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Orioles righty Albert Suarez’s season ended with an elbow injury, and the 36-year-old underwent an MRI earlier this week to determine whether there was any structural damage that would necessitate surgery. The team announced to its beat that Suarez has been diagnosed with a “mild” strain of the flexor tendon in his right forearm (via Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com). The expectation is that he’ll be cleared to begin a throwing program within the next several weeks. It’s a sigh of relief for both Orioles and Suarez, who seems like he’ll avoid surgery barring any notable setbacks once he begins that throwing progression. A shoulder strain limited him to just 11 2/3 innings this season, but Suarez was an out-of-the-blue key contributor for the 2024 Orioles, tossing 133 2/3 innings with a 3.70 ERA between the rotation and bullpen. That marked his first big league action since 2017; Suarez spent the 2019-23 seasons pitching in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball and in the Korea Baseball Organization — throwing quite well in each league. Suarez’s success overseas piqued the Orioles’ interest enough to bring him aboard as a minor league signee at age 34 in the 2023-24 offseason. He’s since given the team a total of 145 1/3 innings with a 3.59 ERA, 19.4% strikeout rate and 7.4% walk rate. The Orioles figure to be on the hunt for ways to bolster a rotation that right now includes Trevor Rogers, Kyle Bradish and Dean Kremer at the very least. Righty Tyler Wells looked sharp in four late starts this season after returning from Tommy John surgery. Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez is in the mix, too, though he didn’t pitch in 2025 after undergoing an elbow debridement procedure. Right-hander Brandon Young and former top prospects Cade Povich and Chayce McDermott could factor into the rotation as well. The top trio of Bradish (who, like Wells, returned from Tommy John surgery this season), the steadily reliable Kremer and the revitalized Rogers makes for a solid top three. Between Wells, Rodriguez, Povich, McDermott, Young and Suarez, the O’s have some decent depth, but most of that group has had some recent health concerns and/or struggles in the majors. Suarez is the only one of that bunch who doesn’t have minor league options remaining, however, making him a strong favorite to open the 2026 season in a swing capacity — health permitting. Baltimore controls him for another three seasons, and he’ll be arbitration-eligible for the first time this winter. MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz projected a $900K salary for the right-hander. Baltimore is expected to be active in both the free agent and trade markets this offseason. President of baseball operations Mike Elias told MLBTR’s Darragh McDonald in last week’s podcast appearance that the Orioles “don’t want to take that off the table, by any means” when asked about his club’s willingness to invest multiple years in a free agent starting pitcher. View the full article

To prepare for the stunts in The Running Man, Glen Powell sought advice from one of the best to ever do it, Tom Cruise. What advice did Tom Cruise give Glen Powell? In The Running Man, Powell plays Ben Richards, a game show contestant who must stay alive for 30 days to win a lucrative grand prize. In this game, Ben is a runner, a player who must avoid death at the hands of the murderous Hunters. The Running Man is billed as an action thriller that involves several intense set pieces and sequences. While speaking with EW, Powell admitted that The Running Man was his most physical project to date. How did Powell plan to survive a long, grueling shoot? Luckily, Powell knows Cruise, who is arguably the best actor to speak with when it comes to performing your own stunts. “What is your advice on not only how to make these things look authentic for an audience, but how to survive a movie?” Powell asked Cruise. The Mission: Impossible star then spent “two and a half hours” speaking to Powell about stunt work. “It was made very clear after talking to him that there was a real sense of discipline around these things and to treat these stunts with reverence, because you can get extremely hurt, and he knows it better than anyone,” Powell explained. “He’s broken every bone in his body. He’s like, ‘This is not messing around.'” Cruise emphasized that performing stunts is a “privilege” that strengthens an actor’s relationship to the audience. “To do all those things is really, really crucial to sell what you need to sell in a movie, and to justify people’s ticket prices,” Powell added. “If they’re following you, they want to know that that’s the commitment — if I want you to show up for me, I’ve got to show up for you.” Powell will attempt to follow in Cruise’s footsteps and become an action hero as the star of The Running Man, Edgar Wright’s feature film adaptation of the Stephen King novel. The Running Man opens in theaters on November 14, 2025. Originally reported by Dan Girolamo for SuperHeroHype. The post Tom Cruise Gave Glen Powell Key Advice While Filming The Running Man appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

The Reds made the postseason in a 162-game schedule for the first time in 12 years. They looked overmatched against the Dodgers and were swept out of the Wild Card Series. This year was a nice stepping stone, but the Reds need to add a couple bats to pull alongside the true best teams in the National League. Guaranteed Contracts Hunter Greene, RHP: $41MM through 2028 (including buyout of ’29 club option) Ke'Bryan Hayes, 3B: $36MM through 2029 (including buyout of '30 club option) Jose Trevino, C: $11.25MM through 2027 (including buyout of '28 club option) Other Financial Commitments Owe $15MM to released 3B Jeimer Candelario Option Decisions Team, OF Austin Hays hold $12MM mutual option ($1MM buyout) Team holds $6.5MM option on RHP Scott Barlow ($1MM buyout) Team holds $3MM option on LHP Brent Suter ($250K buyout) 2026 financial commitments: $37.5MM Total future commitments: $105.5MM Arbitration-Eligible Players (service time in parentheses; projected salaries courtesy of MLBTR contributor Matt Swartz) Brady Singer (5.156): $11.9MM Santiago Espinal (5.149): $2.9MM Gavin Lux (5.114): $5MM Tyler Stephenson (5.056): $6.4MM Ian Gibaut (4.077): $1.5MM Sam Moll (4.023): $1.2MM Nick Lodolo (4.000): $4.3MM Graham Ashcraft (3.130): $1.4MM TJ Friedl (3.112): $4.9MM Tony Santillan (3.099): $2.4MM Spencer Steer (3.035): $4.5MM Will Benson (3.003): $1.7MM Matt McLain (2.140): $2.6MM Non-tender candidates: Lux, Espinal, Gibaut, Moll, Benson Free Agents Zack Littell, Nick Martinez, Austin Hays, Emilio Pagán, Miguel Andujar, Wade Miley The Reds ranked 14th in MLB with 4.42 runs per game. That's an underwhelming mark for a team that plays in one of the league's most favorable hitter's parks. They'll need to improve upon a .245/.315/.391 batting line. The offense should be the offseason priority, but their first couple decisions are in the bullpen. Cincinnati holds options on relievers Scott Barlow and Brent Suter. It's an easy call to move on from Barlow, who'll receive a $1MM buyout. They'll probably also opt for a $250K buyout on Suter, as the Cincinnati native struggled to a 7.36 ERA after the All-Star Break. Closer Emilio Pagán hits the market following one of the best seasons of his career. Nick Martinez will again be a free agent after playing this year on a $21.05MM qualifying offer salary. If Pagán walks, the Reds could be in the market for a closer. They're not going to spend at the level it'd take to bring in Edwin Díaz, nor does a splash for Robert Suarez seem advisable given their needs on offense. Old friend Raisel Iglesias will be available on a one or two-year deal at age 36, though he pitched well enough with Atlanta to command an eight-figure salary. Kenley Jansen will sign a decent one-year deal, while Ryan Helsley and Michael Kopech are probably looking for pillow contracts. Devin Williams, Brad Keller, Luke Weaver, Kyle Finnegan and Pagán himself should all be looking at multi-year contracts -- though it'd be a surprise if Pagán commands more than two guaranteed years entering his age-35 season. Tony Santillan, Graham Ashcraft and Connor Phillips are Cincy's top returning leverage arms. Santillan has a little bit of closing experience, while Phillips has shown wipeout stuff with hit-or-miss command. If the Reds find the prices too high on free agent closers, perhaps they'll let Santillan and Phillips compete for the ninth inning while pursuing a setup type like Tyler Rogers or Phil Maton. In any case, they should bring in at least one back-end arm. Unlock Subscriber-Exclusive Articles Like This One With a Trade Rumors Front Office Subscription BENEFITS Access weekly subscriber-only articles by Tim Dierkes, Steve Adams, and Anthony Franco. Join exclusive weekly live chats with Anthony. Remove ads and support our writers. Access GM-caliber tools like our MLB Contract Tracker View the full article

