Netflix has announced a June 10 premiere date for A Tribute To Bob Saget, a celebration of the comedian and actor’s life in comedy with his friends and family. The date was unveiled as part of the Netflix Is A Joke festival.
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Queer As Folk, the latest reboot of the LGBTQ fan favourite has a premiere date set for Australian audiences. The new revamp of the iconic series is set to bow on Stan June 10.The reimagined series, now set in New Orleans, follows a fresh cast of characters and is said to “follow a diverse group of friends who find their lives transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.”The series stars Devin Way, Jesse James Keitel, John Sibilly, Fin Argus, Candace Grace, and Ryan O’Connell, fresh of his well-received Netflix series Special.
O’Connell also is serving as a writer and executive producer on the series. The new teaser and first look images of the new Queer As Folk reboot have been released.Queer As Folk has had a long history of success, with the first UK series, which premiered in 1999, drawing great critical acclaim as well as notoriety for its sexual content. The Manchester-set series ran for two seasons on Channel 4.
The second incarnation, set in Pittsburgh, was produced in partnership between US cable channel Showtime and Showcase in Canada. That version ran for five seasons, between 2000-2005.The original ‘Queer As Folk’ US series.The latest reboot promises to address some of the criticism which was directed at the previous series, particularly in addressing the criticism that the US version was “too white.” While both of the previous incarnations of the show were praised for depicting stories of mainstream gay culture, both were faulted for their lack of diversity in casting, with the US version not including any actors of colour in any lead role during its five-year run.The new ‘Queer As Folk’ reboot premieres on June 10, 2022.The first US series also was heavily criticised for casting largely heterosexual actors in
.Netflix has announced a June 10 premiere date for A Tribute To Bob Saget, a celebration of the comedian and actor’s life in comedy with his friends and family. The date was unveiled as part of the Netflix Is A Joke festival.
¡Qué bueno!The two Latino icons will co-star in a Latinx remake of the classic rom-com “Father of the Bride.”A new teaser for the upcoming family comedy dropped on Monday, showing the two actors as a couple headed for divorce just as their oldest child is about to tie the knot herself. The story takes viewers into 2022 Miami and revolves around a Cuban-American family led by Garcia, 66, as Billy, and Estefan, 64, as Ingrid. The pair-on-the-rocks are in for a wild ride when their daughter Sophie (Adria Arjona) marries into a very rich Mexican-American family, helmed by her fiancé Adan (Diego Boneta).
Holly Jones Acclaimed Brazilian writer-director Alê Abreu, director of the Oscar-nominated “The Boy and the World,” will world premiere his electric feature-length film “Perlimps” at the upcoming Annecy International Animation Film Festival after excerpts from the project were teased as part of the fest’s Works in Progress program last year.“Perlimps” will screen at Annecy as a Special Event.The film presents a mythical prism of hues splayed out to create a dense enchanted forest pictured in painterly tropical tones. Amidst the backdrop, two rivals, Claé and Bruó, reluctantly join forces in a bid to save their precious woodland and the Perlimps from giants surrounding the forest and regain peace.
EXCLUSIVE: Lance Reddick (John Wick franchise), Teyana Taylor (Coming 2 America) and Laura Harrier (Hollywood) are the latest additions to 20th Century Studios’ White Men Can’t Jump reboot. They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members Jack Harlow and Sinqua Walls.
Saved By The Bell is not coming back to Peacock.
Ben Croll MGM’s five-part limited series “Last Light” will make its world premiere at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, kicking off the festival’s 61st edition as the opening screening. Adapted from Alex Scarrow’s popular novel, this high-throttle drama set during an international oil crisis boasts a cast toplined by Matthew Fox (“Lost”), Joanne Froggat (“Downton Abbey”), and Tom Wlaschiha (“Game of Thrones”), who are all expected to attend.
What might have been. Suzanne Somers was ready to do a Three’s Company reboot, but she couldn’t get all the relevant parties on board with her idea.
Wilson Chapman editorDominque Jackson, Alex Newell, Leslie Jordan and Ross Mathews will be celebrating Pride Month with Discovery+ this year. The four have been announced as guest narrators for the upcoming docuseries “The Book of Queer,” set to launch on the streaming service June 2.The upcoming special event series — which has its first-look featurette above —will feature five episodes, each of which tells the story of multiple historic and groundbreaking queer individuals throughout history. The subjects of the episodes span people that have lived across thousands of years, and include politicians, artists, activists, scientists and world leaders.
Gravitas Ventures, an Anthem Sports & Entertainment Company, today announced the launch of its new theatrical release label, Gravitas Premiere, which will acquire 4-6 cast-driven, high production value films per year and release them wide theatrically with significant P&A support. The first title on Premiere’s docket is Katie Aselton’s dramedy Mack & Rita, starring Diane Keaton, which it will release wide in theaters across the U.S. and Canada on August 12.
Suzanne Somers had an idea for a “Three’s Company” reboot involving the late John Ritter’s son, but he wasn’t up for it.
Lea Michele and Jonathan Groff share a sweet embrace on the red carpet at the premiere of Spring Awakening: Those You’ve Known.
After being delayed for nearly two years, FX‘s drama series “The Old Man” is finally set to return on June 17, with streaming availability the next day on Hulu. Production had been shut down due to the usual Covid complications, but also had been delayed because of lead actor Jeff Bridges‘ cancer scare.
“The Old Man,” the new drama series starring Jeff Bridges, will premiere on FX this summer, the network announced Thursday.The series will premiere June 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX with the first two episodes of its seven-episode season. The series will stream the following day on Hulu.
“Becoming Elizabeth,” Starz’s Tudor drama about a young royal, has a premiere date.The new series will debut on Sunday, June 12, the network announced Thursday. It will drop on the Starzapp and on streaming and on-demand at midnight, and air on linear at 9 p.m.
Miles Teller and Matthew Goode reunite on the red carpet at the premiere of their new series, The Offer, held at Paramount Studios on Wednesday night (April 20) in Los Angeles.
Naomie Harris shines in a lime green dress while arriving at the premiere of The Man Who Fell To Earth held at Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday night (April 19) in New York City.
Julia Roberts and Sean Penn are getting fans excited for their new series!