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The official YouTube channel for Japanese brewers and distilling company Suntory has started streaming a new anime commercial for its gin brand "Sui." The protagonist character in the commercial titled "Sui to Utaeba" ("Singing with Sui") was designed by manga artist Tsubasa Yamaguchi , best known for her Blue Period manga series. Meanwhile, suis , the vocalist of Japanese pop unit Yorushika , provided a newly arranged version of "Haru" ("Sunny"), Yorushika's 2024 digital single song which was featured as the opening theme for the second cour of the TV anime Frieren: Beyond Journey's End . The video was directed by Yutaro Kubo , who also worked on the music video for Yorushika's 2023 digital single song "Shayo." The protagonist takes a sip of Suntory Gin “Sui” and the video depicts how the living room where she spends her daily life is transformed into a meadow with dancing water bubbles. Key visual Character reference sketches by Tsubasa...

Fans seemed in an uproar last week when Sunny Hostin had to read a legal disclaimer on The View. However, this was after someone shared it on social media. What those people don’t know is that Sunny reads these all the time because it is a requirement for the show. However, Whoopi Goldberg just dragged Sunny for doing her job this week.

Here is what happened and why it seems so strange.

Whoopi Goldberg Drags Sunny Hostin On The View

Last week, the women of The View were talking about legal issues for a politician when Whoopi Goldberg reminded Sunny Hostin she had to read a legal disclaimer. When a political pundit saw this, they shared it on social media, mocking Sunny. What they don’t know is that Sunny reads these all the time because it’s her job.

Sunny Hostin was previously fired up over the same topic in June.

Here’s how Avinash Tiwary hit Amitabh Bachchan ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Avinash Tiwary is an Indian actor who debuted in 2009 with Suno Na… Ek Nanhi Aawaz. However, after years of struggle in the film industry, his career gained momentum following his role as Kais/Majnu in Laila Majnu (2017).

In a recent interview, Avinash recalled an awkward yet unforgettable encounter with Amitabh Bachchan during the 2014 filming of the TV series Yudh. Scroll down to learn more about the incident.

The Embarrassing Mishap

In a recent interview with the second edition of Screen Live, Avinash revealed, “The first time we met, we had to do an action sequence. I have that poi; I have never done an action sequence. In the scene, he had to punch me, and I had to duck and give him back. Fortunately, I only hit him on his head,d but the embarrassment I felt at that time,...

Ira Khan Opens Up About Her Struggles During Parent’s Divorce (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Aamir Khan’s daughter, Ira Khan, has talked about how her parents’ divorce affected her mental health. Ira, who is the founder of the mental health awareness organization Agatsu, has revealed that she initially thought her parents’ separation did not affect her. Still, she grew aware of its impact later.

Ira is the daughter of Aamir with his first wife, Reena Dutta. The couple was married for 16 years before parting ways in 2002 when Ira was only five years old. The influencer highlighted that while it is good that her parents separated, there was still some pain associated with it.

Ira Khan Expresses the Pain that Came with Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta’s Divorce

Ira recently spoke with Pinkvilla about Aamir Khan and Reena Dutta’s divorce. She revealed that her parents tried to create a...

Bollywood Movies Releasing In 2025 (Photo Credit – Instagram)

2024 has almost ended and safe to say, it’s been a successful year for Bollywood. After the blockbuster success of Stree 2 and Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, we’re now looking forward to what the Hindi box office will serve us in the upcoming year. Shahid Kapoor starrer Deva has just been preponed. Check out the complete release calendar for upcoming movies in 2025 below.

January 2025 Bollywood Movies

Akshay Kumar is (hopefully) coming to end his dry spell at the box office with Sky Force, releasing on Republic Day, 2025. In less than a week of arrival, his biggie will be facing a clash with Shahid Kapoor’s Deva.

Sky Force: January 24, 2025 Deva: January 31, 2025 February 2025 Bollywood Releases

Vicky Kaushal starrer Chhava was earlier scheduled to release on December 6, 2024. The makers have now smartly averted a box office clash with Pushpa 2. Another fantastic move is to...

Apple TV+ has carved out a unique space in the world of streaming. While the platform does not boast as vast libraries as its rivals Netflix and Amazon Prime, it has consistently produced some of the best shows of current times. The platform has delivered quality content and offers various entertainment through shows of several genres.

Hits like The Morning Show and Ted Lasso have dominated discussions about the platform. But there are many others who do not get the attention they are worthy of. From family dramas to dark comedies to stimulating documentaries, the Apple TV+ lineup has some undiscovered gems of entertainment. And here’s presenting 10 such shows that cannot be missed out on.

1. For All Mankind (2019-Present)

Since its premiere in 2019, For All Mankind has gained a dedicated fan following. However, the alternate history series has yet to achieve the widespread recognition it deserves. Created by Ronald D. Moore,...

