News Brief: Regal Cinemas’ Unlimited Film Ticket Service, New Seasons of THE FLASH & WYNONNA EARP Begin Production, & More

News Brief: Regal Cinemas’ Unlimited Film Ticket Service, New Seasons of The Flash & Wynonna Earp Begin Production, and More

In brief, new movie news and television show news has broken. Below you will find a succinct rundown on all that news and their most significant segments, distilled down to the most salient information.

Movie News

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon Film has Begun Production

Ana Lily Amirpour‘s motion picture Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon has officially begun film production in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Regal Cinemas, UA & Edwards Theatres Will Offer Unlimited Movie Ticket Service

Regal Cinemas, UA & Edwards Theatres will be introducing an unlimited movie ticket subscription service.

There will be three tiers of pricing, which work out to $18, $21 and $24 per month, each granting access to unlimited tickets (really). While the monthly price of AMC Stubs A-List movie ticket subscription program varies by state, we hear that Regal’s is based on theater location. Those purchasing a top-priced tier will have access to any Regal Cinema (i.e., from Valencia, CA to 42nd Street in NYC), while the lowest tier gets access to about half of the chain’s national footprint. If someone purchased a subscription at a low tier and ventures to an out-of-network Regal in a higher tier (like a major city), there’s apt to be a surcharge (not final, but around $2-$3) on a gratis ticket.

There are also 10% cash reductions on concessions for each tier, which are immediate rather than receiving a voucher for the next visit. Also, there’s buzz that Regal Unlimited subscribers will have to purchase an entire year in advance for the unlimited ticket program, hence the tier prices respectively would be $288, $252 and $216.

TV Show News

The Flash: Season 6 Production Has Begun at The CW

Production has begun on the sixth season of The CW’s The Flash.

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Game of Thrones Prequel TV Series May be Called Blood Moon

The Game of Thrones prequel TV series will be apparently be called ‘Blood Moon.’ I can’t imagine that HBO choose Blood Moon for the title of this prequel series over ‘The Long Night.’ I hope and assume that ‘Blood Moon’ is a production codename.

Wynonna Earp: Season 4 Greenlit to Start Production by Syfy

The long-languishing Wynonna Earp: Season 4 has finally been given the green-light to begin production by IDW Entertainment, SEVEN24 Films, Space and SYFY. Season 4 of Wynonna Earp will begin airing in the United States in the Summer of 2020.

Final Fantasy Live-action TV Series Greenlit by Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind

Sony Pictures Television and Hivemind, the production company behind Amazon’s THE EXPANSE and Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of THE WITCHER, announced today a new partnership with global video game powerhouse SQUARE ENIX to develop a first-of-its-kind, live-action adaptation of a beloved chapter from the blockbuster FINAL FANTASY(R) series, which has sold more than 144 million units worldwide across three decades.

The live-action television series will tell an original story set in the fantastic world of Eorzea, based on FINAL FANTASY XIV, the franchise’s blockbuster online role-playing game. Since it first debuted in 2013, the online title has continued to delight and amass millions of players around the world year over year and only further cemented FINAL FANTASY as one of the most storied and influential franchises in gaming history.

Inspired directly by the world and characters of the title’s fourteenth installment, the project will embrace the bold and genre-bending sensibilities of the revered and long-running FINAL FANTASY series as it explores the struggle between magic and technology in a quest to bring peace to a land in conflict. Filled with iconic hallmarks of the title’s revered mythology – magitek and beastmen, airships and chocobos – the forthcoming series will feature a mixture of new and familiar faces. Those will, notably, include the live-action debut of Cid – one of the games’ central and most beloved characters who has appeared in almost every installment of the franchise to date.

“FINAL FANTASY XIV and Eorzea are the perfect gateway into FINAL FANTASY for longtime fans and newcomers alike,” said Sony Pictures Television Co-President Chris Parnell. “This show is about embracing and embodying all of the elements that have made the mythos such an endlessly captivating phenomenon, and it’s an immense honor to be bringing all of Eorzea’s iconic characters, settings, and concepts – including fan-favorites like Cid and, of course, the chocobos – to life for a television audience.”

“Television is the ideal medium to capture the extraordinary depth, sophisticated themes, and unparalleled imagination of FINAL FANTASY and its multitude of unique and fully realized characters,” said Jason Brown, Hivemind Co-Founder and Co-President. “We are working tirelessly to bring together artists from around the world who are united in honoring the extraordinary legacy of this franchise and its millions of fans around the world.”

