Ronald Bell (1951 – 2020), co-founder of Kool & the Gang

Disney reportedly cast "Grown-ish" star Yara Shahidi to play Tinker Bell in its upcoming live-action adaptation of "Peter Pan." The film will be called "Peter Pan and Wendy" and is set to be directed by David Lowery ("Pete's Dragon," "The Old Man & the Gun"). Deadline reported the news of Shahidi's casting, and also reports that Jude Law will play Captain Hook.

Black-ish star Yara Shahidi has been cast as Tinker Bell in Disney‘s upcoming live-action Peter Pan movie, Peter Pan And Wendy.According to Deadline, Shahidi, best known for her role as Zoey Johnson in the shows Black-ish and Grown-ish, has been tapped up to star as the tritagonist fairy in David Lowery’s reworking of Disney’s 1953 animated classic.Shahidi’s casting marks the first time a person of colour has filled the role that has traditionally been played by white actors.It follows the news

Also Read: Jude Law in Talks to Play Captain Hook in Disney's Live-Action 'Peter Pan & Wendy'Shahidi is known for her roles on “Black-ish” and “Grown-ish” but has also carved out a movie career in films such as “The Sun Is Also a Star” and and the animated “Smallfoot.”Following its release of the live-action remake of “Mulan,” which opened in theaters abroad and also through premium video on demand, Disney has a handful of other live-action takes on animated classics in the works, including “The

Disney is making a live-action remake of Peter Pan and the role of Tinker Bell will be played by Yara Shahidi!

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorLos Angeles County health officials confirmed on Tuesday the county meets the criteria to move into a less-restrictive phase of the California’s economic-reopening roadmap. But there’s a catch.The county must maintain those numbers for two consecutive weeks before the state will move it out of the most-restrictive “purple” tier and into the slightly less onerous “red” tier.If L.A.

Solstice Studios has sealed a deal for worldwide rights to filmmaker Reinaldo Green Marcus' Good Joe Bell, a drama starring Mark Wahlberg and written by the Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain duo Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. The pact — valued at $20 million — comes on the heels of the film's Sept.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Upstart Solstice Studios has won an auction for the Toronto buzz title Good Joe Bell, the Reinaldo Marcus Green-directed drama scripted by the Oscar-winning Brokeback Mountain team of Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as the title character.

The sprawling plains of Idaho and Utah, their tufted prairies dappled by cloud-filtered light and edged by craggy mountains, provide a spiritual setting for bruising personal reflection in Good Joe Bell.

Kool & The Gang co-founder and producer Ronald “Khalis” Bell has died at the age of 68, Variety reports and Pitchfork points out. Bell, who composed, arranged, and performed on many of the band’s greatest hits including “Celebration,” formed the band with his brother Robert “Kool” in the mid-60s, and went on to find huge success, including two Grammys and induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Ronald "Khalis" Bell, one of the co-founders of the funk, R&B and pop supergroup Kool & the Gang, died suddenly Wednesday at his home in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sujata Murthy of Universal Music Enterprises announced.

told the Associated Press.

Kool & the Gang co-founder and singer, Ronald “Khalis” Bell, is dead. He was 68.