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‘Adults’ dropping surprise prequel episode ahead of second season

June 12, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The FX comedy series Adults is dropping a surprise prequel episode.

The show screened the episode, titled “Marathon Day,” to a sold-out crowd at the Tribeca Festival Thursday night. It focuses on the origin story of Jack Innanen’s character Paul Baker.

“We’re so excited for the opportunity to show fans how this friend group came to be,” said series creators Ben Kronengold and Rebecca Shaw, who also wrote the episode. “We love a good origin story, and we can’t wait for you to see where the radioactive spider bit Paul Baker.”

The episode will be available to watch on July 31 on FX and Hulu at 1 p.m ET/10 a.m. PT.

Adults, about a group of twenty-somethings living in New York, debuts its second season on Aug. 27.

Meanwhile, Innanen revealed on the Tribeca red carpet that he turned down a role on the highly anticipated second season of Heated Rivalry. He was rumored to be in the running for the characters of either Troy Barrett or Wyatt Hayes.

While he didn’t say which role he was offered, the Canadian actor told CBS Mornings, “I think it’s such an incredible show, and it didn’t work out. But I love Jacob [Tierney], I love everyone involved. I’m just, I’m excited to see what they do for the second season.”

Disney is the parent company of FX, Hulu and ABC News.

In brief: ‘Widow’s Bay’ renewed, ‘Lioness’ season 3 teaser, and more

June 12, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Widow’s Bay has been renewed for season 2. Apple TV announced the news ahead of the horror comedy series’ first season finale, which airs June 17. The show stars Matthew Rhys as the mayor of a New England town that may or may not be cursed …

Lucy Score’s bestselling book Things We Never Got Over is becoming a TV series. Prime Video has given a series order to the project from showrunners Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, who also penned the first episode. The premise follows a runaway bride who ends up in a small Virginia town where she meets a sexy but grumpy local …

The official teaser for season 3 of Lioness has been released. The spy thriller from Yellowstone hitmaker Taylor Sheridan stars Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña as two CIA operatives running a program where female undercover agents help bring down terrorist organizations. Season 3 premieres Aug. 2 on Paramount+ …

We have our first teaser trailer for Disney and Pixar’s Gatto. The new animated film follows the adventures of a Venetian cat named Nero. Mark Ruffalo and Laurence Fishburne lead the voice cast. Gatto lands in theaters on March 5, 2027. Disney is the parent company of Pixar and ABC News …

Mekai Curtis says he’s ‘extremely blessed’ to have spent five seasons on ‘Raising Kanan’

June 12, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Power Book III: Raising Kanan begins its countdown to the end on Friday, when the first episode of its fifth and final season premieres on Starz. For Mekai Curtis, the final season marks the culmination of his journey bringing his title character, Kanan Stark, to life on screen.

“I’m extremely blessed that I got to take a character [through] five seasons, that I get to tell this story and represent so many different walks of life, and then so many different understandings and viewpoints and approaches to life,” Mekai tells ABC Audio. “This is something that every actor dreams of, is to have a role that has not just layers on screen, but off the screen as well.”

Over the years Mekai has helped audiences understand the origin story of Kanan, a character first introduced as an adult in the original Power, where he was portrayed by 50 Cent. However, Mekai avoided studying 50’s performance so he could deliver his own interpretation of the character.

“I kind of wanted to keep things organic, but I also didn’t want to rigidly start moving toward what that character is,” he says. “I wanted every scene, every reaction to be something that was new to Mekai and also new to Kanan.”

As the series reaches its end, Mekai says there isn’t a single moment that transforms Kanan into the man viewers met in Power. Instead, he says fans see his evolution throughout the entire show.

“I think that was the story of why Raising Kanan is a thing, is we all as people have events that we can remember that shaped how we present or move ourselves throughout the world, but it’s a culmination of all of those things … that make you who you are.”

Paul Anthony Kelly to join Sydney Sweeney in ‘The Housemaid’s Secret’

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Paul Anthony Kelly is making the leap from romantic drama to psychological thriller.

The actor, known for playing John F. Kennedy Jr. in the hit FX series Love Story, will star in The Housemaid’s Secret, Lionsgate announced Thursday.

The upcoming film is a sequel to The Housemaid, which was released in 2025.

Kelly will star as Douglas in the sequel alongside Sydney Sweeney, who reprises her role as Millie. Michele Morrone, who also starred in The Housemaid, will reprise his role as Enzo, according to Lionsgate.

Kirsten Dunst will also star in the film, with Paul Feig returning to direct the project.

According to a synopsis from Lionsgate, The Housemaid’s Secret will see Millie “taking a job keeping house for a woman she’s never allowed to see — only to discover the truth behind the locked door that threatens to expose secrets far darker than her own.”

The Housemaid and The Housemaid’s Secret are based on the New York Times bestselling novels of the same name by Freida McFadden.

McFadden’s most recent Housemaid novel, The Housemaid Is Watching, was published in June 2024.

