‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’: Netflix Live-Action Adaptation Sets Main Cast, Creative Team

Naughty Dog first released The Last Of Us in 2013 for the PlayStation 3, it was quickly hailed as a revolutionising force in gaming storytelling.The 2013 game – and its acclaimed 2020 sequel – tells the story of two strangers who are forced to travel through zombie-infested America, becoming as close as father and daughter as they learn to trust and rely on each other.

Peacock’s “The Vampire Academy” series has set its main cast, including “Mortal Kombat” actress Sisi Stringer in the lead role of Rose Hathaway.Also set to star in the 10-episode drama are Daniela Nieves as Lissa Dragomir, Kieron Moore as Dimitri Belikov, Andre Dae Kim as Christian Ozera, J. August Richards as Victor Dashkov, Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Tatiana Vogel, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Mia Karp, Rhian Blundell as Meredith, Jonetta Kaiser as Sonya Karp and Andrew Liner as Mason Ashford.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Vampire Academy” series at Peacock has set its main cast as well as the directors for Season 1, Variety has learned.The show, based on the book series by Richelle Mead, will star Sisi Stringer, Daniele Nieves, Kieron Moore, André Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner.

TUI has cancelled flights to a number of amber list destinations after the recent travel traffic light update.

EXCLUSIVE: A year after becoming one of Netflix’s most popular original films to date, the sequel to The Old Guard is gearing up quickly as Netflix and Skydance zero in on a next director to take the helm. Sources tell Deadline that Victoria Mahoney has come on to direct The Old Guard 2, with stars Charlize Theron, KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngo and Chiwetel Ejiofor returning to reprise their roles.

Lakeith Stanfield is teaming up with Apple for a new show!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterLaKeith Stanfield will star in an adaptation of the Victor LaValle novel “The Changeling,” which has been ordered to series at Apple, Variety has learned.The series is described as a fairytale for grown-ups. It is further described as a horror story, a parenthood fable, and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you didn’t know existed.Kelly Marcel will write the adaptation in addition to serving as executive producer and showrunner on the series.

Cher will always have a place in her heart for Val Kilmer.

Nickelodeon has set the live-action cast for A Loud House Christmas, its original live-action holiday TV movie based on the Emmy-winning animated series, The Loud House.

Meet Spike Spiegel (John Cho), Jet Black (Mustafa Shakir), and Faye Valentine (Daniella Pineda). Yep, the long-awaited and detailed “Cowboy Bebop” is finally done and premieres November 19 on Netflix.

I think it’s time to blow this scene. Get everybody and their stuff together. OK, three, two, one let’s jam.

NHS crisis. And exactly a week later 67-year-old Helena Walker was kept waiting eight hours for an ambulance before spending another eight hours on a trolley in a hospital corridor after a stroke.

EXCLUSIVE:  Mixed martial arts organization UFC has collaborated with Netflix for branded content on the streamer’s new Jason Momoa movie Sweet Girl which drops tomorrow, Aug. 20, in all global territories.

Michelle Branch has happy news!

Legendary has closed a deal with renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato to direct the live-action adaptation of “My Hero Academia (MHA),” the globally acclaimed manga property, Legendary announced on Friday.Sato is one of the most prolific filmmakers in Japan, having most recently directed the critically acclaimed Japanese hit feature film “Kingdom” in 2019 and Netflix’s “Alice in Borderland” series in 2020.

Angelique Jackson Renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (“I Am a Hero,” “Kingdom” and “Alice in Borderland”) has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of “My Hero Academia” for Legendary.The prolific filmmaker will make his English-language debut with the movie, which is based on the globally acclaimed manga property.

Shinsuke Sato, the director behind the Japanese hit movie Kingdom and it upcoming sequel, is set to make his English-language film debut with My Hero Academia, Legendary’s live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga franchise created by Kohei Horikoshi.

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transform his career. The former Disney Channel star is plotting a comeback after a string of career-canceling abuse charges and allegations — by playing a real-life saint in controversial director Abel Ferrara’s newest film.The 70-year-old filmmaker told Variety that LaBeouf, 35, is on board to play the lead role in his next movie, which will center on the life of Italian saint Padre Pio.