TV Special, Graphic Novel Among Latest Adventures for Last Kids on Earth By Karen Raugust | Apr 20, 2021
The Last Kids on Earth, the middle-grade series written by Max Brallier, illustrated by Douglas Holgate, and published by Viking, has been making inroads into television, gaming, and licensed products. The latest ventures for the franchise include a new interactive television episode, which premiered on Netflix on April 6, and a graphic novel from Viking released the same day.
The expansion of the book series, which has seven million copies in print, began in 2017 when Thunderbird Entertainment and its kids’ and family division, Atomic Cartoons, approached Brallier to option the rights for a TV series. The show was acquired by Netflix in 2018 and premiered in 2019 with an Emmy-winning special, followed by two seasons of 10 episodes each in April and October 2020. In the new standalone interactive episode,
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Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer (show above, from left) play best friends who get super powers and become âThunder Forceâ (2021, PG-13), a superhero comedy that pits the unlikely costumed avengers against colorful supervillains and the challenges of keeping those high-tech costumes laundered. (Netflix)
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There has been talk of a potential
Beetlejuice sequel, really, since the inventive horror-comedy about a deceased couple trying to scare a snobbish family out of their house became a surprise hit in 1988. In more recent years, Michael Keaton has said he would play the maniacal bio-exorcist with director Tim Burton on board, Winona Ryder has also seemed open to returning, and rumors of Johnny Depp appearing in the
Beetlejuice sequel have come out lately. Sounds like a fun idea, but, if you ask me, I think it would work best if all the original members of the
Beetlejuice cast came back, which would take more than saying their names three times to achieve.
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One of the world’s most notorious art heists was carried out by two men in March 1990 when 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
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Starring: Dolly Parton, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Shawn Mendes, Mark Ronson
Nominated as the MusiCares Person of the Year in 2019, to celebrate the career of legendary country artist Dolly Parton a whole host of artists performed her in honor.
Most Popular Movies & TV Series on Netflix Australia This Week: April 9th, 2021
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Here s the list of all the new shows and movies arriving to Netflix in April
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There s plenty of new additions coming to streaming giant Netflix s catalogue in time for Easter and across the month of April.
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Prank Encounters: Season 2 01/04/2021
Hosted by Gaten Matarazzo (Stranger Things), each episode of this terrifying and hilarious prank show takes two complete strangers on the surprise ride of a lifetime. It s business as usual until their paths collide and their one-day assignments turn into supernatural surprises. Where fear meets funny, Prank Encounters is the most elaborate hidden camera prank show ever devised.