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Tag: Fantasy
Ken Leung Had His Avatars Crossed
Ken Leung is starring as Admiral Zhao in Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender remake that premiered this week. The only problem is that he thought he was auditioning for James Cameron’s Avatar film series. Check out a brief clip of Leung explaining the casting process and his confusion about which franchise he was dealing with here, courtesy of…
Benioff and Weiss Wanted Final Game of Thrones Seasons to be Movies
You ever see someone screw up royally and try to make themselves look better but end up making it worse? That appears to be the next phase in David Benioff and Dave Weiss’ attempted comeback. In an interview with WSJ, the Wall Street Journal’s magazine (which is behind a paywall, but Deadline paraphrases the relevant information),…
Harry Potter TV Series Coming to Max in 2026
This morning, on Warner Bros. Discovery’s fourth-quarter earnings call (via Deadline), CEO David Zaslav confirmed that the previously-announced Harry Potter TV show is coming in 2026. Previously, the series based on J.K. Rowling’s series of fantasy novels had a 2025-2026 release window. Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO & Max Content says the show “will dive deep into each of…
The Acolyte Coming Summer of 2024
Collider reports that Disney and Lucasfilm have set a premiere window of summer 2024 for the upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte. Many had theorized a similar time frame, as The Bad Batch starts this month and runs 15ish episodes, and Andor has been pushed to next year. The Acolyte was created by Leslye Headland and takes place 100 years before…
HBO Developing Game of Thrones Prequel About Aegon Targaryen
HBO isn’t done with Westeros. The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealed that the network is developing another Game of Thrones prequel series, likely due to the success of House of the Dragon. This one will be a sort of sequel to that show focusing on Aegon’s conquest, where Aegon Targaryen conquered Westeros and united six of the seven kingdoms,…
Netflix Avatar is “A Remix, Not a Cover”
Recently, IGN conducted an interview with Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender showrunner Albert Kim and executive producer/director/VFX supervisor Jabbar Raisani. They discussed various things ranging from how they got into the show to how their remake was cast. However, I want to discuss comments about how the remake will differ from the animated series. There will…