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Tom Hanks' movie Captain Phillips is based on the memoir of Captain Richard Phillips titled A Captain's Duty. Phillips' memoir provides a detailed account of the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates and his life after the event. Phillips retired from his maritime career in 2014 and now speaks publicly about his experience.

Played by Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips, there is a real man behind the titular protagonist. Captain Richard Phillips was born in Winchester, Ma, in 1955 and worked as the ship captain of the Mv Maersk Alabama when it was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. Four years later, this feat was chronicled by the Paul Greengrass film Captain Phillips.

Captain Phillips brought wider exposure to Richard Phillips remarkable true story. The docudrama was nominated for several awards, including six Oscar nominations. Among said nominations were Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for the just-introduced Barkhad Abdi, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Though the film itself is gripping,...

In the ending of Captain Phillips, Captain Phillips and his crew survived the hijacking by the Somali pirates, thanks to his leadership and the crew's resourcefulness. The U.S. Navy intervened, saving Phillips after a tense standoff and negotiations with the pirates. Phillips returned to work at sea and wrote a book about the experience, while Muse is still serving a long prison sentence. The story highlights resilience and humanity in a cruel world.

The 2013 film Captain Phillips told the real-life story of the 2009 Maersk Alabama hijacking, which ended with Phillips being saved. In 2009, Captain Richard Phillips, played by Tom Hanks in the film, was the captain of the Maersk Alabama cargo ship that was targeted by Somali pirates, and Phillips was taken hostage by them. The incident was publicized as the first successful capture of a ship registered under the United States flag since the nineteenth century.

Phillips' harrowing story...

Top Gun's success was not easily replicated, as evidenced by the long delay in completing the sequel, and the many poorly received rip-offs that followed. The success of Top Gun was due to its thrilling adventure and fun factor, which critics complaining about cheesiness and lack of believability missed. Navy Seals, the Navy-approved knock-off of Top Gun, failed to replicate its charm, escapism, and fast-paced action, resulting in terrible reviews and being deemed the "poor man's Top Gun."

While Top Gun inadvertently improved the Navy’s recruitment rates, the institution’s attempt to cash in on this trend with a Charlie Sheen vehicle failed disastrously. Upon its release in 1986, Top Gun was a much bigger hit than anticipated. The movie launched its star, Tom Cruise, into the A-list, made Tony Scott a majorly in-demand action director, and resulted in Navy recruitment rates significantly increasing for a few years after its release.

In 2009, the U.S. cargo ship, Maersk Alabama, was boarded by four Somali pirates who proceeded to hijack the vessel before escaping on a lifeboat with the ship's captain, Richard Phillips. What followed was a days-long ordeal in which Phillips was held captive on the lifeboat, fighting for his life whilst awaiting Navy intervention. Given the nature of these events, it wasn’t long until a dramatization materialized in the form of Paul Greengrass’s action-thriller, Captain Phillips.

Based on Phillips' book, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy Seals, and Dangerous Days at Sea, the film debuted in 2013 to critical acclaim and box office success, leaving audiences on the very edge of their seats for the duration of this tantalizingly tense movie. Starring everyone's favorite fatherly hero, Tom Hanks and directed by Greengrass, who is known for his high-pressure historical recreations, it comes as no surprise that Captain Phillips is bursting with cinematic tension.

There’s a lot to watch on Prime Video in October and, as you may have guessed, there’s spooky stuff galore in amongst Prime’s usual rotation of extensive library content.

In the movie Totally Killer, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star Kiernan Shipka travels back in time to the 1980s to stop a serial killer. Then there’s Make Me Scream, a Halloween special that challenges celebrities to “a gruesome game of terror.” Renfield will also be streaming on the service for anyone who’s been dying (muahahaha!) to catch the Nic Cage Dracula film.

