Kevin Smith Developing ‘The Green Hornet’ Animated Series With ‘Peanuts’ Owner WildBrain

Jamie Lang It’s not often that an international Netflix Original gets to three seasons.

Beanie Feldstein and Jane Lynch are taking on some memorable roles!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has ordered an animated series based on the classic children’s book “Harriet the Spy” by Louise Fitzhugh, Variety has learned.Beanie Feldstein will voice the titular Harriet, while Jane Lynch will play her nanny, Ole Golly. In addition, Lacey Chabert will voice Marion Hawthorne, the queen bee at Harriet’s school.Like the book, the series will be set in 1960s New York City.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsApple TV+ will breathe new life into Louise Fitzhugh’s 1964 children’s book with Harriet the Spy, the first animated adaptation of the iconic children’s novel.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSeth MacFarlane has set his first project under his overall deal with NBCUniversal inked earlier this year. UCP has put in development The Winds of War (working title), a limited series based on Herman Wouk’s The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, with MacFarlane and Seth Fisher (The Alienist) set to pen the adaptation and executive produce.

Will Thorne Staff WriterSeth MacFarlane has set up his first project under the bumper overall deal he signed with NBCUniversal Content Studios earlier this year.The “Family Guy” and “American Dad” creator is developing a limited series called “The Winds of War” (working title), based on Herman Wouk’s novels “The Winds of War” and “War and Remembrance.”The project hails from UCP, a division Universal Studio Group, and MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Productions banner.It is described as telling the epic

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBen Hibon (Codehunters) has been tapped to direct, co-executive produce and serve as the creative lead of Nickelodeon’s new animated series Star Trek: Prodigy.The CG-animated series, which expands the Star Trek Universe, follows a group of lawless teens who discover a derelict Starfleet ship and use it to search for adventure, meaning and salvation.

Also Read: Ryan Reynolds Crashes Hugh Jackman's 'X-Men' Reunion - Much to the Cast's Displeasure (Video)On Friday, Houston said he would be interested in reviving the series, “if we could do a special, a one-off episode, or a five-part episode.” Houston is semi-retired.“Whatever they wanted to do if we had all the original team,” he continued.

Earlier this year, Ben Affleck starred in “The Way Back” about a down-on-his-luck former athlete returning to the sport he loves, basketball, to whip a losing high school team into shape on their quest for glory and his own personal redemption. “Hoops” is basically that same story, but animated and with lots more sex and curse words.

the original Enterprise on its five-year mission or bringing Captain Jean-Luc Picard out of retirement to prevent an AI-induced apocalypse, Star Trek has always been about the allure of the unknown, the strange worlds, new life, and new civilizations that turn up when the United Federation of Planets goes where no one has gone before.

CBS All Access.But in playing a cartoon character, Commander Jack Ransom, O’Connell laments that he is missing out on one cool aspect of the “Trek” world.“My wife loves wearing that uniform. And every time she puts it on, it’s an absolute honor,” O’Connell, 46, told The Post during a recent Zoom interview from their home in Calabasas, Calif.

Seth Rogen was denied the opportunity to make a sequel to cult stoner comedy Pineapple Express because studio officials were “not that interested” in the idea.The movie, directed by David Gordon Green, was a box office hit upon its 2008 release, grossing $102 million worldwide from a $26 million budget, and earned Rogen’s co-star, James Franco, a Golden Globe nomination.The longtime pals were eager to capitalize on the project’s success, but executives at Sony Pictures shut down the idea of a

The Green Hornet, the classic superhero franchise which started in the 1930s as a radio show.Smith, who already has a Green Hornet comic book series based on the un-produced feature screenplay he wrote for Miramax, is developing the new series with children’s content producer WildBrain.Targeted at a family audience, Smith’s new show will be set in contemporary times with a re-imagined Green Hornet and Kato – now the grown son of the original Green Hornet and the daughter of the original

Ubisoft is reportedly teaming up with Netflix to commission a Splinter Cell adaptation in the form of an anime series.According to a report by Variety, the show is being written and executive produced by Derek Kolstad, most notably known for his work on the John Wick franchise. The report details that sources have confirmed the show has been green-lit for two seasons and will be a 16 episode commitment.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has teamed with Ubisoft for an anime series based on the Splinter Cell video game franchise, with John Wick writer Derek Kostad set to write and executive produce, Deadline has confirmed.First released in 2002, the Splinter Cell video game revolves around protagonist, Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the NSA, dubbed “Third Echelon”.

Also Read: 'John Wick' Creator Derek Kolstad Boards Marvel's 'Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Limited Series (Exclusive)Kolstad is also part of the writing team on the upcoming “Falcon & Winter Soldier” limited series for Marvel Studios, he also sold his pitch for the action movie “Booker” in a heated bidding war to Sony, and is also writing video game adaptation “Just Cause” for Constantin.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix and Ubisoft have teamed for an anime series adaptation of the video game “Splinter Cell”, Variety has learned.Derek Kolstad, best known for his work writing the “John Wick” film franchise, will serve as writer and executive producer on the series. According to sources, the series has received a two-season, 16 episode order at the streaming service.Netflix, Ubisoft, and reps for Kolstad declined to comment on the specifics of the deal.The first “Splinter Cell”

For anyone who loves Kevin Smith (and it’s no secret that I’m chief among them), it’s been a bit of a wait for news on Killroy Was Here. Shot a few years ago, the horror anthology took a backseat to Jay and Silent Bob Reboot in the wake of Smith’s heart attack, but now, while doing a virtual version of his annual Comic-Con panel, it has revealed itself.

Will Thorne Staff WriterKevin Smith is taking another crack at “The Green Hornet.”Smith, who has written a “Green Hornet” comic book series based on the un-produced feature screenplay he was hired to write in 2004, is developing an animated version of “Green Hornet” with kids content producer WildBrain.The new series will be targeted at a family audience, while retaining many elements from the comics, including the titular character’s high-tech car, the “Black Beauty.”Set in contemporary times,

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Submarine, the company behind Amazon’s animated drama Undone, has found its next rotoscope drama project – an adaptation of Matt Haig’s sci-fi novel Echo Boy.The company has optioned the book, which was published in 2014 by Corgi, will be developed in a similar style as Undone with a hybrid of live action and animation.Submarine co-founder Femke Wolting told Deadline that it is talking to a few writers before taking the project out to pitch.Echo Boy is a