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Season 2 of the Netflix live-action adaptation of One Piece has yet to announce a release date, but it has already broken a franchise record. The next installment was confirmed immediately following the show's success when it first came out in 2023. Since then, numerous cast members and the reveal of Chopper, the Staw Pirates' doctor, have been announced. As the show grows with anticipation, its production has caused it to reach this niche achievement.

The One Piece franchise spans multiple seasons and manga releases, and the gap between volumes and seasons would typically span months. As Netflix and Eiichiro Oda continue to withhold details of when the next installment will drop, the gap between the first and second seasons of the live-action series will break the franchise record of "longest gapbetween seasons in the One Piece franchise." While One Piece has numerous content spread around digital and physical media, the gap...

Sophia Anne Caruso is headed to another adaptation!

The 23-year-old actress has been cast in the upcoming second season of One Piece, the Netflix live-action adaptation of the popular Manga series, TV Line reveals.

This marks a return to Netflix for Sophia, who previously starred in the 2022 film adaptation, The School for Good and Evil, which was based on the Soman Chainani book series.

Keep reading to find out who Sophia Anne Caruso will play in One Piece…

According to TV Line, Sophia will be playing Miss Goldenweek in season two, who is also known as Marianne.

She was an officer agent for Baroque Works and the Mr 3′s partner.

In addition to Sophia, Anton David Jetha is also joining the cast as K.M., plus Mark Penwill joins as Chess, according to Deadline.

This trio of newly announced cast joins so many others as One Piece newcomers. Get the...

One Piece Live-Action has been a complete treat to the eyes in terms of visuals and recreating the same emotions that follow the anime and the manga. This trait also extends to the adaptation’s perfect casting, where Emily Rudd and Lera Abova, who play the roles of Nami and Robin in the series, have already been fan favorites.

Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, and Taz Skylar. Credits: Netflix

Most fans of the Op community have been praising the casting process, with both actresses exhibiting immense enthusiasm for the series. However, they are not just mere cast members of the show, as they hid a major casting detail for the upcoming season, which has surprised the viewers and got them jumping with excitement.

Emily Rudd and Lera Abova jointly hid a major casting announcement for ages

Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece continues to grow in popularity, and the Netflix live-adaptation continues to...

The official X account of One Piece has announced new cast members for the second season of its live-action series on Jan 14, 2024.

The newly announced cast includes:

Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek Mark Penwill as Chess Anton David Jeftha as Kuromarimo

Sophia Anne Caruso is recognized for her roles in the musical Beetlejuice and the film The School For Good And Evil. Mark Penwill is known for his performance in Catch Me A Killer, and Anton David Jeftha for his role in Escape Room: Tournament Of Champions.

One Piece Live-Action Season 2 will air in 2025, and will cover arcs from Loguetown to Drum Island.

Cast members who have joined season 2 till now include:

David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3 Jazzara Jaslyn as Miss Valentine Camrus Johnson as Mr. 5 Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9 Clive Russel as Crocus Werner Coetser as Dorry Brendan Murray as Brogy Callum Kerr as Smoker Julia Rehwald as...

Many fans were skeptical at first when Netflix announced plans to create a One Piece live-action series, considering the fact that both the manga and anime series were already successful in their own rights. However, when Matt Owens and Steven Maeda's One Piece arrived on the streaming platform back in 2023, it drew massive audiences and immediately became one of the best manga adaptations of all time. With the second season confirmed to be underway, more stars have joined the One Piece Season 2 cast, with Sophia Anne Caruso (The School for Good and Evil), Mark Penwill (Catch Me a Killer), and Anton David Jeftha (Legacy) as the latest additions.

Netflix's One Piece Season 2 recently finished filming in South Africa last year, and now more details are coming out about the highly-anticipated journey to the Grand Line. The upcoming second season will see Monkey D. Luffy (Iñaki Godoy) and his Straw Hat Pirates venture through treacherous waters and into exotic new locations. The pirate crew will encounter powerful new villains and kingdoms, including several key members of the crime syndicate Baroque Works. One of them has just been cast in the live-action series, as well as two other antagonists from an iconic story arc.

Netflix's official social media account for One Piece revealed that the following actors will be joining Season 2 as characters from the original manga: Sophia Anne Caruso as Miss Goldenweek, Anton David Jeftha as K.M., and Mark Penwill as Chess. Miss Goldenweek, in particular, is a major new addition to the series and confirms that...

Exclusive: Sophia Anne Caruso, Mark Penwill (Catch Me a Killer) and Anton David Jeftha (Legacy) have joined the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s One Piece in recurring roles.

