Danny McBride to make directorial debut with new ‘G.I. Joe’ film
A photo of Danny McBride. (Michael Buckner)
Danny McBride is set to direct Paramount’s upcoming G.I. Joe movie.
The actor will make his directorial debut by helming the upcoming film based on the classic Hasbro toy franchise, ABC Audio has learned. He also penned the movie’s script.
The currently untitled G.I. Joe movie is keeping its plot details under wraps for the time being. G.I. Joe remains a priority IP for Paramount, sources told ABC Audio.
The G.I. Joe toy line launched in the ’60s. It garnered even more popularity in the ’80s after inspiring a popular animated TV series, which introduced characters such as Duke, Snake Eyes and Roadblock.
Three previous G.I. Joe movies have been released by Paramount. The first was 2009’s G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra starring Channing Tatum; the second was 2013’s G.I. Joe: Retaliation starring Dwyane Johnson and Bruce Willis; and the third was 2021’s Snake Eyes spinoff starring Henry Golding.
McBride is known for creating and starring in HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones. Some of his film credits include Pineapple Express, Tropic Thunder and Alien: Covenant.
Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres in ‘Camp Rock 3’ (Disney/David Astorga)
Demi Lovato is exactly where she’s supposed to be: in the new Camp Rock movie.
Ahead of the Camp Rock 3 premiere on Monday in Burbank, California, it was announced that Demi would reprise her iconic role as Mitchie Torres in the highly anticipated film.
“Everyone kept saying, ‘Are you gong to be a part of the film?’ and I kept having to say, ‘Well, you’ll just have to wait and see,'” Demi told Good Morning America at the premiere. “So now it’s out, cat’s out of the bag and I’m in it … I can’t wait for it to be in the world’s hands.”
Camp Rock fans were first introduced to Mitchie when the first film premiered on the Disney Channel in June 2008. As an aspiring singer-songwriter in the first two films, she attends Camp Rock, a music camp for gifted teens, where her mother, Connie, works as the camp cook. “This Is Me,” the song Demi recorded with co-star Joe Jonas for the movie, peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 in July 2008.
It was previously announced that Demi and Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas would be co-executive producers on Camp Rock 3, but that Demi wasn’t returning. Joe, Nick and Kevin reprise their original roles as the members of the band Connect 3 in the new movie.
Camp Rock 3 premieres on the Disney Channel Aug. 3 and hits Disney+ Aug. 14.
FX has announced that The Bear will end after its upcoming season 5.
In a press release Wednesday, FX said the Emmy Award-winning series will premiere its fifth and final season on June 25.
The final season of The Bear will pick up “the morning after Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Natalie ‘Sugar’ (Abby Elliott) discover that Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) has quit the food industry, leaving the restaurant to them,” according to a synopsis in the press release.
“With no money, the threat of a sale and a torrential storm in their way, the new partners must band together with the rest of the team to achieve one last service, hoping they’ll finally earn a Michelin star,” the press release adds. “Ultimately, they learn that what makes a restaurant ‘perfect’ might not be the food, but the people.”
The Bear immediately hooked audiences when it premiered on Hulu in 2022, giving viewers a glimpse inside the intensity of a professional kitchen with complicated characters and plenty of drama.
White stars in the series as James Beard Award-winning chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, who went from working at The French Laundry and Noma to taking over his family’s rundown Chicago sandwich shop.
The series also stars Liza Colón-Zayas, Lionel Boyce, Matty Matheson and Edwin Lee Gibson, with Ricky Staffieri, Oliver Platt, Jon Bernthal, Will Poulter, Corey Hendrix, Jamie Lee Curtis, Carmen Christopher, José Cervantes, Richard Esteras and Chris Witaske in recurring roles.
The final season announcement comes a day after a surprise prequel episode titled Gary dropped on FX and Hulu featuring Bernthal and Moss-Bachrach. It follows their respective characters, Mikey and Richie, as they take a work trip to Gary, Indiana.
Hayden Panettiere attends Los Angeles premiere of “Blonde” at TCL Chinese Theatre on Sept. 13, 2022, in Hollywood, California. (Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images)
(WASHINGTON) — A representative for the late actress Hayden Panettiere issued a brief statement Thursday after the Drug Enforcement Administration joined the investigation into her death earlier this week.
Panettiere, known for her roles in “Ice Princess,” “Heroes,” “Nashville” and more, died Sunday at age 36.
In a statement shared with ABC News on Thursday, Panettiere’s representative said, “There’s nothing to be shared at this time as the investigation is ongoing but we are hopeful that justice will be served.”
The DEA joined the investigation into Panettiere’s death on Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The Greenville City Police Department in South Carolina is the lead investigative agency, and the DEA is assisting.
News of the DEA joining the investigation came one day after Greenville police released a report detailing the scene at the private residence where Panettiere was found in cardiac arrest and later pronounced dead.
According to that report, an officer arrived at the residence on Easley Bridge Road in Greenville on Sunday, responding to an EMS assist for an unresponsive individual.
The officer said that Panettiere was with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zack Hickerson, when she died.
According to the police report, it is unknown if Panettiere was using drugs or alcohol at the time of her death, although the officer added in the report that Brian Hickerson had shown them the bag of medication that Panettiere was taking.
Officials arrived on scene to assist in the investigation, and the coroner was also on scene to conduct their investigation.
Panettiere’s official cause and manner of death “remain pending further investigation and the completion of additional studies,” the coroner’s office said in a press release on Monday.
Prior to her death, Panettiere had been candid about her struggles from child stardom through adulthood.
She released a memoir this May titled “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” in which she shared “a rare and intimate glimpse into her life behind closed doors, opening up about postpartum depression, addiction and recovery, trauma, domestic abuse, and loss,” according to a synopsis for her book.
Across Hollywood, many have been mourning the actress’s death. Along with “Ice Princess,” “Heroes” and “Nashville,” Panettiere also starred in “Remember the Titans,” “Raising Helen,” several “Scream” films and more.
Panettiere is survived by her daughter Kaya, whom she shared with her ex-fiance Wladimir Klitschko.