The creators of “Abbott Elementary” on ABC and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” on Fxx announced at Vulture Fest on Saturday that their shows will cross over for a one-of-a-kind two-episode event that will go down in TV history.

The special collaboration will start with an episode of Abbott Elementary in January. Then, during the 17th season premiere of It’s Always Sunny in June, a companion episode will air. This is a new way to tell a story, as the same story will be told from two different points of view in both shows.

The crossover started with a joke on social media about how the two shows were alike. Fans of both shows pointed out the funny similarities between them, so Brunson talked about how she met Rob McElhenney, the author of “Always Sunny” on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

“Someone said this seems like a Sunny episode, this seems like an Abbott episode,...

With the biggest crossover to hit the City of Brotherly Love since cheese and steak, Quinta Brunson has shared some details about the upcoming Abbott Elementary cross with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

On Saturday at Vulture Fest, the Abbott star and creator revealed new details about the crossover event, which will feature one episode on each series, with the first airing early next year on the ABC sitcom.

“Our episode will air in January. So, it will be an Abbott Elementary episode,” explained Brunson. “But the first episode of Always Sunny — I don’t know when their episode’s gonna air, probably in June. Their episode will be their version of what happened in this storyline.”

With Season 4 of Abbott largely focused on gentrification in the school’s Philly neighborhood, and Season 17 of It’s Always Sunny premiering on Fxx in 2025, the plot details of the crossover are still unknown.

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2024 is half over and we have seen some brilliant and some not-so-brilliant TV shows by streaming services and cable networks. However, the sci-fi fantasy genre TV shows are proving to be the biggest ones this year with the release of shows like Fallout and 3 Body Problem. The sci-fi fans are having a great year and if TV shows weren’t enough we also got Dune: Part Two this year which is the most successful film 2024 so far. So, let’s check out the best new and returning sci-fi fantasy shows that came out this year.

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Sunny is a dark comedy sci-fi mystery thriller drama series created by Katie Robbins. Based on the 2018 novel The Dark Manual by Colin O’Sullivan, the Apple TV+ series follows Suzie, an American woman living...

Gone but certainly not forgotten: the Garvey sisters’ past plans may soon be catching up with them. The BAFTA and Peabody Award-winning Irish black comedy-drama series “Bad Sisters” returns for its highly anticipated second season, and though it’s been two years since Grace’s husband’s “accidental” death, suspicions are at an all-time high. The second season of “Bad Sisters” premieres on Wednesday, Nov. 13 on Apple TV+, followed by a new episode every week through Christmas. You can watch with 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+.

How to Watch “Bad Sisters” Season 2 When: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 Where: Apple TV+ Stream: Watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Apple TV+. 7-Day Free Trial $9.99+ / month apple.com About “Bad Sisters”

Developed by Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer, the Irish black comedy-drama “Bad Sisters” stars Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, and Eve Hewson as the tight-knit Garvey sisters, Eva,...

Mark the calendar. ABC has announced when the highly anticipated It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover episode of Abbott Elementary will premiere. But—sorry, fans—it’s going to be a while. The episode isn’t expected to air until the new year.

The ‘Abbott’ and ‘It’s Always Sunny’ crossover episode premieres in January 2025

Abbott Elementary will come back in a big way following a break for the 2024 holiday season. According to an announcement from the network, the Emmy Award-winning series’ midseason return on Jan. 8, 2024, will be none other than the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover episode.

That means Janine Teagues, played by Abbott Elementary creator and showrunner Quinta Brunson, will, along with Gregory (Tyler James Williams), Barbara (Sheryl Lee Ralph), Melissa (Lisa Ann Walter), Jacob (Chris Perfetti), Ava (Janelle James), and Mr. Johnson (William Stanford Davis), come face to face with Sunny’s Mac (Rob McElhenney), Frank (Danny DeVito...

The “Girls” creator is turning a very controversial boy’s life story into a film.

Lena Dunham is set to bring the rise and fall of Ftx founder Sam Bankman-Fried to the screen for an upcoming Apple Original film in partnership with A24. Dunham will adapt the screenplay from Michael Lewis’ New York Times bestselling book, “Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon.”

Lewis’ past books “Moneyball” and “The Big Short” were also previously adapted to the screen. The official description of “Going Infinite” reads: “The book tells the story of Ftx’s spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. When Michael Lewis first met him, Sam Bankman-Fried was the world’s youngest billionaire and crypto’s Gatsby. CEOs, celebrities, and leaders of small countries all vied for his time and cash after he catapulted, practically overnight, onto the Forbes billionaire list. Who was this...

Tokyo Vice producer Alex Boden talked about next steps for inbound production in Japan, including the need to expand the crew base, during his MPA/Dhu/Tiffcom masterclass at Tokyo International Film Festival.

