The Maestra: Strings of Truth Season 1 Episode 9release date and time have been revealed. The episode will air on Hulu. This K-drama series, adapted from the French television series Philharmonia, focuses on Cha Se-Eum, a former passionate violinist who abandoned her dream to become a world-renowned conductor of an orchestra. Season 1 of the series was written by Choi Yi-yoon and Hong Jung-hee, bringing a unique storyline to life.
Here’s when the episode is coming out.
When is the Maestra: Strings of Truth Season 1 Episode 9 release date and time?
The Maestra: Strings of Truth Season 1 Episode 9 release date is January 6, 2024.
The Maestra: Strings of Truth Season 1 Episode 9 release time has not yet been officially announced. However, Hulu usually adds new content at 12:01 A.M. ET, so the estimated release time would be:
9:01 A.M. – PT (Pacific Standard Time)
12:01 A.M. – ET (Eastern Standard Time)
5:01 P.M. – BST (British Summer Time)
6:01 P.M. – CEST (Central European Standard Time)
Where to watch Maestra: Strings of Truth Season 1 Episode 9
Viewers can watch the upcoming episode on Hulu.
To view Episode 9, you can subscribe to Hulu by registering on their website. Hulu offers two plans: the basic plan costs $7.99 per month and includes ads, while the ad-free plan is priced at $17.99 per month.
In Season 1, Lee Young-ae plays the character Cha Se-eum, who returns to South Korea after two decades to lead The Hankang Philharmonic orchestra. The season will depict Se-eum’s journey as she faces personal and professional challenges following her return to South Korea.
The official synopsis for Maestra: Strings of Truth Season 1 reads:
“Maestra, one of only 5% of the world’s female conductor seeks the truth of the incident surrounding the orchestra while hiding her secret.”
Not only was it a fine year for horror movies, but it was also punctuated by a variety of intriguing, interesting, enticing, and downright mesmerizing performances in them.
From scenery-chewing villains to heartbreaking characters of tragedy, here are some of the best horror movie performances of 2023.
Alyssa Sutherland (Ellie in Evil Dead Rise)
Credit: New Line Cinema
The Evil Dead franchise is notable for two things. Ash Williams and Deadites. If one isn’t there, then it sure as hell needs a hefty showing from the other.
Evil Dead Rise features no Ash, so it leans heavily on its Deadite action, and Alyssa Sutherland performs like, well…a woman possessed.
Sutherland’s ”maggot mommy” is a mixture of Evil Dead Deadite old and new. Mischievous wise-cracking is there to a degree but with the nasty streak of Fede Alvarez’s 2013 movie.
Mary Woodvine (The Volunteer in Enys Men)
Enys Men is a difficult watch. Its discordant sound, grainy visuals, and repetitious story beats all serve a worthy purpose, but I can see how people might struggle with it.
Anchoring the increasingly swimmy tale of a remote lighthouse is Mary Woodvine. Her protagonist, known only as The Volunteer, serves as a vessel for our feelings on the strange turn of events depicted on screen whilst going on a narrative voyage of her own.
A lot of her performance has to come from facial expressions, and Woodvine conveys the dismay, worry, and horror of the story beautifully.
Heather Graham (Dr. Elizabeth Derby in Suitable Flesh)
Heather Graham’s expressive face just works wonders with Suitable Flesh. Joe Lynch’s cosmic horror madness works so well because Graham is at the heart of its body-swapping tale and conveys each of her personalities with fluid ease and no small amount of glee.
More Heather Graham in horror movies, please.
Larry Fessenden (Lt Col. Clive Hockstatter in Brooklyn 45)
I really enjoyed Ted Geogahn’s World War II chamber piece because its ensemble of characters pulled the tale in all sorts of fascinating directions, but its catalyst is undoubtedly Lt. Col. Clive Hockstatter played by genre stalwart Larry Fessenden.
Fessenden’s manic, heartbroken turn as a grieving army man sets the supernatural events of Brooklyn 45 in motion, and he continues to play a disturbing part of proceedings throughout.
Mia Goth (Gabi Bauer in Infinity Pool)
Mia Goth is a supreme weirdo, and we should be oh-so grateful she does horror movies. Case in point, her turn as Gabi Bauer in David Cronenberg’s unsettling and surreal latest Infinity Pool.
Goth’s Gabi is enchanting and alluring in a slightly dangerous way at first, but as we delve deeper into the film’s story, she reveals her sadistic, manipulative ways and her frankly deranged glee in tormenting Alexander Skarsgaard.
