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It seems as though we have gathered the strength of our clusters and brought our beloved friends back for one more show.

Sense8 will bring us a two-hour special next year.

The words come from Lana Wachowski her, so it seems only fitting to post them in their entirety:

There you are, my friends. Love brought Sense8 back to life, at least for one more round. Perhaps, with even more love, it can come back to us again.

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Jake Gyllenhaal doesn’t quite deliver a career-best performance in the new Netflix movie Okja, but he certainly delivers a career-most performance. As Vulture’s Kyle Buchanan wrote after seeing the film at Cannes, it’s “a performance so flamboyant, you can see it from space.” Now that the rest of us have had the chance to experience Gyllenhaal’s Dr. Johnny Wilcox ourselves, it’s time to debate the question: Does Gyllenhaal’s out-there performance work?

Kevin Lincoln: Jordan! You and I were sitting next to each other when we saw Bong Joon-ho’s new movie Okja, but we left the theater very far apart. Despite being a fan of Bong’s, whose last film, Snowpiercer, I thought was just about the most original action movie I’d seen in recent memory, I didn’t much go for Okja, which I found to be tonally anarchic, thematically confused, and far too silly for my tastes. But more than that, despite being what you might call a Gyllenstan — I have unpacked the meaning of not one, not two, but three of his films for this very website — Jake Gyllenhaal’s, uh, eccentric performance left me unmoved, unamused, and generally kinda irritated. While there are things I admire about it, which we can get into, let’s start with your appreciation of Jake in Okja. Tell me: What am I missing?

Jordan Crucchiola: Hi, Kevin! First off, let me start by totally agreeing with you on one point. I was completely irritated by Jake Gyllenhaal in this movie. As the has-been TV zoologist Dr. Johnny Wilcox, I found his screeching voice and neurotic behavior to be physically repulsive. As soon as he showed up on the screen I wanted someone – anyone – to punch him until he died. But within the context of Okja, Gyllenhaal’s unnatural display managed to feel entirely organic to me. I couldn’t have imagined him playing the role any smaller, given the ham-fisted messaging and aesthetic of the movie. As jarring as Okja could get with its tone switching — which I also admit I enjoyed — the mania of Gyllenhaal’s performance felt at home amid action sequences that involved a hippo-pig crashing through a Korean subway station, and a vegan eco-activist in Paul Dano who only broke his hippie Zen to kick the ever-loving shit out of one of his friends. Bong Joon-ho’s primary directive seems to have been making audiences truly feel what his characters were experiencing — through all their joys and horrors — and no performance made me feel more reflexively than Gyllenhaal’s. Does that jibe with you, or do you think I’m just mistaking acting for Acting?

KL: I think that’s a very good point — and also a very good ham pun — and essentially the question at the heart of the movie, from which you can’t divorce Gyllenhaal’s performance: What’s really going on here? Is this a high-pitched, mostly comedic caper with a dressing of animal-rights activism, or is it a serious movie about the abuses of capitalism and industrial farming, told through Bong’s wacky and brutal villain? (For an example of this vision at its most perfectly realized, see Alison Pill pulling a submachine gun out a basketful of eggs in Snowpiercer.) I thought Okja wanted to be the latter, but its execution ended up closer to the former, and that’s where I lost the thread, both with the film and with Gyllenhaal’s turn as the venerable Dr. Johnny.

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JC: Personally, I’m thrilled to agree with so many of your points, while considering them assets rather than liabilities: The outsize performances of Swinton and Gyllenhaal actually made the tonal shifts work better for me. When we meet Dr. Johnny he is a wheezing, shouting narcissist, but as the movie gets darker, so too does his character, sinking to a level of cruelty that’s genuinely terrifying. And that’s exactly why I think this movie succeeded as a truly bicultural film, despite its flaws.

Okja feels like the future to me. When I think of the worlds in Blade Runner or District 9 or The Expanse, where different cultures have blended into hybrid societies with mixed languages, I imagine people sitting at the counters of noodle bars and watching a movie like Okja play on a paper-thin panel screen.