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(Photo Credit: Fox) Gordon Ramsay’s long-running reality competition show MasterChef has officially been renewed for two more seasons at Fox. This renewal comes after over fifteen years since the hit cooking show made its debut. Season 15 recently concluded its 18-episode run, where long-time couple Jessica Bosworth and Jesse Rosenwald became the show’s first duo winners. The latest installment also featured a new judge in the form of celebrity chef Tiffany Derry, who is expected to return for the next two seasons, along with Ramsay and restaurateur Joe Bastianich. What did Fox say about the MasterChef renewal? “MasterChef remains a standout series for Fox, drawing its dedicated fanbase back season after season to witness amateur cooks transform into culinary masters,” Fox Entertainment executive Yasmin Rawji said in a statement. “Gordon Ramsay, Joe Bastianich and Tiffany Derry provide culinary expertise, mentorship and heart, and we can’t wait to see what they, as well as our partners at Endemol Shine North America, have in store for Seasons 16 and 17 of MasterChef.” Endemol Shine North America’s Michael Heyerman added, “Securing a two-season pickup for Seasons 16 and 17 is huge news and a testament to the unstoppable momentum of MasterChef. A massive thank you to Fox for always opening doors and inspiring new creative ideas to keep the series fun and fresh. We have cooked up two absolutely great themes for the new season that fans are going to love. We’re thrilled to be back in the kitchen with Gordon, Joe, and Tiffany, building on the incredible chemistry and high standards they set last season.” MasterChef is executive-produced by Ramsay through his One Potato Two Potato production banner. It was based on the original British show created by Franc Roddam during the early 1990s. Due to the competition series’ success, it has been adapted in multiple countries. Throughout the years, it has also spawned different spin-offs such as Junior MasterChef and Celebrity MasterChef. (Source: Deadline) The post Hit Fox TV Show Renewed for 2 More Seasons appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

Photo Credit: HBO Max After the shocking Peacemaker Season 2 finale, James Gunn has shared some the challenges he faced constructing the DC Universe. What did James Gunn say about using Peacemaker Season 2 to set up the DCU? In the final moments of the Peacemaker Season 2 finale, Chris is kidnapped by Rick Flag Sr. and banished to Salvation, a planet that serves as a prison for metahumans. According to a press conference (via Variety), Gunn said Salvation will be further explored in Man of Tomorrow, the sequel to Superman. “I’m not expecting people to go into Man of Tomorrow and know what Salvation is,” Gunn said. “You’ll find out anything you need to know about metahumans disappearing through that movie.” Gunn understands how tricky it can be to tell an original story while connecting it to a cinematic universe. Guardians of the Galaxy felt like a separate section of Marvel. However, Guardians still had to follow the interconnected story in the MCU. Gunn faces those same storytelling challenges in the DCU, except this time, he’s the architect of the cinematic universe. “It’s a very, very, very delicate balance when writing these things,” Gunn said about creating the DCU. “You’ve got to be able to tell the story in a way where people that already know the information are not going to be bored, and where people who don’t know the information will get the information in an easy and simple way, but also not to be burdened down by too much shit. There needs to be an elegance to the storytelling. Too many mumbo jumbo things, to me, is always a thing that I [avoid]. ‘Oh, this magic stone does this, and it’s that.’ There’s no emotional aspect to that. A prison in another dimension is easy for me to understand and say in one sentence.” With Peacemaker Season 2 complete, Gunn’s next project as a writer and director will be Man of Tomorrow, which flies into theaters on July 9, 2027. Originally reported by Dan Girolamo for SuperHeroHype. The post Man of Tomorrow: James Gunn Talks Balance of Peacemaker Season 2 Setting up DCU appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

