Futurama
Actress Lauren Tom, who has lent her voice to the role of Amy Wong throughout the history of the animated series “Futurama,” says the show’s upcoming revival on Hulu will arrive sometime this Summer.
No specific date was mentioned, only the release window, and it’s unknown how many of the 20 new episodes commissioned for the revival will be released. [Source: Twitter]
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Filming has wrapped on the “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” series for the Disney+ service. The news was announced by author Rick Riordan’s wife Becky Riordan who shared the official wrap notice indicating February 2nd was the last day of filming.
Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Lance Reddick, Toby Stephens, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Megan Mullally, Jason Mantzoukas, Jay Duplass and Timothy Omundson star. [Source: Twitter]
The Killer
In an unshocking announcement, David Fincher will re-team with Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross who will be handling the score for Fincher’s new Netflix film “The Killer” starring Michael Fassbender and penned by Andrew Kevin Walker (“Se7en”). This marks the fifth straight time Reznor & Ross have worked with Fincher.
“The Killer” stars Fassbender as an assassin who develops a conscience and begins cracking up in his line of work. Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton co-star in the film which hits the service on November 10th. [Source: The Playlist]
Ricky Stanicky
Amazon Prime has scored the global rights to Peter Farrelly’s comedy “Ricky Stanicky” starring Zac Efron, John Cena and Jermaine Fowler. Farrelly co-wrote the film with Brian Jarvis and Jim Freeman, based on an original spec script by Jeff Bushnell and Steve Oedekerk.
In the film, three friends invent a character to use to get out of tricky predicaments, but they have to hire an actor to portray their fictional friend when their significant others become suspicious. Shooting begins later this month in Melbourne. [Source: Variety]
