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Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Ryan Murphy’s 9-1-1), Emmy-winner Keith David (The Princess And The Frog) and Oscar-nominee Eric Roberts (Runaway Train) are attached to live action family feature Pups Alone.Love Hewitt is lending her voice to the feature while David, Roberts and Brandon Burrows will be on camera.

For all his extroverted personality as an affable mensch, George Clooney, is no stranger to working in a minor key. Nor is he alien to the ideas of moody space films (“Solaris“), art movies (“The American“), or films with an introspective bent.

Warwick Davis will reprise his role in a sequel series to the George Lucas film Willow, Disney has confirmed.

Willow Ufgood is making a comeback.

Peter White Television EditorThe Willow television adaptation has been handed a series order at Disney+.Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe enchanting world of “Willow,” created by George Lucas, is officially coming to the small screen.Disney Plus has confirmed a sequel series taking place years after the events of the original Ron Howard-directed pic is heading into production next year.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe cancellation of GLOW is a big loss when it comes to the representation of women on TV. Although it moved the needle, actress Sunita Mani, who played Arthie Premkumar on the Netflix comedy series, recently posted a letter on Instagram addressing the lack of authentic inclusion in the series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has ordered the satirical limited series “The White Lotus.”Hailing from writer, director, and executive producer Mike White, the six-episode series is set at an exclusive tropical resort and follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.

Naman Ramachandran “No Time to Die” filmmaker Cary Fukunaga and “The Handmaid’s Tale” director Amma Asante are among the jurors for this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Breakthrough initiative, supported by Netflix.​Previously known as Breakthrough Brits, the initiative shines a spotlight on emerging talent and has been running in the U.K. since 2013 and in China since 2019.

Details about George Lucas‘ unused original treatment for the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy have been as exciting as they’ve been hard to come by. Lucasfilm is understandably keeping the treatment close to the chest, but every time we’ve caught a glimpse of the franchise creator’s plans, it’s been a conversation starter.

Also Read: Emma Roberts Signs First-Look Deal at Hulu, 'Tell Me Lies' Book Adaptation to Be First ProjectFelicia D. Henderson will serve as showrunner on the series, writing and executive producing alongside Schwab.

Star Wars book has revealed that Rey was previously called Winkie.An extract of Star Wars: Fascinating Facts by Pablo Hidalgo was shared on social media, explaining how the character eventually played by Daisy Ridley in the sequel trilogy grew from George Lucas’ original idea.“In George Lucas’ original outline, she was a 14-year-old girl named Taryn,” the page posted on Twitter reads.

Star Wars sequel trilogy. Where did the creator of that galaxy far, far away intend for these characters to go? Thanks to a new book, now we know.Star Wars Fascinating Facts lives up to its name.

The Lincoln Project — a political action committee (PAC) founded by anti-Trump Republicans— is probably best known for flooding the TV airwaves (and your social media feeds) with videos mocking or attacking President Trump or his Republican allies. The PACs founders, which include Reed Galen, Steve Schmidt, Rick Wilson and George Conway, were even featured in a 60 Minutes profile this past Sunday.

Star Wars sequel trilogy.As fans of the epic space-operas will know, he eventually meets his maker in director Rian Johnson's 2017 flick The Last Jedi anyway, but a new Star Wars companion book titled Fascinating Facts (written by Pablo Hidalgo) sheds some light on the history of this twist.PRE-ORDER NOW Star Wars: Fascinating Facts hardback – £9.99Photographed and uploaded to Twitter yesterday (October 13), an excerpt from the yet-to-be-published book confirms: "Years before The Last Jedi began

Justin Kroll Senior Film Reporter EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Jones star Krysten Ritter, Winslow Fegley And Lidya Jewett are set to star in the Netflix family pic Night Books with David Yarovesky on board to direct. Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert will produce through Ghost House Pictures along with MXN Entertainment’s Mason Novick and Michelle Knudsen.Based on the J.A.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix has signed an overall deal with writer and producer Michael Green.The first project under that deal will be the animated series “Blue Eye Samurai,” which has been ordered to series at the streamer. Geeen co-created the series along with Amber Noizumi.

Catherine Zeta-Jones is certainly proud of her family home, and for good reason! The Chicago actress lives in Westchester County, New York, in a £3.64million ($4.5million) property she bought with Michael Douglas in 2019.SEE: Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds' jaw-dropping New York mansion unveiledThe couple made the decision to downsize from their former £16million mansion nearby, but their new home still has lots to offer Catherine, Michael, and their children, Dylan and Carys.