Whether you’re watching Okja in South Korea or here in the States, you’ll be able to understand Gyllenhaal’s character. As the movie business starts to make its decisions on a global scale, it seems to me that there are two paths forward for international cinema. The first is hollow, easily translatable spectacle like The Mummy, where literally none of the words matter. The other is something bolder and crazier — something like Okja. Gyllenhaal’s performance would fit right into Park Chan-wook’s Lady Vengeance or I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK. I’d love to see more American actors playing characters with a more typically Korean gusto. But I also know I like some weird things. Do you think most viewers will receive the movie the way you did? Is the way Netflix is selling Okja alienating or inviting an audience?

KL: Honestly, I hope you’re right — if this is the future of international cinema, I’ll certainly take it over The Mummy, and I do admire Bong’s ambitions, if not fully his execution. (This is the rare film that I don’t particularly like, but still makes me even more eager to see the filmmaker’s next work.) To answer your question, I’m exceptionally curious to see how Okja’s release plays out. As we both know, Netflix has yet to release a movie that really commands the cultural hive mind in the way that its TV has, but I remember that when Snowpiercer hit VOD, I talked to a hell of a lot of people, people who wouldn’t normally be hip to the latest work by a South Korean auteur, who were like, “Holy shit, did you see that wacko movie about the people on the train?” This did not happen nearly as often for me with The Handmaiden, Park Chan-wook’s wonderful film from last year. I think that fact speaks to (1) Bong’s interest in and capacity for working in a Western milieu; (2) Park’s hyperaggressive aesthetic and style, which is certainly more specific and alienating than Bong’s (though Park’s Oldboy is probably the best-known movie either of them have made); and (3) the landscape-leveling power of a platform like Netflix. While The Handmaiden is on Amazon, Amazon still isn’t Netflix in terms of its streaming power, and Netflix remains, in my mind, the most powerful platform for reaching an audience that isn’t a 4,000-theater-wide release.

Still, it isn’t so hard to imagine Okja’s own version of the Snowpiercer word-of-mouth: “Hey, did you see that wacko movie where Jake Gyllenhaal loses his mind?”

JC: You’re right: If Okja ever becomes a potential watercooler topic, it’ll likely be because of Gyllenhaal. I loved Ahn Seo-hyun, the young heroine. I loved Tilda Swinton as a megalomaniac with braces. I loved adorable Okja herself, but Gyllenhaal is the part that got stuck in my brain, and as far as next-day moments I want to talk about with people, I’ll just say that the brutal scene between Dr. Johnny, Okja, and his terrible tool is something I’ve been waiting to talk about with people after they’ve finally seen it. If that doesn’t end up as one of the top three most disturbing movie moments of the year, something will have gone terribly wrong in 2017.

Ultimately, Okja is not quite the movie it could be, but like you, it makes me very excited for what Bong chooses to do next. And Gyllenhaal’s go-for-it performance is something I’m thrilled Netflix put its money behind. If they keep letting filmmakers take big swings like this, eventually they’re going to land a home run.

Of all the new photos we’ve gotten in preparation for the seventh season of Game of Thrones, let’s be real: only one of them matters. The photo in question features the number one all-time ‘ship to end all Westerosi ‘ships. Of course we’re talking about Brienne of Tarth and Tormund Giantsbane, the most unlikely—but clearly perfect—pairing of wishful lovers the internet has ever seen.

Only: theirs is a love that is not destined to ever be. Even the showrunners have said as much. Cue a million tiny violins for the love of Babeienne of Tarth and Tormund Giantsbae.

Speaking about how the Good ‘Ship Tarthbae (a name we just made up right now), showrunners Dan Weiss and Dave Benioff explained to Entertainment Weekly that the dynamic happened naturally when the actors were left to their own devices. “There was no dialogue written for that [moment],” explained Benioff. “there was just a line like, ‘He stares at Brienne because he’s never seen a woman like that before.’ And then we let the actors do what they do.”

Weiss went on to explain their second interaction—before parting ways at The Wall—was also not scripted, explaining that “It’s not something you could ever write. It’s just this moment where this guy is creeping out on her and he smiles in a way that makes her very uncomfortable and she just looks away. I saw it 150 times and every time it made me laugh; it’s purely the two of them.”

Now, if you’re a fan of Game of Thrones and you’re reading this, you’re probably thinking, “Oh seven hells does this mean one of these two is going to die?!” And the answer to that is: PROBABLY! HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN A LOVE TO LAST ON THIS SHOW?

