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Netflix has canceled “Luke Cage.” News of the cancellation comes four months after the superhero action drama from Marvel Television debuted its second season on the streaming service — and just days after Netflix pulled the plug on another Marvel show, “Iron Fist.” “Unfortunately, ‘Marvel’s Luke Cage’ will not return for a third season. Everyone at Marvel Television and Netflix is grateful to the dedicated showrunner, writers, cast and crew who brought Harlem’s Hero to life for the past two seasons, and to all the fans who have supported the series,” Netflix and Marvel Television said in a joint statement. A source tells Variety that talks for a third season had taken place, but that Netflix ultimately decided that one would not be feasible. With the move, Netflix severs further ties with Marvel as the producer prepares to shift gears toward providing content for parent company Disney’s yet to launch streaming services. Disney has already indicated that it will allow its licensing deals with Marvel to expire so that library content can be moved to Disney-owned services. That decision would not have any affect on series such as “Luke Cage,” which are produced by Disney for Netflix. “Luke Cage” was part of a five-series deal between Marvel and Netflix for a group of interconnected shows — “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones,” “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” and “Defenders.” Another series, “The Punisher,” was also later added to the mix. variety.com

“Orange Is the New Black” is set to end after its upcoming seventh season on Netflix. The cast of the series broke the news in a video post on Wednesday, which can be viewed below. Netflix had renewed the Lionsgate-produced series for three seasons ahead of the Season 4 premiere in 2016. As part of the deal, series showrunner Jenji Kohan will remain in that role through Season 7. The critically-acclaimed dramedy initially followed the inmates of Litchfield Minimum Security Prison, with Season 6 seeing many of the main cast move to the Maximum Security facility often mentioned in the series. “After seven seasons, it’s time to be released from prison,” Kohan said. “I will miss all the badass ladies of Litchfield and the incredible crew we’ve worked with. My heart is orange but fade to black.” The series stars Taylor Schilling, Uzo Aduba, Kate Mulgrew, Laura Prepon, Laverne Cox, Dascha Polanco, Danielle Brooks, Selenis Leyva, Taryn Manning, Yael Stone, Jackie Cruz, Lea DeLaria, Adrienne C. Moore, Elizabeth Rodriguez Michael Harney and Nick Sandow. The series was created by Kohan and based on the book of the same name by Piper Kerman. The show has received widespread critical acclaim throughout its run, garnering multiple Emmy nominations and back-to-back wins for Aduba in 2014 and 2015. The show originally competed in the comedy category before a rule change ahead of the 2015 Emmys necessitated a switch to the drama category. Though Netflix does not release viewership information, Nielsen has attempted to calculate the show’s audience in a continued push to measure streaming viewers. Most recently, Nielsen reported that the first episode of Season 6 drew an average-minute audience of 5.4 million U.S. viewers in the initial three days of availability. variety.com

HBO said today that Season 3 of its acclaimed drama series True Detective will premiere at 9 PM Sunday, January 13. Starring Mahershala Ali as Wayne Hays, a state police detective from Northwest Arkansas, the new season tells the story of a macabre crime in the heart of the Ozarks and a mystery that deepens over decades and plays out in three separate time periods. Carmen Ejogo, Stephen Dorff, Ray Fisher, Michael Greyeyes, Jon Tenney, Deborah Ayorinde, Rhys Wakefield, Sarah Gadon, Emily Nelson, Brandon Flynn, Michael Graziadei, Josh Hopkins, Jodi Balfour and Mamie Gummer also are set for Season 3 of Nic Pizzolatto’s crime anthology. As with the breakout original installment of True Detective, Pizzolatto is the sole writer of the third season with the exception of Episode 4, which he co-wrote with David Milch. Daniel Sackheim directs alongside Pizzolatto, who will make his directorial debut. Jeremy Saulnier directed the first two episodes. Pizzolatto, who also serves as showrunner, executive produces with Saulnier and returning executive producers Scott Stephens; Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, who toplined Season 1; Cary Joji Fukunaga, who directed Season 1; along with Scott Stephens, Steve Golin, Bard Dorros and Richard Brown. Check out some images from Season 3: deadline.com

