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Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) are starring in HBO’s “The Last of Us”.
Kantemir Balagov will direct the pilot. “Cherynobyl” creator Caig Mazin is writing and executive producing, alongside Neil Druckman, who wrote and was the creative director of the original video game.
Rumors that Mahershala Ali was also aboard the film have been debunked; that reportedly didn’t come off. [More…]
Tye Sheridan (“Ready Player One”) will join Ben Affleck for the George Clooney-directed “The Tender Bar”.
Based on J.R. Moehringer’s bestselling memoir, which recollected the time he spent searching for unlikely father figures among the patrons at his uncle’s bar in Long Island, the movie will be penned by William Monahan (”The Departed”)
Sheridan would play Moehringer, while Affleck is set to play his Uncle Charlie. [More….]
Florence Pugh will star in “Dolly”, written by Vanessa Taylor and Drew Pearce, for Amazon TV who snagged the film after a competitive bidding war.
The film is a sci-fi courtroom drama in which a robotic “companion doll” kills its owner and then shocks the world by claiming that she is not guilty and asking for a lawyer. The film, which is inspired by Elizabeth Bear’s short story of the same name, has elements of both classic courtroom drama and sci-fi. [More…]
Mindy Kaling will voice “Scooby Doo” sleuth Velma in a new animated series for HBO Max.
“Velma,” which will delve into the origin story of Velma Dinkley, has been given a 10-episode order [More…]
