While upstate New York has burned me before, I’m going out on a limb and say that I think Spring is officially on its way. Thank goodness for that, since though the snow hasn’t been to terrible here, it feels like winter has been going on forever and I’m ready for some warmer temperatures and not having to make tentative plans pending the weather. I don’t do well being cooped up, though it is admittedly good for my bank account. Of course now that I’ve said this, we’ll probably get a foot of snow dropped on us.
So while I hope it’s almost time to put away my winter jacket for the season, get yourself caught up on the pop culture that you might have missed with this week’s installment of the roundup.
Television
- Donald Glover and FX are no longer involved in the proposed Deadpool animated series.
- Amazon’s Lord of the Rings prequel series is going to cost some serious cash money.
- The Crown producers have apologized over the Claire Foy/Matt Smith wage gap embarrassment.
- The Stranger Things kids all leveled up with raises for season 3.
- Netflix has renewed the great One Day at a Time reboot for a third season.
- Reggie Watts’ new game show Taskmaster to debut next month.
- Netflix orders more episodes of Queer Eye and Nailed It.
- Outlander will be back for a fifth season.
- Two former Gilmore Girls and Golden Girls writers are working on a comedy about a group of gay senior citizens.
- John Krasinski thinks the Office should return as a Christmas special.
- Sinbad will play Lil Rel Howery’s dad in a Fox pilot.
- David Tennant to star opposite Jennifer Garner in the HBO series Camping.
- NBC has renewed Will & Grace for a third season.
- Astro City and Street Fighter are getting TV adaptations.
- Steven Sorderbergh and Gregg Araki are working on something for Starz.
- Starz will launch a Catherin of Aragon series.
- Allison Tolman will stop by Good Girls.
- Javier Bardem will star in a miniseries from Steven Spielberg and Amazon.
- Hulu has passed on the Locke & Key pilot.
- Netflix has picked up the entire Monty Python catalog.
- Dax Shepard to replace Danny Masterson on The Ranch.
- Connie Britton will star in Bravo’s Dirty John anthology series.
- Allison Williams will appear in A Series of Unfortunate Events.
- Melissa Joan Hart may return for a Clarissa Explains It All reboot.
- Margot Robbie is producing a female-led Shakespeare series back home in Australia.
- Julie Klausner joined a NBC comedy pilot.
- Nickelodeon has cut ties with Dan Schneider.
- Here’s what is coming and going from Netflix in April. And Hulu.
Movies
- Sounds like Chris Evans is hanging up the Captain America shield after Avengers 4.
- Amy Poehler is set to make her directorial debut and all her SNL friends are along for the ride
- Elizabeth Moss joins the cast of The Kitchen. Tiffany Haddish and Melissa McCarthy are already attached to star.
- Haddish is going to be busy – she’ll also star in The Lego Movie sequel.
- Nate Parker to direct a biopic of LAPD detective Ralph Waddy.
- Tessa Thompson will co-star with Chris Hemsworth in the Men In Black spin-off.
- The Spice Girls are reportedly developing an animated superhero movie.
- Gina Rodriguez to play Carmen Sandiego for Netflix.
- Ben Affleck and Oscar Issac are the latest actors to be attached to Netflix’s drama Triple Frontier.
- Alicia Keyes to produce a biopic of choreographer Alvin Ailey.
- Michael B. Jordan will produce a film about African-American WWII liberators.
- Jacob Tremblay joins the cast of the R-rated comedy Good Boys.
- The release of Bohemian Rhapsody has been moved up to November.
- The cast of Robert Downey, Jr.’s Voyage of Doctor Doolittle is pretty lit.
- Jeff Goldblum to play an “enthusiastic lobotomist” in The Mountain.
- A rumored never-before-seen cut of The Shining is hitting the auction block.
- Don’t look for Captain Marvel to make her debut in Avengers: Infinity War.
- However, she will have some familiar faces in her film.
- Vulture ranks every Wes Anderson movie.
- Disney is working on a live-action Lady and the Tramp film for its streaming service.
- Drew Barrymore called Jake Gyllenhaal her “least-talented” costar. Drew Barrymore is an idiot.
Trailers
- Deadpool 2:
- Won’t You Be My Neighbor?:
- The Rain:
- Tag:
- Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger:
- Under the Silver Lake:
- Terminal:
- Nightflyers:
- The Titan:
- The Spy Who Dumped Me:
- Into the Badlands:
- Kodachrome:
- Come Sunday:
- Action Point:
- Fear the Walking Dead, season 4:
- Being Serena:
- Succession:
- The House with a Clock in Its Walls”
- Troy: Fall of a City:
- Cobra Kai:
- The Devil and Father Amorth:
Music
- Bruce Springsteen has extended his Broadway performance through December.
- Snoop Dogg released a new gospel album.
- Blink-182 is doing a residency in Vegas.
- Cardi B’s debut album drops next week.
- Beyoncé and Jay Z are filming a music video in Jamaica.
- Bruno Mars and The Weeknd to headline Lollapalooza.
- Janelle Monáe and Erykah Badu will headline the Afropunk Brooklyn festival.
Theater
- Stockard Channing to star in Apoloia off-Broadway.
- Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano to star in True West on Broadway.
- National Lampoon’s Vacation is set to become a Broadway musical.
- A Beetlejuice musical is doing a pre-Broadway run in Washington D.C.
Books
- John Oliver’s parody book about Mike Pence’s bunny has sold out. My copy for my nephew is on back order.
- Bill Cunningham left behind a secret memoir.
- The Weeknd is getting his own comic book from Marvel.
- Sean Penn wrote a book. Nobody is happy about it.
- Sarah Jessica Parker is launching her own publishing imprint.
Stand-up
- Tiffany Haddish and Kumail Nanjiani are among the guests for Seth Rogen’s Hilarity for Charity event.
Odds and Ends
- The mystery that has gripped the nation: WHO BIT BEYONCE????
- Ben Affleck’s regrettable back tattoo is apparently real.
- Cynthia Nixon is running for New York State governor.
- Corey Feldman was taken to the hospital after an apparent stabbing.
- Fred Savage has been accused of physical harassment on the set of The Grinder.
- Ryan Murphy won the lawsuit Olivia de Havilland brought over Feud.
- Edward Norton’s production company has been sued after a fatal set fire.
- Unexpected friendship alert – Judge Judy and Samuel L. Jackson are buds.
- Jenny Slate and Chris Evans have reportedly broken up again.
- Atari is making a comeback. My original system still works.
- Michael Bublé and wife Luisana Lopilato are expecting their third child.
- Queen Latifah’s mother Rita Owens has passed away.
- Bozo The Clown performer Frank Avruch has died. He was 89.
Mashups and Supercuts
- The Office reimagined as cartoon characters:
- Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt mashed up songs from their Broadway musicals:
- The history of TV theme songs:
- “Feel Good, Inc.” meets The Simpsons steamed hams:
- The Office describes Kanye West albums:
As Heather's World Turns 