Rounding up this weekend’s big news stories…WAR IS COMINGWith production now in full swing, Marvel decided to kick off the promotion for its hugely-anticipated superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War, releasing a first-look behind-the-scenes featurette from the first day of filming, complete with concept artwork, and on-set comments from Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Tom Holland […]
Taika Waititi no longer attached to Bubbles, the animated film about Michael Jackson’s chimp
In what is surely one of the least surprising pieces of news this year, Deadline is reporting that both Taika Waititi and Netflix have pulled out of Bubbles, the planned stop-motion animated movie charting the life of Michael Jackson through the eyes of his pet chimp.Netflix secured the rights to the project during the 2017 […]
Taika Waititi to direct Bubbles, a stop motion animation about Michael Jackson’s pet chimp
What We Do In the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople director Taika Waititi has lined up his next project after Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, with the filmmaker signing on to direct a stop motion animated film about Michael Jackson’s pet chimp Bubbles.“It’s an idea that fascinates me and one I want to develop further,” said […]
Michael Jackson’s chimp Bubbles to get stop motion animated biopic
Deadline is reporting that Michael Jackson’s chimpanzee companion Bubbles is set to receive a stop motion animated biopic, which is being produced by Dan Harmon (Community) from Isaac Adamson’s Black List script. Bubbles will tell “the story of Michael Jackson’s life and history from the perspective of the pet Chimp which got a close-up view […]
