Exclusive: Former Fifth Season film head Alexis Garcia has launched CAT5, an action film label that will be backed by his former employers, who are among other investors and partners to be announced at later date. As one of its first projects, CAT5 has signed on to co-finance Black Bear’s Levon’s Trade. The film is in production, with David Ayer-directing the Jason Statham vehicle that was adapted from the Chuck Dixon novel by Sylvester Stallone, with revisions by Ayer. Garcia joins as an executive producer. The film is in production in London and slated for wide theatrical release in the U.S. by Amazon MGM Studios on January 17, 2025.
Garcia spent seven years with Fifth Season and Graham Taylor and Chris Rice, helping build it from its 2017 launch as Endeavor Content. Before that he spent a decade at Endeavor/WME under Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, where he...
Garcia spent seven years with Fifth Season and Graham Taylor and Chris Rice, helping build it from its 2017 launch as Endeavor Content. Before that he spent a decade at Endeavor/WME under Ari Emanuel and Patrick Whitesell, where he...
- 5/2/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
“And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids.” This is undoubtedly one of the most famous lines in the history of animated television and practically everyone will recognize it as the most famous phrase from the Scooby-Doo series. The phrase usually signified the end of a case when Scooby and the gang would explain the solution and prove that the guy they caught in the costume red-handed did it. The villain would then utter these words, cursing his ill-fated encounter with Mystery Inc., without which his plan would have succeeded, as it was otherwise perfect.
While the Scooby-Doo series is primarily an animated work, there have been live-action and CGI adaptations of the series as well. And while the CGI Scoob! movie was better received than the live-action movies, no adaptation has managed to come even close to the charm of the original animated series,...
While the Scooby-Doo series is primarily an animated work, there have been live-action and CGI adaptations of the series as well. And while the CGI Scoob! movie was better received than the live-action movies, no adaptation has managed to come even close to the charm of the original animated series,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Can you imagine a world where the cheeriest of childhood memories intersect with heart-wrenching twists? It’s hard to believe, but Velma’s brutal death isn’t the first time a lead Scooby-Doo character has met a grim fate. Season 2 of Velma concluded with a perplexing scene involving Scrappy-Doo.
Starring Mindy Kaling in the voice role, Velma is an animated series that expands on the Scooby-Doo universe. Viewers were taken aback when Scrappy-Doo was exposed as Velma’s killer in the season two finale of Velma.
Velma in Scooby-Doo (Image: HBO Max)
While fans of the series were left in disbelief at the loss of such a central character, this was not the first time a lead Scooby-Doo character has met their untimely end. For fans who had weathered the emotional storm of Scooby Apocalypse #25, Fred Jones’ death was more than just a surprise; it was an earth-shattering moment that left fans in disbelief.
Starring Mindy Kaling in the voice role, Velma is an animated series that expands on the Scooby-Doo universe. Viewers were taken aback when Scrappy-Doo was exposed as Velma’s killer in the season two finale of Velma.
Velma in Scooby-Doo (Image: HBO Max)
While fans of the series were left in disbelief at the loss of such a central character, this was not the first time a lead Scooby-Doo character has met their untimely end. For fans who had weathered the emotional storm of Scooby Apocalypse #25, Fred Jones’ death was more than just a surprise; it was an earth-shattering moment that left fans in disbelief.
- 5/1/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
Seems like the question “Scooby-Doo, where are you?” soon will become very unnecessary — we know that it’ll be on Netflix.
The recent news concerning the fan-favorite cartoon franchise has just made it officially clear that Netflix is planning a big live-action reboot for Scooby-Doo’s story. The previous attempt to revive the story of detective teenagers with a troublemaking dog was made by HBO back in 2023 and eventually turned out to be a flop.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, for Scooby-Doo's new installment Netflix is teaming up with its frequent writer and producer Greg Berlanti famous for his work on the streaming’s hits like Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and You.
No significant details about the upcoming remake have been revealed yet, but the show is described as “live-action update of the classic cartoon” thus making it unclear whether it will have connections with other live-action installments of Hanna-Barbera’s beloved story.
The recent news concerning the fan-favorite cartoon franchise has just made it officially clear that Netflix is planning a big live-action reboot for Scooby-Doo’s story. The previous attempt to revive the story of detective teenagers with a troublemaking dog was made by HBO back in 2023 and eventually turned out to be a flop.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, for Scooby-Doo's new installment Netflix is teaming up with its frequent writer and producer Greg Berlanti famous for his work on the streaming’s hits like Riverdale, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and You.
No significant details about the upcoming remake have been revealed yet, but the show is described as “live-action update of the classic cartoon” thus making it unclear whether it will have connections with other live-action installments of Hanna-Barbera’s beloved story.
- 4/30/2024
- by benjamin-patel@startefacts.com (Benjamin Patel)
- STartefacts.com
Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews, the live-action Scooby-Doo movies remain beloved among fans of the Mystery Inc. gang. A threequel appears to be off the table, but Variety (via Toonado.com) is reporting that a new live-action TV series is in the works and heading to Netflix.
No plot details have been revealed, but the one-hour drama project is nearing a deal at the streamer with a script-to-series commitment. Based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, Warner Bros. Television is producing the project with Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bepop) serving as writers and executive producers.
André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner will also executive produce under their Midnight Radio banner, while Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will take on the same role through Berlanti Productions.
Berlanti is best known for his DC TV work and was behind Netflix's recently released Dead Boy Detectives. He's...
No plot details have been revealed, but the one-hour drama project is nearing a deal at the streamer with a script-to-series commitment. Based on the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, Warner Bros. Television is producing the project with Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bepop) serving as writers and executive producers.
André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner will also executive produce under their Midnight Radio banner, while Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will take on the same role through Berlanti Productions.
Berlanti is best known for his DC TV work and was behind Netflix's recently released Dead Boy Detectives. He's...
- 4/30/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
Scooby Doo and the Mystery Inc gang are heading back to the small screen in a live action series for Netflix, here are the details.
Jinkies: Netflix has ordered a live action Scooby Doo television series. No casting details have been confirmed, but we do know (thanks to a Deadline report) that it will be written by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg – the same Scott Rosenberg who penned Con Air, one of the greatest action films of the 1990s.
This isn’t, of course, the first time Hanna Barbera’s cartoon has been reworked in live-action. Long before James Gunn took creative control of the DC Extended Universe, he was a prolific screenwriter, and arguably his most successful films, at the box office at least, were 2002’s Scooby Doo and 2004’s Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
The films brought the classic cartoon to life with a pitch perfect cast – Matthew Lillard...
Jinkies: Netflix has ordered a live action Scooby Doo television series. No casting details have been confirmed, but we do know (thanks to a Deadline report) that it will be written by Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg – the same Scott Rosenberg who penned Con Air, one of the greatest action films of the 1990s.
This isn’t, of course, the first time Hanna Barbera’s cartoon has been reworked in live-action. Long before James Gunn took creative control of the DC Extended Universe, he was a prolific screenwriter, and arguably his most successful films, at the box office at least, were 2002’s Scooby Doo and 2004’s Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
The films brought the classic cartoon to life with a pitch perfect cast – Matthew Lillard...
