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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

CANCELLATIONS

Paramount+ announced that they will not be giving the small screen adaptation of Fatal Attratction or the Kiefer Sutherland-led Rabbit Hole second season renewals. (TV Line)

NEW SERIES IN 2024

Prime Video will have a new post-apocalyptic drama called Fallout, based on the popular video game franchise, coming to its service in the spring of 2024. The series will star Walton Goggins (Justified and The Unicorn). The series will take place in 2077 where citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits after nuclear annihilation. (Variety)

LEAVING THE SHOW

Chicago P.D. will be short another cast member at some point in its upcoming season 11. Tracy Spiridakos will be leaving the show, but it’s unclear when in the new season she will make her exit. (Variety and TV Line)

JOINING THE RANKS

The upcoming Netflix spy series Black Doves, which will star Keira Knightley, has added Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire to its ranks. The series revolves around Helen Webb (Knightley), a politician’s wife, doting mother and professional spy. For years, Helen has been passing on her husband’s secrets to the Black Doves, the shadowy organization for whom she works. But when her lover Jason is assassinated, Helen’s life is turned upside down and only her old friend Sam Young (Whishaw) can keep her safe. Helen and Sam set out to discover who killed Jason and why. But Sam, a suave, champagne-drinking assassin, also has problems of his own. Out of the game since his last job went wrong, he soon realizes his past is coming back to haunt him. “Together, they set off on a mission that will lead them to uncover a vast, interconnected conspiracy,” reads the logline. “One that links the murky underworld of London to a looming geopolitical crisis — and leads them to question the cost of the moral choices they’ve made.” Lancashire will play Helen’s enigmatic spymaster Reed. (Variety)

BOX OFFICE NEWS

The next project from director Guy Ritchie, which remains untitled, will star Jake Gyllenhaal, Henry Cavill and Eiza Gonzalez. Plot details are also being kept under wraps but it is rumored the project has an element of The Expendables to it. (Deadline)

The box office film The Life of Chuck, the latest Stephen King adaptation, will not only star Tom Hiddleston and Mark Hamill, but will also star Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan and Jacob Tremblay. In addition, other cast members will include Matthew Lillard and Harvey Guillen. Based on three interconnected stories from King’s 2020 anthology If It Bleeds, the movie examines the existence of its subject Charles Krantz in reverse, beginning with his death at the age of 39 from a brain tumor and ending with his childhood in a house believed to be haunted. (Variety and Deadline)

Michael Fassbender will star in a biopic about an Irish rap group called Kneecap, which will also star real-life band members Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí as heightened versions of themselves. The group came to fame in 2018 for their blend of nationalist Irish rap which often dealt with the gritty reality of growing up in Northern Ireland after the civil conflict known as the Troubles. (Variety)

Taron Egerton will star in the upcoming box office movie Black Bear. The official synopsis for the movie is this: After years in prison, Nate (Egerton) has made some dangerous enemies, including the powerful criminal gang he worked for on the inside. Desperate for a fresh start, Nate cuts ties with his old crew on his release from prison, but the gang retaliates by putting a hit on his family. Nate picks up Polly, the shy eleven-year-old daughter he hardly knows and goes on the run to keep her out of harm’s way. As they attempt to stay off the radar, it becomes clear that their enemies are relentless and won’t give up easily. Nate teaches Polly how to survive and watches her transform from a timid little girl into a force to be reckoned with. And Nate, in turn, learns what it is to love unconditionally as he bonds with his daughter and battles for their future. (Deadline)

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Here are the latest entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS

Netflix has renewed Sweet Magnolias for a fourth season. (TV Line)

Amazon Prime has given the spin-off series Gen V a second season renewal. (TV Line)

It was recently announced by CBS that they will continue to air episodes of Yellowstone on Sunday nights, moving forward with season 2 in light of the ongoing strike by actors. (The Hollywood Reporter)

