Onward

Director Dan Scanlon

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Octavia Spencer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Rating PG

Release Date March 6th, 2020

“Set in a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there.”

Written and directed by Dan Scanlon (Monsters University), Onward is set in a suburban fantasy world and tells the story of two teenage elf brothers who embark on a quest to discover if there is still magic out there. Check out the official trailers below!!

Outer Banks

Genre Action | Crime | Drama

Cast Madison Bailey, Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss, Charles Esten

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere April 15th, 2020 (Netflix)

“A group of teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks stumble upon a treasure map that unearths a long buried secret.”

Outer Banks is a Netflix original crime drama series that tells the story of a group of teenagers from the wrong side of the tracks stumble upon a treasure map that unearths a long buried secret. Check out the official trailer below!!

The Innocence Files

Genre Documentary

Cast N/A

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere April 15th, 2020 (Netflix)

“The hour-long episodes detail the personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.”

A Netflix original docuseires, The Innocence Files includes hour-long episodes which detail the personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn. Check out the official trailer below!!

HBO Streaming 500 Hours of FREE Programming

HBO is making a ton of content completely free to stream as a nice gesture as people look for a diversion during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The WarnerMedia-owned premium cable channel is making almost 500 hours of programming available to stream for free (without ads) for a limited time on HBO Now and HBO Go services without a subscription, starting this Friday, April 3.

The list of free programming includes every episode of nine HBO series: “The Sopranos”, “Veep”, “Succession”, “Six Feet Under”, “The Wire”, “Ballers”, “Barry”, “Silicon Valley” and “True Blood”.

We are absolutely obsessed with Succession, which is easily our favorite new HBO series. Silicon Valley is a hilarious and very well-written comedy series starring T.J. Miller, Thomas Middleditch, and Komil Nanjiani that is easily binge-able with it’s 30-minute episodes.

Six Feet Under is an incredible and extremely underrated comedy drama series which ran from 2001-2005 starring Peter Krause and Michael C. Hall (Dexter).

Also streaming for free are 20 Warner Bros. movies in HBO’s current catalog including “Pokémon Detective Pikachu,” “The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part” and “Crazy, Stupid, Love”; and 10 HBO documentaries and docuseries including “McMillion$” and “The Case Against Adnan Syed.”

Notably, however, HBO megahit “Game of Thrones” is absent from the free-streaming fiesta, as are recent hits including “Westworld ,” “Big Little Lies,” “Euphoria” and “Chernobyl .”

All of the programming will be available to stream without a subscription starting April 3 by downloading the HBO Now or HBO Go apps (or by visiting hbonow.com or hbogo.com), but only in the United States. The content will also be made available for free via participating U.S. distribution partners’ platforms in the next several days, according to HBO.

Most notably missing is the HBO flagship series Game of Thrones (cheap bastards!)

HBO content available to stream without a subscription includes:

Full Series
1. Ballers (5 Seasons)
2. Barry (2 Seasons)
3. Silicon Valley (6 Seasons)
4. Six Feet Under (5 Seasons)
5. The Sopranos (7 Seasons)
6. Succession (2 Seasons)
7. True Blood (7 Seasons
8. Veep (7 Seasons)
9. The Wire (5 Seasons)

Warner Bros. Movies
1. Arthur
2. Arthur 2: On the Rocks
3. Blinded By the Light
4. The Bridges of Madison County
5. Crazy, Stupid, Love
6. Empire of the Sun
7. Forget Paris
8. Happy Feet Two
9. Isn’t It Romantic?
10. The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
11. Midnight Special
12. My Dog Skip
13. Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase
14. Pan
15. Pokémon Detective Pikachu
16. Red Riding Hood
17. Smallfoot
18. Storks
19. Sucker Punch
20. Unknown

Docuseries and Documentaries
1. The Apollo
2. The Case Against Adnan Syed
3. Elvis Presley: The Searcher
4. I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter
5. The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley
6. Jane Fonda in Five Acts
7. McMillion$
8. True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
9. United Skates
10. We Are the Dream: The Kids of the MLK Oakland Oratorical Fest

Hit Shows Designed for Your Phone | Try Quibi Free for 90 Days

“Shows from your favorite stars. Episodes in 10 minutes or less, designed for your phone.

