Pop Culture Headlines — The Mighty Nein Premiere

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The Mighty Nein Premiere

Critical Role‘ s The Mighty Nein premieres on Amazon Prime today. “The Mighty Nein follows a group of fugitives and outcasts, bound by secrets and scars. But when a powerful arcane relic known as “The Beacon” falls into dangerous hands, they must learn to work together to save the realm and stop reality itself from unraveling.” The first three episodes are on Amazon Prime now.

Slime Casting

Deadline reported that Winston Duke and LaKeith Stanfield are set to join a new animated project titled Slime. They’ll star alongside Scott “Kid Cudi” Mescudi and Willow Smith, Teyana Taylor, Anna Sawai, John Cho, and John Boyega (Star Wars™).

“Set in a too-near future, Slime follows Muna, an optimistic but broke young woman who signs up for a paid clinical trial, only to be injected with a mysterious creature’s slime that unleashes destructive powers she can’t control. On the run, she kidnaps Glenn, the lab worker who injected her, and the two set out on a perilous odyssey through a crumbling dystopian world in search of refuge and a cure. But as the clock runs out, is Muna transforming into humanity’s worst nightmare or its last, unlikely savior?”

Jeron Braxton will direct.

Call My Agent American Version

WB Discovery’s HBO is developing an American version of the French series Call My Agent.

“Four work-obsessed sports agents struggle to balance their personal lives and their clients’ needs in an industry where, more and more, it feels like being an athlete is just the start.”

Sarah Schneider will write and executive produce.

Thunderbolt & Lightfoot Reboot

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Ryan Reynolds is working with Amazon MGM Studios to reboot Thunderbolt & Lightfoot, another buddy action comedy. The original starred Clint Eastwood and Jeff Bridges. Reynolds will star in the adaptation, though we don’t know who he’ll star across. Reynolds will write the script with Enzo Mileti and Scot Wilson. Shane Reid will direct.

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