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Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale Premieres In January 2024 (Sundance Now/AMC+)

Elaine Cassidy as Sarah Fenn in Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale. Photo courtesy/copyright of Sundance Now/AMC+.

Sundance Now and AMC+ today released the premiere date and first-look images for the seven-part drama series, Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale, written and created by Debbie Horsfield, and adapted from the novel by V.V. James. The Sundance Now original series debuts with a two-episode premiere on Thursday, January 4th, exclusively on Sundance Now and AMC+, with new episodes airing weekly. The series will be available on applicable platforms in the USA and Canada.

Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale is set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real. It takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now. At the heart of the story is Sarah Fenn (Elaine Cassidy), Sanctuary’s resident witch, on whom the town relies to solve their problems when conventional remedies have failed. When local teen rugby star, Dan Whithall, dies tragically in an apparent accident, his death exposes a terrifying undercurrent of suspicion and fear towards Sarah and her teenage daughter, Harper (Hazel Doupe). Mother of the dead boy, Abigail (Amy de Bhrun), once Sarah’s closest friend, is wracked with grief, and to avenge her son’s death, launches a modern-day witch-hunt to get “justice”, no matter what the cost.

Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale also stars Stephanie Levi-John, Valerie O’Connor, Kelly Campbell and Stephen Lord. The series is executive produced by Monumental Television (Mrs Sidhu Investigates, Harlots) and is directed by Lisa Mulcahy and Justin Molotnikov.

Orphan Black: Echoes Coming In 2024 (AMC/AMC+/BBC America)

Set in the near future, Orphan Black: Echoes takes a deep dive into the exploration of the scientific manipulation of human existence. It follows a group of women as they weave their way into each other's lives and embark on a thrilling journey, unraveling the mystery of their identity and uncovering a wrenching story of love and betrayal. Taking place in the world of the landmark and Emmy® Award-winning series Orphan Black and starring and executive produced by Krysten Ritter, additional cast for the new 10-episode sci-fi thriller includes Keeley Hawes, Amanda Fix, Avan Jogia, Rya Kihlstedt, James Hiroyuki Liao and Reed Diamond. Series premieres in 2024. Check out the teaser trailer below!

Gen V Renewed For Second Season (Prime Video)

Prime Video has officially ordered a sophomore season of the global hit series Gen V, which comes from the world of The Boys. Gen V, from Amazon MGM Studios and Sony Pictures Television, began its eight-episode freshman season on Friday, September 29th, and will conclude with an epic season finale on Friday, November 3rd. The series streams exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. 

“Expanding the universe of The Boys with a series as bold as Gen V has been an incredible journey for us and our wonderful partners at Sony. From our first conversation with showrunners Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters, along with Eric Kripke, Evan Goldberg, and Seth Rogen, we knew Gen V would push the boundaries. Their unapologetic approach is exactly what audiences love, and it has helped Gen V become the No. 1 series on Prime Video in over 130 countries,” said Vernon Sanders, head of television, Amazon MGM Studios. “Gen V is Prime Video’s most acquisitive new Original series of 2023, and we’re excited that our incredible cast and crew are going to continue telling brave and bold stories from Gen V to our customers.”

“We couldn’t be happier to make a second season of Gen V. These are characters and stories we’ve grown to love, and we are thrilled to know people feel the same! The writers are already working on the new season—sophomore year is gonna be wild, with all the twists, heart, satire, and exploding genitalia you’ve come to expect from the show,” added showrunner Michele Fazekas and executive producer Eric Kripke. 

"We are so proud that our top-ranked freshman is getting a second season! Thank you to the amazing producers, cast, and crew, for bringing Gen V to life, and our Prime Video teammates, for the incredible support and partnership. We’re thrilled we can all continue on this insane journey together in Season Two!” said Katherine Pope, president of Sony Pictures Television Studios.

Set in the diabolical world of The Boys, Gen V expands the universe to Godolkin University, the prestigious superhero-only college where students train to be the next generation of heroes—preferably with lucrative endorsements. You know what happens when supes go bad, but not all superheroes start out corrupt. Beyond the typical college chaos of finding oneself and partying, these kids are facing explosive situations … literally. As the students vie for popularity and good grades, it’s clear that the stakes are much higher when super powers are involved. When the group of young supes discover that something bigger and sinister is going on at school, they're put to the test: Will they be the heroes or the villains of their stories?

