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With the success of R.L. Stine's first Fear Street trilogy for Netflix, a new prom queen-centric story is slashing its way onto the streaming service later this year -- one that fans have been eagerly awaiting. Set to release later this year, bringing this classic theme, beloved by horror enthusiasts for its mix of glamour and gore, is a smart move, ripe for reinvention in the Fear Street universe. The buzz around the film isn’t just nostalgia bait, though, with a new generation of horror fans ready to dive in.

Netflix’s gamble on a multi-part horror series paid off handsomely the first time around with the first Fear Street trilogy. With its unique blend of teen drama, brutal kills, and a connecting mystery across three distinct eras, it stood out as one of the most ambitious horror projects in recent memory. The upcoming fourth installment, Fear Street: Prom Queen...

The Gilded Age season 3 is on the way, and the continuing popularity of the historical drama makes it a surefire hit. Debuting on its original network of NBC in 2022, The Gilded Age is written and created by Julian Fellowes, known for the hit series Downton Abbey. With a cast that includes multiple theater veterans and classically trained actors, The Gilded Age brings the nuance of Fellowess other shows to Americas industrial boom in the late 1800s specifically to the New York industrialists and socialites that thrived (and fell) during this unique point in history.

The series has been a critical darling throughout its first two seasons, and The Gilded Age season 2 actually surpassed its predecessor with a Rotten Tomatoes score of over 90%. As historical dramas continue to rise in popularity thanks to shows like Bridgerton, The Gilded Age has a chance to become the next must-see drama that draws its...

Exclusive: Police Academy veteran Steve Guttenberg and Vacation‘s Christie Brinkley have boarded Michael W. Gray’s coming-of-age family comedy American Summer.

Shooting has begun in Northern New Jersey and will extend into mid-October. Gray is directing from a script he wrote with Jennifer B. White.

Pic follows Mikey (Guttenberg), now in his 60s, who vividly journeys back to his childhood during one of the best summers of his life when he met the girl of his dreams, Kelly, scored a spot on the travel

baseball team, worked his first job and began his growth out of boyhood — all in the sudden wake of his dad missing overseas on a military mission.

Logan Gray stars as Young Mikey and Mia Talerico (Disney’s Good Luck Charlie) stars as Young Kelly. Also starring are Dan Lauria, Cullen Moss, Erinn Ruth, Michael Cuomo (Nanny), Ellen Toland (Inside the Rain), Stephen Krahel, former baseball stars Lee Mazzilli and Luis Sojo, plus newcomers Callie Reese (What Breaks the Ice), Cash Chisum, Jaba Keh, Carter J Thomas, Max Malas, Maximus Virgili, Chance Stout, and Noodle (the family puppy who saves the day).

“American Summer is a tale for a multi-generational audience to enjoy together. I look forward to sharing the film with the world as I want to bring people together to laugh and feel in their own way,” said Gray.

“I’m excited to be working on such a feel-good movie,” Guttenberg said. “The story requires the creative team to put together a narrative that is not only universal, but unique in its own style. American Summer has the potential to bring generations together, and that’s what audiences ask for in a great family film.”

Gray (A Birder’s Guide to Everything Jamie Marks Is Dead) and Michael Cuomo are producing. Guttenberg, Brinkley, Brian Dubin and Stephen Krahel are EPs. Josh Folan and Danny Ward are co-producers.

American Summer is a co-production of Relentless Filmz (Gray) and Brooklyn Owl Pictures (Cuomo). Gray is repped by Ramo Law. Guttenberg is repped by Vault Entertainment and CAA. Brinkley is repped by Artist Brand Alliance and Untitled Entertainment.

Penelope is Netflix's newest coming-of-age series and represents the first leading role for its young actress. Created by award-winning producer Mel Eslyn and The Morning Show's star Mark Duplass, the show stars a small but talented cast. The narrative follows Penelope, a contemporary teen who feels out of place within her community of peers and decides to escape into the wilderness. Cutting off her family and friends, the teenager enjoys her own and nature's company before meeting fellow travelers who show her what true belonging is.

Although Penelope feels a pull to nature, it is in her found connections that she finds peace and purpose. The Netflix 2024 TV show highlights that nature can teach humans a way back to each other, even in a modern world. Penelope's character represents a severed link that promises to be healed in the trees and through interactions with peculiar characters, like an elder nomad,...

Well-known American filmmaker and actor Mark Duplass partnered with Netflix to create a teen drama series called Penelope. It's set to be released on the streaming platform on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. More on this upcoming Netflix show below.

Penelope comes from Duplass's Duplass Brothers Productions. You might recognize Duplass from his acting work in the movies Creep, Creep 2, Safety Not Guaranteed, Tammy, The Lazarus Effect, Tully, Bombshell and Biosphere. He also starred in the TV sitcom The League, the romantic comedy series The Mindy Project, the comedy-drama series Togetherness and the legal drama Goliath. He currently stars in Apple TV+'s drama series The Morning Show.

