Month: July 2023

Norman Reedus is ready to return as Daryl Dixon, as seen in a teaser-trailer for his new series The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, set to debut this fall on AMC and AMC+.

The network said in a synopsis: “Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan.” The first-look footage showed Daryl speaking into a tape recorder, identifying himself and cryptically saying he is searching for something and ‘won’t give up until he finds it or dies trying,’ as he is seen trekking alone through the French countryside.

Reedus played Daryl for 11 seasons of The Walking Dead from 2010 to 2022. The spin-off series will include Clémence Poésy, Adam Nagaitis, Anne Charrier, Eriq Ebouaney, Laika Blanc Francard, Romain Levi and Louis Puech Scigliuzzi.

Take a look at the teaser trailer for The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – here.

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Actors Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds are joining an investment group taking a significant stake into Formula 1 team Alpine Racing. The move comes just months after McElhenney and Reynolds’s success as owners of Welsh soccer club Wrexham.

Parent company Renault announced in a press release that Otro Capital, RedBird Capital Partner and Maximum Effort Investments – which includes Reynolds, McElhenney and Michael B. Jordan – are getting a 24% equity stake, a deal worth approximately $218 million. Renault said the investment will “accelerate Alpine’s growth plans and sporting ambitions in F1,” and touted the investor group’s “collective expertise and track record in the sports industry” in its previous relationships with the Dallas Cowboys, the Fenway Group and Wrexham. Alpine is now valued around $900 million after the investment. The team currently ranks fifth in the Formula 1 constructor standings.

Laurent Rossi, CEO of Alpine, said in a statement that the “association is an important step to enhance our performance at all levels — first, Otro Capital, RedBird Capital Partners and Maximum Effort Investments, as international players with strong track record in the sports industry, will bring their recognized expertise to boost our media and marketing strategy, essential to support our sporting performance over the long term; second, the incremental revenue generated will in turn be reinvested in the team, in order to further accelerate our Mountain Climber plan, aimed at catching up with top teams in terms of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment.”

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Trevor Noah shared he will be hosting an original, weekly podcast on Spotify, debuting later this year available on Spotify and all major platforms. Noah, best known for hosting the Comedy Central late-night talk show The Daily Show, left the series in December 2022 to pursue other interests.

According to an official description, the podcast “will blend Trevor’s signature humor and razor-sharp wit with his global perspective to deliver a unique take on the hottest and most captivating topics of the moment.” In addition, Noah will have “in-depth and freewheeling conversations” with interesting and influential figures from around the globe.

Noah said in a statement: “It’s really exciting to be joining Spotify on a fun new adventure where we’ll engage in interesting and meaningful conversations with some of the world’s most fascinating people. We’ll also probably fix every single issue humankind has ever faced so you definitely want to join us for every episode.”

Spotify head of studios Julie McNamara added: “We are excited to collaborate with Trevor to create an original podcast that seamlessly combines his unique humor, insightful commentary, and consummate interview skills on a global scale.”

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A24 has shared the first teaser-trailer for writer-director Sofia Coppola’s upcoming biopic, Priscilla, featuring Euphoria’s Jacob Elordi as Elvis Presley, with Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley.

The film – set for release in October – is based on Priscilla’s 1985 memoir, Elvis and Me, which shared an intimate account of her life with Elvis.  An official film synopsis reads: “Through Priscilla’s eyes, Sofia Coppola tells the unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his dream-world estate at Graceland, in this deeply felt and ravishingly detailed portrait of love, fantasy, and fame.” Elvis and Priscilla married in 1967 and had one child, Lisa Marie Presley. They divorced in 1973, four years before Elvis’ untimely death. Priscilla went on to have a son, Navarone Garibaldi, with her longtime partner Marco Antonio Garcia, who were together from the mid-1980s until 2006.

Priscilla also stars Raine Monroe Boland and Emily Mitchell as Lisa Marie Presley at different ages, as well as Dagmara Domińczyk, Jorja Cadence, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll, Luke Humphrey and more.  Take a look at the teaser-trailer- here.

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