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High School Musical: The Musical Holiday Special Coming to Disney+ in December

The cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series delivers an abundance of feel-good holiday cheer as they perform their favorite Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year’s songs and share their fondest holiday memories in High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special. The 45-minute special premieres on Friday, December 11 on Disney+ and will also feature a sneak peek performance from the highly anticipated second season of the popular series.

Series regulars Olivia Rodrigo, Joshua Bassett, Matt Cornett, Sofia Wylie, Larry Saperstein, Julia Lester, Dara Reneé, Frankie Rodriguez, Joe Serafini, Mark St. Cyr, and Kate Reinders will get viewers in the holiday spirit with their renditions of holiday classics, popular hits and a medley of Hanukkah favorites. They will also share anecdotes of memorable holidays from their childhoods, best – and most embarrassing! – presents, favorite traditions, family photos, and poignant New Year’s resolutions. Bassett will also debut an acoustic version of an original song which he wrote for Season 2 of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

“The holidays remind us of the universal importance of family and loved ones,” said Tim Federle, executive producer and director of the special. “The cast of ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ is its own kind of family, and we are delighted to have the opportunity to share their favorite holiday music and traditions with our viewers.”

High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special: The Soundtrack, featuring holiday songs performed by the cast in the special, will be available beginning Friday, November 20 on all major music services and streaming platforms.

The special is executive-produced by High School Musical: The Musical: The Series creator and executive producer Tim Federle (Golden Globe and Academy Award-nominated Ferdinand) and Ashley Edens (Dancing With the Stars). The series has been “Certified Fresh” on Rotten Tomatoes as measured by a consensus of reviews by top critics and audience members and recently received the 2020 GLAAD Media Award for “Outstanding Kids & Family Programming.”

Season 1 of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is currently available on Disney+.

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MGM Sets The Addams Family 2 for Halloween 2021 Release

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MGM sets The Addams Family 2 for Halloween 2021 release

After initially setting the film for an October 22 release next year, MGM has unveiled the first key art and a Halloween 2021 release date for The Addams Family 2, as well as teased the arrival of more to come tomorrow! The announcement post can be viewed below!

Tomorrow you get to #MeetTheAddamsAgain. How dreadful. #AddamsFamily2 pic.twitter.com/lzWj07TNJE

— The Addams Family (@meettheaddams) October 7, 2020

For The Addams Family, Conrad Vernon (Shrek 2, Monsters vs. Aliens, Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted) and Greg Tiernan (Thomas & Friends, Day of the Diesels) direct a voice cast led by Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Annihilation) as Gomez Addams, with Academy Award winner Charlize Theron (Atomic Blonde, Mad Max: Fury Road) as Morticia Addams, Chloë Grace Moretz (The Miseducation of Cameron Post, If I Stay) as Wednesday Addams, Finn Wolfhard (It, Netflix’s Stranger Things) as Pugsley Addams, Nick Kroll (Big Mouth, Sing) as Uncle Fester, Bette Midler (Hocus Pocus, Beaches) as Grandma, Elsie Fisher (Eighth Grade) as Margaux, and Academy Award winner Allison Janney (I, Tonya) as the family’s arch-nemesis Margaux Needler.

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Morticia, devilishly devoted to her husband and children, is the pale glue that holds her clan together. Gomez, debonair, sinister and passionately in love with his wife, is enthusiastic about whatever dreadful scheme he’s cooked up. Wednesday is a brilliant and sinister teenage girl with long braids and deadpan wit. Pugsley, a menacing 10-year-old on over-drive, enjoys getting into any kind of dreadful mischief he can find. Mad Uncle Fester is good-natured, merry and likes to create mayhem any way he can. Grandmama is smitten with her grandchildren who enjoy her cookies shaped like bats and skulls. Margaux Needler, the reality TV makeover queen, is consumed with a desire for absolute suburban, pastel perfection.