Quibi is here, and it is a bright spot in these uncertain times. Many of us are stuck at home practicing social distancing and we need something new, not just the same old same old from the usual streaming services. Quibi has answered the call!! A brand-new streaming service with a unique format, Quibi offers “quick bites” which is where the name comes from, which basically stands for scripted shows playing out in a shortened chapter format. They are currently offering a free 90 day trial, just click the below link to get started.

Try Quibi Free for 90 Days

WHAT IS QUIBI?

• Quibi is a streaming service for short-form entertainment, founded by Jeffrey Katzenberg, who was the chairman of Disney during its animation renaissance in the 1990s, and Meg Whitman, also a former Disney exec, who has also been in charge of DreamWorks, Procter & Gamble, Hasbro, eBay, and Hewlett Packard. It markets itself as a new form of content consumption, creating "snackable" series and films each told via multiple short chapters. It's not available yet, but has recently been making headlines for attracting big names in Hollywood, from Jason Blum, Steven Soderbergh, Chrissy Teigen, and a bunch more people, to produce and star in these quick hits.

• Quibi has two payment tiers: $4.99 with short ads, and $7.99 without them. This makes Quibi a big competitor of Apple TV+, also priced at $4.99 per month, and the likes of Netflix or Disney+, whose cheapest tiers are still not as cheap as $5.

Now Quibi just launched on April 6th but already has a tremendous library, making it a little difficult to navigate and find exactly what it is you want to watch - but those troubles are over! Introducing Just Watch, the extremely user-friendly streaming search engine that helps you find exactly what it is you’re looking for in a matter of seconds (as long as you’re looking for movies or shows, of course). Your kids bugging you to watch the new Disney-Pixar film Onward? Just punch the name in and it will tell you exactly where you can watch it (spoiler alert, it’s on Disney+). But with so much new content getting added to Quibi this is the best way to stay in the loop. Want easy access? Just download the Just Watch app completely FREE on your app store and start BINGING!!

As Quibi continues to add new content we will be right on top of it so be sure to check back and be safe!!

See below trailers from some of Quibi’s most popular content so far:

Movies Delayed By Coronavirus

As most of you have likely already noticed, a number of theatrical releases have been postponed or shelved for an unknown period of time due to the risk of The Coronavirus (COVID-19) and a push for social distancing. Check out the full list below and fingers crossed the film industry makes it through this scary time unscathed. We'll update it as more delays are announced.

No Time to Die (James Bond)

Daniel Craig's final outing as 007, directed by Cary Fukunaga and co-written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, was the first major movie to delay release. No Time to Die had already lost its original director and changed its release date twice, but producers feared the closure of many theaters around the globe due to coronavirus would harm box office takings in lucrative international markets. The delay was announced March 4, and a week later, after the World Health Organisation declared a pandemic, other blockbusters began to follow suit.

Original release date: April 2020
New release date: Nov. 12, 2020 (UK) / Nov. 25, 2020 (US)

The Matrix 4

Production on The Matrix 4, which began in February, has been halted, according to a Variety report. It's not clear when shooting will restart or if the film's 2021 release date will be impacted.

Original release date: May 21, 2021
New release date: Unspecified

Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway

Kid-friendly sequel Peter Rabbit 2 will now hop into theaters in August.

Original release date: March 2020
New release date: Aug. 7, 2020

A Quiet Place: Part II

John Krasinski directs Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy in A Quiet Place 2, a post-apocalyptic tale of a world in which noise equals death. The near-silent sequel was due to open on March 20, but with just over a week to go Paramount announced that it's postponing the release to an unspecified date later in the year. Seeing the chilling first movie in a packed theater was an important part of the experience, partly because of the tension of trying to eat your snacks very, very quietly.

Original release date: March 2020
New release date: Unspecified date in 2020

F9 (Fast and the Furious)

On the same day A Quiet Place 2 was postponed, producers of the ninth Fast and Furious movie did the same. Starring Vin Diesel, John Cena and Charlize Theron, F9 was due to open in May but has been pushed back an entire year to April 2021 -- which had previously been earmarked for the next film in the Fast Saga. There's no word yet on when the tenth and final film will be released.

