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Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Lynch, Sasha Pieterse, Nia Vardalos & More Join Netflix Family Film Series ‘Ivy & Bean’

Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jane Lynch, Sasha Pieterse, Nia Vardalos & More Join Netflix Family Film Series ‘Ivy & Bean’
Exclusive: We have learned first that Netflix has set the cast for their adaptation of Annie Barrows’ New York Times bestselling book series Ivy & Bean and that is Emmy Award Nominee Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Emmy Award Winner Jane Lynch, Pretty Little Liars‘ Sasha Pieterse, Oscar nominee Nia Vardalos, Garfield Wilson, Jaycie Dotin and Marci T. House.

The group joins previously announced Keslee Blalock as Ivy; Madison Skye Validum as Bean and Lidya Jewett as Nancy in the series of one-hour family movies from the streamer.

In the Elissa Down-directed and Kathy Waugh and Jeff Stockwell-penned screenplay, Ivy and Bean never expected to be friends. Ivy is quiet, thoughtful and observant. Bean is playful, exuberant and fearless. However, sometimes an adventure reveals that opposites can become the best of friends.

Producers are Anne Brogan and Melanie Stokes as well as Lionsgate TV backed Kindle Entertainment.

Ivy & Bean reunites
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From Blockbuster Films to Obscure Shows and Docs, Here’s All the Marvel Content on Disney+

From Blockbuster Films to Obscure Shows and Docs, Here’s All the Marvel Content on Disney+
Facing a year without a single theatrical release from Marvel Studios, dozens of titles featuring Earth’s mightiest heroes have been brought to streaming, with a massive catalogue of Marvel content landing on Disney+.

From Saturday-morning cartoons, to the latest installments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+ has quickly become the exclusive home to Marvel TV shows and movies that cater to fans both new and old.

Studio chief Kevin Feige announced at the Disney Investors Day presentation last year, that 2021 would see massive releases on Disney+, especially with the
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X-Men: Apocalypse: 10 Ways It’s Not As Bad As People Think

X-Men: Apocalypse: 10 Ways It’s Not As Bad As People Think
The X-Men franchise is inconsistent when it comes to the quality of the movies. But after the critical and commercial successes of X-Men: First Class and Days of Future Past, the series seemed to have found its rhythm. However, all that fan goodwill was destroyed with the release of X-Men: Apocalypse. The movie is considered one of the worst X-Men movies due to its corny dialogue, subpar special effects, and nonsensical plot.

Related: 10 Important X-Men Events That Happened At Alkali Lake

But despite the film's bad reputation, there are still plenty of fascinating moments that audiences can enjoy. Between taking advantage of the fun 1980s time period and exploring the complex emotions of characters like Magneto, Apocalypse is enjoyable if fans can ignore some of the film's glaring flaws.
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Taika Waititi’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Movie Shifts From Animation To Live-Action

Taika Waititi’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Movie Shifts From Animation To Live-Action
20th Century Studios has been trying to get a new “Flash Gordon” movie in development years before the merger with Disney with directors such as Matthew Vaughn (“X-Men: First Class“) and Julius Avery (“Overlord“) attached at various points to bring a fresh incarnation of the pulp sci-fi hero after multiple incarnations over the years including the beloved/campy film from 1980 that featured a score and theme song from the British rock band, Queen.

Continue reading Taika Waititi’s ‘Flash Gordon’ Movie Shifts From Animation To Live-Action at The Playlist.
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‘Wheel Of Time’ Film Adaptation In The Works With ‘Thor’ Scribe Zack Stentz

‘Wheel Of Time’ Film Adaptation In The Works With ‘Thor’ Scribe Zack Stentz
iwot productions and Radar Pictures have tapped screenwriter Zack Stentz to pen the script for the first of three planned motion pictures based on Robert Jordan’s bestselling series of books, The Wheel of Time.

“I’ve been a fan of Robert Jordan’s work for many years, and it is especially his allusions to the origins and backstory of The Wheel of Time that I have always found most intriguing. I’m excited to be bringing this era Robert Jordan conceptualized to life,” said Stentz, “A fusion of the fantasy and science-fiction genres, the Age of Legends is a tale of paradise lost, as a futuristic Garden of Eden devolves into a dangerous and broken world.”

“We are fortunate to have an accomplished storyteller like Zack Stentz,” said Rick Selvage, President of iwot productions, “his ability to portray unforgettable characters who command great powers while
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Zack Stentz to Pen Script for ‘Wheel of Time’ Film Adaptation

Zack Stentz to Pen Script for ‘Wheel of Time’ Film Adaptation
The first of three planned movies based on Robert Jordan’s epic world of magic and mysticism has found a writer.