And the need for more crew couldn’t be more urgent as Japan’s Visual Industry Promotion Organization (Vipo) revealed that ten projects have already been approved for the country’s new 50% location incentive.

Max/Wowow’s Tokyo Vice, which filmed two seasons in Japan from 2020-2021 and 2022-2023, served as a test case for the incentive, which was officially launched in late 2023. During his masterclass, Boden outlined some of the challenges the production faced when it first came to Tokyo, including securing notoriously difficult locations such as Akasaka, and finding enough experienced bilingual crew.

“But I would say that it’s so important that we’ve established this precedent,” said Boden, whose producing credits also include...

Sunny Leone and Daniel Weber recently renewed their wedding vows after 13 years of marriage in a picturesque and intimate ceremony in the Maldives. The couple, who originally married in 2011, marked this special occasion surrounded by their three children, Nisha, Noah, and Asher, creating cherished family memories in the stunning island setting.

Sunny Leone and Daniel Weber’s Romantic Vow Renewal in Maldives

Dressed in elegant white outfits, Sunny and Daniel looked radiant as they exchanged vows again. Sunny wore a beautiful white gown, holding a bouquet of fresh flowers, while Daniel complemented her perfectly in a white shirt and matching trousers. The couple’s joy was palpable as they smiled at each other, creating heartwarming memories that were captured in stunning photographs.

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The family posed together for a memorable picture, with their children dressed adorably, completing the heartfelt scene.

Sunny, the Apple TV+ mystery thriller starring Rashida Jones, has been cancelled after one season, Screen has learned.

Sources close to the production confirmed that series, produced by A24, will not return following the 10-episode run that began in July and concluded with a cliffhanger on September 4. Screen has contacted Apple TV+ and A24 for comment.

The story starred Jones as Suzie Sakamoto, a US woman living in a futuristic Kyoto, Japan, whose life is upended when her husband and son disappear in a mysterious plane crash. As “consolation” she’s given Sunny, one of a new class of domestic...

A leading voice among China’s post-1990s generation of filmmakers, Wei Shujun has made four thematically diverse features in as many years — with three premiering at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. This week, he’s in Japan to present his critically lauded latest, Mostly Sunny, at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The new film, which premiered at the Shanghai Film Festival in June, stars Huang Xiaoming in a transformative performance as a cheerful but mentally challenged man who lives with his nearly 70-year-old mother (Hsiao-Fen Lu). Just as the man has begun to find community and joy with a mysterious organization called Sunshine Club — led by a vaguely cult-like figure played with considerable charisma by leading Chinese auteur Jia Zhangke — his mother falls gravely ill. The man and his brother, a medical doctor, then embark on drastically different missions to cure their mother, the elder relying on medical science...

The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (Cape) is partnering with Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro) to launch Beyond Japan, a program aimed at connecting Japanese filmmakers with Hollywood opportunities. The initiative, backed by the Japanese government, kicks off virtually this month before transitioning to in-person sessions in Los Angeles.

The inaugural cohort features six Japanese filmmakers: Fujimura Akiyo, whose Amazon Prime and Apple TV-streaming feature “Eriko, Pretended” won the Skip City Award and who contributed to Kore-eda Hirokazu-produced anthology “Ten Years Japan”; Yoshida Mayumi, Warner Bros. Discovery Access alumna and associate producer on A24/Apple TV+’s “Sunny” starring Rashida Jones; Tsukikawa Sho, director of Japan Academy Prize winner “Let Me Eat Your Pancreas” and Netflix’s manga adaptation “Yu Yu Hakusho,” with upcoming Netflix rom-com “Romantics Anonymous” starring Oguri Shun and Han Hyo-joo; Tokyo-based international production veteran Ü Inose; Shibuya Yu, Venice Film Festival alumnus (“Jitensha”) whose...

Though Abbott Elementary may be all about a “work family,” the series’ showrunner and leading lady Quinta Brunson is apparently having second thoughts about allowing her real-life family to watch the show’s two upcoming crossover episodes with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

In what’s become yet another drip in the slowest leak known to man, Brunson hinted at what fans — including her mother — can expect during the beloved Pennsylvania-based series’ collab. “Yeah, my mom’s not going to be allowed to watch that,” she told People while attending the Ema Awards Gala on Sunday.

Although Brunson remained tight-lipped on what schemes, plots and/or scams she gets into with the overlords of Paddy’s Pub — ones her mother shall never witness if the actress/producer/BuzzFeed alum has her way — she’s far from the only actor to hint that the upcoming crossover gets, well, real weird with it.

Since the beginning of the #MeToo movement, several industry figures, including Harvey Weinstein and Jeffrey Epstein, were convicted and imprisoned for their crimes. P. Diddy is now battling charges of s-x trafficking and racketeering, which came to light after he was accused by Cassie Ventura of s-xually and physically assaulting her.

