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The 2027 NFL championship gets a parallel telecast set in the Star Wars galaxy: players become animated avatars and Anthony Daniels returns as C-3PO. It airs on Disney+, the ESPN App, Disney Channel and Disney XD.
Apu Nahasapeemapetilon had lines again on The Simpsons in the episode that aired October 18 on Fox. The character is now voiced by Indian-American actor Sunil Malhotra, and the show says he will be seen and heard more often.
Netflix announced on Monday that it will stream the 2027, 2028 and 2029 editions of La Velada del Año, the creator boxing event founded by Spanish streamer Ibai Llanos. The 2025 edition peaked at 9.3 million concurrent viewers.
The new Street Fighter movie opened Friday, October 16, with critics leaning negative and moviegoers mostly approving, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
HBO has confirmed Antonio Banderas and Nicolas Cage as the leads of True Detective Season 5, set in New York and again run by Issa López. Filming starts in 2027.
According to Deadline, Jude Law is set to play Bill Shankly, the manager who took Liverpool out of England's old Second Division, in an A24 series written by Jack Thorne.
Soderbergh will direct the final weeks of filming on The Batman Part II. Matt Reeves, away for a family matter, said: "I am not leaving."