girlfriend on The Yogi Bear Show. She reprised the Cindy character for the 1964 feature film Hey There It’s...

Not a lot is known about Space Jam 2 at this point, aside from the fact that it features LeBron James in the lead role, with Ryan Coogler set to produce. But now actor Paul Scheer, who will also be in the film, has revealed during an episode of the Clip City podcast that Don Cheadle will play a villain the movie.

"Actually Don Cheadle, who I do 'Black Monday' with, he's the bad guy in 'Space Jam,' and he said LeBron's really great. He was great in 'Train Wreck' too."

It was previously hypothesized that Cheadle would be appearing as a celebrity friend of LeBron James, in much the same way as Bill Murray in the original Space Jam. But recently when asked about the role, Cheadle had said he could not comment on 'what' he could be playing.

Cheadle's comment, coupled with what Scheer said,...

Murder, He Says

Blu ray

Kino Lorber

1945 / 1.33:1 / 94 min.

Starring Fred MacMurray, Marjorie Main, Peter Whitney

Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl

Directed by George Marshall

The Snopes family were a collection of Southern-fried scoundrels introduced by William Faulkner in 1940’s The Hamlet. Over the course of three novels and several short stories, the clan proved themselves capable of just about any atrocity. They were so comically loathsome they could have been kissing cousins to Mamie, Mert and Bert: the Fleagle family – a slapstick version of the Snopes. Even the local sheriff is terrified of the Fleagles and a greenhorn census taker from the big city is about to find out why.

Fred MacMurray plays Pete Marshall, the eager beaver field man for the Trotter Poll who’s searching for a missing colleague last seen headed toward the Fleagle house, way, way out in the woods (where presumably no one can hear...

Even though there is a lot of doom and gloom when it comes to the entertainment industry right now, specifically on the movie side of things, we have a bit of good news. Especially for those who are nostalgic about 90s movies. Space Jam 2, at least for the time being, is still on track for a summer 2021 release and is being worked on as we speak, according to LeBron James.

The Los Angeles Lakers star is set to take up Michael Jordan's mantle in the long-awaited sequel. Filming took place during the NBA offseason but, since this largely involves the Looney Tunes characters, there is a massive animation component. And that seems to be the saving grace right now, as explained by LeBron James during a recent podcast interview. Here's what he had to say about it.

"Space Jam has always been scheduled to come out in June of...

WarnerMedia chief John Stankey enjoyed a healthy pay raise in 2019, with the man leading the launch of HBO Max pulling in $22.5 million last year, according to a filing with the SEC on Wednesday.

Stankey, who also became president and chief operating officer of parent company AT&T in late 2019, received a 36% pay bump on the $16.5 million he had made the year prior.

Here’s a full breakdown of Stankey’s compensation from last year:

Also Read: WarnerMedia CEO John Stankey Says Disney+ Is 'Not That Deep' - But HBO Max Will Be

Salary: $2.9 million

Stock Awards: $9.5 million

Non-Equity Incentive Plan: $7.6 million

Change in Pension Value: $2.1 million

Other Compensation: $367,000

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson also enjoyed a pay increase, going from $29.1 million made in 2018 to $32 million last year.

Stephenson, in his comments to shareholders, said he looked forward to sharing more about the company’s streaming plans at its annual investor conference in Dallas.

Space Jam 2 is turning out to have an even bigger scope than we thought. Having been in the works for years, we’ve always known to expect the sequel to reheat the premise of the 1996 original, with LeBron James stepping into Michael Jordan’s shoes to play basketball with Bug Bunny and co. However, leaked images have confirmed that the movie will dig deeper into Warner Bros.’ catalogue of iconic characters than just the Looney Tunes.

Leaked pics that have been circulating online reveal that a bunch of supervillains have a surprise cameo in the film, with the group including the Wicked Witch of the West, Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise from It, Jim Carrey’s the Mask and even the Joker. As the DC universe is ripe with recognizable characters, though, it seems that there’s a good chance that some superheroes could appear in the sequel as well.

The original Space Jam was such a hit back in 1996 because it had a lot of fun dropping basketball legend Michael Jordan into the world of the Looney Tunes. Sure enough, the upcoming Space Jam 2 will follow suit by having LeBron James team up with Bugs Bunny and co. But just to up the ante, it looks like the semi-animated sequel will also throw in some other iconic characters from Warner Bros.’ library.

A couple of leaked images have been circulating online this week which confirm that a group of iconic supervillains will get together for a cameo in SJ2. These are the Wicked Witch of the West, Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise the Clown and even Jim Carrey’s the Mask. And let’s not forget DC’s Joker, too.

Leaked Space Jam 2 images, and my hype has gone through the roof.

Pennywise, The Joker, The Mask, The...

We’re beginning to get more and more details on the upcoming Space Jam 2. We Got This Covered already brought you the news that Jim Carrey’s Mask as well as Pennywise will be appearing in the film and now it seems our scoop has been confirmed, as we’ve got a leaked photo for you which gives us our first look at both of them along with the Joker.

As we told you yesterday, Pennywise will be entirely CGI, but actor Bill Skarsgard, who brilliantly portrayed the character in the two It movies, will voice the role once again. The leaked photo, which is definitely a bit grainy, can be seen down below and shows us Pennywise in all his creepiness alongside the other two aforementioned characters.

So the rumor is that #SpaceJam2 will expand to other WB properties besides Looney Tunes. The Mask? The Joker? Pennywise? pic.

When Warner Bros. says “everybody get up, it’s time to slam now, we got a real jam goin’ down, welcome to the Space Jam,” they really mean everybody. Space Jam 2 completed filming last September, though given the nature of the movie, it’s destined for a lengthy post-production process and won’t hit cinemas until July 2021. LeBron James will be taking over from Michael Jordan, with the film directed by Malcolm D. Lee, a script by Creed and Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and a score by Hans Zimmer.

But Warner Bros. seems to be eager to include as many quick cameos from their vast stable of IP as they can. We previously told you that Jim Carrey’s Mask, Joker and Pennywise will be in the movie – which was later confirmed thanks to a leaked photo – and now we’re hearing from our sources that Robert Pattinson...

Just like the Norse mask at the bottom of the sea in the 1994 movie, The Mask franchise has been lying dormant for a very long time now. However, almost out of nowhere, a ton of buzz about a potential new movie, and the character in general, has begun to build. And things are only going to continue to ramp up, it seems.

As fans will know, Jim Carrey famously brought green-faced hero Stanley Ipkiss to life in the aforementioned comedy, and while there’s no word yet on if he’ll indeed sign on for another Mask film, we’re now going to be getting the next best thing. And that’s because the actor is set to reprise the role – in a voice-only capacity – in the upcoming Space Jam 2.

Yes, as you may’ve seen, earlier today We Got This Covered brought you the news that the character...

Bill Skarsgård did a fantastic job of terrifying children in both of the It films as Pennywise. His chilling performance resulted in many members of the audience having to sleep with the lights on after witnessing his portrayal of the infamous Stephen King character. But now it seems as if his next appearance will be making folks laugh instead of cry, as the horrific clown is set to show up in the hugely anticipated Space Jam 2.

In the 90s, Michael Jordan was one of the biggest names in sports, and the Looney Tunes were a powerhouse in the world of cartoons, so naturally, the two would pair for a film that would be a massive success. Space Jam saw the NBA icon team up with Bugs Bunny and the rest of the gang to take on the Monstars, a group of aliens that stole basketball skills from some of the world’s greatest players,...

RuPaul’s Drag Race concluded its Season 12 premiere on Friday, introducing viewers to five new potential fan favorites — and one enormous elephant in the room.

Let’s start with a quick breakdown of the workroom’s latest additions: There’s Rock M. Sakura, who’s basically the surprisingly muscular love child of Sailor Moon and the Dodo from Looney Tunes; Dahlia Sin, a cocky look queen formerly from the Haus of Aja; Jan, who — bless her heart — entered with a wonderfully obscure reference to Fergie’s iconic rendition of the National Anthem that no one seemed to catch; Jaida Essence Hall,...

Animaniacs is one of the groundbreaking animated series that aired in the '90s produced by Steven Spielberg. While it settled on the reliable Looney Tunes humor, it went off to bring meta elements, ground-breaking themes and adult humor that would slip off the radar for young viewers.

Related: 10 '90s Cartoons That Need To Be Rebooted

Just like the Looney Tunes, Animaniacs gave an eclectic group of memorable characters that brighten up every segment. They range from their maximum zaniness to their clever shenanigans. For that, here are the top 10 characters from Animaniacs, ranked by their memorability. Now, come join the Warner brothers and their Warner sister Dot.

The Oscar-nominated documentary shorts are not now, nor have they ever been, a laughing matter. But the joke that gets told most often, which has a nugget of truth in it, is that they frequently represent the grimmest category of any given year at the Academy Awards.

Recent nominees have vividly, heartbreakingly illustrated end-of-life care, the opioid crisis, the plight of refugees, systemic racism in the criminal justice system, and the Holocaust. These are not, generally speaking, films that you can idly eat popcorn to.

This year’s nominees, which occupy their own theatrical program this week via ShortsTV, also tackle heavy subjects and will also make any halfway-present audience member ponder important issues of the day. And yet, somehow, they’re a little less brain-meltingly sad than usual.

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Which says a little more about the nominations from...