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Director Andy Muschietti and his producer / sister Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind Mama and the $1 billion grossing adaptations of Stephen King’s It, recently teamed up with Skydance to form a new horror label called Nocturna, and the first project to come out of the Nocturna partnership is the horror thriller They Will Kill You, which has New Line Cinema on board to co-finance and distribute. Last week, we heard that Patricia Arquette (True Romance) and Tom Felton of the Harry Potter franchise had signed on to star in the film alongside Zazie Beetz, whose credits include Joker, Bullet Train, and Deadpool 2. Now The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Heather Graham of Boogie Nights and Suitable Flesh will also be in the film, and Deadline reports that Myha’la of Industry and Bodies Bodies Bodies is in the cast as well.

Details on the characters Graham and...

Yesterday, we heard that Patricia Arquette (True Romance) has joined the cast of Kenneth Branagh’s contemporary psychological thriller The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde. Now, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Arquette is also in the cast of the horror thriller They Will Kill You, which also stars Tom Felton of the Harry Potter franchise and Zazie Beetz, whose credits include Joker, Bullet Train, and Deadpool 2.

New Line Cinema are on board to co-finance and distribute They Will Kill You. Director Andy Muschietti and his producer / sister Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind Mama and the $1 billion grossing adaptations of Stephen King’s It, recently teamed up with Skydance to form a new horror label called Nocturna, and this is the first project to come out of the Nocturna partnership.

Kirill Sokolov – who is said to be known for his dark sense of humor – will be...

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Prime Video has landed Home Team, a half-hour single-camera comedy starring and executive produced by Modern Family Emmy winner Eric Stonestreet. The project hails from Austin Winsberg’s Zihuatanejo Productions, Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, The Tannenbaum Company, Lionsgate Television — where The Tannenbaum Co. and Zihuatanejo are based — and Amazon MGM Studios.

Written by Jason Belleville based on a story by him and Winsberg, Home Team is described as a comedy with a big heart and a love letter to father-son relationships. It follows now-stuck Scott Hansen (Stonestreet) as he moves his dad into a retirement community, begins to get his life back on track in a new workplace and starts to learn how to finally live in the moment from folks who have a lot fewer moments left.

Stonestreet and Belleville, who serves as showrunner, executive produce alongside Manning, Jamie Horowitz and Ben Brown through Omaha Productions; Eric Tannenbaum,...

Director Andy Muschietti and his producer / sister Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind Mama and the $1 billion grossing adaptations of Stephen King’s It, recently teamed up with Skydance to form a new horror label called Nocturna, and a couple months ago we learned the first project that will be coming out of the Nocturna partnership is called They Will Kill You. Zazie Beetz, whose credits include Joker, Bullet Train, and Deadpool 2, has the lead role in this film – and now The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that New Line Cinema has come on board to co-finance and distribute They Will Kill You.

Kirill Sokolov – who is said to be known for his dark sense of humor – will be directing the film from a screenplay he wrote with Alex Litvak. Sokolov previously directed the action comedy No Looking Back and the comedic thriller Why Don’t You Just Die!,...

Exclusive: Siena Agudong (Resident Evil), Luke Eisner (Tall Girl) and Noah Lomax (The Walking Dead) are among the newest additions to the cast of The Upside of Unrequited, the forthcoming coming-of-age comedy from filmmakers Anna-Elizabeth and Hillary Shakespeare, aka The Shakespeare Sisters.

Other newcomers to the cast include Patrick Luwis (Barbie) and Matthew Sato. As previously announced, Ayvan Williams Jessica Belkin and Savannah Smith will also star.

Based on the book of the same name by New York Times bestselling author Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited centers on Molly (Williams), an awkward teenager who feels left behind when her twin sister Cassie (Belkin) starts her first relationship with her dream girl Mina (Agudong). In an attempt to get closer to her sister again, Molly lets Cassie set her up with Mina’s best friend Will (Eisner). Molly goes along with it but she’s caught:...

Director Andy Muschietti and his producer / sister Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind Mama and the $1 billion grossing adaptations of Stephen King’s It, recently teamed up with Skydance to form a new horror label called Nocturna – and the first project that will be coming out of the Nocturna partnership is called They Will Kill You. Deadline reports that Zazie Beetz, whose credits include Joker, Bullet Train, and Deadpool 2, has just signed on to star in the film.

Beetz will be taking on the role of a woman who answers a help-wanted ad to be a housekeeper in a mysterious New York City high-rise. She doesn’t realize she is entering a community that has seen a number of disappearances over the years.

The Muschiettis are producing They Will Kill You alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, and Dan Kagan, as well as Nocturna Co-Heads of Film, Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder.

Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind the $1 billion grossing It movies and last year’s The Flash, have teamed up with Skydance to launch a brand new horror division.

Named Nocturna, the Muschiettis will co-own the label and will run its creative direction. The focus of Nocturna will be on high quality, genre features for global audiences in both theatrical and streaming, with the goal of producing two films per year.

Nocturna is not launching with an empty casket. The first project out of the gate will be They Will Kill You, written by Kirill Sokolov and Alex Litvak, with Sokolov, who wrote and directed the 2019 black action comedy Why Don’t You Just Die!, attached to direct.

“Under this label, we are excited to deliver the full range of emotions that our movies pack: Heart, humor and horror,” said the Muschiettis in a statement.

The division will be...

Los Angeles, Oct. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Vision Films Inc. (“Vision”) announces the North American Tvod release of the award-winning family feature Caralique in a deal with California Pictures. The touching story of a young fashion designer will be released on Transactional VOD on November 21, 2023, followed by DVD at major on-line retailers, across the US and Canada. Caralique was written by Dale Fiola and executive produced and directed by Elizabeth Blake-Thomas through her, and star Isabella Blake-Thomas’, company Mother & Daughter Entertainment, and Monique R. White and Steven Istock of California Pictures. Produced by Abbie Georganna, J. Margo Giron, and Lana Young. Director Elizabeth Blake-Thomas is known for the rom-com Just Swipe starring Full House’s Jodie Sweetin and the action thriller Hunt Club starring Mena Suvari. The younger Blake-Thomas is known for her role in the Disney series Secret Society of Second Born Royals.

Synopsis: A young, determined fashion designer wants to...

Exclusive: Lana Condor (To All The Boys franchise), Andrew Koji (Bullet Train), Ross Butler (Shazam! franchise), Sung Kang (Fast & Furious franchise) and Elodie Yung (The Cleaning Lady) are among those set to star in Worth the Wait, a romantic comedy marking the U.S. directorial debut of award-winning Taiwanese filmmaker Tom Shu-Yu Lin (The Garden of Evening Mists), which has wrapped production in Vancouver and Kuala Lumpur.

Others cast include Karena Lam (American Girl), Osric Chau (Supernatural), Ali Fumiko Whitney (The Road Dance), Ricky He (From), Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians) and Yu-Beng Lim (Rebel Moon).

An English-language indie set against the intercontinental backdrops of Seattle and Kuala Lumpur, which is said to be in the vein of Love Actually, Worth the Wait follows a year in the interconnected lives and romances of an all-Asian ensemble cast. Script is written by Maggie Hartmans. Producers include Dan Mark and...

Exclusive: Lauren Kisilevsky is reuniting with Reese Witherspoon after being hired to oversee live-action family programming at Hello Sunshine.

Kisilevsky, who becomes EVP, Live Action Family, Kids and Young Adult at the Candle Media-backed company, joins from Disney, where she has been SVP, Original Movies, Disney Branded Television.

She previously worked with the Your Place Or Mine star at Type A Films, which was one of Witherspoon’s production precursors to Hello Sunshine.

Reporting to Hello Sunshine CEO Sarah Harden, Kisilevsky will be in charge of building out the division and developing and producing family, kids and young adult live-action movies and series.

The push into live-action family and kids programming comes after the company decided to shut down its animated division last month.

She has spent 13 years at Disney in various roles and has overseen dozens of movies for Disney and Disney Branded Television including Disney Channel Original Movies such as Upside-Down Magic,...

Exclusive: Tony Todd (Candyman) and Natasha Henstridge (Species) have been tapped star alongside Isabella Blake-Thomas (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) in the YA supernatural thriller Karma’s a Bitch, which has just wrapped production. Others in the ensemble include Pearce Joza, Terry Hu, Matt Cornett, David Lipper, Rich Ting, Elise Luthman, Notlim Taylor, Abbie Georganna, Pedro Henrique, Eddie McClintock and Fernanda Romero.

The film penned by Blake-Thomas follows queer teen Charley Stevens (Blake-Thomas) as she moves to the remote town of Latigo Springs, where her recently deceased mother, Maya, grew up. Soon after arriving, Charley is plagued with strange nightmares that tease a horrific event from the past, hinting at why Maya left town when she was younger. The spitting image of her mother, Charley has an uncontrollable curse; the ability to instantly inflict bad karma. Feeling the weight of the world on her shoulders, Charley finds comfort in...