After the 1-2 punch of X and Pearl, Goth is on her way to becoming a genre icon.
Sophia Wilde (Mia in Talk to Me)
Talk to Me was one of the surprise hits of the year, thrusting its creators, Danny and Michael Phillipou, into the limelight. Its unique take on possession sees it used as a drug. And like any drug, the consequences can be devastating. Which Talk to Me emphatically shows us.
Central to that is the tortured protagonist Mia, played by Sophia Wilde. She enters the story already grieving, and when the possession game appears to offer some closure, she carelessly pursues it, with a horrendous impact on the lives of those around her.
Wilde’s complicated character is believable and sympathetic, and yet that doesn’t stop us from watching in abject horror as she goes down a self-destructive path.
Justin Long (Mayor Henry Waters in It’s a Wonderful Knife)
This was a toss-up between Long and his younger co-stars Jane Widdop and Jess McLeod who delivered a warm-hearted Christmas romance story in the bitter cold of a slasher movie. But Long perhaps best encapsulates what director Tyler MacIntyre and writer Michael Kennedy were going for.
Long’s almost cartoonishly evil Mayor is very much a throwback to the kind of boo-hiss baddie of a certain Frank Capra Christmas classic but with the more obvious murderous edge. Justin Long’s likable qualities convert well to playing utter pricks, and Mayor Henry Waters is a fine example of that.
Kaitlyn Dever (Brynn in No One Will Save You)
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Brian Duffield’s follow-up to the superb Spontaneous blends alien invasion with home invasion to tremendous effect. It’s near-wordless, but that doesn’t stop its star from shining bright.
Kaitlyn Dever’s performance as the troubled recluse Brynn relies heavily on movement and expression to convey her character’s somewhat self-imposed isolation. Brynn’s struggles, both internal and external, come across on screen without a word being said, and Dever communicates them with a natural ability.
Joaquin Phoenix (Beau Wassermann in Beau is Afraid)
Ari Aster’s Beau is Afraid hops genres constantly, sometimes to its detriment, but Beau himself is living in a personal horror movie, and as such, Joaquin Phoenix’s performance as the titular character is a notable horror performance.
That’s most readily apparent in the opening, where Aster and Phoenix put on a masterclass in ratcheting up anxiety-ridden uncomfortable tension. Beau utters every word like he believes the world will punish him for it.
Phoenix absolutely delivers on the title’s sentiment because Beau is afraid, always, in so many different and uncomfortably relatable ways.
Judy Reyes (Celie Morales in Birth/Rebirth)
A female-centric modern-day spin on the Frankenstein story, Birth/Rebirth focuses on womanhood and the ability to bring life into this world and the tragedy found within that. Both leads in Laura Moss’ superb horror represent that in quite different ways, to begin with, but common ground unites them in a horrifyingly twisted vision.
Judy Reyes may don the scrubs once more, but her character Celie Morales couldn’t be further removed from that sitcom variant. It’s a tough call to pick between the performances of Reyes and Marin Ireland in Birth/Rebirth, but the tragedy at the center of Celie’s story and the lengths she ends up going to in trying to reverse it make for a heartbreaking and shocking journey.
Amie Donald/Jenna Davis (M3GAN in M3GAN)
Both Amie Donald and Jenna Davis need mentioning in the performance of murderous robot M3GAN because both the physical and vocal performance make the character what it is.
The deadpan line delivery of Davis is as deliciously cutting as the unnerving physical delivery of Donald is deadly.Sure, you could say the film’s always angling to make M3GAN a bonafide modern horror icon, but the attempt wouldn’t have been successful without the two actors involved.
Russell Crowe (Father Gabriele Amorth in The Pope’s Exorcist)
The Pope’s Exorcist is a terrible movie. It’s the most cliche-ridden exorcism/demonic possession nonsense you’ll see wrapped into a single film.
But here comes Father Gabriele Amorth, riding in on his scooter and chugging caffeinated beverages whilst kicking demon arse with a tongue sharper than a butcher’s knife. Russell Crowe drags the film kicking and screaming into relevance with a wonderfully outlandish performance.
It’s the kind of role that feels like it should somehow allow Crowe to make a dozen more of these films. All technically terrible, but used as the perfect scaffolding for Amorth to strut his stuff again and again.
Interested in knowing where to watch and stream Angel Season 1 online? You have come to the right place. Angel serves as a spin-off series to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and revolves around the eponymous vampire with a human soul as he moves to Los Angeles and sets up a detective agency with the help of old and new acquaintances. Season 1 has 22 episodes that originally aired on the WB between October 5, 1999, and May 23, 2000.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Angel Season 1 via streaming services such as Hulu.
Is Angel Season 1 available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Angel Season 1 is available to watch via streaming on Hulu.
In season 1, Angel leaves Buffy and his life in Sunnydale before coming to Los Angeles where he encounters a half-demon, half-human named Allen Francis Doyle. He later reunites with Cordelia Chase, also from Sunnydale. Together, they open a detective agency called Angel Investigations, intending to help those who need it. After Doyle’s death, former watcher Wesley Wyndam-Pryce joins the team.
The cast includes David Boreanaz as Angel, Charisma Carpenter as Cordelia Chase, Glenn Quinn as Allen Francis Doyle, Alexis Denisof as Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, J. August Richards as Charles Gunn, and more.
Watch Angel Season 1 streaming via Hulu
Angel Season 1 is available to watch on Hulu. Launched on Oct. 29, 2007, it is a subscription-based streaming service offering a wide range of original titles as well as TV shows and movies developed by ABC, Searchlight Pictures, FX Networks, Disney Television Studios, 20th Century Studios, Freeform, and more.
You can watch the show via Hulu by following these steps:
Hulu (With Ads) is the cheapest option, providing users access to Hulu’s streaming library with commercials. Hulu (No Ads) is the service’s premium option, providing access to its library without any advertisements. There are also several bundles available with Hulu that pair the service with Disney Plus and ESPN Plus, along with Live TV plans that also include many live TV channels.
The synopsis of Angel Season 1 is as follows:
“Angel, the dashing demon from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, embarks on his own supernatural adventures in Los Angeles. City of Angels. City of Broken Dreams. Between pervasive evil and countless temptations lurking beneath the city’s glittery facade, L.A is the ideal address for a fallen vampire looking to save a few lost souls and, in turn, perhaps redeem his own.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
Fakes Season 2 is the highly anticipated continuation of the teen crime comedy series that premiered on Netflix on September 2, 2022. Created by David Turko, Fakes follows two best friends, Zoe Christensen and Rebecca Li, who inadvertently start a massive fake ID operation with the help of an older dealer, Tryst. The first season left fans with a gripping cliffhanger, and they are eagerly waiting for Season 2 to find out what happens next.
Here’s all the Fakes Season 2 release date information we know so far, and all the details on when it is coming out.
Is there a Fakes Season 2 release date?
Fakes Season 2 does not have an official release date, but it will likely be announced in the future.
This is because while Netflix has not officially confirmed Season 2, there are strong indicators that it is likely to happen. The first season of Fakes, which premiered on September 2, 2022, garnered significant attention and left viewers with a major cliffhanger, indicating that the story is meant to continue.
Streaming platforms like Netflix often assess a show’s performance before announcing renewals, and the show’s engaging plot and fan interest make a Season 2 release probable. However, until Netflix makes an official announcement, we can only anticipate its release date.
Fakes is a Netflix teen crime comedy series featuring an ensemble cast, including Emilija Baranac, Jennifer Tong, and Richard Harmon. Emilija Baranac is known for her role in Riverdale, Jennifer Tong for To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Richard Harmon for The 100. Their performances in Fakes have garnered attention and contributed to the show’s popularity.
The official synopsis for Fakes reads:
“Teenage best friends Zoe and Becca set out to build their own fake ID empire, but when business starts booming, their life of crime gets way too real.”
Jean-Claude Van Damme‘s 1989 action movie Kickboxer will receive a Walmart-exclusive SteelBook Blu-ray release in early 2024. Kickboxer SteelBook Blu-ray…
In a summer where Barbie battled Robert Oppenheimer, and it was somehow a serious thing to say out loud, the big dumb box office gem of 2023 was lurking below the surface, chomping away at the fallout.
Meg 2: The Trench lacked narrative teeth and swam against the current of logic, but hot damn, if it wasn’t a gleefully willing slab of monster-sized nonsense that may not have done much feeding in US box office waters, but overseas it ate up the competition.
I can totally understand the repulsion from some quarters, I myself was wholly disheartened by how lethargic and toothless 2018’s The Meg was in comparison to Steve Alten’s gripping novel. Meg 2: The Trench is even further removed from the science-heavy chatter of its own source material, but it does at least deliver on multi-creature madness and a literal jumping of the shark, which feels oh-so intentional by the film’s abrasive director Ben Wheatley.
If you want plot, then the bones of one are absolutely there. In fact, they are bones assembled from the skeletons of both The Meg and The Trench novels. From the opening dino-chomping scene taken from the first book to the smarmy billionaire plotting nefarious undersea shenanigans. They are just bones, though, because entire cool moments are left on the cutting room floor (giant prehistoric reptiles replaced by smaller land-dwelling ones, for example), but Wheatley clearly only cares about shoving lots of monster action and Jason Statham ass-whoopings onscreen, and I genuinely do not blame him for taking that approach. In fact, that’s exactly why I found it so entertaining.
The use of Statham here, compared to the previous film, is a great example of embracing your casting and just rolling with it. With the greatest of respect to Mr. Statham, who I think is a marvelous action star, buying him as anyone that isn’t beating seven shades out of goons is very difficult, so by keeping things a bit too strait-laced in The Meg, it prevented Statham from truly embracing the absurdity of his character.
Now he’s like a living Lucas Lee movie, and you just look at him doing tricks on a jet ski as he evades Megaladons or somehow surviving deadly depth pressure, and you barely think about him being anything other than Jason Statham wearing the coat of a crumbling middle-aged shark-obsessive.
Meg 2 really comes into its own in the last 45 minutes. It’s pure cinematic stupidity, and it 100% knows it. Statham has plot armor so thick it’s probably how he physically survived the ocean depths, and the creature nonsense escalates to the point the film clearly struggles to decide which monsters to follow and for how long. It becomes the cinematic equivalent of a sugar-hopped child trying to pick between a shelf of brand-new games.
And I’m trying to say, please give me more loud, hyperactive, and knowingly stupid blockbuster movies at the summer box office.
Interested in knowing where to watch and stream Oldboy online? Look no further, you have come to the right place. The 2003 South Korean action-thriller film was directed by Park Chan-wook, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Hwang Jo-yun and Lim Jun-hyung. The film is loosely based on the namesake Japanese manga series written by Garon Tsuchiya and illustrated by Nobuaki Minegishi. The film earned widespread critical acclaim and won the Grand Prix at the 57th Cannes Film Festival. In the years since then, Oldboy has come to be regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Oldboy via streaming services such as Netflix.
Is Oldboy available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Oldboy is available to watch via streaming on Netflix
Oldboy revolves around Oh Dae-su, a businessman who is abducted and imprisoned in a hotel for 15 years. Dae-su learns from watching the news on the TV in his room that his wife has been murdered, and he has been framed for her death. He teaches himself martial arts during his confinement. When he is suddenly released in 2003, he resolves to find out who imprisoned him and why.
The cast includes Choi Min-sik as Oh Dae-su, Yoo Ji-tae as Lee Woo-jin, Kang Hye-jung as Mi-do, Kang Hye-jung as Mi-do, Kim Byeong-ok as Mr. Han, Yoon Jin-seo as Lee Soo-ah, Oh Dal-su as Mr. Park Cheol-woong, and more.
Watch Oldboy streaming via Netflix
Oldboy is available to watch on Netflix. Launched on Jan. 16, 2007, through the internet, Netflix is the most-subscribed video-on-demand streaming service in the world, spanning across more than 190 countries.
You can watch the series via Netflix by following these steps:
Enter your email address and password to create an account
Enter your chosen payment method
The cheapest Netflix Standard with Ads Plan provides all but a few of its movies and TV shows. However, it will show ads before or during most of its content. You can watch in Full HD and on two supported devices at a time.
Its Standard Plan provides the same but is completely ad-free while also allowing users to download content on two supported devices with an additional option to add one extra member who doesn’t live in the same household.
The Premium Plan provides the same as above, though for four supported devices at a time, with content displaying in Ultra HD. Users get to download content on up to six supported devices at a time and have the option to add up to two extra members who don’t live in the same household. Netflix spatial audio is also supported.
Oldboy’s synopsis is as follows:
“With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
Ari Aster‘s work is many things to many people, but a reasonably universal feeling is that he knows how to conjure up an uncomfortable feeling.
If Hereditary and Midsommar didn’t provide you with enough proof of that, then Beau Is Afraid proves to be a masterclass in it. It is an almost unceasing saga of fantastical awkwardness and anxiety.
It’s the latter that is showcased to perfection in the opening to Aster’s latest. It gets us inside the headspace of the troubled Beau Wasserman (Joaquin Phoenix) as he agonizes over having to meet his overbearing mother. On-screen, Beau’s many fears come to the fore in a salvo that ratchets up the tension and unease as a terrifying farce plays out where every worry Beau has about the impending trip plays out in a nightmarish fashion.
It’s little surprise that this part of the film was a long-time focus of Aster. It has something of a prototype in the form of a short he released years earlier that is effectively a mirror of the film’s first act. Refinement of that is clear in Beau Is Afraid, and as such, it’s one of the year’s strongest opening acts, and undoubtedly Aster’s best one to date.
Nerves are set a-jangling from the off as the relationship between mother and son begins to show its passive-aggressive ugly side. Then it’s small-scale agonizing about what could happen that escalates into the farce of what does happen.
Aster subtly heightens reality as things get worse. There’s some playful twisting of cinematic happenstance when Beau’s things get robbed, the water not working when he’s taken his medicine despite his doctor’s insistence he has to take it with water. That kind of thing. Then it creeps into the surreal without losing any of its anxiety-coated potency.
Beau is essentially a down-on-his-luck Looney Tunes character like Wil E. Coyote who lives in Ari Aster’s world, so instead of anvils falling on his head or cliff edges catching him out, his invasive thoughts are granted life, and the universe that creates seems to single him out for its aggression actively.
Between Aster’s direction and Phoenix’s performance, we get the picture of something that is exquisite in its horrifying reliability. Beau’s mindset and its manifestations are just absurd versions of those encroaching thoughts we all have and have varying levels of anxiety about. ”What are the chances of that actually happening?” may be a common refrain in reassuring someone their fears are unfounded, but here, Aster has displayed Murphy’s law response to that.
You can laugh at the sheer absurdity of what Beau experiences in the closing moments of the act, but the troubling itch of where it stemmed from never really leaves you.
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is a 2023 Indian coming-of-age drama film directed by Arjun Varain Singh, following the lives of three best friends as they navigate their goals, relationships, and emotions. It stars Adarsh Gourav, Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Ananya Panday.
Here’s how you can watch and stream Kho Gaye Hum Kahan via streaming services such as Netflix.
Is Kho Gaye Hum Kahan available to watch via streaming?
Yes, Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is available to watch via streaming on Netflix.
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is a 2023 Indian coming-of-age drama film that follows the intertwined lives of three friends, Imaad, Ahana, and Neil, as they grapple with personal struggles and dependencies on social media. Their relationships and emotional journeys unfold amidst breakups, confrontations, and self-discovery. The film explores themes of intimacy, personal growth, and the impact of technology on modern relationships.
The cast of Kho Gaye Hum Kahan includes Adarsh Gourav, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday, Anya Singh, Rohan Gurbaxani, Kalki Koechlin, and Malaika Arora in a cameo role. These actors portray the complex lives and relationships of the film’s characters, contributing to the depth of the narrative.
Watch Kho Gaye Hum Kahan streaming via Netflix
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan is available to watch on Netflix. It is a popular streaming service that offers a wide range of movies, TV shows, documentaries, and original content for subscribers to watch on-demand.
You can watch the series via Netflix by following these steps:
Enter your email address and password to create an account
Enter your chosen payment method
The cheapest Netflix Standard with Ads Plan provides all but a few of its movies and TV shows. However, it will show ads before or during most of its content. You can watch in Full HD and on two supported devices at a time.
Its Standard Plan provides the same but is completely ad-free while also allowing users to download content on two supported devices with an additional option to add one extra member who doesn’t live in the same household.
The Premium Plan provides the same as above, though for four supported devices at a time, with content displaying in Ultra HD. Users get to download content on up to six supported devices at a time and have the option to add up to two extra members who don’t live in the same household. Netflix spatial audio is also supported.
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan synopsis is as follows:
“Three best friends juggle life as 20-somethings in Mumbai, where romance, ambition and heartbreak collide with the addictive draw of social media.”
NOTE: The streaming services listed above are subject to change. The information provided was correct at the time of writing.
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The Iron Claw executive producer Maxwell Jacob Friedman has explained why Lance Von Erich’s screen time was kept to a minimum in the A24 wrestling biopic.
In The Iron Claw, Friedman makes a cameo as William Kevin Vaughan/Lance Von Erich, a fictional member of the fabled Von Erich pro-wrestling dynasty. In a brief sequence, Lance works a tag-team match alongside kayfabe cousin Kevin Von Erich (Zac Efron). While speaking with ComicBook.com, Friedman revealed he shot additional scenes as Lance that didn’t make the final cut.
