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Academy Award-winning director and Roots drummer Questlove is set to helm a live-action remake of the 1970 Disney movie The Aristocats. Questlove, whose 2021 debut Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature last year, will also be “overseeing music,” per Variety, and executive producing via his Two One Five Entertainment company alongside fellow Roots […]
Brandy Norwood is reprising her history-making role as Cinderella in the musical Descendants: Rise of Red. News of the singer/actress’ filming was confirmed via footage from the Disney+ movie’s social media accounts. Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella was released in 1997 and featured Brandy in the title role, Paolo Montalban as Prince Charming, the iconic Whitney Houston as […]
Zach Galifianakis has reportedly joined the live-action reboot of Lilo & Stitch. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the 53-year-old actor recently closed a deal to star in the long-awaited project set for Disney+. The film was announced several years ago, with Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians) attached to direct; the studio has since confirmed that Dean Fleischer Camp […]
Joe and Anthony Russo want to turn their live-action adaptation of the 1997 animated movie Hercules into a “modern musical,” and believe TikTok will help them turn that vision into a reality. “There are questions about how you translate it as a musical,” Joe Russo told Variety. “Audiences today have been trained by TikTok, right? What is their expectation […]
Disney is taking audiences back to Atlantica. On Day 1 of its D23 expo, the studio shared a first-look at The Little Mermaid, starring actress/singer Halle Bailey as the titular character. The one-and-half minute teaser begins with striking underwater shots, as Ariel (Bailey) swims through a shipwreck before singing lyrics from the iconic tune, “Part of Your World.” The trailer arrives […]
The success of Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin has the director returning to helm another Disney favorite. Deadline reports that Ritchie will oversee a live-action Hercules with Disney and AGBO, Joe and Anthony Russo’s production company. Dave Callaham wrote a first draft for the film, and the studio is now working to hire new writers. In […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has partnered with Mattel Films and Warner Bros. to produce a live-action movie adaptation of the popular toy brand Hot Wheels, Variety reports. A press release from Mattel and Warner Bros. didn’t delve into plot details since the adaptation is presumably in its early stages. It does, however, mention the project […]
Deadline has learned that John Cena will star in the live-action and animated hybrid Looney Tunes film Coyote vs. Acme. Dave Green, who previously helmed 2016’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, has been tapped to direct, with a Samy Burch-penned screenplay inspired by the 1990 New Yorker article “Coyote vs. Acme,” written by Ian Frazier. […]
Colin and Casey Jost will co-write the script for the next live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, according to Deadline. The film doesn’t have a title yet, not a shock considering they just announced the writers, and will be done for Paramount Pictures. A group of producers that include Michael Bay has also been announced. Also set to get credits for […]
A live-action Pokémon series being put together for Netflix is in the early stages of development, according to a report from Variety. Unfortunately because of that “early stages” part, there are no plot details currently available. Variety writes that Joe Henderson will be a part of the series as both a writer and executive producer. Henderson is currently an executive producer […]
