Television and Film

John Mulaney is getting ready to launch his live variety talk show at Netflix.

The comedian is set to kick off his show – the follow-up to his successful and beautifully chaotic Everybody’s in LA series – on March 12. Everybody Live with John Mulaney will run for 12 weeks.

Mulaney received a two-season order from the streamer.

On Thursday, Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch, Jason Ritter (voice of Dipper Pines) and Kristen Schaal (voice of Mabel Pines), director, character designer and artist Joe Pitt and artist Matt Braly (creator of Amphibia, who also worked as director and storyboard artist on Gravity Falls) helped raise over $93,000 to help those impacted by the recent L.A. wildfires through a special livestream. The timely charity fundraiser (which is still open) rewarded fans with live drawings, song performances and special animation-related memorabilia and collector’s item. The whole event was recorded, and you can watch Alex and friends’ entertaining, and one-of-a-kind stream here.

Netflix has dredged the waters of Andrzej Sapkowski’s epic fantasy world to unveil the trailer for The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep, the new animated film entry into the blood and sorcery-filled saga of The Witcher. Produced by South Korean animation house Studio Mir, Poland’s Platige Image and L.A.-based Hivemind, the movie premieres February 11 on the streamer.

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• A Bear Named Wojtek
• Beautiful Men
• Bottle George
• A Crab in the Pool
• In the Shadow of the Cypress
• Magic Candies
• Maybe Elephants
• ME
• Origami
• Percebes
• The 21
• Wander to Wonder
• The Wild-Tempered Clavier
• Yuck!

Death of a Unicorn is an upcoming American black comedy monster film written and directed by Alex Scharfman. It stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega.

A man and his teenage daughter accidentally crash into a unicorn while they are en route to a crisis management summit with his boss Dell Leopold and Leopold's family. The Leopolds seize the unicorn, and their scientists discover that its flesh, blood, and, most of all, its horn are endowed with supernaturally curative properties, which the Leopolds seek to exploit. However, as they delve deeper into their research, they discover the deadly consequences of their actions.

IGN caught up with with the show's creator and executive producer Dan Erickson along with Adam Scott (Mark S.), Britt Lower (Helly R.), and Tramell Tillman (Milchick) before they went out on stage to talk about how they prep for such a complex show and what, if anything, they can tell us about Season 2.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UXKlYvLGJY

The Pokémon Company are teaming up with stop-motion animation studio Aardman for a new mystery collaboration.

Billed only as a “special project,” it’s unclear whether it will be a feature film, series or something else entirely but promises that Aardman will bring “their unique style of storytelling to the Pokémon universe in brand-new adventures.”

It is set to be released in 2027.

Shōgun (FX/Hulu) leads this year’s contenders with six nominations, including Best Drama Series. Abbott Elementary (ABC), Disclaimer (Apple TV+), Hacks (HBO | Max), *The Diplomat *(Netflix), The Penguin (HBO | Max) and What We Do in the Shadows (FX) followed with four nominations each.

in the Best Animated Series race, preschool phenom Bluey (Disney+) vies against two adult-targeted super hero titles from Prime Video, Batman: Caped Crusader and Invincible, as well as long-running FOX animated sitcoms The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers, and the nostalgia-fueled superhero action adventure X-Men ’97 (Disney+).

Variety has learned that Lawrence is working on a new iteration of the series via 20th Television for the broadcast network.

According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, Lawrence will not serve as showrunner on the new “Scrubs” should the project go to series. At this time, no other deals are in place and no cast members are yet attached.

Variety also spoke with Braff in October ahead of the “Garden State” 20th anniversary concert, where the actors said he was “definitely” on board to return to “Scrubs.”

Trailer: https://youtu.be/EHYcymIQ7xo

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Ever since it was announced, there has been some confusion over just what Secret Level actually is. The video game-themed anthology streaming on Prime Video — helmed by Love, Death & Robots creator Tim Miller — is a collection of animated shorts, each based on a different gaming property. So there’s a Mega Man episode that explores the character’s origin and a Spelunky episode that attempts to create a metanarrative around the concept of a roguelike.

It’s an interesting idea let down by a lack of interesting ideas. The 15 shorts are almost universally dull and manage to neither make their source material seem compelling nor provide new insights for existing fans. The real confusion is who this is actually for.