NBC's 'Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist' to Get Second Life with a Movie on New Network!

The cast of the upcoming live-action movie A Loud House Christmas has been announced!

Nickelodeon has set the live-action cast for A Loud House Christmas, its original live-action holiday TV movie based on the Emmy-winning animated series, The Loud House.

As choreographer of the NBC series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, Mandy Moore knows how important dancing is to the story. In the series, Zoey (Jane Levy) discovers she has the power to hear people’s thoughts through “heart songs,” which often take the form of large group musical numbers.

Those distributors with new movies this weekend will find they can easily blame any soured performance at the box office on the delta variant and vax cards being required at NYC, San Francisco and New Orleans cinemas.

America’s Got Talent was a winner for NBC as the live quarterfinals brought the network to ratings and viewership glory Tuesday in broadcast primetime. The two-hour episode of the talent competition was the highest-rated and most-watched program Tuesday, drawing in a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demo and 6.60 million viewers, per Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliates.

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Angelique Jackson Renowned Japanese filmmaker Shinsuke Sato (“I Am a Hero,” “Kingdom” and “Alice in Borderland”) has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of “My Hero Academia” for Legendary.The prolific filmmaker will make his English-language debut with the movie, which is based on the globally acclaimed manga property.

Shinsuke Sato, the director behind the Japanese hit movie Kingdom and it upcoming sequel, is set to make his English-language film debut with My Hero Academia, Legendary’s live-action adaptation of the popular Japanese manga franchise created by Kohei Horikoshi.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeYou would have excused the cast for not exactly being on cloud nine with the news. But they handled it like pros — and when I asked them to address the elephant in the room, they cleverly took out the network talking points and read, word-for-word, how they had been coached to explain the sudden decision to end the show.

Despite its network cancellation, “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” is getting a holiday movie.

TV Line, which broke the news, if the movie performs well, a potential third season could be in the cards. It is not yet a done deal but is in advanced negotiations.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” after getting axed by NBC, may be getting a second life at Roku.Roku, which has been bulking up its original programming slate, is in discussions with Lionsgate Television, the producer of the musical dramedy, for a movie special bringing back the original cast including star Jane Levy, Variety confirmed.Roku and Lionsgate reps declined to comment.Sources cautioned that while Roku and Lionsgate are in talks, there’s no deal signed.

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is nearing a deal for a wrap-up holiday movie on Roku, two months after NBC canceled the music dramedy following a two-season run, ET has learned.The deal for the film, which would premiere over the holidays, is currently being finalized and the core cast -- including star Jane Levy — is in advanced negotiations to return for the swan song. Roku and Lionsgate TV declined to comment.NBC canceled the series on June 9 and talks with its sister streaming service,

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist lives on. The buzzy series, which was canceled by NBC after two seasons, would get a new chapter with a holiday movie for streamer Roku, I have learned. The series’ main cast, led by Jane Levy, is slated to return, I hear.