Caruso will play Miss Goldenweek, Penwill will portray Chess and Jeftha will play K.M. They join previously announced new cast members Charithra Chandran as Miss Wednesday, Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0, Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday, Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk, Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra, Brendan Sean Murray as Brogy, Callum Kerr as Smoker, Camrus Johnson as Mr. 5, Clive Russell as Crocus, Daniel Lasker as Mr. 9, David Dastmalchian as Mr. 3, Jazzara Jaslyn as Miss Valentine, Julia Rehwald as Tashigi, Rob Colletti as Wapol, Ty Keogh as Dalton and Werner Coetser as Dorry. Returning cast members include Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu as Zoro, Emily Rudd as Nami,...

While Disney has proven that almost everybody has a soft spot for fairy tales, the 2022 Netflix movie The School for Good and Evil takes a look at the classic stories of princes, princesses, and evil queens from an entirely new perspective. Based on the young adult novels by Soman Chainani, the film centers on best friends Agatha and Sophie, who are from a small village where nothing magical ever happens. When they discover a magical book, they are swept away to the School for Good and Evil, where heroes and villains from fairy tales are real figures of history.

Much to their surprise, Sophie is placed in the School for Evil, and Agatha is assigned to the School for Good. With eight books in the School for Good and Evil series, there’s a lot of potential for a continuing film franchise. It’s been two years since the first movie premiered on Netflix,...

Charlize Theron transformation, Monster role, Oscar winner, extreme makeover, Hollywood actress ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Charlize Theron didn’t just play Aileen Wuornos in Monster—she became her, shaving her eyebrows and gaining 30 pounds to embody the serial killer so thoroughly that it shocked Hollywood norms. “You’re probably going to say no,” she once admitted about taking on such an extreme transformation. But Theron wasn’t here to play nice with the Hollywood machine. She didn’t want to be typecast as just another blonde bombshell. She tried to break the mold—and she did, Oscar in hand.

Theron’s commitment to transformation became her calling card. In Monster, she showed that she wasn’t afraid to defy expectations—even if it meant altering her body in uncomfortable, grueling ways. Fast forward to Tully (2018), where she morphed into a sleep-deprived, postpartum mom grappling with isolation. She nailed the vulnerability and...

The Witcher season 3 concluded with many questions about the main characters' fates. As Geralt, Jaskier, and Milva set out to rescue Ciri from Nilfgaard, Ciri has joined up with a group of misfits calling themselves The Rats. Meanwhile, there is unrest among the surviving sorcerers of Aretuza, and Fringillas alliance with the elves comes to an end after Francesca discovers the truth of her babys death. Along with the recasting of Liam Hemsworth as Geralt after Henry Cavills exit, The Witcher season 4 has a lot of story to tell, and will introduce a new character named Regis.

Along with big changes on and off screen, The Witcher season 4 brings in Laurence Fishburne as the mysterious Regis. While Fishburne hasn't done a ton of fantasy, much of his filmography includes films in fantasy's cousin genre, sci-fi. Most notably, he played Morephus in The Matrix films. Theres also Man of Steel and...

Although the evolution of streaming remains a divisive topic in Hollywood, Paul Feig is not one to turn up his nose at opportunity.

After his latest film Jackpot! premiered on Prime Video in August, the director recently called streaming platforms “a blessing for filmmakers who simply want to get their movies made” amid an ongoing decline in production following last year’s strikes.

“We’d all love to be making theatrical films with big releases but with the studios cutting back on their output, the streamers have really stepped up to let us tell our stories with real budgets,” Feig told Empire.

Feig previously helmed Netflix‘s 2022 adaptation of the Soman Chainani young adult fantasy novel The School for Good and Evil.

Most recently, he directed Jackpot!, which stars Akwafina as Katie, a wannabe actor who, in 2030, wins the lucrative, multi-billion-dollar “Grand Lottery” jackpot. She has until sundown to collect her prize,...

Rachel Bloom and Dan Gregor’s “Do You Want Kids?” has landed a development deal at ABC, TheWrap has learned.

Married couple Bloom and Gregor are set to write and executive produce the half-hour comedy, with the “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” actress starring in the series as well. Steven Levitan and Danielle Stokdyk are also on board to EP via Levitan Productions.

“Do You Want Kids?,” which hails from 20th Television, centers on “a husband and wife who in one universe have a baby and the other do not, and the many ways that huge decision alters their lives,” per the official logline. Bloom and Gregor, who previously collaborated on “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” are indeed married with one child in real life.

Bloom reunites with Levitan and Stokdyk after most recently starring on “Reboot,” which was produced by 20th Television and ran for one season on Hulu.

Beyond “Reboot,” Bloom is best known...

Exclusive: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom is returning to broadcast with Do You Want Kids?, a comedy pitch that has landed at ABC for development in a competitive situation.