Duplass and Mel Eslyn created the teen drama. They wrote the scripts together, and Eslyn also directed the episodes. In addition, Eslyn serves as the series showrunner. Executive producers include Duplass's brother, Jay Duplass, and Shuli Harel.

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Penguin Random House is set to acquire comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios.

The publishing house announced Wednesday that Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, has agreed to the deal for Boom! Studios, which was founded in 2005 by Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby. The deal is expected to close later this summer, and terms were not disclosed. As part of the transaction, Disney is selling its minority stake in Boom! Studios that 20th Century Fox acquired in 2017.

Boom! Studios will continue its editorial and publishing independence and will report to Random House Worlds president Scott Shannon, while Random House Worlds vp publisher Keith Clayton and Random House Publishing Group executive vp of business strategy Bill Takes will help manage the new imprint. Also part of Random House Worlds’ portfolio of imprints are Del Rey, Inklore and the Rh Worlds licensing program.

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The Random House Publishing Group, a division of the world’s largest trade publisher, Penguin Random House, has entered into an agreement to acquire comic book, graphic novel and licensed storytelling publisher and studio, Boom! Studios.

The Boom! Studios publishing program will now join the Random House Worlds portfolio of imprints alongside Del Rey, Inklore and the Rh Worlds licensing program. The company will retain its editorial and publishing independence, reporting to Random House Worlds President, Scott Shannon. Keith Clayton, VP Publisher, Random House Worlds, and Bill Takes, EVP of Business Strategy, Random House Publishing Group, will work alongside Shannon and the Boom! Studios team to help manage and integrate the new imprint.

There are no plans to relocate Boom! Studios from its L.A. office, which President, Development Stephen Christy will continue to lead, and the company will continue to distribute through both Diamond Comic Distributors and Simon & Schuster.

Exclusive: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice writers and creators of the smash hit Netflix series Wednesday, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have signed a first-look deal with Sony Pictures to develop films through the duo’s Millar Gough Ink banner, Deadline has learned.

Season 2 of Wednesday, the most watched Netflix series of all time at 1.7 billion hours, is shooting in Ireland this month, while Beetlejuice Beetlejuice which reteams filmmaker Tim Burton and star Michael Keaton could hit one of the biggest openings of the year when it opens on Sept. 6.

Aaron Schmidt

In addition, Aaron Schmidt has been hired as Head of Film at Millar Gough Ink, where he will spearhead development and production. Schmidt recently oversaw development for Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg’s KatzSmith Productions, based at Warner Bros. He was a producer on the reboot of Child’s Play with Aubrey Plaza and Mark Hamill, Kung Fury with Michael Fassbender and Arnold Schwarzenegger,...

Just Beyond was removed in a major Disney+ content purge in May 2023, leaving fans wondering what online options they have if they want to watch the series.

Based on the graphic novel of the same name from Boom! Studios, Just Beyond was an anthology series similar in style to Goosebumps, which hit Disney+ in October 2023.

Both Just Beyond and Goosebumps come from writer R.L. Stine, known for his work in the projects' horror-comedy genre.

Read full article on The Direct.

Goosebumps is a horror comedy series developed for television by Rob Letterman and Nicholas Stroller. Based on a book series of the same name by R.L. Stine, the Disney+ and Hulu series revolves around five high schoolers who try to investigate a death that happened three decades ago. This investigation takes them on a twisty and dangerous journey and also reveals to them some dark truths about their parents. So, if you loved the Disney+ series here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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Synopsis: After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them.

The 2023 Goosebumps reboot is not intended for a younger audience, signaling a departure from previous installments aimed at children. The show is rated TV-pg and contains violence, scary moments, adult themes, and references to extramarital affairs and sexual innuendos. The darker tone and increased focus on scares and teen subplots may scare younger viewers and disappoint those expecting a lighter, comedic approach like the Goosebumps movies.

While 2023’s Goosebumps reboot might be based on a series of children’s books, that doesn’t necessarily mean the show is intended to be viewed by a younger audience. The Goosebumps franchise has been through many iterations, but most of them have one thing in common. From the original novels by Rl Stine to their TV show adaptation in the ‘90s, to the two live-action horror comedy movies based on the Goosebumps books, all the franchise’s installments have been aimed...

Coming off triumphs with critical and commercial successes of Top Gun: Maverick and Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Skydance Media is developing a movie based on the mysterious Bermuda Triangle.

As per the report from Deadline, director Marc Webb, known for making 500 Days of Summer, as well as The Amazing Spider-Man series, has officially signed on to steer the ship of Skydance's long-anticipated action-adventure film, tentatively titled, Bermuda. The project, centered around the enigmatic Bermuda Triangle, has been in the works for quite some time. However, due to the ongoing Writers' Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes, the film still remains in early stages, lacking an attached writer, or cast members.