Exclusive: PlayStation Productions and Scott Free Productions have launched development on Gravity Rush—a film based on the 2012 action-adventure video game of the same name, which Anna Mastro (Secret Society of Second Born Royals) is attached to direct from a script by Emily Jerome (Panopticon).

The open-world PlayStation Vita game developed by Japan Studio’s Project Siren and published worldwide by Sony Computer Entertainment has players controlling Kat, an amnesiac with the ability to manipulate gravity, who uses her powers to defend the floating community of Hekseville from gravity storms, and the mysterious race of monsters known as the Nevi.

It’s not yet clear who will produce the Gravity Rush film. And while PlayStation Productions falls under the Sony umbrella, it’s similarly unclear whether the pic will be distributed by the studio.

On the feature side, Mastro most recently helmed and co-exec produced Disney ’s Secret Society of Second Born Royals,...

Exclusive: We have learned that Lionsgate’s prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, has landed its first round of tribute and mentor characters in the Francis Lawrence directed film.

Jerome Lance will play Marcus, the tribute from District 2. Ashley Liao will play Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11. Knox Gibson will play Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing will play Coral, tribute from District 4; while Aamer Husain will play Felix Ravinstill, the mentor to a tribute from District 11.

The five will star opposite already announced Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler.

The prequel in the $3 billion grossing franchise, which hits theatres on Nov. 17, 2023, is set years before Coriolanus Snow comes to power as the tyrannical President of Panem. The 18-year-old Snow (Blyth) is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a post-war Capitol.

Exclusive: Disney Branded Television has assembled well known Disney talent for Prom Pact (working title), a teen rom-com movie for Disney . Prom Pact, which I hear is among several original movies Dbt will be announcing during their TCA session tomorrow, is toplined by Disney Channel favorites, former Andi Mack star Peyton Elizabeth Lee, who is now the lead of Disney ’s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., and Zombies‘ Milo Manheim, who also was a runner-up on ABC’s Dancing With the Stars. The film comes from Julie Bowen, star of ABC’s signature comedy Modern Family, and Melvin Mar, producer behind such Disney series as ABC’s Fresh off the Boat and Disney ’s Doogie Kamealoha, M.D., headlined by Lee.

Written by Anthony Lombardo and to be directed by Anya Adams (Fresh off the Boat) , Prom Pact is set at the height of prom season. High school senior Mandy Coleman...

“Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.,” Disney Plus’ “Doogie Howser” reboot about the adventures of a 16-year-old mixed-race girl juggling adolescence and a prodigious medical career in Hawai’i, will return to Disney Plus for a second season. The half-hour, family-friendly medical dramedy starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee in the titular role of Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha, was originally released on the streamer on Nov. 10, 2021.

Lee is best known for starring in the hit Disney Channel series “Andi Mack,” also in the title role, and has also starred in the Disney Plus original movie “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals.” Her other credits include ABC’s “Stumptown” and “Scandal,” and Showtime’s “Shameless.” She was included in Variety‘s Young Hollywood Impact Report in 2019. Starring opposite Lee on “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.,” are cast regulars Kathleen Rose Perkins, Matthew Sato, Wes Tian, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Jason Scott Lee and Emma Meisel.

The Disney Branded Television series,...

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A new summer love story is already in the works, and Ross Butler is here to make us sigh longingly as we patiently wait for it to hit our screens. On Nov. 11, the To All the Boys: P.S I Still Love You star announced that he would be taking on his first role as executive producer with a movie adaptation of Abigail Hing Wen's New York Times Bestselling novel Loveboat, Taipei, directed by Arvin Chen.

"Here we go! Very excited to announce my next project that also happens to be my first venture into producing!" he wrote in an Instagram post. "I also [cannot] wait for you to meet the charismatic @ashleyjliao who I will be playing opposite in this hilarious romantic adventure. In the end, what drives me the most is knowing that we are all still here working hard to unearth and redefine the Asian American identity.

Exclusive: Ashley Liao and Ross Butler (Netflix’s To All The Boys franchise, Shazam!) have signed on to star in Loveboat, Taipei, a romance film from Ace Entertainment and 1 Productions Film Co., which will enter production in Taipei later this month.

The film from director Arvin Chen (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?) is based on Abigail Hing Wen’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name. It centers on Ever Wong (Liao), whose summer takes an unexpected turn when her parents surprise her with a trip to Taipei for a cultural immersion program. Ever is surprised to discover that she hasn’t signed up for homework and history lessons, but instead for a summer-long free-for-all the locals and other students call “Loveboat.” It quickly lives up to its name when Ever finds herself trying not to fall for two attractive, but wildly...

