Laika Animation Studios Expands to Live Action With Thriller ‘Seventeen’

Vin Diesel will develop and is also attached to star in a live-action “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” movie, based on the classic tabletop game featuring battling robots for Universal and Mattel.Diesel will develop via his One Race Films banner.

The Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots movie is becoming a reality. Mattel Films, Universal and Vin Diesel are teaming for a live-action feature take on the classic tabletop boxing robots game. Diesel will star in the movie and produce with his One Race Films label and partner Samantha Vincent.

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off of the critical success of Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar, Oscar nominated writers Kristen Wiig & Annie Mumolo re-team on their first adventure with Disney on a live-action Untitled Cinderella Evil Stepsisters film. Sources add that at this time it is unknown if Wiig and Mumolo would also be starring in the film since its so early in development.

© @Copyright HELLO! Hello! Magazine Tamron Hall is never afraid to take a fashion risk, and that’s what makes her style statements so exciting to watch. SHOP: Tamron Hall stuns in a dreamy yellow dress perfect for spring - and we found the best dupeThe daytime TV host stuns even when she’s rocking a sweatsuit, which was the case when she strolled onto the set of her eponymous talk show wearing a white sweatsuit topped with a red roses print, and complete with a collar on the sweatshirt.

Powerpuff Girls.The trio of super-powered sisters are set to return as “disillusioned twenty-somethings who resent having lost their childhood to crime fighting” after the animated series left screens in 2005.The new series, simply titled Powerpuff, was announced back in February, and will see Chloe Bennet star as Blossom, alongside Dove Cameron (Bubbles) and Yana Perrault (Buttercup)Rounding out the cast are Donald Faison as their father Professor Drake Utonium, Nicholas Podany as villain Mojo

After giving fans a sneak peek into the first day of the Powerpuff Girls live action shoot, director Maggie Kiley dropped the first official look of the beloved girls Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup. The series will be starring Chloe Bennet as Blossom, Dove Cameron as Bubbles and Yana Perrault as Buttercup.

first episode of season 10, which catches viewers up on what eldest daughter Michaella's plans are for the future.In the clip, Michaella discusses finishing nursing school while on a light stroll with her mom, where she admits it's been an «all-consuming» endeavor. But she says she's «not nervous» at all.«I know you're modest.

JoJo Siwa is happy being her true self in public.

Angelina Jolie is back on the big screen with the highly anticipated thriller The 45-year-old actress stars as Hannah in the film, a smoke jumper who's still reeling from the loss of three lives she failed to save from a fire when she comes across a traumatized 12-year-old boy (Finn Little) with nowhere else to turn.

Christina Aguilera shared a sweet “Schitt’s Creek”-inspired video this week to celebrate her fiancé Matthew Rutler’s birthday.

Imprisonment, in many senses of the word, is at the center of each of the five nominees for this year's live-action short film Oscar, which is not to say they're a homogenous bunch: Though all have political undercurrents and speak to present-tense issues, their moods and styles vary enough that their one big (mostly) common theme —cops, and how they wield power —stands out only because we've already been thinking about it every day for what feels like forever.

Shalini Dore Features News EditorThe  Oscar-nominated live action shorts come from filmmakers based in the U.S., U.K, and the Mideast. They all center on the human desire to be seen as people.Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski Roland’s entry into the deaf-blind community came through a chance meeting about 10 years ago with a man holding up a sign asking for help to cross the street late one night in New York City.

Laika, the studio behind animated films such as Oscar-nominatedCoraline, ParaNorman and Kubo and the Two Strings,is making its foray into live-action. The Oregon studio has optioned Seventeen, the upcoming first novel by John Brownlow, with plans toadapt the title as its first live-action production.

Also Read: Jake Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore, Isabela Merced Join Cast of 'Spirit Untamed' Animation“Across mediums and genres, our studio has fused art, craft, and technology in service of bold, distinctive, and enduring stories. With ‘Seventeen,’ Laika is taking that philosophy in an exciting new direction,” Knight said in a statement.

Laika is expanding into the world of live-action filmmaking for the first time, with an adaptation of John Brownlow’s upcoming debut novel, Seventeen.

The first trailer for the final season of Younger is finally here – and it hints at some possible trouble for Liza and Charles!