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Wilson Chapman editorRoku Channel is expanding its slate of original programming with a renewal for its adult-animated comedy “Doomlands” and the greenlight of two new unscripted series, “Survival From Above” and “Lincoln Log Project.” Created by Josh O’Keefe, “Doomlands” is a workplace comedy that follows the staff of a mobile pub The Oasis as they travel across a post-apocalyptic world. Mark Little and Kayla Lorette voice the main characters Danny Doom and Lhandi, with Ashley Holliday Tavares and Roger Bainbridge rounding out the cast. The series is written by O’Keefe, Little, Lorette and Roger Bainbridge, and O’Keefe directs and co-showruns with Lee Porter.

Roku has commissioned a second season of animated comedy Doomlands and ordered a duo of non-scripted projects.

The Wanted’s Max George has revealed that he ‘still texts’ his former bandmate, Tom Parker, following his tragic death from cancer in March. Tom was just 33 when he passed away after an 18-month battle with brain cancer, leaving behind his wife, Kelsey, 32, and children, Aurelia, two, and Bodhi, one. Max, 33, appeared on ITV’s This Morning to promote Tom’s book ‘Hope’, which Tom wrote during the last 12 months of his life amid his cancer battle.

Bruce Willis’ family revealed on Wednesday (March 30) that the star has been diagnosed with aphasia and will be stepping away from his acting career, as the disease has begun to impair his cognitive abilities. His ex-wife, Demi Moore, took to her Instagram to share the devastating news, writing, “This is a really challenging time for our family and we are so appreciative of your continued love, compassion and support.”

Michael Caine has had quite the iconic career in Hollywood. The British actor, 88, was nominated for an Oscar for the first time in 1966 for his performance in Alfie. He would go on to be nominated for an Academy Award a total of six times, winning Best Supporting Actor twice with Hannah and her Sisters in 1987 and The Cider House Rules in 2000. More recently, he could be seen in 2010’s Inception and 2018’s King of Thieves. Michael was even made a knight by Queen Elizabeth in 2000.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJoseph Gordon-Levitt will play cult leader Jim Jones and Chloë Grace Moretz will play a member of the Peoples Temple founder’s inner circle in “White Night,” a new film about one of the largest murder-suicides in history.The Jonestown Massacre, as it is more commonly known, resulted in the deaths of more than 900 people, most of them Jones’ followers. They followed the Christian Socialist preacher and faith healer to Guyana, where he worked to establish a remote jungle commune, only to find their dreams of creating a religious paradise devolve into an abusive nightmare.FilmNation Entertainment will finance the movie and produce it with Archer Gray.

Cast has been set for White Night, a thriller about one of the most infamous cult stories of all time – the Jonestown Massacre – which is being helmed by Anne Sewitsky (Happy, Happy).

Chloë Grace Moretz and Joseph Gordon-Levitt are set to star together in “White Night,” a psychological thriller inspired by the true story of the mass murder-suicide in the Jonestown cult in 1978. Anne Sewitsky (“A Very British Scandal”) is directing the film that will star Gordon-Levitt as Jim Jones, the Christian socialist preacher, self-proclaimed God and cult leader, and Moretz as Deborah Layton, a woman who rose through the ranks of the cult and tried to expose Jones before it was too late. “White Night” is based on Layton’s memoir “Seductive Poison,” and it details how on November 18, 1978, more than 900 people died in a mass murder-suicide, one of the largest on record.

Desmond’s, the Norman Beaton comedy about a Guyanese barber whose outdated haircuts both mortified and bonded Peckham between 1989 and 1994. It was an apt choice for the early-morning crowd; while it was not the first British sitcom to feature a primarily black cast, it became one of the most prominent, and – sadly – black British sitcoms remain few and far between.

There are so many things we do around the house that are from Japan. And my sons have no idea sometimes that that's from my experience of being in Japan, or things from Germany or Guyana.

Emilio Mayorga “Morichales,” an experimental mocumentary about a geographer and explorer working in Venezuela’s Guyana, won the recent 35th Mar del Plata Festival work in progress showcase.

Naman Ramachandran British-Guyanese actor Letitia Wright, star of “Black Panther” and Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove,” has responded to extensive backlash after she posted a controversial anti-vax video to Twitter on Thursday night.On Friday afternoon U.K.

the ladies what fans can expect from the 12th series, and it sounds like they're in for a treat, with another of their famously tempestuous girls' trips away in the offing.There will also be a vow renewal and a baby shower.

The management company for BTS star Suga released a formal apology after social media backlash to the South Korean rapper’s use of cult leader Jim Jones’ voice on his new mixtape.

By Tim Dams

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