There’s a new Disney+ pilot in the works, and they’re looking for talent!
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One of Canada’s most beloved TV series is returning – in animated form — to mark the 50th anniversary of “The Beachcombers”.
On Oct. 4, a press release was issued announcing that industry veterans Blair Peters and Nick Orchard have teamed up for a new animated version of “The Beachcombers”, which aired 387 episodes over the course of 18 seasons.
“We are super excited to bring these iconic Canadian characters to a whole new audience”, says Peters, best known for his work on such made-in-Canada animated fare as “Yvon of the Yukon”, “Being Ian” and “Kid vs Kat”.
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Peters, who lives on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, and Orchard, who worked on the original series and brings over 30 years of experience to this new project, have entered into a deal with the show’s original creators, and are currently “fleshing out designs and concepts in the coming months,” with a plan of pitching the series to Canadian, U.S. and European broadcasters in the spring.
“The goal is to take all the best parts of the original series and build on them to tell stories with humour and heart, while tackling real issues the world faces today”, said Orchard. “I look forward to working with Blair, who has years of animation industry experience collaborating with all the top toon companies, such as Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, YTV, Teletoon, and Family Channel.”
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“Nick knows these characters inside and out and I look forward to working with him to create a funny, fresh new take on the series that can reach a younger, wider audience, including the U.S. market, as
There’s a new Disney+ pilot in the works, and they’re looking for talent!
New kids on the block. The Real Housewives of New York City is getting a reboot with a cast of fresh faces for season 14 (in addition to a Legacy spinoff with OG stars), and Bravo finally confirmed which newcomers are taking a bite out of the Big Apple at BravoCon 2022.
Broken Social Scene, joining them onstage in New York to sing ‘Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl’.The band have been on their 20th-anniversary tour of ‘You Forgot It In People’, with tonight’s (October 16) show taking place at New York’s Webster Hall. Treating fans to an extra special performance, they invited actors and unlikely guests Ullman and Streep onstage for ‘Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl’.Watch footage captured by fans below.Holy hell, Tracy Ullman and Meryl Streep just came out to sing “Anthems For a Seventeen-Year-Old Girl” with #BrokenSocialScene pic.twitter.com/5yGaqihFl1— Dan "Dracula" Caffrey (@DwCaffrey) October 17, 2022I cried three separate times during #BrokenSocialScene at Webster Hall tonight.
Manori Ravindran International Editor The David Tennant-starring “Litvinenko” has sold into AMC+ and Sundance Now in the U.S., along with a host of other buyers in 80 international markets. The drama has pre-sold ahead of its debut on ITV’s forthcoming U.K. streaming service ITVX, which launches this fall, and NENT Group’s Viaplay streaming service in the Nordics, Netherlands, Poland and Baltics. Written by George Kay (“Lupin”) and produced by Patrick Spence, ITV Studios and Tiger Aspect Productions, the drama tells the story of Alexander Litvinenko, the former Russian Federal Security Services and KGB officer, whose death from polonium poisoning in November 2006 triggered one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
New kids on the block. The Real Housewives of New York City is getting a reboot with a cast of fresh faces for season 14 (in addition to a Legacy spinoff with OG stars), and Bravo finally confirmed which newcomers are taking a bite out of the Big Apple at BravoCon 2022.
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— featuring an entirely new cast!News of the brand new cast first broke during a live taping of with Andy Cohen at BravoCon 2022 on Sunday, when the new housewives walked out onto the stage and surprised fans in attendance.As the upcoming season of the show features an entirely new ensemble of Housewives who fans will be seeing for the first time, Bravo is giving fans an introduction to all the new faces and the worlds of fashion, real estate, entertainment and philanthropy in which they operate.Sai De Silva is the creative director of Scout the City, a lifestyle and fashion blog that «chronicles Sai’s adventures of chic parenting, from her home in Brooklyn where she resides with husband David Craig and their two children, London and Rio,» as Bravo explains.A post shared by UBAH (@ubah)A Somalian model and philanthropist, Ubah Hassan immigrated to Seattle when she was a child, and later moved to Canada, where she was discovered by a photographer in a park, and soon signed to a modeling agency. Later, she moved to New York City, which she now calls home.
There’s a new Disney+ pilot in the works, and they’re looking for talent!
Netflix has announced that a cheaper monthly subscription package will be launched in the UK next month. Priced at £4.99, the new option will include adverts and is set to be rolled out at 4pm on Thursday November 3.
Dwayne Johnson is in Canada promoting his new DC Comics movie!
The English,” starring Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer. All six episodes of the limited series will premiere on November 11 exclusively in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the Nordics on Prime Video, following its November 10 UK premiere on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer. The series is created by Hugo Blick, who also serves as an executive producer, director and writer. The series follows aristocratic Englishwoman Lady Cornelia Locke, played by Blunt, and a Pawnee ex-cavalry scout named Eli Whipp, played by Spencer. They come together in 1890 middle America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood.
EJ Panaligan editor Prime Video released the official teaser for upcoming series “Riches,” the streamer’s family drama about the privileged Richards family. The high-stakes series is written and created by Abby Ajayi and stars Deborah Ayorinde, Hugh Quarshie, Sarah Niles, Adeyinka Akinrinade, Ola Orebiyi, Nneka Okoye and Emmanuel Imani. Here’s the logline: When Stephen Richards, played by Quarshie, passes suddenly, the family’s world comes crashing down and threatens the viability of the family business. His different sets of children, with conflicting ideals and goals, collide in an attempt for unilateral control of the business.
The “Teen Wolf” movie has a premiere date!
Paramount+ has set a January 2023 premiere date for its upcoming original series Wolf Pack. The streamer also released the official teaser trailer and announced eight additional cast members for the series, written and produced by Jeff Davis, during the show’s panel Friday at New York Comic Con.
movie has a premiere date!The anticipated film, which members of the original cast, will drop Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023 on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada, it was announced Friday at New York Comic Con.
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Thania Garcia Depeche Mode has returned to unveil a new album, “Memento Mori,” and accompanying tours of North America and Europe, all to kick off next year. The forthcoming album will be the band’s 15th studio effort and their first release since the death in May of founding member and keyboardist Andy “Fletch” Fletcher. “We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time,” said Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore. “After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.” Dave Gahan added, “Fletch would have loved this album. We’re really looking forward to sharing it with you soon, and we can’t wait to present it to you live at the shows next year.”
Kelly Ripa bared her soul with her debut as a writer, as the newly released Live Wire shares all kinds of stories from her life, upsetting or hilarious.MORE: Kelly Ripa's husband Mark Consuelos shares intimate birthday tribute - see photosThe TV star detailed one incident that verged on both sentiments as she described encounters during family vacations that left her rather flustered.VIDEO: Kelly Ripa's son Joaquin shares glimpse into lavish family vacationWhile gushing about her home state of New Jersey, she marveled at the uncanny ability for people from Jersey to find her during international holidays."I've met people from New Jersey in Italy, France, Greece, Canada, Bahamas, Croatia, Corsica, UK, Nevis, Turks and Caicos, Mexico, and, of course, Florida, the New Jersey of the actual South," she wrote.She explained that the pattern of the encounters usually featured a group of people loudly calling out to her while in a relatively quiet place, like the Sistine Chapel, as she'd urge them to quiet down.MORE: David Muir's birthday tribute to close friend Kelly Ripa is too cute to missKelly even quipped that she'd learned how to apologize in four languages "including English, for this very reason."The Live with Kelly and Ryan star then shared another incident from a vacation to Nice, France in 2011 with her husband and kids, just after Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York and Jersey.