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Amy Jo Johnson, who played the Pink Ranger in the original Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers TV series, has her next movie to direct in the works. Johnson is set to helm Ends of the Earth, a dramatic love story set against the backdrop of the September 11, 2001 attacks, with Erica Huggins, president of Fuzzy Door Productions — the Family Guy mastermind Seth MacFarlane's production banner — on board to produce.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeacock has ordered a new series hosted by world-famous science educator Bill Nye, Variety has learned exclusively.Each episode of the show, titled “The End is Nye,” dives into the myths and realities of both natural and unnatural threats, from viruses to volcanoes, asteroids to authoritarianism, and climate change to chemical warfare.

Also Read: 'Revenge of the Nerds' Reboot in the Works From Seth MacFarlane and the Lucas BrothersAlong with their new film with Apatow, the Lucas Bros are writing and will star in Seth MacFarlane’s reimagining of the 1984 movie “Revenge of the Nerds.” They also have an upcoming comedy feature with Lord and Miller, which will reunite the two duos after the Lucas Bros appeared in Lord and Miller’s “22 Jump Street” back in 2014.Keith and Kenny Lucas are represented by Avi Gilbert at Fourth Wall

Haley Bosselman editorTonight Seth MacFarlane and Variety partner to bring you an evening of songs for charity.Starting at 7:00 p.m. Pacific, 10:00 p.m.

Meredith Woerner Deputy Editor, Variety.comThe Motion Picture & Television Fund and BrightFocus Foundation announced a special Valentine’s virtual concert featuring acclaimed multi-hyphenate and Grammy-nominated vocalist Seth MacFarlane in support of the two nonprofits working together on research and care around Alzheimer’s disease.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterElan Mastai is developing a series adaptation of his novel “All Our Wrong Todays” at Peacock with Seth MacFarlane onboard as an executive producer.The project is described as a mind bending time travel love story that explores alternate versions of ourselves in dramatically surprising and often unexpected ways.Mastai will adapt the novel for the screen.

Seth MacFarlane has teamed up with Amy Pascal to adapt Elan Mastai’s novel All Our Wrong Todays for Peacock.

Liam Neeson might be making a foray into comedy before his retirement. 

While he serenaded the country alongside his U2 bandmate The Edge on The Late Late Show on Friday night, it appears Bono has been working on another project.

Revenge of the Nerds is getting a reboot by Seth McFarlane!

who died in 2017.In his introductory episode (9:30 p.m. on Fox), Wild is recruited by Peter (Seth MacFarlane) to run for mayor of Quahog against local librarian Elle Hitler.“My daughter has been a fan of [‘Family Guy’] for a number of years, and it’s because of her that I’ve seen a lot of episodes,” says Elliott, 76.

If David Gordon Green can reinvigorate the “Halloween” franchise after years of terrible sequels, maybe the filmmaker and his buddies can do the same for “Smokey and the Bandit?” Well, that’s the idea, at least.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVSeth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door is expanding the executive team under president Erica Huggins with the hire of former Marvel Television exec Aimee Carlson as SVP.Reporting to Huggins, Carlson will work to grow Fuzzy Door’s slate spanning drama, comedy and areas such as science, history, politics and music across film, television, digital and animation.

replace Mike Henry as the voice of Cleveland Brown on the long-running animated series, in its 18th season on Fox (Sundays at 9:30 p.m.) He makes his debut as Cleveland next season.“This is my first big role,” Zahir says. “It’ overwhelming and I’m really excited.”Henry, who is white, has voiced Cleveland, an African-American, since Seth MacFarlane’s series premiered in 1999.

Alexandra Del Rosario Associate Editor/Nights & WeekendsMore than a year after season two of sci-fi adventure series The Orville came to an end, leading man and executive producer Seth MacFarlane finally has an update for season three.“All I can say is we are working on it.

Family Guy has found its new voice for beloved character Cleveland Brown.

he announced that he was stepping down from the role. “I love this character, but persons of color should play characters of color,” he said.Henry is not departing the show, as he will continue to voice side characters such as Bruce the Performance Artist and Herbert the Pedophile.

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-managerThe Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the lineup of films that will be featured at the 20th annual drive-in edition. Kicking off the fest, which runs from October 6-15, is Books of Blood, the Hulu original film based on Clive Barker’s horror anthology.From director Brannon Braga and executive producer Seth MacFarlane, Books of Blood is slated to premiere on the streamer on October 7.