- 4/30/2024
- by Jake Godfrey
- Film Stories
Mystery Inc. rides again! Variety is reporting that the long-running "Scooby-Doo" franchise may be making a leap back to the live-action world, this time courtesy of Netflix. Sources tell the outlet that, unlike past versions of the Hanna-Barbera-created franchise, the new series won't be a comedic mystery but a one-hour drama series. Warner Bros. Television, which has been responsible for other dark teen-centric Netflix shows like "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" and "Dead Boy Detectives," is set to produce.
Though the deal apparently isn't set in stone yet, the untitled "Scooby-Doo" live-action project is apparently in talks to receive a script-to-series commitment, with the team from Arrowverse maestro Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions (which also helped bring the two above titles to life) set to produce. Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, the creative duo that co-executive produced shows like Hulu's "High Fidelity" and MGM+'s underrated "From," are set to...
Though the deal apparently isn't set in stone yet, the untitled "Scooby-Doo" live-action project is apparently in talks to receive a script-to-series commitment, with the team from Arrowverse maestro Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions (which also helped bring the two above titles to life) set to produce. Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg, the creative duo that co-executive produced shows like Hulu's "High Fidelity" and MGM+'s underrated "From," are set to...
- 4/29/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Jinkies!
Netflix and Greg Berlanti’s production company are teaming up to create a live-action Scooby-Doo! TV show, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series has landed at the streamer with a script-to-series commitment, meaning that if Netflix is pleased with the scripts, the show will get a straight-to-series order. Cowboy Bebop‘s Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg are among the potential series’ executive producers...
Netflix and Greg Berlanti’s production company are teaming up to create a live-action Scooby-Doo! TV show, our sister site Deadline reports.
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Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series has landed at the streamer with a script-to-series commitment, meaning that if Netflix is pleased with the scripts, the show will get a straight-to-series order. Cowboy Bebop‘s Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg are among the potential series’ executive producers...
- 4/29/2024
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Fire up the mystery van because Netflix is about to close a deal for a live-action TV series based on the Hanna-Barbera animated series Scooby-Doo.
Sources say that the live-action Scooby-Doo project has a script-to-series commitment, which, assuming the script hits the right buttons, would mean it would receive a straight-to-series order. Josh Appelbaum & Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bebop) are set to write the series, as well as produce alongside André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner through their Midnight Radio banner. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will executive produce the project via their Berlanti Productions banner.
Related Scooby-Doo
Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! debuted in 1960 and revolved around Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby-Doo as they solved mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures. Over the decades, the franchise has spawned numerous spin-offs, TV specials, direct-to-video animated movies, comics, video games,...
Sources say that the live-action Scooby-Doo project has a script-to-series commitment, which, assuming the script hits the right buttons, would mean it would receive a straight-to-series order. Josh Appelbaum & Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bebop) are set to write the series, as well as produce alongside André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner through their Midnight Radio banner. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will executive produce the project via their Berlanti Productions banner.
Related Scooby-Doo
Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! debuted in 1960 and revolved around Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Shaggy Rogers, and Scooby-Doo as they solved mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures. Over the decades, the franchise has spawned numerous spin-offs, TV specials, direct-to-video animated movies, comics, video games,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The second season of animated spinoff “Velma” is now streaming on Max, and it sounds like Velma and the “Scooby-Doo” gang may also be headed back into the world of live action.
Variety reports this afternoon that Netflix is planning a live action “Scooby-Doo” television series, with the streamer actively “nearing a deal” with Warner Bros. Television.
The series is being described in Variety’s report as a “one-hour drama project,” with Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg attached to write and executive produce.
Executive producers on the upcoming “Scooby-Doo” Netflix series also include André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner for Midnight Radio, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman executive producing through Berlanti Productions. Varierty’s report continues, “Jonathan Gabay of Berlanti Productions and Adrienne Erickson will co-executive produce.”
“Scooby-Doo” has mostly been an animated series over the years, but there were two live action movies in 2002 and 2004:...
Variety reports this afternoon that Netflix is planning a live action “Scooby-Doo” television series, with the streamer actively “nearing a deal” with Warner Bros. Television.
The series is being described in Variety’s report as a “one-hour drama project,” with Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg attached to write and executive produce.
Executive producers on the upcoming “Scooby-Doo” Netflix series also include André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner for Midnight Radio, with Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman executive producing through Berlanti Productions. Varierty’s report continues, “Jonathan Gabay of Berlanti Productions and Adrienne Erickson will co-executive produce.”
“Scooby-Doo” has mostly been an animated series over the years, but there were two live action movies in 2002 and 2004:...
- 4/29/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
A classic Warner Bros. IP is headed to Netflix with a reimagining from one of the studio’s top TV producers. In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, the streamer has landed Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series, from Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, where the company is based, sources tell Deadline.
Written by Josh Appelbaum & Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bebop) based on characters created by Hanna-Barbera, Scooby-Doo! is a live-action update of the popular cartoon.
In a tough TV marketplace, the drama project garnered interest from top buyers, ending up at Netflix with a premium, script-to-series commitment, sources said. Reps for Netflix and Wbtv declined comment.
Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman for Berlanti Productions as well as Appelbaum and Rosenberg alongside André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under their Midnight Radio banner. Berlanti Productions’ Jonathan Gabay and Midnight...
Written by Josh Appelbaum & Scott Rosenberg (Cowboy Bebop) based on characters created by Hanna-Barbera, Scooby-Doo! is a live-action update of the popular cartoon.
In a tough TV marketplace, the drama project garnered interest from top buyers, ending up at Netflix with a premium, script-to-series commitment, sources said. Reps for Netflix and Wbtv declined comment.
Scooby-Doo! The Live-Action Series is executive produced by Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman for Berlanti Productions as well as Appelbaum and Rosenberg alongside André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under their Midnight Radio banner. Berlanti Productions’ Jonathan Gabay and Midnight...
- 4/29/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Greg Berlanti and Netflix are going for a ride in the Mystery Machine.
The streaming giant is near a deal for a live-action TV series based on the beloved Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon Scooby-Doo. The project has a script-to-series commitment at Netflix, meaning if the script is well received, it would trigger a straight-to-series order for what is considered a live-action update of the classic cartoon.
Reps for Netflix, producers Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions declined to comment, as a deal has not yet formally closed.
Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg — who previously adapted Cowboy Bebop for Netflix and High Fidelity for Hulu — are attached to pen the script and exec produce via their Midnight Radio banner’s André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner. Berlanti and his Berlanti Productions partner Sarah Schechter will exec produce alongside the company’s Leigh London Redman. Berlanti Productions’ Jonathan Gabay and Midnight Radio’s...
The streaming giant is near a deal for a live-action TV series based on the beloved Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon Scooby-Doo. The project has a script-to-series commitment at Netflix, meaning if the script is well received, it would trigger a straight-to-series order for what is considered a live-action update of the classic cartoon.
Reps for Netflix, producers Warner Bros. Television and Berlanti Productions declined to comment, as a deal has not yet formally closed.
Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg — who previously adapted Cowboy Bebop for Netflix and High Fidelity for Hulu — are attached to pen the script and exec produce via their Midnight Radio banner’s André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner. Berlanti and his Berlanti Productions partner Sarah Schechter will exec produce alongside the company’s Leigh London Redman. Berlanti Productions’ Jonathan Gabay and Midnight Radio’s...
