It’s official: Netflix has given a 13 episode order to Fuller House, the sequel to the popular ’80s/’90s series Full House. Candace Cameron-Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrea Barber are confirmed to reprise their roles, with John Stamos producing and guest-starring as Uncle Jesse.
And according to Netflix, talks are currently underway with Bob Saget, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Dave Coulier, and Lori Loughlin to appear in guest starring roles.
Fuller House will air in 2016.
“As big fans of the original Full House, we are thrilled to be able to introduce Fuller House’s new narrative to existing fans worldwide, who grew up on the original, as well as a new generation of global viewers that have grown up with the Tanners in syndication,” said Cindy Holland, Vice President of Original Content for Netflix.
“The continued support of Full House fans of all ages for the last 28 years has been astounding. It is an honor and a thrill to catch up with these beloved characters and explore their lives today. The love you saw on the show was real. The cast has remained a loving family off-screen all these years. We are as excited as our fans to finally bring Full House back to life,” stated executive producers Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller, and Jeff Franklin.
The Plot:
In Fuller House, the adventures that began in 1987 on Full House continue, with veterinarian D.J. Tanner-Fuller (Cameron-Bure) pregnant and recently widowed, living in San Francisco. D.J.’s younger sister/aspiring musician Stephanie Tanner (Sweetin) and D.J.’s lifelong best friend/fellow single mother Kimmy Gibbler (Barber), along with Kimmy’s feisty teenage daughter Ramona, all move in to help take care of D.J.’s two boys — the rebellious 12-year-old J.D. and neurotic 7-year-old Max — and her soon-to-arrive baby.
YouTube star Shannon Coffey has been tapped to host the upcoming season of VH1’s long-running music show Top 20 Countdown. The show has been renamed The 20 and will air its first episode with Coffey as host on May 2, 2015 at 9am ET/PT.
The two-hour weekly series counts down the week’s most popular music videos and spotlights upcoming artists. The 20 will also include interactive segments and interviews. According to VH1, Shannon will be “infusing commentary and comedy into the program with tongue-and-cheek reviews of music videos, ‘Remember When’ moments, taking a look into memorable musical moments of the past and ‘Texterviews’ with celebrity guests.”
A Brief Bio of Shannon Coffey [Courtesy of VH1]
Shannon Coffey, an actress, writer and comedian, will bring her signature charm and clever humor as she welcomes musical and celebrity guests to the show’s new set in the center of New York City. After being listed on TVLine’s “What to Watch: 5 Web Series Worth Checking Out,” hosting the daily web series “The Hey Hey Show” and acquiring nearly 100 thousand YouTube followers over 3 channels, Shannon is ready to bring her quick wit and charm to VH1’s The 20.
Raised in Puerto Rico, Shannon moved to New York to follow her dream and has since been a part of the Upright Citizens Brigade and has acted and written for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Ben Sinclair and Katja Blichfeld (Photo: Sam Comen)
HBO announced the web series High Maintenance will be creating new episodes specifically to air on the network. Additionally, the original High Maintenance episodes which premiered on Vimeo will be available on HBO later this year.
Written and created by Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, the High Maintenance web series earned Sinclair and Blichfeld a Writers Guild of America award.
“High Maintenance has proven to be one of today’s most highly-acclaimed online comedies,” said Michael Lombardo, president, HBO Programming. “We are thrilled to bring this sophisticated and clever series to our HBO audience.”
“We have been growing this show organically for three years now, and we are elated to bring it into full maturity at HBO, the gold-standard of both online and televised entertainment,” said Blichfeld and Sinclair.
The Plot:
High Maintenance stars Ben Sinclair as “The Guy,” a friendly pot dealer whose clients include an eccentric group of characters, revealing the dynamics of their lives. From the unexpected and offbeat to the predictable and mundane, the witty series provides a glimpse into the daily routines of the customers and how they light things up.
Warner Bros Pictures will be releasing the sequel to the blockbuster animated film The LEGO Movie in theaters on May 18, 2018, a week earlier than had been previously announced. And the studio’s come up with a title for The LEGO Movie sequel that makes absolute sense and is easy to remember. Henceforth, the sequel will be called…wait for it…The LEGO Movie Sequel.