Related: Marc Webb's Peter Parker & Gwen Stacy Is the Spider-Verse's Strongest Romance

Once the strikes conclude, Webb is expected to provide his expertise in script consultation during writing process. While the plot specifics are currently under wraps,...

Exclusive: Skydance’s long-in-development Bermuda Triangle action-adventure pic Bermuda has landed a director as Marc Webb has closed a deal to helm the project.

While the studio has been working on the project for some time, this version is still in early days with no writer has been attached; until the WGA strike ends, that won’t change. Insiders add that once the strike ends and a writer can be attached, Webb would consult on the script but is not expected to co-write.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, except for the fact that it will be set in the mysterious patch of the Caribbean where planes and ships have gone missing over the years.

David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce Bermuda for Skydance. Aimee Rivera will oversee for Skydance.

Best known for his breakout comedy (500) Days of Summer, Webb most recently directed Disney’s live-action...

One of the many shameful losses during the (not so) great Disney+ purge of 2023 was "Just Beyond," the anthology series based on R.L. Stine's graphic novel property of the same name. Created by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), the genre-blending show is probably the closest anyone's come to creating a worthy tween-friendly successor to "The Twilight Zone," complete with its dark satire and profound mediation on topics such as love, loss, and mortality.

"Just Beyond" might have also made for a nice companion piece to the streamer's incoming "Goosebumps," itself the latest screen adaptation of Stine's mega-popular "spoopy" book series. Having previously been adapted as a live-action TV series that ran from 1995 to 1998, the property made the leap to the big screen with the 2015 "Goosebumps" film, which was followed by a sequel three years later. 

Both iterations of the franchise have their merits. The '90s show did...

For more than half a century, it's been home to paranormal phenomena and eerie occurrences, and this September, the rural homestead known as "Skinwalker Ranch" will be explored like never before in the new Boom! Studios comic book series Hunt for the Skinwalker. An adaptation of the non-fiction book of the same name, Hunt for the Skinwalker will debut in comic shops on September 6th, and we have an exclusive look at unsettling preview pages from the first issue of the new series from writer Zac Thompson, artist Valeria Burzo, colorist Jason Wordie, and letterer Joe Sabino!

You can see the early signs of some seriously strange happenings on the Gorman Ranch circa 1996 in our exclusive preview pages below. We also have the official press release with additional details on Hunt for the Skinwalker, and in case you missed it, check out Valeria Burzo's concept art for the new series!

Disney reportedly canceled a planned, untitled series intended to be a spinoff of Pixar's upcoming animated series, Win or Lose.

According to a report from The Wrap, the series, which was set to debut on Disney+ in December, was quietly scrapped by Disney before any official announcement of the project was made. The animated series was intended to be a spinoff of another spinoff series, Win or Lose, which similarly has not yet been released. A specific reason for the cancellation by Disney was not provided. Additionally, while the untitled project will not move forward as a series, the show could still be released at some point down the line, but as a feature film instead of a series.

Related: Pixar Boss Says More Cars, Incredibles, Nemo Sequels Are All on the Table

Win or Lose is an upcoming Pixar television series that will follow the Pickles, a middle-school...

Following the cancellations of ABC’s “Alaska Daily” and “The Company You Keep” in May, both series are being pulled off Hulu as part of Disney’s ongoing review and removal of content in an effort to cut costs.

The shows, which were initially set to remain on the streamer until September, will now be removed next month. However, they will still be available through iTunes and Amazon.

Other impacted shows include the Rashida Jones comedy “Angie Tribeca,” NBC’s “Blindspot,” Samantha Bee and Jason Jones’ “The Detour” and TNT’s “The Last Ship,” which will be removed on July 1.

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Disney+ and Hulu Content Purge Underway as ‘Willow,’ ‘Dollface’ and More to Be Removed

The latest wave of titles follows the removal of Disney+’s “Willow” and “Big Shot” and Hulu’s “Dollface” and “Y: The Last Man,” which were removed on May 26.

Other departing Disney+ titles include “The Mysterious Benedict Society,...

Exclusive: Hulu is joining the latest round of programming purges.

The streamer is pulling off a number of additional series from its service as part of Disney’s wider plan to cut streaming costs.

The company revealed last month in an SEC filing that it would take $1.5B-$1.8B in write-downs associated with removing streaming programming from its platforms and expects to remove from more its direct-to-consumer platforms in the third quarter with another $400M in impairment charges.

Deadline now can reveal some of those titles.

They include Alaska Daily and The Company You Keep, which were both canceled at ABC after one season. Both shows would normally have stayed on the service until September, or later if Hulu had struck a longer deal, but are to be removed earlier next month.

Deadline understands that, going forward, ABC series canceled after one season, as well as specials, likely will fall under a similar strategy.

The bloody Paramount+ purge continues.

