Another tale of Manichean struggle is set to hit our screens this December with CBS All Access’ adaptation of The Stand, and now a new trailer has arrived. Based on the epic novel by Stephen King, the story takes place in the fallout of a worldwide pandemic where the survivors find themselves caught in a battle between good and evil. It’s been fascinating to watch the King resurgence over the past few years, and I’m curious to see how that carries over into interest for The Stand. The book was previously adapted into a miniseries in 1994 and …

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The streaming service CBS All Access will be undergoing a pretty significant rebrand in 2021, and today ViacomCBS announced some of its sweeping changes. For one, the name CBS All Access will be gone. Instead, it’ll be called “Paramount+.” If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em I guess? Ever since Disney+ launched its own streaming service with the “Plus” moniker, Apple followed in its footsteps with Apple TV+, and now the “+” has become shorthand for a streaming service extension of an existing brand. HBO Max remains the cheese standing alone. Existing CBS All Access programming like the Star …

CBS All Access has unveiled the very first teaser trailer for its upcoming adaptation of the iconic Stephen King book The Stand. The limited event series hails from filmmaker Josh Boone, who directs the series premiere and final episode and serves as an executive producer, having also just released his long-delayed 20th Century Fox superhero movie The New Mutants in theaters. The eerily prescient premise of The Stand takes place in a world decimated by a plagued and embroiled in “an elemental struggle between good and evil.” Per the official synopsis, “the fate of mankind rests on the frail …

Christmas is coming a week early this year for fans of Stephen King, as CBS All Access announced that its star-studded limited series The Stand will debut Dec. 17 exclusively on the streaming service. I've been looking forward to that day for six long years, having first reported the news that Josh Boone would be writing and directing this adaptation -- back when it was going to be a movie -- for Warner Bros. and CBS Films. Obviously, a lot has changed since then, but what hasn't changed is my enthusiasm for this project. I've never read King'…

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Merged media companies CBS and Viacom have finally publicly acknowledged something we've known for the last year: Their combined catalogs is one of the best in the business in terms of variety of content and nostalgia power. The merger for what would become ViacomCBS was announced last August, which led to the obvious speculation that the company's content could be a worthy competitor for Netflix in the ongoing Streaming Wars. That idea was then bolstered by ViacomCBS' own announcement that the merger would also lead to a new streaming service that combined all the goodness that CBS and …

In a more just timeline, we would've all enjoyed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run in theaters this Memorial Day weekend. The joyful innocence of queer icon Mr. Squarepants, his group of Bikini Bottom friends, and the star-studded cast would've given us such joy on the dang big screen. Instead, the coronavirus locked us all up in our homes, and the theatrical release was pushed to August. But now, it's been pushed again -- outside of movie theaters in general. Per Variety, Sponge on the Run will now debut as a digital rental in 2021, before …

Some Good News, the delightful DIY web series created by John Krasinski during quarantine, has been bought by ViacomCBS in a massive licensing deal. Under the agreement, which is in "advanced negotiations" according to Variety, Comedy Central Productions will produce a weekly version of the show for CBS All Access, in addition to supplemental short-form content across ViacomCBS outlets like CBS News. All personal thoughts on this matter are extremely cynical and I will keep them to myself out of respect for John Krasinski's quarantine beard, which has provided nothing but joy in these trying times. “Could not …

CBS All Access continues to load up on Star Trek series by officially announcing the new spinoff, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The series will be led by Anson Mount's Christopher Pike, who makes the move from Star Trek: Discovery. This is the second Discovery spinoff following the one with Michelle Yeoh that's in the works focusing on Starfleet's Section 31 division. That makes five Trek series that are in the works with Discovery, Picard, and the animated series Lower Decks. According to TVLine, the series will follow Pike, Spock (Ethan Peck), and Number One (Rebecca Romijn) …

When you fire up the streaming service CBS All Access later this year, it might look very different—it might even have a different name. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish confirmed on an earnings call on Thursday that the streaming service will undergo a rebranding as it expands to include more of the parent company’s cable brands and library programming, with a relaunch planned for later this year. That could include the incorporation of content from networks like Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, and Showtime. This could mean the end of the road for some existing CBS All Access originals …

Have you been meaning to try acclaimed CBS All Access reboots like Star Trek: Picard or The Twilight Zone? Or new shows like Tell Me a Story and Why Women Kill? Good news for you would-be streaming service watchers: You can watch Picard and all the rest for a free for a month. That's right: CBS All Access is offering their services for a free monthly trial. And all you gotta do is follow Sir Patrick Stewart's simple instructions: https://twitter.com/SirPatStew/status/1242498429122752513 In anticipation of the season 1 finale of Picard, you can simply …

We called it! Recently, our own Dave Trumbore hypothesized that a ViacomCBS streaming service, taking advantage of their recent corporate merger, could destroy other streaming services in its wake. Now, it looks like Mr. Trumbore's musings are coming to fruition. According to CNBC, ViacomCBS are indeed developing a new streaming service that would combine everything currently available on the CBS All Access app alongside Viacom's robust library -- including Paramount films and Viacom channels. This would be... a lot of content. Viacom's assets include profitable, popular things like Paramount Pictures, much of Miramax Films, Nickelodeon, BET, MTV, and …

CBS All Access broke subscriber sign-up records in January 2020, thanks to the premiere of Star Trek: Picard and an ad that ran during the Grammys.

CBS All Access recently announced the second season renewal of its upcoming original series Star Trek: Picard. We previously reported as much about a month ago, but the official announcement was made by Julie McNamara, Executive Vice President of Original Content for CBS All Access, during the service’s biannual Television Critics Association presentation. Here's what she had to say: “The energy and excitement around the premiere of STAR TREK: PICARD has reached a magnitude greater than all of us at CBS All Access could have hoped for. We’re thrilled to announce plans for a second season before …

CBS All Access has ordered animated reboots of Lassie, Mr. Magoo, and George of the Jungle, and all three series will premiere beginning Jan. 17.

Star Trek: Discovery continues its ongoing mission, as streaming service CBS All Access reportedly renews the sci-fi series for season 4.

CBS All Access now has two to beam up. The streaming service has given the Season 2 go-ahead to Star Trek: Picard, the new flagship series set in the Star Trek universe that features the return of title character Jean-Luc Picard as brought to life by Patrick Stewart. Season 1 of Star Trek: Picard will debut on CBS All Access January 23, 2020 with a 10-episode run; Season 2 will feature an additional run of 10 episodes. Both seasons are expected to release new episodes weekly rather than the Netflix/Amazon-inspired binge model of dropping a …

Stephen King was a guest on ABC's The View on Wednesday morning where he promoted his new book, The Institute, and his new movie, It: Chapter Two. He also announced four new cast members for CBS All Access' adaptation of The Stand, including Jovan Adepo (The Leftovers) as Larry Underwood, Owen Teague (Bloodline) as Harold Lauder, Brad William Henke (Orange Is the New Black) as Tom Cullen, and Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me) as Cobb. But there was one name who King didn't announce -- and it's a big one. Collider has exclusively learned that, on the heels of …

The Man Who Fell to Earth is joining Star Trek and The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access' growing catalogue of revived sci-f classics. Based on the Walter Tevis' 1963 novel and Nicolas Roeg's 1976 film adaptation, which featured an iconic turn from David Bowie in his first feature film role, the series "will follow an alien who arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future." CBS All Access announced the news during their executive session at the summer Television Critics Association press tour, where it …