The Season One cast includes Jaz Sinclair, Chance Perdomo, Lizze Broadway, Shelley Conn, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, Asa Germann, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sean Patrick Thomas, and Marco Pigossi. Gen V also features guest stars Clancy Brown and Jason Ritter, as well as appearances from Jessie T. Usher, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and P.J. Byrne, reprising their roles from The Boys. Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters serve as showrunners and executive producers. Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Neal H. Moritz, Ori Marmur, Pavun Shetty, Ken Levin, Jason Netter, Garth Ennis, Darick Robertson, Craig Rosenberg, Nelson Cragg, Zak Schwartz, Erica Rosbe, and Michaela Starr also serve as executive producers on the spinoff series. Serving as co-executive producers are Brant Englestein, Sarah Carbiener, Lisa Kussner, Gabriel Garcia, Aisha Porter-Christie, Judalina Neira, and Loreli Alanís. The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios, in association with Kripke Enterprises, Point Grey Pictures, and Original Film.

 

MastersFX Opens Vancouver B.C.'s First Ever Monster Museum

The paranormal is always present at this time of year in British Columbia - the area is shrouded in drippy forests and by dark shadowy myth – and regional cryptids seem to watch from every corner. The region has historically been associated with numerous eerie film and TV monsters as well, having been home to The X-Files, The Never-Ending Story, The Thing, Deadpool, Twilight and its sequels, Watchmen, The Last of Us, and so many more genre films and TV series, which have been filmed in the area. But on Friday, October 13th, these creeps worried no one - as over 400 Vancouver film and TV professionals came out en masse to celebrate the Grand Opening – and bloody ribbon-cutting - of MastersFX's new Monster Museum and FX Studio, located in Burnaby!  

Founded in 1987, MastersFX (MFX) is an award-winning “monster shop” which has designed, created and produced some of the best-loved monsters in movies and television shows for nearly 37 years! Now open to the public, the Monster Museum is quickly selling out, but tickets and more information about the MastersFX Monster Museum can be found here: https://mastersfxmonstermuseum.com/collections/events

Inside the showroom of their pristine, 25,000 square foot monster-making space, the MastersFX team has created a Monster Museum, which is presenting “Forty Years of Monster-Making.” The experience offers visitors an interactive exhibit that takes them through parts of MFX’s actual working monster shop, showing-off their various techniques, and letting visitors operate the animatronics and take selfies with actual screen-used monsters. Occupying the museum are an assortment of aliens, demons, devils, fairies, harpies, vampires, beasts, corpses, cadavers, robots, sasquatches, mummies, werewolves, zombies and more. These exhibits of “FX Art” have been personally curated by multi-Emmy Award-winner, Todd Masters.

Todd Masters cutting the ribbon on the Friday, the 13th opening day of the MastersFX Monster Museum. Photo courtesy/copyright of MastersFX.

The museum, now open on weekends during October, also demonstrates advancements that the MFX team has made within the field of special effects - aspects of which they call “Neo-Practical Effects.” The museum contains over 80 creatures and FX used in making shows on which MFX has contributed their special form of art, including: Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight, Fringe, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Sonic the Hedgehog, Yellowjackets; Stargate; Six Feet Under; Star Trek: First Contact and Predator. Even current projects are represented: It Lives Inside, Monster High, and The Fall of the House of Usher, to name a few.

Buried within a horde of local movie and TV industry leaders, who attended the Friday the 13th opening of the museum, Todd Masters, MFX President - his white pants still bloody from the ribbon-cutting ceremony - buzzed, “I’m overwhelmed that so many of our friends and colleagues turned out to help us bring our monster-studio to life!”

Just minutes earlier, Masters used a pair of giant scissors to cut the ribbon - one that actually bled when he cut it. “It’s nice to see everyone again,” he told the crowd of over 400. “The strikes haven’t been good for the movie community – hopefully we’re nearing resolve – and you can feel the energy in this room. Having this massive industry support for our FX - something that is very-much a local art form - is exhilarating.”

A look inside the museum. Photo courtesy/copyright of MastersFX.