“Fuck Batman.” For better or worse, those two words have undoubtedly hung over DC’s upcoming Titans TV show ever since that controversial first trailer dropped during the summer. And while some comic book fans have reacted negatively to the sudden shift in tone when compared to something like, say, Teen Titans Go!, there’s still a palpable sense of excitement surrounding the live-action series’ debut, which happens on October 12th. So much so, in fact, that Warner Bros. Television and DC have now renewed the show for a second season, announcing the news at New York Comic Con tonight. That’s a bold move, given that it hasn’t even premiered yet – not to mention reviews haven’t surfaced, either – but it displays confidence on their part and certainly bodes well for Titans. It also has us curious to see what the critics think once the embargo lifts tomorrow morning. So far, it’s tough to tell how Titans will turn out. Admittedly, the costumes don’t look great, some of the dialogue is a bit cringeworthy and it seems like the CGI could use a bit more work, too. That being said, while it might not be the razzle-dazzle launch DC’s hoping for, early buzz indicates that it’s still got potential and offers enough to make it worth checking out. For more, be sure to give the official synopsis a gander: Titans follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find belonging in a gritty take on the classic Teen Titans franchise. Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, a special young girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could bring Hell on Earth. Joining them along the way are the hot-headed Starfire and loveable Beast Boy. Together they become a surrogate family and team of heroes. Titans launches on the DC Universe streaming service on October 12th. wegotthiscovered.com

“Black Mirror” fans might not have to wait until 2019 to see new episodes. The fifth season of the acclaimed science-fiction anthology series is eyeing a return to Netflix before the new year begins. According to a report from Bloomberg, “Black Mirror” will launch its new season in December. The release would follow a similar rollout for the show’s fourth season, which debuted December 29, 2017. The report also mentions the fifth season will include an installment that is a “choose-your-own-adventure” episode, as part of a push by Netflix to incorporate more interactive projects where viewers get to decide the narrative of the story — something already being incorporated into its children’s programming. “Black Mirror” has been a big success for Netflix since the streaming giant took over distributing the show from Britain’s Channel 4 beginning in Season 3. The series has won the Emmy for Outstanding Television Movie the last two years with the episodes “San Junipero” and “USS Callister.” Netflix hasn’t revealed any details about the slate of new episodes, although set photos leaked earlier this year teased an installment set in 1980s Britain. Since coming to Netflix, “Black Mirror” has featured episodes directed by high profile filmmakers like Jodie Foster, John Hillcoat, Joe Wright, Dan Trachtenberg, and David Slade. The Netflix seasons have run six episodes each, which is a number series creator Charlie Brooker has teased for Season 5. Filming was underway on the new season in the spring, which is why some believed the show might not be ready by the end of 2018. Netflix has yet to confirm the official “Black Mirror” season five release date. indiewire.com

Netflix has acquired the international streaming rights to the DC Universe series “Titans,” Variety has learned. The series is due to premiere on DC Universe, the recently-launched DC branded streaming service, on Oct. 12. It will stream on Netflix outside of the U.S. and China, with Netflix not being available in the latter country. This marks the latest instance of Netflix acquiring the international rights to a new series from another streaming service. Netflix also airs the CBS All Access series “Star Trek: Discovery” outside the U.S. and Canada. “Titans” is an 11 episode live-action drama series that follows a group of young soon-to-be super heroes: Dick Grayson, a.k.a Robin, Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy, and many others. The series stars Brenton Thwaites, Anna Diop, Teagan Croft, Ryan Potter, Minka Kelly and Alan Ritchson. Akiva Goldsman, Geoff Johns, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Greg Walker, and John Fawcett executive produce. THe series is produced by Goldsman’s Weed Road Pictures, Berlanti Productions, and Warner Bros. Television. DC Universe officially launched on Sept. 15, with the new streamer having already launched the news program “DC Daily.” In addition to “Titans,” the initial programming slate includes the live-action shows “Doom Patrol,” “Stargirl,” and “Swamp Thing.” DC Universe is also prepping the animated shows “Young Justice: Outsiders” and “Harley Quinn.” variety.com

