Month: October 2024

Henry Cavill is set to star in the live-action feature “Voltron” film for Amazon MGM Studios, directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, who co-wrote the script with Ellen Shanman.

Cavill will join previously announced star Daniel Quinn-Toye, a film newcomer who has appeared on television in “Badults” and served as Tom Holland’s understudy in “Romeo & Juliet” on the West End this spring.

Voltron is based on the Japanese sci-fi series Beast King GoLion and Kikou Kantai Dairugger XV, which became the syndicated show Voltron: Defender of the Universe, which ran in the mid-1980s. The premise centered on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega-robot known as Voltron.  It also spawned several American series including Netflix’s eight-season “Voltron: Legendary Defender.”

Cavill most recently made a cameo appearance in the summer blockbuster “Deadpool and Wolverine,” and also recently appeared in Matthew Vaughan’s spy comedy “Argylle” as well as Guy Ritchie’s “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.”*

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Late-night television personality Jimmy Fallon has announced the forthcoming release of a new album, Holiday Seasoning, due out on November 1.

Fallon posted on social media: “I am so excited to announce that my new album Holiday Seasoning is coming November 1st! You can pre order it now at the link in my bio. ”

Holida Seasoning features already released singles, including Ariana Grande and Megan Thee Stallion, included “It Was A… (Masked Christmas),” “Almost Too Early For Christmas,” featuring Dolly Parton, and a Meghan Trainor collaboration titled “Wrap Me Up” (which hit No. 1 on the iTunes US Chart and No. 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Airplay Chart).  Justin Timberlake will also join Fallon on  “You’ll be There,” a song about a “bromance” where one friend pines for the other’s attention during the holidays.

Additional superstar collaborations include appearances from Cara Delevingne, Chelsea Handler, Jonas Brothers, The Roots, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Will Ferrell.

Fallon shared during an interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens: Live:  “I wrote every one of the songs. I wrote 16 originals — 16 fit on the vinyl — and then the deluxe, the digital, comes with another six songs, maybe 23 songs total, something like that.”

The project will be available on all digital streaming platforms as well as a variety of physical variants.  Pre-order Holiday Seasoning –HERE.

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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein has been diagnosed with a form of bone marrow cancer while in jail. Weinstein, 72, was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia (per NBC News) while serving a 23-year sentence for rape and sexual assault at New York City’s Rikers Island prison.

According to the American Cancer Society, chronic myeloid leukemia is a type of cancer that starts in the blood-forming cells of the bone marrow and invades the blood. The organization says approximately 15% of leukemias in adults are CML.

The Hollywood Reporter said that Weinstein is undergoing treatment while imprisoned at Rikers Island. Weinstein’s authorized legal healthcare representative in New York, Craig Rothfeld, refused to confirm reports of Weinstein’s condition and instead expressed “profound dismay at the speculation surrounding Mr. Weinstein’s medical condition. It is both troubling and unacceptable that such private and confidential health matters have become a subject of public discourse. Out of respect for Mr. Weinstein’s privacy, we will offer no further comment.”

Weinstein has experienced multiple health issues amid his ongoing sexual assault trials — in July, Weinstein’s representatives said he was hospitalized for a “myriad of health conditions,” including COVID-19 and double pneumonia, and this past September, he was rushed to Bellevue Hospital for emergency heart surgery after experiencing chest pains, his representatives told ABC News. Weinstein also suffers from diabetes, high blood pressure, spinal stenosis, fluid on his heart and lungs, and various other conditions.

Weinstein has denied all claims of sexual misconduct, saying his encounters were always consensual. The former movie mogul is being prosecuted again for sex crimes after a New York court of appeals overturned Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction and ordered a retrial. He had been found guilty of criminal sexual assault and third-degree rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.

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Disney shared a release date for the Freaky Friday sequel starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan; ‘Freakier Friday’ is set to premiere in theaters Aug. 8.

Disney posted a photo showing Lohan, 38, standing next to Curtis, 65, as they clutch their faces, screaming in horror: TGIF. #FreakierFriday arrives in theaters August 8, 2025!.

An official film synopsis for ‘Freakier Friday’ reads: “the story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice.”

In addition to Curtis and Lohan, Freakier Friday will include much of the cast from the 2003 film including Chad Michael Murray, Mark Harmon, Christina Vidal Mitchell, Haley Hudson, Lucille Song, Stephen Tobolowsky and Rosalind Chao.

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Alicia Silverstone is set to star in the Acorn TV series “Irish Blood,” about a woman seeking to learn more about the father who abandoned her. The show, which is now filming in Dublin, Ireland, will be released in six one-hour episodes for Acorn TV.

Silverstone stars in the series as Fiona Sharpe, described as a “hot-shot Los Angeles divorce lawyer who receives a letter from her estranged father and sets out to uncover the mystery of his disappearance.”Along with Silverstone, the cast includes. Wendy Crewson, Jason O’Mara, Dearbhla Molloy, Simone Kirby, Ruth Codd, and Leonardo Taiwo.

Silverstone said in a statement: “‘Irish Blood’ is the story of a woman discovering herself and confronting her past after traveling abroad unexpectedly. I love how unpredictable the storytelling feels and the combination of drama, humor and suspense my character experiences.”

The official series description states that Fiona’s “path in life is earmarked by her father, Declan, who seemingly abandoned her and her mother on her tenth birthday. After years of channelling anger toward him, to the benefit of her litigious clients, a message from her father sends her to Ireland. There she learns key truths about her father as well as a family that doesn’t know she exists, and, moreover, that the story of abandonment that has shaped her entire life – was a lie. A lie intended to protect her and her mother from her father’s shady business dealings. Fiona resolves to uncover the full truth about her father and reconnect with the parent she only thought she knew.”

Rob Fox, executive vice president of production for AMC Networks, shared: “Acorn TV is known for its vast range of compelling mysteries and audiences will not be disappointed by this modern, witty, smart drama that will keep them guessing until the final minute. We’re elated to have Alicia on board, her depth and charm add a new layer to ‘Fiona’ in this stunning journey from Aaron, Christina, Mike and John.”

Christina Jennings, Shaftesbury chairman and president, shared: “We are delighted to be working with the talented director Molly McGlynn on this project. Our cast, led by Alicia Silverstone, Wendy Crewson and Jason O’Mara should prove to make this a terrific project for AMC/Acorn TV.”

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