The recent writers’ and actors’ strikes have slowed MastersFX workflow down a bit, but the resilient company has been flexing their project outreach with independent films, commercials, and now the Monster Museum – all of which has kept the studio’s team diligent. “Our studios have had most of the summer to develop the museum – our team refurbished many pieces, from over decades,” says Sandy Lindala, MastersFX’s legendary FX Producer and Vice President. “Vancouver has always been a monster town, with many classic genre shows shooting here over many years. Not to mention that the Pacific Northwest is renowned for local monster legends like Sasquatch – and that Ogopogo is only four hours east from here, in Lake Kelowna. A bit further south in Forks, Washington, is where the Twilight vampires come from. So this part of the world is truly supernatural!“

Inside the crowded museum during the venue’s grand opening event on October 13th, actress and “actual monster” Jenaya Ross (who has portrayed monsters in several recent entertainment projects, including It Live Inside and Nancy Drew) eased through the crowd in her “human” form. “I’ve had the privilege of working alongside the MastersFX team as a creature actor for a few years now,” she told museum visitors. “And they are easily some of the most talented artists I’ve ever met.”

“Their creative abilities continue to amaze me with each new project,” Ross explained to those attending the grand opening event, as she pointed out that one of the characters she just recently portrayed - the Pishach monster from the film It Lives Inside – actually glows in the corner of the museum. “I can’t wait for the general public to come check out MastersFX’s work at the museum, and to be able to fully grasp the attention to detail and effort they lovingly put into every piece of monster art they create.”

Todd Masters serving up a slice of "extraterrestrial deliciousness." Photo courtesy/copyright of MastersFX.

Founded in 1987 by three-time Emmy Award winner Todd Masters, MastersFX is a full-service character FX company, with studios in Vancouver, BC and Toronto, Ontario. MFX is known for a diverse resume of characters and FX, like the cadavers from Six Feet Under…the vampires for True Blood… Jack from the Jack in the Box commercials… Bib the Michelin Man… the Borg from Star Trek… the babies from Look Who’s Talking…the werewolves from Underworld… Chucky from Child’s Play… and the Predator from the recent film version of The Predator.

MastersFX’s creative teams produce a distinctive blend of practical and digital makeup FX, prosthetics and animatronics for the entertainment industry’s biggest movies and television shows. Presently, the studio’s work can be seen in Nickelodeon’s Monster High 2, which premiered on October 5th; Vindicta from Paramount; and Netflix’s The Fall of the House of Usher. MFX’s upcoming projects include: Seasons Four of The Boys and The Umbrella Academy; The Last Airbender; Percy Jackson, and Beacon 23.

 

Slayers: A Buffyverse Story Coming This Month! (Audible)

Slayers: A Buffyverse Story, the first ever audio original set in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer universe, is set to premiere October 12th, 2023. The nine-episode audio original was written by original cast member Amber Benson alongside writer Christopher Golden, and directed by Benson, Golden, and Kc Wayland. Twenty years after the series finale of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the supernatural drama will reunite original series stars James Marsters, Charisma Carpenter, Anthony Head, Juliet Landau, Emma Caulfield Ford, Amber Benson, James Charles Leary, Danny Strong along with fresh faces such as Laya DeLeon Hayes. The audio original brings fans a fresh story and a new world, filled with horror, heart, humor, and surprises at every turn. 

The upcoming scripted audio original picks up 10 years after the events of the final episode of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ Since then, Spike (James Marsters) has gone deep undercover in Los Angeles, convincing the forces of darkness that he’s back to his evil ways. When his cover is compromised by sixteen-year-old Indira Nunnally (Laya DeLeon Hayes), Spike finds himself on baby-slayer-sitting duty once more. While he attempts to track down a watcher for his eager new protégé, their paths collide with the veteran Slayer of a parallel reality where Buffy Summers never existed...a reality where Cordelia Chase (Charisma Carpenter) is the one-and-only Slayer. She needs Spike’s help with a classic big bad terrorizing her world…his old flame, Drusilla (Juliet Landau).

Third Eye Starring Felica Day, Sean Astin, Christopher Judge And More Makes Its Debut! (Audible)

Written and performed by Felicia Day, the new Audible Original Third Eye, a hilarious fantasy adventure crafted by master storyteller Felicia Day, debuts today, Thursday, October 5th on Audible. The audio drama also stars Neil Gaiman, Sean Astin, London Hughes, LilyPichu, Christopher Judge, Carolyn Seymour, Laraine Newman, Wil Wheaton, Danny Pudi, and a full cast. Check out an audio clip below!

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Once upon a time, in the magical land of San Francisco, there lived a not-so-ordinary girl named Laurel Pettigrew. She was supposed to be the Chosen One. The plan was simple: she would vanquish the great evil Tybus in an epic battle. But destiny had other ideas, and Laurel's performance in the whole heroics department was a colossal flop.

