Your Hobby resource – Page 6126 – Entertainment news for you

Musical Dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Gets Series Order at NBC

Musical Dramedy Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist Gets Series Order at NBC

Musical dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist gets series order at NBC

According to TVLine, NBC has officially given a series order for the upcoming musical comedy-drama titled Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,starring Jane Levy as the titular protagonist. The new series is created by Austin Winsberg (Jake in Progress).

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist follows the story of Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy), a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco. After an unusual event she starts to hear the innermost wants and desires of the people around her through songs. At ﬁrst, she questions her own sanity but soon realizes this unwanted curse may just be an incredibly wonderful gift.

The series will star Jane Levy (Suburgatory) as the titular character, Skylar Astin (Pitch Perfect) as Max, Alex Newell (Glee) as Mo, Peter Gallagher (The O.C.) as Mitch and John Clarence Stewart (Luke Cage) as Simon along with Academy Award-winning actress Mary Steenburgen (Melvin and Howard) as Maggie.

Levy is best known for her role as Tessa Altman in ABC’s sitcom Suburgatory. She recently starred in Hulu’s horror anthology adaptation of Stephen King’s Castle Rock starring alongside Sissy Spacek, Bill Skarsgård, and André Holland.

The post Musical Dramedy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Gets Series Order at NBC appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

Michelle Yeoh Is Looking For A Gunpowder Milkshake with Karen Gillan

Michelle Yeoh is looking for a Gunpowder Milkshake with Karen Gillan

The Hollywood Reporter has brought word that the upcoming assassin thriller Gunpower Milkshake is expanding its all-star female ensemble led by Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Karen Gillan with the addition of Crazy Rich Asians‘ Michelle Yeoh.

In addition to Gillan and Yeoh, the cast will also feature Emmy-nominee Lena Headey (Game of Thrones), Oscar and Emmy-nominee Angela Bassett (Black Panther, American Horror Story) and Golden Globe and Emmy winner Paul Giamatti (Billions).

The film will be directed by Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado, who also helmed the 2014 Israeli hit film Big Bad Wolves. The two also wrote the screenplay along with Ehud Lavski. Andrew Rona and Alex Heineman of The Picture Company will produce as part of their overall deal with Studiocanal.

Details of the actual plot aren’t known just yet, but Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill and Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver are considered the film’s “touchstones,” which will mix stylized action with violence. The script is being described as following Headey and Gillan’s mother-daughter assassin duo and Yeoh will be part of a secret sisterhood of arms dealers who assist the two when things go south.

Bassett starred in some high-profile blockbusters this past year, including Mission: Impossible — Fallout, Black Panther and Bumblebee. She is a regular on American Horror Story and BoJack Horseman.

Yeoh, who rose to fame with her roles in 1997’s Tomorrow Never Dies and 2000’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has most recently landed key roles in the acclaimed romantic comedy smash Crazy Rich Asians and the CBS All Access spin-off Star Trek: Discovery.

Gunpowder Milkshake is planning on filming in Berlin on June 3.

(Photo Credit: Backgrid Images)

The post Michelle Yeoh Is Looking For A Gunpowder Milkshake with Karen Gillan appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

Scott Wolf to Replace Freddie Prinze Jr. in The CW’s Nancy Drew Series

Scott Wolf to Replace Freddie Prinze Jr. in The CW's Nancy Drew Series

Scott Wolf to replace Freddie Prinze Jr. in The CW’s Nancy Drew series

Following Nancy Drew‘s series order, The Hollywood Reporter brings word that the Party of Five alum Scott Wolf has been tapped to replace Freddie Prinze Jr. in The CW’s upcoming reboot. According to the outlet, the recasting was done due to the producers wanting to go in a different direction from the pilot.

Wolf will step into the role of Carson Drew, who is the titular teenage detective’s father. His characters is being described as a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife.

The Nancy Drew pilot centers on 18-year-old Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) and is set in the summer after her high school graduation. She thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation. Along the way, she uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.

The series will also star Leah Lewis (Charmed) as George, Tunji Kasim (Nearly Famous) as Nick, Alvina August (The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Detective Karen Hunt, Maddison Jaizani (Versailles, Into the Badlands, Tyrant) as Bess and Alex Saxon (The Fix, The Fosters, Finding Carter) as Ace.

From Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire and CBS TV Studios, the Nancy Drew pilot is written and executive produced by Noga Landau, Schwartz, and Savage, and is directed by Larry Teng. Melinda Hsu Taylor also serves as executive producer.

A number of attempts to capitalize on Nancy Drew have come and gone over the years, dating all the way back to 1938 when Warner Bros. first purchased the character created by Edward Stratemeyer as a counter to his Hardy Boys series. Most recently, Warner Bros. released Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircasewith IT’s Sophia Lillis in the title role.

