InThis Week in Animation News, I’ll take a look at the previous week in the world of animation in order to get you caught up on everything you might have missed. It’s your one-stop shop for news regarding cartoons, anime, and animated web series. We’re talking movies, TV shows, digital shorts, and everything in between! For the latest animation stories we’ve already covered on the site this week, take a look at the following links....
WithStar Trek Beyondopening in theaters this weekend, the other day I landed an exclusive video interview with starsJohn ChoandZoe Saldana. Since they’ve been answering a lot of the same questions aboutStar Trek, plus the fact that I didn’t want to talk about spoilers from the movie, I decided to ask some fun questions. We talked about what they collect, favorite video game consoles, if they were playing Pokemon Go, memorable moments from filming i, collaborating withSimon Peggon the script,Guardians of the Galaxy 2, and a lot more....
Last fall,Victor Miller, who wrote the original screenplay forFriday the 13th, won a lawsuit that gave him the domestic rights to the slasher franchise under an old copyright law that grants authors rights to their original work after a period of 35 years. The case is still being appealed, but it was an important ruling within the Hollywood legal community, which was watching very closely, knowing just how much was at stake....
The CW has released the first image ofJon Cryer’s (Two and a Half Men) turn as Lex Luthor in an upcoming episode ofSupergirl. The episode, “O Brother Where Art Thou?” will debut in March, and will see Lex reaching out from prison to enlist the help of Lena (Katie McGrath), where he will do anything to get her on his side – “even if that means leveraging the life of one of her friends....
Fans ofZack Snyder’s Justice Leaguereceived new information about Superman’s black suit when directorZack Snyderparticipated inan IGN Fan Fest 2021 panelthis weekend. The panel, titled “Justice League: Inside the Snyder Cut with Zack Snyder,” saw Snyder open up in a wide-ranging discussion abouthis new HBO Max movie. One of the buzziest highlights of the panel was new footage of aCG sequence featuring the Mother Boxesthat was created as a key part of Snyder’sJustice Leaguevision....
Paramount+ has its leads set for theTeen WolfspinoffWolf Pack. Announced as part of a celebration of Paramount+’s debut in the UK and Ireland on June 22, the series brought inArmani Jackson(Honor Society,Chad),Bella Shepard(iCarly,The Wilds),Chloe Rose Robertson(Wildflower), andTyler Lawrence Gray(Our Town,Macbeth) to star. Production gets underway in Atlanta, Georgia next week en route to a potential release on Paramount+ later this year. An adaptation ofEdo Van Belkom’s series of novels,Wolf Packcenters on a group of teenagers facing down a great evil in the woods....
Spoilers forTerminator: Dark Fatefollow below. Audiences who checked outTerminator: Dark Fatethis weekend were in for a bit of a shock mere minutes into the film, as it opens with a prologue that dispatches with one of the franchise’s key heroes. Indeed, the opening moments of the new movie—which is a direct sequel toTerminator 2—find Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) and John Connor (Edward Furlong) relaxing on a beach directly after the events ofT2, having saved the world from judgment day....
It’s the news that fans of the Shelby family have been eagerly awaiting: Netflix has officially greenlit aPeaky Blindersfeature film, marking the return of Oscar winnerCillian Murphyas the iconic Tommy Shelby, as perDeadline. This long-anticipated development follows years of speculation and hints, finally giving thePeakyfaithful a reason to celebrate. Helming the untitled film will beTom Harper, known for his work onHeart of Stone,The Aeronauts, andWar & Peace. Harper is no stranger to thePeaky Blindersworld, having directed the latter half of Season 1....
The 3rd Street Saints, those lovable gangsters who serve as the protagonists of theSaints Rowseries, have been through more genre shifts than theFast and the Furiouscrew. While the franchise began life as a Grand Theft Auto-alike, later installments have seen our heroes become superheroes in a virtual reality simulation, move their headquarters to a spaceship after the destruction of planet Earth, and become pawns in a battle between God and the Devil....
A staple of 1960s television,The Wild Wild Westhas long-endured through reruns, comic books, novels, andan infamous 1999 cinematic adaptation. On CBS for four seasons, the series was a raucous mashup of genre sensibilities including that of Westerns, science-fiction, and espionage, carrying on in the steampunk vein of renowned storytellers likeJules Verne. StarringRobert ConradandRoss Martin,The Wild Wild Westwas particularly known for its imagination, humor, and action. But despite its popularity,the series found itself in the cross-hairs of political upheavalwhen members of Congress voiced concerns about perceptions of links between television violence and that of the real world....
Steven Spielbergis often associated withthe rise of the “blockbuster,”as he helped to usher in a new generation of audience-pleasing genre films with the success ofJaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,and theIndiana Jonesfranchise. However, Spielberg has always had a keen interest in exploring real heroes of history. The 2015 spy thrillerBridge of Spiesmarked another successful collaboration between Spielberg andTom Hanks, who could not have been chosen to play a morally upstanding lawyer....
Fans ofThe Walking Deadanticipated the show’s Season 6 finale with a sense of excitement and dread, as the arrival of comics character Negan (played byJeffrey Dean Morgan) almost certainly heralded the death of a major character. However, the show’s producershad different plans, as the finale ended on a cliffhanger that simultaneously revealed thatsomeonedied, without telling the audience who was on the end of that bat. It was…frustrating, to say the least, and a bit of a cheap way to keep audiences on their toes until Season 7 (althoughnoteveryonewas displeased)....
Back in the mid-2000s, it was really hard to catch up with HBO shows. Streaming services hadn’t really emerged, and if you wanted them on DVD, it would cost you about $100 per season, which is already crazy steep when you consider that a typical HBO drama runs 10-13 episodes. Thankfully, the landscape today is very different, and classic HBO shows are available not only on HBO Go and HBO Now but also on Amazon Prime....
