Month: July 2020

Matt Reeves has announced a TV spin-off of his upcoming film The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne. Reeves is partnering with writer Terence Winters and channel HBO Max for the new series, which has the intention of ‘launching a new Batman universe’ connected with the upcoming cinematic relaunch.

 The Batman is set to be a separate take on the iconic superhero, away from the DC Extended Universe. It will star Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, alongside Westworld’s Jeffrey Wright as Commissioner Gordon and Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman. The new spin-off will be set within the same Gotham as The Batman, and focus on its police force fighting against the city’s wide-spread corruption. 

Announcing the series, Reeves said: ‘This is an amazing opportunity, not only to expand the vision of the world I am creating in the film but to explore it in the kind of depth and detail that only a longform format can afford.”

HBO Max Announces Batman Spin-Off Series from Matt Reeves

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Vulture, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and other media outlets, ‘The Wonder Years’ is getting a reboot!” data-reactid=”27″ type=”text”>According to reports in multiple media outlets, the classic sitcom ‘The Wonder Years’ is getting a reboot – with a twist.  The original ‘Wonder Years’ focused on a white, middle-class family and teenager Kevin Arnold’s coming-of-age life issues; however the new series will center around a Black, middle-class family living in Montgomery, Alabama, during the tumultuous 1960s.

The cast and details of the reboot have yet to be released, but Neal Marlens, the co-creator of the original series, is working as a consultant on the reboot. Fred Savage, who starred in the original series, will be working as the pilot director. In addition to original cast members and creators playing a role in the reboot, Saladin K. Patterson of The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men is one of the executive producers. Patterson will team up with Empire co-creator Lee Daniels and Savage.

The pilot episode of the reboot is set to air on ABC in 2021.

Pilot for “The Wonder Years” reboot featuring Black family in the works

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The possible series is set in the late 1960s, the same era in which the original show began…

07/10/2020 9:40 AM

 

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Authorities in Southern California said on Monday they are ‘confident’ that the body recovered from Lake Piru is that of actress Naya Rivera, who went missing while on the lake last week while boating with her son.  Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayub said searchers found the body floating early Monday morning, from what they believe was a presumed drowning. Officials called the death an accident and said they did not suspect foul play.

Family members and volunteers helped search the lake where the 33-year-old actress, who is best known for her starring role in Glee, disappeared while swimming last Wednesday. Authorities later found her 4-year-old son alone wearing a life jacket and sleeping in a rented pontoon boat.

Rivera is survived by her son, Josey Dorsey, whom she shared with her ex-husband Ryan Dorsey.

Naya Rivera, star of ‘Glee,’ dead at 33 after disappearing from boat

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Naya Rivera, who found fame playing Santana Lopez on the hit series “Glee,” has died after going…

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The husband of Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan confirmed on Twitter Sunday that his wife and their daughter, 8-year-old Aaradhya, have tested positive for COVID-19.  Aishwarya and her daughter have become the latest members of the Bollywood famous Bachchan family to contract the virus — husband and fellow Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan and his father, Amitabh Bachchan, also tested positive for the novel coronavirus and are currently hospitalized in India.

“Aishwarya and Aaradhya have also tested COVID-19 positive,” Abhishek tweeted. “They will be self quarantining at home. The BMC has been updated of their situation and are doing the needful. The rest of the family, including my Mother, have tested negative. Thank you all for your wishes and prayers.”

Rai Bachchan is a former Miss World pageant winner and has been a Bollywood superstar since her 1997 debut. She also had a brief crossover into Hollywood with 2009’s The Pink Panther 2 opposite Steve Martin.

Coronavirus cases in India have now risen to an estimated 850,000 cases, including 28,637 cases reported on Sunday. More than 20,000 people have died in India.

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and daughter have tested positive for coronavirus

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Actress Kelly Preston has died at the age of 57. 

Preston’s husband, John Travolta confirmed that his wife died on Sunday morning after a long battle with breast cancer in an emotional post to Instagram: “It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer,” the actor wrote, alongside a photo of his wife. “She fought a courageous fight with the love and support of so many.”

“Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered,” he added. “I will be taking some time to be there for my children who have lost their mother, so forgive me in advance if you don’t hear from us for a while.  But please know that I will feel your outpouring of love in the weeks and months ahead as we heal.”

A family representative said to People magazine, “On the morning of July 12, 2020, Kelly Preston, adored wife and mother, passed away following a two-year battle with breast cancer. Choosing to keep her fight private, she had been undergoing medical treatment for some time, supported by her closest family and friends.”

Preston is survived by her husband of 18 years, John Travolta, and their children: daughter Ella, 20, and son Benjamin, 9. The couple’s son, Jett, died in 2009 at the age of 16.

Actress Kelly Preston has died following a 2-year battle with breast cancer

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Netflix revealed “The Crown,” which focuses on the British royal family, has been renewed for a sixth and final season. Series creator Peter Morgan said in a statement:  “As we started to discuss the story lines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons.”

The streaming service confirmed the news on Twitter, writing: “News from the palace: we can confirm there will be a sixth (and final) season of @TheCrownNetflix in addition to the previously announced five!”

Morgan, who also executive produces The Crown, originally had explained his decision to bring the show to an end after Season 5, saying, “At the outset I had imagined ‘The Crown’ running for six seasons, but now that we have begun work on the stories for season five it has become clear to me that this is the perfect time and place to stop,” he said in a statement. “I’m grateful to Netflix and Sony for supporting me in this decision.”

As of press time, there was no word on when Season 6 will begin filming.

         

Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ Confirms Its Final Sixth Season: This Is How Far The Story Will Go

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How close to the British Monarchy’s latest scandals will Netflix’s series The Crown be now that…

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