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| Shout! Studios to distribute Monty Python catalog | Shout! Studios announced Tuesday that it has licensed the Monty Python catalog from Mercury Studios Media Limited. Shout! obtains U.S. and Canadian rights to ad supported and subscription video-on-demand, broadcast, theatrical and non-theatrical distribution rights in the deal. The catalog includes the TV sketch series Monty Python's Flying Circus, as well as films Monty Python and the Holy Grail and Monty Python's Life of Brian. The announcement suggests plans to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Holy Grail next year. The catalog also includes comedy specials Monty Python Live (Mostly), Monty Python Live at Aspen and Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl. |
| Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan to start couples 'Beef' in Season 2 | Netflix announced the cast for Season 2 of Beef on Tuesday. The second season will feature a feud between couples. Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny will star, with Melton and Spaeny to play a young couple who witness their boss (Isaac) and the boss's wife (Mulligan) beef. That beef forces the couple to take sides. Beef was created by Lee Sung Jin as an anthology series intended to feature a different beef each season. Season 1 starred Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. Isaac recently starred in Marvel's Moon Knight for Disney+. Mulligan was last in the Netflix films Spaceman and Maestro, the latter of which earned her multiple nominations. |
| 'Matlock': CBS renews Kathy Bates reboot for Season 2 | Matlock will return for a second season on CBS. The network announced in a press release Tuesday that it renewed the series for Season 2. Matlock is a reboot of the 1986-1995 series of the same name starring Andy Griffith. The show reimagines Griffith's Ben Matlock as Matty Matlock (Kathy Bates), a new associate at a prestigious New York law firm. The character "uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases all while investigating a deeply personal secret of her own," an official synopsis reads. Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio and Leah Lewis also star. |
| 'Meet Me Next Christmas' trailer: Christina Milian stars in holiday rom-com | Netflix is teasing the new film Meet Me Next Christmas. The streaming service shared a trailer for the movie Tuesday featuring Christina Milian. Meet Me Next Christmas is a holiday romantic comedy written by Camilla Rubis and Molly Haldeman and directed by Rusty Cundieff. Milian plays Layla, a woman who meets a love interest, James (Kofi Siriboe), by chance and agrees to reunite at the Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert the next year. "In pursuit of a fairytale romance, Layla (Milian) must race through New York City with the help of a handsome and friendly ticket concierge (Devale Ellis) to get her hands on the hottest ticket in town: the sold out Pentatonix Christmas Eve Concert," an official synopsis reads. |
| Olivia Rodrigo takes the stage in 'Guts World Tour' concert special trailer | Olivia Rodrigo takes the stage in a trailer for her upcoming concert special. Netflix released a preview of Olivia Rodrigo: Guts World Tour on Tuesday. The new special was filmed at Intuit Dome in Los Angeles in August during Rodrigo's Guts world tour. The tour promotes her second studio album, Guts, released in September 2023. "At a sold-out concert in her hometown of LA, Olivia Rodrigo pours her heart into an electrifying night of chart-topping hits and pop-rock power ballads," an official description reads. The Guts world tour kicked off in February and will conclude Tuesday in Sydney, Australia. "I am so excited to share the GUTS World Tour with my fans," Rodrigo said in a statement. |