http://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/USATSI_25551695.jpgEthan Petry Photo: Ken Ruinard/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A lot of different types of players get sent to the Arizona Fall League by their parent clubs: prospects who have lost time due to injury, org arms there to soak up enough innings for the league to function, guys eligible for the Rule 5 Draft whose teams aren’t yet sold on putting them on the 40-man roster, and, quite often, the most talented and exciting players in minor league baseball. It’s a rich and robust tapestry. Now that the league’s action has commenced, one use of the AFL is to provide a sort of decontextualized look at some of the players whose strong performance in 2025 was already cause for some re-evaluation. Here’s one player from each AFL roster who arrived with some helium, prompting us to ask if they’ve changed their scouting report, or are just progressively improving into the player we expected. Glendale Desert Dogs Sam Antonacci, 2B, White Sox 2025 FV: Honorable Mention Not only did the White Sox trade for Chase Meidroth months after giving Antonacci a slightly over-slot bonus in the fifth round of the 2024 draft, their Double-A Birmingham affiliate won the Southern League while slotting Antonacci in as the third straight feisty little bat-to-ball maven at the top of their lineup behind Rikuu Nishida and William Bergolla. At six feet, he’s a bit taller, but similar to Meidroth, below-average thump and a dearth of the athleticism necessary to drive a shortstop projection cooled early scouting reads for Antonacci, and he was an honorable mention for us on the White Sox list in April. Despite only playing his junior season there after two years of Division II ball, Antonacci is so Coastal Carolina-pilled that 35 hit by pitches form a substantial part of the .433 OBP he held over his first full pro season. (That he has yet to be plunked in his first three AFL games has to be, one would imagine, a source of deep personal disappointment.) Antonacci’s swing is unsurprisingly compact and wristy, using a small leg kick from a slightly open position just to load into his backside, as he’s more interested in freeing up his hands to manipulate the barrel around the zone than he is in creating separation. He’s compactly built without much projection to improve his below-average raw power, but he’s also the type of hitter to choke up on the bat even when he’s ahead in the count in a spot where a single scores a run. He’s capable of some jailbreak sprints a shade under 4.2 seconds out of the left-handed batter’s box, but he stole 48 bags with largely average run times. Maintaining third base versatility is important for his profile, but Antonacci’s arm is stretched there and it shows up in the form of rushed actions, though his range is also below-average at the keystone. His contact rates are good, but he’s a little too vulnerable to velocity up and away to project Antonacci to be a 90% or better in-zone contact specialist. He chased around 20% at Birmingham, but will need to maintain his Caleb Durbin-levels of plunking absorbance to live as an OBP machine with limited defensive value. Antonacci already has a reputation for the kind of relentless motor that minor league skippers love, and that will be needed for him to transcend a bench role. A groundball that doinked off the second base bag and into right field during the Southern League playoffs, resulting in a throwing error prompted by Antonacci’s hustle double attempt, is kind of his game in a nutshell. Verdict: He’s performed so well that he almost has to be a 40, but his tools are too limited to push him further until he performs some more. Mesa Solar Sox Bryce Cunningham, SP, Yankees 2025 FV: 40+ Cunningham sprinkled in two star turns on the Cape between his three seasons at Vanderbilt, then was popped by the Yankees for around $2.3 million in the second round of last summer’s draft, so a trip to the AFL doesn’t necessarily constitute a new level of scouting exposure for the 22-year-old right-hander. But between not pitching after the draft last year and missing over two months this summer with shoulder inflammation – necessitating the Fall League innings – Cunningham is a bit more of an unknown commodity than his origins would suggest. Two months into 2025, Cunningham was working 92-96 with big time extension and pitching his way into Top 100 consideration. He ran a 1.93 ERA in Hudson Valley through 46 2/3 innings, striking out 25.7% of High-A hitters with just a 6% walk rate before going on the IL in early June. His velocity was roughly similar, but his delivery less consistent, upon returning for four abbreviated and disjointed outings, and he struggled with his secondary command while getting dinged for four runs in his two-inning AFL debut. Cunningham throws from a three-quarters slot but is so massive (6-foot-5, 230 pounds) that his release height is still roughly six feet, adding some downhill plane to a fastball that was homer prone at Vandy. But the pitch has good shape with nearly 18 inches of induced vertical break, it missed bats at an above-average rate in High-A, and he’s shown some ability to command it at the top of the zone. His high-spin changeup is unique but monstrous, racking up a 48% miss rate this year. Cunningham was a 40+ FV in January, largely due to some wobbling in his strike-throwing and the need for a new breaking ball. Characteristically, the Yankees have had Cunningham work on a sweeper that has produced solid results. But as someone who already had rotationality in his delivery, opening his front toe slightly to the first base side, it bears monitoring how Cunningham’s newer breaking ball performs alongside his efforts to regain his early-season command. His first outing for Mesa also found him sprinkling in a developing curve. Cunningham is still tracking well as a no. 4 starter long-term, but you can dream on more if his first-half form pops up in the desert. Verdict: There’s potential for a grade jump here soon, but Cunningham’s post-injury form didn’t look quite ready to secure it and he was roughed up in his AFL debut. Peoria Javelinas Luis De León, SP, Orioles 2025 FV: 45 Loose and projectable with bat-missing secondaries, De León entered 2025 within range of pitching his way into 50 FV consideration by season’s end, but his start was delayed until May by a right elbow impingement. He returned sitting about 94 mph and showed sufficiently improved strike-throwing to earn a three-outing cameo in Double-A, where he carved up Eastern League hitters to the tune of a 1.69 ERA and 35.3% strikeout rate in 16 innings. He isn’t Rule 5 eligible until next winter, but the AFL offers him the chance to build upon the roughly 87 innings he’s now thrown in back-to-back seasons. He was stretched out to four innings in his debut for Peoria on Wednesday and looked fantastic, striking out seven and walking two behind wipeout secondaries. De León’s whippiness is really evident when you watch him plant his front foot and explosively rotate around it. It adds nasty lefty crossfire action to his slider and changeup, which each ran miss rates in the mid-40s all year, with his command of the latter still standing apart from the rest of his arsenal. His arm action is still long, but added strength has brought more stability to De León’s delivery, which is visible in both his upper and lower halves. Relatedly, the 10.9% walk rate he held across three levels this year was a career best. His sinker has heavy running action, matching the rest of his east-west arsenal, and he can find himself spraying it wide when his arm is late at foot strike, but it certainly keeps the ball out of the air. De León has allowed just five home runs in 256 2/3 pro innings and has yet to add any to his tally this season. Theoretically, this affords LDL all the tools required to dodge the worst aspects of the charnel house that is pitching in Arizona. More performances like Wednesday’s, and more flashes of the 95-97 mph range he’s shown at times, would really tie together a case for inclusion in the Top 100. But the continued plus performance of all three parts of De León’s arsenal, along with some more palatable walk rates, has already earned him a backend starter projection. Verdict: I think LDL might be a 50, but I have to go in back and ask my manager first. Salt River Rafters Esmerlyn Valdez, OF/1B, Pirates 2025 FV: Honorable Mention The hulking Dominican slugger, listed at a wildly implausible 6-foot-2, 181 pounds, was an honorable mention on our Pirates list in the spring due to hit tool concerns and a first base projection. A 26-homer campaign in 2025 (with the final six hit in Double-A), along with a six percentage points reduction in his strikeout rate (24.6%), would have forced us to give Valdez more acknowledgement even before he whacked two tape-measure shots in his opening week with Salt River. A combined .286/.376/.520 line as a 21-year-old simply deserves more regard, even if that comes with more hit tool scrutiny. Valdez switched from a big leg kick to a more moldable toe tap as part of a larger injection of rhythm into his operation, which has him syncing up his first move with the pitcher earlier in the process, and he’s seen incremental gains in his swing decisions, nudging his contact rate over 70% along with it. But Valdez still loads his hands late, a last little gathering move at the end of a full-body effort to swing very hard. Accordingly, he is very vulnerable in the upper third of the zone, especially against velocity. So while there’s the potential for 70-grade raw pop here with real feel for pulling and lifting hard contact, especially when he can catch secondaries out front like the hanger he whacked 114.4 mph the other day, there’s still a pretty clear book on how upper level pitching will neutralize Valdez’s power. Defensively, Valdez spent more time in the outfield this year than last, but he’s still too raw in his route-running and struggles too much with the footwork necessary for making accurate throws to project him to stick out there. That puts a number of big hurdles between Valdez’s massive juice and a path to being a regular, or even just the decision to protect him from the Rule 5 Draft; his burly start to the AFL is coming on the eve of the Pirates having to make a 40-man roster decision. We see Valdez tracking more like a slow-burn bench bat with lots of whiffs, like a right-handed Daryle Ward, but that’s already a meaningful step up from this time last year. Verdict: You hit 26 homers — er, 28 now — as a 21-year-old, you get added to The Board, even if you can’t play much defense. Scottsdale Scorpions Ethan Petry, OF, Nationals 2025 FV: 40 Focusing on two hulking right-handed sluggers with hit tool limitations and first base projections wasn’t the original design, but in a world where Nacho Alvarez Jr. is playing in the AFL despite having over 200 major league plate appearances to his name, Petry making the same trip in his draft year was too interesting to overlook. The Nats popped Petry for just over $2 million in the second round, but he received barely the fourth-largest bonus Washington issued as they spread around the wealth of a well-under-slot deal with first overall pick Eli Willits. There’s a certain logic to juicing the pace with Petry, a physically mature slugger who hit 54 home runs in three years at South Carolina but missed the final weeks of his junior season with a shoulder injury. But a sub-70% contact rate suggests that even the collection of upper level org arms scattered across the AFL could offer a substantial learning curve for Petry, and the first couple days have looked appropriately rough. Often hitters will adopt a toe tap as a shorter alternative to a leg kick, but that Petry uses the former to load up a smaller version of the latter reflects the length in his operation. For all of his length and difficulty tracking spin in his pro debut, his strikeout rate didn’t immediately explode (24.5%) in the Carolina League, and he flashed a more contact-heavy approach in his final season at South Carolina before the injury. The holes in Petry’s hit tool loom larger because at his tremendous size (6-foot-4, 235 pounds) and related lack of speed, staving off a move to first base will be an uphill climb (he’s expected to play some first in the AFL). Petry has 70-grade raw juice and a history of actualizing a good chunk of it, with the sort of strong build that suggests a transition to a more compact and stabilized loading action is possible. It’s not like there isn’t a path to impact here, but his median outcome is still trending toward bench bat. Verdict: It’s a volatile 40 FV because of how early it is in his pro ball journey, but Petry still looks like a 40, at least at this stage. Surprise Saguaros Marco Dinges, C/DH, Brewers 2025 FV: 40 I was supposed to write up Dinges in May and cried uncle after a few days of watching him, unable to figure out what to do with this hyper-twitchy bat speed merchant who rarely pulls fastballs, this athletic but undersized college catcher who had barely caught. Dinges has long-term hit tool concerns, but was also posting Mitch Jebb-level strikeout rates in the Carolina League. His rotational explosiveness offers enticing raw pop, but he also maintains a fairly level swing plane. Contradictions like this abound for Dinges. Eric shook it out to a 40 FV backup catcher grade, with simultaneously more risk and more ceiling than that label typically portends because Dinges might hit a fair deal more than such a label suggests and also may not catch at all. Shortly after the Brewers list was published, Dinges got a promotion to High-A, which brought performance feedback more formed to his skill set. He still hit an impressive .273/.371/.483 in 51 games in the Midwest League, but his contact rate slid below 70% as the anticipated in-zone whiff issues came home to roost, albeit over the same timeframe that saw him swat 10 homers. In the middle of this was a left hamstring strain that knocked Dinges out for over a month, limited him to 47 games caught on the season and made an epilogue in the AFL seem appealing. His first week back from injury contained the worst of his whiff issues. Dinges uses his bat speed as an opportunity to stay closed deep into his load, before swinging open like an unlatched gate in a gale. Not coincidentally, he produces good swing decisions for an offensive profile that is heavier on athleticism than feel to hit, bristling with bat speed more than it is optimized for power production. It’ll be easier to wait for Dinges’ offensive tools to win the day if his catching development buys time. To that end, Dinges is agile enough and has the raw arm strength to produce plus pop times, but the consistency of his footwork is raw, and his narrow base serves to make his glove movements a little jerky for framing and gives him a small target window for keeping blocked balls in front of him. The main items of need here are reps and added bulk, and outdoor baseball in Arizona is only good for one of those. Verdict: If you read the text above and think I know what to say about Dinges, I don’t know what to say to you either. But he bears watching. 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Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. The Kirkus Prize Winners I have been overwhelmed by awards season announcements and almost missed out on the Kirkus Prize winners. The Kirkus Prize awards a whopping $50,000 to authors of outstanding, Kirkus-starred works in the categories of fiction, nonfiction and young readers’ literature. This year’s winners are: The Slip by Lucas Schaefer (Fiction), King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation by Scott Anderson (Nonfiction), Everybelly by Thao Lam (Young Readers’ Literature). The Slip is a chunky debut novel exploring “issues of race, class, sex, and gender through a wildly inventive group of characters and events,” King of Kings dives into a meaty topic that remains relevant today, and my belly-obsessed toddlers can expect to find Lam’s delightful picture book celebrating different body sizes and shapes underneath the Christmas tree this year. Steven Universe and Moomin Fans, Get in Formation! Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar is bringing Moomins to U.S. big screens. Tove Jansson’s beloved Moomins are characters from a series of Swedish-Finn books and comics featuring the lovable trolls of Moominvalley. Variety reports that this will be the first Moomin film produced in the U.S. Considering how poignant and similarly beloved Steven Universe has become to so many, I can now imagine no one but the multi-talented Sugar entrusted with the writing and directing of this film. The animated movie will be based on the Moomins books, which have been translated into more languages than I can list, and will be produced by Julia Pistor (The Spongebob Squarepants movie). I predict packed theaters on premiere day, which has yet to be announced. Tommy Orange is a 2025 MacArthur Fellow Tommy Orange, you genius, you. The author of the highly-praised and widely-read novels There, There and, most recently, Wandering Stars is one of this year’s 22 MacArthur Fellows, commonly known as the “Genius Grant.” This means he’ll receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached award serving as “an investment in a person’s originality, insight, and potential.” Fellows are chosen based on three criteria: exceptional creativity; promise for important future advances based on a track record of significant accomplishments which could be enabled by the Foundation’s support; and, potential for the Fellowship to facilitate subsequent creative work. Jeff and I discussed Orange’s win for an upcoming Book Riot pod episode, including how he still feels like a relatively fresh writer. That makes sense for this award, which sets out to cultivate impactful talent, and boy has he made an impact in short time. What a deserved win. Be an Informed Pro-Library, Pro-Literary Voter Now Banned Books Week is coming to a close, but it’s more important than ever to stay vigilant and informed about book banning efforts year-round. There are many ways to stay actively involved in the fight against censorship, and to defend access to books for all by showing up to the polls and spreading the word when libraries are on the ballot. Looking for in-depth guidance? Find it here. What are you reading? Let us know in the comments! View the full article

