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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Renewed For Two Seasons At Netflix; Live-Action Series Will Conclude With Season 3

Mar
07
2024

Avatar: The Last Airbender, the anime-inspired live-action series, will be able to tell the story of the four nations: Water. Earth. Fire. Air after Netflix renewed it for a further two seasons. The streamer has handed the show a two-season renewal order to conclude the story of Aang’s journey to become the Avatar. It comes…


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Chris Sanders in Final Talks to Return as Voice of Stitch in Disney’s Live-Action ‘Lilo & Stitch’

Apr
21
2023

Chris Sanders is in final negotiations to voice the character of Stitch in Disney’s live-action Lilo & Stitch, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Tia Carrere, who originally voiced Nani in the first film, will also play the newly created Mrs. Kekoa, while Amy Hill will star as a new character named Tūtū. Sanders, who wrote…


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Lena Khan to Direct Hasan Minhaj Bollywood Comedy ‘Best of the Best’

Apr
17
2023

Lena Khan (“Flora and Ulysses”) is set to direct the Bollywood comedy “Best of the Best.” The Amazon Studios project, formerly titled “For the Culture,” chronicles the highly competitive world of collegiate Bollywood dance competitions. Comedian Hasan Minhaj, best known for his Peabody Award-winning Netflix series “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj,” wrote the project with…


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Zach Galifianakis to Star in ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Movie

Feb
17
2023

Zach Galifianakis has closed a deal to star in Lilo & Stitch, Disney’s live-action remake of its cult 2002 animated movie. Dean Fleischer Camp, the filmmaker behind indie darling and best animated feature Oscar nominee Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, is directing the feature that is intended to be a major release on Disney+.…


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Interior Chinatown’: Diana Lin, Archie Kao & Tzi Ma Join Hulu Series

Jan
19
2023

Diana Lin and Archie Kao have been cast in series-regular roles on Interior Chinatown, a new series in the works for Hulu from 20th Television and creator/executive producer Charles Yu, who wrote the 2020 bestseller. Tzi Ma also will recur in the drama that tells the story of Willis Wu (Jimmy O. Yang), a background…


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‘Interior Chinatown’: Sullivan Jones & Lisa Gilroy Join Hulu Series Cast

Jan
17
2023

Sullivan Jones and Lisa Gilroy have been cast as leads opposite Jimmy O. Yang in Interior Chinatown, a new Hulu series from creator/executive producer Charles Yu, who wrote the 2020 bestseller of the same name, Taika Waititi and 20th Television. Interior Chinatown follows the story of Willis Wu (Yang), a background character trapped in a…


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CBS Developing Drama Series ‘Manner Of Death’ From Emily Silver

Nov
10
2022

CBS is developing the drama series Manner of Death from writer and executive producer Emily Silver. The CBS Studios project will also be executive produced by Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore for Rideback. Manner of Death tells the story of by-the-book Medical Examiner Amanda Bowman who, while fleeing her mysterious past, clashes with maverick Sheriff…


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Jo Koy, Dan Lin Close Inaugural Rise for Comedy Festival With $75,000 Donation to Filipino Nonprofit

Jul
29
2022

Comedian Jo Koy and film producer Dan Lin wrapped the inaugural Rise for Comedy festival on Thursday with a $75,000 donation to the nonprofit Search to Involve Pilipino Americans (SIPA). Koy hosted the event, in support of his upcoming film “Easter Sunday,” spread over two nights at Historic Filipinotown’s Rideback Ranch. The shenanigans kicked off…


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‘It’ producer Dan Lin sets up creator accelerator for racial equity in Hollywood

Jul
20
2022

In the late 1990s, Dan Lin was a 25-year-old Harvard MBA student with no Hollywood connections when he joined Warner Bros. as an intern under film executive Lorenzo DiBonaventura. The Taipei, Taiwan-born producer of “It” and “The Lego Movie” credits early mentors, including DiBonaventura and Alan Horn, for launching and supporting his career in an…


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Hollywood Producer, Foundations Launch Nonprofit to Boost People of Color in Entertainment Industry

Jul
20
2022

Hollywood film producer Dan Lin — known for movies such as Disney’s live action Aladdin and The Two Popes — is launching a nonprofit with more than $1 million from the Ford and MacArthur foundations as well as several other philanthropies. His goal is to help more people of color create and produce film, television,…


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