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| 'Stranger Things: First Shadow' winding down Broadway, West End runs | The producers of Stranger Things: The First Shadow announced Tuesday when the stage production will be wrapping up its Broadway and West End runs. The Tony-winning, Broadway version will drop its curtain for the final time at the Marquis Theatre on Broadway Jan. 3. The Olivier-winning London show will close at the Phoenix Theatre in the West End on Dec. 26. "When the legendary Stephen Daldry first came to us with the idea of making a Stranger Things play, we were stunned -- both by the fact that Stephen wanted to do this, and that he believed it could work. And boy, did it work," producers Matt and Ross Duffer said in a joint statement. |
| Austin Abrams gets swallowed by whale in 'Whalefall' teaser | 20th Century Studios is giving a glimpse of the new film Whalefall. The studio shared a teaser trailer for the movie Tuesday featuring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin. Whalefall is a survival thriller based on the Daniel Kraus novel. Abrams plays Jay, a young man who is swallowed by a sperm whale while scuba diving to search for his father's remains. The teaser features a flashback of a tense moment between Jay and his father Mitt (Josh Brolin) and another memory where Mitt tells his son, "You can be anything you want." The scene then changes to the terrifying moment when Jay gets tangled while diving and swallowed by the whale. |
| 'Overwatch' introduces new character Shion, new season begins June 16 | Competitive hero shooter Overwatch has unveiled the latest character coming to the game, mob boss Shion of Japan. Developer Blizzard Entertainment introduced Shion Tuesday in a new animated short that also features the Overwatch hero Sojourn. Shion is a member of the villainous Hashimoto Clan who dons two red horns on her head. She wears a white suit, uses two pistols and has various robotic enhancements. Shion battles Sojourn in the trailer before making a delivery to the evil Talon group. Shion comes to Overwatch with the launch of Season 3 on June 16. The new season will also include a new stage set in Japan, costumes and a battle pass. Shion is the 52nd character added to the free-to-play Overwatch, which was first released in 2016. |
| 'Hadestown' trailer brings Broadway musical to theaters | Bleecker Street is gearing up for the release of Hadestown in theaters. The studio shared a trailer Tuesday for the live stage version of the musical that will play in U.S. theaters July 23 to 27. Featuring the original Broadway cast of Reeve Carney, Andr De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada and Patrick Page, the production was filmed at the Lyric Theatre in London's West End in early 2025. Hadestown features music, lyrics and a book by Anas Mitchell, and is inspired by the Greek myths of Orpheus and Eurydice, and Hades and Persephone. |
| 'Camp Snoopy' Season 2 gets trailer, June premiere date | Camp Snoopy will return for a second season in June. Apple TV shared a trailer and June 26 premiere date for Season 2 on Tuesday. Camp Snoopy is an animated series based on the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz. In Season 2, Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts return to Camp Spring Lake, along with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang. Viewers will join Snoopy and the crew "as they hike, swim and leap through another round of fun and adventure in the Great Outdoors, searching for the elusive hedge toad, building towering sandcastles and debating the merits of hot dogs versus hamburgers," an official synopsis reads. |