Original release date: May 2020
New release date: April 2, 2021

Mulan (and other Disney live action films)

Disney's live action Mulan reboot was slated for March 27, but Disney pulled the film on March 12, just a few hours after similar announcements for A Quiet Place 2 and F9. The postponement came late enough that some had already seen the film at earlier preview screenings, calling the new Mulan "majestic" and "thrilling."

The next day, Walt Disney Studios said it was pausing production on other live action films. The company didn't specify which movies were impacted, but Variety reported they include The Last Duel, The Little Mermaid, Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings, Home Alone, Nightmare Alley, Peter Pan & Wendy and Shrunk.

Original release date: March 2020
New release date: Unspecified

The New Mutants (X-Men)

Easily one of the most troubled movies ever to limp into production, X-Men spin-off The New Mutants has now been postponed indefinitely. It was originally slated to be released in 2018 and had already been moved twice when Disney's acquisition of Fox led to a third postponement. That makes this the fourth postponement for the teen-centric comic book chiller starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Maisie Williams.

Original release date: April 2020
New release date: Unspecified

Antlers

When Disney postponed Mulan and New Mutants, it also shelved horror film Antlers. Produced by Guillermo del Toro, the film was originally supposed to open April 17. 

Original release date: April 2020
New release date: Unspecified

SXSW and Tribeca

The SXSW conference won't take place in March, devastating filmmakers who hoped to reach press and distributors there. Films that were scheduled to premiere at the annual film, music and tech event included The 24th, a scathing historical drama from the Oscar-winning co-writer of BlacKkKlansman, Kevin Willmott.

With New York's Tribeca festival also canceled, other film festivals such as Cannes may be in doubt. As with all major events undone by coronavirus, cancellation will hit local businesses and employees.

Netflix

Netflix will suspend all scripted TV and film production for two weeks in the US and Canada starting March 16. That affects shows like Stranger Things, which was filming its fourth season. Productions filming in other locations are "being assessed on a case by case basis," according to Deadline. 

Apple originals

Apple has reportedly halted filming content for its Apple TV Plus service, which includes The Morning Show, Foundation, See and For All Mankind. The coronavirus situation is still unfolding across the globe. As Disneyland closes and more major gatherings are canceled, a question mark is cast even over giant events like this summer's Olympics. And more movies will no doubt be delayed.

It remains to be seen if Marvel's Black Widow, scheduled for May 1, or Wonder Woman 1984, set for June 5, may be in question.

Still to come

The coronavirus situation is still unfolding across the globe. As Disneyland closes and more major gatherings are canceled, a question mark is cast even over giant events like this summer's Olympics. And more movies will no doubt be delayed.

It remains to be seen if Marvel's Black Widow, scheduled for May 1, or Wonder Woman 1984, set for June 5, may be in question.

Meanwhile the pandemic is affecting not just new releases but also things that haven't even been made yet. TV shows Riverdale, The Morning Show and Disney's Falcon and Winter Soldier have delayed production of forthcoming seasons, while Mission: Impossible 7 was unable to shoot in virus-hit Venice. And Baz Luhrmann's biopic of Elvis Presley was disrupted when Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson revealed they'd tested positive for COVID-19.

Movie theaters

Regal Cinemas will close all theater locations starting March 17, until further notice. Meanwhile, AMC said it would limit the number of people in its theaters at one time to 50, according to The Hollywood Reporter. 

Trolls World Tour

Director Walt Dohrn, David P. Smith

Genre Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Cast Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, James Corden, Ozzy Osbourne

Rating PG

Release Date April 10th, 2020 (On-Demand)

“Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake return in an all-star sequel to DreamWorks Animation’s 2016 hot animated film.”

From directors Walt Dohrn and David P. Smith, Trolls World Tour picks up where Poppy and Branch discover that they are but one of six different Troll tribes scattered over six different lands devoted to six different kinds of music: Funk, Country, Techno, Classical, Pop and Rock. Their world is about to get a lot bigger and a whole lot louder. A member of hard-rock royalty, Queen Barb, aided by her father King Thrash, wants to destroy all other kinds of music to let rock reign supreme. With the fate of the world at stake, Poppy and Branch, along with their friends, set out to visit all the other lands to unify the Trolls in harmony against Barb, who's looking to upstage them all. Check out the official trailers below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Trolls World Tour:

• The first DreamWorks Animation film of the 2020’s.

