‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’ Becomes Most-Watched Disney+ Premiere
Disney recently took to Twitter to announce that Obi-Wan Kenobi is the biggest Disney+ show premiere yet. Over the weekend, Obi-Wan Kenobi became the third live-action Star Wars TV show to debut on Disney’s streaming platform with a two-episode premiere. The story picks up on events after Star War
‘Stranger Things 4’ Breaks Netflix Premiere Weekend Record
The first half of Stranger Things 4 has set a new Netflix premiere record. According to reports, Volume 1 now holds the record for the biggest opening weekend of an English-language original series with a total of 287 million hours viewed from May 23 to May 30. The total, however, only come
First look at Tarryn Wyngaard and Thapelo Mokoena in the Showmax Original survival horror Pulse
Showmax has just dropped the intense first trailer for the Showmax Original horror series, Pulse, picked by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the 25 buzziest series at this year’s MIPTV, a leading global TV market in Cannes, France. Shot in South Africa and Mauritius, Pulse is about an internat
A Third Season of ‘Bling Empire’ Is on the Way
Netflix‘s buzzy reality show Bling Empire will be returning with a third season. As reported by Page Six, the series’ newest star Dorothy Wang confirmed the upcoming installment. “It’s already locked and loaded,” she said, adding: “All the drama that you see [in Season 2], it rea
‘Squid Game’ Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk Teases the Plot for Season 2
Squid Game, the popular survival drama Netflix game series has an update. Show creator Hwang Dong-hyuk teased viewers with new insights on what’s to come for the show, sharing updates on the current writing process for the second season during an interview with Vanity Fair. He revealed th
The demented SA sci-fi that’s already a cult hit globally: Fried Barry comes to Showmax
Strap in, earthlings. The most critically acclaimed South African sci-fi film since District 9, Ryan Kruger’s Fried Barry starts streaming on Showmax on Thursday, 19 May 2022, having already taken the world by storm. Barry (stuntman Gary Green) is a drug-addled degenerate who – after yet
Jonathan Liebesman directs Halo Season 2 finale
Halo, based on the iconic Xbox franchise and one of the highest-grossing game franchises of all time, will be available to binge on Showmax in Africa from this Friday, 20 May 2022. With CBR hailing the series as “a compelling, gorgeous sci-fi adventure” and The Wrap proclaiming that the
New ‘Stranger Things’ Reviews Call Season 4 “Scariest Season Yet”
Reviews for some of Stranger Things season four’s first episodes are now in and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Over the weekend, numerous critics and reviewers gained early access to the beloved Netflix series and subsequently took to Twitter to discuss their thoughts and first i
Disney+ Surpasses Subscriber Growth Expectations, Gaining Traction on Netflix
It appears that Disney+ is one step closer to eclipsing Netflix as the top streaming platform. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney+ has surpassed Wall Street’s performance expectations from last quarter, adding 7.9 million subscribers to its platform. Wall Street only expected Disney+ to a
“It’s crazy how not satirical it is” – the hilarious Righteous Gemstones are back for Season 2
Hallelujah, brothers and sisters! Season 2 of the breakout HBO comedy The Righteous Gemstones is now available to binge first on Showmax. The decidedly darker nine-episode second season finds the mega-famous, mega-rich televangelist family faced with threats from both the past and present that could