Metallica frontman James Hetfield will step outside of his wheelhouse to act in the upcoming Western thriller, The Thicket, according to Deadline. Based on Joe R. Lansdale’s like-titled book, the film also stars Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) and Juliette Lewis. Hetfield’s role has not yet been revealed. Filming has begun in Calgary, Canada.
The film, which Tubi is producing, focuses on a kidnapping in West Texas. When a killer known as Cut Throat Bill (Lewis) abducts a girl, her brother hires a bounty hunter named Reginald Jones (Dinklage) to track her down.
The film, which Tubi is producing, focuses on a kidnapping in West Texas. When a killer known as Cut Throat Bill (Lewis) abducts a girl, her brother hires a bounty hunter named Reginald Jones (Dinklage) to track her down.
- 3/3/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Norm Macdonald, whose laconic delivery of sharp and incisive observations made him one of Saturday Night Live‘s most influential and beloved cast members, died today after a nine-year private battle with cancer. He was 61.
Macdonald’s death was announced to Deadline by his management firm Brillstein Entertainment. The comedian’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra, who was with him when he died, said Macdonald had been battling cancer for nearly a decade but was determined to keep his health struggles private, away from family, friends and fans.
“He was most proud of his comedy,” Hoekstra said. “He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic. He once wrote that ‘a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.’ He certainly never pandered. Norm will be missed terribly.”
Norm Macdonald:...
Macdonald’s death was announced to Deadline by his management firm Brillstein Entertainment. The comedian’s longtime producing partner and friend Lori Jo Hoekstra, who was with him when he died, said Macdonald had been battling cancer for nearly a decade but was determined to keep his health struggles private, away from family, friends and fans.
“He was most proud of his comedy,” Hoekstra said. “He never wanted the diagnosis to affect the way the audience or any of his loved ones saw him. Norm was a pure comic. He once wrote that ‘a joke should catch someone by surprise, it should never pander.’ He certainly never pandered. Norm will be missed terribly.”
Norm Macdonald:...
- 9/14/2021
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Stacey Sher, an executive producer of FX’s Mrs. America, has struck an overall deal with the cable network’s production division.
The agreement, which is understood to have been signed last year, will see Sher develop new projects for the network and extends a first-look arrangement that began in 2015, before she became co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios.
Sher was a producer on Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich and pandemic feature Contagion and recently reteamed with the latter to produce the 93rd Academy Awards.
On the TV side, she has produced series including AMC’s Into the Badlands, MTV’s Sweet/Vicious and Reno 911 as well as Netflix series Skylanders Academy.
Last April, Sher told Deadline that she was looking to partner with “new voices” and had also teamed up with Contagion writer Scott Z. Burns and medical expert Lawrence Brilliant to...
The agreement, which is understood to have been signed last year, will see Sher develop new projects for the network and extends a first-look arrangement that began in 2015, before she became co-president of Activision Blizzard Studios.
Sher was a producer on Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, Aretha Franklin biopic Respect, Steven Soderbergh’s Erin Brockovich and pandemic feature Contagion and recently reteamed with the latter to produce the 93rd Academy Awards.
On the TV side, she has produced series including AMC’s Into the Badlands, MTV’s Sweet/Vicious and Reno 911 as well as Netflix series Skylanders Academy.
Last April, Sher told Deadline that she was looking to partner with “new voices” and had also teamed up with Contagion writer Scott Z. Burns and medical expert Lawrence Brilliant to...
- 6/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Mrs America, the Cate Blanchett-fronted drama about the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and the unexpected backlash led by Phyllis Schlafly, was supposed to exist in a world where Hillary Clinton was President of the United States of America.
Stacey Sher, the producer behind Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, had seen a PBS documentary about the women’s movement in the 1970s in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election and was interested in making a drama series from the point of view of Schlafly, the beauty queen-turned-conservative crusader.
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Sher, who spoke to Deadline about the FX on Hulu drama...
Stacey Sher, the producer behind Pulp Fiction and Erin Brockovich, had seen a PBS documentary about the women’s movement in the 1970s in the run-up to the 2016 Presidential election and was interested in making a drama series from the point of view of Schlafly, the beauty queen-turned-conservative crusader.
More from Deadline'Mrs. America' Review: Cate Blanchett Strong In Era Battle Series, But More Would Have Been MoreCoping With Covid-19 Crisis: Composer Kris Bowers On Challenges Of Completing 'Mrs. America' Score From Home'Contagion' Cast Records PSAs On Stopping The Spread In The Coronavirus Era - Watch
Sher, who spoke to Deadline about the FX on Hulu drama...
- 4/14/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Will the Force be with him? Mark Hamill may win his first Emmy at last after decades of voice acting
Mark Hamill is best known to fans for playing Luke Skywalker in the “Star Wars” films, but many other sci-fi and fantasy devotees know him for his decades of work as a voice actor. This year he’s nominated for Best Animation Performer at the Daytime Emmys for his work in “Kulipari: Dream Walker.” This is only the second nomination of his career. Can he finally win?
“Kulipari” is a Netflix animated series set in the Amphibilands, a hidden village of frogs defended by the title characters, an elite group of poison frogs. Hamill is nominated for voicing two characters: elderly frog warrior Old Jir and elderly scorpion Caz. But his biggest claim to fame as a voice actor was as the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series” and various other animated shows and video games since the early 1990s. He has also been featured in “Spider-Man: The Animated Series,...