Also because, as Benioff said, the fan adoration has, “inspire[d] us … to kill one of them now because there can’t be a happy ending or any romantic connection on the show. But we’re not going to tell you which one.” Which they were probably kidding about but also PROBABLY NOT, because Game of Thrones? And also life? (And also because Brienne is CLEARLY destined to end up with Jaime Lannister?)

Sigh. Love is dead, isn’t it? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Alicia Lutes is the Managing Editor of Nerdist, creator/co-host of Fangirling, and resident Archmaester for all things Game of Thrones. Find her on Twitter!

Executive producer/showrunner Ronald D. Moore spoke to TV Guide about what viewers can expect from the Voyager adaptation (season three) of Outlander.  No doubt that some fans want to jump to the Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) reunion in the first episode, but we are going to wait a while according to Ron.  But fear not, that means we will get more time with Roger (Richard Rankin) and Brianna (Sophie Skelton).  Although we already know there is a huge time gap between when Claire goes back to her time to when she finds out Jamie is alive, we will still see what happens during that time.

“We’re going to keep them apart for a while,” executive producer Ron Moore teased . . .

“The majority of the major events are in the season, but we are probably going to reorder them and present them slightly differently,” Moore said. “The third book is a clean narrative as opposed to the second book –which was a very complicated narrative. It still went to Jamie’s storyline for a very long time and then Claire catches up.”

“One of the things we wanted to do was talk about what Claire was doing in those 20 years as well,” Moore said. “The way we’ve structured the season allows you to experience both [Jamie and Claire’s lives] at the same time.”

“[Brianna and Roger]’s relationship has to do with their relationship to each other, but also them assisting Claire in trying to figure out after [Jamie] survived Culloden — what happened to him and the search for Jamie in history, at the same time developing their relationship,” Moore said.

Source: TV Guide

“Choose Your Own Adventure” was a groundbreaking book series that prepared many of our child minds for the internet…or for keeping track of all the endnotes in Infinite Jest if you’re into that sort of thing. But did you know that each twisty, unforgiving story in the CYOA series has a map? The good folks over at Atlas Obscura have dug into the books and the maps they’ve generated.

The series original ran from 1979 to 1998, but since 2004, Chooseco, the company founded by one of the CYOA author, R.A. Montgomery, has re-released classic volumes and included the maps that are created by all the possible choices in each book! The official maps keep things fairly clear-cut. Pages are shown by an arrow, circles represent the choices the book offers its readers, each possible ending is represented by a square, and the dotted lines show the links between choices.

The maps show the variety in the series, with some having dozens of endings, like By Balloon to the Sahara:

While others, like Mystery of the Maya, employ time travel to send readers back to the same page over and over again.

The maps are all fascinating—to see more, turn to Atlas Obscura!

Mark Linn-Baker, a.k.a. “Cousin Larry,” was totally game for the absurdity.

The CW’s television season is winding down, but it won’t be too long before our favorite shows return with new seasons. Today, The CW unveiled its official fall lineup, and it looks like fans of iZombie, The 100, and Black Lightning are going to have wait until midseason for those shows to come back. However, we do have premiere dates for Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Riverdale, Supernatural, Arrow, and others.

To get you ready for the next round of The CW’s, we’ve put together a primer on when each show is returning and the latest word on what we can expect to see in the new seasons.

SUPERGIRL

Premiere Date: Monday, October 9

Supergirl is staying at 8pm on Monday nights, and Melissa Benoist’s Kara Zor-El is going to be nursing a broken heart following the departure of Mon-El (Chris Wood). But she’s got much bigger problems on the horizon. As hinted in the season finale, Reign is coming to Earth, and actress Odette Annable has been signed to portray Supergirl’s new nemesis.

Fans of the Alex and Maggie romance probably aren’t going to be happy to hear that Floriana Lima is only going to be a recurring player this season as she looks for other acting opportunities. But we think, hopefully, that The CW will learn its lesson from The 100 and keep Maggie alive rather than simply killing her off. To help fill the void from Maggie’s apparent departure, Katie McGrath’s Lena Luthor is going to be one of the main characters next season.