Bloom is set to star in the single-camera project, which she is writing with her husband, film and TV writer Dan Gregor. As Do You Want Kids? went to ABC, the half-hour will be produced by sibling 20th Television, with one of the top comedy producers on the studio’s roster, Steve Levitan, coming on board as an executive producer.

Do You Want Kids? is about a husband and wife who in one universe have a baby and the other do not, and the many ways that huge decision alters their lives.

In real life, Bloom and Gregor are in the first universe; the married couple has a child. They executive produce the project alongside Levitan and Danielle Stokdyk via Levitan Productions.

The Fates have spoken: Kaos has been cancelled after just one season at Netflix, TVLine has confirmed.

On Thursday, series creator Charlie Covell (who also wrote the U.K. series The End of the F***ing World) said he was “gutted” by the news that Kaos would not return for Season 2, urging fans to keep the show in the TV conversation despite its cancellation.

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Netflix has launched the full official trailer for the upcoming series ‘Kaos’ in which Jeff Goldblum plays the role of the all-powerful god, Zeus.

Zeus: King of the Gods, ruler of the world. He’s cruel, stylish and all-powerful.

That is until he’s not. From BAFTA-winning screenwriter and showrunner Charlie Covell (The End Of The F***ing World), Kaos is a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld.

Having long enjoyed his status as king of the gods, Zeus’s reign has never been truly threatened. That is until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead. Believing it to be the harbinger of an ancient prophecy which foretells his destruction, neurosis sets in: Zeus becomes convinced his fall is coming. As his paranoia takes hold, the god of gods – seeing signs everywhere – starts to dangerously self-destruct.

After the misfiring Potter-esque fantasy The School For Good And Evil, Paul Feig is back on relatively solid ground with this straightforwardly enjoyable action comedy. Jackpot! occupies a similar space as Feig’s Spy, The Heat, or even a smidge of Bridesmaids: a high-concept action comedy full of wild set-pieces and frenzied action sequences.

Set in the very near future, it plays like a cross between The Purge and It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Aspiring actor Katie (Awkwafina) unwittingly finds herself the subject of a deadly lottery: whoever murders her will become a billionaire, leading to an enjoyably chaotic manhunt on the streets of Los Angeles. If she survives, she becomes the winner. Only lottery protector Noel (John Cena) can help her — for a cut of her potential winnings.

John Cena is the surprise Mvp here, contrasting his big-bicep buffness with very funny dad humour.

Feig...

The ceiling’s pretty low on the action comedy category — a genre whose biggest hits tend to pepper anemic shootouts with wisecracks from former “Saturday Night Live” stars. With Prime Video entry “Jackpot!,” director Paul Feig switches up the formula, crafting stunt-intensive set-pieces where the action itself makes you laugh. That could mean anything from Awkwafina hiding out among the wax figures of a tacky Hollywood museum to the sight of ex-wrestler John Cena taking on a room of black belts with the “Crazy Rich Asians” breakout strapped to his back.

Why are people trying to kill Awkwafina? “Jackpot!” asks audiences to buy in to a clever but often illogical premise about a radical rule change to the California lottery. In the year 2030, the winning ticket comes with a price: The money’s only yours to keep if you can stay alive till sundown. In the meantime, winners must navigate...

Jennifer Saunders has been added to the cast of ‘The Magic Faraway Tree.’

Saunders takes on the role of the kids’ ruthless Grandma. Additional supporting roles include Laurence Olivier Award-winner, Hiran Abeysekera as the Angry Pixie, one of the magical denizens of the woodland, and Pippa Bennett-Warner as Grandma’s assistant, Hannah.

Newcomers Delilah Bennett-Cardy, Billie Gadsdon and Phoenix Laroche will play the Thompson children.

Based on The Faraway Tree series of novels for children, the story follows Polly and Tim Thompson and their children, Beth, Joe and Fran, who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. There, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric occupants.

Also in news – Pharrell Williams Lego documentary ‘Piece By Piece’ set to close the 68th BFI London Film Festival

The inhabitants of the tree, capable of transporting visitors to fantastical far-off lands, will be played by Nicole Coughlan...

Who among us hasn’t stood in awe at the eye-popping sums our beloved Hollywood A-listers pocket, playing the glamorous role of brand ambassadors for powerhouse names? Take, for instance, the Oscar-winning actress Charlize Theron, whose journey to becoming the Tinseltown titan is the stuff of fairy tales.

This South African-born beauty, who first turned heads as a fashion model in the late 1990s, has not only bolstered her place in the acting world but has also built an empire that could be the envy of many.