Image credit: Amazon MGM Studios Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield recently responded to rumors connecting him to the role of Remus Lupin in the upcoming Harry Potter TV show. In a recent video, Garfield addressed the speculations linking him to yet another fan-favorite franchise, giving a cryptic reply, something the actor has become known for after his responses to questions about his involvement in Spider-Man: No Way Home before the film’s release. Andrew Garfield responds to Remus Lupin question for Harry Potter reboot While answering social media queries in a GQ video, the 42-year-old actor came across a comment that questioned his involvement in the much-awaited Harry Potter reboot. The comment simply read “REMUS LUPIN???” which led Andrew Garfield to reveal that he had only recently started familiarizing himself with the Harry Potter franchise. “You know what, I’ve just started watching the Harry Potter films for the first time,” he said before adding, “I’m very late to the game. I’ve just started the third film. I’m really enjoying them. They’re really, really good films, really great stories.” Notably, the Social Network star cleverly avoided answering the question about him playing Lupin directly. Garfield famously threw off questions about his involvement in Spider-Man: No Way Home, up until the film’s premiere in theaters, after which it was revealed that he was a major part of the film’s third act. Notably, the third entry in the Harry Potter series, which Garfield mentioned he was up to, also marks the first appearance of Remus in the franchise. Therefore, it is possible that Garfield has dropped a hint regarding his involvement in the rebooted series. Nevertheless, with the Harry Potter TV show adapting one book per season, it would likely be a long time before fans get to see Andrew Garfield in the series, even if he does take on the role. Originally reported by Apoorv Rastogi on ComingSoon. The post Harry Potter TV Show: Andrew Garfield on if He’d Be Remus Lupin appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

http://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Aaron-Judge-2025-Postseason.jpgWendell Cruz-Imagn Images You may think you’ve already heard enough about Aaron Judge’s heroics during this postseason, especially considering that he wasn’t able to keep his team from getting knocked out barely a week into October. Heroes usually do a more thorough job when saving the day. I’m sure you’ve heard a lot about Judge’s 2025 playoff excellence. But I’d argue that you haven’t heard enough, because there’s a bit of context I’d like you to consider. That context? The entirety of postseason history. Over the course of the American League Divisional Series against the Blue Jays, Judge batted .600. If you factor in his .354 batting average against the Red Sox in the Wild Card round, he batted an even .500 over 31 plate appearances this postseason. Now let’s head over to our handy-dandy postseason leaderboard. If you set a minimum of 30 PAs, you’ll find that Judge just ran the third-highest batting average ever over a single postseason; his .581 on-base percentage is the second highest. His 253 wRC+ is the 14th highest in postseason history (just behind the 255 mark that teammate Giancarlo Stanton put up in 2020). By that standard, Judge just produced one of the greatest postseason performances ever. Greatest Postseason Batting Lines Rank Season Name Team PA HR AVG wRC+ 1 2008 Manny Ramirez LAD 36 4 .520 331 2 1968 Lou Brock STL 31 2 .464 312 3 1989 Rickey Henderson OAK 44 3 .441 308 4 2024 Fernando Tatis Jr. SDP 30 4 .423 303 5 1990 Billy Hatcher CIN 31 1 .519 294 6 2023 Yordan Alvarez HOU 49 6 .465 293 7 2004 Carlos Beltrán HOU 56 8 .435 284 8 1989 Will Clark SFG 39 2 .472 284 9 1967 Carl Yastrzemski BOS 30 3 .400 276 10 1978 Reggie Jackson NYY 45 4 .417 262 11 2002 Barry Bonds SFG 74 8 .356 259 12 1984 Alan Trammell DET 37 3 .419 256 13 2020 Giancarlo Stanton NYY 31 6 .308 255 14 2025 Aaron Judge NYY 31 1 .500 253 15 1980 Willie Aikens KCR 37 4 .387 253 Minimum 30 plate appearances To be clear, those numbers are slightly misleading. We need to qualify them, but after I do so over the next couple paragraphs, I’m going to show you that even with all the right statistical context, this was still a very special run. Alright, now let’s do our sabermetric duty and throw some cold water on all of this. The minimum of 30 plate appearances is important here. First, it rules out a huge chunk of postseason history. Until 1969, the postseason consisted only of the World Series, which sometimes goes as few as four games. To that point, baseball saw just 207 instances of players accumulating at least 30 PAs in a single World Series. No one ever made it to 40. Next, the smaller the sample, the noisier the results. In postseason history, 171 different players have put up a wRC+ above 400, but none of them made more than 17 plate appearances and only five of them (including Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1928) made more than 10. On the other hand, the larger the sample, the more time there is for regression to the mean. Judge’s 253 wRC+ is amazing, but it’s much less amazing than the 245 that Barry Bonds ran over 74 plate appearances in 2002. The graph below shows every postseason performance in baseball history. Judge is the red circle and Bonds is the green one. http://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Postseason-Performance.png This certainly makes Judge look a bit less spectacular. He’s up toward the top of the heap for a player around 30 plate appearances, but he’s not standing out from the pack the way Bonds did. According to this chart, the most impressive performance in postseason history is undoubtedly Randy Arozarena’s magical, homer-filled 2020 run with the Rays, all the way to the right. With fewer than 100 regular season plate appearances under his belt, Arozarena somehow ran a 240 wRC+ over 86 PAs. He wouldn’t even win the Rookie of the Year until the next season! All of this is to say that Judge got just enough plate appearances to get to the point where he doesn’t really have to compete with players from before the divisional era, but few enough that he can still benefit from maximum variation. It’s a good sample-size sweet spot for looking like an outlier. If we head over to Stathead and look not at whole individual postseasons, but rather postseason spans of seven games and at least 30 plate appearances, we find that 79 different players have put up stretches with a higher OPS than Judge’s 1.273 mark. It would be hard to argue that he actually put up the 14th-greatest postseason performance of all time. Now that we’ve put it in context, let’s talk about what makes it so special anyway. First, it’s at least a little bit unfair to penalize Judge that harshly for the plate appearances he didn’t take. He did just about everything humanly possible to try to get the Yankees a deeper postseason run, and while his performance may have fallen back down to earth if he’d kept going into Game 5 or the ALCS, Judge has a career OPS of 1.018, and Stathead lists 189 different (though often overlapping) 15-game stretches during which he ran an OPS above 1.300. That’s a better performance over a period that’s twice as long. It’s not just possible that he could have kept this going; it’s something he’s done over and over again. Next, if we go back to looking at complete postseasons, Judge is still an outlier even if you lower the plate appearances threshold. The list of player-postseasons with at least 20 PAs contains 10,842 entries. That’s a big sample, and within it, just 167 players have maintained a wRC+ of at least 200. Judge actually appears in the top 40 twice. He comes in 38th place this season, and his 2018 run of 22 PAs with a 284 wRC+ ranks 20th. By any measure, Judge has had two of the best complete postseason runs in baseball history. Moreover, he’s the only player who appears in the top 40 twice. As you might recall, Judge was pretty good during the regular season, too. He led all of baseball in batting average (.331), on-base percentage (.457), and slugging (.688). He put up a major league-best 204 wRC+. That’s the 25th-highest mark ever among qualified batters, and it’s just the third-highest mark of Judge’s career! In the postseason, Judge increased his wRC+ by just under 49 points, an increase of 24%. Essentially, I just weighted Judge’s weighted runs created plus again, this time against his regular season numbers. It was fun, so I took all 167 of the individual player-postseasons with at least a 200 wRC+ over 20 or more plate appearances and weighted them the same way. Postseason wRC+ is on the x-axis, and the percentage above regular season performance is on the y-axis. http://blogs.fangraphs.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Double-Weighted-Postseason-Runs-Created-Plus.png As you’d expect, the trendline goes from the bottom left to the bottom right. The better your postseason performance, the more likely you are to just be on a crazy, unsustainable hot streak that bears little relation to your regular season performance. The place to be is toward the the bottom right. If you’re down there, you’re putting up the best postseason numbers, but you’re not all that different from your regular season numbers. You’re performing well not because of an unsustainable streak, but because you’re just that good. Now look at the two red dots. The one toward the very bottom is Judge in 2025, and the higher one is Judge in 2018. He’s right where you want to be. Few players have ever put up such a great postseason, and few players have ever looked more like themselves while they did it. If there’s such a thing as a believable 253 wRC+, Judge is one of just a few players ever to pull it off. Before we finish here, I’d like to get away from wRC+, because as great as Judge was as an overall hitter, his batting average was probably the most impressive thing about this postseason. If you drop the plate appearances minimum to 20, he still just ran the 15th-best batting average in postseason history. If you drop it all the way to 15 PAs – that’s just three games for a player at the top of the lineup – he’s still tied for 24th. If this were 30 or 40 years ago, when batting average was still the be-all, end-all, we really would have considered this one of the greatest postseason performances of all time. Source View the full article

