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That’s not quite how J.R.R. Tolkien started The Hobbit, but that’ll be how it goes when hobbit life simulator Tales of The Shire arrives exclusively on mobile via Netflix. Netflix also announced a ton more games joining the service this month and beyond including several games based on Netflix shows, The Case of the Golden Idol, and Don’t Starve Together.

Amazon’s Fallout was a surprise hit of a streaming series, and the on-set pictures by photographer JoJo Whilden equally blew me away.

Whilden’s photos, shot on a Hasselblad 500cm medium format film camera, are perfectly matched to the show’s aesthetic (the series and set-stills both used Kodak film stocks). Check out the small collection of these beautiful images on both Whilden’s and Prime Video’s Instagram pages.

Prime Video has one hit with Fallout, plus a Tomb Raider adaptation on the way, so what’s next? Get ready for six episodes of Like a Dragon: Yakuza that will be released worldwide in 3-episode sets on October 25th and November 1st.

In 1995 and 2005, spanning across two time-periods, Like a Dragon: Yakuza, an original crime-suspense-action series, follows the life, childhood friends, and repercussions of the decisions of Kazuma Kiryu, a fearsome and peerless Yakuza warrior with a strong sense of justice, duty, and humanity. 

If you missed it in theaters, the gritty, John Wick-inspired of action of Monkey Man will start streaming on Peacock starting June 14th. The film is both directed by and stars Dev Patel, and will also be available to buy (you know, on physical media) on June 25th.

Following months of merger rumors, CNBC reports that Paramount and Skydance have finalized an agreement that it will announce in the “coming days.” Shari Redstone, the head of Paramount’s parent company National Amusements, still needs to sign off on the deal.

Here’s your reminder that Lost, one of the biggest shows of the aughts, is returning to Netflix in the US on July 1st.

I’ll admit that I never finished the series. But I remember Hurley, a polar bear, and that people who aren’t The Verge’s Jay Peters were grumpy about the ending.

Ahead of The Bear’s season three premiere, the Hulu exclusive will appear on FX’s TV channel for the first time. FX will air two episodes from the show’s first season for four nights starting on June 2nd at 10PM ET, with the last episode airing on June 5th.

The first two episodes of the Star Wars series will appear in theaters before it starts streaming on Disney Plus on June 4th. Showings are only available in select theaters in the US — and most of them are already sold out.

The Apple TV app is available in Apple’s ecosystem, Windows, and some smart TV platforms, and that’s about it.

But now Apple is seeking an Android engineer to “help build an application used by millions to watch and discover tv and sports.” Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman believes company is preparing to bring Apple TV Plus to Android phones.

It’s a little less than a month before season three of The Bear is released in one big chunk of episodes as large as the Michelin Man who doles out those coveted stars. This latest season features the revamped restaurant opening to the public for the first time which means we can probably expect even more anxiety-inducing episodes like “Review” or “Fishes.”

The first teaser for the next Moana movie — animated, not live-action — looks a lot like the original but larger in scale, which means some very impressive water effects and gigantic sea creatures. The movie hits theaters on November 27th.

The first teaser for Wolfs doesn’t reveal much, but it does have 30 seconds of George Clooney and Brad Pitt seemingly being very annoyed with each other while sitting in a quiet car with some very squeaky windshield wipers. The movie — which is about two lone wolf fixers forced to work together — is expected to come to Apple TV Plus some time this year after a theatrical run.