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva Netflix has given a series order to an animated version of Norman Lear’s groundbreaking TV sitcom Good Times. The project hails from Lear and his Act III Productions, NBA star Steph Curry and his Unanimous Media, Seth MacFarlane and his Fuzzy Door, and Sony Pictures TV.Based on his iconic 70’s series, Good Times is Norman Lear’s first animated series, following the Evans family as they navigate today’s world and contemporary social issues.

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to an animated version of Norman Lear’s groundbreaking TV sitcom Good Times.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeNetflix has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order to a new animated take on Norman Lear’s classic sitcom “Good Times.” Lear and his Act III Prods.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterUniversal Studio Group’s UCP has unveiled its unscripted development slate, which includes projects from Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door, the Jim Henson Company and Wondery.“While we have had great success in the realm of true-crime, we also have a softer side that we want to show off.

Peter White Television EditorUCP is ramping up its development on unscripted programming and is moving into the family space.The company is working on family-friendly projects with Seth MacFarlane, Jim Henson Company and Wondery.This comes after the division of Universal Studio Group has produced a slew of true-crime series and investigative doc series such as Netflix’s Business of Drugs, FX’s A Wilderness of Error and Oxygen’s DNA of Murder with Paul Holes and Unspeakable Crime: The Killing of

Just days before his tragic passing, it was announced that Chadwick Boseman would be teaming up with Seth MacFarlane for a new project.

Seth MacFarlane continues to add to his slate of projects at NBCUniversal. Universal Studio Group's UCP and Peacock have landed rights to viral short film Skywatch in a competitive situation, The 10-minute proof of concept short, written and directed by former Pixar artist Colin Levy, was created over six years with help from volunteer artists, led by VFX supervisor Sandro Blattner, and a Kickstarter campaign (and features a brief appearance by Jude Law).

Peter White Television EditorA dystopian sci-fi project from a former Pixar employee has landed at Peacock with UCP and Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door producing.The streamer is adapting Skywatch, based on a short film written and directed by ex-Pixar artist Colin Levy, into a series after landing the rights in a competitive situation.Skywatch started out as a ten-minute short film, which featured a brief appearance from Jude Law and was six years in the making with some Kickstarter

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterFormer Pixar artist Colin Levy’s sci-fi proof of concept short “Skywatch” is being adapted into an original series for NBCUniversal streamer Peacock.In a competitive situation, UCP and Peacock landed the rights to Levy’s project. The series will be written and executive produced by Levy and Mike Sundy, with Levy attached to direct.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSeth MacFarlane and Chadwick Boseman are teaming as executive producers on a limited series about the Little Rock Nine that is currently in development at Universal Content Productions (UCP).The untitled series is set in 1957 after the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown v. Board of Education.

Also Read: Seth MacFarlane Moves From 20th Century Fox to NBCU With 5-Year, $200 Million Overall DealMacFarlane and Higgins left their longtime home at 20th Century Fox Television (now 20th Television) in January for a five-year, $200 million overall deal with NBCUniversal.“We are thrilled to announce ‘The Winds of War’ (and War and Remembrance) as the first of many projects we are developing with Fuzzy Door.

Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has opened-up about star Seth Green’s audition to voice Chris Griffin, admitting it was “off the rails”.The Austin Powers actor has voiced the role of the Griffins’ teenage son since the start of the series, and during a virtual Comic-Con panel, Green and MacFarlane recalled how he landed the part originally.“It was originally a sort of play on Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs and the original pitch was just so weird I guess everybody liked it,” Green

“Family Guy” is celebrating 350 episodes.

which premiered in 2005, is nearing its milestone 200th on Adult Swim.Not bad for a stop-motion animated series that began life as “Sweet J Presents” in 2001 on the now-defunct screenblast.com and was even rejected by Cartoon Network — which ultimately reversed course and added “Robot Chicken” it to its nascent Adult Swim lineup.But Seth Green, who co-created “Robot Chicken” with Matthew Senreich, says “it was just a matter of timing” regarding the show’s 15-year, Emmy-winning run — with no end

Family Guy actor Mike Henry is stepping down from voicing the African-American character of Cleveland Brown to make way for a person of colour.Henry, who is white, originated the role back when the hit cartoon debuted in 1999, and also brought Brown to life on the spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, which ended after a four-season run in 2013. However, Henry has since announced he will no longer voice the part of Brown in the long-running Seth MacFarlane sitcom.

Twitter. “It’s been an honor to play Cleveland on Family Guy for 20 years,” he wrote.

Nowadays, people tend to look back at Edgar Wright’s film adaptation of the comic book series “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” with fondness.

Elizabeth Banks and John Michael Higgins had a mini “Pitch Perfect” reunion, in character, this week.