According to Deadline, the Paramount Global-owned streamer will remove several Nickelodeon series from its library, including All In With Cam Newton, Allegra's Window, Becca's Bunch, Bella and the Bulldogs, Crashletes, Digby Dragon, The Fresh Beat Band, The Halo Effect, Legendary Dudas, Monsters vs. Aliens, Mutt & Stuff, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Peter Rabbit, Pig Goat Banana Cricket, Ride and The Troop. Other series that were removed include the sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, the docuseries From Cradle to Stage and Ghislaine: Partner in Crime, and the anthology thriller Tell Me a Story. On the film side of things, Fantasy Football and Snow Day have also been removed.

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The news arrives just as Paramount+ and Showtime merge to form Paramount+ with Showtime, adding series such as Dexter, Billions and Yellowjackets to Paramount...

Warning: The following article contains spoilers from Cruel Summer season 2, episodes 1 and 2.Cruel Summer is back with season 2, and this time, the entire cast consists of new actors and characters. The Freeform anthology series depicts a new mystery in its second season, and it's told in three different timelines — the summer of 1999, winter of 1999, and summer of 2000. Cruel Summer revolves around two best friends — Megan and Isabella, who might be involved in the disappearance and murder of one of their close friends in the small town of Chatham.

The premiere led viewers to believe that Isabella was the one who went missing when, in reality, it was Luke, Megan's boyfriend, and Isabella's summer fling. As season 2 continues, the mystery surrounding Luke's death will continue to unravel, and all questions will soon be answered. But in the meantime, let's shine a spotlight on the Cruel Summer cast.

Sadie Stanley As Megan Landry...

Disney made it official with an SEC filing after the markets closed Friday, confirming it would take $1.5 billion in write-downs associated with removing streaming programming from its platforms.

The number came in on the low end of a range provided by the company last month when it released its quarterly earnings. (Read the new filing Here.) Like other media companies, Disney has been looking to trim expenses in the once-fevered streaming arena, and removing programming has been one means of reaching that goal. Rival service Max, the outlet recently rebranded by Warner Bros Discovery, has also drawn scrutiny for shedding a number of high-profile titles, though the removals are part of the larger reckoning with the daunting economics of streaming. The long-promised nirvana for consumers of a nearly endless storehouse of available titles has collided with the reality of how much that costs to sustain, both in terms of technology...

You can no longer stream Marvel's Runaways on Hulu or Disney+, as the show has been removed from streaming services. It was recently reported that a purge was taking place at Disney+ with several movies and shows getting removed for the sake of cutting costs. Per /Film, it's since been revealed that Runaways has also been pulled, no longer available on Hulu in the U.S. and Disney+ internationally as it had been up to this point. As the show hasn't been given a physical release, Runaways is now inaccessible, and the news has some fans of the show feeling unhappy.

A variety of other titles have been removed by Disney+, including Willow, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Turner & Hooch, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, The Mysterious Benedict Society, Magic Camp, Stargirl, Just Beyond, and many more. Another Marvel series, Marvel's Hero Project, was also announced as one...

Actor Kristen Schaal recently responded to the imminent removal of The Mysterious Benedict Society from the Disney+ streaming service, asking fans for tips on how to save it for personal viewing.

On social media, Schaal wrote, "[The Mysterious Benedict Society is] getting pulled tomorrow. Anyone know how to burn a dvd off a streamer so I can show my daughter this show someday?" While some fans responded to the actor with tips on how to copy a video from a streaming service and burn it on a disc, others expressed shock that the show's own actors were unable to get a legitimate copy of the show themselves, meaning they will no longer be unable to view it either after it is removed from Disney+.

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It’s getting pulled tomorrow. Anyone know how to burn a dvd off a streamer so I can...

In a cost-cutting move, The Walt Disney Company is removing an expansive list of content from Disney+ and Hulu. The removal of series like Turner & Hooch, Willow, and Mighty Ducks: Game Changers did not go over well with Disney+ users who were still upset by the series cancelations. News of the impending removal of the 2018 documentary Howard sparked so much backlash that Disney backtracked on their previous decision and is now keeping the title on Disney+.

Howard chronicles the life of Howard Ashman, a songwriter responsible for songs in Little Shop of Horrors, and Disney's The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin. Ashman, who is largely credited as a leader in Disney's Renaissance, was a gay man who lost his battle with AIDS in 1991 when he was only 40 years old. With Disney's live-action The Little Mermaid premiere just a week away and LGBTQ+ Pride Month commencing June...

The documentary Howard will not be leaving Disney+ after all.

As part of "strategic changes" to its streaming approach, The Walt Disney Company is planning to remove dozens of titles from Disney+ and Hulu on May 26. A recently-surfaced list revealed some of the shows and specials on the chopping block. Among them was Howard, a documentary about the late Howard Ashman -- a gay, Academy Award-winning songwriter who co-wrote the music for Disney's 1989 animated classic The Little Mermaid. However, Deadline now reports that Howard is indeed staying on Disney+. "The list of titles coming off of Hulu and Disney+ next week is still being finalized," a Disney representative said. This update comes after the company faced backlash for planning to pull an LGBT-focused project like Howard mere days before the beginning of Pride Month.