TV SERIES NEWS

Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, the Canadian spin-off, has announced its series regular cast, which includes Aden Young (Rectify), Kathleen Munroe (FBI), Karen Robinson (Frankie Drake Mysteries) and K.C. Collins (Lost Girl and The Cleaning Lady). The show will also feature Nicola Correia-Damude (The Boys and Burden of Truth). The 10-episode series will follow a familiar format as an elite squad of detectives investigate high-profile crime and corruption in Toronto. (Variety and TV Line)

Heroes alum Zachary Quinto will star in the new medical drama Dr. Wolf, which has be given a series order by NBC. He will play Oliver Wolf, a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist, who with his team of interns explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health. The cast also includes Teddy Sears (The Flash), Tamberla Perry (All American: Homecoming), Ashleigh LaThrop (The Kominsky Method), Alexander MacNicoll (Barry), Aury Krebs (Way Down) and Spence Moore II (The Wonder Years and grown-ish). (TV Line)

TV MOVIE NEWS

Peacock shared that discussions are continuing to bring Shawn and Gus (James Roday and Dule Hill respectively) back for a 4th Psych movie. (TV Line)

MOVIE NEWS

Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa and Gerard Butler will star in the crime thriller flick In the Hand of Dante, which will be based on the novel by author Nick Tosches. It will follow the story of the original manuscript for The Divine Comedy emerging in the clutches of a black-market smuggling ring in the dangerous underbelly of New York City, and weary scholar Nick is called by the mob to authenticate it. Overwhelmed by temptation, Nick defies the mafia and steals the manuscript in a frenzied bid to have it all. He follows a dark and violent path from a metaphorical Hell into Paradise with his love Giulietta, while a parallel tale unfolds: the odyssey of Dante himself, a man who is trapped in a loveless marriage with Gemma and bolstered only by his mentorship under an austere intellectual. He escapes to Sicily and creates his greatest work, immortalizing his lost love, Beatrice.   Nick and Dante’s timelines weave separate paths, and yet the two men are inextricably linked — both lose themselves chasing love, beauty and the very promise of the divine.  (Deadline)

Emily Blunt will star in a yet untitled movie as pioneering female detective Kate Warne. This proclaimed “propulsive action thriller” will center around a real-life Sherlock Holmes-esque character. Warne was the first female detective at the Pinkerton agency and paved the way for future women in law enforcement and forever changed how detective work was done. (Variety)

Pierce Brosnan and Samuel L. Jackson will star in the western-themed flick Unholy Trinity, which is being described as a tale of revenge, dark secrets, and buried treasures, set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana. (Deadline)

Wednesday scene stealer Emma Myers (who plays Enid in the Netflix series) will star as Pip in the upcoming box office movie A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, which is based on the best-selling book series by author Holly Jackson’s. The franchise tells the story of 17-year-old Pip, who finds herself drawn into a murder investigation when she begins to suspect the police have got the wrong man. (Variety)

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Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:

NEW HOME

It looks like despite its cancellation at Disney+, the small screen adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles has a new home. Roku has picked up the 8-episode series that will follow the coming-of-age story of the Grace Family, as they move from New York to Michigan and into their family’s ancestral home. The series is set to air sometime in 2024. (TV Line)

SERIES ORDERS

The CW, now under new management, has given the greenlight to two new, original scripted dramas. The procedural Wild Cards will star Vanessa Morgan (Riverdale) and Giacomo Gianniotti (Grey’s Anatomy). The crime-solving series with a comedic twist will follow the unlikely duo of a gruff, sardonic cop (Gianniotti) and a spirited, clever con woman (Morgan). While Sight Unseen will star newcomer Dolly Lewis and Daniel Gillies (The Vampire Diaries and The Originals). This series will center on a top homicide detective (Lewis) who is forced to quit the job she loves after nearly killing her partner and being diagnosed as clinically blind. (TV Line)

LIMITED SERIES ORDER

Netflix is developing a limited series based on the life of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, which will be based on a critically acclaimed book by author Fredrik Logevall. The streaming series sees this series as something like an American version of “The Crown. (Variety)

