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‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Animated Series in the Works From Sony
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Sony Pictures Animation (SPA) is developing new animated series based on “Ghostbusters” and “Hotel Transylvania,” the studio announced Monday. “Hotel Transylvania: The Series” is targeted for a 2017 premiere. The animated television series, produced in partnership with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana, will focus on the teenage years of Mavis, Dracula’s daughter, and her friends. It will be airing on the Disney Channel worldwide. “Ghostbusters: Ecto Force” will further expand the Ghostbusters cinematic universe and focus on a new generation of “Ghostbusters” in the year 2050 who capture ghosts around the world with help from local teams. The younger-skewing Sony Pictures Animation project. »
- Linda Ge
J.J. Abrams, Tavis Smiley Partner on Michael Jackson Event Series
3 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Tavis Smiley and J.J. Abrams wanna be startin’ somethin’. Abrams’ Bad Robot Prods. is set to develop a new event TV series based on Smiley’s new book “Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson’s Last Days.”
Warner Bros. TV, where both Smiley and Bad Robot are based for TV projects, is the studio attached; it hasn’t yet been sold to a network. “Before You Judge Me,” which Smiley wrote with David Ritz, is set to be published on June 21. The book looks at the final months of the King of Pop’s life.
According to Warner Bros., the book “examines the soaring highs and deep lows faced by the late pop star – his constant hunt for privacy in a life that was
It »
- Michael Schneider
SPOILERS AHEAD: ’Penny Dreadful’: Fresh Off Its Most Shocking Death, The Show Is Officially Coming To An End
7 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Spoilers ahead for the Season 3 finale of “Penny Dreadful.”
Is this really “the end” for “Penny Dreadful” fans? Last night’s Season 3 finale closed out with a genuinely shocking death, as leading lady Eva Green’s Vanessa Ives character was unexpectedly shot to death by John Hartnett’s werewolf character Ethan Chandler. The death, final as it seemed to be, was made even more clearly, well, final, when the show closed out with a funeral for Vanessa and a title card that read “The End.” (In the world of television and movies, deaths hardly ever seem to really mark the end, so forgive us for leaning so hard in to the finality of it all. This never happens!)
So,with the death of Vanessa, is the entire show itself really over? Yes.
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- Kate Erbland
Syfy’s ‘Channel Zero’ to Star Paul Schneider and Fiona Shaw (Exclusive)
6 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Syfy’s upcoming horror anthology series, “Channel Zero: Candle Cove,” will star Paul Schneider and Fiona Shaw, Variety has learned exclusively.
The close-ended season is based on Kris Straub’s online short story of the same name, and is set to debut this fall. It centers on one man’s obsessive recollection of a mysterious children’s television program from the 1980s – and his ever-growing suspicions about the role it might have played in a series of nightmarish and deadly events from his childhood. The show was initially picked up for two six-episode standalone seasons, with Season 2 set to premiere on Syfy in 2017.
Schneider stars as Mike Painter, a child psychologist who was a child himself when he witnessed the mysterious disappearance of his twin brother, Eddie, and four other children from their small town, Iron Hill, in 1988. Decades later, he is compelled to return to his hometown to investigate what really happened all those years »
- Laura Prudom
Robert Irvine to Launch Talk Show on CW Daytime Lineup (Exclusive)
9 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Celebrity chef Robert Irvine is setting aside his pots and pans for his latest TV series, a “Dr. Phil”-esque talk show from Tribune Studios to air on CW stations.
“The Robert Irvine Show” will take the place of “The Bill Cunningham Show” in the 3 p.m. Monday-Friday slot on Tribune-owned stations and other CW affiliates starting in September. The series will feature Irvine — known for hosting Food Network’s “Restaurant: Impossible” and for his regular appearances on foodie TV shows — dishing up tough-love advice and conflict resolution options for everyday people facing a range of problems.
John Irwin (“Couples/Family Therapy”) is exec producing “Robert Irvine” with Irvine and Andrew Scher (“The Doctors”). The series will originate in Los Angeles.
Irvine has spent 25 years building his profile as a culinary star, and he’s also known as a fitness buff. But he’s sought to expand his TV menu with a non-food series for the past »
- Cynthia Littleton
Michael B. Jordan Wants a Friday Night Lights Reunion!
