Disney is building a Frozen attraction at Epcot, the Mouse House announced Friday. Based on the hit film, it will feature a pavilion where park visitors can meet Anna and Elsa.“We think these Frozen elements are great compliments to the Norway Pavilion, which showcases the country and region that inspired the film,” said Walt Disney Parks…
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Matt Stone and Trey Parker have taken aim at the Washington Redskins in the teaser for the new season of South Park. The NFL team recently lost its name’s trademark, which a U.S. patent office ruled “disparaging to Native Americans.” The new season of South Park will premiere during the Redskins-Eagles game on Wednesday at 10 pm ET….
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True Grit and Ender’s Game star Hailee Steinfeld has signed on for Pitch Perfect 2, the sequel to the 2012 film about college a capella groups. Anna Kendrick and Brittany snow are reprising their roles, and Elizabeth Banks is set to direct. The film will be released on May 15, 2015. For more on the project and on Steinfeld’s…
Entertainment news round-up for April 30
HBO is bringing back Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Project Greenlight, which gave an inside look at the challenges posed to a first-time director. Damon and Affleck will be back to executive produce. “Project Greenlight was ahead of its time,” said Affleck in a statement. “Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought…
Entertainment news round-up for April 29
The Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy star Drea de Matteo has teamed up with Endemol Beyond USA for an original digital series, entitled The Muthaship Starring Drea de Matteo. The show will launch this spring. “Drea built her audience through her roles on some of the best series on television,” said Will Keenan, president of Endemol Beyond USA….
Entertainment news round-up for April 28
Fox will broadcast a three-hour live version of Grease in 2015. The cast has not yet been assembled. “From Broadway to film, and across generations, Grease is one of the most beloved musical stories ever told — and we can’t wait to bring it to our air in a spectacular live event,” said Shana C. Waterman, Fox’s…
Entertainment news round-up for April 25
SNL vet and new Late Night host Seth Meyers is set to host the Primetime Emmy Awards, airing August 25th on NBC. “Seth’s expertise and ease in front of a live audience during his time at SNL, as well as his comedic brilliance both as a writer and in front of the camera on SNL and Late Night, makes him…
Entertainment news round-up for April 23
Johnny Depp’s upcoming action-comedy Mortdecai has been set for a February 2016 U.S. release. The film is based on Kyril Bonfigliol’s novel trilogy and features Depp in a race to locate a stolen painting that could contain the code to a lost bank account filled with Nazi gold. The star-studded cast also includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor,…
Entertainment news round-up for April 20
Chicago musician Chance the Rapper missed his scheduled performance on the last day of Coachella due to hospitalization. Particulars of his medical condition are unknown. Hours before the performance was set to begin, a since-removed photo appeared on his Instagram with a caption that read “Pray for my boy chance,” after which the cancellation was…
Entertainment news round-up for April 19
The lineup for the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival has been announced. Notable French entries include Jean-Luc Godard’s 3D experiment Goodbye to Language and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Search. Other films vying for prizes include Atom Egoyan’s The Captive and Mike Leigh’s Mr. Turner. For more on the lineup, click here. In other Cannes news, French actress-turned-director Nicole Garcia will…
Entertainment news round-up April 11
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner says that the show’s upcoming mini-season will be action-packed. “The episodes are dense,” he said. ““After realizing that I needed two premieres and two finales, it changed the pacing of every other episode. These episodes are more focused on the main characters than ever before — and I’ve got a lot…
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CBS has named Stephen Colbert to succeed David Letterman on The Late Show. He will be leaving the right-wing caricature he plays in The Colbert Report behind. “Simply being a guest on David Letterman’s show has been a highlight of my career,” he said in a statement. “I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps,…
Entertainment news round-up for April 4
Sources say that 12 Years a Slave star Chiwitel Ejiofor is MGM and Sony’s top choice to play the villain in the next James Bond film. The studios had no comment. Daniel Craig is set to return as Bond with Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, and Naomie Harris slated to return as well. Skyfall helmer Sam Mendes will again direct….
