Hey All,
Here are the entertainment news items for this past week:
CANCELLATION
Netflix has pulled the plug on The Sandman, the fantasy drama based on the Neil Gaiman comic series. The upcoming second season will be the show’s last. (Variety and TV Line)
NEW SERIES ORDERS
Peacock has ordered a series adaptation of The Five-Star Weekend, based on the Elin Hilderbrand novel, which will star Jennifer Garner. The official description of the series is this: Hollis Shaw (Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes, impeccable taste, and warm demeanor suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death starts to expose the cracks in Hollis’s picture-perfect life—her strained marriage, her complicated relationship with her daughter, and her growing pursuit of validation from her followers. In an effort to overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend away at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her twenties, thirties, and one surprise fifth star. Set against a luxurious and coastal backdrop, they will mature in ways they could never imagine as boundaries are pushed and secrets are exposed. (Variety)
Netflix has ordered a new series adaptation of Little House on the Prairie, based on the classic novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The official logline goes like this: Part hopeful family drama, part epic survival tale, and part origin story of the American West, this fresh adaptation of the books offers a kaleidoscopic view of the struggles and triumphs of those who shaped the frontier. (TV Line)
TV CASTING NEWS
Kate Mara (2015’s Fantastic Four and Shooter) will appear opposite Elisabeth Moss and Kerry Washington in the upcoming Apple TV+ series Imperfect Women, which is a psychological thriller examining a crime that shatters the lives of a decades-long friendship of three women, exploring guilt and retribution, love and betrayal, and the compromises we make that alter our lives irrevocably. The series is based on the Araminta Hall novel. (Variety)
Jason Patric (The Lost Boys) will make a rare venture into TV recurring in the upcoming 5th season of Law & Order: Organized Crime, which has moved from NBC to Peacock. He will play Detective Tim McKenna. (Deadline)
Annette Bening will star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) in the upcoming Apple TV+ limited series Lucky, which is based on the novel by Marissa Stapley. The series will focus on a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past. Bening will appear in the role of Priscilla. (Variety)
James Norton (2019’s Little Women and Grantchester) will appear as Ormund Hightower in the upcoming third season of the HBO series House of the Dragon. Ormund Hightower is the nephew of Otto (Rhys Ifans) and cousin to Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Gwayne (Freddie Fox). He is presently leading the Hightower host in a march on King’s Landing to support his house against Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy). (Variety)
BOX OFFICE NEWS
Tobias Menzies (The Crown and Outlander) will appear in the box office movie The Entertainment System Is Down, which will be a social satire set on a long-haul flight. When the aircraft’s entertainment systems fails, an eclectic group of international passengers are forced to face the horror of being bored. Previously announced cast members include Keanu Reeves, Kirsten Dunst, Nicholas Braun, Samantha Morton and Daniel Brühl. (Deadline and Digital Spy)
Isabelle Fuhrman (Orphan and Horizon: An American Saga), Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody) Scoot McNarity (A Complete Unknown) will star in the dystopian survival thriller Die By Night, which will be set in a post-apocalyptic world where long stretches of ‘Night’ plunge the world into chaos. The story sees creatures known as The Horde hunt in the dark. Runaway Lucia (Fuhrman) must find her way to The Wall where safety awaits, while an injured but determined Barry (Hardy) promises to get them there. But The Horde are not the only threat out there. The Clans — tribes of people whose survival and prosperity depends on selling and trading humans to gain strength in numbers — also stand in their way. (Variety)
It looks like Oscar winner Mira Sorvino and Friends alum Lisa Kudrow are in final talks to return for a sequel to their 1997 cult classic comedy Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion. (The Hollywood Reporter and Variety)
That’s it. Enjoy!
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