‘Looney Tunes Cartoons’ Executive Producer Inks Multiyear Pact With Warner Bros. Animation, Cartoon Network

Channing Tatum is executive producing the unscripted competition series which is headed to the streamer later this year. The series will take 10 men and transform them into Magic Mikes and a nationwide casting search is currently underway.«Ten men who have ‘lost their magic’ will come together in a competition series like no other.

EXCLUSIVE: OZY Media has tapped two executives and three executive producers to help expand OZY Studios’ development and production.

EXCLUSIVE: In competitive bidding, Warner Bros. acquired Meebo And Me, an original comedic family adventure spec by Free Guy scribe Matt Lieberman. Pic will be produced by Kenya Barris, through his Khalabo Ink Society, along with Lieberman and Adam Kolbrenner’s Lit Entertainment Group.

Malina Saval Associate Editor, FeaturesIsraeli-American actress-producer-author Noa Tishby was compiling research for what would eventually become her newly released non-fiction book “Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth” (Simon & Schuster) when she discovered that — save for Golda Meir’s 1973 autobiography and English translations of Israeli historian Anita Shapira’s work — there were no books on the history of Israel penned by a woman.

Emmy winner Zendaya has joined the cast of Space Jam: A New Legacy, in the role of Lola Bunny.

For kids in the nineties, “Space Jam” was an event. In 1996, Michael Jordan was a global icon, and the Looney Tunes were still a cartoon staple for kids around the world.

21 Savage has been tapped to executive produce the soundtrack for the forthcoming Saw reboot, Spiral: From The Book Of Saw.Uproxx reports that Savage – real name Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph – is also about to release the soundtrack’s lead single ‘Spiral’ which can be heard throughout the film’s trailer.Spiral: From The Book Of Saw is set to be released in cinemas on Monday May 17, and is produced by Chris Rock.

Alex Morgan and Sue Bird will revisit the 1996 Summer Olympic Games for the six-part documentary podcast Summer of Gold. The Olympic athletes will executive produce the audio title for TOGETHXR with Dear Media.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) is set to direct multiple episodes of Hulu’s limited drama series The Dropout based on ABC News/ABC Radio’s podcast about the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes. Showalter also will executive produce the series, from Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television and Searchlight, along with his Semi-Formal Productions producing partner Jordana Mollick.

Jordan Rose In what feels like a no-brainer collaboration, 21 Savage is set to executive-produce the music for the upcoming “Spiral: From the Book of Saw,” the next movie in the rebooted “Saw” franchise.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“The Six,” a documentary film shining a searchlight on the little-known Chinese aspects of the familiar Titanic story is headed for theatrical release next month in the Middle Kingdom.

Wayne Che Yip has joined the creative team behind the Lord of the Rings TV series, as both a co-executive producer and director, Amazon Studios announced today. As a director, he’ll follow in the footsteps of J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls), who helmed the series’ first two episodes.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorAmazon Studios has tapped director Wayne Che Yip to join the creative team of its “Lord of the Rings” series adaptation as co-executive producer. The British Chinese helmer will handle four episodes of the fantasy epic now filming in New Zealand.Yip will follow “LOTR” executive producer J.A.

Sister, the Elisabeth Murdoch-backed producer behind Chernobyl, is launching an office in the north of England and has recruited The Split executive producer Lucy Dyke to lead the outpost.

EXCLUSIVE: Gunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi brand Dust has acquired the worldwide rights to the Tom Lowe-directed documentary Awaken executive produced by Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life, The Thin Red line, The New World) and Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi). Awaken is set to debut on Apple TV, Amazon and all other major VOD platforms on April 9.

Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network Studios have teamed up to sign their first joint overall deal – with Pete Browngardt, exec producer of HBO Max’s Looney Tunes Cartoons

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Warner Bros. Television Group has established an exclusive creative partnership and overall deal with Dr.