Cartoon Network has announced it is opening a hotel, because why not. The family destination will be branded with the network’s most popular animated series like Adventure Time and The Powerpuff Girls. The hotel is being built on 9 acres of land in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and is set to open in 2019. Cartoon Network has already released a list of attractions that should get kids excited. The Cartoon Network Hotel
Continue ReadingHalloween is coming back to South Park as the series will premiere The Scoots—its eighth Halloween episode in 22 seasons. The new episode will deal, it seems, with the economics of trick-or-treating in a Purge-esque South Park. “This year, a revolution in mobility is changing Halloween for everyone,” said the Comedy Central website. “Chaos erupts, as every kid is out to get more candy than they have ever gotten before. Mr.
Continue ReadingThe Simpsons are playing clean-up after an Indiewire interview with producer Adi Shankar claimed that the beloved Kwik-E-Mart shopkeep will be written off the animated series. Showrunner Al Jean tweeted, “Adi Shankar is not a producer on the Simpsons. I wish him the very best but he does not speak for our show.” Shankar responded, “Let’s work towards common ground.” The producer has been running a scriptwriting competition for diverse
Continue ReadingNicholas Stoller has sold four comedy projects in the first pitch season under his Sony Pictures TV overall deal. The new comedies coming out from Stoller span multiple networks. A multi-cam sitcom, Our House, written by Brendan O’Brien and The Story of Us written by Mike Royce are coming to CBS. Common Areas, written by Hilary Winston and Mat Harawitz will head to ABC while single-cam Next Door, with writers
Continue ReadingFans of Sabrina the Teenage Witch will be delighted to hear that the cast has been reunited in a Netflix promo for the newly released Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The reaction video features Melissa Joan Hart, Nate Richert, Caroline Rhea, and Beth Broderick watching the new show and commenting on their former characters’ new adventures. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina features Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, and Miranda Otto in
Continue ReadingLena Dunham has had a busy day. Monday morning, Variety announced that the Girls creator has been tapped by Steven Spielberg and JJ Abrams to write the screenplay for their upcoming film about Doaa Al Zamel. The script will be adapted from her biography, A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival. The biography was written by Melissa Fleming who is also
Continue ReadingComedian Gabriel Iglesias announced the dates for his Beyond The Fluffy World Tour on Monday. The plus-size comic will hit 46 cities in North America next year bringing his accessible brand of light-hearted (and heavy-weighted) humor to the masses. Las Vegas, Dallas, Phoenix, and Portland are amongst the cities the Fluffy Train will make stops in 2019. “There is no greater thrill for me than to perform stand-up live,” Iglesias said
Continue ReadingMichael Keaton will go rogue in King of the Jungle, according to a Deadline report. Keaton and Seth Rogen will star in the dark comedy based on the absurdly true story of McAfee Antivirus software creator John McAfee. Keaton will star as McAfee while Rogen will play Wired investigator Ari Furman. McAfee was a tech genius who created the popular antivirus software, cashed-in his fortune, and left modern civilization to
Continue ReadingAmy Poehler loses one show and gains another. Duncanville has been picked up for 13 episodes by Fox. The series is an animated TV comedy about a 15-year-old boy, Duncan, and his friends and family. The show is the second big announcement for the actress this week as Broad City, which was executive produced by Poehler, will end after its fifth and final season. The Saturday Night Live alum will lend her
Continue ReadingLooks like Chris Rock is getting back behind the camera—with Kevin Hart in front of it. Deadline reports Rock is in negotiations to direct the Ride Along star in Co-Parenting, a comedy from producer Will Packer and Universal Pictures. Co-Parenting is about a stay-at-home dad—presumably played by Hart—who raises the kids while his CEO wife serves as the family’s moneymaker. As described by Deadline, the main character “finds himself in
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