‘Breaking Bear’ Animated Series Voice Cast Announced

Tom Delonge

The voice cast for the Tom DeLonge produced animated series, Breaking Bear, has been announced:

Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer),  Annie Murphy (Schitt’s Creek), Elizabeth Hurley (The Royals) and Josh Gad (Frozen) will lead the voice cast for Tubi‘s new adult animated series Breaking Bear. 

The series parodies the tropes of mobster dramas, comically combining elements of characters like Yogi Bear with series like The Sopranos. It hails from Julien Nitzberg (The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia), Evoke Entertainment (Creepshow, Twelve Forever, Day of the Dead) and Tom DeLonge’s To The Stars Media (Monsters of California, Unidentified).

Beatles Biopic Announces Cast

The Beatles

The Beatles biopic has announced its cast:

After months of buzz, director Sam Mendes has confirmed that he will helm The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event. Mendes also revealed at CinemaCon that the film has been cast with actors Harris Dickinson, Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan and Joseph Quinn stepping into their roles as John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison.

Amazon MGM Takes Creative Control of James Bond Franchise

James Bond

Alex Ritman, writing at Variety:

Amazon MGM Studios is set to take creative control of the James Bond franchise. The shock announcement — which is sure to shake and, indeed, stir the industry — was made Thursday, alongside the news that long-time producers and custodians of 007, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, would be stepping back.

As per details of the historic agreement, Amazon MGM Studios, Wilson and Broccoli have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights. The three parties will remain co-owners of the iconic franchise but Amazon MGM will have creative control.

I can’t think of anything Amazon has done that makes me even slightly excited about this. I expect we’ll get some garbage attempt at “universe building” when what we need is simply steady stewardship of an iconic franchise.