EXCLUSIVE: Israeli romcom drama series The Baker and the Beauty is being remade for France’s TF1, with French singer-songwriter Amir Haddad playing the lead in his debut TV role.
30.05.2024 - 13:11 / variety.com
Selome Hailu Netflix is developing an animated series based on the wildly popular sandbox video game “Minecraft.” The streamer will produce the project alongside Mojang Studios, the Swedish developer of the game. Plot details are not yet known, but according to Netflix, the series “will feature an original story with new characters, showing the world of ‘Minecraft’ in a new light.” The series, which will be CG-animated, is in development with WildBrain, the Canadian studio behind animated Netflix projects including “Sonic Prime,” “Ninjago: Dragons Rising” and “Carmen Sandiego.” In 2022, Netflix debuted a revival of WildBrain’s “Johnny Test,” which originally ran on the WB and later on Cartoon Network for six seasons from 2005 to 2014.
The studio has also produced “The Snoopy Show” and “Snoopy in Space” on Apple TV+ and “Fireman Sam” on the UK’s Channel 5. Mojang released “Minecraft” in 2011.
In its signature pixellated style, the game allows players to build 3D worlds out of colorful blocks. More than 140 million people each month play “Minecraft,” which has birthed spinoffs “Minecraft: Story Mode,” “Minecraft Earth,” “Minecraft Dungeons” and “Minecraft Legends.” This isn’t the only narrative “Minecraft” adaptation Mojang has in the works.
The Microsoft-owned company has also set a movie backed by Warner Bros. and Legendary with Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Danielle Brooks and Emma Myers to star and Jared Hess directing.
The film is slated to premiere on April 4, 2025. News of the Netflix series came during Mojang’s celebration of the first “Minecraft” game’s 15th anniversary.
.EXCLUSIVE: Israeli romcom drama series The Baker and the Beauty is being remade for France’s TF1, with French singer-songwriter Amir Haddad playing the lead in his debut TV role.
Peak TV may be coming to an end, but even with the decline in new programming, it’s still possible for a new show to evade your radar. One program that might have slipped by you is the Peacock stop-motion animated series “In The Know,” created by Zach Woods, Brandon Gardner, and Mike Judge.
It was a special night for Wicked fans at the 2024 Tony Awards!
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios are looking to continue telling Blue Beetle stories via an animated series currently in development, sources close to production tell Deadline. Miguel Puga (The Casagrandes) has been working on the project since early this year and will serve as the project’s showrunner and director with Cristian Martinez (Women of the Movement, Good Trouble) set as writer.
Is Princess Catherine getting her cancer treatment… in TEXAS?!
After being in development for years, we finally got our first look at Zack Snyder’s long-awaited epic fantasy series, “Twilight of the Gods.” And yes, it’s just as violent and bloody as you’d imagine a Zack Snyder cartoon would be. READ MORE: ‘Rebel Moon’ Director’s Cuts First Look: Netflix Confirms Titles & Announces Release Date For Zack Snyder’s New Cuts Considering it’s just a teaser, there’s actually quite a bit crammed in the short clip for “Twilight of the Gods.” Not much in the way of plot, mind you.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large Will Arnett is expanding his relationship with Fox Entertainment. The actor and comedian, who hosts Fox’s “Lego Masters,” has sealed an overall producing deal for his Electric Avenue Prods. to produce fare for the network’s in-house production company.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Nearly a lifetime ago, in 1975, Terry Gilliam submitted his five-minute short film “Miracle of Flight” to the Annecy Animation Festival in France. An absurdist gem about homo sapiens’ disastrous desire to take to the skies — using the same cut-out technique made famous by the irreverent interstitials and opening credits Gilliam designed for the British sketch comedy series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” — the film screened, but won no prizes.
Terry Gilliam hasn’t shot a movie since 2018’s “The Man Who Killed Don Quixote,” a film that took him nearly 30 years to make. So let’s call the seven years between that movie and Gilliam’s upcoming “The Carnival At The End Of Days” a well-deserved break.
Michael B. Jordan has shared an update on I Am Legend 2 with Will Smith – see what Jordan had to say below.Speaking to PEOPLE, Michael B.
Suri Cruise is making the most out of summer in New York City. The 18-year-old daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise was spotted working on her fitness in the city, jogging in Central Park and enjoying the warm temperatures, that reached 80 degrees on Tuesday.Katie Holmes and Suri Cruise go out in matching denimSuri Cruise is ready for summer in tube top and shorts on her way to guitar practiceTom Cruise pranked Glen Powell by pretending to lose control of their helicopterSuri, who recently revealed that she wants to distance herself from her last name, was photographed wearing a white crop top and black biker shorts.
Netflix viewers have spotted a potential twist for Benedict Bridgerton and Lady Tilley Arnold's affair after an exciting new trailer was released for the second half of Bridgerton's third season.The first set of episodes, which dropped on the streaming service last month, saw Penelope Featherington (played by Nicola Coughlan) finally exploring her romantic feelings for Benedict's younger brother Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). Fans will continue to follow their story when the series returns on June 13, while a new trailer hinted at the introduction of a new love interest for Benedict who appears in the book series, Sophie Beckett.
The ongoing feud between Teresa Giudice and Melissa Gorga has producers of The Real Housewives of New Jersey now looking at different formats and concepts for a season wrap up show as they eschew a traditional reunion.
Lexi Carson Oscar-nominated actor, producer and author Taraji P. Henson is set to return as the host of this year’s BET Awards. It will air live on June 30 on BET at 8 p.m.
Jack Dunn Netflix has unveiled the premiere date for the animated series “Tomb Raider: The Legend Of Lara Croft,” based on the iconic action-adventure video game franchise. The show hits the streamer Oct. 10 with Hayley Atwell taking on the titular role of the intrepid British archaeologist.
Netflix is checking into another animation series.
Netflix is developing a new animated series based on the hugely popular Minecraft sandbox game. Few details are known, but according to Netflix, the series “will feature an original story with new characters that shows the Minecraft world in a new light.”
Jon Burlingame “I felt not only that it was important, but that I had an obligation to be a part of it,” says composer Terence Blanchard about writing the score for National Geographic’s “Genius: MLK / X,” the eight-part series about the lives of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X.
After ruminating on the idea for Blue Eye Samurai for quite a while, Amber Noizumi and Michael Green had difficulty finding the right medium – until they decided the story needed to be animated in whole new style. Enter Netflix, which had just recently started an adult animation division, and the eight-episode series was born.
EXCLUSIVE: The Paley Center for Media has appointed four new trustees to its board and added some high profile executives to its L.A. contingent as it ramps back up on the West Coast.