12 hours ago | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Can someone please hit the switch to turn Friday Night Lights back on again? Michael B. Jordan has joined the list of other cast members from the beloved sports drama who hope to see a reunion of some sort. "It has be the right way," the Creed star told me at the other day the Maui Film Festival, where he received the Rainmaker Award. We totally understand that. "It'll be cool to get together with the Dillon Panthers and the East Dillon Lions and just kind of see that," Jordan said. "That'll be pretty cool." Where does he think his character Vince Howard would be today? "Vince is probably coaching," Jordan said, but then suggested, »
Xzibit Upped To Series Regular On ‘Empire’, Joins Indie ‘Sun Dogs’
6 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
It’s a busy time for Xzibit (aka Alvin Joiner). The actor-producer-rapper has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of Fox’s hit "Empire" following his guest starring role in Season 2. He also has been cast in a lead role opposite Michael Angarano in indie feature Sun Dogs. In Empire, Xzibit plays Leslie "Shyne" Johnson, who is 100% wolf and 100% gangster. He has managed artists, started record imprints and even sold a few units here and there, but his bread and… »
Grant Gustin Reveals The Flash Season 3 Premiere Title
5 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
The Flash ended its second season with a game-changing twist. After defeating Zoom, Barry remained heartbroken over the loss of his father, and with grief as his main motivator, he traveled back in time and stopped Reverse-Flash from killing his mother, thus altering the timeline moving forward as the CW series heads into its third season this fall. For comics fans, Barry’s decision to go back and save his mom signaled that the show might be tackling one of the most famous Flash storylines from the comic books, Flashpoint, and by revealing the tile of the Season 3 premiere on Twitter
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- Chris King
Samira Wiley of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Joins ‘You’re the Worst’ Season Three
5 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Poussey is stepping out of Litchfield and into the therapist’s office. Samira Wiley — Aka everyone’s favorite army-brat inmate on “Orange Is the New Black” — is joining season three of “You’re the Worst,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. Wiley will play Justina, a therapist treating series lead Gretchen (Aya Cash).
Read More: ‘Orange is the New Black’ Star Samira Wiley Speaks Out On Season 4’s Most Emotional Moment
“You’re the Worst” creator Stephen Falk first met Wiley through “Orange” and, when thinking of who to cast for the newly created role, kept returning to her. “Samira is an incredibly talented, thoughtful and exciting actress. When I worked on ‘Orange Is the New Black’ I got to write the episode with Poussey’s backstory, and we had such a good time that early on in writing this season of ‘You’re the Worst’ I hit on the random »
- Michael Nordine
TV Review: ‘Roadies’
37 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Remember concept albums? They still exist, but not quite in the form they took in the ‘70s and ‘80s, when rock musicians made double albums because a single album couldn’t hold all their great ideas. The problem was, in those bloated behemoths, there were rarely enough inspired notions to power one album; most double and triple albums were made to pump up the egos of the people who created them, and those gatefold sleeves, when actually acquired by members of the public, were often put to other uses.
The lumbering beast known as the double album has largely gone the way of the dinosaurs, but one can revisit that kind of tedious sprawl in “Roadies,” which feels like a Spotify playlist in search of a reason to exist.
The first episode of “Roadies” is more tolerable than the even longer pilot for the similarly themed ’70s rock drama “Vinyl,” but »
- Maureen Ryan
Anton Yelchin’s Tragic Death Cuts Short His Voice Work On ‘Trollhunters’ Series
40 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
When Anton Yelchin died suddenly Saturday night in a car-related accident, he was still recording the voice for the lead character in the upcoming Netflix animated family event series from creator and executive producer Guillermo del Toro and DreamWorks Animation. While the project was officially unveiled by del Toro last week at the Annecy Animation Festival in Annecy, France, the series already had been in production and I hear Yelchin had completed a great majority of… »
Oscar Winner Ellen Burstyn Inks With ICM Partners
46 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Exclusive: Ellen Burstyn, the Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner who has been on a great TV role roll of late on the likes of Netflix’s House Of Cards and as Allison Janney’s mom on CBS’ Mom, has signed with ICM Partners. Burstyn became only the third woman in history to win the Tony Award and the Academy Award in the same year, for her work in Bernard Slade's Same Time, Next Year on Broadway and in Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, which earned her the Best… »
Donald Trump Fires Corey Lewandowski; Adviser Who Tweeted “Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead” Also Out
52 minutes ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Updated, 3:14 Pm: Today’s Donald Trump campaign body count is now up to two. Michael Caputo, a Trump adviser who heads communications for Trump’s caucus operations team, resigned this afternoon and apologized for the “too exuberant” tweet he fired off upon learning Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski has been given the hook, CNN reports. Ding dong the witch is dead! https://t.co/pSqQwmAGz1 pic.twitter.com/5dE7GMeEK6 — Michael Caputo (@MichaelRCaputo) June 20… »
Malcolm-Jamal Warner Joins Amazon’s ‘Sneaky Pete’ (Exclusive)
55 minutes ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Malcolm-Jamal Warner will recur on Amazon’s upcoming series “Sneaky Pete,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The gig comes after Warner’s prominent role in the critically-acclaimed FX series “The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story,” which has substantial Emmy buzz.
“Sneaky Pete” follows a con man named Marius, played by Giovanni Ribisi, who upon leaving prison assumes the identity of his former cellmate, Pete. He moves in with Pete’s unsuspecting family and becomes roped into the clan’s bail bond business where he’s tasked with hunting down criminals.