Entertainment news round-up for April 3
Holly Hunter has joined the cast of Zack Snyder’s as-yet-untitled Superman/Batman film starring Henry Cavill and Ben Affleck. She will play a character newly created for the movie. The feature also stars Jessie Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Amy Adams, and Diane Lane. For more information on the project, click here. David Letterman has announced his plans…
Entertainment news round-up for March 30
Twilight actor Patrick Brennan will join the cast of ABC’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for two upcoming episodes. The actor, who played Liam in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, will play Blackout, a villain with the power to suck the energy from everything around him. “It’s just rare to have a character that’s [this] interesting,” he told…
Entertainment news round-up for March 27
The Wu-Tang Clan plans to release only one copy of their secretly-recorded new double album The Wu – Once Upon a Time in Shaolin. The album is priced in the millions and will be presented in a handcrafted silver box designed by British Moroccan artist Yahya. “By taking this step, we hope to re-enforce the weight…
Entertainment news round-up for March 13
Once Upon a Time actress Rose McIver has joined the cast of iZombie, a new zombie crime fighter from Veronica Mars scribes Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero. She will play a medical student who eats brains and inherits the corpses’ memories, which she uses to solve homicide cases. To read more on the series, click here. Cynthia Nixon…
Entertainment news round-up for March 12
90’s rom-com hit Pretty Woman is making its way to Broadway. The film’s screenwriters, Marshall and J.F. Lawton, are set to pen the book of the musical, with Paula Wagner on board to produce. The production does not yet have a composer, lyricist, or director. For more information on the show, click here. Japan’s Tezuka Productions has…
Entertainment news round-up for March 11
CBS will air an unprecedented number of original programming hours this summer. The lineup will include seven total hours of original programming, three of which will air on Sunday. The schedule consists of four dramas and thrice-weekly series Big Brother. For more on CBS’ summer lineup, click here. Broadway actress Laura Benanti is slated to host…
Entertainment news round up for March 8
The Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson is on board for an adaptation of Donna Tartt’s novel The Goldfinch, which was published last fall and still ranks second on the New York Times bestseller list. The story follows a boy who loses his mother in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and absconds with Fabritius’ painting “The…
Entertainment news round-up for March 6
Idris Elba is in final talks to join the cast of Disney’s animated The Jungle Book reboot, directed by Jon Favreau. Elba would voice Shere Khan the tiger. Elba has recently been seen in Mandela: The Long Walk to Freedom and Thor: The Dark World. For more on The Jungle Book and on Elba’s other projects, click here. FX…
Entertainment news round-up for Feb. 28
Platinum Dunes, Mandalay Pictures and Universal have selected Dutch filmmaker Diederik Van Rooijen to direct a remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds. Plot details for the remake have not yet been released. Van Rooijen is best known for his film Taped. For more information on the project, click here. The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes has signed on to direct…
Entertainment news round-up for Feb. 27
Netflix has acquired exclusive streaming rights to The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life, an Oscar-nominated documentary short about pianist and Holocaust survivor Alice Herz-Sommer. The film will be available April 1. It’s subject, believed to have been the oldest-living Holocaust survivor, died on Sunday at the age of 110. To read more on…
Entertainment news round-up for Feb. 22
NBC has ordered 13 episodes of Shades of Blue, a crime drama starring and executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. Lopez will play a single mother and detective working undercover for the FBI’s anti-corruption task force. The show will premiere during the 2015-16 TV season. For more information on the project, click here. Academy Award-winning costume designer…
Entertainment news round-up for Feb. 17
Netflix has confirmed that Orange Is the New Black will return on June 6. The streaming video service confirmed the date in a bonus blurb at the end of the second season of House of Cards. For more information and a teaser for the new episodes, click here. Beetlejuice actor Michael Keaton told MTV News that he and director…
Entertainment news round-up for Feb. 18
Napoleon Dynamite actor John Heder is set to star in Fox’s new half-hour comedy pilot, entitled Here’s Your Damn Family. Heder will star as a thirty-something living with his mother whose life is upended when she gets married to a man with three teenage children. For more information on the series, click here. The Departed screenwriter William Monahan…
