‘Ghostbusters’ animated film coming from Sony Animation, Netflix: Report
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Sony Animation and Netflix are teaming up for a Ghostbusters animated film, Deadline reports. While plot details are under wraps and the project is currently in early development, Kris Pearn is attached to direct the movie.
This new movie will be part of the preexisting Ghostbusters universe, adding to the world last seen in the live-action movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, which was released in March 2024.
Sony Pictures Animation and Netflix are also working on a separate, brand-new animated series, in partnership with Ghost Corps. The project, which is currently in development, will also be based on Ghostbusters.
Pearn has helmed films for both Sony Animation and Netflix before, including the Sony sequel Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 and Netflix’s The Willoughbys.
Allison Holker is opening up about a major discovery she made about her late husband, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, just weeks after his death.
A few weeks after Boss died by suicide at age 40 in December 2022, Holker discovered what she described as a “cornucopia” of drugs, including mushrooms, pills and “other substances I had to look up on my phone,” hidden inside of the shoeboxes in his closet.
“I was with one of my really dear friends, and we were cleaning out the closet and picking out an outfit for him for the funeral,” Holker told People for a recent cover story. “It was a really triggering moment for me because there were a lot of things I discovered in our closet that I did not know existed. It was very alarming to me to learn that there was so much happening that I had no clue [about].”
Holker said it was incredibly scary to make this discovery, but it also “helped me process that he was going through so much and he was hiding so much, and there must have been a lot of shame in that.”
While Holker said she believed she and her husband had honest communication with each other, through reading his journals in hopes of finding clarity, she learned he hid many painful secrets, even from the people closest to him.
“He was wrestling with a lot inside himself, and he was trying to self-medicate and cope with all those feelings because he didn’t want to put it on anyone because he loved everyone so much,” Holker said of Boss, who alluded to being sexually abused as a child in multiple journal entries. “He didn’t want other people to take on his pain.”
Holker is releasing a memoir, titled This Far, on Feb. 4. The book details her journey of healing after the death of her husband, discussing her “story of love, loss, and embracing the light,” according to its subtitle.
The Simpsons will once again tackle the NFL with an ESPN team-up on Dec. 9 with the return of The Simpsons Funday Football.
Using Sony’s Beyond Sports Technology, the Monday Night Football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Dallas Cowboys will be “transformed in real time” into a gridiron face-off set at Springfield’s Atoms Stadium, promising a “fully immersive fan viewing experience” that will see the players animated in Simpsons style as they play.
According to the teaser, Bart will be playing with the Bengals, and Homer will suit up with the Cowboys.
The traditional Monday Night Football telecast will be available on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes, with Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli on ESPN2, starting at 8 p.m. ET.
It will also stream on Disney+ and ESPN+.
According to the producers, “The legendary Simpsons creators have collaborated on the look, sound and feel with ESPN and the NFL to ensure the authenticity of the longest running primetime scripted series with more than 750 episodes.”
ESPN and The Simpsons are owned by Disney, the parent company of ABC News.
Phyllis Fierro, Macchio, and children Daniel Macchio and Julia Macchio – Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images
The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio was supported by his family at his recent Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.
The actor received the honor on Wednesday and gave shout-outs to his wife, Phyllis, and their children, Julia and Daniel, during his heartfelt speech.
“My beautiful wife, my best friend, Phyllis, who simultaneously grounds and elevates me, I love you so much,” Macchio said. “Our partnership in life is everything. None of this is happening without you. Thank you for choosing me … life is all the richer to walk in lockstep with you. I am not here without you.”
He called his children “my two heroes,” adding, “I’m so proud of you guys. You make me way better than I am.”
Macchio’s star was placed adjacent to the one honoring his late Karate Kid co-star Pat Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi, the mentor to Macchio’s character Daniel LaRusso in the 1984 film and its two sequels. Morita also returned for the fourth film, starring Hilary Swank.
Morita died in 2005 at age 73.
“To have this star placed right next to my acting partner from that film, the great Pat Morita, is so meaningful to me, so powerful to me,” Macchio said Wednesday. “Our partnership is something I always described as a soulful magic.”
