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“I’m going to keep trying to come up with original stories and meet the expectations the audience has for me,” Jordan Peele said on a recent edition of Variety’s podcast. “I hope to continue to lift original filmmakers up.”And he’s been true to his word.

Clayton Davis Jordan Peele is looking to push boundaries as a writer, director and producer every time he creates something new. “I’m going to keep trying to come up with original stories, and meet the expectations the audience has for me,” Peele says. “I hope to continue to lift original filmmakers up.” On this episode of the award-winning Variety Awards Circuit Podcast, we sit down with Academy Award winner Peele to discuss his two feature film projects in the awards conversation: the sci-fi horror film “Nope,” which he wrote and directed, and the animated feature “Wendell & Wild,” which he voiced, co-wrote and produced. Also on the episode, he talks about his long friendship and collaboration with Keegan-Michael Key, and whether fans might ever see the comedy duo reboot their beloved Comedy Central and Emmy-winning sketch series “Key & Peele.”

Chris Pratt could be the hero of the mushroom kingdom.

Comedy institution The Second City plans to open its first venture in New York City in Summer 2023. Located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, the planned 11,900 square-foot entertainment space will feature a newly built mainstage theater, seven classrooms, and a full service restaurant and bar.

Entertainment Weekly reported. Brimming with the denizens of the Mushroom Kingdom, the poster features a technicolor array of islands, hills and other potential dangers for the fearless plumber.The star-studded cast includes Chris Pratt voicing Mario, Jack Black as Bowser and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach.

What to watch: 7 movies & shows to stream this week - Sep 2What To Watch: 7 movies & shows that feature Queen ElizabethDiego Luna is back on Star Wars. Luna previously starred on “Rogue One,” one of the most beloved Star Wars prequels and solo stories, and returns to reprise his role of Cassian Andor, a rebel who ends up being instrumental in the fall of the Galactic Empire. “The Kardashians” can never stay off the air for too long.

Scott Huver “Reboot” creator Steven Levitan admits that having a cast stacked with Hollywood veterans, including Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville, Rachel Bloom and Paul Reiser, was almost like having a second writers’ room when it came to war stories for the show’s inside-Hollywood view of rebooting a beloved, 20-year-old sitcom. “We would just be sitting around talking and then someone would say this, ‘Oh, this reminds me of the time this has happened,’ and then [the writers] refined it in next week’s script,” laughed the “Modern Family” co-creator at the premiere of his new Hulu series, held on the Fox lot that also serves as the backdrop for the show.

Rachel Bloom, Keegan-Michael Key and Judy Greer hit the red carpet for the premiere of their new series, Reboot, held at the Fox Studio Lot on Monday (September 19) in Los Angeles.

James Corden had Keegan-Michael Key on Monday’s episode of “The Late Late Show,” and he roped to “Key and Peel” and “Schmigadoon!” star into one of his more fun recurring gags, “Improvised TED Talks.” The topic was “The life-changing power of vacuuming in the nude,” and since we can’t top that here, we’ll just get right to it.So the gag, for those who don’t know, is Corden has one of his celebrity guests give a totally unrehearsed, unresearched TED Talk on a topic they don’t know about in advance. Comedy very generally ensues, especially on Monday’s episode since Key is, you know, something of a well regarded comedy person.“You know, ladies and gentlemen, I find that, when I’m at home and I’m, uh, doing the house work, that my wife becomes very happy,” Key said as he kicked off his awkward lecture. “I have also found that when I have no clothing on in my home, my wife also is happy.

Reboot on . I haven't been this excited about a new comedy since premiered in 2009. Makes sense: Reboot also comes from Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan. In the series, a writer (played by ) decides she wants to reboot a popular '90s sitcom, which will remind you of Full House meets My Two Dads.