Lauren Kisilevsky, most recently vice president of original movies at Disney Channel, has been promoted to senior vice president of original movies at Disney Branded Television, where she will develop and oversee production of Disney Channel and Disney Plus’ growing slate of films.

The exec has already overseen a wide range of Disney Channel and Disney Plus originals, including “Upside-Down Magic,” “Descendants 3,” “Zombies 2” and the upcoming “Spin,” as well as “Secret Society of Second Born Royals” and the upcoming “Sneakerella.” The “Descendants” and “Zombies” franchises have proven to be big audience draws for Disney.

“Lauren is an exceptional creative executive whose deep understanding of our brand and tremendous contributions continue to yield must-experience movies for kids and families,” said Disney Branded TV exec VP of creative development and strategy Ayo Davis. “As Disney Branded Television continues to augment its efforts in attracting and building the very best and...

Lauren Kisilevsky has been upped at Disney Branded Television.

Kisilevsky, who was previously VP, Original Movies, Disney Channels, becomes SVP, Original Movies, Disney Branded Television.

She will develop and oversee production of a slate of movies for Disney Channel and Disney . It comes after the company launched the Disney Branded Television unit led by Gary Marsh.

Kisilevsky will report to Ayo Davis, EVP, Creative Development and Strategy, Disney Branded Television.

She previously oversaw Disney Channel Original Movies such as Upside-Down Magic, Descendants 3, Zombies 2 and the upcoming Spin, as well as Disney ’s Secret Society of Second Born Royals and the upcoming Sneakerella.

Prior to joining Disney Channel, Kisilevsky developed feature films including Paper Heart, Nothing Like the Holidays and Pandorum and worked with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher on the executive side.

“Lauren is an exceptional creative executive whose deep understanding of our brand and tremendous contributions continue...

Exclusive: Producing and financing company Bron Studios has hired Juliana Janes as Vice President of Development for Television.

She will report to Bron Studios President of Television, David Davoli, and will work with him and EVP of Television, Samantha Thomas, to build and oversee the domestic development pipeline. Janes is based in Los Angeles.

“Juliana’s strong sense of story, great taste, and character as a human being embody all of the things we strive to find when hiring an executive,” said Davoli. “Her experience and reputation with talent, agencies and broadcasters will be crucial for us as we look to scale up the domestic television slate.”

Janes is a film and television executive with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. She joins Bron after leading television initiatives at Gulfstream Pictures, where she managed all aspects of development and production for Gulfstream’s overall television deal with Wbtv.

A day after Nancy Kanter’s last day at Disney, Netflix announced an overall deal with the former EVP, Content and Creative Strategy for Disney Channels Worldwide, who launched and built Disney’s preschool TV channel Disney Junior.

Under the pact, Kanter will develop and produce animated and live-action projects — both feature films and series — targeted at kids and families through her company Available Light Productions.

For Netflix, brining on board Kanter, one of the most respected executives in the kids and family space, is part of a big push in family entertainment as the streamer is taking on the leading SVOD player in the space, Disney .

“We’re very fired up about catching them in family animation — maybe eventually passing them, we’ll see, a long way to go just to catch them — and maintaining our lead in general entertainment that’s so stimulating,” Netflix’s founder and co-ceo...

Former Disney Channels Worldwide executive Nancy Kanter has signed an overall deal with Netflix.

Under the deal, Kanter and her Available Light Productions banner will develop and produce animated and live action projects, both feature films and series, for kids and families audiences on Netflix.

“Throughout my career I’ve challenged myself to think differently, imagine bigger and aim higher,” Kanter said. “I am delighted at this opportunity to partner with the innovative creators and executive team at Netflix who value those same aspirations, and I look forward to working with them to create new stories that will inspire the minds and touch the hearts of kids and families everywhere.”

Kanter worked at Disney for 20 years, but her departure was announced last April. She most recently served as executive vice president of content and creative strategy for DIsney Channels Worldwide. She established the Disney Junior brand in her time at the company,...

TV’s erstwhile Andi Mack has landed the title role in Disney ’s Doogie Howser reboot.

Disney Channel vet Peyton Elizabeth Lee will headline Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a female-led reimagining of the classic ABC medical dramedy, the streamer announced Thursday.

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Set in modern-day Hawaii, the 10-episode comedy follows Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha, “a mixed race 16-year-old girl,...

Former Andi Mack star Peyton Elizabeth Lee has landed the title role in Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., a re-imagining of the popular ABC series Doogie Howser, M.D. The reboot of the Neil Patrick Harris-starring half-hour medical dramedy with a female lead comes from How I Met Your Mother and Fresh Off the Boat alumna Kourtney Kang and 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios.