Related: Why Disney Almost Cut The Little Mermaid's Most Famous Song

That said, while Howard has been spared,...

Disney is going there, you guys.

As previously teased during the company's quarter one earnings call, the company is purging several titles from its streaming services, Disney+ and Hulu.

The practice has become common in recent months, with HBO Max leading the charge, wiping several projects from existence.

Undoubtedly, fans and creatives are struggling with the concept, but maybe some of the affected shows could show up elsewhere.

"We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion," Disney's chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, said during the earnings call.

Westworld, The Nevers, and other HBO fare popped back up on Fast services shortly after the controversial decision.

But for some shows, this could be the death knell that could be the difference whether new fans find them down the line.

Initially, people purchased physical media, and with the rise of streaming,...

Disney did a little (late) spring cleaning of its streaming services this week, removing several properties from Disney+ and Hulu. Among those that will go on May 26 include some high profile recent shows like “Willow,” “Y: The Last Man,” “Dollface,” and “The World According to Jeff Goldblum.” What makes this troubling for many home viewers who may have been fans (or even stans!) of the affected programs is that, in most cases, there are no Blu-ray/DVD options. In the old days you could always hit record on your Vcr to build a personal library, but it’s not so easy to capture material from streaming—and the whole point of streaming is not needing to do that, right?

As per The Verge, Disney’s cost-cutting is due to a reduction in Disney+ subscribers, to the tune of 4 million in 2023. While the company will have to pay a “content impairment charge” of over $1.5 billion,...

For Halloween 2021, Disney+ entered the world of R.L. Stine with “Just Beyond,” an 8-episode anthology series based on Stine’s line of comic books. The series never got a second season, with Disney+ leaving its fate hanging in the balance these past two years.

Unfortunately, we’ve learned this week that Stine’s “Just Beyond” will be one of many Disney+ original projects that are soon being deleted from the streaming service entirely.

As The Hollywood Reporter explains, “Disney is following Warner Bros. Discovery and removing under-performing titles from its streaming services in a bid to write off nearly $2 billion from its bottom line. In all, there are more than 30 shows that will be removed starting next week from the platforms in this first round of reductions. The titles will vanish starting May 26.”

The long list of titles being removed from Disney+ includes…

America the Beautiful Among the Stars Artemis Fowl...

Disney will remove select series, movies, and specials from Disney+ and Hulu, The decision was initially announced on May 10th during a Disney earnings call, and the list of impacted titles has now been revealed. Among there are the recently released Willow sequel series, Y: The Last Man, Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series Pistol, and The World According to Jeff Goldblum.

“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our Dtc services to align with the strategic changes in our approach to content curation,” Disney CFO Christine McCarthy said during the call.

Other titles in the purge include the Turner & Hooch reboot, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Just Beyond, Diary of a Future President, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The Hot Zone, Maggie, and more. Check out the full list below.

Disney isn’t the first media entity to make a move like this — HBO Max removed...

Willow writer John Bickerstaff just blasted Disney for delisting the show from Disney+, branding the move "absolutely cruel."

Bickerstaff took to Twitter to voice his displeasure with Disney, noting that Willow was being removed from Disney+ less than six months after its final episode aired. The scribe's tweet also suggested that Willow's treatment was representative of the increasingly harsh climate of the wider film and TV industry. Bickerstaff was one of several writers who contributed to Willow and is credited with co-writing the revival series' third episode, "The Battle of the Slaughtered Lamb," with Wendy Mericle.

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They gave us six months. Not even. This business has become absolutely cruel. https://t.co/8Kczi6HCvW — John Bickerstaff...

Willow and Y: The Last Man are among the titles that Disney will be removing from Disney+ and Hulu. As the streaming industry continues to adapt, certain services have begun to pull content off their platforms, including their own original programming, as a way to cut costs. HBO Max used this strategy with the removal of Westworld, The Nevers, and a number of other popular series. It was recently confirmed that Disney would be taking the same approach with Disney+ and Hulu.

Deadline has now revealed that during a recent Disney earnings call, it was revealed which titles will be removed from Disney+ and Hulu on May 26. A number of well-received television series, movies, and making-of specials will be removed. On Disney+, this includes Willow, The Making of Willow, and The One and Only Ivan. On Hulu, this includes Y: The Last Man, The Quest, and Little Demon. See a...

Content reduction is underway at Disney, as dozens of series have will soon be removed from Disney+ and Hulu, an individual with knowledge told TheWrap.

Several titles, including Disney+’s “Willow” and “Big Shot” and Hulu’s “Dollface” and “Y: The Last Man,” will no longer be available to stream globally beginning May 26.

