Pop Culture Headlines — Tinker Bell Series

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Tinker Bell Series

Deadline confirmed that Disney is developing an adaptation of the Peter Pan character Tinker Bell. And while we don’t know what the series will be, who will act in it, how long the first season will be, or really anything, we DO know it will be live-action! The series comes from Lez Heldens and Bridget Carpenter.

Life is Strange Casting

Amazon Prime has officially cast the lead actors in the live-action series adaptation of the video game Life is Strange.

Variety confirmed that Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins will play Chloe and Max, respectively.

Per the official logline, the show follows Max, “a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe. As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever.”

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Life is Strange: Reunion Premiere

Life is Strange: Reunion premieres today. “The saga of Max and Chloe, and the fate of Caledon, is yours to decide! Play as both Max and Chloe as an all-new story builds towards an epic climax. The fire will force Max and Chloe to make devastating decisions. Can they find a future together… Before everything burns?” Life is Strange: Reunion is on Steam now.

The Last Orbit Adaptation

Deadline confirmed that Matt Shakman will direct a film adaptation of
Ben Mezrich’s upcoming book, The Last Orbit.

“The Last Orbit is speculative fiction about the asteroid YR4, which has a statistically significant chance of hitting Earth or the moon in 2032. The book is science real and imagines what a realistic international response would be as everyone has to come together in order to save the planet.”

Josh Friedman will write the script.

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