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Exclusive: Netflix‘s Little House on the Prairie reboot has cast more key roles. Jocko Sims (New Amsterdam), Warren Christie (The Watchful Eye), Wren Zhawenim Gotts (Echo), Meegwun Fairbrother and Alyssa Wapanatâhk (Peter Pan & Wendy) are set as series regulars and Xander Cole (People of the West) as recurring on the series, based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic semi-autobiographical novels.

Sims and Christie will play characters from the books while Gotts, Fairbrother, Wapanatâhk and Cole will play newly created characters, members of the same extended Osage family.

They join previously cast Ingalls family: Alice Halsey as Laura Ingalls, Luke Bracey (Charles), Crosby Fitzgerald (Caroline) and Skywalker Hughes (Mary Ingalls).

Sims will portray Dr. George Tann, a generous and kind-hearted man with a charming bedside manner that makes him a connector within the community. Based on a real person, Tann is featured in the Little House novels...

The sci-fi/fantasy genre has hit an all-time high with numerous new movies and shows. Epic sagas like Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Game of Thrones have proven that viewers want to see more. Which sci-fi/fantasy series from the 1980s are due for a revival?

There are many 80s classics that have, or are currently, being reworked for the modern age, including a live-action He-Man and the Masters of the Universe movie, a Highlander reboot, a Predator sequel, and more. But that's just scratching the surface:

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David Hasselhoff brought Michael Knight, an undercover detective, to life in the NBC series Knight Rider. The series aired on the network from 1982 to 1986 and was an innovative story at that time. Knight was given a new identity after being shot and nearly killed in the line of duty, thanks to billionaire Wilton Knight, founder of the Foundation...

Jack Lilley, the stunt performer and actor who made a home for himself on Little House on the Prairie by working on every one of the beloved NBC drama’s nine seasons, has died. He was 91.

Lilley had Alzheimer’s disease and died Wednesday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his granddaughter Savanah Lilley told The Signal, a news outlet in Santa Clarita.

In Blazing Saddles (1974), Lilley played one of the outlaws who loots the town of Rock Ridge, and in one scene, he and his horse slide into a pool of mud and are submerged. It was an accident, but director Mel Brooks liked it so much, he kept it in the movie.

The mustachioed Lilley had worked with Michael Landon on Bonanza for years starting in 1961, and that led to Landon hiring him for Little House in 1974. (Landon, of course, starred in,...

Little House on the Prairiefans are mourning the loss of one of the actors from the beloved Western series. Melissa Gilbert, who played the show's main star, Laura Ingalls, revealed that Jack Lilley has died at age 91. In a touching post on Instagram, Gilbert shared fond memories between the two on the series and behind the scenes. Lilley, who made appearances in classic Westerns such as Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, and more, taught Gilbert how to ride horses as a young child after she begged him to go ride. Lilley played a stagecoach driver on the series, showcasing his horse skills, which made him the perfect person to teach Gilbert how to ride a horse. which made him the perfect person to teach Gilbert how to ride a horse.

She began the post by saying, "The little house family has lost one of our own. Jack Lilley has passed away.

Actor Jack Lilley, best known for his different roles in the beloved TV series Little House on the Prairie, has passed away. He was 91 years of age.

Lilley's passing was announced in a post on Instagram by Melissa Gilbert, one of the stars of Little House on the Prairie. Including some images of Lilley, Gilbert shared how the late actor was one of her "favorite people on the planet." Along with touting the talents of Lilley, Gilbert went on to recall some of her most cherished memories of the actor, going all the way back to her childhood as one of the stars of the show they appeared on together.

"The little house family has lost one of our own. Jack Lilley has passed away . He was 91 years old," Gilbert wrote. "He also happened to be one of my favorite people on the planet. He taught me how to ride...

Netflix is setting up shop in Plum Creek.

The streaming behemoth has ordered Little House on the Prairie, a new series adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s classic novels.

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The new Little House, which hails from CBS Studios, is being shepherded by Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, The Vampire Diaries), who will serve as showrunner. Trip Friendly,...

Among the most acclaimed American artists in entertainment and highly recognized filmmakers for fans of cinema, Howard Hawks made several iconic films that helped emphasize the craft of moviemaking and revealed how the medium can enthrall an audience no matter the genre. Working in the classic Hollywood era, Howard Hawks made dozens of movies ranging from comedies, dramas, gangster features, sci-fi flicks, film noir, war films and Westerns. Moreover, whatever subject the director tackled, Howard Hawks made sure to infuse his distinct style that champions dynamic characters, emphasizes sharp wit and delivers recognizable thematic elements throughout his work, and in his Western films, the auteur knew how to connect with viewers.