Sunny Hostin | Credit: Investigation Discovery

Voicing her viewpoint on the subject, The View cohost Sunny Hostin stressed the evil of domestic abuse isn’t only confined to Hollywood, as she reflected on the impact of these stories being sensationalized.

Sunny Hostin Speaks Out on the Concerning Scale of Domestic Abuse Sunny Hostin | Credit: Lbj Library/Cc-Pd-Mark/Wikimedia Commons

Speaking to THR, Sunny Hostin shared that the evil of domestic abuse has little to do with wealth, adding it’s “hiding in plain sight”. While cases involving the likes of Diddy and R. Kelly have brought severe media scrutiny to the issue,...

The most powerful sitcom crossover in the history of Pennsylvania is officially a double feature.

Back at the beginning of this month, Rob McElhenney sent the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fandom into a frenzy when he posted on-set photos from behind the scenes at an Abbott Elementary production, confirming that, eight months after the viral Glaswegian Willy Wonka nightmare got him and Quinta Brunson talking, a crossover between the two hometown sitcoms is finally in the works. Many of those same fans were dismayed to learn that the planned collaboration would happen on Abbott Elementary’s home court, where the show’s comparatively clean and upbeat tone (coupled with ABC’s censors) would limit the Always Sunny cast’s aptitude to be equal parts appalling and hilarious.

Then, on Friday, Variety blessed us with an exclusive scoop that opens the door for profane comedy played off of the already put-upon Willard R.

The highly-anticipated crossover between ABC’s “Abbott Elementary” and FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” just got bigger. While it was already revealed that the “Sunny” characters will show up on “Abbott” this season, Variety has confirmed that, as part of a two-episode event, the “Abbott” teachers will also show up on “Sunny” to hang with the Gang at Paddy’s Pub.

Earlier this month, “Abbott” creator and star Quinta Brunson and “Sunny” star/co-creator Rob McElhenney revealed that the two shows would join comedic forces for a very special episode of “Abbott” (which Brunson had previously hinted at San Diego Comic-Con). The mash-up made sense, given that both shows are set in Philadelphia, plus they both air on Disney-owned networks. (“Abbott” is produced by Warner Bros. TV.)

The “Sunny” cast — McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Kaitlin Olson and Danny DeVito — already shot their scenes for “Abbott” episode 409, in...

To some TV-watchers, crossover episodes are like flipping through a stack of old photographs — if they’re not in any of them and nobody’s having sex, they just don’t care.

Later this season on Abbott Elementary, Mac, Charlie, Dennis, Dee and Frank from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia will all guest star in a very special episode that’s been in the works since Quinta Brunson and Rob McElhenney first bonded over the bizarre, traumatizing and unlicensed Willy’s Chocolate Experience in Glasgow that went viral back in January. McElhenney officially confirmed the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia/Abbott Elementary crossover at the beginning of this month by dumping a bunch of onset photos showing the Paddy’s Pub gang palling around with the Willard R. Abbott Elementary School staff, and ever since then, much of the Always Sunny fandom has been sharing their fan theories for potential...

To advertise the upcoming 17th season of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the official FX TikTok account is showing off its weird, crappy-looking notebook drawings that confuse us even more than the pages of Charlie Kelly’s dream journal.

I imagine that it’s probably pretty hard to properly market It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia on a platform with notoriously stringent content guidelines and secret algorithms that hide excessive swearing, violence, bigotry and substance abuse. Seeing as those are practically the four pillars of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the social media manager in charge of the official FX TikTok account has the unenviable task of getting Gen Z eyeballs on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia promotional material. As such, we can choose to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that the stress of the position caused a psychotic break that led to the account posting its...

Of all the famous figures who have come to shape the United States, one Philadelphian stands above the rest, a man revered for his wit, inventive prowess, appetite for sex workers, and most notably, a burning disdain for the government.

No, I’m not talking about legendary American hero Benjamin Franklin, I’m talking about Paddy’s Pub patriarch, Frank Reynolds, who to some It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fans may actually be one and the same.

On Monday, Redditor BarneyRobinStinson7 stumbled out of MacLaren’s Pub and onto the Sunny subreddit, sharing an infographic questioning whether there was “even a difference’” between the founding father of the United States and the founding father of the Reynolds twins.

“Famous Philadelphian, Successful Entrepreneur, Hates the Government, Loves Banging Dirty Hoors,” read the post, complimented by juxtaposed images of Frank and Franklin.

Naturally, BarneyRobinStinson7 was far from alone in noticing these strange,...

Hhmi Tangled Bank Studios, Tiger Baby, and Emaho Films have set the world premiere of Taira Malaney’s “Turtle Walker” at Doc NYC.