Zack Stentz, co-writer of Thor and X-Men: First Class, has begun work on a script for Age of Legends, to be based on Jordan’s bestselling series of books, The Wheel of Time, which is already the subject of a long-gestating TV show at Amazon Studios. The fantasy and sci-fi film will be produced by Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon of iwot productions and Ted Field and Justin Smith of Radar Pictures.

“I’ve been a fan of Robert Jordan’s work for many years, and it is especially his ...
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Logan Marshall-Green, Matt Craven & Ridley Asha Bateman Board Netflix Film ‘Lou’

Logan Marshall-Green, Matt Craven & Ridley Asha Bateman Board Netflix Film ‘Lou’
Exclusive: Logan Marshall-Green (How It Ends), Matt Craven (Sharp Objects) and newcomer Ridley Asha Bateman have joined the cast of Lou.

They’ll appear, in the Netflix film, opposite previously announced cast members Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett (Lovecraft Country).

In Lou, a massive storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother, with no other option, teams up with the mysterious older woman next door to pursue the kidnapper – a journey into the wilderness that will test their limits and expose dark and shocking secrets from their pasts.

Anna Foerster is directing the film, from a script by Maggie Cohn.

JJ Abrams, Jon Cohen and Hannah Minghella are producing the feature. Its exec producers are Braden Aftergood, Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Lindsey Weber and Cory Bennett Lewis. Jeannette Francis is also on board as an associate producer.

Marshall-Green recently appeared in the film How It Ends,
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Channing Tatum Is Taking a Trip to Pussy Island with First Time Director Zoe Kravitz

Channing Tatum Is Taking a Trip to Pussy Island with First Time Director Zoe Kravitz
Zoe Kravitz has lined up her feature directorial debut. The star of movies such as Mad Max: Fury Road and X-Men: First Class will helm Pussy Island. Channing Tatum is set to star in the movie as a tech billionaire. Described as a "genre thriller," Kravitz co-wrote the screenplay with E.T. Feigenbaum (High Fidelity).

According to a new report, Bruce Cohen, Zoë Kravitz, Tiffany Persons and Channing Tatum will produce the movie. There is no word on how soon production will begin but domestic rights will be shopped at the Cannes market next week. FilmNation is set to handle international rights. A synopsis for Pussy Island has been revealed as well, which reads as follows:

"Frida is a young, clever, Los Angeles cocktail waitress who has her eyes set on the prize: philanthropist and tech mogul Slater King (Tatum). When she skillfully maneuvers her way into King's inner circle and
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‘Thor’ & ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ Scribe Zack Stentz Lines Up TV Adaptation Of Korean IP ‘Deep’

‘Thor’ & ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ Scribe Zack Stentz Lines Up TV Adaptation Of Korean IP ‘Deep’
Exclusive: Zack Stentz’s (Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous) newly launched Electric Brain Entertainment has secured rights to Korean IP Deep for TV adaptation.

The idea is for the popular Korean webtoon series to get both Korean- and English-language drama versions with overlapping plot lines and cast. Thor, X-Men: First Class and Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous writer Stentz and producer Geoffrey Clark (The 2nd) will spearhead the spinoffs through Electric Brain.

The sci-fi thriller series follows the families of humans who went missing and suddenly begin to reappear from the ocean as living corpses, unaged and unchanged in the years and even decades since their disappearances.

Ko Dae-Jung, who planned and developed the well-received Korean original, partnered with Hugh Cha, director of the Asia Division at Bohemia Group and CEO of Stage Bridge, to propose global versions of the drama to Stentz. Stentz and Geoffrey J. Clark will serve as producers.
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‘Thor’ & ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ Scribe Zack Stentz Launches Electric Brain Entertainment With Producer Geoffrey Clark

‘Thor’ & ‘Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous’ Scribe Zack Stentz Launches Electric Brain Entertainment With Producer Geoffrey Clark
Exclusive: Zack Stentz, writer of blockbusters Thor and X-Men: First Class and creator of Netflix’s Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, is teaming up with producer Geoffrey James Clark (The 2nd) to launch production company Electric Brain Entertainment.

Named after the Chinese characters that form the Mandarin word for computer, the LA-based film and TV firm will develop and produce genre-driven, IP-based and original content.

Stentz and Clark previously sold a scripted pilot to Apple+ in 2019 based on the Arabian Nights IP, and concocted a re-imaging of The Island Of Dr. Moreau with production partner Gunpowder & Sky, where Clark previously had a production deal. Clark most recently produced Ryan Phillippe action movie The 2nd, which was sold to multiple markets by Voltage Pictures.