THE FLASH

Premiere Date: Tuesday, October 10

The Flash will once again anchor Tuesday nights at 8pm, but without Grant Gustin’s Barry Allen. At least that’s what the creative team behind the show wants us to think. It’s more likely that Barry’s stint in the Speed Force will be short, and he’ll be back in action before long. In the meantime, perhaps Keiynan Lonsdale’s Wally West will go from calling himself Kid Flash to The Flash, like his comic book counterpart.

If the history of this show is any indication, we’ll soon meet another version of Harrison Wells, as played by Tom Cavanagh. It’s not clear if Tom Felton or Anne Dudek will be back on a regular basis as Julian Albert Desmond and Tracy Brand, respectively. But we do know that Clifford DeVoe a.k.a. the Thinker will be the main villain of season four. However, the Thinker has not yet been cast.

DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

Premiere Date: Tuesday, October 10

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow are backing into the 9pm slot on Tuesdays, after The Flash. Last season, the Legends defeated the Legion of Doom, but the cliffhanger ending suggests that they’ve broken time… unless there were always dinosaurs living in modern Los Angeles. The consequences for that screw-up have yet to show up on the rest of the Arrowverse shows, but we wouldn’t be surprised if it does here. So far, we know about at least one new heroine who is joining the crew of the Waverunner: the Mighty Isis! Although given recent events in the world, that heroine is probably going to have a different codename on the show. Tala Ashe will portray Isis’ alter ego, Zari Adrianna Tomaz.

RIVERDALE

Premiere Date: Wednesday, October 11

The resolution of Riverdale‘s central mystery is still fresh in our minds and we refuse to spoil it for anyone who came late to the game. The first season is on Netflix, so you don’t have any excuses if you’ve been looking for an opportunity to dive in! Next season, Riverdale is anchoring Wednesday nights at 8pm, and we can expect to see an expanded role for Reggie. Charles Melton is taking over for Ross Butler, who is departing the show. Mark Consuelos is also joining the series as Veronica’s father, Hiram Lodge, while Casey Cott and Skeet Ulrich have been promoted to series regulars. That means we’ll see a lot more of Kevin Keller and Jughead’s dad, respectively.

SUPERNATURAL

Premiere Date: Thursday, October 12

The wayward sons of Supernatural will carry on for their 13th season in the 8pm slot on Thursday nights. And after the events of the season 12 finale, it looks like Crowley and Lucifer are out of the picture for good. However, the early word is that we haven’t seen the last of Misha Collins’ Castiel. However, we currently have no idea who the big bad of season 13 will be. It’s kind of hard to top God’s evil sister and Lucifer!

ARROW

Premiere Date: Thursday, October 12

Arrow is out of its traditional Wednesday night slot and moving to 9pm on Thursdays. It’s going to be a lonely season for Stephen Amell’s Oliver Queen, what with the apparent death of all of his friends on Lian Yu. Of course we don’t think that everyone died, but for that cliffhanger to have any power it means that someone isn’t getting off of the island.

Who’s going to survive? Emily Bett Rickards’ Felicity and David Ramsey’s John Diggle are pretty safe bets. Rick Gonzalez and Juliana Harkavy were both promoted to series regulars, so Wild Dog and Black Canary are sticking around. And Katie Cassidy is also coming back as Black Siren. That leaves Thea (Willa Holland), Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne), Mr. Terrific (Echo Kellum), Deathstroke (Manu Bennett), and the mother of Oliver’s child, Samantha Clayton (Anna Hopkins). Start placing your bets now!

Which returning CW shows are you most excited about? Let us know in the comment section below!

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Each month, Boris Kachka offers nonfiction and fiction book recommendations. You should read as many of them as possible.

The Answers, by Catherine Lacey (FSG, June 6)
A novel about a woman paying for a bizarre medical treatment by submitting to a “Girlfriend Experiment” — joining a stable of women fulfilling one man’s needs (she’s “Emotional Girlfriend”) — sounds like a sharp dystopian turn from Lacey’s realist debut, No One Is Ever Missing. It is certainly that, but Lacey’s deft play with ideas instead feels like a more colloquial and essayistic answer to late DeLillo. As Mary’s narrative gives way to other points of view, Lacey explores not just the tragedies of exploitation but also the unknowability of others, and maybe the uselessness of love.