The documentary chronicles the life of Indian sea turtle conservationist Satish Bhaskar. Directed by Malaney in her feature debut, “Turtle Walker” explores Bhaskar’s journey along India’s coastlines in the late 1970s, where he studied and worked to protect endangered sea turtles. The film also examines the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on sea turtle habitats.

Submarine Deluxe, the hybrid sales, production, and distribution company, has acquired sales rights. Run by brothers and co-founders Dan Braun and Josh Braun, the company has a track record of success with documentary sales, having been involved with six of the last twelve Academy Award-winning documentaries. These include “American Factory,” “Citizenfour,” “20 Feet from Stardom,” “Man on Wire,” “The Cove,” and “Searching for Sugar Man.”

Prior to completion, “Turtle...

As if a brand new season of “Abbott Elementary” wasn’t enough to get people excited, creator and star Quinta Brunson is continuing to expand the show’s appeal with a television tradition that has become rarer and rarer as time goes on: A crossover episode. And what better show to intermingle with than fellow Pa series, “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.” Announcing via pictures posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, it was revealed last week that the two Disney-owned shows (“Sunny” on FX and “Abbott” on ABC) would crossover this season, with Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, and Danny DeVito being featured alongside Brunson, Tyler James Williams, and William Stanford Davis outside the “Abbott” school set. Speaking in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Brunson shared how this collaboration came together and why she thinks it made perfect sense.

“So Rob McElhenney, there was something online that he...

Sunny Hostin is a polarizing member of The View’s panel of hosts. This means that there are times where fans will latch onto even little things to bash her. This even includes moments where she is talking about her family and her love of her kids. It seems that this love makes many fans feel she will be a terrible mother in law.

Here is what fans are saying about Sunny now.

The View Fans Bash Sunny Hostin As A ‘Helicopter Mom’

Sunny Hostin got into trouble a while back on The View because her phone started ringing in the middle of an interview with a guest. She said it was her daughter, who was in college, and that she had to always be there to answer the phone when she called.

Sunny Hostin is proud to be a Bennifer fan. – The View

The View fans were reminded of...

This Saturday, the Ohio State Buckeyes football team will march into Autzen Stadium to take on the unbeaten Oregon Ducks and their three-time All-American punter Cole Armstrong.

Sadly, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star and University of Oregon alumna Kaitlin Olson isn’t actually going to take the field when her Ducks take on their new conference rivals, due to her being a mother of two whose eligibility expired decades ago, but The Bird will be in Eugene to cheer on her alma mater with ESPN’s massively popular pregame show College GameDay. Tomorrow, Olson will be the Pat McAfee-hosted panel’s celebrity picker of the week, and she will cast her vote for who will win the high-octane showdown between the two powerhouse football programs in front of thousands of screaming fans.

But, really, it’s hard to imagine that Olson hasn’t already made up her mind...

When Rob McElhenney showed up to shoot his scenes for the upcoming It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover on Abbott Elementary, he apparently delivered the most hilarious performance that ABC would never condone in their most profitable public school. Next time, maybe he should leave the katana at home.

In the week since McElhenney and Abbott Elementary star and creator Quinta Brunson finally confirmed the highly anticipated collaboration between Abbott and Always Sunny, fans of both shows have questioned how Brunson and her family-friendly broadcast sitcom could possibly fit the Paddy’s Pub gang into their feel-good formula. Mac, Dennis, Charlie, Dee and Frank are all slated to appear in the ninth episode of Abbott Elementary Season Four, which just had its season premiere last night, and the Abbott showrunners have already confirmed that Charlie will play the most prominent role of all the Always Sunny characters in the...

If you're one of the people who has actually navigated to the Apple TV+ app in the past few months to purchase a subscription or stream shows like Slow Horses or Pachinko, you were likely greeted with the following message: "All Apple originals. Only on Apple TV+." Well, that's about to change.

“Abbott Elementary” is almost back for its fourth season, and we’re ready to watch Janine and Gregory finally give their romance a shot.

After the Season 3 finale left saw Janine (Quinta Brunson) and Gregory (Tyler James Williams) work through their hesitations in the lead-up to a romantic kiss, Season 4 is expected to see the coworkers in a solid relationship for the first time. They’ll also have to balance their romance with their colleagues at school, including Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Barbara Howard, Lisa Ann Walter’s Melissa Schemmenti, Janelle James’ Ava Coleman and Chris Perfetti’s Jacob Hill.

The ABC sitcom will also include a crossover episode with “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” which will see Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Danny DeVito and other “Sunny” cast members come to the Philadelphia school.

When does “Abbott Elementary” Season 4 Premiere?

The ABC workplace comedy returns Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 9:30 p.

