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Disney+ has released the official trailer for its highly anticipated original series “The Crossover.” From Disney Branded Television, the series is based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel in-verse by Kwame Alexander and stars an ensemble cast of series regulars, including Derek Luke, Daveed Diggs and more. All episodes of the series begin streaming April 5, only on Disney+. “The Crossover” is a heartwarming, poignant story about a family of basketball players. The series introduces teen brothers Josh (Jalyn Hall) and Jordan (Amir O’Neil) Bell, widely considered basketball phenoms. Through his lyrical poetry, an adult version of Josh, aka Filthy (Daveed Diggs), narrates the story of he and his brother’s coming-of-age, on and off the court, as their former professional basketball player father adjusts to life after basketball and their mother finally pursues lifelong dreams of her own. In addition to Hall, O’Neil and Diggs, the series also...

The Crossover is coming soon to Disney+ in April. The streaming service revealed that the new basketball drama series will arrive in April with all episodes arriving at the same time.

Starring Jaylyn Hall, Amir O’Neil, Derek Luke, Sabrina Revelle, Skyla I’Lece, Deja Monique Cruz, and Trevor Raine Bush, the series is based on the children’s book by Kwame Alexander. The story follows a family of basketball players with a focus on twins Josh and Jb Bell.

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Disney+ has revealed the first official trailer for its highly anticipated, LeBron James-produced original series The Crossover, based on Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King Book Awards’ Author Honoree Kwame Alexander’s novel of the same name. The Crossover features a family of basketball players, particularly teen brothers Josh (Jalyn Hall) and Jordan (Amir O’Neil) Bell, both widely considered basketball phenoms. Through his lyrical poetry, an adult version of Josh, aka Filthy (Daveed Diggs), narrates the story of his and his brother’s coming-of-age, on and off the court, as their former professional basketball player father adjusts to life after basketball and their mother finally pursues lifelong dreams of her own. Disney+ The series also stars Derek Luke as the former professional basketball player and the boys’ father and coach, Chuck Bell; Sabrina Revelle as the family matriarch Crystal Bell, who is “more about Gpa than NBA;” Deja Monique Cruz...

All American’s Jalyn Hall plays a kid struggling to find meaning off the court in Disney+’s basketball-centered, coming-of-age drama The Crossover — and TVLine has your exclusive first look at the trailer.

Narrated by Hamilton’s Daveed Diggs and executive-produced by basketball legend LeBron James, the series follows twin brothers and skilled high school basketball players Josh “Filthy” Bell and Jordan “Jb” Bell as they navigate life at school and at home. Hall plays young Filthy and Amir O’Neill (Marlon) stars as young Jb. Darone Okolie (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty) and newcomer Himie Freeman...

"Gather the crew, crack the code, and discover an adventure greater than fiction." Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for an adventure comedy movie titled The Quest For Tom Sawyer's Gold, which will be skipping theaters and debuting directly on VOD later in March. A risk-averse English teacher is forced to face her greatest fears when several of her students venture alone into the southern wilderness in search of Sawyer's long lost gold. Told through the eyes of JJ Harper, great-grandson to one of the men who helped hide the gold, Aggy must outwit both a nefarious rival from her past, intent on claiming the gold himself, and the dangers of the deep south to rescue her son and students, and along the way, regain her long lost lust for adventure. Patrick Muldoon and Joey Lauren Adams star in this fun-filled family adventure about a family who must use...

Here’s when and where you can stream more than 20 new holiday movies and specials this year, including at least three new versions of “A Christmas Carol:” the Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell musical “Spirited;” Netflix’s animated “Scrooge” with the voices of Luke Evans and Olivia Colman; and “A New Diva’s Christmas Carol,” where the mean old miser is now a faded music star who’s now a mean old judge on a reality TV show.

And — “Mean Girls” alert — Lindsay Lohan, Lacey Chabert and Jonathan Bennett each have a holiday movie out this year. And don’t forget “Hannukah on Rye,” about two deli owners who get matched up for the holidays, featuring singer Lisa Loeb.

