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Lego Live-Action TV Musical

The Lego Group has set director and producer Kenny Ortega (High School Musical) as executive producer for its first-ever live-action TV project: a Lego Friends musical special, set in the world of Heartlake City. Filming is set to begin in London this August with release due in 2026. The storyline follows a girl who constructs a world out of Lego bricks, only to be magically transported to Heart Lake City. Ortega said: “I don’t know who’s more excited – my family or me. We are a Lego loving household, and receiving this invitation from the Lego Group to join them in their first live-action musical is an absolute honor. Also being able to produce alongside the wonderful team at Final Pixel, leaders in virtual production has me overjoyed, and I am thrilled to have my longtime creative partner, Paul Becker, alongside.”

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Tales From The Void Trailer: "Cineverse Corp. (Nasdaq: Cnvs), an innovative streaming technology and entertainment company, alongside Bloody Disgusting, its horror division, and Screambox, have announced today they are unleashing new original series Tales From the Void, just in time for Halloween.

The anthology will feature six chilling tales based on stories from r/NoSleep, with two episodes premiering exclusively on Screambox every Sunday between October 13 and October 27 in the US, airing the next day on Super Channel in Canada, and available to buy or rent on digital platforms the following Tuesday.

Tales From the Void covers a wide spectrum of horror, from creepy dolls to unborn children, unsolved mysteries to serial murders, and unexplained phenomena to creatures that stalk the night. Each unnerving tale blends genre thrills with social commentary to explore the darker side of the human psyche. Each episode of the series is accompanied by a post-show...

Fans of “Tales From the Crypt” and horror-tinged anthology series like “Black Mirror” get ready for “Tales From the Void”, Screambox‘s brand new Original Series that delivers six chilling tales of terror, each adapted from the extremely popular r/No Sleep (18M subs) stories! Variety first reported the news this afternoon.

The first episode will play several festivals before premiering this fall on the Bloody Disgusting-powered streaming service, just in time for Halloween.

Created by Francesco Loschiavo, the series features the directorial talents of renowned filmmakers including Joe Lynch (Mayhem), Maritte Lee Go (Black as Night), The Adams Family (Hellbender), and Francesco Loschiavo himself.

This Canadian co-production brings together Envoi Entertainment, Heroes & Ghosts, Rusty Halo Productions, and the esteemed genre outlet Paper Street Pictures.

Francesco Loschiavo and John Thomas Kelley serve as co-showrunners on the series, produced by Barclay J. Maude, with support from Rebeka Herron and Martin Wotjunik.

Viral scary stories from Reddit will be coming to life in a new series headed to horror streaming service Screambox.

Cineverse has acquired the exclusive streaming rights to “Tales From the Void,” an anthology adaptation of stories that originated on the popular subreddit r/NoSleep. Created by Francesco Loschiavo, the show will consist of six stories from the massive scary story community, which has 18 million subscribers. The series is set to debut this fall on the horror streaming service Screambox.

“Tales From the Void” will feature work from genre directors Joe Lynch (“Suitable Flesh”), Maritte Lee Go (“Black as Night”), the Adams Family (“Hellbender”) and Loschiavo.

Lynch is directing the pilot, based on “The Black Square” by Matt Dymserski. Other r/NoSleep stories will include “Betsy The Doll” by Rebecca Klingel and “I used to hack baby monitors. But one night I learned my lesson.” by Manen Lyset.

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After cleaning up at the 2021 Emmys with wins for Best Drama Series (“The Crown”), Best Limited Series (“The Queen’s Gambit”) and Best TV Movie (“Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square”), Netflix is now looking to finally conquer the Best Comedy Series category, and “The Chair” represents one of its best chances at doing so. Set at a fictional New England university, the show boasts a diverse ensemble of seasoned performers, four of whom – Bob Balaban, Jay Duplass, Nana Mensah and Sandra Oh – recently joined showrunner/executive producer/writer Amanda Peet for a virtual 2022 Emmys FYC panel moderated by actor and author David Duchovny. Watch the video Q&a above.

Oh, who serves as an executive producer in addition to playing lead character Ji-Yoon Kim, was quick to cite Peet’s casting process during a discussion of what makes the show work as an accurate depiction of the world of academia.

From TorontoFilm.Net, here is the Toronto Film Production Update for May 2021, with local productions responding individually, based on best practices for businesses/employers to stop the spread of Covid-19:

12 After Midnight Episodic series –Streaming Fells Point Productions ULCProd.: Miles Dale June 8/21 - Feb 16/22

13: The Musical Feature – Streaming Fireside Pictures Ulc Prod.: Neil Meron Jun 7 - Aug 11/21 A Christmas Letter Movies for Television 180 Sisterhood Productions Prod.: Rebeka Herron, Trish Rainone, David Lipper, Justin Levine May 10 - May 28/21 Children Ruin Everything- Season One

Episodic Series - TV Sticky Fingers Productions Inc. Prod.: Beth Iley Apr 5 - May 14/21 Chroma Episodic Series –Streaming Netflix Prod.: Steve Wakefield Feb 8 - Aug 17/21 Dark Windows Season 1 Episodic Series – TV NBC/Universal Prod.: Mitchell Engel Dir: Don Mancini Mar 29 - Aug 13/21 Firestarter Feature – Theatrical Blumhouse Prod.: Karen Harnisch Dir.: Keith Thomas May 25 - Jul 21/21 Holly Hobbie Season...