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Late last week before the holiday weekend began, Netflix announced the cancellation of Dead Boy Detectives after one season. The spin off of The Sandman landed with a complicated history after the series moved from Max to Netflix amid DCU chiefs James Gunn and Peter Safran’s unfolding new plan for Max-DC series and movies. At first, this seemed fine, even peachy keen. Netflix felt like an ideal home for the show, which wasn’t integral to The Sandman TV series but was based upon characters who spun off Neil Gaiman’s comic series as a separate title under DC’s Vertigo imprint. As a nice touch, a few The Sandman TV actors did pop into the newer series for cameos.

Dead Boy Detectives found an enthused Netflix following, although as Variety stressed during while exclusively breaking the cancellation news, the show’s streaming numbers were not stratospheric despite landing on the Netflix Top 10 English TV series list for multiple weeks. This rollout also followed Netflix’s four-month-long decision for renewing The Sandman, which Gaiman previously revealed was due to the show being quite expensive in an era when Netflix has stopped rushing to renewal judgment.

The second season of The Sandman remains in production, but let’s just say that viewers are looking for some The Sandman updates now, more than ever.

When Will The Sandman Season 2 Arrive On Netflix?

After Netflix announced (on Tuesday morning) this month’s Geeked Week, the corresponding Twitter/X thread filled with complaints about the Dead Boy Detectives cancellation and the absence of a defined release date for The Sandman‘s next chapter.

Netflix has stayed silent on the release date issue, and The Sandman will have a lengthy post-production process for the effects-heavy series. In other words, 2025 seems likely although not guaranteed. We might, however, receive an answer during the week of Sept. 16-19 because Netflix did pointedly include The Sandman references in the Geeked Week trailer:

Additionally, Netflix has not further elaborated upon Dead Boy Detectives‘ cancellation, but star Jayden Revri (Charles Rowland) acknowledged the sad news on Instagram, where he wrote, “As this chapter closes I can’t help but reminisce on how incredible the last 3 years have been. I absolutely love this show and all of the amazing characters and the lessons they teach. None of them would’ve been bought to life if it wasn’t for my incredible co-stars, who taught me more than I could ever explain in writing.” In response, co-star George Rextrew (Edwin Payne) wrote, “My Charles forever.”

Prior to cancellation, Dead Boy Detectives co-showrunners Steve Yockey and Beth Schwartz revealed that they had planned future cameos from the Endless. Those characters, however, will solely remain on The Sandman for a second season that will adapt the fourth graphic novel, Season of Mists, and from there? Nobody with authority has definitively declared whether this TV series, which debuted three decades after the The Sandman‘s comic book birth, will move into a third chapter.

The Sandman and Dead Boy Detectives are both currently streaming first seasons on Netflix.

When you find something that works, you might as well keep up the momentum. David Fincher has been churning out successful projects for Netflix for years, so why not just throw a few more into the mix? Add in some topic Western tropes (those are big right now), and Netflix just might have another hit on its hands. Could David Fincher be the next Taylor Sheridan? Probably not.

According to What’s On Netflix, Fincher is allegedly being tapped to direct a new Western crime thriller titled Bitterroot. The story follows an aging Montana rancher who loses his life savings in a bank scam and takes matters into his own hands in order to hold the corporations accountable. Michael Gilio penned the script, which has been shopped around for over a decade before seemingly finding a future home at Netflix. Netflix has not confirmed the announcement.

This isn’t the only project Fincher allegedly has on the horizon. The director was rumored to be attached to a Squid Game: America series that would be the spinoff of the infamous franchise. Meanwhile, a prequel to Roman Polanski’s Chinatown was also reportedly in the works as of this year, along with a currently untitled crime thriller from the director. Fincher also acts as an EP on the series Love, Death and Robots.

What does all of this mean? The hopes of another Mindhunter season are fading fast, but Fincher will have no problem keeping himself busy if all of these projects turn out to be true. But it’s a big “If.”

(Via World of Reel, What’s On Netflix)

Mk.gee went on a world tour earlier this year. That sold out, and now, he’s going on another run.

The new set of shows launched at Vancouver’s Commodore Ballroom yesterday (September 2), and if you’re considering heading out to one of the other shows planned from now through to December, looking at the Vancouver setlist should offer an indication of what the concert will be like.

Check out the setlist below (via setlist.fm), along with Mk.gee’s upcoming tour dates.