Peyton, in a reimagining of the title role which made a star of Harris three decades ago, will play a 16-year-old wunderkind who is working as a doctor while her peers are still in high school.

Written by Kang and set in present-day Hawaii, Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. follows Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha (Lee), a 16-year-old mixed-race girl who juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. Guiding Lahela — and also complicating things — is her family, including her spitfire Irish mother, who’s...

The “Doogie Howser” reboot at Disney Plus, “Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.,” has cast Peyton Elizabeth Lee in the title role, Variety has learned.

The rebooted series will focus on Lahela “Doogie” Kameāloha (Lee), a mixed race 16-year-old girl who works as a doctor in Hawaii. The 10-episode half-hour comedy follows Kameāloha as she juggles a budding medical career and life as a teenager. Guiding Lahela (and also complicating things) is her family, including her spit-fire Irish mother who’s also her supervisor at the hospital, and her Hawaiian “Local Boy” father struggling to accept that his daughter is no longer his little girl.

The role keeps Lee in the Disney fold. She is best known for starring in the hit Disney Channel series “Andi Mack,” also in the title role. That show wrapped up in 2019 after three seasons. She also recently starred in the Disney Plus original movie “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals.

Hulu's Palm Springs and HBO's Lovecraft Country lead the nominations for the inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards, which are best described as being more pop culture and genre-oriented version of the Critics Choice Awards.

These awards are a special event honoring the most popular, fan-obsessed genres across both television and movies, including Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, Action, and Animation.

The winners will be revealed in a special television presentation, which will be produced remotely following Covid safety protocols, hosted by writer/director/podcaster Kevin Smith and actress/writer Dani Fernandez.

The ceremony will air on The CW Network on Sunday, January 10, 2021 (8:00-10:00pm Et/Pt) and will stream the next day for free on The CW App and cwtv.com.

Film Nominations

Best Action Movie

Bad Boys For Life (Sony)

Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)

Extraction (Netflix)

Greyhound (Apple TV )

The Hunt (Universal)

Mulan (Disney )

The Outpost...

Today brought the inaugural nominations for the Critics Choice Super Awards. As a voting member of the Critics Choice Association, seeing this list of nominees is a welcome reminder that there’s still been a wonderful assortment of films released in 2020. Of course, there are tons of Oscar contenders to come, including a bunch that have not been released, and the Critics Choice Awards will cover them, but it’s nice to see some movies listed here that the Academy Awards and other groups will surely ignore. Co-hosted by Kevin Smith, the show will take place in January and surely will be one to watch! Here are all of the nominees: Film Nominations For The Inaugural Critics Choice Super Awards Best Action Movie Bad Boys For Life (Sony) Da 5 Bloods (Netflix) Extraction (Netflix) Greyhound (Apple TV ) The Hunt (Universal) Mulan (Disney ) The Outpost (Millennium Media) Tenet (Warner Bros.) Best...

The Andy Samberg comedy “Palm Springs” led all films in nominations for the first annual Critics Choice Super Awards, a new honor from the Critics Choice Association devoted to superhero, sci-fi/fantasy, horror, action and animated films and television series. “Lovecraft Country” was the most nominated program in the television categories.

The winners will be announced during a special on The CW on Jan. 10, 2021, with Kevin Smith and Dani Fernandez hosting.

The Critics Choice Association, which has been presenting the Critics Choice Awards for 25 years and the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for five years, added the Critics Choice Super Awards during a year in which many of the big genre films that would have been competing for prizes — among them the James Bond film “No Time to Die” and Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” — were rescheduled for 2021 releases because of coronavirus-prompted theater closings.

In addition, the early timeline for...

Here’s the latest episode of the The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the ever-growing podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar, with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro budget indie films to bigger budget studio films and everything in-between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their film making experiences from directors, writers, producers, screenwriters, actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmakers Podcast #186: How to Make a Disney Superhero Hit with Director...

The Disney spotlight might usually be on the wildly popular royals who are heirs to the throne - from Queen Elsa in Frozen to Cinderella - but now, royal siblings are finally getting the recognition they deserve in Disney 's new film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals. The story follows Sam, a teen second in line to the throne who pretty much wants nothing to do with being royal. But when Sam is one day recruited into a secret society with fellow second-born royals, they all discover that they have superhuman abilities and must work together at a top-secret training camp so they can save the world.

Ahead of the film's release on Sept. 25, we sat down with Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Sam), Niles Fitch (Tuma), Isabella Blake-Thomas (January), Olivia Deeble (Roxana), Noah Lomax (Mike), and Faly Rakotohavana (Matteo) to test their knowledge of classic Disney Princess movies. The cast quizzed...