- 4/29/2024
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
(Welcome to Tales from the Box Office, our column that examines box office miracles, disasters, and everything in between, as well as what we can learn from them.)
"You can't count it!" That's what producer Peter Safran said to Entertainment Weekly in 2023 about "The Curse of La Llorona" being part of The Conjuring Universe. Safran, who has helped to spearhead the very successful horror franchise alongside James Wan since 2013, did not leave any room for interpretation there. Yet, director Michael Chaves' successful 2019 feature directorial debut contains characters from "Conjuring" films, as well as overt references to events in those stories. Be that as it may, this movie now exists as both an unquestionable hit and a film that narratively exists in The Conjuring Universe but, for technical reasons, actually doesn't.
In the era of cinematic universes, it's an almost unprecedented situation. Why provide connective tissue if the plan isn't to connect these dots?...
"You can't count it!" That's what producer Peter Safran said to Entertainment Weekly in 2023 about "The Curse of La Llorona" being part of The Conjuring Universe. Safran, who has helped to spearhead the very successful horror franchise alongside James Wan since 2013, did not leave any room for interpretation there. Yet, director Michael Chaves' successful 2019 feature directorial debut contains characters from "Conjuring" films, as well as overt references to events in those stories. Be that as it may, this movie now exists as both an unquestionable hit and a film that narratively exists in The Conjuring Universe but, for technical reasons, actually doesn't.
In the era of cinematic universes, it's an almost unprecedented situation. Why provide connective tissue if the plan isn't to connect these dots?...
- 4/20/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Scooby-Doo character Velma Dinkley got her own “adult animated series” over on Max last year, and we’ve learned today that “Velma” Season 2 will premiere on April 25, 2024.
“Velma” is an adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang.
Here’s the official synopsis for “Velma” Season 2: “When an even spookier mystery grips Crystal Cove, Velma (Mindy Kaling) must find a way to balance her detective work with the demands of her newfound popularity before it’s too late. Meanwhile, her faithful friends Daphne (Constance Wu), Norville (Sam Richardson), and Fred (Glenn Howerton) are powerless to help thanks to their own personal battles and worse… Detention.”
Season 2 will feature Ten brand new episodes.
Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Sarayu Blue, Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Cherry Jones, Frank Welker, Nicole Byer, Gary Cole, Andia Winslow, and Sara Ramirez also star.
“Velma” is an adult animated comedy series telling the origin story of Velma Dinkley, the unsung and underappreciated brains of the Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. gang.
Here’s the official synopsis for “Velma” Season 2: “When an even spookier mystery grips Crystal Cove, Velma (Mindy Kaling) must find a way to balance her detective work with the demands of her newfound popularity before it’s too late. Meanwhile, her faithful friends Daphne (Constance Wu), Norville (Sam Richardson), and Fred (Glenn Howerton) are powerless to help thanks to their own personal battles and worse… Detention.”
Season 2 will feature Ten brand new episodes.
Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Sarayu Blue, Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Cherry Jones, Frank Welker, Nicole Byer, Gary Cole, Andia Winslow, and Sara Ramirez also star.
- 4/10/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
His work in series like Grey’s Anatomy, 13 Reasons Why, and This Is Us, has established Brandon Scott as a captivatingly talented actor. His latest is the new Max series The Girls on the Bus, where he plays the jilted ex-lover of Melissa Benoist’s journalist character who now needs his help because he’s the new press secretary to the leading Presidential candidate. He talks about the process of building connection between two people that are supposed to have a past, and how sometimes that can be done in simple ways. He describes the impact Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini had […]
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The post “Every Character We Play, Every Story We’re a Part Of, There’s a Beautiful Thing to Take From It”: Brandon Scott, Back To One, Episode 286 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 4/9/2024
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
His work in series like Grey’s Anatomy, 13 Reasons Why, and This Is Us, has established Brandon Scott as a captivatingly talented actor. His latest is the new Max series The Girls on the Bus, where he plays the jilted ex-lover of Melissa Benoist’s journalist character who now needs his help because he’s the new press secretary to the leading Presidential candidate. He talks about the process of building connection between two people that are supposed to have a past, and how sometimes that can be done in simple ways. He describes the impact Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini had […]
The post “Every Character We Play, Every Story We’re a Part Of, There’s a Beautiful Thing to Take From It”: Brandon Scott, Back To One, Episode 286 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post “Every Character We Play, Every Story We’re a Part Of, There’s a Beautiful Thing to Take From It”: Brandon Scott, Back To One, Episode 286 first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 4/9/2024
- by Peter Rinaldi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Kali Reis; Olivia Colman; Dominic SessaPhoto: Olivia Wong/Getty Images; Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images; Sarah Morris/WireImage
The wheels of Hollywood never stop churning, as evidenced from this first week of April. Get ready for new projects featuring the Succession ensemble, Léa Seydoux’s team-up with Luca Guadagnino, and updates...
The wheels of Hollywood never stop churning, as evidenced from this first week of April. Get ready for new projects featuring the Succession ensemble, Léa Seydoux’s team-up with Luca Guadagnino, and updates...
- 4/5/2024
- by Saloni Gajjar, Matt Schimkowitz, and Emma Keates
- avclub.com
Joe Flaherty, an original cast member of Canadian sketch comedy series Sctv who will also be remembered for roles in Freaks and Geeks and Happy Gilmore, has died at the age of 82.
The actor and comedian died on Monday, April 1st, after a brief illness, his daughter told The Toronto Star.
Flaherty got his start with the Chicago comedy troupe Second City before relocating to Toronto in 1973. Alongside Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Harold Ramis, Flaherty starred as an original cast member of Sctv, the influential Canadian sketch comedy series that ran for six seasons through 1984. For his efforts, Flaherty won Emmy Awards for outstanding writing in 1982 and 1983.
Flaherty later starred on Eugene Levy’s early ’90s sitcom Manic Mansion, based on the 1987 video game of the same name. He also had a role on Freaks and Geeks, playing A-1 Sporting Goods owner...
The actor and comedian died on Monday, April 1st, after a brief illness, his daughter told The Toronto Star.
Flaherty got his start with the Chicago comedy troupe Second City before relocating to Toronto in 1973. Alongside Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy, Andrea Martin, Dave Thomas, and Harold Ramis, Flaherty starred as an original cast member of Sctv, the influential Canadian sketch comedy series that ran for six seasons through 1984. For his efforts, Flaherty won Emmy Awards for outstanding writing in 1982 and 1983.
Flaherty later starred on Eugene Levy’s early ’90s sitcom Manic Mansion, based on the 1987 video game of the same name. He also had a role on Freaks and Geeks, playing A-1 Sporting Goods owner...
- 4/2/2024
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Film News
Joe Flaherty, a writer and performer on the influential and beloved sketch comedy series Sctv and a series regular on Freaks and Geeks, died Monday following a brief illness. He was 82.
His death was announced by his daughter Gudrun Flaherty, who said in a press statement, “After a brief illness, he left us yesterday, and since then, I’ve been struggling to come to terms with this immense loss. Dad was an extraordinary man, known for his boundless heart and an unwavering passion for movies from the ’40s and ’50s. His insights into the golden age of cinema didn’t just shape his professional life; they were also a source of endless fascination for me. In these last few months, as he faced his health challenges, we had the precious opportunity to watch many of those classic movies together — moments I will forever hold dear.”
