Nickelodeon’s ‘Dora The Explorer’ & ‘The Fairly Odd Parents’ Get Live-Action Series Remakes On Paramount+

Canada is getting a sprinkle of pixie dust.

Shirley Halperin Executive Editor, MusicAmong the live action shorts in contention for this year’s Academy Awards is “White Eye,” Israeli filmmaker Tomer Shushan’s poignant narrative about the thought-to-reaction movements of a Tel Avivian who finds his stolen bicycle in the street.

In Disney’s Mulan, composer Harry Gregson-Williams found the opportunity to put his stamp on the journey of a classic Disney character. In his second collaboration with director Niki Caro, Gregson-Williams would pen a score and co-write an original song, “Loyal Brave True,” seeing both of these works shortlisted for the Oscars in their respective categories on February 9.

The Wrap reports, with Gordon-Levitt voicing Jiminy Cricket and Erivo playing the Blue Fairy.  The movie will be a hybrid of live-action and visual effects in the vein of the 2017 re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast, with Tom Hanks playing Geppetto and Luke Evans as the Coachman.

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.

If Disney hires Robert Zemeckis to direct a live-action “Pinocchio” remake, you better believe Tom Hanks is on board to star, right? And that’s exactly what’s happening. But Tom Hanks can’t possibly play all the characters, so now we know who the filmmaker is bringing out to join the Oscar-winning actor in Disney’s latest attempt to remake a classic animated feature.

Flo Milli knows to have fun. Hell, we did a whole interview with the Mobile rapper on how she rode viral fame to an acclaimed, blossoming rap career (her 2020 project Ho, why is you here? was one of our favorite full-lengths of the year).

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaJospeh Gordon-Levitt will provide the voice of Jiminy Cricket, while Cynthia Erivo will play the Blue Fairy in Disney’s live-action retelling of “Pinocchio.” That means that Gordon-Levitt will give his pipes a workout, singing “When You Wish Upon a Star,” which became an anthem of sorts for the Disney brand.They join a cast that includes Tom Hanks as Geppetto and Luke Evans as The Coachman.

EXCLUSIVE: New Line is scratching at a start date on Hello Kitty. The studio, which set the rights to make a film based on the global brand in 2019, has set Jennifer Coyle and Leo Matsuda to direct what will be an animated/live-action hybrid effort.

EXCLUSIVE: Jessica Alexander has joined the cast of Disney’s live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid. Halle Bailey will portray Ariel, a mermaid princess who dreams of being a human, while Melissa McCarthy is playing her evil aunt Ursula. Javier Bardem is on board to play King Triton.

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.

“G.I. Joe” may be coming back.

EXCLUSIVE: Lady Jaye, the undercover operative in Hasbro’s G.I. Joe universe, is getting the small screen treatment.

After the terrible “G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra” in 2009 and the better, but not great “G.I.

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.

Two more animated series are getting a live action treatment – Dora the Explorer and The Fairly OddParents!

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.

You might have clicked the headline to read this article because you saw that Apple TV+ is making a TV version of the film, “The Mosquito Coast.” While that is true, in theory, after watching the trailer for the series, it’s clear this is not the ‘Mosquito Coast’ that you were anticipating.