Impacted titles that will soon depart Disney+ include “The Mysterious Benedict Society,” “Big Shot,” Turner & Hooch,” “Willow,” “The Making Of Willow,” “Just Beyond,” “The World According To Jeff Goldblum,” “The One And Only Ivan,” “Timmy Failure,” “Be Our Chef,” “Magic Camp,” “Howard,” “Earth To Ned,” “Foodtastic,” “Stuntman,” “Disney Fairy Tale Weddings,” “Wolfgang” and “It’s a Dog’s Life With Bill Farmer.”

Likewise, Disney will remove Hulu titles “Pistol,” Dollface,” “The Quest,” “The Hot Zone,” “Y: The Last Man,” “Maggie,” “Little Demon,” “The Premise,” “Love In The Time Of Corona,” “Everything’s Trash,” “Best In Snow” and “Best In Dough.

Both Disney+ and Hulu will “pull an HBO Max” on Friday, May 26, and (not-so-)quietly remove dozens of shows from their respecting streaming libraries.

Disney’s chief financial officer, Christine McCarthy, gave a heads-up on the library edit during the company’s recent Q1 earnings call, saying, “We will be removing certain content from our streaming platforms and currently expect to take an impairment charge” — or, write-off — “of approximately $1.5 to $1.8 billion.”

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A slew of shows and specials are set to leave Disney+ and Hulu later this month as part of The Walt Disney Company's content purge.

About a week ago, news broke that Disney was preparing to pull content from its streaming platforms amid "strategic changes" at the company. Deadline now reports that dozens of titles will be removed from Disney+ and Hulu on Friday, May 26. The titles leaving Hulu include FX's Pistol, Dollface, National Geographic's The Hot Zone, FX's Y: The Last Man, Maggie, FX's Little Demon, The Premise, Love in the Time of Corona, Everything's Trash, Best in Snow and Best in Dough.

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Meanwhile, the titles being pulled from Disney+ include The Mysterious Benedict Society, Big Shot, Turner & Hooch, Willow, The Making Of Willow, Just Beyond, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, The Quest, The One and Only Ivan,...

Well, this is just depressing. It was reported last week that Disney would start removing content from their streaming services, and the first casualties have been revealed. The dozens of TV shows and specials from Disney+ and Hulu that will be removed on May 26th include Willow, Big Shot, Y: The Last Man, and many more. Considering that Willow premiered on Disney+ less than a year ago… it hurts.

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Here is a list of a few of the titles that are being removed:

The Mysterious Benedict Society [Disney+] Big Shot [Disney+] Turner & Hooch [Disney+] Willow [Disney+] The Making Of Willow [Disney+] Just Beyond [Disney+] The World According To Jeff Goldblum [Disney+] Pistol [Hulu] Dollface [Hulu] The Quest [Hulu] The Hot Zone [Hulu] Y: The Last Man [Hulu] Maggie [Hulu] Little Demon [Hulu] The Premise [Hulu] Love In The Time Of Corona [Hulu] Everything’s Trash [Hulu] Best In Snow...

Disney is the new Tva! Walking the talk from its last week’s investors call the house of mouse is purging some major titles from its streaming platforms, Deadline has reported. Starting May 26 Disney+ titles such as Willow, Big Shot, Turner & Hooch, Just Beyond, Mysterious Benedict Society and The World According To Jeff Goldblum will be removed from the streaming service globally. Furthermore, joining the purged content line up are Hulu titles Y: The Last Man, Dollface, The Hot Zone, Maggie, Pistol and Little Demon.

As expected, Disney is following Warner Bros. Discovery and removing under-performing titles from its streaming services in a bid to write off nearly $2 billion from its bottom line.

Scripted titles set to be removed from Hulu and Disney+ include FX’s Y: The Last Man, Pistol, Little Demon, Hulu-turned-Disney+ series Mysterious Benedict Society, Disney+’s Big Shot, The Mighty Ducks, Turner & Hooch, Willow and ABC-turned-Hulu comedy Maggie, as well as National Geographic’s The World According to Jeff Goldblum. In all, there are more than 30 shows that will be removed starting next week from the platforms in this first round of reductions. The titles, many of which are listed below, will vanish starting May 26. Sources say the programming could be made available elsewhere, like digital sell-through platforms, etc.

Disney CFO Christine McCarthy revealed last week on Disney’s earnings call that the company would be reviewing the TV series...

Updated with more titles being removed: Disney is starting to pull content from streaming, with dozens of series and specials slated to leave Disney+ and Hulu on May 26, Deadline has learned. The titles, which are being removed from Disney’s streaming services globally, include Disney+’s Willow, Big Shot, Turner & Hooch, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, Just Beyond, Diary of a Future President, The Mysterious Benedict Society and The World According to Jeff Goldblum and Hulu’s Y: The Last Man, Dollface, The Hot Zone, Maggie, Pistol and Little Demon. A number of Freeform series also are slated to leave Hulu.

The list features largely short-lived series, specials and direct-to-streaming movies.

The move, which comes with a content impairment charge of $1.5 billion to $1.8 billion, was announced during the recent Disney earnings call on May 10.

