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Peeps are really having a moment right now. Deadline has learned that Christine and Mark Holder of Wonder Street, the producing team behind the Golden Globe-nominated The Mauritanian, have acquired the TV and film rights to Peeps, and will begin development on an animated movie centered around the marshmallow candy. David Goldblum will pen the script and also […]
Fresh off the international box office success of Godzilla vs. Kong, director Adam Wingard has been chosen by Warner Bros. to helm and help pen the script for the film ThunderCats, based off the 1980s animated series, Deadline reports. In an interview with Deadline, Wingard called ThunderCats a “dream project,” reminiscing about how he spent a […]
For many Black kids growing up in America, finding out our roots has been an arduous task. Even with an annual Black History Month, we’re normally given the same stories on the same amazing Black figures in history. Without doing our own research, we may never learn about the likes of James Baldwin or Ruby […]
Brian Robbins, who is the President of Kids & Family Entertainment at ViacomCBS, provided Deadline with a few more bread crumbs regarding what Nickelodeon meant when it was announced last month that there were plans to expand the Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra franchises. As previously discussed, The Last Airbender creators Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko left Netflix’s live-action series last year to […]
Deadline has learned that Pepe Le Pew will not be appearing in the upcoming LeBron James-led sequel, Space Jam: A New Legacy. His removal from the film allegedly has nothing to do with a recent piece from Charles M. Blow of the New York Times, where he asserts that the character “normalized rape culture.” The scene was filmed prior […]
While the pandemic continues to plague box office numbers, we’re starting to see signs of life. Disney’s new animated movie Raya and the Last Dragon topped another slow weekend at the box office, making just $8.6 million on 2,045 screens domestically, while bringing in $26 million globally. It could also be watched on Disney+ for a $30 fee. While the number is […]
New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow is defending comments he made about the Looney Tunes character Pepe Le Pew in a column published this week following right-wing backlash. In his Wednesday piece, titled “Six Seuss Books Bore a Bias,” Blow references Le Pew in a series of comments about problematic cartoon characters before blasting six of […]
The world of Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra will be expanding in the near future, Variety reports. The network will be launching Avatar Studios, which will be devoted to creating new movies and animated series for the franchise that will land on Paramount+, Nickelodeon, and in theaters. Fans will be happy to learn that the new […]
Deadline can confirm that Kevin Michael Richardson will be replacing Harry Shearer as the voice of Dr. Hibbert on The Simpsons. Shearer’s last turn as the character occurred this past Sunday, making way for Richardson to begin on Feb. 28. The move follows through with an announcement from the show’s producers last June stating white actors will no longer voice non-white characters. The […]
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that an animated Game of Thrones series is in the early stages of development at HBO Max. Even though meetings have been held with writers to map out how this “adult-leaning project” would expand upon the universe created by author George R.R. Martin, there is still a chance that this series […]
