Animaniacs
Iconic 1990s Fox series “The Animaniacs,” is getting a reboot at Hulu, and original voice actors Rob Paulse, Jess Harnell and Tress MacNeille have tweeted confirming their return to voice the main trio of Yakko, Wakko and Dot. In addition, the characters of Pinky and the Brain are back in the series to try take over the world once more as well.
Steven Spielberg will return as executive producer of the series, with Sam Register, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank also onboard as executive producers. Hulu has also signed up to be the exclusive streaming home to the complete library of all 99 episodes of the original “Animaniacs”. [Source: Twitter]
Duncanville
The animated comedy series “Duncanville,” co-created by Amy Poehler, has been renewed for a second season at FOX. The series is averaging 2.3 million viewers per episode in multi-platform viewing season to date. Poehler, Ty Burrell, Riki Lindhome, Betsy Sodaro, Yassir Lester and Zach Cherry all lend their voices.
The show follows Duncan who can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars, girls. But the reality is more like: always being broke, driving with your mom sitting shotgun and babysitting your little sister. He’s not exceptional, but he has a wild imagination in which he’s never anything less than amazing. [Source: Variety]
Crave
Universal Pictures has picked up the film rights to bestselling author Tracy Wolff’s young adult vampire novel “Crave”. The paranormal fantasy follows a human girl who finds herself in the midst of a conflict between warring factions when she falls for a vampire prince, Jaxon Vega. [Source: Deadline]
MIFF
The Melbourne International Film Festival, which was to have been held in August, has been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak and the state of lockdown Australia is currently in to ensure social distancing. Australia has recorded 5,886 cases of coronavirus, with 46 deaths to date. [Source: Variety]