Mk.gee’s World Tour Setlist For 2024

1. “Are You Looking Up”
2. “You got it”
3. “Lonely Fight”
4. “How many miles”
5. “Dream police”
6. “Candy”
7. “Dimeback/cz”
8. “I Want”
9. “New Low”
10. “Rylee & I”
11. “Little bit more”
12. “DNM”
13. “Breakthespell”
14. “Are You Looking Up”
15. “Encore”
16. “Outro”
17. “Alesis”

Mk.gee’s 2024 Tour Dates

09/03 — Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo
09/06 — Oakland, CA @ Fox Theatre
09/07 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
09/09 — San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park
09/11 — Denver, CO @ Summit
09/13 — Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
09/14 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s
09/15 — Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas
09/18 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
09/19 — Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
09/20 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
09/21 — Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion
09/23 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
09/24 — New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place
09/26 — Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues Boston
09/28 — Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
09/29 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
10/01 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
10/02 — Detroit, MI @ St Andrew’s Hall
10/03 — Chicago, IL @ The Vic Theatre
10/05 – Minneapolis, MN @ Uptown Theater
10/31 — London, UK @ Electric Brixton
11/02 — Paris, FR @ Elysee Montmarte
11/04 — Berlin, DE @ Betonhalle
11/05 — Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
12/03 — Brisbane, AUS @ The Triffid
12/05 — Sydney, AUS @ Metro Theatre
12/07 — Melbourne, AUS @ Max Watts

Mk.gee’s 2024 World Tour Poster

Fresh off collaborations with Cordae, DJ Premier, and Jessie Reyez, Lil Wayne has announced the dates and lineup for the return of his music festival, Lil Weezyana Fest, after taking 2023 off.

The Lil Weezyana Festival returns to Smoothie King Center arena on November 2, with performances from Rob49 and Lil Wayne’s former group, Hot Boys. The Hot Boys performance will be the first time the quartet of B.G, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, and Turk have performed as a group since 2003. A reunion of the group was billed for Essence Fest this year, but Wayne ended up performing his own, separate set, to fans’ confusion and chagrin.

The group was disbanded after Juvenile and B.G accused Cash Money Records CEO Birdman of not paying them. Three of the group’s members, B.G, Turk, and Wayne, then spent significant time serving prison sentences for various offenses — mostly surrounding firearms possession charges. Turk was released from prison in October 2012 after serving nine years for being a felon in possession of a firearm and other charges; B.G served 11 years on possession of a firearm and was released last year; Lil Wayne spent the least amount of time in prison for possession and has been the most active member of the group musically since 2011. Juvenile remains the only member who was never incarcerated.

In addition to the Hot Boys reunion, the flyer for Lil Weezyana Fest touts a DJ set from former Cash Money producer Mannie Fresh, as well as “surprise guests,” which have, in the past, included Drake — who could use a strong bounce back after his early 2024 struggles with Kendrick Lamar.

Harry Lawtey is known for his role of Rob on HBO’s Industry, who cannot catch a break, as noted by social media. In Joker 2, Lawtey is trading in the suit for… another suit, this time as Gotham’s own Harvey Dent. Unfortunately, his luck isn’t great either, but we’ll wait to see the film for how that plays out.

In a new clip from Joker: Folie à Deux, Lawtey is revealed to be starring as a young Dent. In the original DC comics, Dent eventually turns to his own evil side as Two-Face, one of Batman’s enemies. In the new footage from Joker 2, Dent is still in his early district attorney days, so his luck hasn’t run out yet.

Joker: Folie à Deux is Todd Phillips’ follow-up to 2019’s Joker and sees Arthur as a patient at Arkham State Hospital where he meets Lee, a music therapist, and the two embark on a musical love story rooted in a shared delusion. Romance is alive and well over in Gotham!

“Arthur Fleck is a monster,” Lawtey says as Dent in the trailer. “He knew exactly what he was doing. His depraved acts of violence led to riots by his followers, and they are still willing to commit acts of violence in his name.”

It’s unclear how much of a role Dent will have in the sequel, but hopefully it will be better than Robert Spearing’s last few years with Pierpoint & Co.

Joker: Folie à Deux hits theaters on October 4th.

Another week, another roster of Crumbl Cookies! After two weeks in a row on the Crumbl beat I can confirm that I am obsessed. A cookie obsession is maybe the most delicious obsession a person can have, and after rolling up to the Labor Day BBQ with a big box of Crumbl, I’m now everyone in my circle’s favorite person.

Be the person who shows up to parties with a box of crumble, tequila, and other party favors and you will never go hungry again. I’m still getting thank you texts!

As much as I liked last week’s lineup (shout out to the winner of last week’s ranking, Pumpkin Square), I have to say that this week’s lineup is even stronger. There wasn’t a single dud in the six cookie roster. Any one of these could be someone’s favorite. That means you can hit Crumbl this week without feeling super bummed that your pick of choice is sold out. Everyone wins, and we love to see that.

So which cookie is going to be the hardest for you to pick up? It’s a two-way tie between the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice-themed “Afterlife Cake,” and the Banana Bread. But popularity doesn’t always equal deliciousness… so, without further ado, let’s dive into this week’s ranking.

