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  • Marvel Shares First Look at ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s The Beyonder

    Marvel Shares First Look at ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s The Beyonder

    We’ve been quite focused on Marvel’s future on Disney+, but there are still some smaller projects that have been in some kind of development for some time. Among them, is Disney’s animated series all about Lunella, who is better known as Moon Girl to comic readers. She will be joined by Devil Dinosaur in an upcoming animated series simply titled Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. There’s been a surprising drought of information on the project, but luckily Marvel released a look at the supporting cast, which includes our first look at the series’ take on The Beyonder.

    The designs are great, and it’ll definitely be an exciting prospect to watch once it finally premieres. The Beyonder got a really interesting design for the series, and it’ll be interesting to see how they tackle his character. Those rollerblades are also telling me I’ll definitely enjoy Pops once he is on screen. The series added an incredible talent which includes Alfred Woodard, Diamond White, and Laurence Fishburne, who will tackle the role of the previously mentioned The Beyonder.

    The visual style looks promising and looking forward to seeing these characters in action, especially with how dynamic they look. It’s uncertain if Marvel Studios had any kind of involvement with the project as they took over Marvel TV, but luckily the project continued production without an issue and it’s still on its way to release soon.

    Source: Instagram

  • Jeremy Renner and Brie Larson Developing Documentary Series for Disney+

    Jeremy Renner and Brie Larson Developing Documentary Series for Disney+

    Disney+ has been busy expanding its streaming service filmography In addition to the usual Marvel and Star Wars fair, they’ve started exploring other well-known franchises to add cult-classic and popular franchises that have been dormant for years. Not just that, they’ve also continued to build a repertoire of documentary series featuring big named stars. It looks like they are adding some MArvel veterans to that list, as it’s been revealed during the Television Critics Association, as shared by Alex Zalben on Twitter.

    Brie Larson is directing a series titled Growing Up that explores what it’s like to grow up. Throughout ten episodes, we join various people between the ages of 18 to 22 years, as they share their experiences growing up. With the help of some creative “cinematic reenactments,” we’ll get to witness those events that they share. Jeremy Renner has a very different adventure ahead of him, as in a four-part series titled Rennervations – nice pun – he’ll work with communities to rebuild purpose-built vehicles to help their local needs.

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    They sound like fun ideas, and the talent will definitely have some fun with these projects as a way to explore things they love while taking a break from the massive Hollywood productions they usually are busy with.

    Source: Twitter

  • Rita Ora Joins ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Series

    Rita Ora Joins ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Prequel Series

    There’s no stopping Disney+ from adding talent after talent for their upcoming The Beauty and the Beast prequel that explores the time of Luke Evans‘ Gaston and Josh Gad‘s LeFou before they entered Belle’s story. Deadline just broke the news that they have also added pop star Rita Ora, who many know for her work on songs like Your Song and Anywhere, who will take on the role of a fugitive with a strange ability. Her dark secret may turn the kingdom upside down.

    The project has been developed by Gad, who also has writing credit and is showrunning the project alongside Once Upon a Time creators Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz. Currently, the pilot episode will be directed by Eclipsed‘s Liesl Tommy but there’s no word who might tackle the rest of the eight episodes of the musical series. As they are building upon the musical whimsy of the original, it makes sense to add a talent like Rita Ora who can add something to the project.

    We know quite a bit about the plot, as Gaston and LeFou set out to help his step-sister Tilly as they are cast out into quite the adventure. Details naturally are kept under wraps, but it does sound like a promising fun project, even if it’ll be curious to see if the show tries to redeem Gaston as a character in some way.

    Source: Deadline

  • Super Bowl LVI to Feature First Look at Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’

    Super Bowl LVI to Feature First Look at Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’

    This Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI will feature the first teaser for Amazon Prime’s upcoming Lord of the Rings streaming series, the most expensive show ever produced with a budget of $465M. The series, which will premier this fall, is set during Middle-earth’s second age (well before the timeline of either the Hobbit or Lord of the Rings films) and will focus on the rise to power of the evil Sauron. A previously released synopsis detailed what to expect.

    Amazon Studios’ forthcoming series brings to screens for the very first time the heroic legends of the fabled Second Age of Middle-earth’s history. This epic drama is set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and will take viewers back to an era in which great powers were forged, kingdoms rose to glory and fell to ruin, unlikely heroes were tested, hope hung by the finest of threads, and the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen threatened to cover all the world in darkness. Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. From the darkest depths of the Misty Mountains, to the majestic forests of the elf-capital of Lindon, to the breathtaking island kingdom of Númenor, to the furthest reaches of the map, these kingdoms and characters will carve out legacies that live on long after they are gone.