Stentz said: “Like a lot of writers, the enforced shutdown of the pandemic ended up lighting a creative fire in me. After a career spent largely playing in established franchises,
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Kevin Bacon Cast as the Villain in The Toxic Avenger Reboot

Kevin Bacon Cast as the Villain in The Toxic Avenger Reboot
Kevin Bacon definitely isn’t a stranger to horror or being the bad guy since he did end up being one of the many that fell victim to the killer in the first Friday the 13th, and he did star in the movie Tremors with Fred Ward and Michael Gross. He’s also starred in X-Men: First Class as Sebastian Shaw and Ripd with Ryan Reynolds, so he knows how to play the part of a villain. Any mention of Elijah Wood as the villain for the reboot of The Toxic Avenger appears to have been in error since it’s been established

Kevin Bacon Cast as the Villain in The Toxic Avenger Reboot
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Zoë Kravitz to Make Directorial Debut With ‘Pussy Island’ Starring Channing Tatum

Zoë Kravitz to Make Directorial Debut With ‘Pussy Island’ Starring Channing Tatum
Zoë Kravitz is making her directorial debut with “Pussy Island,” a thriller starring Channing Tatum as a tech billionaire and owner of a private island.

The film follows a young Los Angeles cocktail waitress named Frida, who has her sights set on tech mogul Slater King, played by Tatum. Frida makes her way into King’s inner circle and attends an intimate gathering on his private island, where she will have the journey of a lifetime. Despite the beautiful location and wealthy people, Frida uncovers that there’s more to the island than meets the eye — something terrifying.

Kravitz wrote the script with E.T. Feigenbaum, and she will produce alongside Bruce Cohen of Bruce Cohen Productions, Tiffany Persons and the production companies Free Association and This Is Important.

FilmNation will handle international rights and CAA Media Finance will represent domestic rights at the upcoming Cannes Market.

Kravitz will next play
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Zoë Kravitz To Make Directing Debut On ‘Pussy Island’; Channing Tatum Playing Tech Billionaire With Mysterious Tropical Island: Hot Cannes Package

Zoë Kravitz To Make Directing Debut On ‘Pussy Island’; Channing Tatum Playing Tech Billionaire With Mysterious Tropical Island: Hot Cannes Package
Exclusive: Zoë Kravitz will direct and Channing Tatum will star in Pussy Island, a genre thriller that Kravitz wrote with E.T. Feigenbaum. Bruce Cohen, Kravitz, Tiffany Persons and Tatum’s Free Association will produce. FilmNation will handle international rights and CAA Media Finance will rep domestic rights in the Cannes Market starting next week.

Frida is a young, clever, Los Angeles cocktail waitress who has her eyes set on the prize: philanthropist and tech mogul Slater King (Tatum). When she skillfully maneuvers her way into King’s inner circle and ultimately an intimate gathering on his private island, she is ready for a journey of a lifetime. Despite the epic setting, beautiful people, ever-flowing champagne and late-night dance parties, Frida can sense that there’s more to this island than meets the eye. Something she can’t quite put her finger on. Something that is a bit terrifying.

As an actress,
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Kevin Bacon to play the villain in ‘The Toxic Avenger’

Kevin Bacon to play the villain in ‘The Toxic Avenger’
Kevin Bacon has joined the cast of Macon Blair’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’ reboot at Legendary Pictures.

Bacon joins the already cast Peter Dinklage, Jacob Trembley and Taylour Paige.

Written and directed by Blair, the film is said to be a “contemporary reimaging” of Troma Entertainment’s successful 1984 low-budget action-comedy, Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz will serve as producers.

Drawing parallels to an eco-friendly ‘Deadpool’, the original centred on a struggling everyman after he is pushed into a vat of toxic waste, he is transformed into a mutant freak who must go from shunned outcast to underdog hero as he races to save his son, his friends and his community from the forces of corruption and greed.

Also in news – Four new faces sign up for Stranger Things Season 4

Filming is due to commence later in June in Bulgaria.

The original film spawned a franchise that went on
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Kevin Bacon Is the Villain in The Toxic Avenger Reboot

Kevin Bacon Is the Villain in The Toxic Avenger Reboot
Kevin Bacon is set to face Toxie in Legendary's upcoming reboot of The Toxic Avenger. Currently in production with Macon Blair writing and directing, the reimagining of the Troma Entertainment classic will star Game of Thrones favorite Peter Dinklage as a new incarnation of "the first superhero from New Jersey." Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige are also a part of the movie and the cast is gearing up to start filming later this month.

