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New Star Trek Film Announcement

Paramount Expands 'Star Trek' Universe With New Film, 'Andor's Toby Haynes Tapped To Direct With Seth Grahame-Smith Writing https://t.co/Z7TDKJR6IT

— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 10, 2024

According to Deadline, Toby Haynes is set to direct a brand new Star Trek film. Seth Grahame-Smith will write the script. The film will be an origin story that takes place decades before the 2009 Star Trek film that rebooted the franchise. Toby Haynes is best known for his work on the film Star Wars: Rogue One™ and its prequel series Star Wars: Andor™.

Halo the Series Season 2 Trailer

Paramount released the first official trailer for season 2 of Halo the Series. The second season of Halo the Series premieres on Paramount+ on February 8. The first two episodes will premiere on February 8, and then there will be new episodes every Thursday through March 21.

Star Wars: Ahsoka™ Update

The story continues.

Ahsoka Season 2 now in development with Dave Filoni. pic.twitter.com/cqgt1phU3P

— Star Wars (@starwars) January 10, 2024

Disney and Lucasfilm shared an update about their series Star Wars: Ahsoka™. They released the announcement as a post on social media with a small illustration. It shows Ahsoka Tano™ and another cloaked figure standing on top of a massive statuesque hand. Small writing in the picture reads, “The story continues.” The caption says, “Ahsoka Season 2 now in development with Dave Filoni.”

Netflix’s The Chronicles of Narnia Update

In an interview with  BBC Radio 4 Today, Greta Gerwig discussed her experience working on the Barbie film. And then, she was asked about her next project, the Netflix adaptation of The Chronicles of Narnia update. She said, “I loved Narnia so much as a child. As an adult, C.S. Lewis is a thinker and a writer. I’m intimidated by doing this. It’s something that feels like a worthy thing to be intimidated by.”

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