6. Strawberry Shortcake Cookie

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

Last week, Crumbl had a very similar cookie to this one called “Berries & Cream.” The flavor was refreshing and wonderfully complex — I’m sorry to say I don’t feel the same about this one.

The Strawberry Shortcake comes across as a little one-note to me. Over a soft cake cookie, you have a house-made strawberry jam over a spread of whipped cream. The flavor here is light and bright, with an intense strawberry-forward sweetness.

This cookie needs a darker, richer component to balance the intense sweetness. The Berries & Cream had that, this doesn’t.

The Bottom Line:

A bright cookie that comes across as a little too sweet for my liking. Granted, if you love Strawberry Shortcake, you’ll be really happy with this.

5. Churro

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

Looks-wise, this cookie leaves a lot to be desired. It looks straight-up unappetizing.

But if you love churros, you’re going to love this. This cookie has a nice mix of cinnamon and white sugar with a buttercream swirl on top that is dusted with even more cinnamon sugar.

It has a dark and rich sweetness to it, with gentle spicy cinnamon notes. I also love the texture here, it has a dusty and crumbly exterior that reveals a gooey, soft center once you bite into it.

The Bottom Line:

It’s easily the ugly duckling of this week’s Crumbl lineup, but the flavor slaps. This is a delicious cinnamon-forward cookie.

4. The Afterlife Cake

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

Crumbl has a reputation for its tie-in snacks (Olivia Rodrigo has dropped her own cookie and Sabrina Carpenter has already teased her Crumbl-collab) and while thematically the Beetlejuice Beetlejuice-themed After Cake would’ve worked better in October (aka spooky season), this is the way it has to be since the movie hits theaters this week.

The Afterlife Cake features two mini chocolate cake layers sandwiched together with vanilla cream and topped with vanilla and dark chocolate cream cheese frosting. It’s incredibly moist, decadent, and cocoa-forward. The cake on its own is intensely sweet, but the frosting emphasizes that sweetness further.

I love this cake, but I can’t handle more than a few forkfuls.

The Bottom Line:

A very rich cocoa-forward dark chocolate cake. Great for sharing.

3. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

I have a feeling I’m always going to be ranking Crumbl’s chocolate chip cookies highly. It makes sense, as of all the cookies in the world, chocolate chip is my absolute favorite.

Last week I gave the Milk Chocolate Chip the number three spot, and this week here we are again with the Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk also taking number three. This one is even better than last week’s, it has bigger chunks of chocolate that balance sweet and earthy cocoa notes with just a touch of sea salt, combined with a buttery brown sugar base.

There is a lot od depth and complexity to this otherwise standard cookie.

The Bottom Line:

Crumbl’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk is a step-up from the often-returning Milk Chocolate Chip. Get this one while you can!

2. Triple Chocolate Chip

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

Crumbl’s Triple Chocolate Chip feels like a greatest hits cookie. The chocolate base is a balance of moist and crumbly textures akin to the surface of a fresh-baked brownie. It’s loaded with a mix of semi-sweet chunks, white chocolate and milk chocolate chips.

It’s rich and decadent like the Afterlife Cake without being overwhelmingly sweet.

The Bottom Line:

The perfect cookie for chocolate and chocolate chip lovers.

1. Banana Bread

Thoughts & Tasting Notes:

This is our second Crumbl Cookie ranking, and once again our top choice isn’t a cookie at all. I’m starting to think Crumbl makes better cakes than cookies.

This banana bread loaf is ecstasy for the senses. I didn’t even need to open the box to smell the inviting sweet banana and cinnamon tones wafting from this loaf. A forkful is a true treat for the senses, aside from the intoxicating smell you’ve got an incredibly moist cake that has a wonderful mix of earthy brown sugar tones, cinnamon spice, and caramelized banana.

Topping the loaf is some crunchy cinnamon streusel, which adds an interesting textural element to this super moist cake. This was easily my top pick this week, it’s not even close. Maybe next week a cookie will win. We’ll see!

The Bottom Line:

Maybe one of the banana bread loaves I’ve ever eaten. This is a must order.

Find your nearest Crumbl Cookies here.

When Mike Flanagan opted to adapt Stephen King’s short story The Life Of Chuck, to the big screen, King himself wasn’t even sure if it would work. “His initial responses to me were a little like, ‘Oh, okay. Yeah. If you think that’s a movie…,’” Flanagan told Vanity Fair. Flanagan was so dedicated, he decided to produce the film independent of a studio, and thus The Life Of Chuck really came to life — thanks to a particularly impressive dance sequence.

In The Life Of Chuck, Flanagan tells the story of Chuck in reverse chronological order, and it is revealed that dancing is a huge part of the accountant’s life ahead of his retirement. This made it important for the movie, too, which is why Flanagan was set on getting noted good dancer Tom Hiddleston involved.