As a staple of the American film language, the Western genre has been defined by many talented artists since its inception and, despite only making a handful of Westerns, Howard Hawks left an impression with each film that showcased...

A fan-favorite Western film starring the iconic Burt Lancaster will arrive on Prime Video soon. 1971's Lawman will hit the streaming platform on December 1.

Directed by Michael Winner, Lawman follows Lancaster's Jared Maddox, a marshal from Bannock trailing five cowhands from Sabbath, who shoot up his town, leading to the death of an elderly citizen. Maddox demands Sabbath's Sheriff hand them over, threatening to murder them in cold blood if they fail to surrender to him in twenty-four hours. However, the culprits work for one of the town's wealthiest men, Victor Bronson, who attempts to pay off Maddox. The Bannock marshal cannot be bought, inevitably leading to an epic showdown only the best Westerns can deliver.

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Alongside Lancaster,...

Fans of John Wayne can now stream the actor's classic Western Rio Lobo, which was originally released in 1970. The film, which drew some ire from famed movie critic Roger Ebert, is now available to stream on Prime Video.

Rio Lobo was directed by Howard Hawks, and the screenplay was penned by Burton Wohl and Leigh Brackett. Wayne had previously collaborated with Hawks on 1959's Rio Bravo and 1966's El Dorado before Rio Lobo, which ultimately turned out to be the director's final film. In the film, Wayne plays a Union leader who vows revenge against the traitors who'd assisted Confederate forces in a deadly attack against his troops during the Civil War. Jorge Rivero, Jennifer O'Neill, Jack Elam, Victor French, and Susana Dosamantes also star.

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John Wayne was a legend of the Western genre and his final film,...

While fans had to bid farewell to the cult Canadian series in 2023, the funniest Letterkenny quotes will continue to live on. Set in the titular town in Ontario, Canada, Letterkenny follows Wayne (Jared Keeso), a country boy, and the various colorful characters in his community. Endlessly quotable, Letterkenny found its audiences with a quick pace and the rapid-fire delivery of its talented cast. The show hurls insults faster and more brutally than just about any other, meaning that there are plenty of hilarious Letterkenny quotes from the show that highlight its unique writing style.

The small Canadian show came from humble beginnings and proved to be a surprise hit, finding an international audience on Hulu. Letterkenny came to an end after season 12 while never letting up on its penchant for endless one-liners, quirky sayings, and sharp verbal takedowns. The funniest quotes from the show highlight the different personalities that exist...

We’re traveling back to the prairie as the charming and cherished series turns 50.

I grew up on Little House on the Prairie with my family and my best friend. It was an important part of my childhood, as we learned invaluable lessons about family love, community, and true friendship.

While the series was a hit in the 1970s and 1980s, not even the cast knew the impact the series would have on audiences 50 years later.

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We watched the Ingalls family and their friends experience trials and triumphs together for nine seasons and three movies.

The pilot movie and the first season more closely mirrored Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books, while Michael Landon added creativity and more characters to the later seasons.

Valuable Lessons I Learned From Little House on the Prairieby Laura Nowak 8 Things We Hope Will Happen Before Blue Bloods Endsby Jack Ori Bait...

Little House on the Prairie featured legendary actors in guest and main roles, leaving impressive legacies in the industry. Notable stars like Jason Bateman, Melora Hardin, and Jonathan Banks appeared on the beloved family Western show. The cast members who have passed away, such as Michael Landon and Katherine MacGregor, left lasting impacts on the TV industry.

The Little House on the Prairie cast who have died in real life include some legendary and prolific actors whose filmographies comprise decades of work. The classic Western historical drama premiered on NBC in 1974 and lasted for nine seasons and three TV movie specials that premiered afterward, all following the Ingalls family who live on a farm in Minnesota in the 1870s-90s. Based on the novels by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie famously featured a large ensemble cast of recurring characters as well as a guest list of notable stars.

A reboot of the classic 1980s TV series of the same name, 2021's well-cast Highway to Heaven is a Lifetime Original movie about Angela, an angel who comes to Earth to help people. Angela takes a job as a guidance counselor at a junior high school, but her guidance goes beyond the job description, as she seeks to help a distressed teen who has been causing trouble at school and drifting apart from his father ever since the loss of his mother. Angela is aided in her quest by the school’s principal, Bruce, but her unexplained angelic presence also invites suspicion.

