Paul Giamatti is a new enemy in the upcoming second season of HBO’s 30 Coins!
04.10.2023 - 17:57 / deadline.com
Five weeks into its run, Netflix‘s One Piece remains firmly in the streamer’s weekly Top 10, amassing 57.8M views to date. For four of them, which included One Piece‘s quick Season 2 renewal, series writer/executive producer/co-showrunner Matt Owens was on strike with the rest of the WGA.
In his first interview tied to the One Piece launch, Owens speaks about missing the promotional campaign and premiere event for the show as well as not being able to comment on the critical and ratings success of the manga adaptation and its quick renewal.
He reveals that writing for Season 2 has resumed following the end of the WGA strike, with the writers room reopening this week, and gives a progress report on the writing process. Owens also lays out the main theme for Season 2, provides details about how the tag scene at the end of the Season 1 finale sets up the new season and shares additional Season 2 clues for fans of Eiichiro Oda’s best-selling manga that One Piece is based on.
Additionally, Owens discusses the effort to bring in Jamie Lee Curtis as Doctor Kureha in Season 2 and writing the character for her, addresses Buggy’s surprise TikTok sex symbol status and why the clown and the rest of the One Piece villains keep hanging around and don’t die. He reveals the Season 1 scene that makes him tear up and how he stays in touch with the Straw Hats, the breakout young stars of the live-action adventure series about an aspiring “King of the Pirates,” Luffy (Iñaki Godoy), and his crew.
Owens also talks collaborating with Oda and how long the South Africa-based series could go. He shares a touching personal story about the Once Piece anime which helped him land the sought-after gig of adapting the beloved IP, despite a TV
Paul Giamatti is a new enemy in the upcoming second season of HBO’s 30 Coins!
Ella Thomas and Tyrique Hyde are still going strong since finding love on ITV2's Love Island this summer, and are making the 425 mile distance between them work. Born and bred in Glasgow, Ella has been spending an increased amount of time down South since leaving the Mallorcan villa and garnering public recognition, meaning she has been able to spend time with Tyrique in Essex. Sharing how they are making the long-distance work, Ella told OK!: "We have seen each other quite a lot actually.
Emmerdale spoilers have revealed yet more heartache for the Dingle family as the aftermath of Lydia Dingle’s rape continues. Last week viewers watched some heartbreaking scenes as Lydia returned home to tell her husband, Sam, Mandy Dingle and Belle Dingle that she was raped by her childhood friend Craig Reed. Lydia had been keeping it from Sam, but after Mandy accused her of having an affair, Lydia finally broke down to her boss, Kim Tate, and told her what had happened.
Thriller writer T.M. Logan‘s 29 Seconds is being adapted into a limited TV drama series by Frank Spotnitz‘s Big Light Productions as part of its first look with One Piece maker Tomorrow Studios.
More than 700 Hollywood figures, including Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, and Jamie Lee Curtis, have signed an open letter condemning Hamas and supporting Israel.
Jamie Lee Curtis is getting into the spirit by fundraising for critically ill and injured children at Children’s Hospital L.A. The 64-year-old Oscar-winning actress, who portrayed the iconic character Laurie Strode for decades in the Halloween franchise is auctioning off the “remaining items” from her Halloween tenure.
Tom Morello has called for the condemnation of harm to all children “no matter who they are” after Jamie Lee Curtis deleted a photo of Palestinians.The actress was recently criticised after sharing a photo from Gaza in a post supporting Israel and then deleting it. Curtis took to Instagram to show her support for Israel and posted a photo of children running with one boy carrying a little girl.
EXCLUSIVE: Following the massive success of his Netflix series One Piece, Taz Skylar has found his next big project as he is set to co-star opposite Daisy Ridley in Cleaner. Martin Campbell is directing. The film will shoot at the top of 2024 and falls under the British Equity act allowing it to shoot during the current SAG strike.
Jamie Lee Curtis has received criticism online after sharing a photo from Gaza in a post supporting Israel.It comes after Hamas operatives launched an attack against Israel over the weekend, with over 700 people in Israel and 600 people in Gaza confirmed to have died since the attacks were launched on Saturday (October 7), according to BBC News.Curtis is among a number of celebrities who have shown support for Israel, the Oscar-winning actress sharing a picture of children looking to the sky, along with the caption “terror from the skies” and an Israeli flag, in a since-deleted Instagram post.The picture in question was actually taken by Gaza-based photojournalist Samar Abu Elouf, who shared the post over the weekend with the description: “Palestinian families seek refuge with their children from the northern Gaza Strip to UNRWA schools inside Gaza City, children are afraid of the sound of bombing who hear it during their presence due to the events on the Strip’s borders.”A post shared by Samar Abu Elouf (@samarabuelouf)Curtis has since received criticism on social media over the post, one person writing: “Jamie Lee Curtis posted the picture to get sympathy for Israel when it’s literally Palestinian kids… you can’t make this up…”.Another added: “Not that I expect Jamie Lee Curtis to be a reliable source but I’m baffled by her posting this picture, implying these are Israeli children based on her other posts and the flag, but tags the photographer who clearly says these are Palestinian children.”A few more have shared their thoughts:Jamie Lee Curtis posted the picture to get sympathy for Israel when it’s literally Palestinian kids… you can’t make this up…
Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger reunited nearly three decades after filming the 1994 movie.The actress and former California governor, 76, took a selfie as they attended a charity event for the nonprofit After-School All-Stars on Saturday.“‘Ya, my name is Ingeborg, I’m from Stuttgart.’ I LOVE the way my friends suit up and show up for the causes that move their souls and hearts,” Curtis wrote via Instagram after the pair crossed paths.
Jamie Lee Curtis and Arnold Schwarzenegger are back together!
Google has begun rolling out its major Android 14 software to Pixel phones, meaning Samsung Galaxy owners are to see a major update.
Sharon Stone has revealed that she suffers from seizures if she doesn’t get eight hours of sleep a night.The Basic Instinct star was given a one percent chance of survival after she suffered a bleed on her brain in 2001. The actress has been taking medication ever since, but admits she’s lost out on a lot of work due to her condition.“I’ve become more comfortable with publicly saying what’s really happened to me now,’ she told People magazine. “For a long time I wanted to pretend that I was just fine.”She continued: “I need eight hours of uninterrupted sleep for my brain medication to work so that I don’t have seizures.
One Piece is a huge hit for Netflix, so it’s no surprise it got an instant Season 2 renewal.
Pamela Anderson’s fresh-faced appearance at Paris Fashion Week is earning rave reviews from her Hollywood peers.
Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas has been dating boyfriend Danny Taylor for five years, but has now revealed to fans that they have an 'unconventional' relationship.The 63-year-old met 50-year-old actor Danny in panto but rumours had been doing the rounds recently that the pair had split after Shirley admitted she hadn't seen him in "months". However, the dancing judge has firmly put speculation to rest and gushed that Danny is "the kindest and nicest man" she's ever met.
Suits is on its way to breaking another Nielsen streaming record.
Jamie Lee Curtis has once again shared that she would like to star in Netflix‘s live-action One Piece adaptation as Dr. Kureha.Curtis took to Instagram this past weekend to share fan art of herself as Dr. Kureha, pitching herself for the role in the second season of Netflix’s hit series.
With wildly popular manga “One Piece” now a hit series for Netflix, fans have been sharing their ideas about dream casting for future seasons.
It looks like Jamie Lee Curtis has settled on one of her first projects after the SAG-AFTRA strike wraps up, and it’s going to make fans very happy.