Before the sequel hits theaters, LEGO fans will be treated to the untitled LEGO Batman feature (maybe they’ll just call it the LEGO Batman Feature since that’s in keeping with the LEGO movie trend). The Batman film will open in theaters on February 10, 2017 and it’ll be followed by Ninjago on September 22, 2017, with that film moving off of its fall 2016 date to allow for more time to get it into production.
Announcing the title and new release dates, Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, said, “We are very excited about dating our upcoming LEGO animated features, which already have a worldwide fan following, built on the foundation of the first film. These three films already in the pipeline are just the beginning of a creative and diverse animation slate that will be delighting audiences for years to come.”
“We are looking forward to expanding the LEGO film franchise globally with these three incredibly imaginative movies, each offering something different to appeal to a broad range of audiences around the world,” added Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President, International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.
ABC Family has found its male lead for Shadowhunters, the new series based on the bestselling The Mortal Instruments book series by Cassandra Clare. The film adaptation failed to catch on at the box office, and plans for a sequel were shelved. However, ABC Family is moving forward on the series and has tapped Dominic Sherwood to tackle the role of Jace Wayland (Jamie Campbell Bower was Jace in the film).
Sherwood’s credits include Vampire Academy, Mayday, and Taylor Swift’s “Style” music video.
McG will be directing the first episode of Shadowhunters and is on board as an executive producer.
The Plot:
Based on the bestselling young adult fantasy book series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare, Shadowhunters follows 18-year-old Clary Fray who finds out on her birthday that she is not who she thinks she is, but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters — human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons. When her mother Jocelyn is kidnapped, Clary is thrown into the world of demon hunting with mysterious Shadowhunter Jace and her best friend Simon. Now living among faeries, warlocks, vampires, and werewolves, Clary begins a journey of self-discovery as she learns more about her past and what her future may hold.
Narcissistic and lethally gorgeous, Jace is a determined and expert Shadowhunter. A skilled soldier in a war against demons. After his father is killed, Jace makes it his life mission to seek revenge on the man who is responsible.
Ben Stiller took to Instagram to announce Billy Zane has joined the cast of the comedy movie Zoolander 2. Zane, who’ll be wearing a blonde wig and his best blue steel pose, joins Stiller, Owen Wilson, Penelope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Kristen Wiig, Christine Taylor, and Cyrus Arnold in the comedy sequel which is currently in production.
Stiller’s directing the sequel to the 2001 comedy hit about male models Derek Zoolander and Hansel (Stiller also directed the original film). Justin Theroux (Tropic Thunder) wrote the screenplay, and Paramount Pictures is aiming for a February 12, 2016 theatrical release.
Zane also had a very brief cameo in Zoolander, and hopefully, this time around his appearance will be longer than the minute of screen time he had in the original film.
Disney’s just released four new character posters from the sci-fi adventure film Tomorrowland coming to theaters on May 22, 2015. The new posters feature George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Raffey Cassidy and Thomas Robinson as well as a scene of the film’s Tomorrowland skyline. Directed by Brad Bird, Tomorrowland also features Hugh Laurie, Tim McGraw, Kathryn Hahn, and Keegan-Michael Key.
The Plot:
From Disney comes two-time Oscar® winner Brad Bird’s mystery adventure Tomorrowland, starring Academy Award® winner George Clooney. Bound by a shared destiny, former boy-genius Frank (Clooney), jaded by disillusionment, and Casey (Britt Robertson), a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity, embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and space known only as “Tomorrowland.” What they must do there changes the world—and them—forever.
Featuring a screenplay by Lost writer and co-creator Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird, from a story by Lindelof & Bird & Jeff Jensen, Tomorrowland promises to take audiences on a thrill ride of nonstop adventures through new dimensions that have only been dreamed of.
“We have an asset out of containment,” declares Bryce Dallas Howard in this new trailer for Universal Pictures’ Jurassic World. The action film features a brand new genetically engineered dinosaur who was created to up the wow factor and who’s incredibly smart – and hunts for sport, not just to feed. Directed by Colin Trevorrow and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Thomas Tull, this latest visit to Jurassic Park stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, BD Wong, and Irrfan Khan.
