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Copyright 2016, Fx Networks(LOS ANGELES) — With production on seasons three and four of Atlanta set to begin in January, creator and star Donald Glover is comparing his show to one of the most honored series in television history.

“Atlanta 3+s4 are going to be some of the best television ever made,” the 37-year-old entertainer boasted on Twitter. “Sopranos only ones who can touch us.”

The famed Sopranos crime drama series aired for six seasons on HBO beginning in 1999 and won 21 primetime Emmy Awards.  

Atlanta won a Golden Globe award for Best Television Series (Musical or Comedy) in 2017, and an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography a year later, along with many other critical accolades.

The show also stars Lakeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz and Brian Tyree Henry.

Season three of Atlanta was originally set to air in January 2021, with season four following in the fall.  However, production was shut down in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As previously reported, one season will primarily be shot in the A-T-L as usual, while the other will be shot in Europe.

By Ken Simmons
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Krasinski directing ‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ — Jonny Cournoyer/© 2019 Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved.(LOS ANGELES) — Due to COVID-19, the sequel to John Krasinski’s blockbuster horror thriller A Quiet Place has yet to be seen in theaters. However, a spin-off just got the green light. 

The Hollywood Reporter explains that Krasinski came up with an idea for another story set in the world of A Quiet Place, where mysterious creatures hunt humans by sound alone.  He’ll produce the film, with director Jeff Nichols calling the shots. 

Made for less than $20 million, director and co-writer Krasinski’s A Quiet Place went on to earn $340 million worldwide, and a Best Sound Editing Oscar to boot. The movie starred The Office veteran and his real-life wife Emily Blunt as parents trying to keep their family alive — and quiet — as they dodge the monsters. 

A sequel was fast-tracked, but the COVID-19 pandemic’s theater closings led Paramount Pictures to move A Quiet Place Part II from its initial release date of March 20.  It was bumped to September 4, and eventually to April 23, 2021.

By Stephen Iervolino
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Gareth Davies/Getty Images(THE BAHAMAS) — Sean Connery’s widow says the actor, who died October 31 at age 90 in the Bahamas home they shared, will make one final trip to his native Scotland.

Ninety-one year old Micheline Roquebrune, who was married to the Oscar-winning actor and James Bond film legend for 45 years, tells the Scottish Mail that the actor will be cremated in the Bahamas, and that “We are going to bring Sean back to Scotland — that was his final wish.”

“He wanted his ashes to be scattered in the Bahamas and also in his homeland,” she noted, citing COVID-19 travel restrictions with some delay in doing so. “Whenever it is possible and safe to travel again, then it is the family’s intention to return to Scotland with him.”

By Stephen Iervolino
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ABC News/Steve Iervolino(NEW YORK) — X-Files veteran David Duchovny plays a dad in the film reboot Craft: Legacy, but he explains that there wasn’t a lot of fatherly advice he could give his younger co-stars when it comes to the craft of acting.

The movie is a re-invention of The Craft, a 1996 hit about a group of high school friends who discover the downside to dabbling in the dark arts. 

When asked about his experience versus that of his co-stars, Duchovny laughed to ABC Audio, “Yeah, it makes me feel kind of old.”

He added, “It is interesting in this movie, I was really aware that the stars…they were like from 22, 23, or whatever. So I can’t teach anything, but I can model what it’s like to be a professional actor. That’s what I always think. It’s like: I can be on time, I can be prepared, I can I can come with my bags packed, ready to travel, you know, ready to play. Ready to act. You know, just ready.”

The Craft: Legacy is now available for streaming on video-on-demand services.

By Stephen Iervolino
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Adult Swim(LOS ANGELES) — “Today is a good day for anyone who has ever cracked open a can of refreshing seltzer and thought to themselves, ‘this could taste more like pickles, and also remind me of Rick and Morty,'” announced Adult Swim in a brand new press release.

Fans of Justin Roiland’s Emmy-winning series will have a new way to literally slake their thirst for the show: Pickle Rick Miracle Seltzer.

That’s right. They turned an episode into a seltzer, Morty. 

For the uninitiated, the series centers on a nervous kid named Morty, and his sociopath, chemically-dependent grandpa, Rick, who happens to be the most brilliant scientist in the multiverse.

In the episode “Pickle Rick”, Rick was so determined to skip a family therapy session that he literally turned himself into a pickle.

Today, Miracle Seltzer has combined forces with Pickle Juice, “the original creators of the pickle beverage formulated to relieve muscle cramps and replenish electrolytes,” to create a “flavor fortified version of their juice,” which a press release says contains “dual filtered water, organic vinegar, salt, organic dill oil, potassium, zinc, and vitamin C and E.”

B. Thom Stevenson, co-founder of Miracle Seltzer, noted of the product, “Miracle Seltzer is a one-way ticket to a new dimension…you can now easily travel to one of these dimensions in one of these universes in one of these space-time continuums, all while staying hydrated on your journey.”

The Pickle Rick Miracle Seltzer — along with related merch — will launch for the global virtual Adult Swim Festival, streaming on the Adult Swim YouTube channel Friday, November 13, and Saturday, November 14. The latter date also happens to be National Pickle Day.

Stevenson adds, “Open your eyes really wide – there are miracles, and pickles, all around you.”  

By Stephen Iervolino
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