CAREY MULLIGAN JOINS ADAM SANDLER FILM: Deadline reports that Carey Mulligan will join Netflix’s Adam Sandler feature Spaceman. The Promising Young Woman actress will play the wife of Sandler’s astronaut protagonist.
JOHN CORBETT JOINS SEX AND THE CITY REVIVAL: John Corbett revealed to Page Six that he will reprise his role of Carrie Bradshaw’s ex-fiance, Aidan Shaw, in the Sex and the City reboot. He told the outlet that he will appear in “quite a few” episodes.
NCIS RENEWED FOR SEASON 19: CBS has picked up NCIS for a nineteenth season with Mark Harmon expected to return. Deadline reports that the network has also renewed Blue Bloods, Bull, S.W.A.T, and Magnum P.I.
JAMEELA JAMIL TO HOST THE WEBBYS: The Good Place’s Jameela Jamil will host the 25th annual Webby Awards, which will take place on Tuesday, May 18th. According to Deadline, nominees for the virtual ceremony will be unveiled April 20th.
THE GUCCI FAMILY IS DISAPPOINTED BY 'HOUSE OF GUCCI': The Gucci family told the Associated Press that they are “truly disappointed” in the upcoming Ridley Scott film, “House of Gucci,” starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver. Patricizia Gucci said she speaks on behalf of the family when she says, “They are stealing the identity of a family to make a profit, to increase the income of the Hollywood system … Our family has an identity, privacy. We can talk about everything. but there is a borderline that cannot be crossed.”
AMAZON TO RELEASE UNAIRED BORAT FOOTAGE: Never-before-seen footage from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm will be coming to Amazon Prime Video in the form of a multipart special. The trailer for Borat Supplemental Reportings Retrieved From Floor of Stable Containing Editing Machine dropped Thursday (April 15th). Deadline writes that the special does not yet have an official release date.
'BLACK PANTHER' FANS LAUNCH PETITION TO RECAST T'CHALLA AFTER CHADWICK BOSEMAN'S PASSING: Fans have launched a petition on Change.org to recast T'Challa in Black Panther after Chadwick Boseman's passing last year. The petition reads in part, “By not recasting, it could stifle the opportunity for one of the most popular, leading Black superheroes to add on to their legacy. The #1 way to kill a legend, is to stop telling their story.” The petition went on, “#RecastTChalla is not a call to replace Chadwick Boseman. (No one could ever do that.) It is not asking for an immediate replacement either. Nor is this calling for the prevention of other characters to take up the mantle of Black Panther like Shuri or anyone else. This petition is merely asking to continue the portrayal of T’Challa in the MCU. #RecastTChalla is a call to fulfill the role that Chadwick Boseman worked so hard for the world to see.”
Read the petition: https://bit.ly/3gegzan
