MTV Studios is developing a new wave of original programming, including a reboot of the popular animated series . The newly launched production wing of MTV, MTV Studios has been developing scripted and unscripted original programming to air on streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Among this wave of new shows is Daria & Jodie, an update of the Beavis and Butthead spinoff. The project is being developed by writer Grace Edwards (Inside Amy Schumer). RELATED: Created by Mike Judge, Abby Terkuhle and Glenn Eichler as a recurring character on the iconic 1990s animated series Beavis and Butthead, Daria Morgendorffer received her own spinoff that ran on MTV from 1997 to 2001. Developed by Eichler and Susie Lewis Lynn, with the title character voiced by Tracy Grandstaff, the series followed the smart, acerbic Daria as she experienced all the trials and tribulations of high schoo, navigating a world seemingly devoid of common sense as the last sane teenager on Earth. RELATED: The series proved a hit with audiences, leading to two animated films and and a pair of television specials, the last of which aired in 2002. The rebooted Daria joins plans for a live-action Aeon Flux series . (via ) The post appeared first on .
June 21, 2018
Academy Award winner Jodie Foster is reportedly in talks for a key role in FX’s adaptation of . The based on the acclaimed DC/Vertigo comic series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, which follows Yorick Brown, an amateur escape artist who, with his pet Capuchin monkey Ampersand, is the last survivor of a mysterious plague that killed every other male mammal on Earth. The two set off on a globe-spanning journey to reunite with Yorick’s girlfriend, discover what wiped out the world’s Y chromosomes and find out why they survived. RELATED: F According to , Foster is in talks to play Yorick’s mother Jennifer Brown, a congresswoman from Ohio who, after the plague, become secretary of the interior. A celebrated actor, director and producer, Foster won Oscars for her performances in The Accused and The Silence of the Lambs, and was also nominated for Taxi Driver and Nell. In recent years she’s taken fewer acting roles, choosing instead to focus on directing; she appeared most recently in 2013’s Elysium and this year’s Hotel Artemis, and as narrator of an episode of Makers: Women Who Make America. RELATED: New Line Cinema acquired the film rights to Y: The Last Man in 2007, with D.J. Caruso “loosely attached” until he exited the project following a disagreement about format; he envisioned a trilogy, while the studio wanted a single film. The , when it was considered a priority for the studio, but . The following year, , with Green hired as showrunner. However, he was also committed to oversee Starz’s American Gods with Bryan Fuller, . With Green available once again, . Melina Matsoukas (Insecure) will direct the pilot, written by Michael Green (American Gods, Blade Runner 2049), who will serve as showrunner with Aida Mashaka Croal (Luke Cage, Turn). The post appeared first on .
June 21, 2018