Last month, Flaherty’s former...
His death was announced by his daughter Gudrun Flaherty, who said in a press statement, “After a brief illness, he left us yesterday, and since then, I’ve been struggling to come to terms with this immense loss. Dad was an extraordinary man, known for his boundless heart and an unwavering passion for movies from the ’40s and ’50s. His insights into the golden age of cinema didn’t just shape his professional life; they were also a source of endless fascination for me. In these last few months, as he faced his health challenges, we had the precious opportunity to watch many of those classic movies together — moments I will forever hold dear.”
Last month, Flaherty’s former...
- 4/2/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Joe Flaherty, the two-time Emmy-winning writer and Second City alumnus who sparkled as Guy Caballero, Count Floyd, Big Jim McBob and Sammy Maudlin as an original castmember on the landmark Canadian sketch comedy series Sctv, has died. He was 82.
His daughter, Gudrun Flaherty, told the Canadian Press he died Monday after a brief illness.
“Dad was an extraordinary man, known for his boundless heart and an unwavering passion for movies from the ’40s and ’50s,” she said in a statement. “His insights into the golden age of cinema didn’t just shape his professional life; they were also a source of endless fascination for me. In these last few months, as he faced his health challenges, we had the precious opportunity to watch many of those classic movies together — moments I will forever hold dear.”
A native of Pittsburgh, Flaherty also was known for his stint as A-1 Sporting Goods...
His daughter, Gudrun Flaherty, told the Canadian Press he died Monday after a brief illness.
“Dad was an extraordinary man, known for his boundless heart and an unwavering passion for movies from the ’40s and ’50s,” she said in a statement. “His insights into the golden age of cinema didn’t just shape his professional life; they were also a source of endless fascination for me. In these last few months, as he faced his health challenges, we had the precious opportunity to watch many of those classic movies together — moments I will forever hold dear.”
A native of Pittsburgh, Flaherty also was known for his stint as A-1 Sporting Goods...
- 4/2/2024
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joe Flaherty, founding member of “Sctv” and ubiquitous comic actor for decades including a stint as the Dad on “Freaks and Geeks,” has died at the age of 82, according to multiple reports.
The Pittsburgh-born performer (a rare American in the Canadian comedy sphere) got his start with the Chicago-based Second City Theater, first appearing on the “National Lampoon Radio Hour” before resettling in Toronto to become part of Second City’s core in the Great White North. He was one of the initial writer/performers on “Sctv,” a vanguard sketch comedy series co-starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O’Hara, Harold Ramis (for a little while), Dave Thomas, and, later, Martin Short, that mixed parody programming with behind-the-scenes shenanigans at a low rent television station in “Mellonville.” Indeed, if “Sctv” could be said to have a main character, it would be Flaherty’s Guy Caballero, the corrupt,...
The Pittsburgh-born performer (a rare American in the Canadian comedy sphere) got his start with the Chicago-based Second City Theater, first appearing on the “National Lampoon Radio Hour” before resettling in Toronto to become part of Second City’s core in the Great White North. He was one of the initial writer/performers on “Sctv,” a vanguard sketch comedy series co-starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O’Hara, Harold Ramis (for a little while), Dave Thomas, and, later, Martin Short, that mixed parody programming with behind-the-scenes shenanigans at a low rent television station in “Mellonville.” Indeed, if “Sctv” could be said to have a main character, it would be Flaherty’s Guy Caballero, the corrupt,...
- 4/2/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
There’s a new role on the docket for Jane the Virgin alum Yael Grobglas.
The actress will recur in the upcoming Matlock series from creator Jennie Snyder Urman (Jane the Virgin, Charmed reboot) our sister site Deadline reports. She will portray Shae Banfield, aka “the Meerkat,” an insightful jury consultant with a mastery of body language, facial expressions and neurolinguistics which enables her to sniff out the truth. Her skills make her a worthy adversary to senior attorney Olympia Lawrence (played by Skye P. Marshall) and an imminent threat to Kathy Bates’ Madeleine “Matty” Matlock.
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The actress will recur in the upcoming Matlock series from creator Jennie Snyder Urman (Jane the Virgin, Charmed reboot) our sister site Deadline reports. She will portray Shae Banfield, aka “the Meerkat,” an insightful jury consultant with a mastery of body language, facial expressions and neurolinguistics which enables her to sniff out the truth. Her skills make her a worthy adversary to senior attorney Olympia Lawrence (played by Skye P. Marshall) and an imminent threat to Kathy Bates’ Madeleine “Matty” Matlock.
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- 4/1/2024
- by Keisha Hatchett
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Kevin Alves (Yellowjackets) has landed a recurring role in Netflix’s eight-episode comedy series No Good Deed from creator Liz Feldman (Dead to Me), Deadline has learned.
The actor plays Nate, the strait-laced, hard-edged son of Mikey (Denis Leary), with whom he has a strained relationship. As previously announced, Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow lead the cast, which also includes Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu, Leary and O-t Fagbenle.
No Good Deed is a half-hour, dark comedy that follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
Feldman serves as showrunner and executive produces alongside Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum for Gloria Sanchez Productions, Christie Smith, and Silver Tree, who will direct the pilot and additional episodes.
The actor plays Nate, the strait-laced, hard-edged son of Mikey (Denis Leary), with whom he has a strained relationship. As previously announced, Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow lead the cast, which also includes Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu, Leary and O-t Fagbenle.
No Good Deed is a half-hour, dark comedy that follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
Feldman serves as showrunner and executive produces alongside Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum for Gloria Sanchez Productions, Christie Smith, and Silver Tree, who will direct the pilot and additional episodes.
- 4/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Dylan Mulvaney is dreaming big, and one of the characters she would like to play is Elle Woods from Legally Blonde.
In a recent interview, the singer and actress said that her dream theater role was to play Glinda in Wicked, but her “dream dream” was to portray the Harvard Law School student that Reese Witherspoon famously played in the 2001 film.
“My dream though is to do a trans Legally Blonde,” Mulvaney said in an interview with IMDb during SXSW. “I wanna play Elle Woods and have maybe a trans Emmett and a trans Paulette. And I think what’s so cool about plugging trans people into existing stories is it inherently changes what the topic is, but in a way that you don’t actually have to do much to the script because it becomes something different — but actually, I think it makes it even more powerful.”
Legally Blonde...
In a recent interview, the singer and actress said that her dream theater role was to play Glinda in Wicked, but her “dream dream” was to portray the Harvard Law School student that Reese Witherspoon famously played in the 2001 film.
“My dream though is to do a trans Legally Blonde,” Mulvaney said in an interview with IMDb during SXSW. “I wanna play Elle Woods and have maybe a trans Emmett and a trans Paulette. And I think what’s so cool about plugging trans people into existing stories is it inherently changes what the topic is, but in a way that you don’t actually have to do much to the script because it becomes something different — but actually, I think it makes it even more powerful.”
Legally Blonde...
- 3/31/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Fifth Season has promoted Christopher Slager to head of film as it expands in-house production and development and announced that Alexis Garcia is leaving to set up his own venture with backing from the company.