FINAL FANTASY’s multibillion-dollar legacy is one of the most influential pieces of global pop culture of the past 30 years with a footprint that now encompasses all major home and handheld consoles, as well as toys, card games, manga, soundtracks, concerts and live events on three continents. The upcoming television adaptation represents a momentous new milestone for the franchise and will mark the first time a FINAL FANTASY world – and its many beloved inhabitants – will be realized in live action.

Jason F. Brown, Sean Daniel, and Dinesh Shamdasani of Hivemind will serve as Executive Producers on the series. Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton (WINTER’S KNIGHT, THE WELLS INITIATIVE) have been commissioned to write for the series and will also serve as Executive Producers.

Into the Dark Has Been Renewed for Season Two by Spectrum

Into The Dark has been renewed for a second season by Hulu. Production begins on July 25, 2019.

A Moody Christmas Receives Episode Order by Fox

A six-episode order has been placed by Fox for A Moody Christmas. A Moody Christmas is a half-hour single-camera holiday event series that will air during the 2019 Christmas season.

Masters of Doom Pilot Episode Order by USA

USA Network has placed a pilot order for anthology series MASTERS OF DOOM with the first installment based on award-winning journalist and author David Kushner’s landmark nonfiction book of the same name.

MASTERS OF DOOM is the true story of two computer geniuses in an obscure corner of America who, along with a group of rebellious misfits, created one of the biggest franchise hits of the 90s, the video game DOOM. John Carmack and John Romero were best friends who became bitter rivals, as they created a video game empire and transformed pop culture forever.

From UCP (Universal Content Productions), MASTERS OF DOOM will be written by WGA Award winner Tom Bissell, who will also serve as executive producer. Bissell is writer on the Gears of War, Battlefield, and Uncharted video game franchises; author of nine books, including Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter; and co-author of the New York Times bestseller The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made. His short fiction has also been anthologized in multiple editions of the Best American Short Stories series.

Serving as executive producers are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Eric Robinson and Jeremy Bell of The Gotham Group; James Franco, Dave Franco, Vince Jolivette and Elizabeth Haggard of Ramona Films; and Kushner. D.J. Goldberg of The Gotham Group will serve as co-executive producer.

USA’s recent scripted series orders include BRIARPATCH, executive produced by MR. ROBOT’s Sam Esmail along with Andy Greenwald and Chad Hamilton and starring Rosario Dawson and Kim Dickens; BRAVE NEW WORLD, a television adaptation of the iconic Aldous Huxley novel; TREADSTONE, an action-packed thriller from a producer of the “Bourne” franchise; and DARE ME, based on the award-winning young adult novel from Megan Abbott.

Bissell is represented by LINK Entertainment and Morris Yorn. Kushner is repped by The Gotham Group and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum Matlof & Fishman LLP. The Gotham Group is repped by WME and Nelson Davis LLP.

Kushner is the author of six books, including his latest, The Players Ball. A contributing editor of Rolling Stone, he has written for publications including The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, New York Times Magazine, New York, and GQ, and has been an essayist for National Public Radi

Michael Chabon Appointed Showrunner of Star Trek: Picard by CBS All Access

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon has been named Showrunner of the upcoming STAR TREK: PICARD series. Chabon is working closely on the day-to-day production of the series with Academy Award winner and veteran “Star Trek” writer and producer Akiva Goldsman, and Alex Kurtzman, who continues to oversee the expansion of the growing “Star Trek” universe for CBS Studios.

“Daring, lyrical, humane, whimsical, celebrated: words that describe both Jean-Luc Picard and the literary genius of Michael Chabon,” said Alex Kurtzman. “Despite a laundry list of accomplishments most writers only dream of, Michael shines with the heart and soul of a Trekkie who’s finally found his dream job. We’re so fortunate to have him at the helm as we explore this next chapter in the great captain’s life.”

“‘Star Trek’ has been an important part of my way of thinking about the world, the future, human nature, storytelling and myself since I was ten years old,” said Michael Chabon. “I come to work every day in a state of joy and awe at having been entrusted with the character and the world of Jean-Luc Picard, with this vibrant strand of the rich, intricate and complex tapestry that is ‘Trek.’”

