Patton Oswalt Seemingly Confirms ‘Eternals 2’ In The Works With Chloe Zhao Returning To Direct

said in a video announcement posted to social media on Tuesday.“The Office” actor B.J., Novak, Marvel star Simu Liu, comedian Iliza Shlesinger, “The Talk” host and “Criminal Minds” star Aisha Tyler, comedian and “I Love My Dad” actor Patton Oswalt and the WNBA’s Candace Parker round out the cast. Celebrities will play for the chance to score money for a charity of their choice.“Let’s hope they’ve been reading more than screenplays,” Bialik quipped.

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A popular standup TV franchise is making a comeback. Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment has acquired global rights to Caroline’s Comedy Hour, which ran on A&E Network from 1989-96. Koondel, former CBS Chief Content and Licensing Officer, plans to produce new installments, which he will shop alongside 100 library episodes from the show’s original run as a lower-cost comedy programming alternative for cable networks and streamers.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor“Caroline’s Comedy Hour” is set to return to TV with fresh episodes under a licensing deal that comedy maven Caroline Hirsch has set with Scott Koondel’s Sox Entertainment.Sox has licensed 100 episodes of the standup comedy showcase series that ran on A&E Network in the early 1990s. Those will be collected with new installments that Hirsch and Sox Entertainment will produce.

Selome Hailu Disney Branded Television has set a celebrity voice cast for its upcoming animated musical series “Firebuds” including Padma Lakshmi, Melissa Rauch, Oscar Nuñez, José Andres, Pamela Adlon and “Weird Al” Yankovic. The series will premiere on Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney+ on Sept.

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Is Kevin Feige’s Marvel sniper rifle with the red-laser scope working overtime? First you get Patton Oswalt revealing that an “Eternals” sequel is in the works with Chloé Zhao in the director’s chair again. Then you get Giancarlo Esposito telling everyone he’s met with the studio and wants to play the X-Men’s Professor X, and now we’ve to Rosario Dawson blowing up Marvel’s spot by saying Jon Bernthal is returning as the Punisher.

Michaela Zee editor“I Love My Dad” director, writer and star James Morosini kiss and tells about how he prepared for his bizarre makeout scenes with co-star Patton Oswalt. “We made out a lot ahead of time,” Morosini, who plays Oswalt’s son Franklin, told Variety jokingly at the premiere of “I Love My Dad” at the Largo at the Coronet on Thursday night. “He’s a phenomenal kisser.

Gwendoline Christie is no stranger to iconic book franchises and their TV adaptations, so it's no surprise that she's taking the pressure of starring in the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved comic series with ease. «I think it's always interesting when you're dealing with material that people really love and they have an invested relationship, but that's also what makes it enticing,» Christie told ET when asked about joining another beloved series with a large fandom. «There's already an audience there that really wants to see that story brought to life.

your family was nuts.In “I Love My Dad,” comic Patton Oswalt plays an estranged father who makes some wildly bad decisions in his quest to reconnect with his son.While Oswalt’s previous work includes performing a song called “The Cringe” on an episode of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” that pales next to the (intentional) cringe factor of this role. His Chuck catfishes his son, Franklin, by creating a fake Facebook profile of a hot woman with a crush on him.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorJames Morosini really does love his dad, and he proves it when his father calls in the midst of our conversation. Morosini takes the call and explains he’s on an interview.

 adaptation has been several years in the making and is finally making its small screen debut! The 10-episode series premieres on Netflix this Friday, and the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved comic series is packing serious heat for eager fans.Tackling the comic's story from the beginning, the series follows Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), known as Dream and the titular Sandman, as he breaks free from decades-long imprisonment by humans to return to his kingdom of the Dreaming. The anthropomorphic personification of dreams discovers that his home has fallen into disarray in his absence and, to restore order, he must journey across different worlds and timelines to mend the mistakes he’s made during his vast existence, revisiting old friends and foes, and meeting new entities — both cosmic and human — along the way.The series features a star-studded cast alongside Sturridge that includes Kirby Howell-Baptise, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Acheampong, Stephen Fry, Boyd Holbrook, Charles Dance, Asim Chaudhry, Jenna Coleman, David Thewlis, Joely Richardson, Mason Alexander Park, and voice work from Patton Oswalt and Mark Hamill. The show was originally pitched as a film adaptation by filmmaker David S.

Did Patton Oswalt spill the beans on an unannounced “Eternals” sequel?

Patton Oswalt spill the beans on an unannounced sequel? The actor and comedian was a guest on the show on Tuesday, promoting his new film,, when he was asked about possibly reprising his latest character in the MCU, Pip the Troll, who appeared alongside Harry Styles' Eros in an post-credits scene.«They have announced there's going to be an sequel, Chloe Zhao is going to direct it,» he shared. «So hopefully there will be more adventures of Starfox and Pip.»An sequel was not part of Marvel's recent Hall H announcements at San Diego Comic-Con — which included everything from a Phase 5 timeline to the news that Phase 6 will include a new film as well as two new epics. However, fans have speculated that even more MCU announcements could be on the way at Disney's upcoming D23 Expo in early September.Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt and James Morosini @JamesMorosini join us live to talk all about the upcoming movie ‘I LOVE MY DAD’ @ilovemydadfilmpic.twitter.com/Hc0sfBI7EpWhat we know so far about the MCU's take on Eros comes mainly from Pip's post-credits introduction, who shared with Thena (Angelina Jolie), Druig (Barry Keoghan) and Makkari (Lauren Ridloff) that he was the hero known as Starfox, the brother of Thanos, the «Knave of Hearts,» and the defeater of Black Roger. In the scene, Styles' character takes a moment to compliment Thena's legendary beauty before issuing an ominous warning about Sersi (Gemma Chan) and the others, who have been summoned before Arishem for judgment over the group's decision to kill the newborn Celestial, Tiamut,«Your friends are in big trouble,» Eros tells the group.

Starz officially confirmed the prequel series titled Blood of My Blood is in development. The writers’ room has officially opened on the new drama series that will follow the love story of Jamie Fraser’s (Sam Heughan) parents, Ellen MacKenzie and Brian Fraser.

Eternals is on the way, with Chloé Zhao in the director’s chair once again.Oswalt – who plays the character of Pip in a brief post-credits scene in the original film alongside Harry Styles, who plays Thanos’ brother Eros/Starfox – let slip the news while appearing on The Today Show in the US on Wednesday (August 3).“Harry Styles and I are in a little post-credits sequence in the Eternals. I play Pip the Troll, he plays Starfox, Thanos’ brother,” Oswalt tells the show’s hosts.

Patton Oswalt is opening up about the likelihood a sequel to Marvel’s Eternals.

top prize at the SXSW Film Festival, where Oswalt got the chance to simply watch “people crawl out of their skin.” The film is undoubtedly polarizing, putting audiences in the awkward position of knowing what Oswalt’s character is doing is manipulative, creepy and wrong, all while making us root for Morosini’s fake romance as seen through a charming rom-com lens. That decision though was of course intentional by Morosini, who wrote, directed and stars in the movie and did so all based on his own story of his real life dad actually catfishing him.