Kevin Bacon has been tapped to play "a slick (and likely over the top) villain." Just last week, there were reported rumors of Elijah Wood boarding the project to play the antagonist, described as the head of a shady company who "embarks on a murderous spree to become as powerful as Toxie." It's unclear if this is the role Bacon has been cast in, but as the call sheet doesn't include Wood's name, it could be
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How Wolverine Can Get Drunk Explained by a DC Comic?

How Wolverine Can Get Drunk Explained by a DC Comic?
Marvel Comics' Wolverine is a character that needs absolutely no introduction. The creation of Len Wein, Roy Thomas and John Romita Snr, Wolverine (aka James "Logan" Howlett) first made a brief cameo appearance in 1974's Incredible Hulk #180, before debuting fully in the following issue #181. And from the start, fans knew he was almost indestructible due to his mutant healing factor and Adamantium skeleton. His powers would have one assume that it would be impossible for Logan to get drunk. But he can, has and does do that in past comics. Now, a new DC Comic, of all things, may have explained why Wolverine can fly 6 sheets to the wind.

Wolverine's debut was against none other than the titular lead of the Incredible Hulk book, ol' Jade Jaws himself. This was the start of a storied rivalry that even bled over into Marvel Comics' parallel Ultimate Universe, where the Ultimate iterations
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How Thor Changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe

How Thor Changed the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Marvel’s Thor, the first theatrical live-action film to feature the comic book giant’s version of the Norse God of Thunder, opened in theaters a decade ago, on May 6, 2011.

Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring a then little-known Chris Hemsworth in the title role, Thor was the fourth film in the still-nascent Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was also — as we look back at it now — a pivotal one in the development of the MCU.

“I’m very proud of my part of it,” Branagh told us a couple of years ago about his handling of Thor. “Which was providing a sort of backbone that they could comically riff off, but at least it originally contained some of the high stakes Nine Realms import that that larger mythology has to have as well.”

Thor took the franchise off the Earth for the first time and into the cosmic side of the Marvel mythology,
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MacGyver: CBS Revival of Late 80’s Action TV Series Canceled

MacGyver: CBS Revival of Late 80’s Action TV Series Canceled
MacGyver Revival TV Series Canceled By CBS — MacGyver‘s days on the case for CBS are coming to an end. The network announced late Wednesday that the procedural reboot starring Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class) will close out after its current fifth season ends. The series finale will air April 30 on CBS. “All of us at CBS [...]

Continue reading: MacGyver: CBS Revival of Late 80’s Action TV Series Canceled
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15 Movies To Watch To Get Excited For The King’s Man

15 Movies To Watch To Get Excited For The King’s Man
With Matthew Vaughn having directed Kick-Ass, one of the riskiest comic-book movies ever made, and X-Men: First Class, which totally redeemed the mutant franchise, the director is a big name in comic book movies.

Related: Kingsman: 10 Things Fans Never Knew About The Making Of The Spy Franchise

But that’s not it, as Vaughn has turned Kingsman, another comic book series, into a hugely successful movie franchise. And having directed the first two movies and now the upcoming prequel, Vaughn has built one of the best worlds outside of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Though the original movie set such a high bar, The King’s Man may possibly top it. But until then, these are the best movies to watch to get excited.

Updated on May 3rd, 2021 by Mark Birrell: There's so much talent involved with The King's Man that it's no wonder that movie fans are excited about the prequel,
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Netflix Spain Unveils New Film Slate (Exclusive)

  • 24 February 2021
  • by John Hopewell and Jamie Lang
  • Variety
Netflix Spain Unveils New Film Slate (Exclusive)
Netflix and Federation Spain, the Spanish division of Paris and L.A.-based Federation Entertainment, are teaming to produce “Las niñas de cristal,” a psychological drama set against the world of classical ballet that toplines “Money Heist” and “Elite” star Maria Pedraza.

The movie is one highlight in Netflix’s first announcement of a production-distribution slate focused entirely on Spanish original movies. The eight titles it profiles that are moving into production or set for release in 2021 and 2022 are a sign of Netflix ramping up its production of Spanish movies as part of its bet on Spanish scripted TV and movies, with Spain punching above its weight in the number of Netflix originals compared to Spanish subscribers. The Netflix slate highlights:

“Las niñas de cristal”

Alison Parker in “Money Heist” and Guzmán’s fated sister Marina in “Elite,” in “Las niñas de cristal” Pedraza plays Irene, a classical ballet dancer
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