Keegan-Michael Key) who unsuccessfully pursued a film career after the show (but nobody appreciated his insights from having attended the Yale School of Drama); Bree Marie Larson (Judy Greer), who has a romantic past with Reed, followed up the sitcom with a stint on a terrible sci-fi show, then left Hollywood to marry the Duke of a small Nordic country; Clay Barber (Johnny Knoxville), who did some stints of stand up comedy after “Step Right Up,” in between getting arrested for disorderly conduct, and Zack (Calum Worthy), the show’s former child star who’s all grown up now and feels the need to prove it by driving a red sports car and telling his fellow cast members that although they’re back together for this show, “It’s different now, because we’ve all had sex.” Rachel Bloom (“Crazy Ex Girlfriend”) co-stars as Hannah, a writer pitching this reboot who wants to make an edgier version where the sitcom characters “don’t do the right thing anymore”, and Paul Reiser co-stars as Gordon, the original “Step Right Up” creator who wants the reboot to be more traditional. Naturally, this leads to some awkward clashing between Gordon and Hannah, as they have different creative approaches to this reboot project. Shows that attempt to be meta can sometimes get too inside baseball with showbiz references, but “Reboot” is clever and funny, for the most part.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film Writer Legendary improv and sketch comedy haven The Second City has named Ed Wells as chief executive officer. The former global head of media and education for Sesame Workshop joins the company to drive strategic growth in areas including content creation, distribution and consumer products. It’s a no-brainer for the incubator to comedy all-stars like Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Chris Farley, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Jason Sudeikis, Eugene Levy and Keegan-Michael Key.  At Sesame, where Wells also served as executive vice president, he oversaw an aggressive international expansion for all things Elmo and Big Bird.

It must be tough to work with Jordan Peele – not because he seems a particularly difficult collaborator (quite the opposite, frankly), but because lazy and/or SEO-hunting websites tend to ascribe his ownership to just about anything he touches. We saw it with last year’s “Candyman” (which he co-wrote and produced but did not direct), with Spike Lee’s “BlackKklansman” (producer), with the recent “Honk For Jesus.

There’s something depressing in watching talented comedians struggle to get laughs from weak screenwriting. This repeatedly happens in the first three-to-four episodes of Hulu’s “Reboot,” a show with a great cast and even a clever idea but faulty comic timing and clichéd joke writing.

 and the new live action .Disney+ Day is a day dedicated to celebrating everything Disney's streaming service has to offer, and on top of tons of new titles, Disney+ is also offering a deal to celebrate the occasion. Starting September 8, new subscribers can get their first month of Disney+ for just. So if you were debating signing up to check out Disney's new releases, now is the time. This 75% off deal ends on September 19. New and returning subscribers can get one month of Disney Plus for just $2. The offer to save on streaming movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and 20th Century Fox lasts until 11:59 p.m. PT on September 19. Along with all the Disney+ Day releases this September, the streamer is finally releasing , a mysterious new spinoff starring Diego Luna.

Wendell & Wild.Directed by filmmaker Henry Selick, and written by Selick and Jordan Peele, Wendell & Wild followsscheming demon brothers Wendell (Keegan-Michael Key) and Wild (Peele), who enlist the aid of Kat Elliot (Lyric Ross) -- a tough teen with a load of guilt -- to summon them to the Land of the Living. But what Kat demands in return leads to a brilliantly bizarre and comedic adventure like no other.The animated fantasy defies the law of life and death, all told through the handmade artistry of stop motion.Angela Bassett, James Hong, Tamara Smart, Natalie Martinez, Tantoo Cardinal, Gabrielle Dennis, Igal Naor, David Harewood, Maxine Peake, Ramona Young, Sam Zelaya, Seema Virdi, Gary Gatewood and Ving Rhames also star in the film.Wendell & Wild is one of several titles coming to spook Netflix viewers this year, along with Mike Flanagan's new series The Midnight Club, season two of , the previously teased and more. Wendell & Wild premieres Oct.

