Jamie Dornan has not one but two exciting roles to look forward to in a new Netflix series.
24.02.2024 - 01:37 / variety.com
Selome Hailu Netflix is no longer adapting Rick Riordan‘s “Kane Chronicles” book series into feature films. Riordan, best known as the author of the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” books, shared the news while responding to question from a fan on Goodreads. “Right now, Kane Chronicles is in ‘turnaround,’ which means Netflix has decided not to move forward and their option has lapsed after trying for two years to develop a script they liked,” he wrote.
“Now it depends on whether another studio would like to step in, assume the preproduction costs, and move forward.” Riordan announced the development of “The Kane Chronicles” film trilogy in 2020. The first film, based on 2010’s “The Red Pyramid,” was written by “Star Trek: Prodigy” writer Diandra Pendleton-Thompson, according to a 2022 blog post where Riordan wrote that he was expecting a new script draft soon. “The Red Pyramid,” along with “The Throne of Fire” (2011) and “The Serpent’s Shadow” (2012), followed Carter and Sadie Kane, the teen descendants of Egyptian pharaohs Narmer and Ramses the Great.
In a series of spinoff novels called “Demigods and Magicians,” characters from “The Kane Chronicles” crossover into the “Percy Jackson” universe. The news comes amid a rise in appetite for screen adaptations of Riordan’s work: Disney+ concluded the first season of its “Percy Jackson” TV series on Jan. 30, which Disney CEO Bob Iger touted as a success on the company’s latest quarterly earnings call.
Jamie Dornan has not one but two exciting roles to look forward to in a new Netflix series.
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The highly anticipated Netflix series The Gentlemen arrives on the streaming platform on Thursday 7 March with Theo James and Kaya Scodelario in the main roles as Eddie Halstead and Susie Glass.The series sounds familiar because Guy Ritchie, writer, executive producer and director also created the film with the same name. During the making of the series, the cast and crew filmed in various locations from Brocket Hall to Badminton House but during one take, the team made a costly error. During a Q&A at the world premiere, Guy revealed an incident on set left them in trouble.
Michaela Zee Michelle Yeoh has reacted to the cancellation of her Netflix series “The Brothers Sun.” In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Yeoh wrote, “Heartbroken… and finding it so hard to understand why… however, I am so very proud of My ‘Brothers Sun’ family and what we presented to the world. heads held high.” Variety confirmed on Friday that Netflix canceled the crime family dramedy after one season. Created by Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk, “The Brothers Sun” followed Charles Sun (Justin Chien), a Taiwanese gangster who must travel to Los Angeles to protect his mother and younger brother, Bruce (Sam Song Li), after his father — the head of a Taipei triad — is shot by a mysterious assassin.
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Michelle Yeoh‘s recent Netflix series The Brothers Sun has been cancelled just two months after its first and now only season was released.The crime drama is set in Southern California’s San Gabriel Valley and follows Taiwanese mobster Charles Sun (played by Justin Chien), whose father is assassinated in Taipei. In the aftermath of his death, Charles travels to Los Angeles to protect his estranged mother (played by Yeoh) and younger brother (played by Sam Song Li).The eight-episode series was created and executive produced by Brad Falchuk and Byron Wu and landed on Netflix on January 4.Chien took to Instagram to post a tribute to the show.A post shared by Justin Chien 錢裕揚 (@justin_chien)“To all the fans of The Brothers Sun, Thank you for riding with us on this labor of love.
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Kaiser Chiefs have doubled down on their claim that they once turned down lyrics suggested to them by David Bowie.The Leeds band first spoke about their interaction with the rock icon in an interview with News of the World back in 2011, when drummer Nick Hodgson noted that they were able to contact Bowie through a mutual colleague, the legendary producer Tony Visconti.Visconti had co-produced their album ‘The Future is Medieval’, released in the same year, and was on close terms with Bowie, having collaborated on over ten of his albums, including classics such as ‘Low’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’.“Tony texted David asking for his suggestions to finish off a verse [on ‘Man On Mars’] and he came up with a couple of lines,” Hodgson recalled. “I’m such a big Bowie fan I can’t believe I’m saying this, but they just weren’t right, so I’ve missed out on a Hodgson/Bowie writing credit.
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Netflix is no longer going forward with adaptations of the book series Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan.