Bunim/Murray Teams With Shopify Studios For Docu-Series About Disabled Entrepreneurs

 Supernatural will be coming to an end this year, but at least you can take heart in the fact that Jared Padalecki will still be showing up on The CW every week. Padalecki is set to star as the lead in the network's upcoming Walker, Texas Ranger reboot, and it's quickly becoming one of the most anticipated new series of the year.Obviously, no one will be able to recreate the pure magic that was the beloved Chuck Norris original series, but Padalecki is certainly going to try.

Let’s be honest, the Comic-Con@Home event that happened last month was a pretty big letdown. Technical issues aside (and boy, were there plenty of those), the event just didn’t have the same feeling of excitement and surprise that comes with a San Diego Comic-Con.

Video game developer and publisher Daybreak Games, known for massively multiplayer online (MMO) franchises EverQuest and PlanetSide, has acquired Cold Iron Studios, known for MMO, shooter and action games. Under the new ownership, the San Jose-based studio will continue to develop a PC and console game set in the Alien universe, with co-founder Craig Zinkievich reporting to Ji Ham, CEO of San Diego-based Daybreak Games.

The 2020 MTV VMAs just announced the second round of performers for the upcoming award show that will be held outdoors in New York City. Blinding Lights singer The Weeknd, rapper Roddy Ricch, Colombian singer Maluma and boy band CNCO will reportedly all join previously announced artists BTS, J Balvin and Doja Cat as performers for the show.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDraya Michele, famous for her turn in reality TV show “Basketball Wives L.A.,” has inked a deal for a docu-series — all about her life — coming to subscription-streaming service Zeus this fall.The 10-part series, “Doses of Draya,” promises a behind-the-scenes look at the actor-model-entrepreneur-social media influencer’s life as she builds her businesses and lets loose with her close friends.“I’ve been on a pretty incredible journey over the past decade, and I’m

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Barry Minkow, who ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, is to be the subject of a new docu-series after partnering with The Content Group and Intervention producer Sami Abdou.The Content Group, which is part of Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group, the company behind The Kennedys, TNT’s Shaq Life and Penn State feature doc Happy Valley, will develop and produce the premium limited series with Abdou.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: As TikTok continues to make headlines with President Trump’s threat to shutdown the social media service if a U.S.

PS5 over the Xbox Series XAccording to a report by MCV, the survey was hosted by pop culture agency Experience12, which collected data between June 25 – July 2 through MCM Comic Con social media channels.The data reveals that 84 percent of the participants are more inclined to purchase a PS5, oppose to the 15 percent that voted for the Xbox Series X.80 percent of the gamers who partook in the survey were aged between 18-34, 48 percent were between 25-34, and 33 percent ranged from 18-24.Both

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen Real Madrid Fooball Team proposed the purchase of Spanish women’s football club Club Deportivo Tacón, producers Tomas Pastor and Ana Pastor saw a story — women’s soccer team that was going to make it into the biggest club in the world.With the success of the U.S.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Discovery Channel is launching new business format I Quit, with a slew of entrepreneurs risking it by giving up their jobs to follow their passions.However, the business model behind the show, which launches Tuesday August 18, may be the real point of interest for producers.The show comes from Shopify Studios, the television production and financing arm of the global online commerce service, and Wheelhouse Entertainment’s Spoke Studios.

[email protected] comes to a close Sunday, ending a five-day lineup of almost entirely prerecorded virtual panels.San Diego Comic-Con 2020 was canceled in April due to the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first time the annual pop culture event won’t happen as planned in its 50-year history.

San Diego Comic-Con is quite different than it has been in previous years because, well, it's not taking place in San Diego — at least not exclusively. As a result of the social distancing brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Comic-Con is instead taking place virtually.

San Diego Comic-Con is quite different than it has been in previous years because, well, it's not taking place in San Diego — at least not exclusively. As a result of the social distancing brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Comic-Con is instead taking place virtually.

Vikings reunited for their final Comic-Con before the series wraps up on History later this year.

[email protected] is in full swing, boasting an impressive lineup of almost entirely prerecorded virtual panels.HBO has set presentations for “His Dark Materials” and “Lovecraft Country,” and Amazon Prime Video is bringing “The Boys,” “Upload,” “Truth Seekers” and “Utopia,” and also sponsoring its own Amazon Virtual-Con hub.Meanwhile, AMC is hosting panels for its “Walking Dead” universe and “NOS4A2” and Disney is prepping 11 different presentations, including a career retrospective on Nathan

Several weeks ago, one of the executives over at Sony mentioned how the world of adult-focused animation is set to get a boost from this global pandemic that rendered live-action filmmaking completely impossible for several months and continues to hinder the film and TV industry. The executive predicted that we’d likely see a number of new adult animation efforts springing forth.

Janet W. Lee For the first time in its 50-year history, San Diego Comic-Con is happening as a virtual, streaming event.

[email protected] As a result, there will be no Marvel, DC Comics or for that matter any Hall H panels, no Artists Alley, no convention floor to walk around, and definitely no cosplayers (despite the uptick in masks we’re all seeing).It’s not just fans, of course. The other side of the big events in Hall H and Ballroom 20 is that they are the place many studios, networks and streamers kick off the promotional arm of an upcoming tentpole movie or genre TV show.

Eli Countryman San Diego Comic-Con may be going digital, but the lineup still offers a wide array of panels and conversations. With four days of content, Variety breaks down a list of this year’s most notable, anticipated and exciting panels.The “Star Trek Universe” panel begins Thursday at 10 A.M.

[email protected], a free virtual event that boasts an impressive lineup of almost entirely prerecorded panels, kicks off Wednesday with the online version of SDCC’s traditional “preview night.” But that’s just the beginning of the festivities, which will run through this Sunday and consist of no big Marvel or DC Universe panel, but will include the appearance of many streaming services, cable networks and studios promoting their upcoming shows and movies.HBO has set presentations for “His Dark