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Image: Sean Phillips/Image ComicsRight now, Prime Video is on a pretty good streak with adapting various properties to TV. Between Critical Role, Jack Reacher, and Invincible, plus its various original series, the streamer is good about finding something for a particular niche.Per Deadline, Prime Video is currently finalizing plans to adapt Image Comics’ crime series Criminal. Written by Ed Brubaker (Batman, Uncanny X-Men) and drawn by Sean Phillips (Hellblazer, Kill or Be Killed), the series already has Brubaker tapped…

The Last of Us episode 4 trailer is out. HBO has dropped a preview for next week's episode of the post-apocalyptic drama based on the eponymous PlayStation video game, teasing a new character in the form of Kathleen, a ruthless leader of a revolutionary movement in Kansas City. Melanie Lynskey, best known for her run on Yellowjackets, will portray the role — signifying big trouble for our survivor duo Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey). Titled 'Please Hold My Hand', the episode will be directed by Jeremy Webb…

The Last of Us TV series has been renewed for a second season. In a tweet, HBO confirmed the next chapter in its live-action adaptation of the renowned PlayStation video game, merely two episodes into season 1. The original game writer and now co-President of Naughty Dog responded to the tweet, claiming that the new season will chart the events from the polarising gory sequel, The Last of Us Part II. Craig Mazin — co-writer on the show — previously hinted that an adaptation of the sequel was likely if enough people…

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. launched its Discovery+ streaming service on Amazon.com's Prime Video platform in Canada. Prime users can sign up for the ad-free version of Discovery+ at C$6.99 ($5.16) per month plus applicable taxes, the media company said. Discovery+ was launched last year in Canada on platforms such as Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and other Apple and Google devices.Read Also HBO Max, the other streaming platform owned by Warner Bros, returned to Prime Video channels in the United States last week, after a…

The Last of Us TV series trailer is out. Ahead of its debut next month, HBO Max has unveiled the trailer for its highly-anticipated, live-action adaptation of the zombie-killing survivor game, offering fresh glimpses at our leads Joel (Pedro Pascal) and Ellie (Bella Ramsey), as they cautiously head out into the heavily-infected west coast. Neil Druckmann, the game's original writer is attached to direct one episode of the HBO series, and collaborates with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl) as co-scribe. The Last of Us TV series…

Photo: Pascal Le Segretain (Getty Images)Netflix says it will serve around four to five minutes of 15-30 second ads per hour, played before, during, and after a show. That’s around the same chunk of ad time served up by streaming competitors like HBO Max, Peacock, and Discovery+ which refer to these breaks as, “light ad loads.”The amount of individual ads per hour are also relatively consistent among streamers, with one exception, according to recent MediaRadar data shared with MarketingBrew. HBO Max, Discovery+, and…

The Last of Us HBO series release date is official. In a tweet, games developer Naughty Dog confirmed the rumours from earlier this week, stating that HBO's live-action TV adaptation will be out on January 15, at 6pm PT/ 9pm ET, across HBO and HBO Max. In India, the series will be up for streaming on Disney+ Hotstar, on January 16, 2023. A time is not known, but it will most likely be after it's done airing in the US. The game's original writer, Neil Druckmann, has directed one episode of the HBO series, and partners with…

House of the Dragon episode 10 trailer is out. HBO has dropped a preview for next week's final episode of the first season of the Game of Thrones prequel series, picking up after Rhaenys Velaryon's explosive getaway from King's Landing, after being held captive. Titled “The Black Queen,” House of the Dragon season 1 finale hints at the aftermath of Aegon's ascension to the Iron Throne, with Princess Rhaenyra being informed of the treacherous goings-on at the household. House of the Dragon episode 10 premieres October 24…

House of the Dragon episode 9 — out now on HBO Max and Disney+ Hotstar — isn't the traditional penultimate episode that Game of Thrones had gotten us used to. There are no big set-pieces here (with that dragon at the end more a sign of things to come). And this new episode doesn't wrap up any long-running storylines (which, on Game of Thrones, opened up the finale to set the table for the next season). In fact, it's an extremely contained episode. Set during the two days immediately following the death of King Viserys…

House of the Dragon will take four full seasons to depict the Targaryen saga. On his personal blog, author George R.R. Martin wrote about the latest episode in the Game of Thrones prequel series, “The Lord of the Tides,” commending actor Paddy Considine's portrayal of King Viserys, alongside the crew. Further down, he addressed the time jumps, noting co-showrunner Ryan J. Condal has handled it “very well,” and that it would take four seasons of 10 episodes each to complete the tale.“If House of the Dragon had 13 episodes…