Texas businessman Tom Dundon, who is leading a group that wants to purchase the Portland Trail Blazers, on Tuesday said in a court filing that he expects to be able to purchase the NBA franchise without receiving financial backing from the founders of Panda Express. Tom Dundon, Investment Group Purchased Blazers For $4.25 Billion In […] The post Tom Dundon Says His Group Can Buy Blazers Without Panda Express Founders’ Backing appeared first on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News. View the full article

(Photo Credit: Shout! Studios) ComingSoon is excited to host a Deathstalker giveaway for the fantasy movie remake. One lucky winner will get a poster of the film signed by star Daniel Bernhardt and director Steven Kostanski, along with the Deathstalker Volume 1 comic book. Executive produced by Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, the film is out in theaters exclusively starting today. “In Deathstalker, the Kingdom of Abraxeon is under siege by the Dreadites, heralds of the long-dead sorcerer Nekromemnon. When Deathstalker recovers a cursed amulet from a corpse-strewn battlefield, he’s marked by dark magick and hunted by monstrous assassins. To survive, he must break the curse and face the rising evil. Death is just the beginning… of great adventure!” says the official synopsis. Check out the Deathstalker trailer below: The remake is written and directed by Steven Kostanski (The Void, PG: Psycho Goreman). The cast is led by John Wick and Nobody 2 star Daniel Bernhardt as the titular character and the titular Deathstalker, and Patton Oswalt (The Sandman, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) as the voice of the benevolent wizard Doodad. Joining them are Christina Orjalo, Paul Lazenby, Nina Bergman, Jon Ambrose, Matthew Ninaber, Conor Sweeney, and more. How to enter our Deathstalker giveaway: To enter our Deathstalker giveaway, you can either retweet the giveaway’s Twitter post or comment on our corresponding Facebook post. One winner will receive a signed poster along with the Deathstalker Volume 1 comic book. The giveaway lasts until October 17. Good luck to all who enter! The post Deathstalker Giveaway: Signed Movie Poster & Vol. 1 Comic Book appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

