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Creepshow Premieres This Week (Shudder)

Shudder’s Creepshow anthology series, based on the iconic 1982 film written by Stephen King and directed by George A. Romero, and executive produced by Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead), premieres on Thursday, September 26 at 9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm PT, both on the Shudder TV live-stream and on demand. Subsequent episodes will premiere live and on demand Thursdays at 9pm ET/6pm PT. Check out the trailer:

The season premiere episode features two stories: In Grey Matter, written by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi, based on the short story of the same name by Stephen King, and directed by Greg Nicotero,  Richie’s drinking habit was getting out of control, but no one expected his thirst to become insatiable. His appetite grew from beer, to animals, to people; and with a hurricane closing in, Richie begins to devour everything in sight. This episode stars Adrienne Barbeau, Giancarlo Esposito, Tobin Bell, Christopher Nathan and Jesse C. Boyd.

Adrienne Barbeau in "Grey Matter." Photo copyright of Shudder.

Then in The House of the Head, Evie’s dolls are some of her favorite companions, but when a severed toy head appears in their dollhouse and starts murdering, Evie can't protect them. Are her favorite dolls next? Or worse, if it escapes the confines of the dollhouse… is she next? Written by Josh Malerman and directed by John Harrison, this episode stars Cailey Fleming, Rachel Hendrix, David Shae, Guy Messenger, Diane D. Carter

"The House of the Head." Photo copyright of Shudder.

Creepshow stars David Arquette (Scream franchise), Adrienne Barbeau (The Fog), Tobin Bell (Saw), Big Boi (Scream: The TV Series), Jeffrey Combs (Star Trek, Re-Animator), Kid Cudi (Drunk Parents), Bruce Davison (Longtime Companion, X-Men), Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul), Dana Gould (The Simpsons, Stan Against Evil), Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica, Lucifer) and DJ Qualls (The Man in the High Castle, Supernatural). Creepshow is produced by the Cartel with Monster Agency Productions, Taurus Entertainment, and Striker Entertainment: Stan Spry, Jeff Holland, and Eric Woods are executive producers for the Cartel; Greg Nicotero and Brian Witten are executive producers for Monster Agency Productions; Robert Dudelson, James Dudelson and Jordan Kizwani are executive producers for Taurus Entertainment; Russell Binder is executive producer and Marc Mostman co-executive producer for Striker Entertainment.

Pitching In - Now Available On U.S. DVD (Acorn)

Acorn TV features the DVD debut of the new heartwarming BBC family drama and Acorn TV Original Series Pitching In on September 24, 2019. The series stars beloved British actor Larry Lamb (New Tricks, EastEnders, Gavin & Stacey, Murphy’s Law) as Frank Hardcastle, a man who runs a holiday park on the idyllic North Wales coast and finds his peace and quiet disrupted when his flighty daughter (Caroline Sheen) and grandson move back home. Filmed entirely on location in Anglesey in beautiful Wales, the 4-part series also co-stars the charming, Oscar and Golden Globe winning actress Hayley Mills (The Parent Trap, Pollyanna, Wild at Heart) and Melanie Walters (Gavin & Stacey). The DVD 2-Disc set features 4 episodes, plus bonus behind-the-scenes featurettes ($39.99, Amazon.com). Pitching In made its U.S. premiere in May 2019 on Acorn TV. Called a “glorious streaming service… an essential must-have”(The Hollywood Reporter), Acorn TV is North America’s most popular and largest streaming service focused on British and international television.

On the scenic and serene north Wales coast, the residents of Daffodil Dunes are content with their cozy, if somewhat outdated, camping-park community. Then owner Frank makes the surprising announcement that he plans to sell the park and retire. But when his strong-willed daughter, Carys, returns home for the first time since her mother’s death 18 months ago, she attempts to change his mind.

Carys plans events from medieval reenactments to fitness retreats to draw new visitors and increase income. But she may be in over her head as she contends with her disgruntled teenage son, her ex-fiancé’s new girlfriend, and another woman in her father’s life: enticing estate agent Iona (Hayley Mills), who has her own plans for Daffodil Dunes—and for Frank himself—in this endearing family drama.

Street Date: September 24, 2019: SRP: $39.99; DVD 2-Disc Set: 4 episodes – Approx. 237 min. – SDH Subtitles – UPC 054961275397; Bonus: Behind-the-scenes featurettes about Wales (2 min.) and the characters (4 min.).

Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season Coming to Digital, DVD & Blu-ray

A new generation of heroes joins the Young Justice team just as they face their greatest challenge yet in Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the DC Universe Original Series’ enthralling third season arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting September 24, 2019 and DVD ($24.98 SRP) on November 26, 2019. The DVD order due date is October 22, 2019.

Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season will be available on Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Archive Collection. The Blu-ray release includes all 26 episodes on the DVD and is also arriving November 26, 2019. Warner Archive Blu-ray releases are found at wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.

In Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season, our heroes have survived the schemes of the Light and saved the Earth from the Reach Invasion – but the worst has yet to come. Now someone is kidnapping teens and transforming them into super-powered weapons! Meta-Human trafficking is a terrifying threat to a society caught in the crossfire of a genetic arms race spanning the globe and the galaxy. Now Nightwing, Superboy, Miss Martian, Tigress, Aqualad and Black Lightning will need help from a new group of young heroes to save the world from the war games of Super-Villains controlling the system from the inside. What’s needed … is a team of Outsiders. 

Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season boasts a stellar core cast that features Troy Baker, Danica McKellar, Crispin Freeman, Khary Payton, Nolan North, Stephanie Lemelin, Jesse McCartney, Jason Marsden, Bruce Greenwood, Mae Whitman, Grey Griffin, Vanessa Marshall, Maggie Q, Alyson Stoner, Zehra Fazal, Yuri Lowenthal, Jason Spisak, Josh Keaton, Kelly Hu and Greg Cipes,

The third season also includes such notable guest starring appearances as Alan Tudyk, Lacey Chabert, Bill Fagerbakke, Oded Fehr, Daniela Bobadilla, Chad Lowe, Jacqueline Obradors, Keone Young, Dwight Shultz, Mirina Sirtis, Deborah Strang, Gwendoline Yeo and Danny Trejo; and topnotch voice actors Scott Menville, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Diane Delano, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Roger Craig Smith, Fred Tatasciore, David Sobolov, Kath Soucie, James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Michael Richardson and Steve Blum.

Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season is produced by Greg Weisman (Gargoyles) and Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under The Red Hood). Leanne Moreau (DC Super Hero Girls) is producer. Sam Register is Executive Producer.

All 26 thrilling episodes of the epic third season will be available as a four-disc DVD set. Those episodes are: Princes All; Royal We; Eminent Threat; Private Security; Away Mission; Rescue Op; Evolution; Triptych; Home Fires; Exceptional Human Beings; Another Freak; Nightmare Monkeys; True Heroes; Influence; Leverage; Illusion of Control; First Impression; Early Warning; Elder Wisdom; Quiet Conversations; Unknown Factors; Antisocial Pathologies; Terminus; Into the Breach; Overwhelmed and Nevermore.

“The audience demand for Young Justice is obvious – the fans are the ultimate reason the series has returned after six years, and the viewership on the DC Universe streaming service has been significant,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Senior Vice President, Originals, Animation and Family Marketing. “We recognize that thirst for Young Justice and know those same fans will want to have the action-packed third season – with all of its new characters, voices and challenges – as a compilation package.”  

Fans can also own Young Justice: Outsiders - The Complete Third Season via purchase from digital retailers beginning September 24, 2019.

Peaky Blinders - Season Five U.S. Trailer! (Netflix)

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in Peaky Blinders. Photo copyright of Netflix.

Peaky Blinders - the award-winning epic, gangster family series set in the lawless streets of Birmingham, UK and beyond, follows the evolution of leader Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy) from backstreet crime lord to legitimate businessman and member of parliament. It explores the notions that violence destroys lives, empires rise and fall over time, and class divisions are corrosive. Season 5, returning to Netflix Friday, October 4th, finds the world thrown into turmoil by the financial crash of 1929. When Tommy Shelby MP is approached by a charismatic politician with a bold vision for Britain, he realizes that his response will impact not only the future of his family but that of the entire nation. Check out the U.S. trailer below!