In addition to Chabon, Goldsman and Kurtzman, Patrick Stewart, Heather Kadin, James Duff, Rod Roddenberry and Trevor Roth also serve as executive producers with Aaron Baiers (Secret Hideout) serving as co-executive producer and Kirsten Beyer as supervising producer. The series is produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout and Roddenberry Entertainment.

Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the novels “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” “Moonglow,” “Wonder Boys,” “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union,” “Telegraph Avenue,” “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,” “Summerland,” “The Final Solution,” “Gentlemen of the Road;” the short story collections “A Model World” and “Werewolves in Their Youth;” and the essay collections “Maps and Legends,” “Manhood for Amateurs,” “Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces” and “Bookends.” Chabon’s screenplays and teleplays include “John Carter,” “Spiderman 2,” “Unbelievable” – which he wrote with his writing partner and wife, the novelist, essayist and television writer Ayelet Waldman – the STAR TREK: SHORT TREKS episode “Calypso” and “Q&A” among others. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, Chabon has won the Hugo, Nebula, Mythopoeic, Sidewise and Ignotus awards (Spain’s Hugo Award) and many others.

STAR TREK: PICARD will air exclusively on CBS All Access in the United States and will be distributed concurrently internationally by CBS Studios International on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories and in Canada on Bell Media’s cable networks, Space and Z, and OTT service Crave.

STAR TREK: PICARD features Sir Patrick Stewart reprising his iconic role as Jean-Luc Picard, which he played for seven seasons on “Star Trek: The Next Generation.” The new series will follow this iconic character into the next chapter of his life.

Alongside Stewart, STAR TREK: PICARD will also star Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera and Harry Treadaway.

The Lost Boys The CW Pilot Episode is Being Recast

Catherine Hardwicke’s The Lost Boys TV adaptation for The CW is being completely recast with the exception of actors Medalion Rahimi and Dakota Shapiro.

Hellraiser TV series Rights acquired for a TV Adaptation

Roy Lee and Dan Farah have acquired the TV rights to the Hellraiser film franchise. The television series will build upon the mythos of The Hellbound Heart novella by Clive Barker and the Hellraiser film franchise.

One Day at a Time Has Been Renewed for Season Four by Pop TV

Pop TV, now fully owned by CBS Corporation, announced today that the critically-acclaimed series ONE DAY AT A TIME will continue with a new 13-episode fourth season premiering in 2020. The Network shared the news amid fan campaigns rallying behind the series. Produced by Sony Pictures Television, the fourth season of ONE DAY AT A TIME will air exclusively on Pop.

ONE DAY AT A TIME, the comedy-drama inspired by Norman Lear’s 1975 series of the same name, follows the life of Penelope Alvarez (Screen Actors Guild Award® winner Justina Machado), a newly single Army veteran, and her Cuban-American family, as they navigate the ups and downs of life. Now a nurse practitioner, Penelope is raising two strong-willed children. When faced with challenges, Penelope turns to her “old-school” mother Lydia (Emmy®, Grammy®, Oscar® and Tony® winner Rita Moreno), and her building manager Schneider (Todd Grinnell), who has become an invaluable confidant. The series offers a contemporary take on what life looks like in both good and bad times, and how loved ones can help make it all worthwhile. The series also stars Isabella Gomez as Elena Alvarez, Marcel Ruiz as Alex Alvarez and Stephen Tobolowsky as Dr. Berkowitz.

“How amazing it is to be involved with this brilliant and culturally significant series that deals with important themes one minute while making you laugh the next,” said Brad Schwartz, Pop TV President. “If Schitt’s Creek has taught us anything, it’s that love and kindness always wins. Pop is now the home to two of the most critically praised and fan-adored comedies in all of television, bringing even more premium content to basic cable. We couldn’t be more proud to continue telling heartwarming stories of love, inclusion, acceptance and diversity that pull on your emotions while putting a smile on your face.”

“Three months ago, I was heartbroken with the news of our beloved One Day At A Time’s cancellation. Today, I’m overwhelmed with joy to know the Alvarez family will live on,” said executive producer Norman Lear. “Thank you to my producing partner, Brent Miller, our incredibly talented co-showrunners, Mike Royce and Gloria Calderón Kellett, and of course, Sony, for never once giving up on the show, our actors or the possibility that a cable network could finally save a cancelled series that originated on a streaming service. And one last thank you to, Pop, for having the guts to be that first cable network. Even this I get to experience – at 96.”

