‘Icebreaker’ hockey romance series coming to Netflix
‘Icebreaker’ by Hannah Grace. (Atria Books)
Netflix is getting in on the hockey romance action.
The streaming service is set to air an adaptation of Hannah Grace’s popular college hockey love story, Icebreaker.
The story follows aspiring Olympic figure skater Anastasia Allen, who’s forced to share a rink with NHL prospect Nate Hawkins.
Gossip Girl’s Amanda Lasher is on board as showrunner and will co-write the series with Jade Bartlett. Alex Cooper’s Unwell Productions is producing.
“I have been a fan of steamy YA since the seventh grade, reading Judy Blume stealthily hidden behind a textbook,” Lasher says. “I love this genre, and it’s been a joy working with Jade, the team at Unwell, and Netflix to bring Hannah Grace’s beloved Icebreaker novel to the screen.”
The series will follow other recent successful hockey romance adaptations, including Crave/HBO Max’s Heated Rivalry and Prime Video’s Off Campus.
Ryan Gosling stars as Ryland Grace in ‘Project Hail Mary’ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi smash Project Hail Mary is #1 again at the box office, and it’s set a number of records as well.
The film grossed over $54 million in its second weekend to retain the top spot, according to Box Office Mojo. And according to Deadline, the film’s worldwide gross of just over $300 million makes it the highest-grossing film ever for Amazon MGM Studios, which was formed in 2022 when Amazon acquired MGM. The previous record holder was 2023’s Creed III. It’s also the highest-grossing Hollywood production so far this year.
The animated Disney film Hoppers stayed at #2 with just over $12 million, and the week’s highest-debuting new movie was the Zazie Beetz-starring horror film They Will Kill You, in at #3 with $5 million.
The only other new film in top 10 was Forbidden Fruits, a comedy horror film starring Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Gabrielle Union and Emma Chamberlain. That came in at #10 with just under $1.2 million.
Here are the top 10 films at the box office:
1. Project Hail Mary — $54.5 million 2. Hoppers — $12.2 million 3. They Will Kill You –– $5 million 4. Dhurandhar The Revenge — $4.745 million 5. Reminders of Him — $4.7 million 6. Ready or Not 2: Here I Come — $4 million 7. Scream 7 — $2.6 million 8. GOAT — $2.2 million 9. Undertone — $1.65 million 10. Forbidden Fruits — $1.17 million
A star-studded cast has come together to star in the upcoming transgressive psychological thriller film The Servant. Deadline reports that Colman Domingo, Nicholas Hoult, Noah Jupe and Emma Corrin have been cast to star in the movie that will be directed by Francis Lee. The movie is set in 1950s New York City and follows Tony (Hoult), a British man who moves into a Central Park apartment and becomes embroiled in power play with his manservant, Barrett (Domingo) …
Here comes The Bride! The Warner Bros. Pictures film by director Maggie Gyllenhaal has set its streaming debut. It will be available to watch on HBO Max on May 22. The movie stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale and also features Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz …
The final week of guests for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert have been announced. Jon Stewart and Steven Spielberg will appear as guests on the May 19 show, while Colbert himself will take “The Colbert Questionert,” a segment which will feature special guests, on the May 20 episode, according to a press release. The series finale of the show will air on May 21 …
Quinta Brunson attends the 2026 Disney Upfront at Jacob Javits Center on May 12, 2026, in New York City. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images)
Quinta Brunson is taking on the role of Betty Boop.
The actress, creator, writer and producer is developing and set to star in a film adaptation of the cartoon icon, ABC Audio has confirmed.
The upcoming movie is set to trace the origin and evolution of Betty Boop through the perspective of her creator, Max Fleischer. It will examine the relationship between art and the artist as Max Fleischer navigates the pressures of creating one of the world’s first animated icons, “especially when that icon begins to take on a life of its own,” according to the film’s official logline.
The movie will be Betty Boop’s first starring role in a theatrical film since the 1930s, when she came from Fleischer Studios’ Talkartoons series and was the only animated, independent female movie star of the era. Brunson will produce through her banner Fifth Chance Productions and has partnered with Mark Fleischer of Fleischer Studios for the project. Erin Wehrenberg is overseeing for Fifth Chance Productions.
“Betty Boop is one of our nation’s most beloved cartoon characters, yet somehow still remains pleasantly niche. She has had a quiet but undeniable impact on culture for nearly a century,” Brunson said. “After Erin and I met with Mark and learned more about his grandfather’s creation of Betty, I realized there was a much deeper story to tell. One that could be explored in a way that feels refreshing, subversive, and timeless, much like Betty herself.”
Mark Fleischer said when Brunson first approached him with her idea for the film, he “was breath-taken.”
“Quinta so embodies Betty’s love of life, intelligence, humor, sassiness and compassion that the relationship between her as Betty and Max burst into life at its mere mention,” Mark Fleischer said.