If you don’t have the Hallmark channel, which is Christmas movie central, their new movies will be available on-demand on Peacock for 72 hours after their network premiere and on subsequent re-airings.

Jay Harrington as David “Deacon” Kay and Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson in ‘Swat’ season 6 episode 9

CBS’s S.W.A.T. will return from a month-long winter break with season six episode nine, airing on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 8pm Et/Pt. Episode nine, “Pariah,” was directed by Cherie Dvorak from a script by Michael Gemballa.

Season six stars Shemar Moore as Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson, Alex Russell as Jim Street, Jay Harrington as David “Deacon” Kay, Kenny Johnson as Dominique Luca, David Lim as Victor Tan, Patrick St. Esprit as Commander Robert Hicks, and Rochelle Aytes as Nichelle.

“Pariah” Plot: When faced with a series of random shootings, one Swat member’s family connections could be the key to stopping the next attack. Also, Hondo prepares to meet Rochelle’s parents for the first time, and Tan helps Luca navigate a sensitive situation.

Episode nine guest stars include David Rees Snell, Brigitte Kali Canales,...

There's just something about the Christmas holiday season that gives many of us a dopamine kick that has us feeling warm and fuzzy inside, and there's research to back it up. It's for this reason that Christmas movies tend to be so popular this time of year - even the corniest ones seem worth watching. But until recently, it was hard to find Christmas movies that resembled what Christmas looks like for Latinx families. While we could enjoy rewatching films like "A Christmas Story" or "It's a Wonderful Life," it would certainly be nice to see a film that at least acknowledges how Latinxs in the States celebrate the holiday and how the major emphasis for us is actually on Noche Buena (Christmas Eve), not Christmas Day. After all, we do make up 19 percent of the US population, according to a 2021 study from the Pew Research Center. Director Gabriela Tagliavini...

The holiday season is in full swing! To help you get into the festive spirit, Et Canada has rounded up a list of holiday films, from beloved classics to new releases, available to stream in Canada.

“Falling for Christmas” (2022)

In this recently released holiday film, Lindsay Lohan returns to the screen as “a newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress” who gets into a skiing accident and suffers from total amnesia. She “finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.” Stream “Falling for Christmas” on Netflix.

“The Noel Diary” (2022)

This upcoming festive rom-com stars Justin Hartley as a best-selling author who returns home at Christmas “to settle his estranged mother’s estate.” While there, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his past as well as that of “an intriguing young woman on a mission of her own,...

Freddie Prinze Jr. has officially ended his decades-long hiatus from romantic comedies. The 46-year-old actor stars opposite Aimee Garcia in Netflix’s new holiday movie, “Christmas With You”. The seasonal flick follows Angelina (Garcia), a pop star who’s grappling with career burnout and escapes to a small town where she finds not only inspiration but a shot of love.

Inspired by an Instagram video from a young fan named Cristina (Deja Monique Cruz), Angelina decides to visit the young girl at her school as a bit of a publicity stunt. However, thanks to a fierce winter storm, the singer finds herself snowed in with Cristina and her father Michael (Prinze Jr.), who just so happens to be a music teacher and songwriter. The two inevitably begin a musical collaboration, but their bond might also grow to become something more intimate.

Ironically, “Christmas With You”‘s story is a coincidental...

Christmas With You is a romcom starring Aimee Garcia and Freddie Prinze Jr. It is directed by Gabriela Tagliavini.

A young woman who has it all, health, wealth and success, and yet is still a bit lost. However, thanks to Christmas she will recover the true Yuletide spirit in the most traditional way. Does it sound familiar?

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Angelina is a pop star who feels burned-out, and despite it all decides to grant a young fan’s wish in a small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.

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New York is so generous in film, that includes the most used clichés, especially, when it comes to the Christmas theme. So if we add to that a music star who has lost the Christmas feel, we have the perfect premise for a season movie.

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The ex-teen heartthrob plays a single father who enters into an unlikely romance with a pop star in a milquetoast yet watchable romance

Say what you will about Netflix’s latest yuletide offering, you can’t file a truth-in-advertising complaint. Christmas With You could hardly be a more generic title, and the 90-minute bundle of anodyne cheer lives up to its vanilla promise.

As is often the case with low-budget, high-tinsel end-of-year films, it’s more vibe than narrative, more sweatpants than sequin frock. While some holiday specials thrive on the preposterous setups, Christmas With You keeps it simple and sticks with being more or less an excuse to bop around with the jolly trio who anchor the production. There’s Cristina (Deja Monique Cruz), a high school girl about to have her quiñcenera, her widowed father, and a Latina pop star named Angelina Costa who is struggling to compose...

It’s been 18 years since Freddie Prinze Jr. made his last “Scooby-Doo” appearance, but the beloved ’90s teen star has still yet to solve the mystery of how to be a convincing actor. Not to sound like a total Scrooge, but Netflix’s “Christmas with You” is such a woefully by-the-numbers approach to the holiday rom-com that it forgets the most important ingredient: it even lacks the spirit of Christmas itself.

In Gabriela Tagliavini’s film, Prinze stars as Miguel, a single dad music teacher whose talented singer daughter Cristina (Deja Monique Cruz) uploads a rendition of pop star Angelina’s (Aimee Garcia) hit track on Instagram. Angelina’s own flailing music career hinges on a Christmas hit, all the better to mimic Mariah Carey’s career (this is an actual reference in the movie) but Angelina just can’t tap into the holiday spirit, as she’s reminded at...

As sweet, sticky and snappy as a candy cane, “Christmas with You” provides a refreshing, sugary boost to any Netflix subscriber’s cinematic diet. This holiday offering, centered on a burnt-out pop star searching for creative inspiration and finding love, welcomes its co-star Freddie Prinze Jr. back to rom-coms, a genre from which he’s been absent for the past two decades. It also delivers unexpected seasonal delights with authentic, universal appeal. The ease with which it packages comedic hijinks and poignancy allows specifics of Latin American culture to shape and broaden its genuine emotional impact. And what a lovely gift that turns out to be.

Recording artist Angelina (Aimee Garcia) has been conquering the pop charts for decades, but finds herself stuck at a creative crossroads. The industry at large and her record producer Barry (Lawrence J. Hughes) are determined to pit her against label-mate/ingénue Cheri (Nicolette Stephanie Templier), who has stronger songs,...

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Freddie Prinze Jr. is coming back to the screen for the holidays. The trailer for Netflix's "Christmas With You" was released on Oct. 19, and it looks like the perfect blend of music, romance, and festive holiday charm.

It also marks Prinze Jr.'s first time returning to a major motion picture since 2008's "Jack and Jill vs. the World," per IMDb. "As nervous as I was getting back into making movies, I couldn't have picked a more lovely film or a more perfect group to work with," the star told Tudum. "They made me love this business again."

Prinze Jr. has voiced a number of characters in animated movies since 2008, and he has also appeared in a number of TV shows, including 2021's "Punky Brewster." But the star is most beloved for his filmography, famously starring alongside his future wife, Sarah Michelle Gellar, in "I Know What You Did Last Summer...

This holiday season, love has a surprise in store.

On Wednesday, Netflix debuted the trailer for their upcoming movie “Christmas With You”, starring Freddie Prinze Jr. and Aimee Garcia.

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“Feeling career burn out, pop star Angelina (Garcia) escapes to grant a young fan’s wish in small town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love,” the longline reads.

Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.

In the trailer, Prinze’s character, the father of that young fan, played by Deja Monique Cruz, gets help from Angelina with writing a brand new Christmas music hit.

Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.

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The film also stars Zenzi Williams and Lawrence J. Hughes.

Photo: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix © 2022.

“Christmas With You” premieres Nov.

"I really think this could be the one, Mo." "The song, or the music teacher?" Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a schmaltzy holiday romance called Christmas With You, one of their latest Hallmark Channel offerings. The streamer continues to make "content" that is generic and easily digestible, resulting in a lot of Hallmark-esque low quality films that will be forgotten as soon as the credits roll. What is this one about? Seeking inspiration for a hit holiday song, and feeling career burn out, a pop star named Angelina grants a young fan's Christmas wish to meet her — and finds a shot at true love along the way. This seems like a rip-off mash-up of the plots from both Marry Me and Notting Hill previously, both of which are much better films than this. Christmas With You stars Aimee Garcia as Angelina, Freddie Prinze Jr. as her "music teacher" love interest,...

Freddie Prinze Jr. is making his rom-com return with Netflix‘s upcoming holiday flick, Christmas With You, which is set to premiere Thursday, November 17 on the streaming platform. In anticipation of the film’s debut, Netflix has unveiled the first trailer featuring Prinze Jr. alongside costar Aimee Garcia (Lucifer). Christmas With You centers around pop star Angelina (Garcia) who has burnout in her career. Eager to escape the feeling, Angelina decides to grant a young fan’s wish. The young fan happens to be Cristina (Deja Monique Cruz), the daughter of Prinze Jr.’s music teacher. When Angelina travels to Cristina’s small town in New York, she finds not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but a shot at true love as well. This is teased in the sweet trailer, above. (Credit: Jessica Kourkounis/Netflix) Cristina catches Angelina’s attention when she sees a video of the...

Exclusive: Yvonne Senat Jones has been cast in a recurring role in the Disney+ Original series, The Crossover.

She will portray Janice, Filthy (Jalyn Hall) & Jb’s (Amir O’Neil) English teacher at Hughes Middle School. She’s a great teacher, and a close, supportive friend of their mom, Crystal (Sabrina Revelle).

Based on the best-selling novel by Kwame Alexander, The Crossover introduces teen brothers Josh and Jordan Bell, widely considered basketball phenoms. Through his lyrical poetry, an adult version of Josh, aka Filthy McNasty, narrates the story of he and his brother’s coming of age, on and off the court, as their former professional basketball player father adjusts to life after basketball, and their mother finally pursues lifelong dreams of her own.

The series also stars Derek Luke as ‘Chuck Bell,’ Sabrina Revelle as ‘Crystal Bell,’ Skyla I’Lece as ‘Alexis,’ Deja Monique Cruz as...

Exclusive: The Disney+ original series The Crossover has added Darone Okolie (Winning Time), Gabriela Lopez (Teen Spirit), Joel Steingold (The Chi), Himie Freeman (The Ultimatum), and Johnny Cantley (The Originals) in recurring roles.

Okolie and Freeman will play future versions of the Bell brothers, Lopez will play a future version of ‘Maya’ and Cantley will play a future version of ‘Vondie.’

Steingold will play ‘Basil St. Jean,’ the poised and stylish Vice Principal at Hughes Middle School. He’s friendly and hard-working and offers his support to Crystal (Sabrina Revelle) in any way he can, even though she secured the job he was up for. But is he a friend or a foe?

Based on the best-selling novel by Kwame Alexander, The Crossover introduces teen brothers Josh and Jordan Bell, widely considered basketball phenoms. Through his lyrical poetry, an adult version of Josh, aka Filthy McNasty, narrates the story of...

Stars: Ca’Ron Jaden Coleman, Leon M. Brown, Sheila Mears, Ambre Anderson, Deja Monique Cruz, Ian Stanley, Justine Wachsberger | Written by Leon M. Brown | Directed by Jena Serbu

At the start of Manifest Evil, a young Matthew Franklin (Ca’Ron Jaden Coleman; This is Us) sits playing with toy soldiers. He wanders outside and a hand stretches out of the barn becoming him. Inside his mother is taking part in a satanic ritual, and Mathew soon becomes a part of it as well, whether he wants to be or not.

Years later Matthew (Leon M. Brown; Escape from Area 51) has grown up to become not just a soldier but an officer in the Marines in charge of new recruits. He’s also grown up to have some serious issues, something we learn as we watch him flog himself until his shirt is bloody. His day only gets worse when one of...

Singer/songwriter Rita Ora has joined the cast of Disney Plus’ upcoming ‘Beauty and The Beast’ prequel. The news was announced Monday during Disney Branded Television’s session at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.

