Despite its popularity with fans, there are currently no plans for a third season of Ted. According to Variety, series creator Seth MacFarlane recently told The Wrap that Peacock and Universal consider the show too expensive to continue. “The show is really expensive to produce and there’s no way to do it at a lower cost,” MacFarlane said. “There’s no plan that I’ve heard of at the moment to do Season 3.”
On Tuesday, Walt Disney Studios and Kathryn Hahn confirmed that the actress will be playing Mother Gothel in the live-action Tangled remake. The announcement was made on social media. Hahn posted a video showing her “Outfit of the Day,” which featured a Mother Gothel T-shirt.
The Mandalorian and Grogu will be the first Star Wars movie to hit theaters in six years. Disney is banking on the idea that bringing one of its more popular Disney+ series to the big screen will sell tickets. However, new information about the writing credits is raising concern with some fans. According to official filings with the Writers Guild of America, Noah Kloor is credited as one of the film’s screenwriters.
Spider-Noir was introduced in 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Voiced by Nicolas Cage, the tonally dark character proved interesting to fans. A live-action spin-off series starring Cage releases on Prime Video and MGM+ in May. However, according to showrunner Oren Uziel, the new show will not be in continuity with the animated film.
After decades in development hell, a new Conan the Barbarian film may finally be moving forward at 20th Century Studios. According to Deadline, filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie is attached to write and direct King Conan, with Arnold Schwarzenegger returning to star. The project is in the very early stages of development, and representatives for the studio have declined to comment.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie arrives in theaters in less than a month. To celebrate Mario Day—MAR10—the final trailer was revealed in a special Nintendo Direct video. The video also included several major casting announcements, including that Donald Glover will be the voice of Yoshi.
Netflix appears to be gradually distancing itself from Meghan Markle. Late last week, the streamer announced it had ended its partnership with the Duchess’s As Ever lifestyle brand, which launched 11 months ago alongside her Netflix series With Love, Meghan.
Director Carlos López Estrada confirmed during a recent Reddit AMA that Disney is not moving forward on a live-action Robin Hood film. As Zootopia 2 continues its record-breaking run at the box office, industry-watchers are expressing some surprise that the studio would pull the plug on another talking-animal film.
Matt Shakman, one of Disney’s go-to Marvel directors, is moving beyond the MCU. Deadline reports that the director who helped launch the sixth phase of the MCU with The Fantastic Four: First Steps has now lined up his next feature with TriStar Pictures.
In the marketing for The Mandalorian and Grogu, fans have seen the baby alien nodding, using the Force, and eating cookies. However, Kathleen Kennedy recently confirmed to Variety that Grogu will not speak.
James Gunn and Warner Bros. are continuing to expand the DC Universe (DCU), with one of their latest projects adapting the popular Green Lanterns comics about the cosmic law enforcement corps. However, recent comments from Damon Lindelof, writer and producer of the upcoming HBO series Lanterns, have sparked backlash among fans.
Terrence Howard was the first actor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to see his character recast. In a recent PBD Podcast interview, the Oscar-nominated actor recalled a 2007 confrontation with producer Joel Silver, who partnered with Susan Downey, wife of Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr.