‘Wings Of Fire’: Ava DuVernay To Produce A Netflix Animated Adaptation Of The Novel Series

To say this isn’t a great time to be a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an understatement. Not only was this year’s Golden Globes, which hands out trophies based on the voting of the HFPA, incredibly low-rated and not very high quality, but a Los Angeles Times report before that event painted a picture of an organization that is not very diverse and is prone to accepting gifts in exchange for possible recognition.

Jamie Lang In today’s Global Bulletin, Sky Cinema’s “The Amazing Maurice” rounds out its voice cast; the BFI launches a U.S.

Always Be My Maybe star and Baby Cobra comedian Ali Wong will join Amazon’s Paper Girls series, based on Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang’s graphic novel.

It seems as though Blake Lively has an affinity towards playing characters who are 'murderers in secret' if her recent Hollywood projects like The Rhythm Section and A Simple Favor are any inclination. The Gossip Girl star has decided on her next big project; Lady Killer.

Kaci Walfall is a near spitting image of DC’s Naomi in the first look at the CW pilot from Ava Duvernay and Jill Blankenship.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has locked down the cast to its upcoming feature adaptation of Broadway’s 13: The Musical. 

Writer-director Travon Free has signed a first-look producing deal with Endeavor Content after, along with co-director Martin Desmond Roe, winning the Oscar for best live-action short for Two Distant Strangers. “Over the last year, I’ve developed some great creative relationships with some wonderful people at Endeavor Content, who I’ve found to be as committed as I am to making art that is not only entertaining, but challenges our society, our culture and the world we live in.

Four days before its premiere, Netflix is giving fans the trailer for its highly anticipated anime series, .Inspired by the little-known tale of a legendary Black samurai,  follows a real-life man of African origin who served under the Japanese lord Oda Nobunaga in the 1500s.

Netflix has released the final trailer for Yasuke, the upcoming anime series starring LaKeith Stanfield.Yasuke, which is scored and executive produced by Flying Lotus, premieres this Thursday (April 30).

Lakeith Stanfield brings the legend of Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai in feudal Japan, to screen in the trailer for Netflix and MAPAA’s latest anime.

Ubisoft has announced a number of new projects for its Assassin’s Creed franchise.The video game developer and publisher took to its official website on Wednesday, April 21 to announce the new projects. The projects will see the franchise venture into different forms of media outside of video games, such as novels, podcasts and graphic novels.The new projects will be split into three categories: Classics, Chronicles and Originals.

Refresh for updates Hollywood and the Beltway praised the “guilty, guilty, guilty” murder and manslaughter verdicts against former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin in the killing of George Floyd today: “Thank God,” tweeted Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan, summing up the response. “#BlackLivesMatter.”

Ava DuVernay’s animated adaptation of family fantasy books Wings of Fire is taking off at Netflix.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Wings of Fire” books by Tui T. Sutherland are being adapted into an animated series at Netflix with Ava DuVernay set to executive produce.The “Wings of Fire” books have sold more than 14 million copies around the world to date.

The White Tiger director Ramin Bahrani recently was subjected to a racist taunt and his film's executive producers Jonas and Ava DuVernay are speaking up. The incident occurred last week when Bahrani was directing a pilot for Apple TV in Atlanta and was scheduled to do a Zoom Q&A with Ava DuVernay.

Sam Levinson has found his next project for HBO. The Euphoria showrunner will executive produce a new television series for the network based on Stephen Markley's debut novel Ohio, which the author will pen.

Netflix has acquired The Poet, a true crime article by Corey Mead that was published by Greg Nichols and Matthew Pearl’s digital magazine and media company, Truly*Adventurous. The streamer has teamed with Stanger Things production company 21 Laps with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen producing the project under the label alongside Pouya Shahbazian.

EXCLUSIVE: Dorsey Pictures, the Red Arrow-owned production company behind series such as Discovery DIY’s Building Alaska and Maine Cabin Masters, is moving into the business format space after acquiring the rights to personal finance book Rich Dad Poor Dad.

Calm, the Los Angeles based mental-health focused company and eponymous app, has hired Netflix’s Monica Austin and TikTok’s Greg Justice as VPs of, respectively, marketing and content.

During this past year of virtual awards ceremonies, it’s not often that we’ve had a poignant moment to truly pause, reflect and be moved.