Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea's crazed, over-the-top, post-modern sci-fi satire, the Illuminatus! trilogy is slated to become a TV series.

Good day, and welcome to The Monitor, WIRED’s roundup of the biggest news in pop culture. What’s happening in the world right now? To start, people are showing up in big numbers to watch Watchmen. Also, Taylor Swift is (maybe) going to the Sundance Film Festival, and there’s a new Mulan trailer. Let’s dive in.

Just in time for the holiday season, Amazon Studios has released The Aeronauts, a soaring historical adventure film about the perils faced by a Victorian scientist and a balloonist attempting to fly higher than anyone before them. Granted, the characters might be a bit thinly drawn when it comes to emotional depth, and the earth-bound first act is solid, if unremarkable, period drama.

In our look back at the best television of 2019, we’ll spare you the requisite references to “peak TV” and the 500-plus scripted series that aired or streamed this year, because nothing demonstrates that magnitude quite like lining up our mid-year findings with our year-end list. Some early contenders, including a fantastically awkward Hulu series and a stalwart sitcom, weren’t able to cross the finish line, while others, like an empathetic drama about egotistical lovers, saw a surge late in the year.

René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for the TV shows “Benson” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” has died. He was 79.

An FBI branch office warns smart TV users that they can be gateways for hackers to come into your home. Meanwhile, the smart TV OEMs are already spying on you.

How the television producer Konstantin Ernst went from discerning auteur to Putin’s unofficial minister of propaganda.

Just one day after Billy Crudup earned a Critics’ Choice nomination for his role in The Morning Show, Apple TV Plus’ flagship show is being honored with more nominations. The Morning Show received a nomination for Best Drama from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association on Monday morning. Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon both earned top acting nominations for Best Actress for their work in the show. Crudup did not receive a nomination.

It's that time of the year again—white snow, slow roasted turkey, and plenty of holiday-themed movies and TV specials being cycled non-stop on your television screen. In the spirit of the holiday season, we've compiled a nifty, long list of these movies and TV specials to make sure that you don't miss any of them!

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at the age of 85 at his home in Connecticut.

Those who know the details of the Hoffa case can only wonder why Scorsese would invest so much in this questionable story.

Forget about smart TVs for streaming. You need a streaming device for your internet video-viewing pleasure.

From 'Succession' to 'When They See Us,' these are TIME's picks for the best TV shows of the year

It's not TV, it's HBO -- here's our newly expanded list of the 40 best series to seek out or revisit over and over again.

Prepare to voyage into the 'World Beyond.'

With an early renewal, Amazon could be lined up to shoot the first two seasons of 'Lord of the Rings' back-to-back.

Media giants are battling for viewers’ attention. There will be blood

Edward Norton has revealed the truth about saving Leonardo DiCaprio’s life during a diving expedition. It was revealed in 2016 that Norton had come to DiCaprio’s rescue while the pair were nearing the end of a trip with marine biologist Sylvia Earle in the Galapagos Islands. DiCaprio dived back into the water to chase after a group of rays. Norton, an experienced diver, realised that DiCaprio did not have enough oxygen to complete the dive and followed him.

As the sci-fi cartoon beloved by millennials and Kanye returns, its creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon discuss its warped universe

'The Good Doctor' showrunner David Shore and 'Schitt's Creek' star Dan Levy will also be feted at the national film and TV awards in March.