Returning cast members include Cillian Murphy (Dunkirk, 28 Days Later) as Thomas Shelby, Helen McCrory (Skyfall, Harry Potter) as Polly Gray, Paul Anderson (The Revenant, Legend) as Arthur Shelby, Sophie Rundle (Bodyguard) as Ada Thorne (Shelby), Finn Cole (Animal Kingdom) as Michael Gray, Kate Phillips (The Crown) as Linda Shelby, Natasha O’Keeffe (Sherlock Holmes: The Abominable Bride) as Lizzie Stark, Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) as Aberama Gold, Jack Rowan (Born To Kill) as Bonnie Gold, Charlie Murphy (Happy Valley) as Jessie Eden, Kingsley Ben-Adir (Deep State) as Col Ben Younger, Harry Kirton (We Can Be Heroes) as Finn Shelby, Packy Lee (The Frankenstein Chronicles) as Johnny Dogs, Ned Dennehy (Good Omens) as Charlie Strong, Ian Peck (Endeavour) as Curly, and poet/musician Benjamin Zephaniah as Jeremiah Jesus.

New cast joining the ensemble this season on Steven Knight’s acclaimed crime family saga includes Sam Claflin (The Nightingale, Adrift, Journey’s End) as Oswald Mosley, Anya Taylor-Joy (The Miniaturist, Split, The Witch) as Gina Gray, Brian Gleeson (Phantom Thread, Logan Lucky) as Jimmy McCavern, Neil Maskell (Happy New Year, Colin Burstead, In Darkness) as Winston Churchill, Kate Dickie (The Cry, The Witch) as Mother Superior, Cosmo Jarvis (Calm with Horses, Lady Macbeth) as Barney and  Emmett J Scanlan (Butterfly, Safe) as Billy Grade.

The fifth series is directed by Anthony Byrne (In Darkness, Butterfly, Ripper Street) and produced by Annie Harrison-Baxter (Marcella, In the Flesh, The Secret of Crickley Hall). Peaky Blinders is produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC One; executive produced by Caryn Mandabach, Steven Knight, Jamie Glazebrook, David Mason, Cillian Murphy; for Tiger Aspect, Patrick Spence, and for the BBC, Tommy Bulfin.

Next Time on Lodge 49 - "Exile" (AMC)

David Pasquesi as Blaise St. John and Wyatt Russell as Sean "Dud" Dudley. Photo copyright of AMC.

Season two of AMC's Lodge 49 continues on Monday, September 22nd at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT. On the seventh episode, Exile, Dud resumes his apprenticeship with Blaise. Meanwhile Ernie sees someone from his past and hits bottom, while Liz goes to the mat for her employees.

Season two of this modern fable set in Long Beach, CA centers on likable “Squire” and ex-surfer Sean “Dud” Dudley (Wyatt Russell), whose beloved fraternal order -- the Ancient and Benevolent Order of the Lynx -- is suffering under new rule by an ill-suited leader. Despite his “Knight” and mentor Ernie’s (Brent Jennings) lost faith, and his twin sister Liz’s (Sonya Cassidy) struggle with their past, Dud believes he is the key to restoring the Lodge to its former grandeur and putting the rightful king on the throne. In addition to Russell, Jennings and Cassidy, this season’s cast includes Linda Emond (Connie), Eric Allan Kramer (Scott) and David Pasquesi (Blaise).

Jim Gavin (Author, Middle Men) serves as creator, writer and executive-producer alongside showrunner Peter Ocko (Pushing Daisies, The Office). Additional executive producers include Paul Giamatti (Billions, Sideways, Outsiders, Hoke), Dan Carey (Outsiders, Hoke, John Dies at the End, All Is Bright) and Jeff Freilich (Halt and Catch Fire, Grace and Frankie). Lodge 49 is an AMC Studios production.

 

Next Time on The Terror: Infamy - "My Perfect World" (AMC)

Derek Mio as Chester Nakayama.

AMC's The Terror: Infamy continues on Monday, September 23th at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT with an episode titled My Perfect World. The Nakayamas have been torn apart, and Chester searches for the person he believes can help, even if it means taking drastic action. A tuberculosis outbreak in the community forces Amy to act, though she’s caught between doing what she’s told and doing what’s right.

The Terror: Infamy centers on a series of bizarre deaths that haunt a Japanese American community, and a young man's journey to understand and combat the malevolent entity responsible. In addition, the series is one of the first depicting the internment of Japanese Americans on such a massive scale – complete with authentically recreated camps in scope and scale as post-WWII.

The series stars Derek Mio, Kiki Sukezane (Lost in Space), Cristina Rodlo (Miss Bala), Shingo Usami (Unbroken), Naoko Mori (Everest), Miki Ishikawa (9-1-1) and renowned actor, producer, author and activist George Takei (Star Trek), who also serves as a consultant.