Flanagan was shown a clip of Hiddleston’s lively moves which prompted him to cast the actor instead of someone unknown. “He had a completely unfiltered joy on his face,” Flanagan told the outlet. “He was a good dancer, but that wasn’t what struck me. I wasn’t amazed by the technique so much as the degree of happiness that was radiating off of him. The look on his face made me smile the same way I smiled reading that particular portion of the book.”

Hiddleston didn’t just waltz onto set, he was dedicated to his dancing role, and took months to prepare. “I had to learn in six weeks the full regime of any dance training. We did jazz, swing, salsa, cha-cha, the Charleston, bossa nova, polka, quickstep, samba. We were trying to tip our hat to anything that might have influenced Chuck,” he added. “It might’ve had a bit of Gene Kelly or Fred and Ginger. Certainly moonwalking—Stephen King is very specific about the moonwalk.” Hiddleston has really improved since that fateful night of dancing that led to a relationship with Taylor Swift.

In the end, Hiddleston’s hard work paid off. “I burned holes in my shoes,” Hiddleston says. “I was dancing out on the asphalt in Alabama, and by the time we’d finished, you could see my socks through the soles.” Just another reason to invest in a Mama Mia threequel.

Flanagan has previously called the film “a tenacious little miracle of a movie from the start,” and even King had kinder words after he saw a cut of the film. Dancing really can heal the world…maybe.

The Life Of Chuck premieres at TIFF on September 6th.

(Via Vanity Fair)

Lady Gaga has spent much of this year teasing her upcoming seventh album. In January, she shared photos of herself in the studio. In May, her Gaga Chromatica Ball concert film confirmed an album with the message, “LG7 GAGA RETURNS.” While in Paris for the Olympics, Gaga played some samples of new music.

Through it all, one thing we haven’t gotten is an indication of when we can expect the album cycle to begin. Finally, there’s news on that front: Gaga is planning to release the project’s first single in October.

Today (September 3), Gaga posted a photo of a printed itinerary written in a mix of English and Italian. It says:

“VFF Itinerario per Madame Lady Gaga
Tuesday 03 September: WB welcome dinner
Wednesday 04 September: FAD World Premiere & Press Conference
6:20pm CEST: Red Carpet
Thursday 05 September: FAD European Press Junket

Date Importanti
04 October: Joker: Folie à Deux in theaters
XX October: LG7 first single”

Given that the upcoming song is being referred to as the “first single” in the final item on that Joker: Folie à Deux-heavy agenda, it would seem Gaga’s recent Bruno Mars collaboration “Die With A Smile” is a standalone single and not part of the forthcoming album.

There was a bit of drama with the slate of new album releases from August 23. Sabrina Carpenter dropped her album Short N’ Sweet the same day Travis Scott re-released his mixtape Days Before Rodeo, and it looked like Carpenter had Scott’s feud with Nicki Minaj on the brain.

It turns out both projects had just about an equal chance to top the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated September 7), and the race was incredibly close. Now, we know who won: Billboard announced today (September 3) that Short N’ Sweet is No. 1.

It claimed the title thanks to 362,000 equivalent album units in the US during the week ending August 29. Days Before Rodeo was very, very close behind with “a little over 361,000” units. So, there was a difference of about a thousand, or less than 1 percent, between the two projects’ unit numbers.

Short N’ Sweet is Carpenter’s first No. 1 album, beating her previous best performer Emails I Can’t Send, which peaked at No. 23. This follows “Please Please Please” becoming Carpenter’s first No. 1 single on the Hot 100.

In other Carpenter news, she killed (and kissed) Jenna Ortego in her “Taste” video, was all over Jimmy Fallon’s The Tonight Show, and had maybe her best “Nonsense” outro yet on Chicken Shop Date.

Imagine Dragons is taking one small step for man, one giant leap for broadcasting songs from the Moon.

Last year, the Las Vegas-based trio of Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, and Ben McKee recorded a song, “Children Of The Sky,” for the open-world video game Starfield. The track hasn’t been played during Imagine Dragons’ Loom World Tour yet, because the band was saving it for a special occasion.

Billboard reports that “Children Of The Sky” will make its live debut at the band’s Hollywood Bowl show on October 27 featuring the Los Angeles Film Orchestra and composer Inon Zur. The song will then be “transmitted back to Earth from the surface of the Moon as part of Lonestar’s Freedom Mission flying with Intuitive Machines to the South Lunar Pole in early 2025.”

“Our goal is to inspire the next generation of kids to be excited about the future of space and technology, which is why we chose ‘Children of the Sky’ as the first song in history to be broadcast from the Moon,” Ryan Micheletti, an investor in Lonestar through The Veteran Fund, said in a statement.

Imagine Dragons themselves will not be on the Moon, although they could probably afford a trip up there.

You can buy tickets for the Hollywood Bowl concert here and listen to “Children Of The Sky” (non-Moon edition) below.