Charlize Theron in The School for Good and Evil | Netflix

At 49, Theron has transformed from a rising model to a reigning queen of movie business, with a career that reads like a list of box office gold. Her influence stretches far beyond the big screen, spilling into the world of high fashion, where her relationship with Dior ($55 million worth contract), stands as a...

The dog days of summer have arrived, but as we wind down the summer of 2024, movie theaters are already looking to the spookiest month of all: October. This August, studios are doubling down on horror with new movies from M. Night Shyamalan and a biopic about Ronald Reagan starring Dennis Quaid.

Netflix has debuted a teaser trailer for the upcoming series ‘Kaos’ in which Jeff Goldblum plays the role of the all-powerful god, Zeus.

Zeus: King of the Gods, ruler of the world. He’s cruel, stylish and all-powerful.

That is until he’s not. From BAFTA-winning screenwriter and showrunner Charlie Covell (The End Of The F***ing World), Kaos is a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld.

Having long enjoyed his status as king of the gods, Zeus’s reign has never been truly threatened. That is until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead. Believing it to be the harbinger of an ancient prophecy which foretells his destruction, neurosis sets in: Zeus becomes convinced his fall is coming. As his paranoia takes hold, the god of gods – seeing signs everywhere – starts to dangerously self-destruct.

And...

Netflix has revealed the teaser for its upcoming eight-episode Kaos series, which will launch on the streaming service on August 29, 2024. New photos from the series were also released.

Jeff Goldblum plays Zeus: King of the Gods, ruler of the world. He’s cruel, stylish and all-powerful. That is until he’s not.

From BAFTA-winning screenwriter and showrunner Charlie Covell, the Kaos series is a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology: exploring love, power, and life in the underworld.

Having long enjoyed his status as king of the gods, Zeus’s reign has never been truly threatened. That is until he wakes up one morning and discovers a wrinkle on his forehead.

Believing it to be the harbinger of an ancient prophecy that foretells his destruction, Zeus experiences neurosis and becomes convinced his fall is coming. As his paranoia takes hold, the god of gods—seeing signs everywhere—starts to dangerously self-destruct.

Paul Feig has tickled the funny bone several times as the director of “Bridesmaids,” “The Heat,” and “Freaks and Geeks,” but funnily enough, his latest film will instead have him for the first time tackling the horror genre.

Feig is set to direct an untitled thriller for Blumhouse about a really bad roommate, and the film will draw from the same source material that inspired the Netflix true crime docuseries “Worst Roommate Ever.” This is actually the first time Blumhouse is producing both an unscripted series and a scripted thriller based on the same source material.

The film will be an original story written by Stephen Susco (“Unfriended: Dark Web”), but it is inspired by William Brennan’s New Yorker article that served as the basis for “Worst Roommate Ever,” which was also produced by Blumhouse. The film will follows a newly single woman who sublets a room in her...

He’s already dramatized the carnage that can ensue after eating at an iffy Brazilian steakhouse in “Bridesmaids” or performing an emergency tracheotomy at a Denny’s in “The Heat.” Now, Paul Feig will show the chaos that can be caused by a bad roomie.

The filmmaker, best known for comedies like “Spy,” will direct a new feature film for Blumhouse, the production company behind horror hits like “The Purge” and “Get Out.” It’s based on a New York Magazine article by William Brennan that has already led to the Netflix unscripted television series “Worst Roommate Ever.” Blumhouse produced the series, which has been a popular success — its first two seasons both ranked among the 10 most-watched shows on Netflix globally when they premiered.

Feig’s film will follow a newly single woman who finds a “seemingly perfect gentleman” to sublet a spare room in her home. However, she quickly...

Paul Feig is set to direct a new movie for Blumhouse based on William Brennan’s New York Magazine article that inspired the Netflix unscripted series Worst Roommate Ever.

In the pic, a newly single woman finds a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet the spare room in her dream home, but she soon learns that his deceit goes beyond a phony name and application, and she has unwittingly invited a serial squatter into her home who won’t leave without a fight.

“Worst Roommate Ever resonates so much because as the internet has connected so many of us, it also makes it easier than ever to lie about who you are. But then the story is jaw-dropping and keeps you on the edge of your seat,” Blumhouse CEO and founder Jason Blum said. “Paul is the perfect director for this because his work always manages to strike a balance between the dark and the light,...

Paul Feig is set to room with Jason Blum. The duo are teaming for a feature adaptation of the Netflix unscripted series Worst Roommate Ever for Blumhouse.

Feig will direct a feature centered on a newly single woman finding a seemingly perfect gentleman to sublet the spare room in her dream home, only to learn his deceit goes beyond a phony name and application. She has unwittingly invited a serial squatter into her home, and he won’t leave without a fight.

