Nicolas Cage Lands First TV Position, The Boys Renewed for Season 5 & Extra Amazon Information
Amazon had its inaugural upfront presentation right now, and it might maintain essentially the most thrilling data we’ve seen to date.
Amazon MGM Studios has been entertaining us for some time now, however they’ve acquired much more on faucet, with The Boys Season 5 locked, a Legally Blonde-related sequence, the Cross trailer, and information about Nicolas Cage as a washed-up superhero.
Let the nice occasions roll!
Elle, a Collection within the Legally Blonde Universe, Ordered to Collection
Prime Video introduced that it has ordered the Legally Blonde prequel sequence Elle from Reese Witherspoon’s Hey Sunshine, part of Candle Media.
Creator Laura Kittrell (Excessive College, Insecure) is ready as showrunner and government producer, with Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Lauren Kisilevsky, and Marc Platt additionally serving as government producers.
Elle follows Elle Woods in highschool as we be taught concerning the life experiences that formed her into the enduring younger girl we got here to know and love within the first Legally Blonde movie.
“I really couldn’t be extra enthusiastic about this sequence! Followers will get to know the way Elle Woods navigated her world as a young person together with her distinct persona and ingenuity in ways in which solely our beloved Elle may do.
What might be higher than that?! I’m extraordinarily grateful to the unbelievable groups at Prime Video and Hey Sunshine – together with our superb author, Laura Kittrell – for making this dream of mine come true. Legally Blonde is again!” mentioned Reese Witherspoon.
“One of the crucial quotable, iconic, and beloved characters that’s ingrained within the material of Hollywood historical past needs to be Elle Woods, and we’re honored to deliver her origin story to our international Prime Video clients,” mentioned Vernon Sanders, head of tv, Amazon MGM Studios.
“Reese and Hey Sunshine’s imaginative and prescient for this sequence, coupled with Laura Kittrell’s profitable voice, made this present utterly plain.”
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy Premiere Date Introduced and Official Trailer Launched
Prime Video unveiled a primary take a look at the upcoming second season of the hit sequence The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy, which is able to debut globally on Thursday, August 29, 2024.
Gorgeous new Season Two key artwork was additionally revealed right now, that includes the return of Charlie Vickers within the function of Sauron, one of many world’s biggest literary villains, showing in a brand new kind – one that may help him in deceiving the denizens of Center-earth.
The debut teaser trailer takes viewers on an action-packed journey again to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Second Age, and reveals the ascending evil presence of Sauron as he continues his vengeful quest for full energy.
Showcasing the cinematic splendor that the sequence is thought for, and heralding the return of many fan favourite characters, together with Galadriel, Elrond, Prince Durin IV, Arondir, and Celebrimbor, this first-look additionally reveals the much-anticipated creation of extra Rings. In Season Two of The Rings of Energy, Sauron has returned.
Solid out by Galadriel, with out military or ally, the rising Darkish Lord should now depend on his personal crafty to rebuild his energy and oversee the creation of the Rings of Energy, which is able to enable him to bind all of the peoples of Center-earth to his sinister will.
Constructing on Season One’s epic scope and ambition, the brand new season plunges even its most beloved and weak characters right into a rising tide of darkness, difficult every to seek out their place in a world that’s more and more getting ready to calamity.
Elves and dwarves, orcs and males, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms start to fracture, the forces of fine will battle ever extra valiantly to carry on to what issues to them most of all… one another.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith Renewed for Season 2
Prime Video introduced that it has renewed its critically acclaimed tv sequence Mr. & Mrs. Smith for a second season.
From co-creators and government producers Donald Glover (Atlanta, Swarm) and Francesca Sloane (Atlanta, Fargo), the sequence, a reimagining of the 2005 movie, stars Glover as John Smith and Maya Erskine (PEN15) as Jane Smith.
The eight-episode sequence debuted on February 2 and shortly grew to become a high sequence on Prime Video in additional than 130 international locations. Prime has all of your leisure and streaming wants in a single membership.
“We’re excited to announce {that a} second season of our groundbreaking spy sequence, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, is within the works for our international Prime Video clients,” mentioned Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon MGM Studios.
“The success of the primary season, with its extremely trendy, horny reinvention of the unique movie, is a testomony to the good creators Donald Glover and Francesa Sloane. We’re proud to deliver you one other season stuffed with unforgettable journeys and new adventures.”
Within the first season of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, two lonely strangers land jobs working for a mysterious spy company that gives them a wonderful lifetime of espionage, wealth, world travels, and a dream brownstone in Manhattan.
The catch? New identities in an organized marriage as Mr. and Mrs. John and Jane Smith. Now hitched, John and Jane navigate a high-risk mission each week whereas additionally dealing with a brand new relationship milestone.
Their complicated cowl story turns into much more sophisticated after they catch actual emotions for one another. What’s riskier: espionage or marriage?
Cross Renewed for Season 2, Official Season 1 Teaser Trailer Launched
Prime Video revealed the official teaser trailer for the extremely anticipated Amazon Unique Collection Cross together with the sequence’ renewal for a second season.
From Paramount Tv Studios and Skydance Tv, Cross is a fancy, twisted, pulse-pounding thriller created by Ben Watkins, primarily based upon the characters from James Patterson’s best-selling Alex Cross e-book sequence.
