Hey All,
Here are the news items for this past week:
RENEWAL/CANCELLATIONS
NBC has cancelled Council of Dads after only one season. (Variety)
Vagrant Queen has been cancelled after only one season. (The Hollywood Reporter)
A 6th and final season of Lucifer has been announced by Netflix. As fans will recall, the first 3 seasons aired on FOX but what then cancelled. Netflix picked it up for a 4th season which aired in 2018. The fifth season will begin on August 21. (Variety)
MOVING
Cobra Kai, the YouTube Premium series is moving from that service to Netflix. The series is a continuation of the original The Karate Kid movie, featuring Ralph Macchio and William Zabka reprising their films roles. The show’s 3rd season will premiere at the streaming service, but an official airdate has yet to be announced. The first 2 seasons will be available at Netflix later this year. (Variety)
TV CASTING NEWS
Actor Rob Benedict (Chuck/God on Supernatural) will guest star in season 5 of Lucifer, playing Vincent Le Mec, a hardened French Mercenary whose violent work brings him to Los Angeles and into the crosshairs of Lucifer, Chloe and the LAPD. Also, Actor Dennis Haysbert (24 and The Unit) will play God in the show as well. (TV Line)
Actor Luke Evans will star opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in the upcoming limited series Nine Perfect Strangers set to debut on Hulu. The series takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as 9 stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. (Deadline)
MOVIE CASTING NEWS
Actress Margot Robbie is set to star in a new Pirates of the Caribbean movie – that will be written by Birds of Prey writer Christina Hodson. The project is not related to the other Pirates reboot that is in the works from Craig Mazin (creator of Chernobyl) and writer Ted Elliott. The Robbie-Hodson version will be an original female-fronted story with new characters that will be presented under the Pirates moniker, and was also inspired by the long-running Disneyland attraction. (The Hollywood Reporter and Collider)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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