Warner will play James Bagwell, Pete’s (Ribisi) parole officer, who is described as clean, meticulous, mercurial and volatile. He will appear in a minimum of three episodes with the option for more.
The streaming con-artist drama, which is set to premiere this year, hails from co-writers and exec producers Bryan Cranston and David Shore. The series was originally in development at CBS, before »
- Elizabeth Wagmeister
‘Ghostbusters: Ecto Force’ Animated Series in the Works; Fan Backlash Imminent
1 hour ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
If you just can’t with this female-led “Ghostbusters” reboot, then perhaps today’s news that Sony Pictures Animation is creating a new animated installment in the franchise will be more to your liking. The studio has made its plans for 2017-18, with the animated series “Ghostbusters: Ecto Force” among its forthcoming offerings.
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“We are meaningfully stepping up our level of production, while creating an environment that fosters the best talent,” said Kristine Belson, President of Sony Pictures Animation. “Our goal is to enlarge our presence in the animation landscape with a uniquely diverse slate, and our strategy to get there is to let artists drive the movies creatively.” Spa also has “Hotel Transylvania” and “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” TV shows in the works.
Read More: ‘Ghostbusters’ Releases Catchy New Song From G-Eazy & Jeremih, »
- Michael Nordine
Person of Interest: Michael Emerson Talks Series Finale, More Loss and His Personal, Painful Takeaway
1 hour ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
This Tuesday at 10/9c, CBS’ Person of Interest wraps its five-season run — but not before heaping upon Team Machine more loss during their final battle against Samaritan.
PhotosPerson of Interest Series Finale Photos, ‘Suicide Mission’ Teaser
Already during the show’s 13-episode swan song, longtime frenemy Elias took one for the team he had just barely joined, while Root died a hero’s death by steering herself into the path of a bullet meant for The Machine’s creator, Harold. In the wake of that tragic loss, Finch has gone a bit rogue, securing and unleashing a computer megavirus »
Ay, There's the Snub: 15 Actors Who Unbelievably Never Won an Emmy
2 hours ago | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
With the announcement of the nominees for the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards less than a month away, we thought we’d take a moment to speak directly to those actors who, no matter how brilliant their work has been this year, won’t win — and might not even get nominated. Our message to them?
PhotosEmmys 2016: Best Drama Series — Our Dream Nominees
Don’t feel bad. You’re in extraordinary company.
In fact, if you scroll through our gallery of egregious Emmy snubs, we bet you’ll realize pretty quickly the eliteness of the club to which you belong. »
Sony Plans Animated ‘Ghostbusters’ TV Show
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
A rebooted version of “Ghostbusters” doesn’t hit theaters until next month, but Sony Pictures is already plunging ahead with other ways to keep the paranormal investigators busy.
The studio’s animation division is planning a television series entitled “Ghostbuster: Ecto Force.” The show is being spearheaded by Ivan Reitman, the director of the original 1984 blockbuster, and will focus on a new generation of Ghostbusters. It will be set in the year 2050. The show is eyeing an early 2018 debut.
This isn’t the first time the Ghostbusters have gotten the animated treatment. In the mid-1980’s, there was an animated spin-off, “The Real Ghostbusters,” which featured big screen characters such as Peter Venkman and Egon Spengler, as well as tie-ins to the movies thanks to appearances by the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
In addition, Sony Animation announced that Bob Persichetti will direct an animated Spider-Man film. Persichetti previously oversaw the story on “Puss in Boots” and “The Little Prince »
- Brent Lang
Sony Animation Dates ‘Hotel Transylvania 3’, ‘Emojimovie’ & More; ‘Ghostbusters’ TV Series Set
2 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Sony Pictures Animation has drawn up plans for its 2017-18 slate, setting release dates for Hotel Transylvania 3, its animated Spider-Man feature, the first fully animated Smurfs movie and the newly titled original pics Emojimovie: Express Yourself and The Star. The toon studio also is crossing streams on a just-announced Ghostbusters: Ecto Force TV show, along with other series based on the Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs and Hotel Transylvania movie franchises. The… »
What To Say When Someone Asks, ‘What’s Your Favorite TV Show?’
2 hours ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Whether on a first date, at a job interview, or just having a casual conversation, everyone has encountered the question, “What’s your favorite TV show?” Some people have an automatic answer, while others have to contemplate for a minute. Especially now, in the age of peak TV, it can be tough to dig through tons of great TV shows and choose an all-time favorite.
To help narrow down the choices and answer this question, Very Good TV Podcast has compiled a list of tips to take into account.
Consider whether you’re answering subjectively or objectively. Be declarative. Don’t say, “Oh, there are just so many shows!” Don’t pretend you’ve never been asked before. Don’t be embarrassed by your choice — or qualify it.
For more advice, and to hear Ben and Liz break almost all of the aforementioned rules in defense of their favorites, listen »
- Kate Halliwell
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