Month: March 2020

“Jeopardy!” and “Wheel of Fortune” will tape without studio audiences in response to the ongoing virus outbreak. The move is being taken out of an abundance of caution given the spread of the new coronavirus in numerous communities in the United States and abroad. 

The two popular gameshows are the latest television project to shift plans due to the new coronavirus The shows tape months in advance, so the presumably quieter shows will not immediately be noticeable to viewers at home. Both are filmed at a studio in Culver City, California.

‘Jeopardy’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune’ to nix studio audiences over coronavirus concerns

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A classic television game show will go without a studio audience out of concern over the spread…

03/10/2020 12:44 AM

 

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Former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is coming to late-night TV and will host “Jimmy Kimmel Live” tonight, March 12. 

“We’re lining up a great slate of guests,” Buttigieg said. “Patrick Stewart is coming on, so we are very excited about that.” He also said that he hopes he’ll have some help penning the monologue that night, saying, “Hopefully some funnier minds than mine will be doing some writing for that. I think it is going to be fun. The thing about running a presidential campaign is you will have been focused on one thing and one thing only. It is nice to be able to zoom out and come back at life.”

Since dropping out of the presidential race on March 1, Buttigieg has been traveling the country with his husband. The former mayor of South Bend, Indiana said he is “going to have some fun” before pursuing his next job. Buttigieg has endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden to be the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.

Pete Buttigieg to guest-host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’: ‘It’s going to be fun’

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A little after a week since he exited the presidential race, Pete Buttigieg is now set to…

03/09/2020 9:07 PM

 

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The new action-packed trailer for Black Widow has been released, with Scarlett Johansson starring in the title role. 

Johansson gets her first solo film as Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow, in the latest Marvel movie out May 1. In the newest and final trailer for the film, Black Widow is ready to confront her mysterious and painful past

Black Widow hits theaters May 1. You take a look at the final trailer for the film at the link here.

VIDEO: Watch a New Trailer for Marvel Studios’ BLACK WIDOW

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An action-packed new trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Black Widow” is now available featuring…

03/09/2020 10:05 AM

 

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Josh Gad and Luke Evans are expected to star in a Beauty and the Beast prequel TV series to Disney+. Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, the creators of the ABC series Once Upon a Time, are teaming up with Evans and Gad (who starred as Gaston and LeFou, respectively) in the 2017 live-action remake.

Sources say that the currently untitled series will be a “six-episode musical event,” and that composer Alan Menken — who worked on both the original animated feature and the live-action version — should be involved as well. The series is said to take place “well before the events of the film,” giving audiences a wider look at the world of the movie.

Kitsis, Horowitz, and Gad will all serve as showrunners and write the scripts, while the three will all executive produce alongside Evans. 

Beauty and the Beast Prequel Series with Gaston and LeFou Is Coming to Disney+

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A Beauty and the Beast prequel series is in the works for Disney+. The show is set to take place…

03/06/2020 3:22 PM

 

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The Fox drama Almost Family will not be back for a second season. The series, which starred Timothy Hutton as a fertility doctor who used his own sperm to inseminate patients, has been canceled following its 13-episode first season. After premiering in October, the series moved from Wednesdays to a Saturday time slot in mid-January and wrapped Feb. 22.

Based on the Australian series Sisters, Almost Family also starred Brittany Snow as one the children of Hutton’s character who got to know some of her half-siblings, including ones played by Megalyn Echikunwoke and Emily Osment.

Almost Family was met with largely negative reviews, and poor ratings.  News of the cancellation comes on the heels of Hutton being accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in Vancouver, Canada, in 1983. Hutton has vehemently denied the allegations.

Fox Drama ‘Almost Family’ Canceled After Multiple Scandals

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Despite the controversy surrounding Hutton, Fox had already removed Almost Family from its…

03/07/2020 10:41 AM

 

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Netflix announced director Taika Waititi is set to write, direct and executive produce two animated series based on Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” for Netflix. The first series from Waititi will center around the characters in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” The second, titled “Oompa-Loompas,” will focus on the characters of the same name who work in the chocolate factory. Netflix said that it plans to “retain the quintessential spirit and tone of the original story while building out the world and characters far beyond the pages of the Dahl book for the very first time.”

Dahl’s book was first adapted for the screen in 1971, with Gene Wilder starring as Willy Wonka. Director Tim Burton remade the movie in 2005 with Johnny Depp in the lead role.

Waititi directed the Oscar-nominated “Jojo Rabbit” and is also set to direct Marvel’s “Thor: Love and Thunder,” which is expected to be released in November 2021.

A New Animated Series Based On ‘Charlie And The Chocolate Factory’ Is Coming To Netflix

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The story of Charlie And the Chocolate Factory has been told (and re-told) on big screens for…

03/06/2020 6:05 PM

 

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