Charles Pulliam-Moore

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Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 11, 2023

Abbott Elementary’s coming back for a third season.

Hot off its wins at this year’s Golden Globes Awards, Quinta Brunson’s Abbott Elementary has been picked up for a third season at ABC, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

ABC’s re-up on the Warner Bros. Television co-produced series came in just after it was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild awards, something WB TV head Channing Dungey described as “extra icing on the renewal cake.”

‘Abbott Elementary’ Scores Early Season 3 Renewal at ABC

[The Hollywood Reporter]

2023 Golden Globes: the complete list of winners

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 11, 2023

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 10, 2023

Meet the Netflix VP behind its big international TV push.

Bela Bejaria, Netflix’s vice president overseeing international original series, comes across as the consummate entertainment executive with a talent for cultivating hits in a sprawling new profile from The New Yorker.

But the profile also spotlights how her “hyperaggressive approach to TV-making,” hasn’t been without its consequences, especially for showrunners on more niche shows who felt that the company’s become far “less accommodating of their projects as the platform swelled in scope,” in recent years.

How Much More Netflix Can the World Absorb?

[The New Yorker]

HBO’s The Last of Us is a compact adaptation that puts you in the passenger seat

Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann’s The Last of Us TV series is a faithful adaptation of the beloved video game, but it doesn’t feel distinct as an apocalyptic survival series.

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 10, 2023

It’s Kang’s world in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s newest trailer

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 10, 2023

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 9, 2023

M3gan’s making bank, and Universal reportedly wants a sequel.

Even if director Gerard Johnstone’s relatively low-budget horror M3gan hadn’t made $45 million at the box office this past weekend, the movie’s premise about a murderous doll powered by artificial intelligence already lent itself to an easy sequel. M3gan did make a big splash at theaters, though, and Deadline reports that Universal is already working on a sequel that’s described as being “in early development.”

How ‘M3GAN’ Boogied Her Way To The Box Office Via TikTok; Sequel Already In Works

[Deadline]

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 9, 2023

Netflix’s Inside Job won’t be coming back for a second season, actually.

Netflix initially renewed Shion Takeuchi’s Inside Job adult animated series for a second season shortly after the first half of its first season debuted back in the fall of 2021. Between Netflix’s ordering more episodes, and the second batch of episodes ending on something of a cliffhanger, it seemed very much like the streamer was serious about keeping Inside Job going.

But over the weekend, Takeuchi took to her Twitter account to announce that, unfortunately, Inside Job’s going the way of Blockbuster, 1899, and GLOW.

Charles Pulliam-MooreJan 6, 2023

Netflix heard you loved Wednesdays.

Despite Netflix’s Wednesday series being a surprise hit, there was no guarantee that the streamer was going to bring the series back — especially given its penchant for canceling shows. But in Wednesday’s case, the future’s looking bright as Netflix has just announced its plans for a season two.

Unsurprisingly, the video doesn’t detail any of the next season’s plot or when it might air. But in a statement published to Netflix’s Tudum blog, Wednesday co-showrunners Miles Millar and Alfred Gough said they “can’t wait to dive headfirst into another season and explore the kooky, spooky world of Nevermore.”