Black Moses, by Alain Mabanckou, trans. Helen Stevenson (New Press, June 6)
Born in the Republic of the Congo, Mabanckou left for Paris as a young man to write in French; he returned many years later, wrote a memoir, and then drew on interviews with people in his coastal hometown for this wild picaresque of a novel. The orphan with the titular nickname becomes a petty criminal, a self-styled Robin Hood, and the middle-aged inmate of a mental asylum. Longlisted for a Booker, this isn’t a happy story — the would-be prophet can’t even deliver himself from captivity — but it’s vivid, funny, and pointed on Africa’s political horrors.

The Weight of Lies, by Emily Carpenter (Lake Union, June 6)
An early entry in the beach-thriller sweepstakes, Carpenter’s story is much more layered and nuanced than most. Contracted to write a memoir of life with her mother, the famous thriller author Frances Ashley, daughter Megan takes the opportunity to explore the facts behind Frances’s best-known novel, Kitten, which pins a murder on an 8-year-old girl and is based on a real case with a muddled outcome. Complications accrue — along with subtle commentary on online fandom — when Megan travels to a Georgia island to interview the grown “murderer,” whose life unraveled in the wake of fan harassment.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, by Arundhati Roy (Knopf, June 6)
Twenty years after plumbing an intricate Kerala village tragedy in her acclaimed first novel, The God of Small Things, the writer finally returns to fiction with a bigger and bolder palate. Politics intrude more frequently and deeply, but the internal lives of unfortunates are still Roy’s principal concern. Mainly there is Anjum, a transgender woman living in a Delhi graveyard, and Tilo, a woman in love with a Kashmiri separatist. Their stories, which converge around a mysterious foundling infant, show how mutable identity and affiliation can be, even in a culture rooted in caste.

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying, by Nina Riggs (S&S, June 6)
Memoirs of serious illness are haunted by the twin specters of death and self-help; whether ending in remission or posthumous sainthood, they suffer from the soft bigotry of the critic-proof. Riggs, who died at 39, a month after finishing this book, emulated entirely different writers, from Cheryl Strayed to essayists like Michel de Montaigne and her ancestor, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Her story was driven not just by her dark pursuer, breast cancer, but also by lives lived and books read. Read it for its insights, not its subject.

Lincoln and the Abolitionists, by Fred Kaplan (Harper, June 13)
While the current occupant of the Oval spins the fantasy that Andrew Jackson would have prevented the Civil War, Kaplan successfully unearths another president, John Quincy Adams, as the real force behind the movement that would end in Northern victory. Abraham Lincoln never committed to racial equality; this we already knew. (He wanted freed slaves sent to Africa.) But by contrasting the Great Emancipator with his fervent abolitionist predecessor, Kaplan shows Lincoln for what he was: complicated, calculating, accommodationist.

A House Among the Trees, by Julia Glass (Pantheon, June 13)
Though the award-winning novelist based her children’s-author protagonist very loosely on Maurice Sendak, the fictional Mort Lear lives and breathes on his own — even if the plot only gets going once he dies, leaving his literary estate to his longtime assistant (sister of the man who once inspired his blockbuster’s boy hero) and a secret in the hands of an actor playing him in a biopic. These well-meaning contestants over his legacy, along with the director of a museum shafted in Lear’s will, show off Glass’s signature talent for rendering characters as full as any you’d meet.

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Mrs. Fashion Luthor is a textbook example of what happens when someone with far too many resources at their fingertips gets to choose their own outfits.

 

Salma Hayek and Francois Henri Pinault attend Kering’s Women in Motion Awards Dinner during Cannes Film Festival 2017 in Cannes, France.

Admittedly, this dress isn’t the worst thing we’ve ever seen her in, but that pink wig might be. No lie: we blurted out “SHE’S ONLY WEARING THAT THING TO COVER FOR MR. LUTHOR’S OBVIOUS DYE JOB,” which looks like it’s still drying. The dress is fine, actually. It just would’ve been much better with a black lining instead.

You might think the post title to be a bit harsh, but you need to brace yourself for the Mexican Edina Monsoon cosplay to come:

Salma Hayek attends Kering’s Women in Motion Lunch with Madame Figaro in Cannes, France.

JESUS, woman.

We’d like to say “There are no words …” but the fact remains that there are words; plenty of them, in fact. Words like “tacky,” or horrifying” or  “lacking in taste” or “fashion victim” or “an assault on all that is good and holy in this world.”