Image credit: ABC While a massive shakeup in Grey’s Anatomy has seen the departure of a major character, it has also resulted in the addition of new players to the Season 22 cast. Trevor Jackson, who made his debut in the fan-favorite medical drama as Dr. Wes Bryant last season, will now serve as a series regular. Moreover, the latest season of Grey’s Anatomy will also see the introduction of two new doctors, who are joining the show in recurring roles. Grey’s Anatomy promotes Trevor Jackson to series regular for Season 22 According to a recent report published by Deadline, Grown-ish alum Trevor Jackson is officially joining the Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 cast as a series regular, after playing a guest role in Season 21. Jackson will return to the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital as Wes Bryant, a new medical intern who has recently relocated to Seattle. Bryant comes in as an attractive young doctor who possesses above-average intelligence, as well as a huge chip on his shoulder that is sure to give rise to several clashes in the coming episodes. Bryant’s first appearance in Grey’s Anatomy, before actor Trevor Jackson was added to the cast as a series regular, occurred in Season 21, with the character serving as a love interest for Alexis Floyd’s character, Simone. Having spent the night with him after a wild night at a bar, Simone had no intentions of seeing him again. That is, until she encountered him at Grey Sloan in the season finale after he joined the hospital as an intern. Other additions to the Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 cast include Jade Pettyjohn and Anita Kalathara. Pettyjohn will play Dani, a new medical intern who is eager to make her mark at Grey Sloan. Kalathara joins the cast as Kavita, a remarkable plastic surgeon who believes in keeping things simple as well as professional. While Pettyjohn has already made her Grey’s Anatomy debut in the Season 22 premiere, Kalathara will join the season in Episode 3. This modification to Grey’s Anatomy’s cast comes after the death of Dr. Monica Beltran in Season 22 Episode 1 resulted in the permanent departure of Natalie Morales from the series. The post Grey’s Anatomy Season 22 Adds 2 Doctors & Bumps Another to Series Regular appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

During the 2025 playoffs, Boston’s Jayson Tatum suffered an Achilles tear. The 27-year-old is one of the hardest-working players in the NBA. Tatum refuses to miss an entire season due to injury. He is determined to play during the 2025-26 season. On Thursday, October 9, Jayson Tatum posted a video of himself dunking while at […] The post Five months after surgery on his Achilles, Celtics’ Jayson Tatum was seen duking appeared first on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News. View the full article

Here are three things we’ll be keeping an eye on around the baseball world headed into the weekend: 1. ALDS to conclude: The ALDS will wrap up tonight as the Tigers and Mariners head back to Seattle for a decisive Game 5. The game is scheduled for 5:08pm local time and will see the Tigers send ace Tarik Skubal (2.21 ERA) to the mound opposite righty George Kirby (4.21 ERA). Skubal is the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and likely to win it again this season after another dominant campaign. That excellence has extended into the postseason, as he’s posted a 1.84 ERA with an eye-popping 41.8% strikeout rate in two starts so far. Elite as Skubal has been, he’s not completely unbeatable. The Mariners themselves managed put together a win in Game 2 of the ALDS when Skubal threw seven innings of two-run ball thanks to a slip by the Tigers bullpen. Kirby, meanwhile, surrendered two runs in five innings while striking out eight when he faced Detroit in Game 1 of this series. The winner of tonight’s game will go on to face the Blue Jays in ALCS, which kicks off Sunday. Toronto would have home field advantage over either club for the series. 2. NLDS wrapping up in Milwaukee: Though the Brewers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the NLDS, the Cubs battled back and won two straight elimination games at Wrigley Field to take the series back to Milwaukee. The decisive Game 5 is scheduled for Saturday at 7:08pm local time. Neither team has announced their starter, though the Cubs would have southpaw Shota Imanaga (3.73 ERA) on regular rest while the Brewers figure to have both Jacob Misiorowski (4.36 ERA) and Quinn Priester (3.32 ERA) available for what’s sure to be an all-hands-on-deck game for both teams. The winner of the series will head into the NLCS, where they’ll face the Dodgers with Game 1 scheduled for Monday. The Brewers would hold home field advantage in the NLCS if they advance, while the Dodgers would have it over the Cubs. 3. Phillies head into the offseason: The Phillies’ season ended last night on a heartbreaking walk-off error by Orion Kerkering, and with the end of the season comes the start of the club’s offseason. It would be a surprise to see the Phillies move on from the generally successful partnership of Rob Thomson and Dave Dombrowski, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some real potential for change this winter. Kyle Schwarber, J.T. Realmuto, and Ranger Suarez are all ticketed for free agency. Reuniting with or replacing those players, and Schwarber in particular, figures to be the main storyline of Philadelphia’s offseason. Between Suarez’s free agency, Zack Wheeler’s thoracic outlet surgery and Aaron Nola’s 2025 struggles, the Philadelphia rotation is facing some uncharacteristic uncertainty this winter, too. Like most clubs, the Phillies should be expected to hold an end-of-season presser at some point in the coming days that could provide hints to their offseason plans. View the full article

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the longtime chaplain of the Loyola-Chicago men’s basketball team who became a fan favorite during its Cinderella run to the Final Four in 2018, died Thursday at age 106, the school said. “Loyola University Chicago is greatly saddened to confirm the death of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, BVM,” Loyola Chicago wrote […] The post Sister Jean, Beloved Loyola-Chicago Chaplain, Dies At 106 appeared first on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News. View the full article

Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images With the release of Tron: Ares, many are wondering how the movie connects to Tron: Legacy —or whether it does at all. Now that the film has finally hit theaters, fans get their answers. SPOILERS for Tron: Ares. How is Tron: Ares connected to old Tron movies? Tron: Ares connects to the previous Tron films primarily through the Dillinger family legacy and their conflict with the Flynns. While the first two movies were told with Flynns as the main characters, Tron: Ares takes a different approach. With the introduction of Ed Dillinger’s grandson, Julian Dillinger, played by Evan Peters, the movie centers around his power struggle with Eve Kim, the new ENCOM boss. Meanwhile, Kevin Flynn continues to provide guidance from within the Grid. As a result of this new perspective, the third movie moves away from Tron: Legacy’s ending, where Sam Flynn returns to the real world with Quorra, Kevin’s apprentice. While fans may have been waiting to see their story continued, they may need to wait longer than expected. How does Tron: Ares set up Tron 4? In the mid-credits scene, Jullian escapes to the Grid to prevent this arrest. Inside, he finds an Identity Disc, similar to his grandfather’s. When he comes in contact with the disc, it transforms and forms an armor around him. In another scene, Ares, a computer program like Quorra, has escaped to the real world. He sends a postcard to Eve Kim, expressing interest in Sam Flynn and Quorra. Both of these hint at a possible Tron 4 movie that could bring old characters together for an epic showdown. Directed by Joachim Rønning, the movie stars Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Gillian Anderson, and Jeff Bridges. This time around, the soundtrack is composed by Nine Inch Nails’ Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, who released the movie album under their band’s moniker. The post How Tron: Ares Is Connected to Legacy & How It Sets up Tron 4 appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