Now, instead of being a legendary hero, Laurel's the resident pariah of the magic realm. And what’s worse, the dark wizard Tybus swooped in, took over the realm, and forced all supernatural creatures to live under his tyrannical rule. He’s even stripped away the magical powers of those who refused to join his wicked cause. Yeah, everyone hates her. Well, everyone except her two roomies—Sybil, the sassiest diva of a fairy, who could throw shade with the flick of a wing. And Frank, the vampire who rocks a bald spot and a serious paunch. They are the real MVPs, the ride-or-die buddies who have her back, no matter how many colossal fails she racks up. And it’s all about to get even weirder. Along comes Kate, a Normie who somehow knows more about Laurel than Laurel knows about herself. Turns out, she's got some secrets up her sleeve that might just give Laurel a shot at redemption and a chance to rewrite her destiny.

Third Eye is a side-splitting adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Laurel and her ragtag team of misfits must embark on a wild journey to take down Tybus. It's a treacherous path, but they'll have to put their differences aside and work together. Get ready to laugh, gasp, and cheer as they stumble their way towards an epic showdown.

The full cast includes Felicia Day, Neil Gaiman, Christopher Judge, Carolyn Seymour, Laraine Newman, Wil Wheaton, Danny Pudi, Sean Astin, LilyPichu, London Hughes, Alan Tudyk, Nyima Funk, Hudson Yang, Amir Talai, Sean Giambrone, Jade Hykush, Janet Varney, Lila Sage Bromley, Amy Okuda, Phil LaMarr, Steve Agee, Kate Miccuci, Jeff Lewis, Troy Baker, Harvey Guillen, Weird Al Yankovic, Kristian Nairn, and Jonah Ray Rodrigues.

Travel Channel's The Haunted Museum Returns This Month!

Renowned filmmaker Eli Roth and paranormal investigator and Ghost Adventures host Zak Bagans team up once more for a new season of The Haunted Museum. The spine-chilling scripted series brings to life the terrifying tales of the world’s most haunted artifacts, inspired by the eerie artifacts on display in Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum in Las Vegas. Executive producers Eli Roth and Zak Bagans hand-selected writers and directors who could create cinematic stories about the cursed pieces from Bagans’ creepy collection, with introductions from Bagans about its hellish history and how it came to be in his possession. A treat for horror fans everywhere, just in time for Halloween, The Haunted Museum premieres on Thursday, October 26 at 10/9c on Travel Channel. 

An enthusiast for all things haunted, Zak Bagans has amassed a collection of thousands of curiosities from all over the world, exhibited across a sprawling 30-room, 14,000-square-foot mansion museum. These cursed objects take the spotlight in The Haunted Museum, as Zak Bagans and Eli Roth join forces to tell these scripted stories in a frightening format. Roth, the modern master of horror and creative force behind such films as “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel,” along with his accredited team of writers, present the frightful tales behind Bagans’ most feared items through innovative and evocative horror shorts.  

Included among the possessed pieces this season are: a cauldron found in serial killer Ed Gein’s home, evil puppets said to possess a person’s soul and one of the most terrifying pieces, an ancient, mummified head. The premiere episode, airing on Thursday, October 26th at 10/9c on Travel Channel, is centered around the famed Bunny Ranch Brothel where Dennis Hof, the deceased owner of the well-known legal bordello, died on the bed that is said to have a sordid and evil history. In “The Cursed Brothel Bed,” in desperate need of money to pay for her son's medical treatment, a single mother becomes a sex worker at a legal brothel out of state. When a malevolent force attached to her assigned room begins stalking her, she must unravel the mystery before she becomes the entity's next victim.  

The complete horror fans’ guide to the remaining supernatural stories featured in Season 2 of The Haunted Nuseum include:  

“The Devil’s Cauldron”   
Premieres Thursday, November 2 at 10/9c   
In this surreal take on the Ed Gein story, a nurse named Jessie inadvertently comes into contact with a cauldron once used by the infamous grave robber and murderer to render the flesh of his victims. When she becomes infected by the evil attached to the cauldron, she begins having terrifying visions and supernatural encounters with a horrifying stranger. As her condition worsens, Jessie descends into a nightmare traversing time and space.   
Inspired Object From Zak’s Museum: After purchasing Ed Gein’s cauldron at a Gein estate sale in 1958, Evelyn Mair’s family had many negative experiences with the cursed item, forcing them to get rid of it. 

