Disney’s original ‘Bambi’ remake on the floors

Dear Diane Warren,

Disney-owned production company Buena Vista Original Productions has announced a new series inspired by the life of legendary Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, titled “Centauro del Norte” (Centaur of the North).

Ducks fly together! Emilio Estevez will reprise his role as Coach Gordon Bombay from The Mighty Ducks franchise for Disney +’s upcoming series.

By Nellie Andreeva

Drake’s influential If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late, which celebrates its fifth anniversary on February 13, was notable at the time for being billed as a “commercial mixtape.” But according to a 2015 story on HipHopDX, it was almost a part of DJ Drama’s storied free Gangsta Grillz mixtape series.

Sky U.K., part of Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky, on Wednesday unveiled its 2020 programming slate, saying it was its largest ever, including 80 originals, up 25 percent from 2018, and a 40 percent increase in U.S. content.During its "Up Next" showcase at the Tate Modern in London, the company touted "more commissions, more original series, more investment" and reinforced its commitment to bringing customers "the best in original, homegrown content alongside the best of U.S.

All these reboots have me feeling like I’m living my childhood and yet in my DJ Khaled voice, here’s “another one!” A “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” reboot is in the works with franchise’s star Rick Moranis, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Disney is opening its vault to leading video game creatives.Onstage at the 2020 DICE Summit at the Aria Convention Center in Las Vegas on Wednesday,Sean Shoptaw, senior vp, games and interactive experiences at Disney, gave an update on the studio's new approach to video game licensing."I'm here for one specific reason: to empower you to do really unique things with our [catalog]," Shoptaw told the crowd of game developers.

Pay-TV operator Sky will offer 80 original series to its British subscribers this year, an increase of 25% year-on-year from last year, together with a 40% boost in the volume of programming from the U.S., it announced Wednesday. It also unveiled 10 new shows it has ordered.

Wondery, the podcast industry’s largest independent publisher, is bringing back hit true-crime show “Dr. Death” for a second season in the fall of 2020.

Netflix is continuing its annual tradition of flooding your to-be-watched queue with original options in 2020. Subscribers of the streaming service may still be sifting through the many Netflix Originals to drop in 2019 — or even 2018, for that matter — but the company is busy delivering a slate of new movies, series, and returning favorites they can this year.

In a noteworthy feat for an original title, Rian Johnson's whodunnit Knives Out has reached the $300 million mark at the worldwide box office.Knives Out's domestic total through Monday stands at $159.1 million, with an international tally of $140.9 million.The crime caper — which first hit theaters in late November — is the second-most successful original movie of 2019 at the global box office behind Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which grossed $374.2 million.

The rousing, life-affirming "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from Rocketman (Paramount) won the Oscar for best original song at the 92nd Annual Academy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 9).

One of television’s biggest drama series franchises is plotting a comeback. I hear CBS is mulling a “CSI” event series to mark the 20th anniversary of the original series’ October 2000 premiere. The idea is for new installment, from writer Jason Tracey (“Elementary”), CBS TV Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer TV, to be set in Las Vegas and be a sequel to the mothership “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” sources said.

By Nellie Andreeva

The long-awaited Friends special is reportedly moving forward, with the show’s original cast set to return.

Okay, in comparison to all the other Oscar nominees this year, was rather...pedestrian. The two-hour cry for a Screenwriting 101 tutorial wasn't all bad though—we did get between scenes of Scarlett Johansson dancing and Adam Driver punching a wall.

After several contentious weeks and even a lawsuit, Aerosmith and its original drummer, Joey Kramer, are on the verge of a reunion.