“We are thrilled beyond belief to be making more One Day At A Time,” remarked executive producers and co-showrunners Gloria Calderón Kellett and Mike Royce. “This show has meant so much to so many, and we can’t wait to dive in with our amazing new partners Pop and CBS. And we’d especially like to thank all of the fans for their undying support, helping us turn #SaveODAAT into #MoreODAAT.”

“We are so honored to be associated with this exceptional series,” said Jeff Frost, Sony Pictures Television President. “It means so much to so many people. We were never willing to accept that the story of the Alvarez family might not continue and we undertook every effort to ensure that did not occur. We are so grateful to our new partners at Pop and CBS for believing in this series and working with us to bring it back. We are overjoyed to continue to work with the brilliant team of Gloria, Mike, Norman and Brent as well as this brilliantly talented cast.”

As part of the innovative deal to pick up the new season, ONE DAY AT A TIME will also be broadcast on the CBS Television Network later in 2020, following its run on Pop. CBS was the home of the original series that aired over 40 years ago.

One Day At A Time is produced by Act III Productions, Inc., Snowpants Productions and GloNation in association with Sony Pictures Television, with Norman Lear, Mike Royce, Gloria Calderón Kellett and Brent Miller serving as executive producers.

The Sandman Live-action TV Series Greenlit by Netflix

NETFLIX ORDERS THE SANDMAN SERIES BASED ON NEIL GAIMAN’S GROUNDBREAKING COMIC BOOK SERIES

Logline: A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, The Sandman follows the people and places affected by Morpheus, the Dream King, as he mends the cosmic–and human–mistakes he’s made during his vast existence.

Based on The Sandman comic book series created for DC by Neil Gaiman

Writer/Showrunner/Executive Producer: Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, Grey’s Anatomy)

Writers/Executive Producer: Neil Gaiman (Good Omens, Coraline) and David S. Goyer (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, Krypton, Foundation)

Episodes: 10 (plus one). Gaiman, Heinberg and Goyer will co-write the first episode.
Studio: Warner Bros. Television

Netflix Quote: “We’re thrilled to partner with the brilliant team that is Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer and Allan Heinberg to finally bring Neil’s iconic comic book series, The Sandman, to life onscreen,” said Channing Dungey, VP, Original Series, Netflix. “From its rich characters and storylines to its intricately built-out worlds, we’re excited to create an epic original series that dives deep into this multi-layered universe beloved by fans around the world.”

The rumors are true. The tangled story of Morpheus, King of Dreams is becoming a Netflix series! Warner Brothers and executive producer Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman screenwriter) have signed on to bring the dream of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman into reality. pic.twitter.com/cOMjPL5cqp

— Netflix Geeked (@NetflixGeeked) July 1, 2019

Are you prepared to meet the Lord of Dreams? THE SANDMAN is officially coming to @netflix! Head here for more: https://t.co/zlamTMHen0 pic.twitter.com/zQbgXKdrZX

— DC (@DCComics) July 1, 2019

Gremlins Animated Prequel Series Receives Episode Order by WarnerMedia

A ten-episode order has been placed by WarnerMedia streaming service for an animated Gremlins TV series entitled Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai.

Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai’s plot synopsis: “Set in 1920s Shanghai, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai will tell the story of how 10-year-old Sam Wing (future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 movie) met the young Mogwai called Gizmo. Along with a teenage street thief named Elle, Sam and Gizmo take a perilous journey through the Chinese countryside, encountering, and sometimes battling, colorful monsters and spirits from Chinese folklore. On their quest to return Gizmo to his family and uncover a legendary treasure, they are pursued by a power-hungry industrialist and his growing army of evil Gremlins.”

Family Matters, Step by Step, Perfect Strangers, and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper Possibly Rebooted by WarnerMedia

WarnerMedia streaming service is considering reboots for Family Matters, Step by Step, Perfect Strangers, and Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper. This consideration is in the “exploratory stages.”

Midnight Mass TV Series Ordered by Netflix

Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy‘s Midnight Mass TV series has been ordered by Netflix. The TV series will consist of several episodes.

Midnight Mass‘ plot synopsis: “an isolated island community experiences miraculous events — and frightening omens — after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.”

Netflix has picked up a new series from the team behind #TheHauntingOfHillHouse, @flanaganfilm & Trevor Macy. In #MidnightMass, an isolated island community experiences miraculous events — and frightening omens — after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest.

— Queue (@netflixqueue) July 1, 2019

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