‘The Witcher: Blood Origin’: Michelle Yeoh Cast As Scian In Netflix Prequel Series

We may have a repeat of 2017 when NBC canceled Timeless after one season but reversed their decision days later following fan outcry. Manifest, another high-concept NBC drama with passionate fan base that started its run in the high-profile Monday 10 PM slot, also could get resurrected following its cancellation by the network.

EXCLUSIVE: George Mackay (1917), Kelly Macdonald (Line Of Duty) and Hugh Bonneville (Paddington) are set to lead cast in new Netflix thriller I Came By, which will be directed by BAFTA winner Babak Anvari (Under The Shadow).

HBO has paused shooting on its "Game of Thrones" prequel "House of the Dragon" because of a positive COVID-19 case on set, Variety has confirmed. As part of testing implemented for all production employees, a production member on the series tested positive for COVID-19.

Grease prequel focusing on high school girl gang the Pink Ladies has been officially ordered for streaming service Paramount+.As Variety reports, Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies will be set four years before the original Grease film.

Paramount+ has given a series order to the upcoming Grease prequel series about the Pink Ladies!

“Grease,” or as Paramount puts it: “before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in the school, four fed-up, outcast girls dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever.”The original “Grease,” which starred John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, took the world by storm in 1978.

Paramount+ has given a formal green light to Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, a prequel series to the classic 1978 film, which comes from Paramount Television Studios.

Meghan Markle is teaming up with Elton John’s husband David Furnish to create an animated series for Netflix. The Duchess of Sussex will serve as an executive producer alongside the Canadian filmmaker for a family series in development titled "Pearl" as a current working title, People magazine reported on Friday.

The upcoming second season of Bling Empire will be without main cast member Chèrie Chan and her fiancé Jessey Lee. Both are leaving the popular Netflix reality series, Deadline has confirmed.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorWelcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”Queer Disney fans raised a rainbow flag in 2017 when it was revealed that in the Bill Condon-directed live-action adaptation of the animated hit “Beauty and the Beast,” LeFou — played by Josh Gad — was gay. Now the big question is, will LeFou be gay in the upcoming “Beauty and the Beast” Disney Plus series? That project revolves around the friendship between LeFou and Gaston (Luke Evans).

Archewell Productions announced Wednesday that the working title “Pearl” will be developed for the streaming service.

Paris Hilton is headed to Netflix as the star of an all-new culinary-themed series,. While the TV personality and heiress has been seen on-screen in the documentaries, and, this is the first time she’s starring in a series since 2011’s . On, Hilton promises to turn the “traditional cooking show upside down” as she learns about new ingredients, tries out new recipes and masters “exotic” appliances in her kitchen.

Uzo Aduba, who is coming off acclaimed performances in two limited series, Mrs. America and In Treatment, and Matthew Broderick will lead the cast of Painkiller, Netflix’s upcoming limited drama series about the origins of the opioid crisis and the role of Purdue Pharma.

You wouldn’t know it by the title of the series, but “Chapelwaite” is based on a Stephen King short story, “Jerusalem’s Lot,” which serves as a prequel of sorts to the author’s very famous novel, “Salem’s Lot.” But now that everything King has ever put to paper is being adapted for film or TV, it was only a matter of time before the “Jerusalem’s Lot” story was made into a big-budget series for EPIX.

Michelle Yeoh Summer. The iconic (in the truest definition of the word) actress will first be seen in, a shoot-'em-up action flick in which she stars alongside Angela Bassett and Carla Gugino as The Librarians.

before she exited the series ahead of filming due to a change in the production schedule.Brown (“Giri/Haji,” “The Capture,” “Marcella”) will play Éile, an elite warrior blessed with the voice of a goddess, has left her clan and position as Queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician.

Jordan Moreau The world of “The Witcher” keeps growing.Netflix’s prequel series “The Witcher: Blood Origin” has cast Sophia Brown as Éile, an elite warrior who is blessed with the voice of a goddess. She has left her clan and position as a queen’s guardian to follow her heart as a nomadic musician.

EXCLUSIVE: Giri/Haji and Marcella star Sophia Brown will co-star with Laurence O’Fuarain (Vikings) and Michelle Yeoh (Crazy Rich Asians) in Netflix’s anticipated fantasy series The Witcher: Blood Origin, we can reveal.

Naman Ramachandran Michelle Williams will play Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six wives, in Karim Aïnouz’s “Firebrand.”The film marks the English-language debut of Karim Aïnouz, and goes into production in the U.K. in early 2022.