“We are in the process of reviewing the content on our Dtc services to align...

The cast for the Disney+ series “Goosebumps” continues to grow, with Variety reporting today that Rob Huebel (Children’s Hospital) has signed on in a recurring guest star role.

Justin Long, Rachael Harris, Ana Yi Puig, Miles McKenna, Will Price, Zack Morris and Isa Briones also star in the live action series, which is set to be a teen horror-comedy.

After two movies, the brand new live-action “Goosebumps” TV series based on R.L. Stine’s bestselling books will bring the tales back to the small screen, we recently learned.

It sounds like the series will have a similar storyline to 2015’s hit movie, which adapted many of Stine’s iconic books in one fell swoop. Here’s the project’s plot synopsis…

“The series follows a group of five high schoolers who unleash supernatural forces upon their town and must all work together – thanks to and in spite of their friendships,...

The cast for the Disney+ series “Goosebumps” continues to grow, with Rachael Harris (“Lucifer”) joining the previously announced Justin Long (Barbarian) this week.

Variety also notes that Ana Yi Puig, Miles McKenna, Will Price, Zack Morris and Isa Briones will star in the live action series, which is set to be a teen horror-comedy.

After two movies, the brand new live-action “Goosebumps” TV series based on R.L. Stine’s bestselling books will bring the tales back to the small screen, we recently learned.

It sounds like the series will have a similar storyline to 2015’s hit movie, which adapted many of Stine’s iconic books in one fell swoop. Here’s the project’s plot synopsis…

“The series follows a group of five high schoolers who unleash supernatural forces upon their town and must all work together – thanks to and in spite of their friendships, rivalries, and pasts with each...

Justin Long has been on a horror hot streak thanks to Barbarian and House of Darkness, and he’ll continue playing around in the genre with a role in the new “Goosebumps” series.

Long will be a series regular, playing “Nathan Bratt, the new schoolteacher who develops a terrifying connection to a decades-old supernatural murder.”

After two movies, the brand new live-action “Goosebumps” TV series based on R.L. Stine’s bestselling books will bring the tales back to the small screen, we recently learned.

It sounds like the series will have a similar storyline to 2015’s hit movie, which adapted many of Stine’s iconic books in one fell swoop. Here’s the project’s plot synopsis…

“The series follows a group of five high schoolers who unleash supernatural forces upon their town and must all work together – thanks to and in spite of their friendships, rivalries, and pasts with...

This fall, Disney+ will host its third annual “Hallowstream” celebration, which will include fan-favorite Halloween movies on Disney+ like “Hocus Pocus,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” “Halloweentown,” “Muppets Haunted Mansion,” and “Zombies 3.” More creepy classics include “Twitches,” “Just Beyond” and “Frankenweenie.” Shocking shorts include “Growing Fangs,” “Zombies: Addison’s Moonstone Mystery,” “Trick or Treat” and “Toy Story of Terror!”

There are also eerie episodes of “WandaVision,” “Glee,” “Even Stevens,” “grown-ish,” “Kim Possible,” “Cars on the Road” and Marvel Studios’ “What If…?” to watch for shorter scary experiences. Brand new Halloween releases on Disney+ will include the frightfully anticipated “Hocus Pocus 2” and Marvel Studios’ special “Werewolf by Night.” Special sing-along editions of beloved films include “The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along” and “Into the Woods Sing-Along.” Frightful favorite films and tv shows available for viewing now include “Zombies 3,” Lego Star Wars Terrifying Tales,” “The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror I-xxxii,” “Once Upon a Time,...

R.L. Stine fans, rejoice! We seem to be the middle of a renaissance for projects based on the writing of "The Stephen King of Kids Horror." Thanks to the popularity of Leigh Janiak's terrific "Fear Street" film trilogy, Netflix is reported to be cooking up even more movies based on Stine's slasher-mystery property. There's also a new live-action "Goosebumps" TV show in development at Disney+, which is already home to the lesser-known but genuinely sturdy "Just Beyond" anthology inspired by Stine's genre-blending graphic novel series of the same name.

Elsewhere, shooting is now underway on "Zombie Town," a film based on yet another one of Stine's horror books for younger readers. Published in 2012, the novel follows 12-year-old friends Mike and Karen as they head out to see the titular zombie flick in a theater, only for movie's brain-hungry monsters to lurch off the screen and begin wreaking havoc on their unsuspecting town.

Storm Reid (Euphoria) is set to produce and star in Becoming Noble, a new feature penned by Nneka Gerstle (Just Beyond) that’s in the works at Paramount Pictures, Deadline can confirm.

The film centers on the high school senior Noble (Reid), who after finding out she is a Princess in an African nation, travels to her home country on the continent to discover her roots—and to determine if royal is something she really wants to be.

Reid and her mother Robyn Simpson will produce through their A Seed & Wings Productions banner, alongside Cas Sigers Beedles (Unthinkably Good Things). The film will be exec produced by Andy Fickman (You Again) and Betsy Sullenger (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse). Whether a director has been attached has not yet been disclosed.

