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| 'Harry Potter' series renewed for Season 2 ahead of debut | The Harry Potter television series has been renewed for Season 2 ahead of its debut. Deadline reported Wednesday that the television adaptation of the J.K. Rowling fantasy book series will resume production this fall. Variety and The Hollywood Reporter confirmed the news. Season 1 is based on Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first book in Rowling's series, and will premiere Dec. 25 on HBO and HBO Max. Season 2 is expected to adapt Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with writer Jon Brown to join Francesca Gardiner as co-showrunner on that season. "It has been a joy to write on Philosopher's Stone and I'd like to thank Francesca and HBO for putting their faith in me to continue this remarkable journey. |
| 'The Bear' to return for fifth and final season in June | The Bear will return for a fifth and final season in June. FX announced a June 25 premiere date for Season 5 on Wednesday, just one day after releasing a surprise prequel episode titled "Gary." The Bear is a comedy-drama series starring Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri as Carmy and Syd, two talented young chefs who transform the Chicago sandwich shop previously owned by Carmy's late brother into a fine dining restaurant. Season 5 opens with Syd (Edebiri) and Carmy's sister Sugar (Abby Elliott) picking up the pieces after Carmy quits the food industry. Meanwhile, "Gary," released Tuesday, is a prequel episode following Carmy's late brother, Mikey (Jon Bernthal), and his best friend Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they travel to Gary, Ind. |
| Elle moves to Seattle in teaser for 'Legally Blonde' prequel series | Prime Video is giving a glimpse of the new series Elle. The streaming service shared a teaser trailer for the coming-of-age comedy-drama Wednesday featuring Lexi Minetree as a young Elle Woods. Elle serves as a prequel to the 2001 film Legally Blonde, which starred Reese Witherspoon as Elle, a Los Angeles sorority girl-turned-Harvard Law School student. In the prequel series, Elle (Minetree) is a high schooler whose life is turned upside down when her family moves from glamorous Bel-Air to Seattle, where she "encounters tricky friendships, forbidden romance, and questionable fashion choices. |
| Ella Bruccoleri: 'Other Bennet Sister' takes Mary off the sidelines | Call the Midwife and The Strangers star Ella Bruccoleri says The Other Bennet Sister finally empowers Mary Bennet to determine what is best for herself, not just her fortune-seeking family. "She's on the sidelines of the Pride and Prejudice story, but she's also kind of on the sidelines in her own life," the 35-year-old British actress told UPI about Mary in a recent phone interview. "She's kind of grown up in the shadow of her sisters and told by her mother that she's innately unlovable, really, and, so, for me, it's a story about her learning to shut out those voices and having to remove herself, quite literally, geographically, move to a different place, so that she can kind of figure out who she is," Bruccoleri said. |
| 'Propeller One-Way Night Coach' trailer introduces John Travolta film | Apple TV is giving a glimpse of the new film Propeller One-Way Night Coach. The streaming service shared a trailer for the movie Wednesday featuring John Travolta. Propeller One-Way Night Coach is based on the 1997 book by Travolta and is written, directed and narrated by the actor, who also makes a cameo. "Set in the golden age of aviation," Kelly Eviston-Quinnett and Clark Shotwell star as a mother and son whose one-way cross-country flight turns into "the trip of a lifetime. |