Henry Selick, the wildly original mastermind behind such extraordinarily conceived feature film animations as “The Nightmare Before Christmas” and “James And The Giant Peach,” marks his first feature film since 2009s unsettling creeper, “Coraline,” in “Wendell & Wild.” Debuting on Netflix later this year, the stop-motion animation, billed as a dark fantasy comedy horror, “Wendell & Wild” is based on a screenplay penned by Selick and Jordan Peele, who also produces and stars in a voice role alongside long time collaborator Keegan-Michael Key.

is back and now being told in a live-action adaptation starring Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Cynthia Erivo, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco and Luke Evans. With just 10 days to go until Disney+ Day, ET has an exclusive featurette, with the cast teasing an all-new magical movie experience to come. “The idea of taking on a treasured classic, as Disney’s, it’s an incredibly rich opportunity to revisit and go deeper into this great masterpiece,” says Hanks, who plays Geppetto, the woodcarver and toymaker responsible for creating the titular wooden puppet, who dreams of becoming a real boy.“It’s a really special story that encourages people to wish and to dream,” says Erivo, who appears as the Blue Fairy, who first brings Geppetto’s creation to life. In this film, Pinocchio is voiced by Ainsworth while Gordon-Levitt lends his vocal talents to Jiminy Cricket, the insect who acts as the toy’s conscience.

 on Wednesday, previewing a land of magical toys and animals headed by Tom Hanks and Cynthia Erivo. Hanks fully transforms for his role as Geppetto, the wood keeper who crafts the puppet and treats him as his own son after Erivo's blue fairy brings him to life. In the trailer, the fairy's magical shimmer floats across the wooden toy’s rigid body before he begins to move and speak.

The brand new trailer for Walt Disney’s upcoming Pinocchio is here!

Begun, the “Pinocchio” wars have.This fall there are two high-profile adaptations of Carlo Collodi’s immortal story (originally published in serialized form, starting in 1881) coming to streaming services. Before Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion version is due closer to Christmas, we are treated to Robert Zemeckis’ lavish re-imagining, which is scheduled to debut on Disney+ Day, Sept.

Hulu has unveiled the trailer for Reboot, a new comedy from Steve Levitan (Modern Family) that follows TV executives as they reboot an old comedy from the aughts called Step Right Up. 

Is it a good idea to revel in nostalgia? The new Hulu series “Reboot” makes its own attempt at deconstructing what we love about certain TV favorites. Set two decades after a fictional sitcom’s run, this comedy shines a light on what happens when the inevitable return is commissioned.

Hulu's Reboot, an upcoming series about a reboot of a popular 2000s sitcom, reunites its dysfunctional original cast as they step back into the world they once left. Decades later, they must deal with unresolved issues in today's new world. Led by an ensemble featuring Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville, Paul Reiser, Rachel Bloom, Calum Worthy and Krista Marie Yu, only ET exclusively premieres the trailer for the new series from 's Steve Levitan, which begins streaming with its first two episodes Sept.

Ethan Shanfeld Keegan-Michael Key, Johnny Knoxville and Judy Greer play former sitcom stars reunited decades later for a reboot in “Modern Family” creator Steve Levitan’s upcoming comedy series, premiering Sept. 20 on Hulu.Aptly titled “Reboot,” the show is produced by 20th Television for Hulu. Details were announced Thursday at the TCA Summer Press Tour.Poking fun at the TV industry’s growing inclination to reboot hit shows from the past, the series centers on an early 2000s family sitcom that is rebooted by Hulu, forcing its dysfunctional cast back together.Key stars as Reed Sterling, a fussy actor on the fictitious family multi-cam sitcom “Step Right Up,” who graduated from the Yale school of drama and resents the show for ruining his career. Knoxville will play Clay Barber, a dark and filthy standup comedian who’s only real acting job was on the same bright and sunny sitcom. Greer stars as Bree Marie Larson, a small-town pageant girl who always dreamed of being an actress and a princess and both somehow came true. In addition, Rachel Bloom stars as the sitcom writer with a fresh take, Hannah; Calum Worthy plays Zack, the hyphenate movie star/hip-hop artist; and Krista Marie Yu plays a tech exec turned television creative exec, Elaine.

In the teaser for Reboot — Steve Levitan’s upcoming show-within-a-show comedy for Hulu — a writer character played by Paul Reiser is surprised to see how many persons of color populate the writers room for a rebooted sitcom. Among other things he questions is whether there are any “Eskimos” on staff.

