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| It's Labor Day in the US, but there was enough streaming news over the weekend to make a little catch-up edition today worthwhile. We'll see you back here tomorrow for lots more updates. Lon
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| 1 | | Marvel Studios announced new release dates for its upcoming line-up of Disney+ original series. The new schedule is significantly less robust than the one Marvel debuted at San Diego Comic-Con in 2022, which promised 5 original series in 2023 alone. More: - Just three Marvel Studios series will now premiere in 2023, instead of five; in addition to the already-complete "Secret Invasion," both "Loki" and "What If...?" return for second seasons this year.
- "Loki" arrives on October 6; "What If...?" Season 2 will debut around Christmas Day.
- "Echo," a spinoff of "Hawkeye" starring Alaqua Cox as an ex-criminal who returns to her Oklahoma hometown, has been pushed to January 2024.
- The animated revival "X-Men '97" -- which continues the story of the '90s Fox "X-Men" series -- was originally slated for Fall 2023, but will now premiere in 2024.
- The "WandaVision" spinoff centered on Kathryn Hahn's character Agatha Harkness has been renamed "Agatha: Darkhold Diaries," and pushed back to Fall 2024.
- Both "Ironheart" and "Daredevil: Born Again" are on hold mid-production due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.
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| 2 | | Actor Kevin Costner has suggested he will "probably go to court" with producers 101 Studios and Paramount Global over his departure from the Western drama series "Yellowstone." Costner made the remarks while testifying at a court proceeding in Santa Barbara, related to his divorce from Christine Baumgartner. More: - Costner claimed on the stand that he attempted to negotiate a return to "Yellowstone" for Season 6, but "there were issues about creative" and, despite his best efforts, the producers "walked away."
- "Yellowstone" has only recorded the first half of its fifth season to date.
- Costner reportedly wanted to spend just one week shooting the second half of the season, in order to shift his focus to the film "Horizon," which he plans to direct.
- "Yellowstone" producers declined to comment on Costner's remarks; sources told Deadline that, from the perspective of the show's creative team, Costner had made himself "unavailable."
- "Yellowstone" airs on cable's Paramount Network, and is among the most popular broadcast series in the US.
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| 3 | | DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 CHUCKY: The Syfy/USA horror-comedy series continues the story from the "Child's Play" slasher film franchise; Season 2 aired last year on cable and (finally!) hits Peacock today. Brad Dourif reprises his role as the voice of killer doll Chucky; Zackary Arthur, Björgvin Arnarson, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Fiona Dourif, Devon Sawa, and Jennifer Tilly co-star. The show has been renewed for a third season, premiering later this year on Peacock and cable. [Peacock] MAFIA MAMMA: 2023 action-comedy feature from director Catherine Hardwicke ("Twilight"), starring Toni Collette as an American who discovers she's descended from a powerful Mafia family during a trip to Italy. Monica Bellucci and Sophia Nomvete co-star. [Paramount+] MEGAN THEE STALLION VS. TORY LANEZ: FIVE SHOTS: Two-part true-crime docuseries produced for Discovery+, exploring the 2020 shooting incident and ensuing legal case that led to rapper Tory Lanez receiving a 10-year prison sentence. The two episodes look back at the situation from conflicting viewpoints. Emily Doe directed. [Max] TOUGH LOVE WITH HILARY FARR: The HGTV series features the designer and "Love It or List It" vet helping families get organized and reinvent their messy, chaotic living spaces. It's back for a second season this week on Max and cable. [Max] THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN: 2022 dark comedy-drama from writer/director Martin McDonagh ("Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"), set on a fictional island off Ireland's west coast in the 1920s. Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson co-star as lifelong friends whose relationship reaches an impasse; Kerry Condon and Barry Keoghan co-star. [Hulu] | | | |
| 4 | | Paramount+ picked up the international rights for "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," the final film from late director William Friedkin. In the US, the film will air and stream on the Showtime service; it will stream exclusively on Paramount+ in the UK, Canada, Australia, Italy, Ireland, Korea, Germany, and throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. More: - The film was written and directed by Friedkin, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play from Hermon Wouk.