“Kulipari” is a Netflix animated series set in the Amphibilands, a hidden village of frogs defended by the title characters, an elite group of poison frogs. Hamill is nominated for voicing two characters: elderly frog warrior Old Jir and elderly scorpion Caz. But his biggest claim to fame as a voice actor was as the Joker in “Batman: The Animated Series” and various other animated shows and video games since the early 1990s. He has also been featured in “Spider-Man: The Animated Series,...
- 4/17/2019
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Netflix has released a list of all of the movies and TV shows that are coming to Netflix in the month of October along with the release dates of them. They've got some good stuff coming including some Netflix originals that I'm excited about seeing including Stranger Things Season 2, Mindhunters, 1922 and more.
Look over al the titles and let us know which titles you're looking forward to seeing. I also provided a lit of everything that's leaving Netflix next month.
Available October 1
88 Minutes
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Before Midnight
Blood Diamond
Boogie Nights
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cleverman: Season 2
Death Sentence
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Eagle vs. Shark
Eyes Wide Shut
Generation Iron 2
Ghost Patrol
I Love You, Man
Ice Guardians
Lockup: Disturbing the Peace: Collection 1
Made of Honor
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
Look over al the titles and let us know which titles you're looking forward to seeing. I also provided a lit of everything that's leaving Netflix next month.
Available October 1
88 Minutes
A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Before Midnight
Blood Diamond
Boogie Nights
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cleverman: Season 2
Death Sentence
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Eagle vs. Shark
Eyes Wide Shut
Generation Iron 2
Ghost Patrol
I Love You, Man
Ice Guardians
Lockup: Disturbing the Peace: Collection 1
Made of Honor
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous...
- 9/23/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Activision Blizzard’s “Skylanders Academy” has been picked up for a third season at Netflix, the companies announced this week. The first original TV series developed and produced by the gaming giant’s content studio, run by Co-Presidents Stacey Sher and Nick Van Dyk, is an animated collaboration with France’s TeamTO. “Our focus, really, is to continue to make family entertainment that is filled with adventure, humor and heart,” Sher told TheWrap of the renewal. Also Read: 'Hateful Eight' Producer Stacey Sher Named Co-President of Activision Blizzard Studios For an animated series, the show is produced at a remarkable speed.
- 2/4/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
Skylanders Academy isn't going away anytime soon. Deadline reports Netflix has renewed the series for a third season ahead of its season two debut later this year.Based on the Activision Blizzard video game franchise, the animated show follows an unlikely group of heroes who come together to protect the universe from evil invaders. The voice cast includes Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, Jonathan Banks, Norm Macdonald, Catherine O'Hara, and Bobcat Goldthwait.Read More…...
- 2/3/2017
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Ahead of the Season 2 premiere of Netflix’s Skylanders Academy, the animated comedy has been picked up for a third season. Production on the third season of Skylanders Academy — the first television series developed and produced by Activision Blizzard Studios—will begin in February for a launch in 2018. Season 2 will debut later this year. Justin Long returns as Spyro, Ashley Tisdale as Stealth Elf, Jonathan Banks as Eruptor and Norm Macdonald as Glumshanks. New addition…...
- 2/2/2017
- Deadline TV
Presiding over a roster of IP that includes the likes of Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs and more, Ubisoft is arguably one of the few video game publishers with the necessary resources to repackage those properties into cinematic blockbusters. It’s a strategy that the French giant plans to go all-in on, too, founding Ubisoft Motion Pictures to help foster the likes of Justin Kurzel’s Assassin’s Creed and a live-action spin on The Division.
According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, the company is now “in talks with Netflix over a series.” Word comes by way of a Reuters report, though Guillemot stopped short of mentioning which of Ubi’s franchises are in contention for the small-screen treatment.
With both Assassin’s Creed and The Division headed to the big screen – a Tom Hardy-fronted Splinter Cell movie is also gestating in production – we’re inclined to...
According to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot, the company is now “in talks with Netflix over a series.” Word comes by way of a Reuters report, though Guillemot stopped short of mentioning which of Ubi’s franchises are in contention for the small-screen treatment.
With both Assassin’s Creed and The Division headed to the big screen – a Tom Hardy-fronted Splinter Cell movie is also gestating in production – we’re inclined to...
- 11/8/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
"You are the protectors of our universe." Netflix has released the official trailer for their upcoming animated series Skylanders Academy.Based on Activision Blizzard’s video game franchise, the children’s series “centers on a ragtag group of heroes called upon to use their elemental powers to defend the universe from evildoers.” The voice cast includes Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, Jonathan Banks, and Norm MacDonald.Read More…...
- 10/19/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Netflix is expanding their universe. Entertainment Weekly reports the streaming service's new series Skylanders Academy will debut in October.Based on Activision Blizzard’s video game franchise, the children's series "centers on a ragtag group of heroes called upon to use their elemental powers to defend the universe from evildoers." The voice cast includes Justin Long, Ashley Tisdale, Jonathan Banks, and Norm MacDonald.Read More…...
- 9/22/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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