Annabel Oakes (Atypical, Transparent) remains as series creator, writer, and executive producer, with Paramount Television Studios, Picturestart, and Temple Hill producing (with the latter two also producing a Grease prequel movie called Summer Lovin with Paramount Pictures).[caption id="attachment_1280482" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Grease series moves to Paramount+ (Image: Paramount)[/caption]Having received a straight-to-series order from WarnerMedia a year[...]
Out of respect for the Lucifans out there who are taking the slow-and-steady approach to Netflix's Lucifer Season 5 Part 1, we'll try to keep things a little vague but we apologize in advance for any MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD!-type stuff we might stumble into. With that out of the way, let's just say that the […]
Someone has recreated the musical Hamilton inside Animal Crossing: New Horizons The Lin-Manuel Miranda musical has barely been on Disney+ for a few days and already there's thousands of small little tributes Including "Weird Al" Yankovic doing his own version of the musical on his YouTube page called "The Hamilton Polka" But when it comes[...]
Once upon a time, DC Comics was going to produce a musical stage show starring the Justice League Of America aimed at the student college circuit This is how it looked in 1972 as the show was offered to college venue buyers.[caption id="attachment_1227915" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The Never-Made Justice League Musical From 1972.[/caption]To avoid your squints,[...]
Wine and cheese, peanut butter and jelly, tequila and bad decisions, vast...tracts of land - it's just a fact that things are better in pairs, and musicals are no exception Now, I'm not saying these musicals are precisely alike, but they do strike a similar tone - like Netflix "if you enjoy this, you may[...]
Still, the story of how we won the Revolutionary War and founded our own nation is an interesting one, despite the involvement of problematic founding fathers.The rap and R&B musical is sung-through, which means virtually everything in the show is set to music with no straight spoken dialog Every single member of the cast not[...]
Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway, “Hamilton” has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre—a musical that has had a profound impact on culture, politics, and education Filmed at The Richard Rodgers Theatre on Broadway in June of 2016, the film transports[...]
The adaptation of the Lin Manuel-Miranda musical was one of the more anticipated films releasing this summer, so it was troublesome to not see a new date given Some worry that means it will go straight to streaming That is not the case for In The Heights however, according to director Jon M Chu, who[...]
With Netflix's Lucifer currently in production on Tom Ellis' final run as the devilish lead, fans are getting yet another update on the upcoming season - and this one's beautiful music to our ears.Earlier this week, fans were whistling - or possibly singing - a happy tune with news that the series was going the[...]
EW is reporting exclusively that the ninth episode of season 5 will be a musical episode, with "Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam" featuring multiple musical numbers (and not to be confused with the season's 1940's-set episode).Series showrunners Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson have always had a musical episode in mind for Lucifer, and feel that they've[...]
When it came to the Q&A portion of the panel, an audience member asked if a musical episode was on the table in the future - but unfortunately, looks like season three will not feature one.[caption id="attachment_1025277" align="aligncenter" width="2000"] THE ORVILLE: L-R: Peter Macon, Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, J Lee, Jessica Szohr, Scott Grimes, guest[...]
We still can't get over how amazing Renee Zellweger looks as Judy Garland in the upcoming biopic about the actress. Following the final year of Garland's life, Judy looks to be another lushly produced film about a larger than life personality. "It was such a joy learning about the magnificence of this person," Zellweger told […]
Creative power-house Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Pose, Glee) continues flexing his Netflix muscle, this time moving forward on a feature film adaptation of the hit Broadway musical The Prom Prior to Tuesday night's charity performance of The Prom for the Hetrick-Martin Institute, GLAAD, and the Trevor Project at NYC’s Longacre Theatre, Murphy made the[...]
When Disney's upcoming streaming service Disney+ was first announced, the media giant made it clear that they would look to their library of brands and franchises to see what would be ripe for a reboot/remake/restart/and other "re-" word I missed - and they're not messing around.On Friday, Disney+ announced the cast for High School Musical:[...]
Fox just discovered another of the challenges in producing live versions of famous musicals One of the stars of this evening's broadcast of Rent Live, Brennin Hunt, seriously injured his ankle during a dress rehearsal on Saturday.Unfortunately, Hunt isn't a minor role, as he's been slated to play Roger Davis (whose character was played in the[...]
on ABC)Jordan Fisher and Sarah Hyland host, with lighting spectaculars from Disney Parks around the world, and musical guests Gwen Stefani, Meghan Trainor, Brett Eldredge, and more It's Disney, people - there's no interest here in f'n with "The Mouse."[caption id="attachment_948559" align="aligncenter" width="600"] truTV[/caption]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical In the Heights is heading to the big screen The film adaptation of the Tony award-winning musical will hit theaters on June 26th, 2020 Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M Chu has been brought on to direct Anthony Bregman, Mara Jacobs, and Scott Sanders are on board to produce After a heated[...]
Yes, we know, the movie adaptation of the Monty Python musical Spamalot is *actually* Monty Python And The Holy Grail but, this is about a film version of the Broadway musical.Perhaps you'll recall the CLASSIC (FIGHT ME) 1975 film from the British comedy troupe about the trials and tribulations of Arthur King of the Britons (Graham Chapman) and[...]
Baz Luhrmann's 2001 technicolor musical feature film Moulin Rouge has been turned into a live stage musical, and we're pretty damn excited, to be honest.The film featured several non-period popular songs like David Bowie's "Diamond Dogs", Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit", Queen's "The Show Must Go On", and several medleys Stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor delighted audiences with their performances,[...]
Giving amazing credit where amazing credit is due, NBC's live broadcast production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Jesus Christ Superstar was an evening filled with some truly amazing musical moments - too many to narrow down to just one or two So instead, we're giving you a "one-stop-shopping" post for all of our[...]