“Jason and I have been trying to find the perfect project to collaborate on for years and this story is tailor-made to deliver the scares, thrills, emotion and comedy of dread that both he and I like to entertain audiences with,” Feig said in a statement. “In other words, I couldn’t be happier to have Jason as the best roommate ever for this film.”

Feig recently completed...

I’ve always appreciated Charlize Theron’s sense of style, which often leans toward sophisticated silhouettes with an air of timelessness. Her sense of refinement is admirable, but I have to admit there are moments when I get tired of seeing her in outfits that include blazers.

For the Africa Outreach Project 2024 Party, however, Theron completely mesmerized me with her shirtless blazer ensemble. I wasn’t surprised she was wearing Christian Dior, having been an ambassador for the brand’s J’adore fragrance since 2004 and, more recently, its skincare and jewelry lines.

Charlize Theron hosts the fourth annual Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project Block Party on the Universal Backlot wearing head-to-toe Dior (Credit: Faye’s Vision / Cover Images)

Ctaop 2024 Block Party: Celebrating Twisters

Charlize Theron founded the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project (Ctaop) in 2007 and hosted the foundation’s 4th annual Block Party on the Universal Backlot Saturday night.

This year’s celebration,...

Having dabbled in YA fantasy (The School For Good And Evil) and Wham!-based Christmas movies (Last Christmas) in recent years, director Paul Feig is getting back into his Spy and The Heat action-comedy groove with high concept Prime Video movie Jackpot! A sort of The Purge-meets-Euromillions-rollover caper set in very-near-future Los Angeles, this one sees Awkwafina's struggling actor Katie reluctantly teaming up with John Cena's amateur lotto heavy Noel when she unwittingly hits the jackpot, only to learn that California state rules allow anybody to kill the lottery winner before sundown without consequence. If it sounds a bit zany, then it looks even zanier. Check out the wackadoodle trailer below;

See? Crackers! We don't know if it's the 'Holding Out For A Hero' needledrop, John Cena's whip cracking skills, or the Peacemaker star and Awkwafina's classic opposite-sides-of-the-tracks mismatched buddy bants that's doing it for us, but from...

John Cena and Awkwafina star in the action-comedy Jackpot!, where Awkwafina's character wins the Grand Lottery, but becomes a target for those seeking her multi-billion dollar jackpot. The first trailer spotlights the humorous chemistry between its leads, as well as the various foes they will fight in the film, including Simu Liu's rival to Cena. Director Paul Feig and the collaboration with Awkwafina and Simu Liu could help Jackpot! redeem Cena's recent action-comedy disappointments.

John Cena and Awkwafina return to the world of action comedies in the first Jackpot! trailer. Awkwafina leads the star-studded cast as Katie, an aspiring actor who moves to 2030 Los Angeles and finds herself the winner of the Grand Lottery, though doesn't realize this pits her as the target for anyone to kill her by sundown and claim her multi-billion dollar jackpot. Cena stars in Jackpot! as Noel Cassidy, a lottery protection agent who works...

The almighty spokesman for Apartments.com is now the almighty Zeus.

Kaos, a darkly comedic and contemporary reimagining of Greek mythology hailing from The End of the F***ing World creator Charlie Covell, will arrive Thursday, Aug. 29. Netflix previously released a teaser trailer for the eight-episode series that introduces Jeff Goldblum as the “cruel” and “occasionally benevolent” Zeus, who has “no idea that the plot to take him down has begun.” You can watch it above.

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Another “Frasier” alum is about to return to the series’ new revival: Harriet Sansom Harris, who originally played Frasier Crane’s agent, Bebe Glazer, is back for a guest role in Season 2. Joining her will be “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” star Rachel Bloom, who will play Bebe’s daughter, Phoebe Glazer.

As described by the show, the “delightfully devilish Bebe Glazer, one of the show’s most iconic characters,” is “known for her dramatic flair and outrageous Machiavellian maneuvers. Bebe will stop at nothing to get what she wants.” As for Phoebe, “having inherited her mother’s indomitable charm, Phoebe boasts a magnetic personality as well as a taste for the finer things.”

Harris appeared in 11 episodes of the original “Frasier” over the course of its 11-season run, starting with the Season 1 episode “Selling Out.” She most recently earned an Emmy nom for guest starring on “Hacks” and is next in the...

Nicola Coughlan, Nonso Anozie and Jessica Gunning have joined the cast of the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s classic, ‘The Magic Faraway Tree.’

Based on The Faraway Tree series of novels for children, the story follows Polly and Tim Thompson and their children, Beth, Joe and Fran, who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. There, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric occupants.