- Wouk adapted the play from his own 1951 novel "The Caine Mutiny"; it centers on a Naval lawyer (Jason Clarke) defending a first officer (Jake Lacy) who seized control of a WWII vessel from its domineering captain (Kiefer Sutherland) during a violent storm.
- The movie had its world premiere on Sunday night at the Venice Film Festival.
- Friedkin's acclaimed films include "The French Connection" and "The Exorcist"; he passed away in August at age 83.
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| 5 | | On Sunday, Disney offered an updated statement about its carriage dispute with Charter, urging customers to switch to a different pay TV provider. In a statement, Disney noted that consumers "have many options today and can choose from competing pay TV providers" that offer the full line-up of Disney's networks. More: - The statement didn't mention any other services by name, but Disney owns one of Charter's rival pay TV providers: the Hulu + Live TV streaming service.
- Around 15 million Charter customers had their total Disney network access turned off -- including ESPN and local ABC stations -- last Thursday; Charter is currently the #2 cable TV provider in the US.
- The outage comes right at the start of a new NFL season; on September 11, ESPN will carry a "Monday Night Football" face-off between the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills.
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| 6 | | Hulu canceled the romantic comedy series "How I Met Your Father" after two seasons. The show was a spinoff of the popular CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother," which aired for nine seasons from 2005 to 2014. More: - Unlike its predecessor, the new series will conclude without revealing the other parent of its main character's child.
- Hilary Duff starred in the series as Sophie, who recalls spending time in her early 30s with her close-knit group of friends; Kim Cattrall narrated the series as an older version of Sophie in the near-future.
- Original "How I Met Your Mother" cast members Neil Patrick Harris and Cobie Smulders made guest appearnaces on the new series during its two-season run.
- Former "This Is Us" showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger created the spinoff series and executive produced.
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| 7 | | Producers of "The Great British Baking Show" announced a new rule for the popular reality competition series: no more nationality-themed weeks. Last season -- the show's 13th overall -- featured a themed "Mexican Week" episode that was widely criticized for cultural insensitivity. More: - "The Great British Baking Show" -- which streams on Netflix as "The Great British Bake Off" -- returns for a 14th season in the UK later this month.
- Last year's "Mexican Week" episode featured hosts Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas making jokes based on Mexican stereotypes, and also featured mispronunciations of classic ingredients such as "guacamole" and "pico de gallo."
- Previous themes have included "Japan Week" and "German Week."
- In an interview with The Guardian, executive producer Kieran Smith explained "we didn't want to offend anyone but the world has changed and the joke fell flat"; he promises that Season 14 will feature a more traditional line-up of challenges.
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- The sixth and final season of "The Crown" will dramatize then-Prince Charles's 2005 wedding to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
- Netflix's animated series "Arcane," based on the "League of Legends" video game franchise, will return late next year for a long-awaited second season.
- Netflix announced the period drama series "Winter Palace," a co-production with Swiss network RTS, set during the dawn of winter tourism in the Alps.
- John Wilson spoke with Vulture about ending his HBO series "How To" after three seasons, how he uses the camera as a social tool to explore new environments, and why he relates so much to eccentrics and niche communities.
- Netflix announced a second season for the true crime docuseries "Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal"; three new episodes hit the streamer on September 20.
- While speaking at a Financial Times event in London, "Succession" star Jesse Armstrong offered his own interpretation of the final season's debate about whether Logan crossed out or underlined his son Kendall's name on an important document.
- Speaking to Variety from the Venice Film Festival, writer/director Nicolas Winding Refn ("Copenhagen Cowboy") criticized streaming platforms for devaluing movies, referring to them as "overfunded and rotten with money and cocaine."
- "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" regular Erica Mena has been dropped from the reality franchise after using a slur during a heated argument with co-star Spice; Mena originally appeared on "Love & Hip Hop: New York" before moving over to the Atlanta edition in 2018.
- During a panel at the MIP Africa conference, Netflix previewed a new line-up of South African series and films, including YA drama "Miseducation"; holiday series "Yoh' Christmas"; and the spy thriller film "Heart of the Hunter."
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 | Writer | | Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." | | This newsletter was edited by Eduardo Garcia | |
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