“There most certainly is [an extended scene],” Friedman said. “I don’t know where it’s going to live … There was a scene where me and him were talking, but me and [writer-director Sean Durkin] both completely understood that listen, I want this film to succeed, and the film needed to be about the brothers. As fun as I had shooting that scene, realistically, it didn’t add to the overarching story and the importance of the story between the brothers and what they were going through in dealing with the pressures that their father put on them. It didn’t fit in the pieces of the puzzle.”
He continued, “I’m sure that you’re going to find that there was a lot of stuff that got cut and it wasn’t because it wasn’t good. I think everything that was shot was absolutely fantastic. Not just my stuff, but every actor had stuff that got cut. It’s just like there’s only so much time. The story that’s most important is the brothers. That’s what it came down to. I couldn’t agree with Sean Durkin more on the decisions he made. The film is an absolute masterpiece.”
Of course, Friedman is a wrestling superstar in his own right. Perhaps better known as MJF, he is All Elite Wrestling’s current World Champion.
Who is Lance Von Erich?
Fritz Von Erich — real name Jack Adkisson Sr. — was the patriarch of the Von Erich wrestling family. His sons were Jack Adkisson Jr., who died in 1959 at the age of six; Kevin Von Erich, real name Kevin Adkisson; David Von Erich, real name David Adkisson; Kerry Von Erich, real name Kerry Adkisson; Mike Von Erich, real name Michael Adkisson; and Chris Von Erich, real name Christopher Adkisson.
In real life, David passed away in 1984. Fritz soon decided a replacement was needed, and enlisted the aforementioned William Vaughan to wrestle under the name Lance Von Erich. Despite taking their iconic surname, however, Lance had absolutely no blood relation to the Adkisson/Von Erich family.
Rather, Lance was billed as the son of Waldo Von Erich (real name Walter Paul Sieber), Fritz’s kayfabe brother from his own wrestling days. Kevin and Kerry were strongly opposed to the idea of bringing in Lance as a fictional family member — but Fritz had final say on the matter.
During their heyday, the Von Erichs were beloved pillars of the Dallas, Texas area. As such, many members of the community knew full well that Lance was not actually related to them. This act of deception only served to damage the Von Erichs’ reputation in the eyes of the fans, and is credited with exacerbating their downfall.
Lance ultimately departed the Von Erich-run World Class Championship Wrestling after failing to convince Fritz to pay him more. He retired from professional wrestling altogether in 1996.
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The Iron Claw tells a fictionalized version of the tragic tale of the Von Erich family. The now-66-year-old Kevin Von Erich, Fritz’s last living son, was not heavily involved in the film’s production (though other extended family members were). That said, Kevin did give The Iron Claw his blessing, and attended the film’s premiere in Dallas.
According to the aforementioned Jeremy Allen White, Kevin had just one request regarding the film’s content. “[A]ll he asked was to make sure that it was clear how much he loved his brothers, and how much they loved one another. ‘As long as you do that, I’ll enjoy the film,'” White said on Late Night with Seth Meyers.
The Iron Claw’s official synopsis reads as follows: “The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.”
Disney has revealed the Percy Jackson and the Olympians viewership numbers a week after the show’s debut on Disney+ as well as Hulu.
Variety has reported that the first episode of the live-action series adaptation of the first of Rick Riordan’s popular novels attained 13.3 million viewers over its first six days. This falls just under Ahsoka’s 14 million viewers within its first five days, though the outlet notes Percy Jackson likely has a slightly younger demographic of viewers than the Star Wars show.
“The live-action series tells the fantastical story of the titular 12-year-old modern demigod, Percy Jackson, who’s just coming to terms with his newfound supernatural powers when the sky god Zeus accuses him of stealing his master lightning bolt,” reads the synopsis. “Now Percy must trek across America to find it and restore order to Olympus.”
Who directed the new Percy Jackson and the Olympians series?
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Disney+ series was being directed by James Bobin from a screenplay co-written by Rick Riordan and Jon Steinberg, based on Riordan’s first installment of his hit Camp Half-Blood Chronicles book series. Executive producers are Riordan, Bobin, Steinberg, Dan Shotz, Rebecca Riordan, Bert Salke, Monica Owusu-Breen, Jim Rowe, and Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell, and D.J. Goldberg. 20th Television also produced.