 

 

Style Credits:
First Look: Gucci Black Embroidered Dress
Second Look: Gucci Printed Jumpsuit | Gucci Sunglasses | Stella McCartney Shoe

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Darlings, the stars, the sort-of stars, and the soon-to-be-stars all came out to poledance for the CW’s fall lineup. They are practically begging for your attention. Won’t you give?

 

 

Ashley Murray

While we love the chorus girl shoes, we’re afraid we have to inform you that you’re wearing a pillow sham, dear.

 

 

Caity Lotz

Love the hair, but you really didn’t need to match it with a pair of tacky sandals.

 

 

Camila Mendes

Fun and fresh. Not everyone can pull off the mega-pants trend, but she’s crushing it.

 

 

Gina Rodriguez

Pretty and romantic, but slightly too dressy. At least she’s not overdone in the styling.

 

 

Jensen Ackles

That’ll do.

 

 

KJ Apa

This, too, will do. Who knew the CW boys had such knacks for suit-wearing?

 

 

Lindsey Morgan

Nice enough, but a bit generic.

 

 

Lucy Hale

Ditto.

 

 

Luke Perry

Cater waiter.

 

 

Madelaine Petsch

Switch the bra out for a white cami, tank or bralette and this would be pretty cute.

 

 

Marisol Nichols

It looks a little bit like the ladies room of an expensive restaurant, but that’s a fun print. We’d have waved her away from the matchy shoes, though.

 

 

Melissa Benoist

We literally yelped out loud when we got to the elf feet. Girl, what the hell.

 

 

Rose McIver

Someone doesn’t have honest people in her life who’ll tell her the hard truths when she needs to hear them.

 

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Declawing cats often leads to long-term pain and unwanted behaviors.

 
The slogan of the Medieval Death Bot is “real deaths from medieval coroner’s rolls,” and that’s precisely what the deliciously informative Twitter feed has been serving up for several years now.

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Among the many fallen shows this season was the Tim Allen vehicle Last Man Standing, a show about a conservative man in a topsy-turvy liberal world. And that has pissed off a bunch of internet-active men.

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Arrested Development Season 5 in the works!

It looks like it’s time for fans of Arrested Development to celebrate as star Jason Bateman revealed on Twitter today that he has signed on for more episodes. Bateman posted the following about Arrested Development Season 5:

Look very probable I’m going to put some miles on the Stair Car this summer. Just officially signed on to more ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT today.

— Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) May 12, 2017

It’s been two years since executive producer Brian Grazer said that 17 more episodes of the Bluth family’s adventures were on the way. “I love Arrested Development, but it was never a huge thing,” Grazer said then, “but people are loyal to it, and we’re going to do another 17 episodes. So stay tuned for Arrested Development.”

Following its initial three seasons from 2004 – 2006, the quest for more Arrested Development had been a long road. The promise of more episodes eventually blossomed into the non-linear fourth season that debuted on Netflix in 2013. You can watch all four seasons on Netflix right now.

Twentieth Century Fox Television and Netflix have yet to comment on the new season, so we’ll have to see if we’re actually getting those 17 episodes.

Arrested Development centers around Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman) and his eccentric family comprised of his son George Michael (Michael Cera), his father George Bluth Sr. (Jeffrey Tambor), his mother Lucille (Jessica Walter), his brothers George Oscar Bluth II (Will Arnett), Buster Bluth (Tony Hale) and sister Lindsay Funke (Portia de Rossi), and Lindsay’s husband Tobias (David Cross) and their daughter Maeby (Alia Shawkat).

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As the fictional detectives of Brooklyn’s 99th precinct recently discussed, in the past year they’ve survived witness protection, re-assignment to the night shift, a potential shutdown, and one of their own getting hit by a bus. Now there’s one more item to be added to that list: Fox has ordered a fifth season of the sitcom. The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which puts Brooklyn Nine-Nine alongside fellow returning Fox comedy The Last Man On Earth. That leaves New Girl as the network’s last live-action comedy to learn its fate—but if it’s canceled, Officer Winston “Carport Hero” Bishop could always transfer to the Nine-Nine. The shows take place in the same universe, after all.