As “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” shoot their upcoming crossover episode, “Abbott” coshowrunner and EP Patrick Schumacker teased there are some filmed scenes that will “probably never make it to ABC.”

“When we were shooting last week, Rob [McElhenney] had this improv in this one scene with Ava that I did not know was … coming; he just thought about it extemporaneously,” Schumacker told TheWrap, adding that the scene likely wouldn’t pass broadcast TV standards and practices.

“[It] made me spit out my coffee, and then wish that we had just an episode that was like a gag reel of all the stuff that we can’t use,” he continued. “I hope it exists at some point in time, because it’s so damn funny.”

While coshowrunner and EP Justin Halpern joked that some crossover episodes are “born out of some marketing person’s gross desire for synergy,” the “Abbott” and “Always Sunny” crossover,...

The Gang’s all here this season on “Abbott Elementary” — and we’re referring to the Paddy’s Pub gang. In advance of Wednesday night’s Season 4 premiere (9:30 p.m. Et on ABC), exec producers Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker spoke with Variety about some of this season’s themes and storylines — including the just-confirmed crossover with “It’s Aways Sunny in Philadelphia.”

“Sunny” star Rob McElhenney made it official last week via his social media account, posting photos of him and “Abbott” star Quinta Brunson, along with Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis from “Abbott” and “Sunny’s” Charlie Day and Danny DeVito outside the Warner Bros. lot studio for “Abbott.” Now, Halpern and Schumacker confirm that the entire “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” cast will appear in episode 409, and the storyline will take up the full half hour.

“We got the whole gang, the ‘A’ story,...

Sega and Paramount hit it big with the Sonic the Hedgehog movie series, and now the game company is teaming up with Universal to bring another classic game to the screen. This time the series in question is Shinobi and the partnership is with Universal, which has a live-action film in the works.  Side-scrolling action game series Shinobi series first started in arcades back in 1987 and has seen a number of sequels, spinoffs and revivals in the decades since, including an awesome, tough-as-nails 3D PS2 entry in 2002. Sam Hargrave ( Extraction series) is currently lined up to direct the live-action film, with Ken Kobayashi handing the screenplay.  Producers include Marc Platt and Adam Siegel of Marc Platt Productions, Dmitri M. Johnson of Story Kitchen and Toru Nakahara of Sega. Mike Goldberg is executive producer alongside co-producer Timothy I. Stevenson. Related: Ninja Slayer Side-Scrolling Action Game Hits Steam in Summer 2024 Beyond that,...

Sega is once again getting busy with its IPs, announcing a collaboration with Universal Pictures to develop a film adaptation based on their classic Shinobi franchise.

The movie will be directed by Sam Hargrave (Extraction franchise), with Ken Kobayashi adapting the screenplay Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce the film through Marc Platt Productions. Dmitri M. Johnson will produce through Story Kitchen, while Toru Nakahara will produce through Sega. Mike Goldberg will serve as executive producer alongside Timothy I. Stevenson, who is co-producing.

Details on the adaptation are still to come, but the basis of the Shinobi franchise started way back in 1987 in the arcades, where players assumed the role of Joe Musashi, a modern-day ninja who is out to stop the Zeed terrorist organization from kidnapping students of his clan. The success of the arcade game led to multiple entries in the series spanning multiple platforms, dabbling in...

It’s not just all about Sonic the Hedgehog. Another Sega video game franchise, Shinobi, is heading to the big screen, with Sam Hargrave directing for Universal.

Ken Kobayashi is writing the screenplay adaptation of the arcade game, which first debuted in 1987. That edgy game followed Joe Musashi, a modern-day ninja who confronts great evil. Shinobi spawned 14 games include spinoffs and ports for a total 5 million copies sold around the globe. A new entry in the series was revealed in late 2023.

Marc Platt and Adam Siegel will produce the movie through Marc Platt Productions alongside Dmitri M. Johnson through Story Kitchen and Toru Nakahara for Sega. Mike Goldberg will executive produce alongside Timothy I. Stevenson, who is co-producing.

The pic follows Universal’s 2023 video game adaptation success with Illumination and Nintendo’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Blumhouse’s Five Nights at Freddy’s, which minted over $1.4 billion and $290 million,...

Miracle in Cell No. 7, an Indonesian remake of the 2013 comedy-drama directed by South Korea’s Lee Hwan-kyung, will get a sequel and an animated series adaptation by Indonesia’s Falcon Pictures, after the first film achieved major box office success in 2022, scoring fifth in the country’s all-time box office rankings and selling 5.8 million movie tickets nationwide.

In a forum held Saturday at Busan’s Asia Contents and Film Market, creators behind the original and the remake talked about the unusual collaboration between the two major Asian film companies — Indonesia’s Falcon Pictures and South Korea’s Contents Panda. The Korean original, which garnered close to 13 million viewers in theaters, did not have a sequel.