The inhabitants of the tree, capable of transporting visitors to fantastical far-off lands, will be played by Coughlan who is cast as beloved woodland fairy Silky, Nonso Anozie as self-appointed group leader Moonface, Jessica Gunning as Dame Washalot and Dustin Demri-Burns as Saucepan Man. Rounding out the cast of the magical denizens of the woodlands will be Mark Heap as Mr. Oom Boom Boom and Oliver Chris as Mr. Watzisname.

Also in news – Cillian Murphy...

Baby Reindeer breakout star Jessica Gunning and Bridgerton frontwoman Nicola Coughlan are the latest additions to the upcoming film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s The Magic Faraway Tree.

Neal Street Productions, Elysian Film Group, and Ashland Hill Media Finance announced the news on Thursday following the casting of Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy.

Based on The Faraway Tree series of novels for children, The Magic Faraway Tree follows Polly (Foy) and Tim Thompson (Garfield) and their children, Beth, Joe and Fran, who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. “There, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric occupants,” a plot synopsis reads.

The inhabitants of the tree, capable of transporting visitors to fantastical far-off lands, will be played by Coughlan, who has been cast as woodland fairy Silky, and Nonso Anozie (Sweet Tooth, Ted Lasso) as group leader Moonface. Gunning will star as...

Knives Out 3 Cast Guide: All The Actors Who Have Joined ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ So Far ( Photo Credit – Twitter )

The hype around Knives Out 3 has skyrocketed with the announcement of a star-studded cast that will grace the screen in the threequel. The Knives Out franchise has always made news for its stellar ensemble, with Daniel Craig headlining the first two instalments and being supported by the likes of Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Edward Norton, and Janelle Monáe.

The third instalment, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, is no different and has added a number of beloved actors to its cast. Here are all the actors who have been confirmed to appear in Knives Out 3.

Daniel Craig

Nobody can imagine Knives Out without Daniel Craig, and so the legendary actor is returning as the famed private detective Benoit Blanc in Knives Out 3. The actor...

Update: A few hours after confirming Kerry Washington’s participation in the upcoming Knives Out sequel, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, we hear that Glenn Close is also confirmed to join the cast. The Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons, and Hillbilly Elegy star is the latest of Hollywood’s heavy hitters to sign up for the next chapter of Rian Johnson’s whodunit series, starring Daniel Craig as the diabolical detective Benoit Blanc.

Original Article: The next chapter of Rian Johnson’s Knives Out film series, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, is sharpening with exciting additions to the cast. After announcing co-stars like Josh O’Connor, Cailee Spaeny, and Andrew Scott, Daniel Craig’s Kentucky-fried detective, Benoit Blanc, is poised to cross paths with Kerry Washington in the upcoming Knives Out mystery. Washing joins the expanding cast, with Rian Johnson directing and writing the third installment of the murder mystery saga.

More star power has just been added to Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Kerry Washington, who is best known for her Emmy-winning role as Olivia Pope in the hit ABC series Scandal, has boarded the cast of Rian Johnson's next Benoit Blanc movie.

According to Deadline, Washington has joined the cast of Wake Up Dead Man in an undisclosed role. Besides Scandal, Washington is known for her leading roles in the Hulu series Unprisoned and Little Fires Everywhere, as well as for her recurring roles in 100 Centre Street, Boston Legal, and The Simpsons. Comic book fans may recognize the actor for her supporting role as Alicia Masters, the love interest of Ben Grimm/The Thing, in 2005's Fantastic Four and its 2007 sequel, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Her other film credits include Ray (2004), The Dead Girl (2006), Django Unchained (2012), Cars 3 (2017), and The School for Good and Evil...

Kerry Washington is joining the expanding cast for Rian Johnson’s sequel movie Knives Out 3, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The actress joins previously confirmed castmembers Daniel Craig, Andrew Scott, Josh O’Connor and Cailee Spaeny in the project that counts Johnson and Ram Bergman as producers. Last week, writer-director Johnson revealed the movie’s title as Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

Netflix has announced that the third film will follow a new murder mystery in a yet-to-be-disclosed setting and will feature another colorful array of suspects catching the attention of returning detective Benoit Blanc (Craig). Last week, Johnson posted that the movie is set to begin production soon.

Washington stars opposite Delroy Lindo in the series Unprisoned and is set to lead the Tyler Perry-helmed World War II feature Six Triple Eight for Netflix. Her other recent credits include such movies as The School for Good and Evil...

Kerry Washington joins the cast of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The cast of the movie also includes Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, and Andrew Scott. Washington is best known for her starring role in the long-running drama Scandal.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery has added another major star to the cast. The upcoming Wake Up Dead Man is the second sequel to Rian Johnson's 2019 whodunit hit Knives Out, which introduced Daniel Craig's idiosyncratic private detective Benoit Blanc. Just like the previous movies, this third installment will feature the detective being plunged into the center of a new murder mystery, surrounded by a huge all-star cast. Previous stars who have appeared in Blanc mysteries include Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, and Janelle Mone.