Outside of Prime Video’s more creepy fare, Shazam! Fury Of The Gods will debut, Upload will be back for a third season, and new film Awareness should scratch your sci-fi itch. Meanwhile, for Frasier heads – those who consider themselves utterly Frasier-pilled – all eleven seasons of the Cheers spinoff show will be streaming at the touch of a button.

If you’re looking for a complete list of every new movie and TV show coming to Amazon Prime Video in October, you’ve come to the right place. This month kicks off with a slew of great library additions, from James Bond films to relatively new releases (“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” and the Nicolas Cage Dracula movie “Renfield”) and beyond.

There are also some high-profile originals landing in October. The third season of the sci-fi comedy series “Upload” arrives on Oct. 20, while Oct. 6 marks the release of the Prime Video original film “Totally Killer,” a fun slasher set in the 1980s that stars Kiernan Shipka.

Check out the full list of what’s new on Amazon Prime Video in October 2023 below, followed by a complete list of new arrivals for Freevee in October as well.

Arriving October 1

Frasier, Seasons 1-11 (1994)

Hit, Season 3 (2020)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

A Guy Thing...

“The Help” is coming to Freevee on June 1. The top-notch cast includes Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Jessica Chastain. The plot focuses on two black maids who work in white homes in Jackson, Mississippi, in the 1960s. Stone plays a writer who wants to help the women chronicle the hardships they face, so their injustices are exposed nationwide. “The Help” chronicles real-life conditions in the Deep South, while celebrating female friendship and empowerment.

Watch the trailer for “The Help”:

Also streaming on June 1 is the hit dystopian thriller “The Hunger Games,” turned into a four-film franchise, starring Jennifer Lawrence. In the first, the nation of Panem pits one girl and one boy from 12 tribes to fight to the death each year in the games. There can be only one survivor. The story is written from the perspective of a 16-year-old girl, who takes her sister’s place...

Ron Faber, who appeared on Broadway in the 1970s alongside Henry Fonda in First Monday in October and with Irene Papas in Medea, died March 26 in New York after a two-month battle with lung cancer, a publicist announced. He was 90.

Faber shaved his head and received Obie and Drama Desk awards in 1972 for his turn as a political prisoner in And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, Fernando Arrabal’s harrowing drama about the Spanish Civil War.

In 1981, he was featured in Wallace Shawn’s The Hotel Play at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, which had a cast of 70 and was called “unassailable as a mad theatrical stunt” by Frank Rich in The New York Times.

Faber’s stage credits also included off-Broadway roles in Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Scenes From Everyday Life and Woyzeck at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre; Happy Days at the Cherry Lane Theatre; Troilus and Cressida at the Mitzi E.

Over 100 popular films are leaving HBO Max at the end of the month, but luckily you have the whole month to stream them.

They include cinema classics like “Ben Hur,” the winningest film in Oscars history

Leaving April 5

The Inside Story, 1948

Reminiscence, 2021 (HBO)

Leaving April 11

Adult Swim Yule Log (aka The Fireplace)

Leaving April 12

About Face: Supermodels Then and Now, 2012 (HBO)

Leaving April 13

The Last Duel, 2021

Game Theory With Bomani Jones, Season 1

Leaving April 18

The Lego Batman Movie, 2017

Leaving April 24

Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up!, 2022

Leaving April 27

Malignant, 2021 (HBO)

Leaving April 30

47 Ronin, 2013 (HBO)

3 Godfathers, 1948

Accepted, 2006 (HBO)

The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1938

A Private War, 2018 (HBO)

An American in Paris, 1951

The American President, 1995

Any Given Sunday, 1999

Australia, 2008 (HBO)

Before I Fall, 2017 (HBO)

Ben-Hur, 1959

Black Legion, 1937

Blade, 1998

Blood Diamond, 2006

Blow Out, 1981 (HBO)

The Bodyguard, 1992

Boogie Nights, 1997

The Book of Eli, 2010

The Bourne Identity, 2002 (HBO)

The Bourne Supremacy, 2004 (HBO)

Bringing up Baby,...