“A little bit of horror, a little bit of comedy; I’m always going to try and give you a big show.”

British Vogue for the magazine’s 2022 Pride celebration issue.Speaking to the magazine, Erivo said: “[Many LGBTQ+ people] still feel the need to be constantly justifying why we deserve to be treated as equal beings, when really the only difference is that we love differently and we express ourselves differently.“Rather than being chastised for that we should be commended for being brave. That’s the most important thing: giving people the space to show up fully as who they are.”In a post on Instagram sharing photos from the issue, Erivo wrote: “Nerves and fear have gotten in the way of sharing all of who I am, and today with Pride and with wonderful people beside me I’m sharing a little more.A post shared by Cynthia Erivo (@cynthiaerivo)“Thank you @edward_enniful for giving me the space and loving on me.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorAccording to Chris Pratt, his voice performance as Mario in the upcoming feature adaptation of the Super Mario Bros. video game will be “unlike anything you’ve heard.”Variety got the chance to catch up with Pratt at the Wednesday night premiere of his new Amazon Prime Video series “The Terminal List” (more on that later!) to talk about finding his voice for the film, which co-stars Charlie Day as Luigi.There’s been much internet discussion over Pratt’s casting in the animated film as the Italian plumber despite his non-Italian background, with critics expressing concern that his accent could potentially be offensive.

Heat prequel film.Pacino, who played detective Vincent Hanna in Michael Mann’s 1995 crime film, recently took part in a panel discussion about Mann’s novelisation of Heat 2 and speculated on a potential film.According to Entertainment Weekly, panel moderator Bilge Ebiri asked Pacino and his Heat co-star Robert De Niro (who played criminal Neil McCauley) who they would like to play the younger versions of their characters.Pacino then shouted “Timothée Chalamet!” to which the audience cheered, then adding: “He’s a wonderful actor.”Heat 2, co-written by Meg Gardiner, is set to be released on August 9 and is billed as both a sequel and prequel to the events of Heat.Meanwhile, Timothée Chalamet is next set to play Willy Wonka in the forthcoming Charlie And The Chocolate Factory prequel film.The actor will play a young version of the chocolate factory owner in Wonka, which is set to be released in 2023.Wonka will look at the Roald Dahl character’s adventures before he opens his chocolate factory, with song and dance numbers reportedly set to be included as well.

The musical comedy will continue on Apple TV+: The streamer has ordered a second season of Schmigadoon!

Tom Hanks transform into Geppetto for his latest role in the live-action Pinocchio film.On Tuesday, May 31, Disney released the official teaser trailer for the film, which is set to release later this year. In the nearly two-minute long clip, the 65-year-old transforms into the famous woodcarver with gray hair, a mustache, and small-framed glasses.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorDisney has set the release date for its remake of classic tale “Pinocchio,” starring Tom Hanks as Geppetto, exclusively on Disney+.The film, a live-action version of Disney’s 1940 animated classic, will premiere on Disney+ worldwide on Sept. 8, 2022.

Chip ’N Dale: Rescue Rangers debuted on Disney+ yesterday (May 20), and with it came a remix of the titular series’ classic theme song, courtesy of Post Malone.Malone keeps intact much of the original version’s lyrics and core melody, but spins it through his signature trap-influenced pop style.It marks his third time contributing to a Hollywood soundtrack – in 2017, he linked up with Watt for the xXx: Return Of Xander Cage inclusion ‘Burning Man’, and in 2019, had his ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ cut ‘Sunflower’ (a collab with Swae Lee) featured prominently in Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. Malone also had a cameo role in the latter film.Have a look at the lyric video for Post Malone’s Chip ’N Dale: Rescue Rangers theme song below, then check out the original:Directed by Akiva Schaffer of The Lonely Island, Chip ’N Dale: Rescue Rangers stars John Mulaney and Andy Samberg (who is also Schaffer’s bandmate in TLI) as the titular chipmunk duo.