Vernon and Tiernan co-direct from Matt Lieberman’s screenplay based on Charles Addams’ iconic cartoon series. The film will be produced by Vernon with Gail Berman, via her shingle The Jackal Group, and Alex Schwartz. It will be executive produced by Andrew Mittman, Kevin Miserocchi and Joe Earley. Tabitha Shick, MGM’s Executive Director, Worldwide Motion Pictures is overseeing the project on behalf of the studio. CG Animation and digital visual effects production is underway in Vancouver at Cinesite Studios, one of the world’s most highly respected independent digital entertainment companies.

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Jurassic World: Dominion Director Promises It’ll Be Worth the Wait Following Lengthy Delay

Jurassic World: Dominion director Colin Trevorrow comments on movie’s release date getting delayed until 2022.

Creepy Trailer for Quibi Horror Series THE EXPECTING Starring AnnaSophia Robb, Rory Culkin, and Mira Sorvino

Quibi has released a creepy trailer for their upcoming series The Expecting, starring AnnaSophia Robb (Soul Surfer, The Way, Way Back), Rory Culkin (Signs, Waco, Castle Rock), and Mira Sorvino (Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Hollywood).

In the trailer, Emma (Robb) wakes up in the woods, naked and hurt, and not knowing how she got there. When she goes back to her life, we find out she’s pregnant, but something evil lurks within her, and we watch her quest to find out what.

The series was written by Ben Ketai (Tales From the Grudge, Chosen), and helmed by American Psycho director Mary Harron. The series is told in 10-minute installments, unique to Quibi, and the first four episodes are available on the streamer today. Check out the trailer and poster below, and let us know if you’re adding The Expecting to your October watch list.

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New to Stream: Netflix 2020 Holiday Lineup Unveiled

Netflix has unveiled the streamer’s holiday lineup, including new holiday series and film release dates. Whether you want a joyful musical comedy, magically festive romance, or a delicious sugar fix, Netflix’s new holiday titles have just what you need to celebrate the most wonderful time of year. You can check out the titles now in the list below!

Available October 28

Holidate

November TBD

Überweihnachten

Available November 5

Operation Christmas Drop

Available November 10

Dash & Lily

Available November 13

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

Available November 18

Holiday Home Makeover with Mr. Christmas

Available November 19

The Princess Switch: Switched Again

Available November 20

Alien Xmas

Available November 22

Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square

Available November 24

Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday

Available November 25

The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two

Available November 27

A Go! Go! Cory Carson Christmas

Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

Sugar Rush Christmas: Season 2

Available November 29

Wonderoos: Holiday Holiday!

Coming in December

Home For Christmas: Season 2

How to Ruin Christmas: The Wedding

Available December 1

Angela’s Christmas Wish

The Holiday Movies That Made Us

Available December 3

Chico Bon Bon and the Very Berry Holiday

Tudo Bem No Natal Que Vem

Available December 4

Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas

The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 3

Available December 5

Mighty Express: A Mighty Christmas

Available December 8

Super Monsters: Santa’s Super Monster Helpers

Available December 9

Ashley Garcia: Genius in Love: Christmas

The Big Show Show: Christmas

Available December 11

A Trash Truck Christmas

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Johnny Nash Dies, I Can See Clearly Now Singer Was 80

Johnny Nash, best known for his No. 1 single ‘I Can See Clearly Now,’ passed away at his Houston home at the age of 80.

Lumberjanes: HBO Max Sets New Animated Series From She-Ra Creator

Coming off from the successful five-season run of Netflix’s fan-favorite animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, series creator Noelle Stevenson has finally found her next animated TV project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO Max is currently in the process of developing the animated series adaptation of Boom! Studios’ award-winning comic book series titled Lumberjanes, which was co-created by Stevenson.

First published in 2014, the Lumberjanes comic book series follows the story of five friends named April, Jo, Mal, Molly, and Ripley, who’ve met during one fateful summer at Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thilstle Crumpet’s Camp for Hard Lady Types. Their differences aren’t the only thing they have to canoe around as the girls soon discover there are mysterious and supernatural forces afoot.