Becoming a member of the season two solid are Wes Chatham (The Expanse, Ahsoka), Matthew Lillard (5 Nights at Freddy’s), and Jeanine Mason (Gray’s Anatomy); Johnny Ray Gill (Underground) can be upped to a sequence common function.
Alex Cross is a detective and forensic psychologist, uniquely able to digging into the psyches of killers and their victims with the intention to establish—and finally seize—the murderers.
Aldis Hodge stars because the titular character and likewise serves as a producer on the sequence. Cross additionally stars Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah, Melody Hurd, Jennifer Wigmore, Eloise Mumford, and Ryan Eggold.
“Bringing one in all James Patterson’s most iconic literary characters to life for our international Prime Video clients was a dream come true, and we are able to’t wait for everybody to see Aldis Hodge’s dynamic efficiency as Cross,” mentioned Sanders.
“Ben Watkins and his crew have created one thing distinctive throughout the crime-thriller style that long-time followers and newcomers alike will all get pleasure from. And with over thirty novels written by Patterson that includes Alex Cross as his fundamental protagonist, it was a simple option to deliver Cross again for a second season.”
“I’m thrilled to be embarking on one other chapter of Cross. Moments like this do not occur accidentally,” says Ben Watkins, creator and showrunner of Cross.
“Getting a Season 2 pick-up earlier than our first season even drops is a big testomony and vote of confidence within the superb work that our crew, solid, administrators, writers and manufacturing crew have delivered up to now.
“It is also a direct results of the unwavering help bestowed upon us by Prime Video and our producing companions at Paramount TV Studios, Skydance and James Patterson Leisure. I’m grateful for all the above and may’t wait to run it again even greater and higher.”
The Boys Renewed for Season 5
The Boys has been ordered for a fifth season. The Boys will premiere its diabolical fourth season on June 13, 2024, with three episodes, adopted by a brand new episode every week, ending with the epic season finale on Thursday, July 18.
“The Boys is an unabashed and daring sequence that continues charming our clients everywhere in the world by piercing the cultural material season after season,” mentioned Sanders.
“We’re pleased with this sequence that has grown into a worldwide franchise, and we’re thrilled that Eric Kripke and the artistic crew have extra partaking tales to inform for all of the loyal followers.”
“The Boys might be one of the best job I am going to ever have. What different present permits me to write down about politics, capitalism, household, and exploding genitalia, although not in that order,” mentioned Eric Kripke, Showrunner for The Boys.
“The solid and crew are deeply grateful to Sony Photos Tv and Amazon MGM Studios for the chance to inform this story for an additional season. My solely drawback is that since this yr guarantees to be freed from any battle or misinformation, we’re unsure what to write down about.”
“Since its premiere, devoted followers throughout the globe have been down with The Boys for this unapologetically wild experience,” says Katherine Pope, President, Sony Photos Tv Studios.
“And we couldn’t be extra pleased with our producers, writers, solid, and crew who deliver this genius madness to life. Now, with a fifth chapter to their story, we are able to’t wait to see the place Eric Kripke and The Boys go subsequent.”
In Season 4, the world is on the brink. Victoria Neuman is nearer than ever to the Oval Workplace and underneath the muscly thumb of Homelander, who’s consolidating his energy.
Butcher, with solely months to dwell, has misplaced Becca’s son and his job as The Boys’ chief. The remainder of the crew are fed up together with his lies. With the stakes larger than ever, they should discover a strategy to work collectively and save the world earlier than it’s too late.
Nicolas Cage to Star in Noir TV Collection, Primarily based on Spider-Man Noir
MGM+ and Prime Video introduced that they’ve ordered Noir, a live-action sequence primarily based on the Marvel comedian Spider-Man Noir.
Academy Award-winning actor Nicolas Cage (Pig, Dream State of affairs) will star within the sequence. Emmy Award-winning director Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag, Killing Eve) will direct and government produce the primary two episodes.
Oren Uziel (The Misplaced Metropolis, 22 Soar Avenue) and Steve Lightfoot (Marvel’s The Punisher, Shantaram) will function co-showrunners and government producers.
The extremely anticipated sequence will debut domestically on MGM+’s linear channel after which globally on Prime Video.
Noir tells the story of an growing old and down-on-his-luck personal investigator (Cage) in Nineteen Thirties New York who’s compelled to grapple together with his previous life as town’s one and solely superhero.
“Increasing the Marvel universe with Noir is a uniquely particular alternative and we’re honored to deliver this sequence to our international Prime Video clients,” mentioned Sanders.
“The extraordinarily gifted Nicolas Cage is a perfect selection for our new superhero and the achieved producing crew with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, and the unbelievable crew at Sony is devoted to increasing this franchise in essentially the most genuine means.”
“We’re completely thrilled to have Nicolas Cage starring on this sequence! Nobody else may deliver such pathos, ache, and coronary heart to this singular character.
Together with our good producers and companions at Amazon MGM Studios and Prime Video, we could not ask for a greater crew to discover this reimagining of such an iconic character in Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters,” mentioned Katherine Pope, President Sony Photos Tv Studios.
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