Jurassic World opens in theaters on June 12, 2015.
CBS is finishing up the 2014-2015 season with big series finales, kicking off on April 20th with the final episode of Scorpion‘s first season. In addition to confirming air dates and times, CBS released brief descriptions of what’s in store for shows including The Big Bang Theory, Hawaii Five-O, CSI: Cyber, and Person of Interest.
“Postcards from the Edge” – Scorpion, torn apart and uncertain about their future as a team, must come together for their most important mission yet – to save Walter’s (Elyes Gabel) life as his car teeters on the side of a cliff.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30
MOM (9:00-9:30 PM)
“Fun Girl Stuff and Eternal Salvation” – Christy (Anna Faris) blames Bonnie (Allison Janney) when Roscoe (Blake Garrett Rosenthal) announces he wants to live with his father, Baxter (Matt Jones). Octavia Spencer, Jaime Pressly and David Krumholtz guest star.
FRIDAY, MAY 1
BLUE BLOODS (10:00-11:00 PM)
“The Art of War” – When a member of the Reagan clan is shot, Danny (Donnie Wahlberg) tries to track down the gang member responsible without letting his emotions get the best of him. Clifford “Method Man” Smith guest stars as Mario Hunt, a well-known member of a gang.
Sunday, May 3
MADAM SECRETARY (8:00-9:00 PM)
“There but for the Grace of God” – When Elizabeth (Téa Leoni) confronts her former friend Juliet (Nilaja Sun) about being a traitor, she flashes back to when then-CIA Director Dalton (Keith Carradine) offered her a job that would have changed the course of her life. Also, Stevie (Wallis Currie-Wood) and President Dalton’s son, Harrison (guest star Jason Ralph), begin a relationship.
“YHWH” – Finch (Michael Emerson) and Root (Amy Acker) race to save The Machine, which has been located by the rival AI, Samaritan. Also, Reese (Jim Caviezel) is caught in the middle of the final showdown between rival crime bosses Elias (Enrico Colantoni) and Dominic (Winston Duke).
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
CRIMINAL MINDS (9:00-10:00 PM)
“The Hunt” – When Kate’s (Jennifer Love Hewitt) niece, Meg (Hailey Sole), and her best friend, Markayla (guest star Taylor Mosby), are kidnapped, the BAU suspects an online predator engaged in sex trafficking who poses as a teenage boy.
THURSDAY, MAY 7
THE BIG BANG THEORY (8:00-8:30 PM)
“The Commitment Determination” – Sheldon (Jim Parsons) pushes Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting) to choose a date for their wedding and deals with dramatic changes in his own relationship with Amy (Mayim Bialik).
FRIDAY, MAY 8
HAWAII FIVE-0 (9:00-10:00 PM)
“Luapo’i (Prey)” – While Five-0 investigates the murder of a bounty hunter after he apprehended a fugitive hiding out in Hawaii, Rachel (guest star Claire van der Boom) reveals a long-held secret to Danny (Scott Caan) that has serious ramifications. Also, as Kono’s (Grace Park) wedding nears, Chin (Daniel Dae Kim) voices his concerns to McGarrett (Alex O’Loughlin) that Adam (guest star Ian Anthony Dale) is still working with the Yakuza.
HAWAII FIVE-0 (10:00-11:00 PM) – SEASON FINALE
“A Make Kaua (Until We Die)” – On the eve of Kono’s (Grace Park) wedding to Adam (Ian Anthony Dale), Five-0 must stop a fanatical patriot intent on starting a new war on terror by detonating stolen nuclear warheads and framing a terrorist leader.
SUNDAY, MAY 10
THE GOOD WIFE (9:00-10:00 PM)
When Alicia (Julianna Margulies) gets a suspicious call from a client, she discovers that he’s being held in a secret police facility where people are detained without being officially booked. Michael J. Fox guest stars.
TUESDAY, MAY 12
NCIS (8:00-9:00 PM)
“Neverland” – NCIS feverishly investigates a global terrorist group that is recruiting teens via the Internet, following a deadly bombing overseas that results in an emotional and surprising loss for the team. Mimi Rogers guest stars as a CIA officer.