A low budget horror film, “#evil,” is shooting a “shock opening” for the feature film. The production is casting four parts for actors of any ethnicity or cultural background. Two parts are for male actors to play Navy Seals. Zack, for male talent, aged 25–40, has just returned from combat and is agitated and suffering from Ptsd. This part is for a tall, fit, and muscular actor. Tom, for an actor, aged 23–35, who is fit and of medium build, keeps his low-key personality somewhat hidden and plays things close to the vest. There are also two available roles for female talent. Vivian, for an actor, aged 21–35, of petite build, is the wife of the departed Navy Seal, who relies on the friendship of a young couple to cope with the stress of his deployment. Kelly, for an actor, aged 22–35, of petite to medium build, is fun-loving and sassy yet also sensitive.

Exclusive: Universal Pictures has acquired the life rights of the divers and survivors of summer’s Tham Luang cave rescue in Thailand when 12 boys aged 11-16 and their coach of the Wild Boar soccer team were trapped 1,000 meters below the surface.

Michael De Luca will produce for his eponymous production company, alongside Dana Brunetti for his newly launched Cavalry Media banner. The duo are reteaming following their successful collaboration on the billion-dollar grossing Fifty Shades of Grey series, as well as their six-Oscar nominee Somali Pirate hijack feature Captain Phillips and three-time Oscar winner The Social Network.

CAA agent Matt DelPiano was instrumental and led a team effort, traveling to Thailand and Australia to secure the life rights for those involved including Wild Boar team Coach Aekkaphol Chantawong, divers Dr. Richard Harris and Dr. Craig Challen, and the players on the Wild Boar soccer team.

On June 23, the Wild Boar...

Boasting an $80 million budget and based on true events, Renegades stars Sullivan Stapleton (TV’s Strike Back, 300: Rise Of An Empire), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Patriot’s Day), Ewen Bremner (Wonder Woman, Snowpiercer) and Dimitri Leonidas (TV’s Riviera) in an action-packed adventure perfect for knocking off those post-Christmas cobwebs and guaranteeing you start 2018 with a bang.

When a team of Navy Seals on assignment in war-torn Europe discover a haul of stolen Nazi gold resting at the bottom of a Bosnian lake they see a chance to rescue the treasure and help out the impoverished locals whose lives have been ripped apart by conflict. As the modern day Robin Hoods attempt to right the wrongs of war, though, they are detected by ruthless enemies and an act of selfless valour becomes a desperate race against time, with the two sides prepared to stop at nothing.

Renegades is set for release on January 5th,...

David Boreanaz and Alan Cumming are heading to the UK after pay-tv broadcaster Sky picked up freshman CBS dramas Seal Team and Instinct. Sky struck the UK deal for the two series with CBS Studios International. Seal Team, which has already been handed a full season order will air on Sky One. The show, which stars Boreanaz as top unit officer Jason Hayes and follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy Seals as they train, plan and execute…...

The lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs and how they deal with their missions and Ptsd is the focus of Global‘s new drama “Seal Team”. Et Canada’s Roz Weston caught up with series star David Boreanaz about working with real-life SEALs to get his character just right. “It’s been such a great […]...

As Northern California prepares to recover from a devastating series of wildfires, the heroic and poignant true story behind one of the worst firefighter tragedies in U.S. history is now in theaters.

Only the Brave tells the story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a highly trained team of wildland firefighters that lost 19 of its 20 members when they became entrapped in the Yarnell Hill blaze in Arizona on June 30, 2013.

The wildfire was ignited by lightning on June 28, 2013, and it quickly spread over 8,300 acres through a combination of strong winds, high temperatures and dry conditions caused by drought.

Members of another hotshot team,...

Got Your 6 has announced six new projects have received its 6 Certified designation, a program that recognizes film, television, theatrical, or digital content that accurately portrays veterans as leaders and civic assets.

The projects range from CBS’s new show “Seal Team,” the Tina Fey-produced “Great News” on NBC, and the biographical film “Rebel in the Rye” about WWII veteran J.D. Salinger.