NBA insider Shams Charania reported that the Knicks and Bucks had trade discussions this offseason. Those talks were centered around two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo. New York had interest in acquiring the 30-year-old PF. However, there was one exception in trade talks. Sam Amick of The Athletic reported that the Knicks deemed all-star PG Jalen Brunson […] The post Knicks’ Jalen Brunson was made ‘untouchable’ in any deal involving Giannis Antetokounmpo appeared first on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News. View the full article

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(Photo Credit: Saban Films) ComingSoon is excited to exclusively debut first-look photos from Syphon, the upcoming action thriller from filmmaker Tom Botchii. This first look comes after Saban Films officially acquired the North American distribution rights to the movie, while WTFilms has picked up its international rights. The movie will have its world premiere at the upcoming 2025 Grimmfest. “Syphon is packed with brutal fights spanning across back alleys, luxurious homes, and even car washes,” WTFilms’ Gregory Chambet said in a statement. “The visceral chase between the two lead characters adds some real gravitas to this nail-biter. We’re very excited to bring it to buyers at the upcoming American Film Market!” Check out the exclusive first-look Syphon photos below: (Photo Credit: Saban Films)(Photo Credit: Saban Films)(Photo Credit: Saban Films) Who is in the Syphon photos? The photos offer the audience a first look at its main characters, portrayed by Jeffery Decker (Parasites, Anonymous Killers) and Shuhei Kinoshita (Crazy Rich Asians, Rainbow Six: Siege). Both characters can be seen with blood all over their faces, teasing the movie’s intense, action-packed sequences. It follows “homeless, revenge-obsessed Teddy Brimsval (Decker), and an elite cyber security analyst, Jun Kushida (Kinoshita). Once they cross paths, their lives tailspin into a wild ride of blood-splattered chaos,” reads the synopsis. The movie is written and directed by Botchii. Joining Decker and Kinoshita are Jennifer Cozza James, Jackie Kelly, Matt Stuertz, Jerry L. Buxbaum, Daniel Schriefer, Kathleen Swanson, Ashley Tetzlaff, Paul Calhoon, Eric Swanson, and more. It is produced by Decker, Botchii, and David Christopher Pitt, with the latter also serving as its cinematographer and co-editor. It is a production by Ave One Entertainment. “Syphon is an action film that’s really about misguided anger and screaming into the void. But with a lot of fistfights and barbed wire thrown in for good measure.” Botchii said. The post Bloody Action Movie Syphon Gets First Look as Saban Films & WTFilms Nab Rights | Exclusive appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures A sequel to The Curse of La Llorona, titled The Revenge of La Llorona, is officially in production. The film will serve as a direct sequel to the original 2019 horror film. However, the project will reportedly bring in a fresh creative team and cast, with the announcement sparking excitement among horror fans. The Revenge of La Llorona finds director and new cast members The Revenge of La Llorona, the sequel to 2019’s The Curse of La Llorona, moves into production with a fresh creative team and new faces joining the cast. The sequel brings together Jay Hernandez and Monica Raymund, alongside returning star Raymond Cruz. Cruz reprises his role as the curandero Rafael Olvera from the original 2019 film, The Curse of La Llorona. The cast also features Edy Ganem, Martín Fajardo, and siblings Acston Luca Porto and Avie Porto. (via The Hollywood Reporter) Behind the camera, The Revenge of La Llorona welcomes a new creative team. Santiago Menghini takes over directing duties, while Sean Tretta has written the screenplay. Producers James Wan, Gary Dauberman, and Emile Gladstone have returned to oversee the project. Meanwhile, Mia Maniscalco, Jamie Buckner, Michael Clear, and Judson Scott serve as executive producers. After several failed attempts and production delays, The Revenge of La Llorona is now officially in production in Buffalo, New York, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The new installment follows a broken family forced to confront their painful past and team up with their estranged curandero grandfather to battle the vengeful spirit before she takes their children forever. Following its premiere, The Curse of La Llorona went on to become a box-office success despite lackluster reviews from critics, receiving a 26 percent Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes. It grossed more than $123 million worldwide against a production budget of $9 million. The Revenge of La Llorona does not yet have an official release date. The post The Curse of La Llorona Sequel in Works, Movie Director & Cast Announced appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

Photo Credit: HBO HBO has released a trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and fans are wondering about the timeline of the new Game of Thrones spin-off. Considering the dense lore of the franchise, it could be quite confusing where the story stands in the series. Furthermore, fans are also wondering about the release date. So, here are all the details that the viewers need to know about the upcoming HBO series. When is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms set in Game of Thrones timeline? A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms takes place in 209 AC, roughly 100 years before the events of Game of Thrones (which begin in 298 AC). Its timeline places it in the center of the former series and after the events of House of the Dragon (which ends in 129 AC). The show depicts a Westeros where dragons have disappeared, but the Targaryens still rule the Seven Kingdoms. When is A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ release date A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is scheduled to premiere on January 18, 2026, on HBO Max. The series will consist of six episodes, with expectations of more seasons to come. What plot will A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms follow? The show adapts “Tales of Dunk and Egg” novellas by George R. R. Martin. It centers around the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall (Dunk) and his young squire Egg (Aegon V Targaryen, Daenerys Targaryen’s grandfather). The novellas consist of three books, and season 1 will closely adapt the first book, “The Hedge Knight.” Contrary to the larger-than-life dragon fights and supernatural beings, the story focuses more on a grittier and grounded tone of the medieval era. The show’s cast includes Peter Claffey, Dexter Sol Ansell, Sam Spruell, Daniel Ings, and Finn Bennett, among many others. George R. R. Martin returns to the franchise as the show’s co-producer and co-creator, along with Ira Parker. The first three episodes are reported to be directed by Owen Harris, known for series like Black Mirror. The post A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ Game of Thrones Timeline, Release Date & More appeared first on ComingSoon.net - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More. View the full article

A fan who spent hundreds of dollars for tickets to what he thought would be one of LeBron James’ final NBA games is looking to recoup the money in small claims court after it turned out “The Second Decision” teased by the Los Angeles Lakers superstar had nothing to do with his retirement. Andrew Garcia […] The post LeBron James Sued Over ‘The Second Decision’ Announcement appeared first on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News. View the full article

To begin the 2025-26 season, the Lakers will be without one of their top players. LeBron James is currently dealing with sciatica in his right ankle. On Thursday, NBA insiders announced that James is set to miss three to four weeks for Los Angeles. That means that James will be unavailable for their first game […] The post For the first time in his professional career, LeBron James will miss a season opener appeared first on Basketball Insiders | NBA Rumors And Basketball News. View the full article