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| 'Loki' star Tom Hiddleston to host Nat Geo docu-series on Pompeii | Loki, Thor, The Night Manager and Chuck star Tom Hiddleston is to host a three-part Nat Geo docu-series called Pompeii: Out of Time. The program will debut on Disney+ and Hulu on July 23. "The ancient world has compelled my imagination and curiosity for as long as I can remember: I've been fascinated by it all my life," Hiddleston said in a press release Tuesday. "Classical Antiquity is the foundation and cornerstone of Western and European culture. To visit Pompeii is to feel the distance of the 2,000 years between now and then compress. The past becomes the present; the past feels so close," he added. "Tangible, honest and real. Our relationship with the past is alive -- studying who we were in order to understand who we are. |
| 'Bloodaxe' Viking epic renewed for 2nd season ahead of S1 premiere | Prime Video announced Tuesday it has renewed its Viking drama, Bloodaxe, for a second season before Season 1 premieres. No debut date has been announced yet. The cast includes Xavier Molyneux, Jessica Madsen, Karlis Arnolds Avots, Levi Miller, Rod Hallett, Alina Tomnikov, Sisse Marie, Rune Temte, and Jesper Christensen. Production on Season 2 is to begin in Ireland in August. "As the writers and show-runners of Bloodaxe, Horatio [Hirst] and I are very excited to announce that Amazon have also already commissioned a second season of our new Norse saga for Prime Video, which begins shooting in Ireland within a few weeks," Michael Hirst said in a press release. |
| Apple TV orders Season 4 of 'The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy' | Apple TV has ordered Season 4 of its docu-series, The Reluctant Traveler with Eugene Levy. "After three seasons on the show I have just about accepted, albeit begrudgingly, that saying 'yes' to new experiences is not necessarily a bad thing for me," Levy said in a statement Tuesday. "So, I've committed to saying 'yes' a little more often this season. It's a strategy I'm approaching with considerable caution." Levy, 79, is an SCTV alum best known for his roles on Only Murders in the Building, Schitt's Creek, For Your Consideration, Best in Show and American Pie. |
| Report: Tom Holland confirms he is married to Zendaya | After months of media speculation and A.I. wedding fake-outs, Tom Holland has confirmed to Esquire that he and his Spider-Man co-star Zendaya are married. Asked by the author of the article if his family was fooled by the faux wedding pictures, the 30-year-old actor responded, "No, because they were all there. "That's all you'll get on that," he added. Zendaya's stylist Law Roach told Access Hollywood at the Actor Awards on March 1 that the couple was already married. Although he didn't offer details about the event, he did speak at length about his relationship with his partner of more than five years. |
| 'Kiki's Delivery Service' to be adapted as live-action series | Kiki's Delivery Service will come to life once more as a live-action series. Deadline reported Tuesday that BBC Studios will co-develop the first live-action TV adaptation of the Eiko Kadono children's fantasy book series with Wheel in Motion and Kadokawa Corporation. Previously adapted as a beloved 1989 animated film from Studio Ghibli and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, Kiki's Delivery Service follows Kiki, a young witch who moves to the port town of Koriko with her cat, Jiji. Variety said Irena Brignull (The Boxtrolls, The Little Prince) will write the new series, which is expected to consist of 10 half-hour episodes. The show is being developed in honor of the 40th anniversary of Kadono's book series. |