The Terror: Infamy is an AMC Studios production produced by Scott Free, Emaj Productions and Entertainment 360. In addition to Alexander Woo and Max Borenstein, Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Guymon Casady and Jordan Sheehan also serve as executive producers.

This Week on Preacher - "Overture" (AMC)

Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer and Ruth Negga as Tulip O'Hare. Photo copyright of AMC.

Preacher season four continues on Sunday, September 22nd at 10:05 p.m. ET/PT. In the penultimate episode, Overture, Masada is abuzz as the Messiah has finally arrived. Our heroes mount one last assault in a desperate attempt to thwart the end of the world, but God uses every trick in His omniscient arsenal to divide them. Eugene gets out of prison.

AMC's Preacher stars Dominic Cooper, Academy Award® nominee Ruth Negga and Joseph Gilgun, along with series regulars Ian Colletti, Graham McTavish, Pip Torrens, Julie Ann Emery, Noah Taylor, Mark Harelik and Tyson Ritter. As the series inches closer to the finale, God's endgame for the universe begins to click into place. Trapped between heavenly prophecies, hellish prisons, and all-out nuclear war, Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy make their bloody way to the Most High. Whether they can reach God in time — or whether all this carnage is part of His divine plan — will soon be revealed as “Preacher” barrels towards the end of the world.

The Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios co-production was developed for television by executive producer and showrunner Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad) and executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (Sausage Party, This is the End, Superbad). The series is also executive produced by James Weaver for Point Grey Pictures, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Vivian Cannon, Jason Netter, Michael Slovis, Mark McNair, Garth Ennis, Ken F. Levin and Sara Goodman.

This Week on Fear the Walking Dead - "Channel 5" (AMC)

Jenna Elfman as June in Fear the Walking Dead. Photo copyright of AMC.

Season five of AMC's Fear the Walking Dead season five continues on Sunday, September 22nd at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. In this week’s episode, Channel 5, when Virginia (Colby Minifie) makes a statement, Al (Maggie Grace) responds in kind. Facing dire circumstances, June (Jenna Elfman) leads the search for a new place to call home, and with Grace's (Karen David) condition worsening, Morgan makes a tough call.

In the second half of season five, after successfully proving their way can work, our heroes gain momentum, rescuing survivors, and spreading the message of hope along the way -- until foes both familiar and unexpected arise, forcing the group to question whether their brand of altruism can really make a difference in a world filled with death and decay.

Castle Rock - Season Two Coming in October (Hulu)

Check out the first teaser for the new season of Hulu Original Castle Rock. Season two stars Lizzy Caplan, Tim Robbins, Paul Sparks, Yusra Warsama, Barkhad Abdi, Elsie Fisher and Matthew Alan. Castle Rock premieres Wednesday, Oct. 23, only on Hulu.

A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse, Castle Rock combines the mythological scale and intimate character storytelling of King’s best-loved works, weaving an epic saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland. The fictional Maine town of Castle Rock has figured prominently in King’s literary career: Cujo, The Dark Half, IT and Needful Things, as well as novella The Body and numerous short stories (Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption) are set in there. Castle Rock is an original suspense/thriller — a first-of-its-kind re-imagining that unites King's themes and worlds, and brings together the author's most iconic and beloved characters. In season two, a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan), Stephen King's nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. 

See - Coming in November (Apple TV+)

Apple unveiled the official trailer for See, an epic world-building drama starring Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard. The series will debut November 1st exclusively on Apple TV+, Apple’s new original video subscription service and home for the world’s greatest storytellers.

 

See takes place in the distant future, after a deadly virus decimated humankind.  Those who survived, emerged blind.  Jason Momoa stars as Baba Voss — the father of twins born centuries later with the mythic ability to see — who must protect his tribe against a powerful yet desperate queen who wants the twins destroyed.  Alfre Woodard stars as Paris, Baba Voss’s spiritual leader.  See also stars an internationally acclaimed cast, including Yadira Guevara-Prip, Sylvia Hoeks, Nesta Cooper, Archie Madekwe, Christian Camargo, Hera Hilmar and Marilee Talkington.

 

Written and created by Steven Knight and directed by Francis Lawrence, the series features cast and crew who are blind or have low vision, who helped bring this inclusive and authentic world to life. Check out the trailer below.