prequel series “House of the Dragon” has been a lot like running into an old acquaintance from high school at a bar.You vaguely recognize them from afar. Perhaps they sat in the back during Ms. Carp’s English Lit class.
06.06.2024 - 21:31 / deadline.com
Netflix on Thursday announced the voice cast for The Twits, a new animated feature due to debut on the streamer in 2025. Those set to star include Margo Martindale (Cocaine Bear), Johnny Vegas (Bleak House), Natalie Portman (May December) and Emilia Clarke (Secret Invasion).
The streamer also unveiled a few first look photos from the film, which you can view above and below.
Directed by Phil Johnston (Ralph Breaks the Internet), The Twits centers on Mr. and Mrs. Twit, the meanest, smelliest, nastiest people in the world, who also happen to own and operate the most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park in the world, Twitlandia. But when the Twits rise to power in their town, two brave orphans and a family of magical animals are forced to become as tricky as the Twits in order to save the city.
Johnston wrote the script for The Twits with Meg Favreau. Katie Shanahan and Todd Kunjan Demong are co-directors on the film, produced by Johnston, Maggie Malone and Daisy May West.
Today’s news on The Twits emerged as part of “Next on Netflix: Animation,” the streamer’s preview of animated films and series coming in the next year. In recent years, the service has become a go-to destination for animation, with more than 130M households watching a variety of animation every month.
Martindale is repped by Gersh and Peikoff Mahan Law Office; Vegas by Curtis Brown Group in the UK; Portman by CAA and Agence Adequat in France; Clarke by CAA, the UK’s Hamilton Hodell, Range Media Partners, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Johnston by CAA, Entertainment 360, and Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz; and Favreauy by Gersh and Industry Entertainment.
By providing your information, you agree to our Terms of Use and our Privacy
prequel series “House of the Dragon” has been a lot like running into an old acquaintance from high school at a bar.You vaguely recognize them from afar. Perhaps they sat in the back during Ms. Carp’s English Lit class.
House Of The Dragon was cut from the show.During a new interview with Elle, Cooke – who portrays Alicent Hightower in the Game Of Thrones prequel series – explained that the scene in question was “messy as fuck”.“It wasn’t beautiful, and that was really fun to do,” the actor continued, describing the racy moment as “carnal” and “animalistic”.“I think Ryan [Condal, showrunner] said we weren’t learning any more about the characters, which I disagree with slightly, but it’s OK. It’s his show,” Cooke continued.She then suggested that the scene could be released as part of a blooper reel.Cooke, who worked closely with House Of The Dragon’s intimacy coordinator Vanessa Coffey, said: “I thought there’d be way more [sex scenes], and so I’m relieved that when it has been used for me, it’s showing Alicent being pleasured, which is amazing and doesn’t feel gratuitous.
Everybody Still Hates Chris has a cast!
Natalie Portman‘s new Apple TV+ series Lady in the Lake has its first trailer, and it’s teasing a compelling and mysterious thriller!
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is looking to stay in business with two familiar faces as Purple Hearts star Sofia Carson and Queen Charlotte‘s Corey Mylchreest are set to star in the adaptation of the popular novel My Oxford Year by Julia Whelan. The Inbetweeners director Iain Morris will direct, with Temple Hill Entertainment producing. Laura Quicksilver and George Berman are overseeing the production.
Comedy Central has unveiled the voice cast for Everybody Still Hates Chris, its upcoming reimagined animated version of Chris Rock’s beloved autobiographical family comedy Everybody Hates Chris.
UPDATED, 8:40 AM: “I saw you once, Maddie Schwartz. Before any of this began, I saw you. Alive…I was Cleo Johnson, but in my death, I became the Lady in the Lake,” says Moses Ingram‘s Cleo in a voiceover at the beginning of the trailer for Apple limited series Lady in the Lake.
Can one woman’s death put another in danger? “Lady in the Lake” explores the lives of Maddie and Cleo. The latter’s death sets into motion events that jeopardize everything that matters.
Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor The ongoing struggle to elevate animated features to the same level of best-picture recognition as live-action films will undoubtedly resurface by year’s end. This time, the spotlight will be on Pixar‘s highly successful sequel, “Inside Out 2,” a film that could bring joy and success amid a dark cloud hovering around Hollywood studios. With debut director Kelsey Mann taking over from Pete Docter, the second installment follows Riley (Kensington Tallman) during her teenage years.
Emilia Clarke can’t watch House of the Dragon.
Jean-Paul Gaultier has unveiled first details and images for his upcoming debut animated fiction feature tapping into his collections and experiences in the Paris Fashion world.
EXCLUSIVE: Ketchup Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Ozi, Voice of the Forest, an animated feature produced by Appian Way Productions, Mike Medavoy and GCI Film, which features a voice cast led by Amandla Stenberg.
Emilia Clarke is opening up about the fears that were running through her mind while she was suffering from a brain injury during her Game of Thrones days.
Emilia Clarke is opening up about the fears she had following several brain injuries and the repercussions it would have on her work filming Game of Thrones.
Natalie Portman has had a rough year, and she couldn’t have gotten through it without her friends!
Daenerys Targaryen on “Game of Thrones,” has confessed that she lived in fear of getting fired. “When you have a brain injury, because it alters your sense of self on such a dramatic level, all of the insecurities you have going into the workplace quadruple overnight,” Clarke told Big Issue in an article published June 10.
Emilia Clarke has shared that she thought she might have been fired from Game Of Thrones following a severe brain injury.The actor, who played Daenerys Targaryen in the popular fantasy series, suffered a brain bleed back in 2011.She revealed in an essay she wrote for The New Yorker in 2019 that she had experienced a subarachnoid haemorrhage, caused by a ruptured aneurysm in February 2011. As a result, she underwent endovascular coiling surgery, and was reportedly temporarily unable to say her own name.She was also surgically treated for a second aneurysm in 2013.
Netflix on Thursday afternoon announced K-Pop: Demon Hunters (working title), a new animated feature bound for the streamer in 2025.
Tyler Perry has a new movie project at Netflix!
Natalie Portman is starting a new chapter of her life. The Hollywood star is embracing change following her divorce from Benjamin Millepied after 11 years of marriage, and it seems she is ready for a fresh start in her personal and professional life.Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millipied finalize divorce after 11 years of marriageNatalie Portman channeled Grace Kelly in head-to-toe Dior during latest outing in ParisJulianne Moore proves she is learning Spanish while working in Spain ahead of Pedro Almodóvar’s new filmThe pair reportedly separated last year, as confirmed by Us Weekly in August 2023, after rumors of an alleged romance between Natalie’s husband and 26-year-old activist Camille Étienne.