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HOTCHKA Daily News - May 31, 2022


STREAMING NEWS



★Is there more drama behind-the-scenes than there will be on screen? Leslie Mann and Tim Robbins have left Amazon's upcoming series The Power. Mann had been cast as lead Margot Cleary-Lopez in October 2019 opposite Rainn Wilson as Daniel Dandon. After months of delay due to COVID shutdowns, Wilson became unavailable and was recast with Robbins in January 2021, and the role was reduced to a recurring character. Both roles will now be re-cast and their scenes will be re-shot. The 10-episode series is based on the feminist sci-fi book by Naomi Alderman.


★Kate Bush's 1985 single 'Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)', from the Hounds of Love album, has hit Number 1 on iTunes after being featured in a Season 4 episode of Stranger Things. The song is Number 2 on Spotify's US charts and Number 4 globally, having seen an 8700% increase in global streams on Monday, compared to its total on Thursday, the day before the first part of the season dropped. In the US, streams increased by 9900%. The single's surge will also be reflected in next week's Billboard charts.

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★Kaley Cuoco is not sure if there will, or should, be a third season of The Flight Attendant, stating that it would be very hard to make it better than the previous two. While the door is always open for more, the Season 2 finale also functions as closure, with Cuoco saying "for me the plane has landed."

MOVIE NEWS

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★Book Club stars Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Andy Garcia, Don Johnson and Craig T. Nelson will reprise their roles in Book Club 2 - The Next Chapter, which is now in production in Italy.


★West Side Story's Maria, Rachel Zegler, has been cast as Lucy Gray Baird in Lionsgate's The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes.

TV NEWS

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★Alycia Debnam-Carey has exited Fear the Walking Dead after seven seasons. The end was probably on the horizon as she was recently cast to star in the new Hulu series Saint X.

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★CBS will pair Big Brother with The Challenge: USA on Wednesdays. Both shows will launch Wednesday, July 6 with 90-minute episodes. Big Brother will stick with its Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday schedule (live evictions on Thursday), while The Challenge: USA will air Wednesdays at 9 PM. In addition to the $500,000 Big Brother prize, the cast will also be competing for a spot on The Challenge: World Champions (working title) that will be a Paramount+ exclusive. Julie Chen returns to host Big Brother, while TJ Lavin continues his Challenge hosting duties.

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★Married at First Sight returns to Lifetime for a 15th season on July 6 with a mega-sized three-hour premiere set in San Diego.

STAGE NEWS


★Stranger Sings: The Parody Musical, which had an off-Broadway run in 2021 will return this Fall at a date and venue to be announced. The show will also launch a London production in a maze of disused railway arches under Waterloo Station, The Vaults, for 13 weeks beginning October 5. An Australian production at Salty Theatre in Melbourne will play November 3 to November 19.

IN MEMORIAM

Actor Charles Siebert, best known for his role as Dr. Stanley Riverside II on Trapper John M.D., died May 1 of COVID-related pneumonia at the age of 84. Siebert was a stage-trained actor, appearing in Galileo on Broadway in 1967, Jimmy Shine, opposite Dustin Hoffman, in 1968, Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady with Maureen Stapleton in 1970, and Sticks and Bones in 1971. He also appeared on soaps Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns and Another World. TV credits include Harry O, Delvecchio, Kojak, Police Woman, The Rockford Files, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, What's Happening!!, The Incredible Hulk, Maude, Husbands, Wives & Lovers, Rhoda, All in the Family, Good Times, Dallas, One Day at a Time, The Love Boat, the pilot Good Morning, Miss Bliss (which became Saved by the Bell, with which he was not involved), Hotel, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote and Xena: Warrior Princess. Film credits include The Other Side of Midnight, Blue Sunshine, Coma, All Night Long, White Water Summer, and Eight Men Out. He also directed episodes of Knots Landing, Silk Stalkings, and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.

TRAILERS

HBO Max: Celebrate Pride 2022 | Human By Orientation

 

The Summer I Turned Pretty - Official Trailer | Prime Video

 

Austin Dillon's Life in the Fast Lane Season 1 Trailer

 

Nickelodeon Slime Cup Trailer | Nick

 

The Only | Official Trailer

 

Women Who Rock (EPIX 2022 Series)- 101 Clip

 

Pinocchio | Teaser Trailer | Disney+

 

Three Women Season 1 (2022) Official Teaser | SHOWTIME

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