Lionsgate added in a press release that while The Housemaid’s Secret enters production later this year, “the studio anticipates adapting even more of McFadden’s beloved thrillers from the world of The Housemaid in the years ahead.”

Kelly was also recently announced as the newest cast member for the 13th installment of American Horror Story, premiering later this fall on FX and Hulu.

The Housemaid’s Secret will be released on Dec. 17, 2027.

The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of FX, ABC News and Good Morning America.

‘Off Campus’ calls out ‘targeted harassment’ on social media

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

The Off Campus team is calling out fans’ unsportsmanlike behavior.

Prime Video’s popular college hockey romance series posted a message to social media Thursday imploring fans to be kind.

“The Off Campus community is built on a shared love of storytelling – and on respect for the real people who bring it to life,” read the message. “We ask that everyone in this space extend that respect to our cast and the people in their lives.”

It added, “Accounts that engage in targeted harassment will be removed from following our accounts.”

Prime Video had to issue similar notices for The Summer I Turned Pretty after some comments turned toxic. “PSA for the Summer community,” the show’s official social accounts shared last year before the third and final season aired. “Cousins is our safe place. Everything good, everything magical. Let’s keep the conversation kind this summer.”

More recently, the streaming service issued a plea to fans to stop sharing locations and visiting the set for the upcoming The Summer I Turned Pretty movie.

‘The Love Hypothesis’ gets a release date on Prime Video

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Let’s hear it for women in STEM.

The Love Hypothesis, based on Ali Hazelwood’s bestselling romance novel, officially has a release date. The film comes to Prime Video on Sept. 23.

Star Lili Reinhart helped announce the news in a video posted to social media Thursday. We see a barista deliver a whipped cream-topped drink with 9.23 written on it to Reinhart’s character, Olive.

“Oh that’s me,” Reinhart says as she grabs the drink and takes a sip. “Could I actually get sprinkles on this?”

“Just a little something brewing,” Prime Video captioned the video. “The Love Hypothesis arrives September 23.”

The story follows a fake dating scheme between Olive Smith, a PhD candidate, and a surly biology professor, Adam Carlsen, played by Tom Bateman. Matters get complicated when their fake dating starts to give way to real feelings.

Cosmopolitan scored an exclusive first look at the film, including a photo of Olive and Adam’s memorable first kiss.

’24 Jump Street’ is officially in the works

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

A third installment in the 21 Jump Street movie franchise is a go.

Producer Neal H. Moritz revealed the news in an Instagram post, with a photo of the script for 24 Jump Street. “It took so long to make we had to skip one,” the script’s cover page reads.

21 Jump Street, starring Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, was released in 2012, followed by its sequel, 22 Jump Street, in 2014.

As the photo of the script reveals, Hill co-wrote 24 Jump Street along with Rodney Rothman and Meghan Malloy.

“A picture says a thousand words!” Moritz captioned the photo.

Variety reports Hill, Tatum and Ice Cube are in talks to return as stars of the new film.

The first Jump Street film, a reboot of the 1980s TV series starring Johnny Depp, saw Hill and Tatum playing cops who go undercover at a high school. The sequel had them graduating to an undercover mission at a college.

‘Slow Horses’ sets season 6 return

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

Slow Horses is hoofing it to season 6.

The Apple TV spy drama will return for its six-episode sixth season on Sept. 16 and air week to week until Oct. 21.

Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, a British intelligence agent and head of MI5, known as Slough House — a dumping ground for reject agents. The series also stars Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jonathan Pryce.

The sixth season will see the Slow Horses on the run as they become embroiled in a “fatally high-stakes game of retaliation and revenge.” Apple TV also released first-look images from the new episodes.

Slow Horses is based on the Slough House books by Mick Herron. The new season is adapted from the sixth and seventh books in the series, Joe Country and Slough House.

The Emmy-winning show scored an early season 7 renewal last year, before season 5 even aired.

In brief: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ coming to Disney+, and more

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

You’ll soon be able to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash at home. The third film in the James Cameron franchise will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ on June 24 …

Ryan Murphy’s new show, The Shards, now has a release date. The drama series, based on the bestselling novel by Bret Easton Ellis, will premiere on FX and Hulu on Aug. 5. The show follows a group of privileged teens at an elite prep school in 1980s Los Angeles. The cast includes Igby Rigney, Homer Gere, Kaia Gerber, Evan Rachel Wood and Wes Bentley …

Glenn Close, Ridley Scott and animator Floyd Norman will be receiving honorary Oscars at the 2026 Governors Awards. The awards will be presented on Nov. 15 at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles …

As tickets go on sale for the new live-action version of Disney’s Moana, the final trailer is here, featuring Dwayne Johnson as the egotistical demigod Maui. It hits theaters July 10. Disney is the parent company of ABC News …

In brief: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ coming to Disney+, and more

June 11, 2026 by WDNY Radio

You’ll soon be able to watch Avatar: Fire and Ash at home. The third film in the James Cameron franchise will be available to stream exclusively on Disney+ on June 24 …

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