The national veteran empowerment organization Got Your 6 launched the 6 Certified initiative in early 2015 as part of its mission to change the veteran “broken/hero” stereotype held by 80 percent of U.S. civilians. The program challenges entertainment industry executives and content creators to craft more thoughtful narratives around veterans and military families.

Got Your 6 announced the following projects were awarded with 6 Certified status:

“Blood Stripe” — Winner of numerous film festival awards, the thriller “Blood Stripe” tells the story of a female U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant...

“Seal Team” is a perfectly adequate military drama. Nothing about it will surprise you, and nothing about it will take you out of your comfort zone. Through two episodes, creator Benjamin Cavell’s new CBS series establishes itself as a serviceable entry in the growing canon of troops-on-the-ground TV shows, surpassing NBC’s entry “The Brave” and adding just enough visual flair and human connection to make David Boreanaz fans happy.

There is also a dog.

Named Dita in real-life, the dedicated canine companion plays a militarized man’s best friend. Specifically, Jason Hayes’ (Boreanaz) best friend, and she accompanies the elite group of Navy SEALs on their missions. Dita leads the charge through various homes, bombed out buildings, and underground tunnels, helping to track bad guys and point out dangerous traps facing the team.

Read More:‘This Is Us’ Season 2 Review: NBC Drama Grows Up in a Premiere...

David Boreanaz is back on TV in “Seal Team”, playing troubled-yet-gifted Navy Seal Jason Hayes. Boreanaz barely took a break from playing a leading-man role on primetime TV, with “Bones” ending in March 2017 after 12 seasons. “Seal Team” follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, […]...

Beginning this fall, CBS takes viewers into the dangerous world of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs on Seal Team.  On the surface, the show is about how members of the team navigate their personal and professional lives while executing high-stakes missions. But there's more to the military drama series than a case-of-the-week show. Here are five things you need to know about Seal Team.

David Boreanaz returns to the small screen as the respected leader of of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs on CBS' Seal Team but the Bones star isn't the only one to look forward to on CBS' new military drama. Read on to find out more about the cast and their fearless characters.

Article by Mark Longden

I love regional genre cinema – those movies that existed in the early days of VHS and video rental stores,

when seemingly anything could turn a small profit. There are many of them – 1977’s “The Demon

Lover”, 1987’s “Night Screams”, and the early movies of Donald Farmer, among many many more. It was

with great delight when I read the We Are Movie Geeks article on the St Louis Video Society and their

upcoming showing of a local movie so obscure it doesn’t even have an IMDb page, the amazing “Justice

Ninja Style”.

This gem was filmed in DeSoto, a little drive out of St Louis in what would politely be referred to as rural

Missouri, and is the brainchild of one Ron White, an apparent 10th dan black belt in karate. He’s written a

few books, including one with the excellent title “So You...

I've got a great new trailer here for you to watch for the upcoming firefighter film Only the Brave, which stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, and Jeff Bridges. The movie tells the harrowing true story of the team of firefighters called the Granite Mountain Hotshots. They are the most elite team of firefighters in the country. They are basically the Navy SEALs of firefighters. This looks like a hell of a good film that will honor the heroism of the men and women who put their lives at risk to help their communities and other people.

The movie was directed by Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski and this is the synopsis:

All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters. Only the Brave, based on the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families,...

Dominic Cooper flexes his action hero muscles as a globe-trotting trouble-shooter in Stratton. Hired as last-minute replacement for Henry Cavill shortly before shooting began, the Preacher star does a serviceable job as the eponymous hotshot commando with the Special Boat Services, Britain’s equivalent to the U.S. Navy SEALs. But he is mostly firing blanks thanks to a creaky script and dim-witted plot. Screenwriter Duncan Falconer, himself a former Sbs officer, adapted this fast-paced Eurothriller from his own novels. Director Simon West aims for a kind of Jason Bourne or Mission: Impossible feel, but he falls short in budget, star power...