The original Highway to Heaven series was created in 1984 by Michael Landon, who also played the angel. The show saw Landon’s angel John Smith travel across the country with retired police officer Mark Gordon (Victor French), assuming different jobs and helping troubled souls overcome their problems. The Highway to Heaven remake,...

Richard Widmark reportedly used his clout to amp up this revisionist western, but the result seems forced at best, and hampered by Universal’s TV-grade production values. The sober screenplay brings in good ideas but the execution can’t quite hold its own with the more progressive westerns of the genre-changing years 1968-’69. A cast of familiar faces makes much of it look fresh: Carroll O’Connor’s venal saloon keeper steals the show, while interesting casting gives us Lena Horne as Widmark’s romantic partner.

Death of a Gunfighter

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1969 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 94 min. / working title Patch / Street Date February 27, 2023 / available from Powerhouse Films UK / £15.99

Starring: Richard Widmark, Lena Horne, Carroll O’Connor, David Opatashu, Kent Smith, Jacqueline Scott, Morgan Woodward, Larry Gates, Dub Taylor, John Saxon, Darleen Carr, Michael McGreevey, Royal Dano, James (Jimmy) Lydon, Kathleen Freeman, Harry Carey Jr., Walter Sande, Victor French.

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Netflix took to Instagram to share the news that Christopher Landon's We Have a Ghost is in production. The family adventure flick penned and directed by Landon, known for Freaky and Happy Death Day, has a stellar cast that gets to tell a ghost story with a modern day twist. What happens when you really prove ghosts are real?...

Another day, another reboot announcement.

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Little House on the Prairie is getting the update treatment.

A reboot is officially in development on a one-hour drama that would be based on Laura Wilder's beloved novels.

The new series would be co-produced by Paramount TV Studios, Anonymous Content, and Friendly Family Productions.

Details are scarce at this early stage, which is not uncommon for a project this early into development.

The book series was previously adapted into a TV series for NBC and starred Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert.

It was a roaring success and aired from 1974-83, having tremendous staying power.

TV movies followed the end of the original series, while ABC aired a miniseries based on the books in 2005.

The original series centered around the Ingalls Family, who live on a small farm near the village of Walnut Grove, Minn., in the late 1800s.

A reboot of “Little House on the Prairie” is in the works at Paramount TV Studios and Anonymous Content, TheWrap has learned.

The one-hour drama would be based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s iconic “Little House” novels and would be co-produced by Paramount TV Studios, Anonymous Content and Friendly Family Productions. There’s no word yet on the creative team or talent that would be attached to the “Little House on the Prairie” reboot.

The book series was previously adapted into an NBC show starring Michael Landon and Melissa Gilbert, which ran for nine seasons between 1974 and 1983.

The original “Little House on the Prairie,” also produced by Friendly Family Productions, centered around the Ingalls Family, who live on a small farm near the village of Walnut Grove, Minn., in the 1870s, 1880s and 1890s. The show primarily focused on Gilbert’s character, Laura, as the “Little House” novels were an autobiographical work by Wilder.

Hollywood screenwriter Guy Thomas died Friday at his home in Ventura County, Calif., of a suspected heart attack, his friend Gerri Malcolm confirmed to Variety. He was 66.

Thomas was best known for his screenplay of “The Magic of Belle Isle,” directed by Rob Reiner and starring Morgan Freeman as a struggling alcoholic writer and Virginia Madsen as his neighbor. His other screenplay credits include 1980’s “Wholly Moses!” and 2001’s “Chasing Destiny.”

Before his death, Thomas was working on an alt-history science fiction Western series, “Billy Stars,” with Oscar-nominated producer David Valdes.

Born in Bay Shore, N.Y., Thomas grew up in Georgia, where he first wrote for live theater and eventually for the screen. He sold his first screenplay, “Jungle Boy,” when he was 22. Columbia Pictures head David Begelman hired Thomas as a staff writer of the ABC Series “Carter Country” as an incentive to get him to move to Los Angeles,...

When I was growing up, there was a show that I loved to watch called Highway to Heaven. It had been years since I had seen the show, then it recently popped up on Netflix and I immediately started rewatching it.

As I watched the show, I was flooded with nostalgia and the memories of the show started flooding back. The show was filled with hard-hitting drama, humor, inspiration, and even action in some cases. One of the things I loved about the series most was the positive heartfelt messages that each episode revolves around.