Reid is best known for her role as Gia Bennett—the younger sister of Zendaya’s Rue—on...

“Euphoria” actor Storm Reid is set to star in and produce the Paramount Pictures’ feature “Becoming Noble,” which follows a high school senior who learns she’s a princess of an African nation and travels to her home country on the continent to discover her roots, and to determine if “royal” is something she really wants to be.

Reid will produce the film alongside her mother Robyn Simpson under their A Seed & Wings Productions banner. Cas Sigers Beedles (“Unthinkably Good Things”) is also set to produce the film with Nneka Gerstle (“Just Beyond”) writing the script.

“This has truly been a passion project and we are so excited to bring this story to life,” stated Reid, Simpson and Sigers Beedles, announcing the project. “’Becoming Noble’ started out as just an idea that we continued to build on together and we now look forward to working with the team at...

Exclusive: Deadline has a pair of exclusive tracks from composer Carlos Rafael Rivera’s Season 1 soundtrack for HBO Max’s Peabody and multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy series Hacks, which is set for digital release tomorrow via Lakeshore Records.

Renewed for a third season just this morning, the series explores the evolving, dark mentorship between legendary Las Vegas comedian Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her young, entitled writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder).

Rivera’s evocatively melodic score for Hacks revolves around its character themes for Ava and Deborah, also heard in Season 2. “Other than having the privilege to score themes for the amazing Hacks duo that is Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels, played respectively by the incredibly talented Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, it is great to collaborate with one of the best comedy writing teams in Jen Statsky, Lucia Aniello, and Paul W. Downs,” says the composer of his experience on the series.

Netflix has announced the cast of its upcoming comedy series Unstable.

As previously reported, Rob Lowe will star in the project with his son, John Owen Lowe.

The rest of the cast includes:

Sian Clifford will play Anna, the Chief Financial Officer of the company run by Ellis (Rob Lowe), who has been with him since its founding.

Strong, smart, opinionated, and one hundred percent loyal to her boss, Anna is one of the only people in Ellis’s life who can go toe-to-toe with him.

Rachel Marsh will play Luna, a genius biotech engineer who works in the lab with her friend and research partner Ruby.

Shy and awkward, Luna is happy to let her more outgoing partner do the talking for the two of them.

Emma Ferreira will play Ruby, also a biotech genius (let’s just stipulate everyone who works here is a friggin’ genius).

Ruby is outgoing,...

HappyNest has closed an equity investment into GoKidGo, an audio company geared towards making content for kids. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The pact gives HappyNest proprietary development rights to adapt short-form and long-form animated series from GoKidGo original characters, including a new original R.L. Stine franchise.

HappyNest is a production company that focuses on kids and family animated projects. It was launched in 2021 as a joint venture between Greg Silverman’s Stampede Ventures and UTA. Silverman is a media veteran who previously oversaw production at Warner Bros.

GoKidGo was founded by bestselling children’s author Patrick Carman, entrepreneur Jennifer Clary, and film and television executive and producer Maia Glikman. GoKidGo’s narrative podcasts are freely accessed. The company has released almost 1,000 episodes to date, and is exceeding 500,000 listens per month as of March 2022. Stine is the mega-selling author of more than 300 books, including the popular “Goosebumps” franchise.

There is a change in the Season 2 cast Freeform’s Cruel Summer unveiled last week. Lexi Underwood has been tapped for a role in the second installment of the anthology series, which features a new cast, a new mystery and a new showrunner.

Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, the second chapter follows the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. Approaching the story from three different timelines surrounding Y2K, the season twists and turns as it tracks the early friendship between Megan, Isabella and Megan’s best friend Luke, the love triangle that blossomed, and the mystery that would impact all of their lives going forward.

Underwood joins previously announced series regulars Sadie Stanley, Griffin Gluck and KaDee Strickland, Lisa Yamada and Sean Blakemore and recurring Paul Adelstein. She replaces Eloise Payet after the character of Isabella was reworked.

Cruel Summer comes from...

Exclusive: Rich Sommer (The Dropout), Lauren Lindsey Donzis (Punky Brewster), Jayma Mays (United States of Al), Bentley Green (Snowfall), Angel Laketa Moore (Atypical) and Bailey Gavulic (Fear The Walking Dead) are set as series regulars in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News. Additionally, Jeff Blitz (American Auto) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the single-camera comedy pilot from The Simpsons writer and The Mindy Project exec producer Matt Warburton.

Written by Warburton, the project is set in a small Ohio town where the local newspaper goes out of business, leaving the ambitious, angsty reporters of the high school newspaper as the only people left to report on scandals, dig up corruption, and generally polish the rust off this rust-belt community.

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Sommer will play Caleb, a jaded former journalist whose love of writing is reignited when he is recruited by Mack to help start an underground newspaper.