Supernatural alumna Alona Tal is taking on a non-military role in CBS’ fall drama Seal Team, our sister site Deadline reports.

The series, starring David Boreanaz (Bones), follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them. (View a trailer here, then read our first impression.) Tal will recur as Stella, a grad student who meets young Seal Clay (Bates Motel‘s Max Thieriot) in a bar that he and his colleagues tend to frequent. In addition to...

Michael Irby (Taken), Jay Hayden (The Catch) and Alona Tal (Hand of God) are set for key recurring roles opposite David Boreanaz and Max Thieriot in CBS’ new military drama series Seal Team, which premieres in the fall. Written by Ben Cavell and directed by Chris Chulack, Seal Team follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them. In…...

He was supposed to start his junior year next month at Sachem High School East in Farmingville, New York. Instead, his parents are planning his funeral.

Joshua Mileto, 16, died Thursday when a log held overhead in team-building drill at a summer football training program fell and hit him in the head, multiple outlets report.

The teen was one of five players holding the 10-foot log over their heads before police say it struck him in the head, New York’s Daily News reported. The accident happened around 8:30 a.m.

The 5-foot-6, 134-pound athlete was taken to Stony Brook University...

Check this out! The Sas are now testing “Star Wars”-style bulletproof helmets as tactical gear in the war on terror. If you're unfamiliar with that faction of the military, the Sas (Special Air Service) are essentially the United Kingdoms's Navy SEALs. The group was founded in 1941 as a regimen, but was later re-established as a corps in 1950. Now, in 2017, the highly skilled... Read More...

When asked by a member of the TCA press corps today about how the new CBS military drama Seal Team plays into the prevailing pro-military sentiment in America, Ep Benjamin Cavell defended his show and Navy SEALs. “The things they do transcend politics; they don’t look at the results of elections,” he said. “The work they do — it doesn’t matter who is in the White House.” Added Ep Ed Redlick on how Seal Team will be more about the personal drama of those involved in these…...

The biggest heroes of Comic-Con International aren’t the Defenders, Guardians of the Galaxy, or Justice League: They’re the secret security teams who silently patrol the halls of the San Diego Convention Center, protecting more than 150,000 fans from the forces of evil. One insider with knowledge of Comic-Con’s massive security detail shared some of its secrets with TheWrap — without revealing anything that might tip off supervillains. The insider said that last year, some real heroes — Navy SEALs from the nearby Coronado naval base — dressed up as comic-book heroes — like Superman and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles —...

Pacific Rising is out Now! The latest novel from John W. Dennehy is out now from Severed Press. An action packed military science fiction / horror story, with U.S. Marines, Navy SEALs, and a giant Kaiju. This marks the second book Dennehy has out with the publisher, and he reportedly has inked more contracts with …

The post Pacific Rising is out Now! The latest novel from John W. Dennehy first appeared on Hnn | Horrornews.net 2017 - Official Horror News Site...

Have we entered a new golden age for shark movies? Probably not, but that isn’t stopping Syfy from commissioning a “Deep Blue Sea” sequel 18 years after the original. The move follows the recent success of both “The Shallows” and “47 Meters Down,” not to mention Syfy’s own “Sharknado” series.

Read More: ’47 Meters Down’ Review: Mandy Moore’s Shark Thriller Sinks Under the Weight of Its Own Unfathomable Silliness

Michael Beach is starring in the film and, since he’ll also appear in next year’s “Aquaman,” it doesn’t seem premature to deem this a case of nominative determinism. Darin Scott (“House Party: Tonight’s the Night”) is helming this particular ship, which is already filming in Cape Town.

Here’s what former director Jack Perez said of the direction the sequel was originally going to take back when it was slated for a DVD release in 2009, according...