(Photo credit: Getty Images)

The post Scott Wolf to Replace Freddie Prinze Jr. in The CW’s Nancy Drew Series appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

NOS4A2 Teasers: Join Vic McQueen’s Journey Towards Defeating Evil

NOS4A2 Teasers: Join Vic McQueen's Journey Towards Defeating Evil

BEGIN SLIDESHOW

NOS4A2 teasers: Join Vic McQueen’s journey towards defeating evil

Two new teasers for AMC‘s upcoming supernatural series adaptation NOS4A2 have been released, giving us a tease of the incoming face-off between Vic McQueen and Charlie Manx. Starring Zachary Quinto and Ashleigh Cummings, you can check out the videos below along with the cool new key art.

NOS4A2, based on Joe Hill’s bestselling novel of the same name, tells the story of Charlie Manx, a seductive immortal who feeds off the souls of children, then deposits what remains of them into Christmasland – an icy, twisted Christmas village of Manx’s imagination where every day is Christmas Day and unhappiness is against the law. Manx finds his whole world threatened when a young woman in New England discovers she has a dangerous gift.

The Goldfinch‘s Ashleigh Cummings will play Vic McQueen, a young, working-class artist whose creativity awakens a supernatural ability to track Manx (Quinto). What Vic lacks in social confidence, she makes up for in courage, humor, and tough-as-nails grit. She strives to defeat Manx and rescue his victims without losing her mind or falling victim to him herself.

NOS4A2 is produced by AMC Studios in association with Tornante Television. The series is executive produced by Joe Hill, Jami O’Brien (Fear The Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels), who created the show for television and will serve as showrunner, and Lauren Corrao, Co-President of Tornante Television. The cast also includes the previously announced Olafur Darri Olafsson (Lady Dynamite) as Bing Partridge, Virginia Kull (The Looming Tower) as Linda McQueen, Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Punisher) as Chris McQueen and Jahkara Smith (aka Sailor J) as Maggie Leigh.

The first season is slated to premiere Sunday, June 2 at 9pm/8c.

23
images

The post NOS4A2 Teasers: Join Vic McQueen’s Journey Towards Defeating Evil appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

New The Secret Life of Pets 2 Trailer Reveals Max’s Favorite Toy

New The Secret Life of Pets 2 Trailer Reveals Max's Favorite Toy

New The Secret Life of Pets 2 trailer reveals Max’s favorite toy

Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures have released a new trailer from their upcoming animated sequel The Secret Life of Pets 2, giving the spotlight to Max’s favorite toy in the whole world Busy Bee. Check out the video in the player below!

Cast members returning from the first film include Kevin Hart, Eric Stonestreet, Jenny Slate, Ellie Kemper, Lake Bell, Hannibal Buress, Bobby Moynihan, and Dana Carvey. New voice cast includes Harrison Ford, Patton Oswalt, Tiffany Haddish, Nick Kroll, and Pete Holmes.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 will follow the 2016 blockbuster about the lives our pets lead after we leave for work or school each day. Illumination founder and CEO Chris Meledandri and his longtime collaborator Janet Healy will produce the sequel. The Secret Life of Pets 2 will see the return of writer Brian Lynch (Minions) and once again be directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me series, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax).

The first Secret Life of Pets grossed over $875 million at the worldwide box office, but it is the highest-grossing film from Illumination Entertainment and second-highest Universal Studios release at the domestic box office.

Meledandri and Healy had also produced The Secret Life of Pets movie, which was co-directed by Chris Renaud (Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2) and Yarrow Cheney from a script written by Brian Lynch and Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio.

The Secret Life of Pets 2 will be released on June 7.

The post New The Secret Life of Pets 2 Trailer Reveals Max’s Favorite Toy appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

Black Excellence Series: Kenya Barris to Write & Star Opposite Rashida Jones

Black Excellence series: Kenya Barris to write & star opposite Rashida Jones

Emmy nominee Kenya Barris’ (Black-ish) single-camera comedy series Black Excellence has been ordered at Netflix, Variety has confirmed. Barris is set to write and star in the show opposite Emmy nominee Rashida Jones (Hot Girls Wanted).

Inspired by Barris’ approach to parenting, relationships, race, and culture, Black Excellence is said to pull the curtain back and reboot the “family sitcom.” The outlet notes the series will have a similar tone to Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Barris has received three Primetime Emmy nominations for Black-ish with writing credits spanning movies and TV series, such as The Game, Grown-ish, Are We There Yet?, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Girls Trip, and the upcoming Shaft, Robert Zemeckis’ The Witches, and the Coming 2 America sequel.

Jones is best known for her role as Ann Perkins in Parks and Recreation. Her movie and television credits include Angie Tribeca, Tag, Black-ish, The Awesomes, The Social Network, I Love You, Man, and Celeste & Jesse Forever. Her upcoming projects include the animated feature Klaus, the TV series Duncanville, and Sofia Coppola’s On the Rocks starring alongside Bill Murray and Marlon Wayans.

Barris and Jones will also serve as executive producers alongside Hale Rothstein (Black-ish, Grown-ish). Barris is producing through his Khalabo Ink Society banner, which is under an overall deal at Netflix following Barris exiting his deal with ABC Studios. Barris followed in the footsteps of other creators moving to the streamer, including Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes.

(Photo Credit: Getty Images)

The post Black Excellence Series: Kenya Barris to Write & Star Opposite Rashida Jones appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Review

Rating:

BEGIN SLIDESHOW

9.5 / 10

Cast:

Keanu Reeves as John Wick

Halle Berry as Sofia

Laurence Fishburne as the Bowery King

Mark Dacascos as Zero

Asia Kate Dillon as the Adjudicator

Lance Reddick as Charon

Anjelica Huston as the Director

Ian McShane as Winston

Saïd Taghmaoui as the Elder

Jason Mantzoukas as Tick Tock Man

Robin Lord Taylor as the Administrator

John Leguizamo as Aurelio

Directed by Chad Stahleski

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Review:

After years of storied action projects and a mixed bag of box office hits and failures, Keanu Reeves finally returned to the mainstream spotlight when he signed on to star in the 2014 revenge pic John Wick. Following a retired hitman coming back to avenge the murder of his dog and despite a concept seemingly built for one film; however, screenwriter Derek Kolstad found a way to expand the unique and compelling world of the titular character into not just one, but two equally thrilling and fascinating sequels with the latest installment, Chapter 3 – Parabellum.

Picking up right where the sequel left off with John on the run from every hitman in New York City after being declared excommunicado, the third chapter takes audiences on a trip with the legendary hitman across the globe as he seeks a way to escape every hired gun coming for him and for a chance to return to a peaceful life of retirement. In his travels, John enlists the help of Halle Berry’s Sofia, a former close friend and fellow assassin, and the fan-favorite Winston played once again by Deadwood‘s Ian McShane, plus his trusty associate Charon played by Fringe alum Lance Reddick.

Developing a sequel of any genre is already a major challenge as finding an appropriate way to continue the story in a fresh way is no easy task, but Reeves, Kolstad and director Chad Stahelski have found the secret to delivering one of the most exhilarating franchises in film history. The series remains consistently intelligent and fascinating in the writing and ability to deliver another story that works in exploring the underground hitman world briefly touched upon in Chapter 2, including the introduction of other High Table members and the hierarchy system of the assassin network. Unlike other action sequels where the stories become more predictable as the franchise goes on, the plot becomes more and more unpredictable as the film continues, delivering a few solid twists and finding a way to keep audiences on their toes between the many action scenes across the 131-minute runtime.

In addition to the compelling story, Parabellum keeps the ball rolling from the previous two installments in its action scenes by upping the ante in every way imaginable, including a thrilling motorcycle sequence and a simultaneously hilarious and jaw-dropping sequence involving a horse. When John is on foot, however, he finds a way to every environment he’s in to his tactical advantage. A library full of heavy vintage novels? An antique shop in Chinatown chock full of sharp objects? Weapons for Wick, and they result in one of the best choreographed and intense fight sequences of the whole film.

While Reeves continues to deliver one of the best performances of his career throughout the film, the supporting characters all turn in strong performances. Audiences get to see a new and more vulnerable side to McShane’s Winston as he struggles with collaborating with the High Table to bring Wick in and holding on to The Continental, plus finding a way to help his longtime friend survive. Mark Dacascos, best known for his supporting roles in the CBS revival of police procedural Hawaii Five-0 and the 2003 action pic Cradle 2 the Grave, proves to be a menacing and entertaining antagonist to watch. His fight skills are powerful and thrilling but his fanboy nature over John brings plenty of lighter moments throughout the project.

Acting as the overseer for the High Table and the secondary antagonist for the titular protagonist, Billions star Asia Kate Dillon is absolutely dark and chilling, displaying loads of charisma as they attempt to clean up Wick’s mess from the second installment and trying to exert their control over the much wiser Winston. Halle Berry, no stranger to the action franchise herself, is not in it nearly as much as she should be, eating up every bit of scenery she and her loyal German Shepherds are in.