Slager, who has been at Fifth Season for some time, previously served as a partner and SVP of film finance and sales at Endeavor Content, and before that worked at WME.
Prior to that he was at Focus Features. Credits include The Florida Project, Mudbound, The Banker, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Pig, and the Book Club franchise.
Slager will take charge of the film studio...
Slager, who has been at Fifth Season for some time, previously served as a partner and SVP of film finance and sales at Endeavor Content, and before that worked at WME.
Prior to that he was at Focus Features. Credits include The Florida Project, Mudbound, The Banker, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Pig, and the Book Club franchise.
Slager will take charge of the film studio...
- 3/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
Fifth Season has upped Christopher Slager to Head of Film as the studio expands its in-house production and development of feature films.
Slager will oversee the studio’s anticipated productions including Netflix/Artists Equity’s Animals, starring Matt Damon and directed by Ben Affleck, as well as the Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman movie The Beast directed by Emmy winner James Madigan.
Alexis Garcia, who previously managed features, will launch a new venture with backing from Fifth Season, details to be announced down the road. Garcia will remain a consultant to the studio during his transition.
Among those titles on the horizon for Fifth Season under Slager’s watch are Stephen Chbosky’s Nonnas, starring Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, and Linda Cardellini; Jan Komasa’s Anniversary, starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch, Phoebe Dynevor, Madeline Brewer, Mckenna Grace, and Daryl McCormack; Nick Rowland’s She Rides Shotgun,...
Slager will oversee the studio’s anticipated productions including Netflix/Artists Equity’s Animals, starring Matt Damon and directed by Ben Affleck, as well as the Samuel L. Jackson and Joel Kinnaman movie The Beast directed by Emmy winner James Madigan.
Alexis Garcia, who previously managed features, will launch a new venture with backing from Fifth Season, details to be announced down the road. Garcia will remain a consultant to the studio during his transition.
Among those titles on the horizon for Fifth Season under Slager’s watch are Stephen Chbosky’s Nonnas, starring Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, and Linda Cardellini; Jan Komasa’s Anniversary, starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Dylan O’Brien, Zoey Deutch, Phoebe Dynevor, Madeline Brewer, Mckenna Grace, and Daryl McCormack; Nick Rowland’s She Rides Shotgun,...
- 3/27/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Mystery Mistress.
After kicking off March with discussions of the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen) and Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), we’re getting a little silly with a deep dive into Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) for its 20th anniversary!
In the film, canine sleuth Scooby-Doo (Neil Fanning) once again joins his pals Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), Velma (Linda Cardellini), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar) when the Evil Masked Figure breaks into the Coolsonian Criminology Museum and steals a bunch of costumes that belonged to Mystery Inc.’s previously unmasked foes! What’s worse? E.M.F. is using them to create real monsters! It’s up to the gang to stop the monsters’ attack on Coolsville, while dodging the libelous attacks of television journalist Heather Jasper-Howe (Alicia Silverstone), who is out to discredit their investigations.
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After kicking off March with discussions of the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen) and Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), we’re getting a little silly with a deep dive into Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) for its 20th anniversary!
In the film, canine sleuth Scooby-Doo (Neil Fanning) once again joins his pals Shaggy (Matthew Lillard), Velma (Linda Cardellini), Fred (Freddie Prinze Jr.) and Daphne (Sarah Michelle Gellar) when the Evil Masked Figure breaks into the Coolsonian Criminology Museum and steals a bunch of costumes that belonged to Mystery Inc.’s previously unmasked foes! What’s worse? E.M.F. is using them to create real monsters! It’s up to the gang to stop the monsters’ attack on Coolsville, while dodging the libelous attacks of television journalist Heather Jasper-Howe (Alicia Silverstone), who is out to discredit their investigations.
Be...
- 3/25/2024
- by Trace Thurman
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s been so long since we had seen Hugh Jackman brandish his adamantium claws and slice away at his enemies on the big screen. But in the upcoming Deadpool and Wolverine, we will witness the star doing his iconic Wolverine things soon enough. But as if this wasn’t enough, there are now rumors that joining Ryan Reynolds and Jackman will be a former Dceu star.
Hugh Jackman in a still from X-Men: Days of Future Past
There had been several reports even in the past that suggested that Henry Cavill, who is iconic for playing the role of Superman in the now-dismantled DC cinematic universe, might appear in the film as a variant of Wolverine. But now, an insider source reveals that Cavill will indeed be introduced in the franchise in this manner in the upcoming film.
Henry Cavill Might Make Appear As Wolverine In The Upcoming Deadpool...
Hugh Jackman in a still from X-Men: Days of Future Past
There had been several reports even in the past that suggested that Henry Cavill, who is iconic for playing the role of Superman in the now-dismantled DC cinematic universe, might appear in the film as a variant of Wolverine. But now, an insider source reveals that Cavill will indeed be introduced in the franchise in this manner in the upcoming film.
Henry Cavill Might Make Appear As Wolverine In The Upcoming Deadpool...
- 3/14/2024
- by Deepak Bisht
- FandomWire
After having a confusing yet memorable stint as Superman in Zack Snyder’s Dceu, Henry Cavill is rumored to be cast in the MCU. While many fans speculated that he would be cast as Doctor Doom in the upcoming Fantastic Four film, the scooper who broke the news mentioned that Cavill would be playing a variant of Wolverine in Deadpool & Wolverine.
Now, an industry insider has broken the news that Barbie star Ryan Gosling has been cast in the MCU in an undisclosed role. The actor has never been in a superhero film before and, with his recent Oscar nomination, has been one of the most sought-after A-listers in Hollywood. Fans speculate that he has been cast as Nova in the MCU.
Henry Cavill Is Rumored To Be Cast As Wolverine In The MCU Henry Cavill as Superman in Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
Ever since Henry Cavill’s...
Now, an industry insider has broken the news that Barbie star Ryan Gosling has been cast in the MCU in an undisclosed role. The actor has never been in a superhero film before and, with his recent Oscar nomination, has been one of the most sought-after A-listers in Hollywood. Fans speculate that he has been cast as Nova in the MCU.
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Ever since Henry Cavill’s...
- 3/14/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Christina Applegate is opening up about living with multiple sclerosis on “Good Morning America” in her first on-camera sit-down interview following her 2021 diagnosis.
“I live kind of in hell,” Applegate told host Robin Roberts. “I’m not out a lot, so this is a little difficult, just for my system. But of course, the support is wonderful and I’m really grateful.”
Applegate participated in the interview — which aired in full on Wednesday — alongside “The Sopranos” star Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who has been living with Ms since she was 20 years old. The two were promoting their new podcast, “MeSsy,” which debuts March 19.
“I’m never going to wake up and go, ‘This is awesome.’ I’m just going to tell you that. Like, it’s not going to happen,” she continued. “I wake up and I’m reminded of it every day … But I might get to a place where I function a little bit better.
“I live kind of in hell,” Applegate told host Robin Roberts. “I’m not out a lot, so this is a little difficult, just for my system. But of course, the support is wonderful and I’m really grateful.”
Applegate participated in the interview — which aired in full on Wednesday — alongside “The Sopranos” star Jamie-Lynn Sigler, who has been living with Ms since she was 20 years old. The two were promoting their new podcast, “MeSsy,” which debuts March 19.