Sometimes, dreams do come true. After nearly twenty years, a sequel to one of the most beloved shark movies ever is finally happening. That's right, folks. Deep Blue Sea 2 is being filmed as we speak. According to Moviehole, Deep Blue Sea 2 isn't just happening, it is already being shot in Africa. That's the good part. The possible bad part? It is being done as a SyFy original movie. Here's what Moviehole had to say about it.

"Darin Scott ('House Party: Tonight's the Night') has been shooting the film in Cape Town, with newly announced 'Aquaman' co-star (and 'Third Watch' alum) Michael Beach among the cast. The film is being produced as a telefilm for the SyFy channel, so don't expect cameos from any of the original 'Deep Blue Sea" players (namely Thomas Jane)."

So not seeing Thomas Jane come back to kick some...

Bungie spared no expense in revealing the first gameplay for Destiny 2 yesterday and, like you, we’re still sifting through and digesting the huge amount of info that it dumped on us during the event. Everything, from new subclasses for the shooter’s Warlock, Titan and Hunter classes, to punchy new weaponry, fantastical planets and dangerous new enemies were showcased in full force during the presentation’s duration, but that’s not all. Not even close.

Strikes, a type of activity that are best described as pseudo-dungeons, have always been considered a core pillar of Destiny‘s gameplay, so it comes as little surprise that they’re set to return in Destiny 2, though it looks as if Bungie’s given them a drastic upgrade for the sequel. The first brand new Strike to be revealed, Inverted Spire, was playable during yesterday’s event.

Set on the planet Nessus, Inverted Spire...

CBS is the latest network to debut their trailers for the 2017-2018 season. We’ve already highlighted the preview for The Big Bang Theory prequel series Young Sheldon, but there are five other shows coming to the network this fall and two more arriving for the midseason in 2018. David Boreanaz joins the Navy SEALs in […]

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Prison Break returns with an all new episode.  Now that Michael and the team are close to escaping Yemen, will the focus now turn to their battle against Poseidon?  Will we learn more than we did last week? (Which wasn't much...)  Read on to find out this week's takeaways:

Photo Courtesy of Fox.

Michael's Yemen Team is Dwindling -- Michael began with a core group who he was trying to break out of prison.  Abu Ramal is dead, Sid was killed and Ja has left.  Was there a purpose in Michael trying to free them, did he need them to get out, or did his usual empathetic nature drive him to break them out because he truly cares for others?  I think the only people he originally wanted out of Ogygia was Abu Ramal (because of Poseidon), and Whip (since they seem to have a back-history and know about Poseidon).

Photo Courtesy of Fox.

Over the past couple of days, a ton of trailers have been unleashed for the new series coming to CBS and ABC. I thought I'd just post them all in one place for you to watch at your leisure. There are actually a lot of great shows that look like they're worth checking out. Some of my favorites that I'll be checking out include The Good Doctor, Alex, Inc., The Crossing, Seal Team, Young Sheldon, and S.W.A.T. Whether or not these series will be good has yet to be seen. Check out the trailers below and let us know which ones you'll be tuning in to watch!

The Good Doctor

Shaun Murphy (Freddie Highmore, “Bates Motel”), a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him,...

CBS has a new mission in store. This week, the network released a new preview for their upcoming TV series Seal Team.The military drama "follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them." The cast includes David Boreanaz, Max Thieriot, Neil Brown Jr., Aj Buckley, Toni Trucks, and Jessica Paré.Read More…...

First looks for CBS’s slate of new shows hit the web Wednesday, including “Big Bang Theory” prequel “Young Sheldon,” “Star Trek: Discovery,” and “Seal Team.” Check out the trailers and featurettes for the upcoming shows below. In “Wisdom of the Crowd,” Jeremy Piven stars as a tech genius who creates a crowdsourcing app to solve crimes in the wake of his daughter’s murder. It’ll air Sundays this fall on CBS. David Boreanaz stars in this new military drama that follows the professional and personal lives of an elite unit of Navy SEALs. We finally got a look...