The film’s only real downfall is that while the intensity of the action scenes proves to be exhilarating, a few of them do tend to go on a minute or two longer than are truly necessary, with the peak of the tension occurring before the end of a few of its key sequences. This, however, is not a major flaw, because these sequences still remain incredibly well-choreographed and stylishly directed, relieving any audience concerns that the 54-year-old star may be getting too old to perform his own stunts.

John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum is the action threequel every writer/director of the genre strives to make, proving to be an incredible expansion of its intriguing world and action-packed adventure and keeping the trilogy consistently creative and exhilarating and one of the best in cinematic history.

34
images

The post John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Review appeared first on ComingSoon.net.

POLL RESULTS: Can Another Actor Be Indiana Jones After Harrison Ford?

BEGIN SLIDESHOW

POLL RESULTS: Can Another Actor Be Indiana Jones After Harrison Ford?

After four movies and one TV show appearance the actor who has defined the role of Indiana Jones for nearly four decades is Harrison Ford. Could another star take up that mantle after Lucasfilm‘s upcoming Indiana Jones 5? Comingsoon.net asked its readers this very question in our most recent poll, and over 3000 of you responded! Check out the official results below!

This week’s header image is by artist/screenwriter Ian Fried (Spectral), and you can check out a poster-version in the gallery below and purchase a t-shirt version at this link!

Can another actor be Indiana Jones after Harrison Ford?

YES! Another actor could bring a whole new dimension to Indy! (55%, 1734 votes)

NO. There’s only one Indiana Jones, and his name is Harrison Ford. (45%, 1424 votes)

Although a solid majority said they DID think another actor could replace Harrison Ford, this was a fairly divisive poll. It seems there’s a fair number of people who are not interested in someone else usurping the role.

What actor COULD replace Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones?

In terms of a viable replacement, the big winner with 1198 votes turned out to be perennial favorite Chris Pratt, who has been rumored for the role ever since he broke out in the middle of the decade with the double whammy of Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World. While it may seem obvious to cast Pratt since he’s such a big franchise actor, keep in mind Harrison Ford has bounced through many franchises in his five-decade career, including Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Blade Runner and Jack Ryan.

Coming in second with 984 votes is our cover boy and Pratt’s fellow Guardians co-star Bradley Cooper, who is hot off the recent massive success of A Star is Born. Although Cooper has voiced Rocket in the MCU and had his own franchise in the form of The Hangover trilogy, his only big summer action tentpole credential is 2010’s overlooked The A-Team movie. One thing Cooper could definitely nail that many other A-list hunks couldn’t is the more intellectual “Professor Jones” side of the character, which a lot of fans overlook when evaluating a potential Indy.

All the other choices scored terribly, between 13 and 200 votes apiece. The worst were Fantastic Four‘s Miles Teller and Spielberg’s Ready Player One star Tye Sheridan, who tied with a lousy 13 votes each. Shia LaBeouf, who played Henry Jones III in Crystal Skull to much derision, could only muster 137 votes, while Ford’s Solo replacement Alden Ehrenreich did even worse with 103 votes.

Here are the full results…

Chris Pratt (37%, 1198 votes)

Bradley Cooper (31%, 984 votes)

Chris Pine (6%, 202 votes)

Chris Evans (5%, 150 votes)

Shia LaBeouf (4%, 137 votes)

Ryan Gosling (4%, 136 votes)

Alden Ehrenreich (3%, 106 votes)

Liam Hemsworth (2%, 69 votes)

Dan Stevens (2%, 54 votes)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt (2%, 50 votes)

Ansel Elgort (1%, 47 votes)

Aaron Taylor-Johnson (1%, 23 votes)

Jack Reynor (1%, 21 votes)

Tye Sheridan (0%, 13 votes)

Miles Teller (0%, 13 votes)

The last official word on the project was that Solo: A Star Wars Story‘s Jonathan Kasdan would take over scripting duties on Indiana Jones 5, replacing Spielberg mainstay David Koepp (Jurassic Park, The Lost World, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull). However, recent rumors point to Dan Fogelman having replaced Kasdan and starting a whole new script. The sequel will see Spielberg teaming up once again with Harrison Ford, who is reprising his iconic role, as well as franchise producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall.

Famed archaeologist and explorer Indiana Jones was introduced in 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark – one of AFI’s 100 Greatest American Films of All Time – and later thrilled audiences in 1984’s Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. The four films have brought in nearly $2 billion at the global box office.

Spielberg previously promised one big thing for the fifth installment, while Bob Iger — Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm’s parent company Disney — has said that Indiana Jones 5 won’t be the last film.

Indiana Jones 5 is currently scheduled to open on July 9, 2021.