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Daniel Radcliffe channels “Weird Al” in the first official pic from the Roku biopic

Posted 4 years ago

Update: The first official photo of Danielle Radcliffe as “Weird Al” Yankovic for Roku’s upcoming biopic has been released! In the promotional image, you can see Radcliffe as a young Yankovic shredding away on his signature accordion. Having seen the...

Horror Movie News

50 States of Fright: Sam Raimi series comes to The Roku Channel in October

Posted 5 years ago

Executive produced by the great Sam Raimi (read our interview with him HERE), the anthology series 50 States of Fright had a clever concept: as the title implies, the show set out to tell “the scariest story in every state...

TV News

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist returning with a Christmas-themed film on Roku

Posted 5 years ago

Manifest isn’t the only canceled NBC series making a comeback. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, a fan-favorite series that was canceled last spring by the network, will be returning with a Christmas-themed film that will stream on the Roku Channel just in...

TV News

Most Dangerous Game: Roku renews Christoph Waltz series for season 2

Posted 5 years ago

The Christoph Waltz series Most Dangerous Game is setting a second shot at Roku. The streaming device maker has renewed the show for a second season after it began its life at the now-defunct short-form streamer Quibi. The show was...

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist: Cast closing in on deals for a wrap-up movie

Posted 5 years ago

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is staging a possible comeback. It has been announced, via "Deadline", that a new chapter is in the works as a holiday movie for the streamer Roku. The series’ main cast, led by Jane Levy, is slated to...

Kevin Hart’s Die Hart renewed for season two

Posted 5 years ago

Quibi may not have survived, but the shows which populated the short-lived streaming service have lived on as Roku Originals. After Roku purchased Quibi earlier this year, they relaunched many of the shows, and Kevin Hart's Die Hart scored the...

YouTube TV removed from Roku channel store amid distribution fight

Posted 5 years ago

Can't say they didn't warn us. Roku has followed through on its threat to remove streaming bundle YouTube TV from its platform amid a distribution fight. The good news, for people like me that have Roku and use YouTube TV...

Update: Quibi deal confirmed with Roku

Posted 6 years ago

Update: Roku has officially bought the exclusive global distribution rights to the Quibi library. The deal covers most of the Quibi library, but some daily news shows are not part of the package. A key draw for Roku is the talent,...

Quibi content may be going to Roku, including Fifty States of Fright!

Posted 6 years ago

While the ill-fated mobile streaming app Quibi was (deservedly) derided for its bad UI and other ill-conceived concepts (such as not allowing screenshots or the ability to also stream on a desktop), it unfortunately did have some decent content on there....

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