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (9:00-10:00 PM)
“My City” – Pride (Scott Bakula) suspects a mole among the ranks as NCIS and local law enforcement continue to track the Broussard Syndicate after new intelligence suggests a breach at the ports.
“Bit by Bit” – Avery (Patricia Arquette) and the team investigate when a power outage in Detroit is used to mask a jewelry store robbery-homicide in which the jewels weren’t the target.
CSI: CYBER (10:00-11:00 PM) – SEASON FINALE
“Family Secrets” – Avery (Patricia Arquette) confronts the hacker who released her patients’ information when she was a psychologist, and Krumitz (Charley Koontz) confronts the man who murdered his parents.
THURSDAY, MAY 14
THE ODD COUPLE (8:30-9:00 PM)
“Jealous Island” – Oscar (Matthew Perry) becomes weirdly obsessed with living up to Murph’s (guest star Geoff Stults) reputation when he finds out that the girl he is seeing used to date the handsome ex-baseball player.
THE ODD COUPLE (9:00-9:30 PM) – SEASON FINALE
“The Audit Couple” – When the IRS decides to audit Oscar and his ex-wife, Gaby (guest star Lauren Graham), Felix (Thomas Lennon) offers to mediate between the contentious exes and suddenly realizes that he might be the reason Oscar was audited in the first place.
ELEMENTARY (10:00-11:00 PM)
“A Controlled Descent” – Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) take on an investigation of a personal nature when Holmes’ recovery sponsor, Alfredo (Ato Essandoh), suddenly disappears. As they delve into Alfredo’s life for clues, Holmes questions whether their friend has been abducted, or worse, if he suffered a relapse into addiction.
FRIDAY, MAY 15
THE AMAZING RACE (8:00-9:00 PM)
With the one million dollar prize on the line, the final teams race from Peru to Dallas, where they go to great heights at the top of AT&T Stadium, the home of the Dallas Cowboys, join a Texas cattle ranch and rappel 500 feet down the Reunion Tower. Phil Keoghan (@philkeoghan) is the host.
MONDAY, MAY 18
2 BROKE GIRLS (8:00-8:30 PM)
“And the In and Out” – Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs) are tasked with retrieving Sophie’s (Jennifer Coolidge) wedding dress from airport customs and safely transporting it to the church in time for her big wedding to Oleg (Jonathan Kite).
MIKE & MOLLY (8:30-9:00 PM)
“The Bitter Man and the Sea” – Mike (Billy Gardell) and Molly (Melissa McCarthy) are forced to uninvite Carl (Reno Wilson) from their anniversary cruise following his nasty breakup with Victoria (Katy Mixon).
STALKER (10:00-11:00 PM)
“Love Kills” – Beth (Maggie Q), Jack (Dylan McDermott), Vicky (guest star Mira Sorvino) and the rest of the TAU team continue their search for a serial killer, and Vicky learns some startling information about her ex-husband.
NCIS: LOS ANGELES (10:00-11:00 PM)
“Chernoff, K.” – An ongoing case leads Callen (Chris O’Donnell), Sam (LL COOL J), Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) and Kensi (Daniela Ruah) to Moscow, where the team must assume multiple undercover identities to locate their suspects. Also, Callen uncovers new information regarding his father.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20
SURVIVOR (8:00-10:00 PM)
Five Castaways remain and one will be crowned the Sole Survivor during the two-hour season finale, followed by the Live Reunion Show (10:00-11:00 PM), hosted by Emmy Award winner Jeff Probst.
SUNDAY, MAY 24
BATTLE CREEK (10:00-11:00 PM)
“Sympathy for the Devil” – Milt (Josh Duhamel) survives a car bombing and enlists Russ (Dean Winters) to track down his would-be assassin, leading to startling revelations about why Milt is the way he is and what brought him to Battle Creek.
Alexandra Daddario (True Detective, Percy Jackson) stars in Warner Bros. Pictures’ San Andreas, an action-adventure film directed by Brad Peyton (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island) and co-starring Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino. The film follows a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Johnson) who’s attempting to get from LA to San Francisco to find his daughter (Daddario) following a devastating earthquake. I caught up with Daddario at the 2015 WonderCon in Anaheim to find out more about this disaster movie and what audiences can expect when San Andreas shakes up theaters on May 29, 2015.