Most episodes stressed moral themes and dealt with common human failings, such as egotism, bitterness and greed. Other episodes addressed such topics as racism, bullying, Mental illness, self-esteem, the environment, cancer, and more. There are also some big stars that got their start in the series like Paul Walker, Will Wheaton, and Josh Brolin. It...

Three classic "Little House on the Prairie" TV movies are coming to DVD and Digital HD!

Celebrate the series that stole America’s heart when “Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy Movie Collection” arrives on DVD (plus Digital) and Digital HD September 13 from Lionsgate. Say farewell to this legendary western drama with three movie adventures: “Look Back to Yesterday,” “Bless All the Dear Children,” and “The Last Farewell.” These restored and remastered movies will be available individually on Digital HD and the “Little House on the Prairie: The Legacy Movie Collection” DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $14.98. The story of the Ingalls family concludes with these three heartwarming movies—newly restored and remastered for optimal sound and picture quality. Rediscover the timeless adventure of “Little House on the Prairie” as Albert displays courage in the face of a serious illness; Laura and Almanzo...

Little House on the Prairie is an institution of television that really needs no introduction, but the newly released remastered edition of season one (and the upcoming releases of all the seasons) are worth a serious look.

Some shows from this era and beyond, especially those in fair rotation in syndication, are difficult to push as a truly necessary purchase, but there are a lot of notes to Little House which made the previous releases, and this one especially, true must owns for fans. Of course, that does make for a certain question mark if one already has the previously-released season DVD efforts.

First, while many may get a decent fill of the show through syndication, there are a lot of episodes that simply never get play. There are several episodes that are likely seen as too controversial, or just plain overly harsh to a full family sensibility, to come up in syndicated cycles,...

Highway to Heaven is returning to television if executive producer Mark Wahlberg has anything to say about it.  For those of you who didn't have a chance to watch this delightful series during its late 80s run on NBC, it followed Jonathan Smith (Michael Landon), an angel on probation given assignments by God to help troubled humans overcome their difficulties.  Assisting him on Earth was his human companion, Mark Gordon (Victor French), whose cynical personality often clashed with Jonathan's to humorous effect.  A&E's planned reboot will have an edgier take (of course) and will be penned by Hell on Wheels showrunner, John Wirth.  Hit the jump for more. News of the Highway to Heaven series reboot comes courtesy of THR.  While I'm happy to see this particular series making a comeback, the decision to go "edgier" with it makes me a bit concerned.  It was one of the more...

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127 Hours (20th Century Fox) Harrowing true story of Aron Ralston (James Franco, in another fine turn), an extreme outdoorsman who finds himself trapped in a remote Utah canyon, his arm pinned between two boulders, with no help nearby, no communication to the outside world, and dim prospects for survival, to say the least. Director Danny Boyle manages to prove again that he’s one of the finest filmmakers working today by making a subject that is seemingly uncinematic a true example of pure cinema. Inventive, breathtaking, funny, and horrifying, often all at once. Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara make a memorable, brief appearance as hikers who connect with Ralston during his journey. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bonuses: Commentary by Boyle, producer Christian Colson, co-writer Simon Beaufoy; Deleted scenes; Featurettes. Widescreen. Dolby and DTS-hd 5.1 surround.

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Football Hall of Fame member and actor Merin Olsen has died. His death was announced by his brother, Orrin, who said that he'd been being treated for mesothelioma.

After a successful time playing college football, Olsen began playing for the Los Angeles Rams in 1962 as part of the National Football League. He was one of the leading defensive players of his era and missed only two games in his 15 years with the NFL. Following his time on the field, Olsen went to work as a commentator for NBC throughout 1980s.

Olsen dabbled in acting while playing football and in 1969 acted opposite John Wayne and Rock Hudson in The Undefeated.

In 1977, Victor French left Little House on the Prairie to do his own show, the Carter Country sitcom. To replace him as Michael Landon's on-screen friend,...

The concept behind Mission: Impossible had never been attempted on television before and the CBS series about a covert government operation taking on; well, impossible, cases became a smash hit. Guided by the steady Peter Graves, Greg Morris and Peter Lupis, the series received awards, acclaim and most importantly, ratings. Early on, the show was also headlined by Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, but they left after three seasons. In stepped Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, and Sam Elliot for the next two seasons but by spring 1971, the show was beginning to feel tired.

Season six, airing 1971-1972, was the season that should not have been. Paramount Pictures wanted the show canceled and placed into profitable reruns but CBS saw ratings upticks at the end of season five and wanted the series back. Nimoy wanted out, saying he was bored. It was time to change everything up.

The penultimate season,...