Author: Ada Blood

We have some big updates about Ryan Coogler’s (“Sinners”) long-awaited “X-Files” reboot. The pilot has officially been greenlit for Hulu, with Danielle Deadwyler (“The Piano Lesson”) set to co-lead.  Jennifer Yale (“The Copenhagen Test”) has also signed on as showrunner and producer. “X-Files” Reboot Coogler will be both writing and directing the pilot episode of the new “X-Files.”  Like its predecessor, it will follow two wildly different but highly decorated FBI agents. The two leads, one played by Deadwyler, form an unlikely bond when they are both assigned to a newly revived division dedicated to investigating the paranormal.  Coogler and…

Time to aggressively one-up some butterflies with more episodes of “Reading Rainbow!” Sony has ordered 24 additional episodes of the beloved children’s series after a relaunch with Mychal Threets, aka Mychal the Librarian.  Emmy-winning producer Kristen McGregor (“Ms. Rachel”) will also be joining the show as executive producer and showrunner. “Reading Rainbow” is distributed by SPT, in collaboration with Michael Davies’ Embassy Row and Buffalo Toronto Public Media. Like previous seasons, the show will feature Threets hosting alongside, currently unannounced, celebrities and books.  “When I saw the response to the relaunch of Reading Rainbow and the enthusiasm for Mychal as…

Update: A few minutes after this was published, BAFTA issued a statement that can be read in full below. Last night, during the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) a racial slur was inadvertently shouted by an audience member. While “Sinners’” Delroy Lindo and Michael B. Jordan were presenting an award, Tourettes syndrome campaigner John Davidson shouted the N-word due to his condition.  Now Lindo has spoken out about BAFTA’s response, or lack thereof. Lindo told Vanity Fair that he wished, “someone from BAFTA spoke to us afterwards.” When the slur was shouted, the pair continued to present and “did what…

Brat Pack alum Rob Lowe has taken to social media to demand credit for his role in “Tommy Boy.” 30 years after the fact, Lowe is imploring David Ellison, CEO of Paramount Skydance, to correct his predecessor’s injustice. Lowe demands his rightful place next to co-stars David Spade and the late Chris Farley! He is clearly joking, but the post is pretty cute. It reads: “An Open Letter to David Ellison- Re: industry challenges  David, Among the long-standing, important and unresolved issues, I urge you to consider my lack of a credit in Tommy Boy. This atrocity was perpetrated by a previous regime,…

Actor Alan Cumming has taken on many unique roles throughout his career. So it’s surprising that a 2001 musical comedy,  “Josie and the Pussycats,” still lives rent-free in his head.  Cummings contends that the film would have been a much bigger success had it been marketed properly. “My strongest memory and feeling about ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ is that it was a marketing disaster,” he told InStyle. “It was totally marketed to the wrong audience.” At the time, the movie “was marketed to tweens,” despite the fact that “it’s a very adult film.” Based on the 1960s comic of the…

Cause baby we were born to tourrrrrrr! Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have announced a US tour this spring. Deemed the Land of Hope and Dreams tour, it will kick off in Minneapolis in late March. Fitting, considering “Streets of Minneapolis” is his latest single. The track calls out current President Donald J. Trump and the Department of Homeland Security, whose aggressive ICE raids killed Alex Pretti and Renee Good in January. Bruce Springsteen even dedicated a performance of “The Promised Land” to Good earlier this year.  Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Tour Dates: You can…

Emmy winner Bill Hader (“Barry”) will be making his feature length directorial debut with a new horror film for MRC. Hader is set to write, direct, produce, and star in “They Know.”  Adding him to the growing line of performers jumping from comedy to tragedy as of late like Jordan Peele (“US”), Zach Cregger (“Weapons”), and Curry Barker (“Obsession”). “They Know,” tells the story of a divorced dad, played by Hader. He begins to suspect his ex-wife’s mysterious new boyfriend is having a strange influence on their kids. It is based on an original story crafted by Hader and “Barry”…

John Cena has been a professional wrestler, actor, and, most importantly, the face of Hefty trash bags for a decade. Now Hefty has announced that Cena is taking on the role of spokesperson for the company’s whole line, including trash bags, tableware, and storage bags. Not too shabby for a guy that you can’t see. Hefty and Cena’s new Strong Choice campaign will focus on kinds of strength that aren’t physical. “Strong doesn’t always look the same,” explains Brienne Neisewander, Vice President of Hefty Marketing, Reynolds Consumer Products. “It can be unexpected or unconventional – and that’s exactly what we’re celebrating, and…

Daniel Radcliffe has taken on many unique roles, but is still undeniably best known for the “Harry Potter” films. With the upcoming HBO series adaptation, Radcliffe is imploring people to stop asking the new cast about the films’ cast. While both adaptations are based on J.K. Rowling’s books of the same name, the actor wants these young performers to have the ability to explore the characters.  Radcliffe’s Request Radcliffe believes that the consensus on social media is to “look after these kids,” he told ScreenRant. “…if you mean that, if everyone really means that…one of the things you can do…

Netflix’s live-action “Scooby-Doo” series has found its Daphne Blake.  Emmy-nominee Mckenna Grace (“Five Night’s a Freddy’s 2”) will be starring in a younger version of the iconic gumshoe.  The new series will tell the story of how the Mystery Inc. gang came to be. “During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne (Grace) get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder,” the logline reads. “Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy,…