“A remake is an efficient way [to ensure] a film’s success,” says Danny Lee at Contents Panda, a subsidiary of the major Korean distributor New. “We already proved in Korea that the story worked.”

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The Thriller Bark arc gave the One Piece fans several memorable moments. Nightmare Luffy, Sanji exploding out of rage, Ryuma’s debut, etc., but the most iconic of all is Roronoa Zoro’s “Nothing Happened.” At that point, Gecko Moria had been defeated, but Bartholomew Kuma’s entry scared the fans. At that point, no one knew Kuma’s backstory, and they thought of him as one of the World Government’s pawns.

When Zoro accepted to take all of Luffy’s pain, the fans thought it might be the end of Zoro. While the swordsman successfully passed Kuma’s test, fans wonder what would have happened if Roronoa Zoro never arrived at the scene. A Reddit user shared his view, and the fans could not help but appreciate his accuracy.

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"It's Always Sunny in Abbott Elementary!" It just sounds right, doesn't it? After months of speculation, we finally have confirmation which show Abbott Elementary is doing a crossover with. Earlier this summer at San Diego Comic-Con, Abbott creator and lead actress Quinta Brunson revealed there's a special crossover happening between the ABC comedy and another series, but she didn't share details. Of course, she had to be a tease! Well, now we know which other comedy is involved. And it's FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia!

Guys, I called this on our sister site Hidden Remote. I can't believe I was right! I feel so validated right now. I had a feeling that perhaps the theory was too out there. But I did have hope the Abbott Elementary/It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia crossover episode was going to happen. Because it just makes so much sense! Even though we don't know plot details yet,...

Philadelphia hasn’t seen a crossover this iconic since Allen Iverson and Michael Jordan. Philly-set sitcoms “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” are planning a crossover episode, “Sunny” creator/star Rob McElhenney confirmed on social media on Thursday.

McElhenney posted a photo of himself, his “Sunny” co-star Charlie Day, and “Abbott Elementary” creator/star Quinta Brunson on the set of her show to his X account.

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He then added another photo of the same trio along with “Sunny’s” Danny DeVito and “Abbott’s” Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis.

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The crossover might have been set in motion back in February, when McElhenney joked on X that the infamous Glasgow Willy Wonka event seemed like an Abbott/Sunny crossover episode.

Abbott Elementary is crossing paths with It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The creative minds behind the two comedy series are teaming up for a crossover episode.

Sunny star and creator Rob McElhenney confirmed the news in an Instagram post and story on Thursday. He shared a photo of himself with Sunny star Charlie Day and Abbott star and creator Quinta Brunson posing in what appeared to be the Warner Bros. lot where Abbott films. He captioned the photo simply: “Oh. Hello.”

In an Ig story, McElhenney posted another photo that also included Sunny star Danny DeVito along with Abbott stars Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis.

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The news follows months of speculation that something was in the works involving both series. In July at Comic-Con, Brunson teased that Abbott would be featuring a crossover episode but...

The rumored “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” crossover is happening.

Rob McElhenney, who created and stars in “Sunny,” shared images of himself on Thursday with “Abbott” creator Quinta Brunson on the set of the Warner Bros. TV show. “Sunny” cast members Charlie Day and Danny DeVito were also in the shot, alongside “Abbott” actors Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis.

Both series are set in Philadelphia and earlier this summer, Brunson hinted at a comedic crossover episode, but would not confirm which series would be featured. “Deals are made. I want you guys to know that. I’ll say I’m really excited for it,” she told Variety.

She added that the crossover would “shake things up” and provide one of “those big TV moments” that she misses from the current landscape. “Anything I can do with ‘Abbott’ to help keep that culture alive of fun TV,...

At long last, the most important sitcom universes in Philadelphia are about to collide.

Ever since Abbott Elementary became the second sitcom set in Philadelphia to gain a massive online audience, fans of the feel-good ABC series about the unsung heroes of the Pennsylvania public school system have wondered when Quinta Brunson will finally collaborate with the show that’s completely diametrically opposed from Abbott Elementary in terms of its moral compass. Where Abbott Elementary satirizes the inequities and inefficiencies of Philadelphia and America as a whole by showing the comedy of the daily lives of those public servants who are working to fix them, the characters of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia revel in the baseness of society by making everything that’s bad about the modern world even worse.

In a series of tweets posted earlier today, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star and creator Rob McElhenney finally...

It’s official: “Abbott Elementary” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” are indeed plotting a crossover episode, as has been hinted at in recent, cryptic social media posts by “Abbott” star/creator Quinta Brunson and “Sunny” star/co-creator Rob McElhenney.

