Hey All,
Here are the news items for the past two weeks:
CANCELLATIONS/RENEWALS
Netflix has pulled the plug on the drama The Society despite giving it a second season renewal back in February. (Variety)
Netflix has renewed Warrior Nun for a second season. (Netflix and The Futon Critic)
Showtime has cancelled Penny Dreadful: City of Angels after only one season. (Variety)
IN DEVELOPMENT
The streaming service Peacock has another small screen adaptation of the box office movie Clueless in the works. This version would center around the Dionne character focusing on what happens when the high school queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong No. 2 Dionne steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans. (Deadline)
Seth MacFarlane and Black Panther alum Chadwick Boseman are developing a drama about Carlotta Walls, the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine. The series would be based on her memoir “A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High,” telling the story of how 14 year-old Carlotta Walls became one of the first black students to attend the all-white Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas following the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education. (Deadline)
CBS is planning on a sequel series for CSI that will find actor William Peterson and actress Jorja Fox reprising their roles in the long-running drama. (Deadline and The Futon Critic)
Actress Sophie Okonedo and Game of Thrones alum Kae Alexander have joined the Amazon adaptation of the Robert Jordan fantasy epic The Wheel of Time. Okonedo will play the recurring role of legendary Amyrlin Seat Siuan Sanche, while Alexander will be playing fan-favorite Min Farshaw. Set in a sprawling, epic world where magic exists and only certain women are allowed to access it, the story follows Moiraine (Rosamund Pike), a member of the incredibly powerful all-female organization called the Aes Sedai, as she arrives in the small town of Two Rivers. There, she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women, one of whom is prophesied to be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy humanity. (Deadline)
Actress Rachel Weisz will appear in her first TV series in the Amazon series Dead Ringers, a reimagining of the classic 1980’s film. She will play the Mantle twins, the most successful, brilliant and extraordinary people you’ve never met. Identical from head to toe, these two OB-gyn’s are on a mission to change the way women birth, starting with Manhattan. (Deadline)
CASTING NEWS
Newcomer Aleyse Shannon (Charmed) has joined the cast of the Leverage reboot. She will play Breanna Casey, a genius mechanical engineer. She makes social hacking and social media manipulation look like child’s play. Landing in the foster system after her parents’ tragic car accident, she got lucky finding a home with Nana, and bonus big-brother Hardison (Aldis Hodge, who will only appear as a recurring character), who reached out to the spiky, scared 10-year old by teaching her computers and hacking. As Breanna trains in new skills with the other Leverage team members, she will need to learn to embrace and trust her new family. (Deadline)
Actor Jensen Ackles (Supernatural) has joined the cast of the Amazon series The Boys. He will play Soldier Boy – the original Superhero. After Soldier Boy fought in World War II, he became the first super celebrity, and a mainstay of American culture for decades. (The Futon Critic)
Actress Elizabeth Debicki (the upcoming movie Tenet and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) will appear as Princess Diana in The Crown for the show’s final two seasons on Netflix. (Twitter and Deadline)
MOVIE NEWS
Actors Daniel Dae Kim (Lost and New Amsterdam) and Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat and Always Be My Maybe) will team up for an untitled heist movie opposite actress Ali Wong. Details on the movie are being kept under wraps, but it will be loosely focused on a reunion of high school friends who come together in a nod to the classic, fun ensemble heist films. (Deadline)
Actress turned director Olivia Wilde has closed a deal to direct and develop a secret Marvel film project revolving around a female character in the universe. While not confirmed, it is expected that the story will be centered on Spider-Woman. (Deadline)
Actress Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) and actors Charles Melton (Riverdale and Bad Boys for Life) and Jimmy O. Yang (Crazy Rich Asians) will star in the Netflix romantic comedy Love Hard about a Los Angeles girl, unlucky in love, who falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she’s been catfished. But the object of her affection actually lives in the same town, and the guy who duped her offers to set them up IF she pretends to be his own girlfriend for the holidays. (Netflix and The Futon Critic)
COMEDY SPECIAL
Comedian Sarah Cooper (who became a viral sensation on TikTok and Twitter for her political satire videos impersonating Donald Trump) is getting her own comedy special on Netflix. The special will premiere this fall, which will focus on an array of issues in today’s zeitgeist, including politics, race, gender, and class. (The Verge)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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