The Disney film Secret Society of Second-Born Royals hit the streaming site on Sept. 25, catapulting us into a world of regal, heroic grandeur. The aptly titled movie - starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Niles Fitch, Isabella Blake-Thomas, Noah Lomax, and Faly Rakotohavana - centers on a group of young secondborn royals who develop superpowers to protect the kingdom of Illyria.

While the province seems like a faraway land, it's merely movie magic as the film was actually shot in Ontario, Canada, during the summer of 2019. Most of production took place in Downtown Toronto, and the school where the teens hone their abilities was lodged at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Many of the school scenes were filmed specifically in the Hart House Building, which the university describes as "a student-focused centre for the arts, dialogue, and wellness."

During production, some of the castmates shared snaps from their Toronto filming site. "Even...

Niles Fitch has gained critical acclaim for his role as teenage Randall on This Is Us, but he's making history with his latest role in Secret Society of Second-Born Royals. In the Disney film - which follows young teens who are second in line for the throne in their respective families and have superpowers - Fitch plays a prince named Tuma. Not only does Fitch shine bright as the character, but the role also marks Disney's first live-action Black prince.

"I just can't wait to see the impact that it has on boys that look like me."

While chatting with Popsugar ahead of the film's Sept. 25 release, Fitch touched on what the historic role means to him and how he hopes to inspire others with the movie. "It's an amazing thing that I'm doing," the 19-year-old actor said. "I know what it felt like for me when I was younger...

Yara Shahidi is getting her wings.

The actor is set to play Tinkerbell in Disney’s “Peter Pan and Wendy,” the studio’s latest live-action adaptation. Shahidi joins a cast that features Jude Law as Captain Hook, with Alexander Molony as Peter Pan and newcomer Ever Anderson as Wendy.

“Pete’s Dragon” director David Lowery is on board to direct and co-wrote the script with Toby Halbrooks. Jim Whitaker is producing.

Shahidi is best known for her starring role on ABC’s “Black-ish,” as well as being a star and producer of Freeform’s “Grown-ish.” The actor and activist recently signed an overall deal with ABC Studios. On the film side, Shahidi recently led the YA drama “The Sun Is Also a Star.”

Though there have been many adaptations of the Peter Pan story, Shahidi will be the first Black woman to take on the role on screen. The decision follows...

If you don’t have any plans for this weekend, you’re about to be given plenty. And even if you do have a jam-packed next couple of days coming up, what you’re going to read here might make you want to reconsider doing anything other than curling up on the couch with some popcorn.

Below you’ll find a comprehensive list of everything dropping on Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Amazon Prime through the dates of September 25th to the 27th, and suffice it to say, there’s quite a lot to dig into.

September 25th

Netflix

A Perfect Crime — Netflix Documentary

Country-Ish — Netflix Original

Nasty C

The School Nurse Files — Netflix Original

Sneakerheads — Netflix Original

Disney

Fancy Nancy: Fancy it Yourself (s2)

The Giant Robber Crab

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (s2)

Muppet Babies (s2)

Oceans

Port Protection: Alaska (s3)

Sydney to the Max (s2)

Wild Central...

It’s a good day to be a Disney Plus subscriber! The relatively new streaming service has failed to disappoint fans as of yet and is looking to continue its streak of excellent content with today’s latest batch of releases.

The list of new material includes:

Fancy Nancy: Fancy it Yourself (S2) – A show based off of the best-selling book series that follows the adventures of the eponymous six-year-old as she explores the world around her and learns about both herself and others. The Giant Robber Crab – There’s no description listed anywhere about this title, but it certainly sounds interesting! Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (S2) – The infamous celebrity chef travels around the world to introduce viewers to different foods and lifestyles from indigenous cultures. Muppet Babies (S2) – The reboot of the beloved animated classic features toddler versions of Kermit, Miss Piggy, Fozzie and the rest of the gang. Oceans...

David M. Rudy’s Armada Partners is expanding its ranks, adding Scot Reynolds, formerly an agent with Clear Talent Group, as a new manager. He is expected to begin officially at the company later this month.

“We have been looking for the right person to join Armada, not only on the talent representation side but also to be able to have a voice in the creative process as we continue to develop content,” said David M. Rudy, founder of Armada Partners. “Scot’s relationships and dedication to his clients were exactly what we wanted in a new team member and couldn’t be happier to have him make the transition to management.”

A graduate of Florida State University, Reynolds began his career at David Shapira & Associates in 2012 as an assistant before being promoted to junior agent and overseeing his own talent roster. In 2014, Reynolds moved to Ctg where he...