“Satanic Six String”  
Premieres Thursday, November 9 at 10/9c  
A troubled teenager stumbles across an old guitar while exploring an abandoned farmhouse. When he plays it, he begins having nightmarish visions of a serial killer who is dead set on continuing his murderous rampage from beyond the grave.  
Inspired Object From Zak’s Museum: This guitar was said to be owned by a 13-year-old boy who was found lying dead on his bed with the guitar draped across him. The seller’s online listing mentions black magic, devil worship and more.  

“The Evil Puppet Twins”   
Premieres Thursday, November 16 at 10/9c  
After his ailing grandfather dies, teenager Arthur discovers two vintage puppets in his attic. Once released, the puppets begin to haunt the house with evil intent, looking for a new victim to control.  
Inspired Object From Zak’s Museum: A pair of 1800s wooden marionettes with glass eyes that had to be removed from the Carmel Doll Shop in Pacific Grove, California, after a doll collector experienced a series of disturbing events. 

“The Stone Face”  
Premieres Thursday, November 30 at 10/9c 
While working at a wealthy art collector's mansion, a young man finds an ancient stone carving with supernatural powers that suck him into a hellish, hallucinatory nightmare. 
Inspired Object From Zak’s Museum: A famous Iron Age carving haunted item Zak bought from the Metamora Museum with suspicions of having an ancient Celtic curse attached. 

“Halloween Ritual Coffin”   
Premieres Thursday, December 7 at 10/9c 
A teenager steals a prop coffin on Halloween night unaware that it's cursed with an ancient evil that latches onto him each Halloween after that. Three decades later, Richard has grown into a tormented serial killer who realizes his last option to break the curse involves recruiting help from the coffin's previous owner.   
Inspired Object Fom Zak’s Museum: According to Zak, “This miniature coffin is filled with a human skull, human hair, rattlesnake rattles, etc. I found it in Virginia City, Nevada, at a woman’s old storage unit. She told me a family owned it and said it was cursed and to never open it.” 

“The Witch’s Head” 
Premieres Thursday, December 14 at 10/9c  
William, a wealthy collector of antique oddities, acquires an ancient, mummified head for his personal collection. When he inexplicably slips into an unresponsive state, his family soon discovers that they are being haunted by a malicious entity and are left to fend for themselves against an unimaginable evil.  
Inspired Object From Zak’s Museum: One of the most visually terrifying items in Zak’s collection, he alleges it belonged to -a Swedish man who was killed for witchcraft in Scotland. 

“The Secret Society Skeleton”  
Premieres Thursday, December 21 at 10/9c   
A journalist named Georgia discovers an old 16mm movie buried in the yard of the Gothic mansion she has just moved into. Intrigued, she screens the film, only to be shocked by disturbing images of a secret society's blood rituals. She becomes obsessed with unravelling the mystery and the skeleton they use in their rituals, but when she discovers a secret too frightening to ignore, obsession turns to madness as she becomes possessed by the dark forces surrounding her. 
Inspired Object From Zak’s Museum: Inspired by two skeletons that belonged to an Odd Fellows fraternal society, likely part of initiation rituals that brought recruits face-to-face with their own mortality. 

Follow @TravelChannel and #TheHauntedMuseum on X, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok for additional content and updates. Follow Zak Bagans on X and Instagram. Follow Eli Roth on Instagram. 

The Haunted Museum is produced by Cream Productions. Eli Roth and Zak Bagans also serve as executive producers.

The Artful Dodger Coming In November (Hulu)

Hulu has revealed the teaser and key art for the upcoming Australian Original series The Artful Dodger, exploring the adult double life of Charles Dicken's famous prince of thieves, aka The Artful Dodger. The series, starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell, premieres on Hulu Wednesday, November 29th. Check out the teaser below!

The Artful Dodger explores the adult double life of Charles Dickens’ famous prince of thieves, Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger, whose fast pickpocketing fingers have turned into the skilled hands of a surgeon. Set in 1850s Australia, in the lively colony of Port Victory, Dodger’s past returns to haunt him with the arrival of Fagin, luring him back into a world of crime. A greater threat - to Dodger’s heart - is Lady Belle, the Governor’s daughter, determined to become the colony’s first female surgeon. From heists to life-and-death surgeries to the harsh realities of the criminal world mingling with the middle ground and gentry, this is a tale of reinvention, betrayal, redemption, and love with a twist.