“I’m never going to wake up and go, ‘This is awesome.’ I’m just going to tell you that. Like, it’s not going to happen,” she continued. “I wake up and I’m reminded of it every day … But I might get to a place where I function a little bit better.
- 3/13/2024
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Liz Feldman’s upcoming Netflix dark comedy series “No Good Deed” has added five recurring cast members, Variety has learned exclusively.
Matt Rogers, Anna Maria Horsford, Kate Moennig, and Linda Lavin are all joining the show along with Wyatt Aubrey in his onscreen debut.
Rogers is repped by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment, Shelter PR, and Schreck Rose. Horsford is repped by Innovative Artists and Lovett Management. Moenning is repped by Gersh, Framework Entertainment, and Schreck Rose. Lavin is repped by Innovative Artists. Aubrey is repped by David Dean Management.
Full character descriptions can be found below.
The five join previously announced cast members Lisa Kudrow, Ray Romano, Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, O-t Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu and Dennis Leary in the eight-episode series.
“No Good Deed” is said to follow “three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
Matt Rogers, Anna Maria Horsford, Kate Moennig, and Linda Lavin are all joining the show along with Wyatt Aubrey in his onscreen debut.
Rogers is repped by UTA, 3 Arts Entertainment, Shelter PR, and Schreck Rose. Horsford is repped by Innovative Artists and Lovett Management. Moenning is repped by Gersh, Framework Entertainment, and Schreck Rose. Lavin is repped by Innovative Artists. Aubrey is repped by David Dean Management.
Full character descriptions can be found below.
The five join previously announced cast members Lisa Kudrow, Ray Romano, Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, O-t Fagbenle, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu and Dennis Leary in the eight-episode series.
“No Good Deed” is said to follow “three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
- 2/8/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
David Gordon Green, the filmmaker behind Universal’s Halloween trilogy and The Exorcist: Believer, is leaving horror behind to direct a family drama starring Ben Stiller about a man connecting with his unruly nephews after a tragic accident claims their parents’ lives. The feature-length project is a hard left turn at Albuquerque for Green, who’s spent most of his recent filmmaker career bringing Halloween’s Michael Myers and William Peter Blatty’s Exorcist back to the horror fold. Is Green leaving horror for good, or is Nutcrackers a breath of fresh air before he returns to the bloody and brutal genre?
On Wednesday, Rivulet Films, Rough House Pictures, and Red Hour Films announced that Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, and Toby Huss have joined Ben Stiller in the film based on a script by Leland Douglas.
Nutcrackers follows the work-obsessed Mike (Ben Stiller), who must reluctantly travel to...
On Wednesday, Rivulet Films, Rough House Pictures, and Red Hour Films announced that Linda Cardellini, Edi Patterson, Tim Heidecker, and Toby Huss have joined Ben Stiller in the film based on a script by Leland Douglas.
Nutcrackers follows the work-obsessed Mike (Ben Stiller), who must reluctantly travel to...
- 1/31/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
If there is something positive about the existence of streaming platforms in recent times, it's the explosion of quality television series that we haven't experienced for several decades. There is something for everyone, even for TV sceptics who are not easily convinced to step out of the cinema or from what they concern as a serious screening content. Almost four years ago, during the Mastercard event at the Venice Film Festival, Brian de Palma confessed that he was hooked to the comedy-drama series “Dead To Me” starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, admitting that he was watching television more than ever before due to a big improvement in quality of productions. Liz Feldman wasn't in the audience, but I was, glad to hear that such a legend and I are sharing the same passion for the show.
“The Brothers Sun” had me at “Michelle Yeoh”. I wasn't interested in reading the synopsis,...
“The Brothers Sun” had me at “Michelle Yeoh”. I wasn't interested in reading the synopsis,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Marina D. Richter
- AsianMoviePulse
After a very memorable supporting role in Hawkeye. Echo is back with her very own original series that will be MCU’s first TV-ma-rated series. Starring Alaqua Cox in the lead of Maya Lopez aka Echo, the Disney+ series follows the story of Echo after the events of Hawkeye as she runs to her hometown after trying to kill the Kingpin. Still the crime that she commited in her past catch up to her while the mystery behind her ancestors slowly reveals itself. Echo also stars Vincent D’Onofrio, Devery Jacobs, Chaske Spencer, Zahn McClarnon, Cody Lightning, and Graham Greene. So, if you loved the MCU’s latest superhero series here are some similar shows you might find entertaining to watch.
Hawkeye (Disney+) Credit – Disney+
Hawkeye has to be one of the most underrated Marvel series that starred an Avenger in the lead role. Hawkeye also first introduced the character of Echo in the MCU,...
Hawkeye (Disney+) Credit – Disney+
Hawkeye has to be one of the most underrated Marvel series that starred an Avenger in the lead role. Hawkeye also first introduced the character of Echo in the MCU,...
- 1/10/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow are being joined by another comedy heavy-hitter in Netflix’s No Good Deed.
Denis Leary (Rescue Me) has been added to the cast of the forthcoming dark comedy from Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The series centers around “three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
Denis Leary (Rescue Me) has been added to the cast of the forthcoming dark comedy from Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The series centers around “three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
- 1/9/2024
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Update 01/09/2024: The star power of Netflix‘s new dark comedy, No Good Deed, about three families vying to buy the very same villa they think will solve their problems (only to discover the home of your dream can be a nightmare), continues to grow. Denis Leary and O-t Fagbenle have joined the cast that already includes Ray Romano, Lisa Kudrow, Linda Cardellini, and more. The series comes from from creator and executive producer Liz Feldman. Leary will play Mikey, an intense ex-con whose debts have driven him to desperate measures. He finds himself in a dark hole after a terrible accident derailed his sobriety and pulled him away from his family. Fagbenle’s Dennis is a tirelessly upbeat, deeply anxious and overly appeasing struggling writer. He’s is in the market for a new family home for his wife Carla (Teyonah Parris) and their baby on the way. He...
- 1/9/2024
- TV Insider
The 2002 live-action movie adaptation of Scooby-Doo received negative reviews from critics upon its initial release. However, despite the criticism, the film went on to become a major box office success, grossing over $275 million worldwide. Two decades later, it has achieved cult classic status. The movie featured a talented young cast, including Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Linda Cardellini, and Sarah Michelle Gellar, who was still starring in the hit series Buffy the Vampire Slayer at the time. Gellar, who played Daphne Blake, brought her signature dedication to the role, wanting to do something different from Buffy and not disappoint the fans of the beloved cartoon. As Gellar told us at the time of the film’s release, she wanted to take on the role to challenge herself and bring something new to the iconic character. (Click on the media bar below to hear Sarah Michelle Gellar) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com...
- 1/1/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
No Good Deed is headed to Netflix, and the streaming service has revealed the new cast members of the dark comedy series from Liz Edelman (Dead to Me). Eight half-hour episodes are being produced.