It’s a flurry of release date changes and shifts at 20th Century Fox as they stare down the deadline of Disney owning their company in mid-2019. First, as just reported, just days after releasing their new trailer to an underwhelming response, Fox has delayed their X-Men “Dark Phoenix” movie until summer 2019 (ouch). But there’s more, a new “Deadpool” film is coming. Kind of. Fox has moved their ” Alita: Battle Angel” movie. Directed by Robert Rodriguez and produced by “Avatar” filmmaker James Cameron (who famously stumbled on the “Avatar” technology so that he could make an ‘Alita’ film), ‘Alita’ was originally scheduled for the extremely crowded December 21, 2018 weekend which currently contains Paramount‘s “Bumblebee,” Warner Bros.’ “Aquaman,” Sony‘s “Holmes & Watson,” Universal‘s “Welcome to Marwen” and just two days before that, Disney‘s “Mary Poppins Returns.” These are all wide releases, some 3000+ screens each and that’s insane. If you’ve been paying attention to us at all, or any movie site, really, you know many people have assumed some studio was going to swerve off in this game of chicken. So, don’t worry, Fox, we totally understand. They’ve moved ‘Alita’ off Dec 21 and instead, moved the film to Feb. 14, 2019; the date “Dark Phoenix” had as of a few hours ago. But the surprise movie, yes, I’m finally getting here, is adding an “Untitled Deadpool” movie in its place on December 21. Was a new “Deadpool” film quietly shot in secret over the last few months? Is it some radical new cut of “Deadpool 2” or the filthier, unrated version that screened at Comic-Con this summer? Nope, it appears to be a PG-13 version of “Deadpool 2”. Or at least, according to Deadline’s sources, that’s what the plan is, though it is unofficial as of right now. And given that Disney is taking over Fox mid-2019, it’s a really intriguing idea. First, you can probably make extra “Deadpool” money this Christmas as all the under-18-years-of-age kids that didn’t already sneak into the film can finally see it. And to add credence to this assumption, Ryan Reynolds tweeted an image showing Santa Deadpool reading a children’s story to actor Fred Savage? Why the odd picture? Looking at the set-up of the image, film fans might immediately recall the popular film “The Princess Bride,” which featured a young Fred Savage being read a story by his grandfather, played by Peter Falk. And as you probably know, the grandfather was quick to skip over the more adult situations to make the story more kid-friendly. So, one can assume that’s what Fox has in mind, and the picture is a meta-confirmation of that decision. Secondly, and this is much trickier, but, then there’s the whole Disney/Fox/Marvel thing. Can “Deadpool,” a Marvel franchise soon to be under the supervision of Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios work as a PG-13 franchise? It’s been hard-R up until now and that’s done wonders for Fox—”Deadpool” movies have bested all the “X-Men” films financially at the box office by a nearly embarrassing amount—but there’s the question of how “Deadpool” exists at Marvel. Given their universe is definitely PG-13 and likely staying that way, does “Deadpool” transform into a much-less filthy version of itself to integrate? Or does it stay hard R and current Marvel characters probably don’t crossover (you could, but $100 says Bob Iger won’t want that)? All of it is very fascinating. So, there you have it. ‘X-Men’ bounced for the third time to summer 2019, ‘Alita,’ as expected, moving to 2019 and a “new” Deadpool movie coming just in time for Christmas. It’s just another day at 20th Century Fox. theplaylist

The Jim Carrey-produced dramedy will not be back for a third season. Showtime has canceled I'm Dying Up Here after two seasons. The Jim Carrey-produced dramedy, which centered on L.A.’s famed ’70s stand-up comedy scene, will not be back for a third season. Melissa Leo and Ari Graynor led the ensemble cast, which also included Clark Duke, Michael Angarano, RJ Cyler, Andrew Santino, Erik Griffin, Al Madrigal and Jake Lacy. The show, which first bowed in 2017, was created and executive produced by Dave Flebotte. From Endemol Shine Studios, the series also counted Michael Aguilar, Christina Wayne, Cindy Chupack, Adam Davidson and Carrey among its executive producers. I'm Dying Up Here, based on the book of the same name by William Knoedelseder, was never a strong ratings performer. The first season averaged fewer than 150,000 viewers, making it one of the network's lowest rated series. And despite moving behind Billions in its second season, the show saw little uptick in viewership. Both Carrey and Aguilar remain in business with Showtime, as the pair is behind Carrey's star vehicle Kidding. The comedy, which premiered Sept. 9, stars the comedian as children’s television show host struggling with serious family issues. THR chief television critic called the series "funny, wildly inventive and utterly sad" in his review. hollywoodreporter

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Katherine McNamara of "Shadowhunters," which Freeform has announced will not return after its third season ends, will join the cast of The CW series "Arrow" in a recurring role, according to TV Line. McNamara, who also has appeared in 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' and 'Maze Runner: The Death Cure,' reportedly will play a thief named Maya during the seventh season of "Arrow," which premieres on Oct. 15. In June, IMDb broke the news that McNamara will appear in 'Replicate,' a sci-fi feature directed by John Murlowski. Calum Worthy ("American Vandal"), Joel Courtney ('Super 8'), and Andi Matichak ('Halloween') also have been added to the cast of that film, which does not yet have an official release date. Also this summer, the "Arrow" cast teased the show's potential crossover with the upcoming "Batwoman" series while visiting the IMDboat at San Diego Comic-Con. imdb