Per Deadline, Kerry Washington has officially boarded Wake Up Dead Man. The...

Blade Runner 2099 will star Michelle Yeoh, and will continue the Blade Runner franchise on Prime Video. Ridley Scott will produce Blade Runner 2099, with Silka Luisa as executive producer and showrunner. The series will uphold the intellect, themes, and spirit of the original Blade Runner films. Michelle Yeoh is famous for such films as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Seven years after the release of Blade Runner 2049, the franchise is headed to the small screen thanks to Prime Video, with Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh set to star in Blade Runner 2099. Yeoh became the first actress of Asian descent to win an Oscar, for her performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, and since then has appeared in a plethora of movies, including The School for Good and Evil, and A Haunting in Venice, while also lending her voice to characters in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts,...

New first-look images from Jackpot showcase comedic action sequences and behind-the-scenes moments. The movie, formerly known as Grand Death Lotto, stars John Cena and reuniting Shang-Chi stars Awkwafina and Simu Liu. Jackpot was directed by Spy and A Simple Favor's Paul Feig.

New images from Jackpot showcase Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings stars Simu Liu and Awkwafina reteaming for an action-comedy also starring John Cena. The movie, which was formerly titled Grand Death Lotto, was directed by Paul Feig. Rob Yescombe's screenplay follows Katie (Awkwafina), who recently moved to a lightly dystopian Los Angeles where winning the lottery means anybody can claim the winnings if they kill the ticket holder before sundown. When she wins, rival jackpot protectors Noel (Cena) and Louis Lewis (Liu) fight over the chance to save Katie and earn their commission.

Entertainment Weekly has shared a set of new exclusive first-look images from Paul Feig's Jackpot.

Greta Gerwig will direct Netflix's Chronicles of Narnia project, which has been split into two films. Filming is expected to start in August 2024 in the UK, lasting seven months. The Narnia release likely won't come until 2026 or later.

Greta Gerwig's Chronicles of Narnia movie has received a filming update. The upcoming Netflix project will be an adaptation of the legendary children's book series of the same name by C.S. Lewis, which was previously brought to the big screen in the blockbusters The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in 2005, Prince Caspian in 2008, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in 2010. In 2023, it was announced that Gerwig, who helmed that year's smash hit Barbie, had boarded the project - which was being split into two movies - as both writer and director.

Per What's on Netflix, the production is circling a date to kick off the filming of Greta Gerwig's Chronicles of Narnia project.

Imagine being sexually assaulted only to be told by the perpetrator that it never happened and that it was all in your imagination. Such an experience will be too much for anyone to handle and that was exactly what happened to “Scandal” actress Kerry Washington.

Already, the star of “Unprisoned” wrote in her memoir “Thicker Than Water” published in September 2023 that she experienced sexual abuse growing up.

On Saturday, April 20, the actress attended the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Event at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles where she was asked by Erica D. Smith to share how such experience helped shape her life.

According to Kerry, that experience was one out of many instances where the truth was withheld from her. Her statement was a reference to a part of her book where she shared that she only found out that her father Earl Washington wasn...

Lionsgate and Amazon Studios have announced that a sequel to the 2018 hit mystery-comedy film “A Simple Favor” is coming. The sequel will bring back stars Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively, as well as Paul Feig to direct.

Based on the 2017 novel of the same name, “A Simple Favor” told the story of a widowed single mother named Stephanie, played by Kendrick. Working as a vlogger in Connecticut, she looks enviously upon her best friend, Emily (Lively). Emily has a successful career, a loving family and a glamorous lifestyle. However, things turn awry when Emily mysteriously disappears one day, causing Stephanie to launch her own investigation into her friend’s past, finding more than a few surprises along the way.

The sequel will see the return of Stephanie and Emily as they head to the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Along with the glamorous guests,...

Deadline already told you two years ago that A Simple Favor 2 was happening with Paul Feig back in the director’s chair and Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick starring, but today Amazon MGM Studios has made it official that the movie is a go and with the original cast members returning, read Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, and Kelly McCormack.

Lionsgate is co-producing the sequel to the 2018 black comedy which minted $97M off a $20M budget. Cameras roll this spring. A streaming release on Prime Video in 240 countries is planned.

In part two, we see the return of Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Lively) as they head to the beautiful island of Capri, Italy, for Emily’s extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Along with the glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than...

It’s time to raise an Aviation gin martini to toast Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively returning for another glamorous mystery with A Simple Favor 2 from director Paul Feig.