On the “Beauty and the Beast” (working title) prequel, Ora will star as “a fugitive with surprising abilities who carries with her a secret that could potentially affect an entire kingdom.” She joins a cast that includes Josh Gad, Luke Evans, Briana Middleton, Fra Fee and Jelani Alladin.

Gad also serves as an executive producer and co-showrunner, along with Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz.. The show takes place years before the events of “Beauty and the Beast” and follows Gaston and LeFou as they set off with LeFou’s stepsister, Tilly, after a surprising revelation from her past comes to light.

Ora’s film credits include the “Fifty Shades of Grey” franchise, “Fast & Furious,...

The Crossover, Disney+’s basketball drama series, has found its narrator.

Snowpiercer star Daveed Diggs will narrate the series, which is based on Kwame Alexander’s novel.

It comes after Deadline revealed that the streamer had handed the adaptation a series order last month after a pilot.

NBA star LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Jamal Henderson of The SpringHill Company are exec producers of the Disney Branded Television series produced by 20th Television.

The Crossover introduces teen brothers Josh and Jb Bell, widely considered basketball phenomenon. Through his lyrical poetry, Josh narrates the story of their coming-of-age, on and off the court, as their former professional basketball player father adjusts to life after basketball, and their mother finally gets to pursue dreams of her own.

The cast of the series includes Jalyn Hall as Josh Bell, Amir O’Neil as Jb Bell, Derek Luke as Chuck Bell, Sabrina Revelle as Crystal Bell,...

Disney Plus has ordered the drama series “The Crossover,” based on the book of the same name by Kwame Alexander.

The project was first ordered to pilot at the streamer in March 2021. Production on the series will begin in February. The show introduces teen brothers Josh and Jb Bell, widely considered basketball phenomenon. Through his lyrical poetry, Josh narrates the story of their coming-of-age, on and off the court, as their former professional basketball player father adjusts to life after basketball, and their mother finally gets to pursue dreams of her own.

Jaylyn Hall stars as Josh Bell with Amir O’Neil starring as Jb Bell. The series also features Derek Luke as Chuck Bell, Sabrina Revelle as Crystal Bell, Skyla I’Lece as Alex, Deja Monique Cruz as Maya, and Trevor Raine Bush as Vondie.

“We’re honored to bring Kwame Alexander’s poignant, emotional and poetic story to our Disney...

Exclusive: Disney+ has given a series order to The Crossover, its basketball-themed coming-of-age drama pilot based on the acclaimed bestselling novel in verse by Kwame Alexander. NBA great LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Jamal Henderson of The SpringHill Company are joining as executive producers of the Disney Branded Television series produced by 20th Television .

Alexander and Damani Johnson wrote the pilot, which was directed by George Tillman, Jr. The trio executive produce with Bob Teitel and Jay Marcus. Along with SpringHill’s James, Carter and Henderson, Todd Harthan (The Resident) also has boarded the series as an executive producer under his overall deal at 20th Television. (SpringHill’s deal is with 20th TV’s Disney TV Studios sibling ABC Signature.)

The Crossover introduces teen brothers Josh and Jb Bell, widely considered basketball phenomenon. Through his lyrical poetry, Josh narrates the story of their coming-of-age, on and off the court, as...

Exclusive: Derek Luke (The Purge), Sabrina Revelle (Zac & Mia), Skyla I’Lece (Turn: Washington’s Spies), Deja Monique Cruz (Law & Order: Svu) and Trevor Raine Bush (After) round out the series regular cast for The Crossover, Disney+’s drama pilot based on the bestselling Newbery Award-winning novel-in-verse by author, poet and educator Kwame Alexander. They join previously announced leads Jayln Hall and Amir O’Neil.

Written by Alexander and Damani Johnson (All Rise) with Dee Johnson supervising and to be directed by George Tillman Jr., The Crossover tells the story of 14-year-old basketballphenom brothers, Josh and Jb Bell. The boys come of age on and off the court as their former pro-baller father adjusts to life after basketball and matriarch mother finally gets to pursue dreams of her own. This aspirational and emotional family drama is narrated entirely by Josh through his lyrical poetry.