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Briefs : Wayne’s World and Frasier return, Robbins, Rose, Wakanda series, GameStop movies!

“The Batman” actor Jeffrey Wright will voice the Caped Crusader himself in a new comedy podcast for HBO Max.  [More…]

 

Former “Batwoman” star Ruby Rose has replaced Elliot Page in “1Up”, the underdog comedy set in the world of esports that Kyle Newman is directing for Lionsgate and BuzzFeed. [More…]

 

“Shawshank Redemption” star Tim Robbins been tapped as a lead opposite Leslie Mann in Amazon’s “The Power”, a 10-episode thriller at Amazon based on Naomi Alderman’s feminist sci-fi book, from Sister, Alderman and director Reed Morano. [More…]

 

Sauriyan Sapkota, Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, Matt Biedel, Heather Langenkamp, Samantha Sloyan and Zach Gilford will star in Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy‘s series adaptation of the Christopher Pike novel “The Midnight Club” for Netflix.

 

A couple of films about the soar of GameStop stocks on Wall Street are already in the works. Netflix has one they’re prepping that Noah Centineo will star in, Mark Boal is in negotiations to write, and Scott Galloway will consult on.  Further,  MGM have acquired a book proposal by Ben Mezrich about the GameStop trading.  [More…]

 

In addition to a “Black Panther” sequel, Disney have tapped Ryan Googler to develop a new Disney+ TV series set in Wakanda. [More…]

 

A new poster for Amazon’s “Coming 2 America”, starring Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall, has been released ahead of the March small-screen premiere.

 

Jennifer Lopez will star in a Niko Caro-directed action feature for Netflix. In “The Mother”, Lopez will play a deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men. [More….]

 

Neve Campbell has boarded the cast of AMC’s “The Lincoln Lawyer”. Campbell will play Maggie McPherson, the title character’s first ex-wife, a passionately committed Deputy District Attorney known to colleagues as “Maggie McFierce” for her unwavering dedication to her job. [More…]

 

Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde-Pierce have interest from Paramount + in their “Frasier” revival.  The series, first mooted last year, will find Grammer’s Seattle-based shrink decamping to a different city.  [More…]

 

Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren will headline, and Uzo Aduba, Nicole Beharie, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, and Constance Wu will also star in the new Amazon Original dramatic anthology series ”Solos”, from executive producer and showrunner David Weil (”Hunters”). Solos will premiere later in 2021 exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. ”Solos” is a dramatic and thought-provoking seven-part anthology series that explores the deeper meaning of human connection, as explored through the lens of the individual. Solos will tell unique character-driven stories, each from a different perspective and moment in time, that illuminate that even during our most seemingly isolated moments, in the most disparate of circumstances, we are all connected through the human experience.

 

Looks like Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are reprising their “Wayne’s World” roles for a SuperBowl commercial :

https://youtu.be/MdMTTQ9SBgk

https://youtu.be/SSB028dIO0k

 

New pics of Chris Pratt and Chris Hemsworth on the set of “Thor : Love and Thunder”, filming in Sydney, have hit the web.

Noah Centineo’s Masters of the Universe showing signs of life again

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