    Amazon began marketing the streamer last week with a series of 20+ posters that teased the main characters, including one clad in black armor and sporting a nasty looking gauntlet who fans have theorized might be the Dark Lord Morgoth, the source of evil in Middle-earth. Hopefully the new teaser sheds some light on this and other mysteries about the show.

    Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will debut with an 8-episode first season this September and production has already begun on a second season of the series.

    Source: THR

  • Disney+’s ‘National Treasure’ Adds Catherine Zeta-Jones

    Disney+’s ‘National Treasure’ Adds Catherine Zeta-Jones

    the upcoming spinoff of the popular National Treasure films has found its new co-lead in Catherine Zeta-Jones. She will star opposite Lisette Alexis, who was cast back in October after her breakout role in Total Eclipse. Jerry Bruckheimer returns to executive produce the project with Jon Turteltaub set to direct, as well as Marianne and Cormac Wibberley set to write the series. It won’t be a direct adaptation of the original film series and there’s no word we should expect familiar faces to make an appearance.

    The story focused on Alexis‘ Jess, who is a dreamer hoping to find answers on her family and embarks on an adventure that will lead her to uncover a lost Pan-American treasure – wouldn’t be a National Treasure film without one. Zeta-Jones will take on the role of Billie, who will race for the same treasure, as it not only has a monetary value but also a deeper connection to the character, who grew to become a black market specialist after growing up penniless.

    She will join additional series regulars Zuri Reed, Jake Austin Walker, Jordan Rodrigues, Antonio Cipriano, and Lyndon Smith. Production is currently eyeing a start this month in Baton Rouge. It’ll be interesting to see how they tackle the franchise’s overall atmosphere and Indiana Jones-inspired adventure atmosphere.

    Source: Deadline

  • Charlie Cox Wants To Do More Crossovers in the MCU

    Charlie Cox Wants To Do More Crossovers in the MCU

    Charlie Cox’s return as Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home teased a potential future in which The Man Without Fear is free to pop up anywhere in the MCU in the future and that potential has fans buzzing and theorizing what’s next for the character. Rumors have him showing up everywhere the next couple of years, from Moon Knight to She-Hulk to Armor Wars, and hope continues to build that he’ll be back in a larger capacity in the next Spider-Man film.

    For the better part of a year, Cox had to dissemble a bit as he was peppered with questions about his return to the role, but now that the cat is out of the bag, he’s able to give some more insight on his return, as he recently did in an interview with Australia’s Supanova Comic Con. When asked about how he hoped the future of the character would look, Cox replied:

    I feel so lucky to have been cast in that role and it is the gift that keeps on giving. I loved every single minute of making the show. To be asked to come back and to be involved in any capacity is absolutely thrilling to me. And I hope…I don’t want to sound greedy…but I hope I get to do loads more. I hope I get to be involved way, way more for many years. I hope it never ends. I hope it gets to the point where people are like, “You’re too old to be playing this part.” I don’t know what their plans are but my hope is that I get to do as much as I’m allowed to do and to be involved.

    An excited Cox continued on by explaining that having Daredevil enter the MCU has opened up a world full of possibilities where he can meet up with other characters:

    The one thing that being in the MCU allows that we couldn’t really do with the Netflix stuff is that I can now interact with other MCU characters. So that would be really cool. Crossovers is the thing I would like to do next. I don’t know what that looks like and I don’t know what they’re planning and all that kinda stuff but, you know, there are some really interesting stories there that I would like to, I would love for the character to explore.

    As Cox said, the Netflix-verse offered very little in terms of crossovers as the studio only had the rights to a select group of characters. Now that he’s entered into the MCU, let’s hope Cox gets his wish to play the character as long as he wants and get started on those crossovers immediately.

    Source: Supanova

  • Stellan Skarsgard Confirms ‘Andor’ Season 2

    Stellan Skarsgard Confirms ‘Andor’ Season 2

    Well, this is an exciting reveal, as actor Stellan Skarsgard has revealed that the Star Wars Disney+ series Andor will get a second season. During an interview with DN.SE, the actor confirmed not only that there is a second season planned but they’ve already set a production start time sometime this fall. He states that:

    We start with ‘Dune 2’ in July. And then in the autumn, it’s time for the second season of the Star Wars series ‘Andor.

    Stellan Skarsgard

    It looks like Skarsgard has a busy year ahead of him, and it’s interesting that they have already set the production start in fall. We still know very little about the series and how it will explore the early days of Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor before he meets up with Jyn Erso.

