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Disney+ launches new platform Star to international markets

Posted 5 years ago

Greetings from Canada, where we now have access to Disney+ Star! Disney+, the exclusive streaming home for Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic, is adding even more content with the addition of the Star brand which launched today on...

Wednesday Addams live-action series from Tim Burton gets spooky at Netflix

Posted 5 years ago

Something mysterious and spooky is coming to Netflix, and by that, I mean Tim Burton's live-action Addams Family series. The eight-episode spin-off revolves around the iconic brother-torturer herself, Wednesday Addams, for a concept that's altogether creepy and kooky. Titled Wednesday, the coming-of-age...

New Powerpuff Girls series and more ordered by The CW

Posted 5 years ago

The CW has ordered a fresh batch of pilots for three projects: Ava DuVernay's superhero drama Naomi, the live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls, and a millennial nun dramedy from executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman. The network has also given a straight-to-series...

Keeper of Lost Cities: Ben Affleck to direct fantasy film for Disney

Posted 5 years ago

Ben Affleck is gearing up to add the term "fantasy filmmaker" to his resume by directing Keeper of the Lost Cities for Disney. Sources close to the project have recently told Deadline that a live-action feature based on the bestselling novel series...

Marvel’s Helstrom canceled by Hulu after one season

Posted 5 years ago

While the MCU is more or less a money-printing machine, Marvel's television adaptations aren't a guaranteed endeavor for the comic book company. Reports have come in saying that Marvel's Helstrom has been canceled at Hulu after one season. As the...

Lilo & Stitch: Jon M. Chu in talks to direct the live-action remake

Posted 5 years ago

It seems that each of Disney's animated classics is destined to receive a live-action remake, and it's been two years since it was first announced that the studio was developing a live-action remake of LILO & STITCH. The 2002 film...

Assassin’s Creed: Live-action series adaptation headed to Netflix

Posted 5 years ago

Netflix made the huge announcement today that they are teaming up with Ubisoft to develop content based on the international best-selling video game franchise Assassin's Creed and the first series live-action adaptation is being described by Netflix as "epic" and "genre-bending." The series...

The Addams Family: Tim Burton eyeing live-action TV series project

Posted 5 years ago

For what would be his first significant live-action television series, Tim Burton is looking to get creepy and kooky with The Addams Family. Word of the project hails from Deadline, who says the seriously spooky filmmaker is negotiating to executive...

Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers: Live-action movie to film spring 2021

Posted 5 years ago

I'm not necessarily sure we need this but it's going to happen anyway. Disney+ is moving ahead with a live-action Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers movie and it's set to begin filming in the spring of 2021. To add a bit...

Diablo Cody to lend her mojo jojo to a live-action Powerpuff Girls series

Posted 6 years ago

If you are one of those unfortunate people who are dead inside and cannot appreciate the fun of an animated series getting the live-action treatment, move along because these are not the droids you are looking for. However, if you...

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