Helen Mirren thriller Winchester gets a release date

CBS Films has announced a release date for their upcoming supernatural thriller Winchester, which stars Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Sarah Snook and Angus Sampson. The film will be released on Friday, February 23, 2018, two days after Marvel Studios’ Black Panther on February 16, and five days before Legendary’s Pacific Rim: Uprising on February 23.

Inspired by true events, Winchester follows the story of firearm heiress Sarah Winchester (Helen Mirren), who was convinced that she was haunted by the souls killed at the hands of the Winchester Repeating Rifle. After the sudden deaths of her husband and child, she threw herself into the 24-hours a day, seven days a week construction of an enormous mansion designed to keep the evil spirits at bay. But when skeptical San Francisco psychiatrist Eric Price (Jason Clarke) is dispatched to the estate to evaluate her state of mind, he discovers that her obsession may not be so insane after all. The film will take audiences inside the labyrinth-like house that is believed to be one of the most haunted places in the world.

Winchester is written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (Predestination, Daybreakers), and produced by Tim McGahan and Brett Tomberlin.

Are you looking forward to the Helen Mirren thriller? Let us know in the comments.

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When police officers in Newport, Oregon were called in to deal with a cat supposedly armed with an assault rifle perched in a tree they took the report seriously for some reason.

Maybe they know something about a new line of cat-sized assault rifles I don't know about, or perhaps they were trying to find footage for their bodycam blooper reel.

Either way- they issued a "verbal warning" to the cat, who was actually armed with a stick:

-Via Boing Boing

**Spoiler Alert: If you have not read Drums of Autumn and do not want to be spoiled on season four, it is best to skip this post for now.**

If you are late to the party, a season four pickup was announced at the same time season three was announced.  We already know that the crew is prepping for season four in Scotland, and yesterday came the news of our first casting announcement and it is of the furry kind.

Two puppies have been announced to play Rollo, young Ian’s (John Bell) dog.  These puppies are a Northern Inuit breed.

Author Diana Gabaldon spoke to EW about Rollo’s importance for season four (and Drums of Autumn).

“They look cute, but tough. They should be just right to play Rollo when the time comes,” Gabaldon tells EW. “They’d need to growl and look menacing on command, I think, and carry back prey of one kind or another to their master. I assume they wouldn’t let them catch things on camera … especially fish, of course.”

In Drums of Autumn, Rollo first comes into contact by young Ian Murray. Says Gabaldon, “Rollo and Young Ian met on the docks in North Carolina, when Young Ian won the dog in a card game, and a life-long bond was formed between them, meaning that Rollo became a member of the ever-growing Fraser family.”

Source: Starz, EW

File this under: “You’ve gotta be kidding me!”

In a frankly shocking piece of news, David Fincher is evidently nearing a deal to direct the World War Z sequel for Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions. The news, first reported by Variety, seems particularly surprising given that Paramount had previously yanked the film from its release calendar, but stranger things have happened. Now it seems that Fincher will join returning star Brad Pitt for a new foray into the world of fast-moving zombie action.

The fact that World War Z is actually getting a sequel makes sense given that it earned $540 million at the global box office. While Fincher is reportedly weary of doing sequels after his unpleasant experiences with Alien 3, the fan-favorite director and his talent for crafting intricate, creepy dark dramas seem like they could provide a breath of fresh air for the World War Z-quel.

This dynamic duo of David Fincher and Brad Pitt is one that is a proven commodity both at the box office and among audiences. The pair has had a fruitful artistic partnership over the years, collaborating on Se7en, Fight Club, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. They were working on a reboot of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea together for Disney several years ago, but the project fell apart in the development phase.

Fincher’s filmmaking style seems particularly well suited to hew closer to the Max Brooks novel on which the film franchise is based, and could offer a series of dark, twisted stories about life after the zombie apocalypse using globetrotting ex-UN employee-turned-hero Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt) as the lens through which we experience them.

According to reports, the film has not yet been officially greenlit by newly minted Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos, but it is expected to go into production in early 2018. Fingers crossed that we won’t have succumbed to zombie fatigue by then.

What do you think of this news? What would you want to see from a World War Z sequel? Let us know in the comments below.

Image: Paramount Pictures

Dan Casey is the senior editor of Nerdist and the author of books about Star Wars and the Avengers. Follow him on Twitter (@Osteoferocious).