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Here’s your weekly Entertainment News Recap with the top five stories you might have missed this week!
Amazon Cancels A League of Their Own and The Peripheral
(THR) – Amazon has canceled the queer-themed reboot of Penny Marshall’s 1992 film A League of Their Own. According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Sources say Sony Pictures Television, which produces the show, plans to shop League with the hopes that the series can find a new home for season two. “ The steamer had ordered a four-episode conclusion and the scripts for those episodes were completed before the WGA went on strike. Amazon also rescinds ‘The Peripheral’ second season after it was renewed in February.
SAG-AFTRA Will No Longer Approve Indie Projects
(Variety) – SAG-AFTRA said it will no longer give indie films written under a Writers Guild of America contract permission to film. The union already granted interim agreements to 207 independent projects because they involve independent directors who agreed to all of the union’s demands. The guild said, “We have been advised by the WGA that this modification will assist them in executing their strike strategy, and we believe it does not undermine the utility and effectiveness of ours. It is a win-win change.”
Study Finds Asian Representation in Movies Rose 12.5 Percent in 16 Years
(THR) – USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative has released its comprehensive report on the diversity of movies in front of and behind the camera. AI2 analyzed the 100 highest-grossing movies at the box office each year since 2007. Researchers discovered Asians represented 15.9% of characters in 2022’s top movies.
However, researchers found there was very little change in the number of nonwhite characters on screen. AI2 founder Stacy L. Smith said, “While it is encouraging to see changes for leading characters and for the Asian community, our data on invisibility suggests that there is still much more to be done to ensure that the diversity that exists, in reality, is portrayed on screen.”
Millie Bobby Brown Is Ready to Graduate From Stranger Things
(Variety) – In an interview with Women’s Wear Daily, Millie Bobby Brown said she’s ready for Stranger Things to end. Its upcoming fifth season is confirmed to be the series’ last. Brown has been portraying her character Eleven since she was 11. The now 19-years-old Brown said, “It’s been such a huge factor in part of my life, but it’s like graduating high school, it’s like senior year. You’re ready to go and blossom and flourish and you’re grateful for the time you’ve had, but it’s time to create your own message and live your own life.”
James Gunn Says He’s Not Making a “Young Superman” Movie
(THR) – James Gunn is clarifying speculation about what Superman: Legacy is going to entail. In a Threads post, a fan asked the writer, director, and DC Studios’ co-chief if his young Superman movie is set in the past? Gunn responded, “I was never making a “young Superman” movie, just a Superman movie!” The reason fans assumed this was because he wrote on X/Twitter in December, Gunn said, “In the initial stages, our story will be focusing on an earlier part of Superman’s life, so the character will not be played by Henry Cavill.”
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