MOVIE NEWS

The Disney+ animated series Monsters at Work will find the following guest stars for its second season: Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus), Nathan Fillion (Castle and The Rookie) as well as Jennifer Coolidge, Ali Wong, Danny Trejo and Alan Tudyk [among others]. (Deadline)

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Here are the few entertainment news items for this past week:

COMING TO AN END

The offshoot series Vikings: Valhalla derived from History Channel’s Vikings will come to an end on Netflix after its upcoming third season, which is set to debut in 2024. (IGN and TV Line)

SERIES ORDER

Despite the recent cancellations of four original scripted shows over at Starz, the cabler has given an 8-episode order to The Hunting Wives, based on the May Cobb book. The story follows Sophie O’Neil and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep red East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Banks’ charms and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder. (The Hollywood Reporter)

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Here are the few entertainment news items from this past week, but first let’s all cheer the Writers Guild of America as an agreement was finally made between them and the studios last week.

CANCELLATIONS

Starz has pulled the plug on the sophomore shows Run the World, Blindspotting and the Stephen Amell drama Heels. They have also scrapped plans for the new drama The Venery of Samantha Bird, which had been in development. (TV Line)

MUSICAL ADAPTATION

The 2004 comedy 13 Going on 30 which starred Jennifer Garner (Alias and The Last Thing He Told Me), is getting a musical stage adaptation from its original writers, Josh Goldsmith and Cathy Yuspa. 13 Going on 30 The Musical is set to premiere next summer. (Variety)

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Netflix has given the live-action One Piece adaptation a second season renewal. (TV Line)

ABC has pulled the plug on the revival of The Wonder Years after two seasons. (TV Line)

HBO has cancelled the basketball drama Winning Time after two seasons, making tonight’s finale the series finale. (TV Line)

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items from this past week:

RENEWALS

Mayor of Kingstown has been renewed for a third season, and it looks like Jeremy Renner is set to return as Mike McLusky. (TV Line)

TV CASTING NEWS

Actor Peter Gadiot (Queen of the South and Yellowjackets) and actress Eliza Taylor (The 100) have joined the cast of season 2 of the reboot of Quantum Leap, which will be returning this fall; one of the few dramas that will be airing this season. Gadiot will play Tom Westfall, a U.S. Army Officer, former special forces, who is now high up in Army Intelligence. Meanwhile, Taylor will play Hannah Carson, a complex young woman who may be more than she appears. (Variety)

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

HBO has pulled the plug on the controversial music industry drama The Idol that starred singer The Weeknd and actress Lily-Rose Depp after only one season. (Variety and TV Line)

Hulu has pulled the plug on the historical satire series The Great after three seasons. This announcement comes just a little over three months after the show aired its third season. (TV Line)

Netflix has given a third season renewal to the small screen adaptation of The Lincoln Lawyer, which stars Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in the lead role. The 3rd season, however, will not see Neve Campbell return as a series regular. (TV Line)

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items for this past week:

RENEWALS/CANCELLATIONS

Max has given a third season order to And Just Like That…, the Sex and the City spin-off that just recently aired its second season finale. (TV Line)

Disney+ has cancelled Doogie Kamealoha, M.D. after two seasons. (TV Line)

PULLING THE PLUG

Disney+ has pulled the plug on the live-action series adaptation of The Spiderwick Chronicles despite the episodes already being completed. Paramount Television Studios and 20th Television are shopping the show around. (Deadline and TV Line)

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Hey All,

Here are the few entertainment news items for this past week:

CANCELLATIONS

Amazon Prime Video has pulled the plug on the sci-fi drama The Peripheral after only one season; and the streamer has pulled the plug on season two of A League of Their Own despite getting a renewal for a second and final season. (TV Line)

MAKING A COMEBACK

The Netflix fantasy series Warrior Nun which was cancelled by the streamer after two seasons, will return as a trilogy of movies thanks, in great part, to fan support of the series, which revolves around a 19-year-old woman, who wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she now is part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her. (Deadline)

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