‘Bluey’ animated movie from Disney to hit theaters in 2027
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The first-ever Bluey feature film is in the works.
BBC Studios and The Walt Disney Company announced Tuesday that the beloved animated series is getting the movie treatment; it’s set to hit theaters in 2027 before streaming on Disney+.
Joe Brumm, who created Bluey, is writing and directing the film.
Bluey is a massively popular Australian animated preschool series which premiered in 2018 and now airs worldwide on Disney+. It has won a Peabody, a BAFTA, an Emmy and multiple Logies, the Australian equivalent of the Emmys.
The series follows a young blue heeler pup named Bluey and all her adventures with her family, including her dad, Bandit; her mom, Chilli; and her younger sister, Bingo.
The Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere has reportedly found its Little Steven.
Deadline reports that actor Johnny Cannizzaro, who starred in Clint Eastwood’s adaptation of the musical Jersey Boys, has been cast to play Springsteen’s longtime friend and E Street Band guitarist Stevie Van Zandt in the film, about the making of The Boss’ 1982 album Nebraska.
Crazy Heart writer/director Scott Cooper is directing the film, which will star The Bear’s Jeremy Allen White as Springsteen. The cast also includes Odessa Young, Paul Walter Hauser and Harrison Sloan Gilbertson.
The project is an adaptation of Warren Zane’s 2023 book, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska.
Movie fans will have more ways to watch the 2025 Oscars next year.
For the first time ever, the Academy Awards will stream live on Hulu, beginning with the 97th annual awards show on Sunday, March 2.
In addition to the telecast airing live on ABC and streaming on Hulu, the show will also be available to stream on Hulu the next day.
It was announced last month that Conan O’Brien will host the 2025 Oscars, marking the comedian’s first time hosting the Academy Awards.
“America demanded it and now it’s happening: Taco Bell’s new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme. In other news, I’m hosting the Oscars,” O’Brien said in a statement at the time.
Nominations for the forthcoming Academy Awards will be announced Friday, Jan. 17.
The 2025 Oscars will be held at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood.
Hulu is owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
The Golden Bachelor star Gerry Turner is opening up about being diagnosed with a blood cancer earlier this year.
Turner, 72, revealed in an exclusive interview with People published on Wednesday that he was diagnosed with Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.
Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia is a rare blood cancer that results in an excess of abnormal white blood cells in the bone marrow, according to the National Institute of Health.
The NIH estimates that the disease affects three in 1 million people per year in the United States, and the condition occurs twice as often in men than women.
Turner told the outlet that there being no cure for Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia “weighs heavily in every decision I make” and that the diagnosis “was like 10 tons of concrete were just dropped on me.”
“And I was a bit in denial for a while, I didn’t want to admit it,” he said.
All of this occurred while he was still married to Theresa Nist, whom he proposed to on The Golden Bachelor, which aired its finale in November 2023, and whom he married in a televised wedding on ABC in January.
The couple revealed to GMA in April they were divorcing.
Turner said that after his diagnosis, “the importance of finding the way with Theresa was still there, but it became less of a priority” compared to spending time with his family.
“When you are hit with that kind of news and the shock wears off after a few days or a few weeks and you regroup and you realize what’s important to you, that’s where you start to move forward,” he told the outlet. “And I hope that people understand in retrospect now that that had a huge bearing on my decisions and I think probably Theresa’s as well.”
Turner said he’s embracing the fun of life and not living with regrets these days and wishes Nist “all of the good luck in the world, that she finds everything she wants to.” He said he holds their brief relationship as “a cherished memory.”
