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| 'Aegon's Conquest' and other upcoming 'Game of Thrones' projects | Warner Bros. has announced the title of its Game of Thrones movie -- Aegon's Conquest. The studio shared the news Tuesday during its presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, which showcased its projects for "2027 and beyond." Aegon's Conquest will center on Aegon I Targaryen, known as Aegon the Conqueror after defeating six of the Seven Kingdoms in the world of A Song of Ice and Fire by author George R.R. Martin. Aegon, the first Lord of the Seven Kingdoms, had two wives, his sisters Visenya and Rhaenys. The trio established the Targaryen dynasty in Westeros. Aegon's Conquest is one of several upcoming projects based on Martin's works. |
| 'Hunt for Gollum' cast includes Wood, McKellen, Pace, new Aragorn | Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema have unveiled the cast of The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum. The studios announced the casting Tuesday during the Warner Bros. presentation at CinemaCon in Las Vegas. New faces to the franchise include Jamie Dornan (50 Shades of Grey) as the Dnedain ranger Strider, aka Aragorn, and Leo Woodall (The White Lotus Season 2) as another Dnedain named Halvard. Viggo Mortensen played Aragorn in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen will reprise their Lord of the Rings characters, the hobbit Frodo Baggins and the wizard Gandalf, while Lee Pace will return as his Hobbit character, the elf Thranduil. |
| 'Godzilla Minus Zero' teaser brings iconic monster to New York | Toho is giving a glimpse of the new film Godzilla Minus Zero. The Japanese studio shared a teaser trailer for the movie Tuesday featuring the iconic monster Godzilla. Godzilla Minus Zero is a sequel to the 2023 film Godzilla Minus One, which followed a kamikaze pilot who encounters Godzilla in post-World War II Japan. The new movie takes place two years later and appears to bring the action stateside, as the teaser shows Godzilla striding past the Statue of Liberty in New York City. Takashi Yamazaki returns to write and direct the sequel, with returning cast members including Ryunosuke Kamiki as the original protagonist, Koichi. |
| 'The Voice' crowns its Season 29 winner | Singing competition series The Voice has crowned its Season 29 winner. The final four contestants, Alexia Jayy, Liv Ciara, Lucas West and Mikenley Brown, appeared in the season finale Tuesday. Jayy (Team Adam) was named the winner, becoming the first Black woman to win The Voice in the show's history. Liv Ciara (Team Kelly) was the runner-up, followed by Lucas West (Team John) and Mikenley Brown (Team Kelly). Jayy's victory gave Adam Levine his first win as coach since Jordan Smith in Season 9. He and Jayy performed "Sunday Morning," a song his band Maroon 5 released in 2004. "It's been a while, so I almost forgot what it felt like to win The Voice," Levine told USA Today. |
| 'Beef' roles tailored to Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton | Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan and Charles Melton said they had enough input into their characters on Beef Season 2, premiering Thursday on Netflix, to influence the scripts. The actors joined Beef creator Lee Sung Jin at a Los Angeles press conference. Season 2 tells a new story about country club owner Josh (Isaac), his wife Lindsay (Mulligan), and their employees Austin (Melton) and Ashley (Cailee Spaeny). Austin and Ashley record a fight between Josh and Lindsay, and blackmail them with the evidence. Isaac said he already related to Lee via Season 1, which starred Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as drivers involved in a vehicular incident who escalate their feud. In the third episode, Yeun's character visits a church and cries. |