Linda Cardellini, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu, and Luke Wilson have joined the previously cast Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano on the project. No Good Deed follows three very different families vying to buy the same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
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Linda Cardellini, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson, Poppy Liu, and Luke Wilson have joined the previously cast Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano on the project. No Good Deed follows three very different families vying to buy the same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
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- 12/18/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Clockwise: Poppy Liu (T. Fallon/Getty Images), Abbi Jacobson (Ryan Pfluger), Linda Cardellini (Netflix), Luke Wilson (Sam Jones), and Teyonah Parris (Jacob Webster)
Linda Cardellini will be reuniting with Dead to Me creator and executive producer Liz Feldman for Netflix’s No Good Deeds, a dark comedy starring Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow. The streaming service also announced Luke Wilson (Fingernails), Teyonah Parris (The Marvels), Abbi Jacobson (A League of Their Own), and Poppy Liu (Dead Ringers) have signed to the series.
Feldman is the eight-episode first-season showrunner and executive produces with Christie Smith, Silver Tree, and Gloria Sanchez Productions’ Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum. Silver Tree is directing multiple episodes including the pilot.
Netflix offered this description of the series and characters:
“No Good Deed is a half-hour, dark comedy that follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
Linda Cardellini will be reuniting with Dead to Me creator and executive producer Liz Feldman for Netflix’s No Good Deeds, a dark comedy starring Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow. The streaming service also announced Luke Wilson (Fingernails), Teyonah Parris (The Marvels), Abbi Jacobson (A League of Their Own), and Poppy Liu (Dead Ringers) have signed to the series.
Feldman is the eight-episode first-season showrunner and executive produces with Christie Smith, Silver Tree, and Gloria Sanchez Productions’ Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum. Silver Tree is directing multiple episodes including the pilot.
Netflix offered this description of the series and characters:
“No Good Deed is a half-hour, dark comedy that follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems.
- 12/18/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
A number of stars are joining the cast of Netflix‘s No Good Deed!
Created by Liz Feldman, No Good Deed is a “dark comedy series that, over eight half-hour episodes, follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare,” per the show’s official logline.
Emmy-winner Ray Romano was previously revealed to star in No Good Deed. The streaming platform also confirmed that Emmy-winner and Friends alum Lisa Kudrow will appear in the upcoming series.
On Friday (December 15), additional cast members were announced!
Keep reading to find out more…
Abbi Jacobson, Teyonah Parris, Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, and Poppy Liu will take on roles in No Good Deed, Variety reports.
Best known for starring in Broad City, Abbi...
Created by Liz Feldman, No Good Deed is a “dark comedy series that, over eight half-hour episodes, follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare,” per the show’s official logline.
Emmy-winner Ray Romano was previously revealed to star in No Good Deed. The streaming platform also confirmed that Emmy-winner and Friends alum Lisa Kudrow will appear in the upcoming series.
On Friday (December 15), additional cast members were announced!
Keep reading to find out more…
Abbi Jacobson, Teyonah Parris, Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, and Poppy Liu will take on roles in No Good Deed, Variety reports.
Best known for starring in Broad City, Abbi...
- 12/15/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Lisa Kudrow is joining Ray Romano in No Good Deed, the newly announced Netflix comedy from Dead to Me creator Liz Feldman.
Fellow Dead to Me vet Linda Cardellini has also been cast, along with Luke Wilson (DC’s Stargirl), Teyonah Parris (The Marvels), Abbi Jacobson (A League of Their Own) and Poppy Liu (Hacks).
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Described as a dark,...
Fellow Dead to Me vet Linda Cardellini has also been cast, along with Luke Wilson (DC’s Stargirl), Teyonah Parris (The Marvels), Abbi Jacobson (A League of Their Own) and Poppy Liu (Hacks).
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Described as a dark,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich and Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Netflix’s upcoming dark comedy “No Good Deed” has added Linda Cardellini, Luke Wilson, Teyonah Parris, Abbi Jacobson and Poppy Liu to its cast. The series comes from “Dead to Me” creator Liz Feldman, making this a reunion of sorts with Cardellini.
They join Ray Romano, who was previously confirmed to also star in “No Good Deed.”
“No Good Deed” revolves around three different families who are all trying to buy the same 1920s Spanish-style home. “But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a totle nightmare,” the logline teases.
Feldman is the creator, exec producer and showrunner behind “No Good Deed,” which has been picked up for eight half-hour episodes. Silver Tree is set to direct the pilot and additional episodes; Tree is also an executive producer along with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum for Gloria Sanchez Productions.
Cardellini, whose credits include...
They join Ray Romano, who was previously confirmed to also star in “No Good Deed.”
“No Good Deed” revolves around three different families who are all trying to buy the same 1920s Spanish-style home. “But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a totle nightmare,” the logline teases.
Feldman is the creator, exec producer and showrunner behind “No Good Deed,” which has been picked up for eight half-hour episodes. Silver Tree is set to direct the pilot and additional episodes; Tree is also an executive producer along with Will Ferrell and Jessica Elbaum for Gloria Sanchez Productions.
Cardellini, whose credits include...
- 12/15/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s new dark comedy No Good Deed, from creator-ep Liz Feldman (Dead to Me), has expanded its cast with the addition of Feldman’s Emmy-nominated Dead to Me star Linda Cardellini, as well as Luke Wilson (Fingernails), Teyonah Parris (The Marvels), Abbi Jacobson (A League of Their Own) and Poppy Liu (Hacks).
Also set to star in the eight-episode half-hour series, as previously announced, are Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow.
The show follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
Cardellini plays Margo Starling, a perfectly-coiffed status seeker with buried secrets to spare, who knows how to get what she wants — and what she wants is the in-demand Morgan house so she can flip it for profit with her lover,...
Also set to star in the eight-episode half-hour series, as previously announced, are Ray Romano and Lisa Kudrow.
The show follows three very different families vying to buy the very same 1920s Spanish-style villa that they think will solve all their problems. But as the sellers have already discovered, sometimes the home of your dreams can be a total nightmare.
Cardellini plays Margo Starling, a perfectly-coiffed status seeker with buried secrets to spare, who knows how to get what she wants — and what she wants is the in-demand Morgan house so she can flip it for profit with her lover,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The Crown has covered a half-century of royal romances, and in the newly released Part 2 of the sixth and final season, it chronicles a more recent one: the courtship of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
Episode 5 shows William returning to school at Eton while still grappling with the immense loss of his mother Princess Diana — but also becoming a worldwide heartthrob to millions of adoring girls. (He had bags full of fan mail waiting for him in his dorm room.) He shies away from the spotlight, though, and bristles when Charles wants him to take photos together as a happy family.
Episode 5 shows William returning to school at Eton while still grappling with the immense loss of his mother Princess Diana — but also becoming a worldwide heartthrob to millions of adoring girls. (He had bags full of fan mail waiting for him in his dorm room.) He shies away from the spotlight, though, and bristles when Charles wants him to take photos together as a happy family.
- 12/15/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
With Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the stakes were at a high for the trilogy. As such, it features some of the most emotional moments in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, none more so than the transformative moment when Rocket (voiced by Bradley Cooper) witnesses the imprisonment, torture and death of his fellow test subjects. When otter Lylla (voiced by Linda Cardellini) dies, Rocket releases a curdling scream that comes straight from the gut. Now, Bradley Cooper has opened up about his own harrowing experience that was channeled in that scene.