    We also don’t know how it might connect to the larger Star Wars universe, as from all the projects so far, but that didn’t stop Luna from teasing that we might see some “familiar faces” in the series. It’ll take place during the reign of the Empire. So, we could see characters like Han Solo or Obi-Wan Kenobi appear in some capacity. Of course, it may also be Lucasfilm’s first attempt at telling a more self-contained story. We’ll have to wait as the first season of Andor is rumored to release later this year.

    Source: DN.SE via The Direct

  • RUMOR: High Republic-Set ‘Star Wars’ Series in Development at Disney Plus

    RUMOR: High Republic-Set ‘Star Wars’ Series in Development at Disney Plus

    As the most recent Star Wars streaming series, The Book of Boba Fett, nears the end of its run, a new rumor has emerged about another property being developed for Disney Plus by Lucasfilm. According to a report from Cinelinx’s Jordan Maison, work is underway on a live-action series set during the High Republic era.

    Set 200 years or so before the Battle of Yavin, the High Republic is an era in which the Jedi were at their peak and the galaxy existed, more or less, in peace. Stories of the High Republic have been told mostly through a series of novels and comic books, including an ongoing series published by Marvel Comics, but now it seems that Lucasfilm is ready to take the next step and introduce the era to consumers through a streaming series.

    According to Maison, the series has been described as “Stranger Things in space” and will focus on a younger group of core characters. Whether or not any of those younger characters will be lifted from the pages of the books and/or comics remains to be seen, but Maison did report that it is expected that one of the writers associated with the publishing side of things will assist with the development of the story.

    Lucasfilm is about to begin production on its next two streaming series, Ahsoka and The Acolyte, with the latter rumored to be set near the end of The High Republic Era. With, Ahsoka, The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett set during the New Republic Era, Star Wars fans are in for a treat as the High Republic era stories will introduce them to a whole new cast of characters set in the galaxy far, far away.

    Source: Cinelinx

  • Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Cast Slowly Start to Join Production

    Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ Cast Slowly Start to Join Production

    At the beginning of the week, we finally got the confirmation that Netflix’s live-action adaptation of One Piece is starting production. The team shared their excitement on Twitter and Instagram, but there was surprisingly nothing from the cast at the time. Luckily, throughout the week, the cast has been sharing their excitement with teases that they started work on the project.

    First off, Emily Rudd, who was cast as the cat burglar Nami, shared a photo of herself in a One Piece t-shirt seemingly on the way to the production alongside a first look at the seat that has her character’s name on it. The previous announcement that productions tarted from Matt Owens and Steve Maeda was in a similar style with their on-set seating.

    The future King of the Pirates, Iñaki Godoy, also followed the trend with him sharing a first look at his chair. So far, this is the only tease we got from the set, and it’s still uncertain if we might get an official look at their designs once production starts. I am a little sad that the seat doesn’t also include his signature straw hat that he’ll wear during filming.

    What about the rest? Well, it seems that these two were the only ones to share that they have joined the set which is a rather curious surprise. Mackenyu hasn’t shared much from his time in South Africa – which led to a hilarious “Finding Zoro” campaign of Godoy looking for the actor – but it seems likely he might join at a later time. Productions aren’t forced to follow the story exactly, and they may be focusing on the Orange Town storyline first which mostly featured Nami and Luffy on their own before Zoro joined later on.

    In regards to Jacob Romero Gibson and Taz Skylar, it seems they are still training and preparing for their time. Skylar recently shared an Instagram story of him getting ready to jump into an ice bath, which is commonly used to avoid muscle soreness. So, they might also follow suit with the chair image

    Source: Twitter, Instagram, Twitter

  • Live-Action ‘Goosebumps’ Series Heading to Disney+

    Live-Action ‘Goosebumps’ Series Heading to Disney+

    Disney is continuing to build up its intellectual properties, as Variety has now unveiled that the House of Mouse picked up a live-action Goosebumps TV series. R.L. Stine‘s iconic book franchise will be brought to the streaming service in the form of a ten-episode season. Nick Stoller and Rob Letterman are attached as executive producers and writers for the series.

    Letterman is also going to direct the first episode – fitting as he directed the 2015 film – but there is no word who will tackle the rest of the season. Original Film Neal H. Moritz is joining the production as an executive producer, which is noteworthy due to his involvement with the 2015 and 2018 live-action films based on the popular children franchise.

    With its, it’s the second live-action Goosebumps show to ever air, as the original ran for four seasons for two years starting in 1996. It went on to tell different stories based on the book series in 74 episodes. It’s also not the first Stine adaptation heading to the streaming service, as Just Beyond also premiered back in October based on his graphic novels.

    Source: Variety