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The official book synopsis reads: “Friendship to the max! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together…and they’re not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way! Not only is it the second title launching in our new BOOM! Box imprint but LUMBERJANES is one of those punk rock, love-everything-about-it stories that appeals to fans of basically all excellent things. It’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls and features five butt-kicking, rad teenage girls wailing on monsters and solving a mystery with the whole world at stake. And with the talent of acclaimed cartoonist Noelle Stevenson, talented newcomer Grace Ellis writing, and Brooke Allen on art, this is going to be a spectacular series that you won’t want to miss.”

Created by Stevenson, Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn A. Allen, the comic book series consists of 70 issues and 13 graphic novels that had already sold over a million copies. Since its debut, it received critical acclaim for its exploration of female friendship and strong LGBTQ representation. It had also earned two Eisner Awards for Best New Series and Best Publication for Teens.

The Lumberjanes series will be written and executive produced by Noelle Stevenson, who will also serve as a director in some episodes. Should the project secure a series order, it would first be launch as an animated special that will serve as an introduction to the new series. The project was originally being developed as a feature.

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James Cameron Confirms Alita Re-Release is Still On!

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James Cameron Confirms Alita Re-Release is Still On!

After Cinemark Theatres announced yesterday that Alita: Battle Angel would be coming back to the theater chain for a limited time, co-writer and producer James Cameron confirmed on Twitter that the film will be coming back to the big screen on October 30. You can purchase tickets for the event here and check out Cameron’s tweet below!

We’re with you #AlitaArmy — Alita’s coming back to the big screen on October 30th. pic.twitter.com/F9JOSX8orb

— James Cameron (@JimCameron) October 7, 2020

Visionary filmmakers James Cameron (Avatar) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) create a groundbreaking new heroine in Alita: Battle Angel, an action-packed story of hope, love and empowerment. Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in.

Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories. A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she’s grown to love. Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.

Alita: Battle Angel also stars Jennifer Connelly (Top Gun: Maverick), Academy Award winner Mahershala Ali (Moonlight, Green Book), Ed Skrein (Deadpool), and Jackie Earle Haley.

Directed by Robert Rodriguez, the film features a screenplay written by James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis and Rodriguez. Based on the graphic novel series Gunnm by Yukito Kishiro, Alita: Battle Angel is produced by Cameron and Jon Landau.

Alita: Battle Angel Limited Edition Collector’s Book Set

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STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC Opening Crawl Teases What Was Going on 200 Years Before the Skywalker Saga

As you know, Lucasfilm is developing a series of stories that will be told through books and comics titled Star Wars: The High Republic. This may end up eventually expanding into video games, TV shows, and movies.

These new Star Wars stories are set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga begins with The Phantom Menace, and the first book in the series will launch with The High Republic: The Light of the Jedi, from author Charles Soule.

As we approach the launch of this book series, StarWars.com has released the official opening crawl for Star Wars: The High Republic, which takes place during a mostly peaceful era of the High Republic, but just because there is peace doesn’t mean there aren’t any threats that need to be handled:

The galaxy is at peace, ruled by the glorious REPUBLIC and protected by the noble and wise JEDI KNIGHTS.

As a symbol of all that is good, the Republic is about to launch STARLIGHT BEACON into the far reaches of the Outer Rim. This new space station will serve as a ray of hope for all to see.

But just as a magnificent renaissance spreads throughout the Republic, so does a frightened new adversary. Now the guardians of peace and justice must face a threat to themselves, the galaxy, and the Force itself….

It’s been previously explained that The High Republic was “a golden time. A time of peace and prosperity. A time when the Jedi really are galactic guardians, stewards of peace and justice.” The initiative was also described as the “Jedi Knights of the Round Table” at a time featuring “space Vikings.”

Light of the Jedi starts out following a character named Captain Hedda Casset as she commands a ship named The Legacy Run. There are over nine thousand lives on board this ship, and it’s headed to the Outer Rim in an attempt to start a new life.

While the ship is traveling through hyperspace, an obstacle appears in the hyperlane that the ship is traveling on. Captain Casset attempts to maneuver the ship out of the obstacles way, but it’s too late and the ship ends up being torn to shreds when it hits it. This event is called the “Great Disaster,” and it ends up changing The High Republic forever.

Star Wars: The High Republic is scheduled to launch on January 5, 2021. Are you looking forward to diving into these new series of stories?