Appearing on The Howard Stern Show, Bradley Cooper remembered watching the scene in question, saying Rocket’s scream must have come from reliving the death of his father. “In this last one…I actually cried like crazy watching it and when we did it, there’s a scene where he loses his friends and…talking about my dad…...
Appearing on The Howard Stern Show, Bradley Cooper remembered watching the scene in question, saying Rocket’s scream must have come from reliving the death of his father. “In this last one…I actually cried like crazy watching it and when we did it, there’s a scene where he loses his friends and…talking about my dad…...
- 11/28/2023
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Old Dads is a comedy film directed by Bill Burr, who also co-wrote the film with Ben Tishler. The Netflix film follows three middle-aged men, who find themselves not fitting in the customs of the modern and often times very fragile and easily offended world. Burr’s style of comedy makes the film work as he also stars in the lead role alongside Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine. So, if you loved the Netflix film here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Role Models (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Prepare yourself for the most irreverent and funny comedy that brings new meaning to juvenile delinquency! As the world’s least-likely mentors, Danny (Paul Rudd) & Wheeler (Seann William Scott) must put aside their selfish, sarcastic and party-driven ways in order to give two odd, foul-mouthed kids invaluable wisdom about life, love and heavy metal. With...
Role Models (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Universal Pictures
Synopsis: Prepare yourself for the most irreverent and funny comedy that brings new meaning to juvenile delinquency! As the world’s least-likely mentors, Danny (Paul Rudd) & Wheeler (Seann William Scott) must put aside their selfish, sarcastic and party-driven ways in order to give two odd, foul-mouthed kids invaluable wisdom about life, love and heavy metal. With...
- 10/21/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
You never knew exactly what you would get when "The Twilight Zone" began. The series — produced and largely written by celebrated Emmy-winning writer Rod Serling — was a loose collection of fantastical tales. Some were supernatural, some were science fiction. Some were comedies, and some were scary as hell.
It should come as little surprise that the "scary as hell" episodes are among the most memorable installments of the series. William Shatner's desperate screaming that there's a man on the wing of the plane in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" was instantly iconic, and repeatedly remade. Agnes Moorehead silently fighting off an invading force of tiny homicidal aliens in "The Invaders" was strange and shocking, and seemingly set the stage for future "tiny monster" horror movies like "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" and "Gremlins."
But perhaps no "Twilight Zone" episode is more overwhelmingly terrifying than the one about a little kid with godlike powers.
It should come as little surprise that the "scary as hell" episodes are among the most memorable installments of the series. William Shatner's desperate screaming that there's a man on the wing of the plane in "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" was instantly iconic, and repeatedly remade. Agnes Moorehead silently fighting off an invading force of tiny homicidal aliens in "The Invaders" was strange and shocking, and seemingly set the stage for future "tiny monster" horror movies like "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" and "Gremlins."
But perhaps no "Twilight Zone" episode is more overwhelmingly terrifying than the one about a little kid with godlike powers.
- 10/15/2023
- by William Bibbiani
- Slash Film
Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, Beyond Fest and Aka Mr. Chow.
New York Film Festival
The festival continued to take over Lincoln Center for its second week, with a Priscilla premiere on Oct. 6 and Ferrari on Oct. 13.
Lorenzo Mieli, Cailee Spaeny, Youree Henley and Jacob Elordi attend the red carpet for ‘Priscilla.’ Gabriel Leone, Adam Driver, Michael Mann, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley attend the red carpet for ‘Ferrari.’
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour premiere
Taylor Swift celebrated the world premiere of her concert film in Los Angeles on Wednesday, alongside celebrity friends Beyoncé, Adam Sandler, Mariska Hargitay, Julia Garner, Simu Liu and Flavor Flav.
Taylor Swift and director Sam Wrench Mariska Hargitay and daughter Amaya Hermann
CAA’s Annual Young Hollywood Party
Creative Artists Agency hosted its...
New York Film Festival
The festival continued to take over Lincoln Center for its second week, with a Priscilla premiere on Oct. 6 and Ferrari on Oct. 13.
Lorenzo Mieli, Cailee Spaeny, Youree Henley and Jacob Elordi attend the red carpet for ‘Priscilla.’ Gabriel Leone, Adam Driver, Michael Mann, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley attend the red carpet for ‘Ferrari.’
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour premiere
Taylor Swift celebrated the world premiere of her concert film in Los Angeles on Wednesday, alongside celebrity friends Beyoncé, Adam Sandler, Mariska Hargitay, Julia Garner, Simu Liu and Flavor Flav.
Taylor Swift and director Sam Wrench Mariska Hargitay and daughter Amaya Hermann
CAA’s Annual Young Hollywood Party
Creative Artists Agency hosted its...
- 10/13/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spanning nine films in total, “The Conjuring” franchise, including “The Nun II,” is as vast as it is complex.
The story that kicked off with supernatural investigating couple Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) has since expanded into a series of “Conjuring” movies and spinoffs, all set at different points in a timeline that begins all the way back in the 1300s. The events in the three proper “Conjuring” films actually do occur in the order they were released, but the spinoffs and prequels, including “The Nun” and the “Annabelle” films, make the timeline much more complicated.
Here’s how to watch all the “Conjuring” movies in chronological order, all the way back to the Dark Ages.
The Nun (2018): 1300s, 1952, 1971 The Nun (Warner Bros.)
While the bulk of the film about the Nun (aka Valak), who first appears in “The Conjuring 2,” is set in 1952 Romania, a...
The story that kicked off with supernatural investigating couple Lorraine (Vera Farmiga) and Ed Warren (Patrick Wilson) has since expanded into a series of “Conjuring” movies and spinoffs, all set at different points in a timeline that begins all the way back in the 1300s. The events in the three proper “Conjuring” films actually do occur in the order they were released, but the spinoffs and prequels, including “The Nun” and the “Annabelle” films, make the timeline much more complicated.
Here’s how to watch all the “Conjuring” movies in chronological order, all the way back to the Dark Ages.
The Nun (2018): 1300s, 1952, 1971 The Nun (Warner Bros.)
While the bulk of the film about the Nun (aka Valak), who first appears in “The Conjuring 2,” is set in 1952 Romania, a...
- 10/11/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
With her 2022 Emmy victory for “Hacks,” Jean Smart became the seventh woman to take the Best Comedy Actress prize for both of her show’s first two seasons and, at age 70, broke her own record as the category’s oldest winner. Her history-making performance in her submitted episode, “The Click,” amounted to 21 minutes, translating to a sizable 62.31% of the roughly half-hour installment. If she were nominated for the exact same performance this year, however, she would land toward the bottom of the lineup’s screen time ranking.
Since “Hacks” has yet to return for a third season, Smart is incapable of retaining her title for a second time. The five current nominees (two of whom were bested by Smart last year) boast a screen time average of 27 minutes and 50 seconds, or 55.89% of their chosen episodes. This data was formulated using a simple definition of stand-alone screen time, which is basically...
Since “Hacks” has yet to return for a third season, Smart is incapable of retaining her title for a second time. The five current nominees (two of whom were bested by Smart last year) boast a screen time average of 27 minutes and 50 seconds, or 55.89% of their chosen episodes. This data was formulated using a simple definition of stand-alone screen time, which is basically...
- 9/7/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
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