Lupin
Netflix has released the first images from “Lupin Part 2,” the remaining five episodes of the first season of its revenge-meets-caper drama following Omar Sy’s gentleman thief Assane Diop.
The first part was the most successful French-language original in the platform’s history with a reported 70 million households tuning in over its first four weeks back in January. The second part arrives sometime this Summer. [Source: Twitter]
Overlord
The anime adaptation of Kugane Maruyama’s “Overlord” novel series receive a fourth season and an all-new anime film to cover the ‘Sei Okoku-hen’ Arc (Holy Kingdom Arc). The news arrives over three years since the show’s third season debut in the U.S. in mid-2018. [Source: Twitter]
Grey’s Anatomy
“Grey’s Anatomy” star Jesse Williams is departing the hit ABC medical drama after twelve seasons. The seeds of the departure of his character Dr. Jackson Avery were revealed this week with the May 20th episode to serve as his last. [Source: Deadline]
The Magic Order
The series adaptation of Mark Millar’s “The Magic Order,” which Netflix opted out of last year, is reportedly back in development at the streamer with a writers room to be setup shortly. Millar is also working on a six-episode live-action spy series, his first since “Kingsman,” and an anime adaptation of “Super Crooks” to launch later this year. [Source: Variety]
Bullet Catcher
“The Grudge” screenwriter Stephen Susco and Zucker Productions are set to adapt the Realm podcast “Bullet Catcher” as a television series.
The podcast follows an orphan whose brother goes missing and decides to brave a treacherous desert in order to become a mystical bullet catcher – an outlaw who can fend off bullets with a bare hand. [Source: Deadline]