Amazon MGM Studios announced Wednesday that the sequel movie, which is a co-production with Lionsgate, is looking to begin shooting this spring and will stream on Prime Video. Feig is back to helm the follow-up to his 2018 dark comedy, with Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho and Kelly McCormack all reprising their roles from the first feature.

Jessica Sharzer, who penned the initial movie, returned to write the sequel, with Feig and Laeta Kalogridis also contributing to the script. Sharzer’s screenplay for the original film was based on the 2017 novel of the same name by author Darcey Bell.

A Simple Favor 2 sees Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Lively) heading to the island of Capri for Emily’s lavish wedding.

Rachel Bloom has signed with WME for representation in all areas, Variety has learned exclusively. She continues to be repped by Sugar23, Ginsburg Daniels Kallis Llp, and April Tombs at Ymu.

Bloom is perhaps best known for the CW musical dramedy series “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” Bloom co-created, executive produced, and starred in the series. It aired for four seasons at the broadcaster, with Bloom earning the Golden Globe for best actress in a TV series — musical or comedy in 2016.

Bloom and her songwriting partners Adam Schlesinger and Jack Dolgen won the Emmy for best original music and lyrics in 2019 for the song “Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal,” which was featured in the fourth season of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” Bloom and the show’s cast also performed the hit touring stage show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: Live,” followed by the taped concert “Yes: It’s Really Us Singing: The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Concert.”

Bloom...

Exclusive: Online content creator Parker James is going from social media stardom to the book store shelves.

James and animated story studio Toonstar have signed a multi-book deal with Random House Children’s Books for titles based on their animated StEvEn & Parker series.

The series will be adapted as middle grade graphic novels after being acquired by Phoebe Yeh, VP and Editor-At-Large for Crown Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Book. Yeh is known for her work with the authors of The School for Good and Evil and Big Nate.

“I’ve been in the children’s publishing business for more than thirty five years, and as soon as I encountered StEvEn and Parker, I was completely taken and knew in my gut that StEvEn and Parker should be children’s book characters,” she said.

StEvEn and Parker is an animated series co-created by Dallas-based content creator James,...

Stars: Chuku Modu, Luna Mwezi, Iola Evans, Kit Young, Arno Lüning, Safia Oakley-Green | Written by Ruth Greenberg | Directed by Andrew Cumming

I can almost imagine Out of Darkness’ director Andrew Cumming pitching the film to potential backers as Quest for Fire meets Predator. And that would be a fairly accurate description of this Stone Age thriller about a tribe of early humans being picked off by an unseen foe. And one that makes it sound a lot less cerebral and more commercial than it might otherwise appear.

45,000 years ago, six early humans have left their tribe to find a new home. Leading the group is Adem, who also has his young son Heron and Ave who’s carrying Adem’s child along with him. Also making the trek are Geirr, Adem’s more cautious second-in-command and Odal’s who seems to be some kind of shaman and last, and certainly least,...

The Atlas Six adaptation puts a dark and mature spin on a magic school setting, catering to a more adult audience. Unlike stories like Harry Potter, The Atlas Six explores the darker aspects of knowledge and power rather than emphasizing themes of love and friendship. The Magicians, a Syfy series that premiered in 2015, successfully portrayed mature themes and complicated characters, and could offer a blueprint.

Amazon's The Atlas Six adaptation will put a dark and mature spin on magic school settings, and there's one nine-year-old Syfy series that can serve as a blueprint. Based on Olivie Blake's novel of the same name, The Atlas Six will offer fantasy lovers a tale with adult themes and a dark academia setting. Amazon announced its intentions to adapt Blake's story for television back in 2021, and while there haven't been many updates thus far, the show will make a promising addition to the current fantasy landscape.

Exclusive: Olivia Holt (Totally Killer), Connor Swindells (Barbie), Lucy Punch (Motherland) and Peter Serafinowicz (Guardians of the Galaxy) are in production in London on Jingle Bell Heist, a new rom-com that Michael Fimognari (To All the Boys franchise) is directing for Ace Entertainment.

Written by New York Times bestselling author and screenwriter Abby McDonald (Bridgerton), with additional writing by Amy Reed, the film follows Sophia (Holt) and Nick (Swindells), two small-time thieves who discover they’re chasing the same job — robbing one of London’s most infamous department stores on Christmas Eve. Now, they must reluctantly team up, but as their feelings for each other deepen, the secrets they keep may ultimately put their relationship and the heist in jeopardy.

Matt Kaplan is producing for Ace Entertainment, which is also financing the feature, with Christopher Foss, Matthew Janzen, Aubrey Bendix, and Braden Bochner overseeing production for the company. Mark Lane...