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Archstone Boards ‘Chili Finger’ With Greer, Astin, Cranston and Goodman

Exclusive: Archstone has taken over international sales duties from Moonstone Entertainment to dark comedy Chili Finger ahead of the Cannes market. Set to shoot this summer in Central Illinois, the film is due to star Judy Greer, Sean Astin, Bryan Cranston and John Goodman. Gersh will continue handling domestic. Chili Finger tells the story of a recently empty-nested mother Jess (Greer) who discovers a human finger in her bowl of chili. When she blackmails the restaurant for a cash payout, the situation spirals out of control and her life descends into chaos. Edd Benda and Stephen Helstad, who wrote the script, will co-direct. Sam Sandweiss and Jo Henriquez are producing. Goodman and Greer will executive produce alongside Archstone’s Jack Sheehan, Scott Martin, and Michael Slifkin.

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Brendan Gleeson is to make his West End...

Will Arnett’s new animated superhero comedy, Super Team Canada, is set to premiere on May 16 on the Canadian streaming service Crave. The show arrives at a time when tensions between the U.S. and Canada are rising due to a trade conflict.

The series follows six Canadian superheroes as they try to save the world from giant evil robots, a jobless octopus, and an overly clingy hardware store clerk. The characters are not the most famous heroes, but when the world’s more well-known protectors are trapped or defeated, this unlikely group must step up.

Arnett voices Breakaway, a former minor league hockey player who fights crime using his skates, hockey stick, and special pucks. Other cast members include Cobie Smulders as Niagara Falls, Kevin McDonald as the Canadian prime minister, and Charles Demers as Poutine, a French Canadian crime fighter.

The show also features Brian Drummond, Ceara Morgana,...

Will Arnett’s animated comedy Super Team Canada is set to bow May 16 on Canadian streamer Crave, just in time to ride a surge in Canadian nationalism amid an escalating cross-border tariffs war with the United States.

The series about six Canadian superheroes saving the world from giant evil robots has an all-Canadian cast that includes Cobie Smulders voicing the role of Niagara Falls, Kevin McDonald as the Canadian prime minister and Charles Demers as Poutine, a French Canadian crime fighter.

Arnett voices the role of Breakaway, a former minor league hockey player who uses his skates, stick and special pucks to fight crime as the unofficial leader of Super Team Canada. The ensemble voice cast also has Brian Drummond, Ceara Morgana, Veena Sood and guest star Jay Baruchel.

Super Team Canada from Arnett’s Electric Avenue and Thunderbird Entertainment’s Atomic Cartoons is written by Emmy winners Robert Cohen...

https://youtu.be/WordlHytXqU Looking for some outstanding animated action the whole family can love? Check out Season 3 of the Emmy-winning series The Last Kids on Earth, which is now streaming on Netflix. The story of Max Brallier's bestselling book series comes to life with action-packed animation from Atomic Cartoons and a stellar voice cast led by Nick Wolfhard as the main character, 13-year-old Jack Sullivan; be sure to read our recent chat with Wolfhard here. stars Garland Whitt (Quint Baker), Montse Hernandez (June Del Toro), and Charles Demers (Dirk Savage) round out the …...

The sky was the limit when it came to voice casting “The Last Kids on Earth.”

Based on Max Brallier’s graphic novel, the animated Netflix series follows Jack (Nick Wolfhard) and his teenage friends, who spent much of the first season playing video games and zombie-fighting in a post-apocalyptic world that wiped out most of humanity.

Although the first season (and the source material) was primarily focused on Jack’s point of view, Season 2 was a time to open up the world, per the executive producers.

The approach was, “If we could have anyone in the world, who would we have?” Brallier says. They wanted “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill but thought, “Why would he ever want to do this?”

In order to entice Hamill to voice Bardle, a wise monster who is the leader of the monsters who have taken over the pizza parlor, Joe’s Pizza, they created...

Netflix is turning the bestselling The Last Kids on Earth books into an animated series, and the voice cast has been announced this week. Deadline reports that horror icon Bruce Campbell will lend his voice to the series(!), alongside Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, Catherine O’Hara, Keith David, Garland Whitt, Montse Hernandez and Charles Demers. Nick Wolfhard will voice the main character, Jack Sullivan. The Last Kids […]...

Netflix is producing a new animated series based on the book series by Max Brallier called The Last Kids on Earth and they are putting together one hell of a great cast that is sure to get audiences excited!

The story follows a 13-year-old named Jack Sullivan and a gang of middle-schoolers “who live in a decked-out tree house, play video games, gorge themselves on candy, and battle zombies in the aftermath of the monster apocalypse. It’s a hilarious series filled with wisecracking kids, crazy gadgets, a lifetime supply of zombies and giant-sized monsters.”

The series stars the voices of Mark Hamill, Keith David, Bruce Campbell, Rosario Dawson, Catherine O’Hara, Garland Whitt, Montse Hernandez, Charles Demers, and Nick Wolfhard is set as the lead character, Jack Sullivan.

I haven’t read the books, but I’ve heard great things about it and it seems like it is perfect for an animated series.

Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara and Rosario Dawson are among the voices that have joined the cast of Netflix’s upcoming animated series “The Last Kids on Earth.”

Based on the best-selling books of the same name by Max Brallier and developed by Atomic Cartoons, the series’ voice actor lineup also includes Keith David, Bruce Campbell, Garland Whitt, Montse Hernandez and Charles Demers, with Nick Wolfhard leading the cast as character Jack Sullivan.

Per its official logline, “The Last Kids on Earth” follows 13-year-old Jack Sullivan and a band of suburban middle schoolers who live in a decked-out tree house, play video games, gorge themselves on candy, and battle zombies in the aftermath of the monster apocalypse.

The animated series, which launches on the streamer later this year, is filled with “wisecracking kids, crazy gadgets, a lifetime supply of zombies and giant-sized monsters.”

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Exclusive: The battle against the zombies is upon us! The voice cast for Netflix’s forthcoming animated series based on the best-selling The Last Kids on Earth books by Max Brallier have been revealed and it includes the talents of Mark Hamill, Rosario Dawson, Catherine O’Hara, Keith David, Bruce Campbell, Garland Whitt, Montse Hernandez and Charles Demers, in addition to Nick Wolfhard as the lead character Jack Sullivan. As an added bonus, Penguin Random House exclusively revealed the first look at the cover of the fifth book in the series The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade, which will be released Sept. 17.

“The way the series resonates with readers around the world — it’s absolutely humbling. I’m so pleased that the adventures of Jack Sullivan and his friends will continue to grow, both on the page and now on screen,” said Brallier. “I couldn’t ask for better partners – Atomic Cartoons,...