One of the great things about disaster movies is when people who otherwise don’t get along have to work together. Does your character have some moments like that?
Alexandra Daddario: “No, I get along with the people that I’m stuck with on my disaster journey, luckily enough. I think that the characters are very likable in this movie. You really care what happens to them, and I think that’s very important for a movie like this because there’s so much other stuff going on and so everyone is very likable – in real life and in the movie.”
So where do they get stuck when the earthquake hits?
Alexandra Daddario: “Well, I am in San Francisco when it happens and then my parents are in Los Angeles, and then it’s sort of trying to find each other and make sure that everyone’s okay. I can’t imagine anything more terrifying than not knowing where your loved ones are and we’re trying to get to each other. My character gets to go on her own journey and survive and make her own decisions.
You know, it was interesting to find this girl. I think she’s very strong and becomes stronger throughout the movie because you have these moments of vulnerability and fear, but you also have to survive and find those moments of strength.”
It’s called San Andreas. Do you actually shoot in California or was it somewhere else doubling for California?
Alexandra Daddario: “No. Because of tax breaks we shot in Australia, which I have no complaints about. I had never been to Australia so it was great to shoot in Australia and travel there and work there. That was very exciting. It’s a beautiful place, but I think we may start to get more tax breaks here, depending on what happens because everyone wants to work at home although I’m lucky to have had the chance to travel.”
What character do you play and who are the other characters you interact with?
Alexandra Daddario: “I play Dwayne Johnson’s daughter, which is very exciting. She meets a guy and his brother and just as the earthquake hits they’re stuck together, and they have to find their way out of the disaster.”
I referred to the aftershock earlier, but the earthquake has to hit first.
Alexandra Daddario: “Right. Well, there are so many things that happen. There’s an earthquake and then another, and then aftershocks. When an earthquake hits, it’s not usually just one thing. There’s all kinds of aftershocks and there’s a tsunami that hits. It’s an exaggerated view of what could happen. It’s not the exact thing that would happen to California in the near future. It’s meant to be fun; it’s meant to get your adrenaline pumping. At the same time, it sort of makes you think about, ‘Okay, how do I get prepared for what possibly could happen?'”
We know there are a lot of special effects but did you ever find yourself in some very real dangerous situations?
Alexandra Daddario: “No. I mean, I’ve been doing stunts for a while now and I really enjoy doing them. I feel they’re an important part of developing your character and finding your own strength. I like doing stunts, but I always feel very safe. There are wonderful stunt teams that make it look way more scary than it actually is. I think the level of fear that you bring to it is what you’re bringing to the character. I’ve always felt very safe.
And, you know, on sets if there’s ever a situation where you don’t feel safe someone’s going to speak up. You speak up. But these people are experts at what they do and they make you feel very comfortable.”
When you did True Detective did you know what the arc of that character was going to be when you started, or did you get those scripts later on?
Alexandra Daddario: “I got the scripts later on. I actually had auditioned for a different role so I wasn’t familiar with the role at all when I was cast in it. But it was a project that I really knew I wanted to be a part of. I was a big fan of Cary Fukunaga’s. I knew that it had to be something great to attract the kind of talent that it had attracted. It was just something different than anything that I had done. So, it wasn’t something that I knew would be what it was, but when I did start working on the character and reading the scripts I was blown away by the writing and very excited to work with Woody [Harrelson]. It’s still surreal to me that what happened with that show happened, and that it affected me in such a positive way.”
She turns out to be so dangerous. Were you gratified by that turn that you were able to take?
Alexandra Daddario: “Yeah. I think that she’s a very damaged person. She’s naive, and she’s a very damaged person. I’m fascinated by people and who we are and why we do the things that we do. I think that no one is all bad or all good; there’s different pieces to all of us. I think she’s someone who’s very driven by her emotions and possibly slightly something, but I think that it was interesting to play a character who had such an interesting arc and was so volatile and unpredictable.”
