EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner and his Shatner Universe has teamed with Pure Imagination Studios to develop and produce a mixed-reality, adult animated series based on Shatner’s hit science fiction thriller TekWar.
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EXCLUSIVE: An animated series based on Robert C. O’Brien’s Rats of NIMH book series is in the works at Fox as the broadcast network further bolsters its animation drive.
Deadline understands that the network has handed a script commitment to NIMH, which comes from Fox Entertainment and MGM’s Orion Television. The animated drama, which is searching for a writer, is based on the trilogy of books that began in 1971 with O’Brien’s Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. It was followed by Rasco and the
EXCLUSIVE: William Shatner and his Shatner Universe has teamed with Pure Imagination Studios to develop and produce a mixed-reality, adult animated series based on Shatner’s hit science fiction thriller TekWar.
“I wanted to do Captain America meets West Wing more than anything,” reveals What If… executive producer and head writer A.C. Bradley today on Deadline’s Hero Nation.
Baratunde Thurston is adapting his memoir How To Be Black as an animated series for ABC.
EXCLUSIVE: Punk rock musician Henry Rollins has joined the voice cast of New-Gen, an animated series based on the Marvel comic book series by J.D. Matonti, Chris Matonti and Julia Coppola of A.P.N.G. Enterprises. He joins Lena Headey, Luke Wilson, Anya Chalotra Finn Wolfhard and Nick Wolfhard.
Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye, Dickinson), Ella Purnell (Yellowjackets, Army of the Dead) and Kevin Alejandro (Lucifer, The Returned) are among the actors who will lend their voices to the iconic characters of Riot Games’ League of Legends.
Eva Longoria and Ben Spector are set to develop Carlos Hernandez’s award-winning book Sal & Gabi Break the Universe as part of a deal between their UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and Disney Branded Television. Writer-producer Nelson Soler (Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists) is also attached to the project.
UPDATED, 11:05 AM: HBO Max has set a September 30 premiere date for Ten Year Old Tom (formerly styled 10-Year-Old Tom), an adult animated series from creator Steve Dildarian (The Life and Times of Tim), exec producer Nick Weidenfeld and Tomorrow Studios.
New streamer Binge is revving up for its 2022 launch by teaming up with Ubisoft for a live-action series adaptation of Driver, based on the popular video game franchise.
Tomb Raider anime series on Netflix has found its Lara Croft in Hayley Atwell.The Mission: Impossible 7 actor, who also played Agent Carter in the MCU, will be voicing the legendary archaeologist in the new adaptation.Tomb Raider is set to pick up where the video game reboot trilogy left off, and will follow Croft 25 years after the appearance in her first ever game.The Witcher: Blood Origin writer Tasha Huo will be writing the script, and will work with Dmitri M.
While Alicia Vikander seems to have a tight hold on the live-action “Tomb Raider” franchise, Haley Atwell is ready to take her turn as the iconic Lara Croft in a new Netflix series. However, Atwell’s addition to the world of “Tomb Raider” has the actress voicing the lead character in animated form.
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVHayley Atwell has been cast in Netflix and Legendary Television’s upcoming “Tomb Raider” anime series.Atwell will voice the franchise hero, Lara Croft, in the new series based on Square Enix’s iconic game.This upcoming series marks the character’s anime debut.
Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“America Strong” has been a long-running segment on ABC’s “World News Tonight.” Now it has become an editorial initiative across the news division.ABC News expects to take the segment, which showcases Americans who confront and persevere against obstacles, often in small towns and less covered spaces, to more of its programming across September, with profiles of people helping one another against challenges brought on by the pandemic.“After a very difficult year
I’m not entirely convinced everything needs to be a movie. In this case, I don’t know that there is any way to make a film about the journey of a parent as they hear their child’s school has an active shooter without it feeling exploitative of our nation’s current epidemic of violence.
“Karma’s World”, a kids animated series created by rapper Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, is set to launch on Netflix Oct. 15 and will feature 15, 11-minute episodes.
Hannah Waddingham (Ted Lasso), Richard Ayoade (I.T. Crowd), Matt Berry (What We Do In The Shadows), Pam Murphy (Mapleworth Murders), and Duncan Trussell (The Midnight Gospel) have joined the voice cast of Fox’s 2022 animated series from Dan Harmon, Krapopolis.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterDan Harmon’s upcoming animated comedy “Krapopolis” at Fox has cast Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy and Duncan Trussell in the lead roles.The series, which was picked up to series in February, centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other.In the series, Ayoade voices Tyrannis, the mortal son of a goddess.
mantitaur (half centaur [horse + human], half manticore [lion + human + scorpion]). He is oversexed and underemployed, claims to be an artist and has literally never paid for anything, in any sense of that word, for his entire life. Murphy voices Stupendous, Tyrannis’ half-sister, daughter of Deliria and a cyclops. Trussell plays Hippocampus, Tyrannis’ half-brother, offspring of Shlub and a mermaid, and, obviously, a hot mess, biologically speaking.”“Krapopolis” is the first series under
To introduce the world of Star Trek to a new generation of Trekkies, Star Trek: Prodigy enlisted the help of 24th century Starfleet officer Kathryn Janeway and original actress Kate Mulgrew.
Jimmi Simpson and John Noble will join the cast of Paramount+’s Star Trek: Prodigy, an animated series from Kevin and Dan Hageman and Produced by Nickelodeon Animation studio and CBS Studios. They join previously announced cast members Kate Mulgrew, Brett Gray, Ella purnell and Angus Imrie.