McElhenney revealed the news in a social media post, including a photo of him, “Sunny’s” Charlie Day and Brunson outside the Warner Bros. lot studio for “Abbott”:

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— Rob McElhenney (@RMcElhenney) October 3, 2024

Also on Ig stories, McElhenney posted another shot, which added “Sunny’s” Danny DeVito and “Abbott’s” Tyler James Williams and William Stanford Davis to the mix:

McElhenney had previously teased on social media that a “Abbott”/”Sunny” crossover would make sense, given that both shows are set in Philadelphia. And although “Abbott” is produced by Warner Bros. TV, the show airs on Disney’s ABC, while “Sunny” airs on Disney’s FX network,...

Exclusive: Los Angeles-based sales and production company Myriad Pictures has picked up international rights to Korean romantic drama Run To You, directed by Lee Seunghoon, and will launch sales at the Asian Contents and Film Market (Acfm) during Busan film festival.

Produced by Korea’s Heyday Production, the film stars Ha Seok-Jin (Radiant Office), Lee Sin-Young (Crash Landing On You) and Dahyun, one of members of K-Pop girl group Twice.

The story revolves around a veteran sprinter (Ha Seok-jin), who is getting one last opportunity to re-kindle the love of his life, and a happy-go-lucky high schooler (Lee Sin-young) who pulls out all the stops to win over the love of Ji Eun (Dahyun).

Also scripted by Lee, the film marks his first narrative feature after directing short film Listen To My Heart and documentary A Not So Small Ball Launched By A Dwarf.

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Rachel Zegler is admitting that she has been “really scared” about AI putting her out of work.

The actress, who made her debut with “West Side Story” and is set to lead Disney’s live-action “Snow White” remake, told Variety that she was concerned about artificial intelligence replacing her onscreen.

“I was really scared of being replaced by an artificial intelligence version of myself that they scanned when I was 18 and then never being able to work on a set again,” Zegler said. “What was stopping them from using that for the rest of my life?”

During the SAG-AFTRA strike in 2023, Zegler supported protections against the dangers of artificial intelligence in Hollywood.

The “Y2K” actress said that she already had “465 photos taken of every corner of my body” for CGI stunts. “It was fucking dystopian,” she added.

Zegler has also appeared in action films “Shazam! Fury of the Gods...

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has racked up a ton of honors over the years. It’s the longest running live action sitcom in American TV history, it won a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Cable TV Comedy in 2013 and it holds the distinction of being the only show in existence to feature a Christmas episode in which a fully naked Danny DeVito bursts out of a leather couch — aka the greatest nude scene in Hollywood history.

But despite its popularity and acclaim, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia has barely been acknowledged by the very institution that’s supposed to be in charge of rewarding TV excellence: the Emmys.

The cast hasn’t exactly been tight-lipped about their feelings concerning the show’s exclusion from the Emmys, they even brought up this glaring oversight at the 75th ceremony, complaining that their show (not to mention Martin) had yet to win a single Emmy.

Mad Men vet Christina Hendricks is set to co-star opposite Grey’s Anatomy‘s Ellen Pompeo in Hulu’s forthcoming limited series Natalia, TVLine has learned exclusively.

Formerly titled Orphan, Natalia is inspired by the true story of Natalia Grace and follows a Midwestern couple — Kristine and Michael Barnett (played by Pompeo and The Morning Show‘s Mark Duplass) — who adopt what they believe is an 8-year-old Ukrainian girl with a rare form of dwarfism. But as they begin to raise the girl alongside their three biological children, they slowly start to believe she may not be who she says she is.

Do you have an encyclopedic knowledge of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia? Do you know every episode backwards and forwards, able to identify one out of 162 total entries off of minimal clues? Do you desperately need $100?

If the answer to the first two questions is yes, then the answer to the last is likely the same — so, here’s your big chance.

Right now, Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton and the rest of the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia writing staff are hard at work planning the insanity of the show’s upcoming Season 17, which Danny DeVito promised would be even more extreme than the comparatively “tame” previous entries. Us civilians have little knowledge of how the architects of the longest-running live-action sitcom in American history carefully craft each Always Sunny episode to be the perfect level of depraved, surprising and outstandingly funny — a fact that was on full...

The first episode of Abbott Elementary season 4 is titled "Back to School," and the staff are definitely going to have their hands full based on the trailer! As always, the school is very underfunded, and the hilarious trailer starts with Melissa and Barbara asking Principal Ava for books and paper towels for their classrooms. You know, basic necessities. But we know these poor guys have to work with what they've got. And of course Ava has a sarcastic response in return.

Jacob seems to have another mystery enemy other than Mr. Morton, the class pets may not be as great as they sound (the teachers asked for money for after school programs and got this instead), there's a visit from Hr, and ringworm is going around. A lockdown might be in store based on the video with Ava all suited up.

But we know this group of educators is going...