Netflix Announces Wednesday Addams Live Action Series On A Wednesday

Haley Bosselman editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for the new season of “Family Reunion,” and BET Plus released the trailer for Season 2 of “Tyler Perry’s Ruthless.”Season 24 of “Tengo Talento, Mucho Talento” kicks off on March 29 at 8 p.m. on EstrellaTV, with Luis Coronel returning as host and Chiquis, Pepe Garza, Ana Bárbara and Don Cheto appearing as judges.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple has ordered a live-action series adaptation of the Korean webtoon “Dr. Brain.” The series will be the first completely Korean-language project at the streamer.Kim Jee-Woon will write and direct, with “Parasite” star Lee Sun-Kyun set to star.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has won U.S. rights to Liam Neeson-Laurence Fishburne action-thriller The Ice Road in what is a record domestic-only deal out of the EFM, we can reveal.

Cottonwood Media, German public broadcaster ZDF and its co-pro and distribution arm ZDF Enterprises, HBO Max and Brazil’s Globo are teaming to produce “Theodosia,” a big new live action kids adventure series targeting family audiences.No budget is given for the 26-part half hour series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA live-action “G.I. Joe” TV series is in the works at Amazon, Variety has confirmed.The series will be a standalone story centered around “G.I.

Dora The Explorer and The Fairly Odd Parents are getting the live-action TV treatment.

Jermaine Fowler has already begun making a name for himself in films and TV series. He was the star of the CBS sitcom, “Superior Donuts” and has supporting roles in films such as “Sorry to Bother You” and the recent “Judas and the Black Messiah.” But perhaps the biggest role of Fowler’s career is coming up in the Amazon sequel, “Coming 2 America,” where he plays the long-lost son of Eddie Murphy’s Prince Akeem.

Haley Bosselman editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date of “Jupiter’s Legacy,” and Showtime set the premiere date for Ziwe’s new variety show.Rebbi Rosie, Keiynan Lonsdale and Enrique Murciano have joined Starz‘ “Step Up” series, while Terayle Hill was promoted to series regular, reprising his role as Marquise in the upcoming season. The new cast members join Christina Milian and Ne-Yo in the series inspired by the “Step Up” Lionsgate film franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: Monster High, the ghoulish toy line, is getting another stab at television with a new animated series and the franchise’s first live-action project.

The Circle has revealed a second catfish taking part in the upcoming celebrity edition of the reality show, and they're taking on the alias of a real life friend. Channel 4 is set to air a week-long celebrity edition of the game show in aid of Stand Up To Cancer in March, with a host of famous faces moving into that apartment block of anonymity in order to make virtual connections with other celebs – some of whom are not who they say they are.

Last fall, it was reported that Netflix was going to team up with Tim Burton on a live-action series based on “The Addams Family.” At the time, all that was known is that the series would likely be told from the perspective of teen Wednesday Addams. Well, Netflix made it official today and shared all the details about Burton’s first foray into streaming series.

“The Addams Family” is revving up to entertain a new generation.

Wednesday, the eight-part show has been described as a coming-of-age comedy by Netflix and a “sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy.”The series is set to follow “Wednesday’s attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago – all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships

Wednesday Addams is getting her own Netflix series. In a Twitter announcement on Wednesday, Netflix announced that a new live-action series based on Wednesday Addams will soon hit the streaming platform.The series will be directed by Tim Burton, who will be making his television directorial debut.

It’s official: Netflix has landed Tim Burton’s live-action Addams Family series with an eight-episode order for a spinoff focused on the iconic character of Wednesday Addams.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA Wednesday Addams live-action series has been ordered at Netflix, Variety has learned.The project was first reported as being in development back in October, though no network or streamer was attached at that time.

Netflix has announced a new anime series based on Valve’s popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game, DOTA.The anime series, titled DOTA: Dragon’s Blood, will feature eight episodes according to a Deadline report. The series will follow the story of Davion, a Dragon Knight.

The world of DOTA will come to Netflix as the streamer announced on Tuesday a new anime series based off the popular video game franchise from Valve.

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