This week marks the launch of a big superhero movie – but fear not, you won’t need to brave transport for this one, as Secret Society of Second Born Royals is coming directly to Disney . To celebrate the film’s release we caught up with three of its rising stars, the lead character Peyton Elizabeth Lee, as well the talented supporting duo in Niles Fitch and Olivia Deeble.

We discusses this project with all three of these stars in the making, and how important it is for them all to be a part of the remarkable Disney cannon, and what responsibility comes with that. Meanwhile, Lee talks about moving on from her role in Andi Mack, while Fitch discusses his time spent working with Denzel Washington as he also comments on the hugely successful series This Is Us. Deeble also talks about her rise through the industry, chatting about her...

Perhaps you are wondering what the title of this review means and whether the new original Disney film, Secret Society of Second-Born Royals, contains a lot of in-jokes about cheese. It doesn’t. The film has nothing to do with cheese except that the title is a mouthful and everything about this movie is super cheesy. […]

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Many of the movies that have premiered on Disney in the last few months are would-be blockbusters that were made with theaters in mind and only went digital because of the pandemic. “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals” is obviously, glaringly, and insistently not one of those movies. Produced by the Disney Channel and seemingly budgeted at the same cost as an episode of “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody,” , but cheaper and at the same time.

Of course, it should be noted that Anna Mastro’s “Secret Society of Second-Born Royals” might skew a bit younger than any of those films — if your child can say its tongue-twister of a title without struggling, they’re already too old for it — but it’s hard to tell if it’s deliberately targeting a certain demographic or just too sloppy and unsophisticated to work on anyone who’s learned to tell...

As the weather chills and leaves begin to change, grab your favorite blanket and curl up with Disney for “It’s Fall on Disney ,” featuring exciting and heart-warming new original movies and series and many of your favorite movies premiering this season.

Friday, October 30 sees the return of The Mandalorian.

The successful series won Creative Arts Emmys in the categories for Visual Effects; Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour); Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation; Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation; Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour); Music Composition for a Series – Ludwig Göransson (Original Dramatic Score); and Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie.

The Mandalorian Season Premiere is called “Chapter 9”

The Mandalorian and the Child continue their journey, facing enemies and rallying allies as they make their way through a dangerous galaxy in the...

Friday delivered a ton of new titles to Disney Plus, but let’s look ahead at what’s due to drop this coming week on the Mouse House’s streaming service. The final haul of September is another hefty one, bringing with it various new National Geographic series, some new TV episodes and the latest D original movie.

The TV highlight of the haul has to be the premiere of Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, a new wildlife documentary series narrated by Disney favorite Josh Gad. Expect new episodes of that to release weekly for the next couple of months. Meanwhile, you may also want to check out season 2 of the Muppet Babies reboot.

For more, see below for the full list of what’s coming to D on September 25th:

Fancy Nancy: Fancy it Yourself (S2)

The Giant Robber Crab

Gordon Ramsay: Uncharted (S2)

Magic of Disney’s Animal Kingdom...

This weekly feature is in addition to TVLine’s daily What to Watch listings and monthly guide to What’s on Streaming.

With more than 530 scripted shows now airing across broadcast, cable and streaming, it’s easy to forget that a favorite comedy is returning, or that the new “prestige drama” you anticipated is about to debut. So consider this our reminder to set your DVR, order a Season Pass, pop a fresh Memorex into the Vcr… however it is you roll.

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Disney UK has unveiled its September content schedule, and the big centrepiece – as you may have guessed – is the premiere of Mulan, which will skip its UK cinema release after a controversial decision by Disney bosses, who previously hadn’t been very keen to put their upcoming big budget projects on the streaming service during 2020’s ongoing madness.

The unveiling of the highly anticipated live-action Mulan movie on Disney seems to be a first step towards bypassing cinemas for the foreseeable future, and it will be interesting to see how successful the gambit is with a price tag of £19.99 attached to the experience. The film certainly has a strong cast, with Liu Yifei as Mulan, Donnie Yen, Jason Scott Lee, Yoson An, Gong Li, and Jet Li in a supporting role.

If the reviews are strong, funnelling Mulan straight to streaming globally in exchange for some extra cash from subscribers...

As we reach the end of August, let’s look ahead to every Disney Plus original that’s headed to the streaming service in September. As usual, each week’s haul of new content will deliver a bunch of fresh episodes of D ’s ongoing series. Alongside these, though, September will bring an original movie, a few new shows and one of Disney’s biggest films of the year that’s being released in a groundbreaking way.