• Chance the Rapper's 2nd time voice acting in a theatrically released film, after The Lion King (2019) released 9 months prior.

The Last O.G. - Season 3

Genre Comedy

Cast Tracy Morgan, Tiffany Haddish, Allen Maldonado, Ryan Gaul

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere April 7th, 2020 (TBS)

“Tray is now in search of a new home and a new gig - which ends up getting him a lot closer to the hipster gentrifiers of Brooklyn. ”

The TBS comedy series The Last O.G. is returning for a 3rd season and follows Tray who is now in search of a new home and a new gig - which ends up getting him a lot closer to the hipster gentrifiers of Brooklyn. Check out the official trailer below!!

Love. Wedding. Repeat

Director Dean Craig

Genre Comedy

Cast Olivia Munn, Sam Claflin, Aisling Bea, Freida Pinto

Rating Unrated

Release Date April 10th, 2020 (Netflix)

“Alternate versions of the same wedding unfold as Jack tries to make sure his little sister has the perfect wedding day.”

While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day. Check out the official trailer below!!

Black Sails

Genre Adventure | Drama

Cast Toby Stephens, Luke Arnold, Toby Schmitz, Hannah New

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere January 25th, 2014 (Streaming on Starz & Hulu)

“1715. The Golden Age of Piracy. New Providence is a lawless island, controlled by history’s most notorious pirate captains. The most feared - CAPTAIN FLINT.”

A prequel to the (fictional) events of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island". The series centres on a group of pirates operating out of Nassau in the Bahamas. We meet characters from history - Captain Charles Vane, Governor Woodes Rogers, Jack Rackham and Anne Bonny - plus characters from fiction - Captain Flint and, of course, Long John Silver. Check out the official trailer below!!

What We Do in the Shadows: Season 2

Genre Comedy | Fantasy | Horror

Cast Kayvan Novak, Harvey Guillen, Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 (FX & FX on Hulu)

“A look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who’ve lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island.”

From creator Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), What We Do in the Shadows is a comedy series that takes a look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of three vampires, who've lived together for over 100 years, on Staten Island. The series is unique and extremely over the top, so I think it’s safe to say it really is not for everyone - but if you can appreciate dry humor and enjoyed the movie version you will get a kick out of this vampire “sitcom”. I can’t get enough of the ridiculous cameo’s as you can see from Dave Bautista in the above photo. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, What We Do in the Shadows:

• The theme song "You're Dead" was originally released in 1966. The artist who released it is Norma Tanega as part of her album entitled "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog". Title track of album hit #22 on the charts.

• This is a TV spinoff of the 2014 film of the same name, which was a remake of the 2004 short film of the same name. The show is set in the same universe as the film.

Tigertail

Director Alex Yang

Genre Drama

Cast Hong-Chi Lee, Bill Dawes, Christine Ko, Cindera Che

Rating PG

Release Date April 10th, 2020 (Netflix)

“A Taiwanese factory worker leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family and newfound responsibilities in this multi-generational drama.”

Written and directed by Alan Yang (Parks and Rec, Master of None), Tigertail tells the story of a Taiwanese factory worker who leaves his homeland to seek opportunity in America, where he struggles to find connection while balancing family and newfound responsibilities in this multi-generational drama. Check out the official trailer below!!

Run

Genre Comedy | Romance | Thriller

Cast Domhnall Gleeson, Merritt Wever, Archie Panjabi, Tamara Podemski

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere April 12th, 2020 10:30 PM EST (HBO)

“Two ex-lovers activate a long-planned escape to disappear together.”

Run is a HBO original series that tells the story of wo ex-lovers who activate a long-planned escape to disappear together. Check out the official trailer below!!

Selah and The Spades

Director Tayarisha Poe

Genre Drama

Cast Lovie Simone, Jharrel Jerome, Celeste O’Connor, Ana Mulvoy Ten

Rating R

Release Date April 17th, 2020 (Amazon Prime)

“Five factions run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious east coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction - The Spades - sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved.”

Written and directed by Tayarisha Poe, Selah and The Spades tells the story of five factions who run the underground life of Haldwell School, a prestigious east coast boarding school. At the head of the most powerful faction - The Spades - sits Selah Summers, walking the fine line between being feared and loved. Check out the official trailer below!!

#blackAF

Genre Comedy

Cast Kenya Barris, Rashida Jones, Iman Benson, Ravi Cabot-Conyers

Rating Unrated

Series Premiere April 17th, 2020 (Netflix)

“A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.”

#blackAF is a brand new Netflix comedy that follows a father as he takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, #blackAF:

• Creator and star Kenya Barris is the creator of black-ish, and also wrote Shaft and Girls Trip. This is his first directing credit.

Coffee & Kareem

Director Michael Dowse

Genre Action | Comedy

Cast Ed Helms, Taraji P. Henson, Betty Gilpin, Terrence Little Gardenhigh

Rating Unrated

Release Date April 3rd, 2020 (Netflix)

“A 12-year-old’s scheme to scare away his mom’s new boyfriend, police officer James Coffee, backfires, exposing his family to a secret network of criminal activity.”

From director Michael Dowse (Goon, Stuber), Coffee and Kareem is a buddy cop comedy like you’ve never seen before. While police officer James Coffee enjoys his new relationship with Vanessa Manning, her beloved 12-year-old son Kareem plots their break-up. Attempting to scare away his mom's boyfriend for good, Kareem tries to hire criminal fugitives to take him out but accidentally exposes a secret network of criminal activity, making his family its latest target. Check out the official trailer below!!

A Kid from Coney Island

Director Coodie, Chike Ozah

Genre Documentary | Sport

Cast Stephon Marbury

Rating Unrated

Release Date February 10th, 2020 (Limited & On-Demand)

“Stephon Marbury was drafted by the NBA in 1996 and became a national sensation, experiencing the rise and fall, and the ultimate redemption from an unlikely place across the globe. ”

A Kid from Coney Island is a look at the life of superstar basketball player Stephon Marbury. Marbury was drafted by the NBA in 1996 and became a national sensation, experiencing the rise and fall, and the ultimate redemption from an unlikely place across the globe. Check out the official trailer below!!

We Summon the Darkness

Director Marc Meyers

Genre Horror | Thriller

Cast Alexandra Daddario, Johnny Knoxville, Keean Johnson, Logan Miller

Rating R

Release Date April 10th, 2020 (Limited & On-Demand)

“Three best friends cross paths with sadistic killers after they travel to a secluded country home to party.”

Set in the Midwest against a backdrop involving a killing spree thought to be orchestrated by a satanic cult. Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after party. A night of fun and youthful debauchery takes a deadly turn as bodies begin to pile up, with each side thinking the other hides the killer. Check out the official trailer below!!

The Hunt

Director Craig Zobel

Genre Action | Horror | Thriller

Cast Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank, Ethan Suplee

Rating R

Release Date March 13th, 2020

“Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don’t know where they are, or how they got there. They don’t know they’ve been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt.”

From director Craig Zobel, the man behind Compliance and Z for Zachariah as well as a few episodes of HBO’s The Leftovers, The Hunt follows twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are, or how they got there. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt. The film is from Blumhouse, the producer of Get Out and The Purge. Check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Film Facts, The Hunt:

• The film is yet another treatment of Richard Connell's 1924 short story, "The Most Dangerous Game".

• On August 10th, 2019 Universal confirmed they were cancelling the release of the film over backlash of the films premise because of two mass-shootings in the United States. It was announced it would re-release on March 13th 2020. (USA!! USA!!)

Ozark: Season 3

Genre Crime | Drama | Thriller

Cast Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Jason Butler Harner, Anthony Collins

Rating TV-MA

Series Premiere March 27th, 2020 (Netflix)

“A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.”

A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss. Season 3 of the hit Netflix series Ozark will be dropping on March 27th, check out the official trailer below!!

Ted Takes Fun Facts, Ozark:

• At the beginning of each episode, the title is shown with four symbols inside of an O that foreshadow events from that episode. The symbols also spell the letters Z-A-R-K to form OZARK altogether.

• There is a bar in The Lake Of The Ozarks called "Marty Byrde's