The eight episode series stars Thomas Brodie-Sangster, as Jack Dawkins aka The Artful Dodger; David Thewlis as Fagin; and Maia Mitchell as Lady Belle Fox. An all-star Australian lineup of talent completes the cast, featuring Damon Herriman, Tim Minchin, Miranda Tapsell, Susie Porter, Damien Garvey, Kym Gyngell, Vivienne Awosoga and New Zealand talent Albert Latailakepa and more

The Artful Dodger is a co-production with Sony Pictures Television’s Curio Pictures and produced by Beach Road Pictures. The series is created by James McNamara, David Maher & David Taylor.  Jo Porter represents Curio Pictures as Executive Producer and David Maher & David Taylor represent Beach Road Pictures as Executive Producers. James McNamara (Co-Creator, Co-Executive Producer and Writer), Andrew Knight (Co-Executive Producer and Writer), Jeffrey Walker (Co-Executive Producer and Director) and Ross Allsop (Producer) complete the producing team.

 

The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs Renewed For Sixth Season (Shudder)

Shudder, AMC Networks’ premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, announced that it has renewed its hit original series The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs for a supersized sixth season. The expanded season will include a record number of more than 30 titles, starting with a series of seasonal specials then transitioning to a new schedule beginning in March 2024. The show concluded its fifth season on July 21st, with each new episode trending in the Top 10 nationally on Twitter every Friday night.

The sixth season kicked off in September with The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon special on September 15, featuring special guest Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead). This season will also feature two Halloween-themed specials in October, a Holiday special in December and a Valentine’s Day special in February. Then, beginning in March 2024, Shudder will roll-out the new schedule of Joe Bob’s signature movie watch parties every other Friday night, featuring single titles and surprises.

“As everyone knows, you should never invite me into your home, because I always show up. Shudder has graciously invited me to stick around for a sixth year, and I intend to use that kindness to haunt your phones, laptops and big-screen TVs with the most ghastly examples of perversity in the history of cinema,” said Joe Bob Briggs. “Plus a few old jokes and some celebrity guests who will still return our phone calls. Put it all together and it spells PARTAY.”

“We're delighted to bring Joe Bob, Darcy and the rest of The Last Drive-In team back for our biggest season yet of crazy, scary and crazy-scary movies and specials, with the most entertaining commentary on TV,” said AMC Networks’ Executive Vice President of Streaming Courtney Thomasma. “Joe Bob will be hosting more movie nights than any previous season and we can’t wait to continue the Friday night party with our Shudder family.”

On The Last Drive-In, Briggs, the world’s foremost drive-in movie critic hosts eclectic horror movies, talking about their merits, histories and significance to genre cinema. Shudder and Briggs first teamed up in July 2018, for the 27-hour marathon intended to be Briggs’ final farewell to televised movie hosting. After the special turned out to be an unprecedented hit, Shudder brought The Last Drive-In back as a weekly series and for multiple holiday specials. The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs is produced by Matt Manjourides and Justin Martell and directed by Austin Jennings.

Upload - Season Three Premieres This Month (Prime Video)

Season three of Prime Video's Upload premieres with two episodes on Friday, October 20th, with two new episodes premiering every Friday leading up to the season finale on November 10th. A sci-fi comedy series from Emmy-winning writer Greg Daniels (The Office, Parks and Recreation, King of the Hill), Upload is set in a technologically advanced future where holographic phones, self-driving vehicles, A.I. assistance, and 3D food printers are the norm. And, forget about dying – instead, you’ll be “uploaded” to a virtual reality afterlife, and enjoy all the comforts of a world-class resort. Provided you can afford it. 

In season three, we pick back up with Nora and freshly downloaded Nathan as they navigate their relationship, while racing to stop the mysterious conspiracy that threatens to destroy millions of lives. Can they shut down Freeyond, and finally have a real life together? Or is it just a matter of time until Nathan’s head explodes? Meanwhile, in Lakeview, a backup copy of Nathan has been activated and Ingrid’s not about to let this second chance at love slip away. Back in the real world, Aleesha rises through the ranks of Horizen by managing AI education, and falls into a new romantic relationship. And Luke, all alone in Lakeview, is forced to come up with the funds to pay for his stay in paradise, driving him to work in The Grey Zone. 

Upload was created and is showrun by Greg Daniels, who also serves as executive producer along with Howard Klein and Jeff Blitz. The series stars Robbie Amell as Nathan, Andy Allo as Nora, Kevin Bigley as Luke, Allegra Edwards as Ingrid, Zainab Johnson as Aleesha and Owen Daniels as A.I. Guy.