Yes, that’s obviously Mulan. As well as a limited theatrical release, the live-action remake of the beloved animated flick is set to debut on Disney Plus on Friday, September 4th via the newly unveiled Premier Access level of the site. Users will have to pay $29.99 on top of their typical subscription fees to view the movie. The upside, though, is that it will remain available to stream from then on, so you...

After successfully bringing movie theater fare like Artemis Fowl and Hamilton to the smaller screen, Disney is going to attempt its most ambitious movie streaming experiment yet in September.

Disney ’s list of new releases for September 2020 is highlighted by the inclusion of Mulan. Originally scheduled to premiere in March, the live-action adaptation of the classic Disney animated movie was one of the first coronavirus scheduling casualties. Now, after a long wait, Disney is making the movie available (for $29.99) to Disney subscribers.

In addition to that big swing, Disney is has some other intriguing originals set for September. Alien talk show series Earth to Ned premieres on September 4 and the LeBron James-produced reality series Becoming arrives on September 18.

Disney is also set to pad out its library titles. The big movies of note here include two Mighty Ducks sequels, The Wolverine, and Bend it Like Beckham. Season 2 of Gordon Ramsay...

The full line-up of everything that’s coming to Disney Plus next month has been revealed. September will prove to be a hugely important one for the streaming service, too, thanks to the release of Mulan. Dropping on the first Friday of the month, the live-action remake of the classic animated movie is breaking the mold by going up on D alongside a limited theatrical release. As you probably know, though, you’ll have to fork out an additional $30 to watch it, as part of a new Premier Access level to the site.

Mulan is the most headline-grabbing addition to the service next month, then, but there’s plenty more besides that coming to D in September. Including a few classic Disney movies, a bunch of others inherited from Fox, various National Geographic documentaries and much more.

Check out the full list below:

Released September 4

Ancient China From Above

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Exclusive: Niles Fitch, who plays teenage Randall Pearson on NBC’s SAG Award winning This Is Us, is set to star opposite Jenna Ortega in The Fallout, a film directed by Megan Park.

The movie follows high schooler Vada (Ortega), who navigates the emotional fallout she experiences in the wake of a school tragedy. Relationships with her family, friends and view of the world are forever altered. In the film, Fitch plays Quinton who has lost his younger brother in the school shooting. Strangers until the shooting, Quinton bonds with Vada over their shared experience, finding comfort in their new and sometimes complicated friendship.

Fitch stars next in the Disney original film Secret Society of Second Born Royals premiering on Sept. 25 in which he plays Disney’s first leading Black live-action prince. Fitch recently starred opposite Emmy and SAG Award winner Uzo Aduba in the feature film Miss Virginia currently available on Netflix.

"Secret Society of Second-Born Royals" is the action superhero feature, directed by Anna Mastro, starring Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Olivia Deebil, Skylar Astin and Élodie Yung, streaming exclusively September 25, 2020 on Disney :

"...'Sam' (Lee), a rebellious princess, is second in line to the throne of the kingdom of 'Illyria'. Just as Sam's lack of interest in the royal way of life is at an all-time high, she is stunned to learn she has superpowers and belongs to a secret society with a longstanding tradition of covertly keeping the peace throughout the kingdom.

"Sam's adventures start at a top-secret training program for a new class of second-born royals tasked with saving the world..."

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Despite only launching in November, Disney Plus has already brought in nearly 55 million subscribers, who’ve been enjoying all of their content hailing from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Star Wars franchise, Pixar, almost their entire back catalogue of animated films and much, much more.

However, it’s fair to say that when it comes to original material, Disney Plus hasn’t been bringing us very much. Sure, The Mandalorian was a major hit, but apart from that, none of their in-house projects have really stirred up any buzz. Unless, of course, you want to count Artemis Fowl, which has been making waves for all the wrong reasons.

Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like things will be improving on that front anytime soon, either. The Mouse House has just announced what’s headed our way in July and as you can see below, the list is lacking when it comes to buzzy original titles.

Exclusive: Nancy Kanter, Evp, Content and Creative Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide, who launched and built Disney’s preschool TV channel Disney Junior, will leave the company at the end of January 2021 after two decades.

Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Officer for Disney Channels Worldwide, with whom Kanter has worked side by side for her entire tenure, just announced Kanter’s pending departure in a company email (You can read it below the post.)

The two agreed on a long transition to allow Marsh time to put together a comprehensive plan for the future at Disney Channels. Kanter is not expected to retire. After two decades at Disney Channels, shepherding content for kids and families, the well regarded executive felt she was ready for something new.

In his memo to staff, Marsh highlighted some of Kanter’s biggest accomplishments.

“Without a doubt, paramount among her many achievements is building one...