CBS on Wednesday unveiled its fall 2017 schedule, along with previews for its upcoming series, including David Boreanaz’s post-Bones vehicle Seal Team and Jeremy Piven’s Wisdom of the Crowd.

RelatedCBS Fall Schedule: Young Sheldon Lands Post Big Bang Slot

Here at TVLine, we immediately jumped at the chance to screen each trailer — which you can also do by clicking here — and we’re ready to divulge our totally unfiltered, brutally honest snap judgments. (Also included: Reactions to the first trailer for CBS All Access’ Star Trek: Discovery, which you can view here.)

Below, Michael Ausiello, Matt Mitovich, Kimberly Roots,...

No “Bull,” CBS wants you to know that the freshman Michael Weatherly series is actually the No. 1 new show of the year in total viewers, over NBC’s lauded “This Is Us.”

“We congratulate them on their success, but we like winning,” CBS senior exec VP Kelly Kahl said. He also pointed out that even CBS’ “Blue Bloods” has a larger audience than any other drama on the other networks, except “This Is Us.”

“The Big Bang Theory” is the “Wayne Gretzky of comedy,” he noted, arguing that no other half-hour comes close in total viewers, which is why they’re big on spinoff entry “Young Sheldon.” The show was recently renewed for two more seasons, a negotiation that Moonves characterized as amicable.

He also said he “hoped” that the show will continue even beyond that. “We’ll do these two years and we’re not going to just lay down,...

David Boreanaz is headed to CBS. Recently, the network announced they've picked up a new TV series with the Bones star called Seal Team.From Ben Cavell, the drama "follows the lives of the elite Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask." The cast also includes Aj Buckley, Max Thieriot, Jessica Paré, Neil Brown Jr., and Toni Trucks.Read More…...

Will Ferrell went above and beyond while giving the commencement address at the University of Southern California on Friday.

The 49-year-old actor, who graduated from the university in 1990, ended his speech by serenading the class of 2017 with a moving rendition of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You."

Related: Robert De Niro Gives Blunt Commencement Speech: 'You’re F***ed'

"Class of 2017, I just want you to know you will never be alone on whatever path you may choose. If you do have a moment where you feel a little down just think of the support you have from this great Trojan family and imagine me, literally picture my face, singing this song gently into your ear," Ferrell said to the crowd of thousands on campus and thousands more watching the live​ ​stream.

"If I should stay, I would only be in your way. So I’ll go, but I know, I’ll think...

CBS is going multigenerational with two new sitcoms, including an ambitious single-camera comedy starring “Saturday Night Live’s” Bobby Moynihan, while sticking with tried-and-true topics – crime and action – for its new dramas. The network announced four new dramas and two comedies:

“Wisdom of the Crowd” comes from executive producer Ted Humphrey and is “inspired by the notion that a million minds are better than one, a visionary tech innovator (Jeremy Piven) creates a cutting-edge crowdsourcing app to solve his daughter’s murder, and revolutionize crime solving in the process.”

Jeremy Piven stars with Richard T. Jones, Jake Matthews, Blake Lee, Natalia Tena, and Monica Potter. The show is based on the Israeli format of the same name. and comes from executive producers Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan (Keshet Media Group), Dror Mishani and Shira Hadad. Adam Davidson is executive producer and director; CBS Television Studios is the...

Make no bones about it: David Boreanaz will be on CBS next season.

Ahead of its 2017-18 schedule unveiling next week, the Eye net has handed out formal series orders to four dramas, including the Boreanaz-fronted Seal Team. Also scoring pickups: Alan Cumming’s Instinct, Shemar Moore’s S.W.A.T. and Jeremy Piven’s Wisdom of the Crowd.

On the comedy side, CBS has Ok’d the family satire 9Jkl starring Royal Pains‘ Mark Feuerstein and the time-tripping sitcom Me, Myself & I starring Saturday Night Live’s Bobby Moynihan. The duo join the already-ordered Big Bang Theory prequel spinoff Young Sheldon.

