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| Kevin Nealon plays it straight in horror-comedy 'Mermaid' | Saturday Night Live and Happy Gilmore legend Kevin Nealon may be one of the funniest people on the planet, but he plays it straight in the new horror-comedy, Mermaid. Released on digital platforms Tuesday, the film casts Nealon as Keith, a wealthy Florida man patiently dealing with Doug (Johnny Pemberton) -- the drug addict ex-boyfriend of his young wife Tina (Julia Valentine Larson) -- who is keeping a dying, terrifying-looking mermaid (Avery Potemri) in his bathtub because he is lonely. Tyler Cornack wrote and directed the movie, which co-stars Robert Patrick, Kirk Fox, Tom Arnold and Kevin Dunn. Devyn McDoweland plays Layla, Tina and Doug's adorable daughter. |
| 'The Witcher 3' expansion 'Songs of the Past' to release in 2027 | CD Projekt Red has announced a third expansion for its hit video game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The studio said in a press release Wednesday that the Songs of the Past DLC will release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S and PC in 2027. Songs of the Past is co-developed by CD Projekt Red and Fool's Theory. Players will again take control of monster hunter Geralt of Rivia, with more details to be announced in late summer. The Witcher 3 was originally released in 2015 and was followed by two expansions, Hearts of Stone (2015) and Blood and Wine (2016). The game has sold more than 60 million copies and won more than 250 Game of the Year awards. |
| Steven Spielberg talks aliens in 'Disclosure Day' final trailer | Disclosure Day director Steven Spielberg appears in a final trailer for the film. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, 79, discusses the possibility of alien life in the preview released Wednesday. Disclosure Day is a new sci-fi feature from Spielberg, who previously featured aliens in his films Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). "I am much more inclined now than I was when I made Close Encounters to really believe that we're not the only intelligent civilization in the universe," Spielberg says in the trailer. "How will Disclosure change us? I believe for the better. It will remind us of our capacity for empathy, and that there is something bigger out there than just ourselves," he adds. |
| 'X-Men '97' Season 2 trailer finds the heroes 'scattered through time' | Marvel and Disney+ surprised fans Wednesday by releasing a trailer for X-Men '97 Season 2. The show, a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series, which aired for five seasons from 1992 to 1997, will return for a second season July 1 on Disney+. Season 2 opens with the X-Men, a team of Marvel Comics superheroes, "scattered through time" following the events of the Season 1 finale, released in May 2024. Cyclops (voice of Ray Chase), Jean (Jennifer Hale), Nightcrawler (Adrian Hough), Beast (George Buza), Storm (Alison Sealy-Smith), Rogue (Lenore Zann), Professor X (Ross Marquand) and Magneto (Matthew Waterson) must work to return to the 1990s and stop Apocalypse. Other voice cast members include A.J. LoCascio as Gambit and Cal Dodd as Wolverine. |
| 'Book of Mormon' original cast to perform at Tony Awards | The original stars of The Book of Mormon will perform at the Tony Awards in June. Josh Gad, Andrew Rannells, Rory O'Malley, Nikki M. James and other cast members will take the stage to celebrate the Broadway musical's 15th anniversary. Trey Parker, Matt Stone and Robert Lopez, who wrote the music, lyrics and book, will introduce the performance. The 79th annual Tonys will take place June 7 at Radio City Music Hall in New York and air at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. The show will also stream on Paramount+. Singer Pink will host the awards show, with cast members from The Lost Boys, Schmigadoon! |