Exclusive: Signature inks deals with Sierra, Europacorp, more.

UK distributor Signature Entertainment has snapped up a raft of Us and international titles including Sylvester Stallone and Dave Bautista action-thriller Escape Plan 2: Hades from Highland.

The sequel to the 2013 Arnie/Stallone action title, which grossed $140m worldwide, is currently in production and set for release in 2018.

In Hades, Stallone’s character Ray Breslin is called on to organize another for-hire security force but when one of his team, the wing chun master Shu (Xiaoming Huang), goes missing – inside a computerized techno-terror battle-maze known as Haze, where human combatants brawl like beasts – Breslin goes back into the secret lock-up to save his friend.

Bautista co-stars as a deadly acquaintance of Breslin’s alongside Jaime King, Jesse Metcalfe and 50 Cent.

From Europacorp the company has picked up heist thriller Renegades, co-written by filmmake-producer Luc Besson and The Magnificent 7 and The Expendables 2 writer Richard Wenk.

Into the Storm director...

Written by Si Spurrier | Art by Conor Boyle | Published by Titan Comics

Hook Jaw has had plenty of bite so far, a lot to sink our teeth into and a story easy to dive into. Also ideal for bad puns apparently. Joking aside, Si Spurrier has managed to put a fresh spin and update on a property that even when it was conceived in the 1970′s on the back of Jaws was a little derivative and part of a fad. What I have enjoyed is marrying the updated parts with enough of the original core concept to create something that though familiar, is most definitely its own animal. Or fish. I’ll stop now.

When all the mad jumble of Somali pirates, marine scientists, CIA agents, Navy Seals, and Great Whites are pushed aside, what this has all been leading to is a quest. The quest is for the shipping...

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1. S.W.A.T. - CBS S.W.A.T. hails from Shawn Ryan and stars Shemar Moore and Jay Harrington. It has been a frontrunner ever since it was announced because of the talent associated with it. CBS has limited spots available, but S.W.A.T. is expected to come out ahead of the other Navy seals drama in development at the network. 2. Ghosted - Fox With a cast that boasts the likes of Craig Robinson and Adam Scott,...

Similar to lead character Pvt. Matt Ocre (Nicholas Hoult), screenwriter Chris Roessner joined the United States Army in July of 2001 to serve in the Reserves and earn college money. Two months later 9/11 changed everything. Suddenly he was thrust into a full-scale war in the Middle East and he needed to steel himself to that fact. He wasn’t in the Special Forces, Navy SEALs or Marines — he was just a soldier walking onto the frontlines like the rest. His story wasn’t one of unanimous heroics wherein he proved crucial to earning that “Mission Accomplished” banner everyone remembers as empty sentiment. Like so many military men and women, he entered Iraq at the beginning of something still unfinished today and left well before any true strides were made.

Roessner survived his stint and returned home with journals and photos depicting his experience. He took that money and enrolled in USC’s film school,...

Written by Si Spurrier | Art by Conor Boyle | Published by Titan Comics

If there’s one thing this book confirms, it’s that the appetite for sharks in any medium is still there. People still love a little chomping action it seems. Si Spurrier has been pretty clever by making Hook Jaw, the nominal star of the book, more of a catalyst for the plotlines rather than the central figure in them. We have a big jumble of ecology and politics, of marine biologists and Somali pirates, of the U.S Navy, the U.N, and the CIA. If there was a kitchen sink lying around I’m sure Si Spurrier would find something to throw it at.

If you’ve read up to issue 4 you’ll have a pretty good handle on what’s going on. The ‘deal’ struck between the marine scientists and the CIA/Navy, to extract...

Someone at Warner Premiere, the now obsolete company behind Lost Boys: The Tribe and Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective, is responsible for depriving audiences of a Deep Blue Sea sequel. Not just any sequel, but an Aliens-esque sequel involving pirates, Navy Seals, and weaponized sharks. The movie, which Jack Perez (Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus) was hired to write […]

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