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UPDATED, with Josh Gad response: Something Rotten!, the hit 2015 Broadway comedy set during the time of Shakespeare, includes an early scene in which a rival of the Bard is encouraged to add tunes to his plays and invent something called “the musical.” The rival playwright quickly dismisses the idea…

Actor-turned-filmmaker Alex Winter (Showbiz Kids) has set the murder mystery The Adults, starring Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Josh Gad (Avenue 5) and Anthony Carrigan (Barry), as his next project behind the camera, with plans to also act in the pic. The film penned by novelist Michael M.B. Galvin…

Ever since Elon Musk announced he would buy Twitter in April, a number of prominent showbiz types have had a sinking feeling. Some of them, like Mia Farrow, announced at the time that they were considering quitting. The actress wrote in April, “Well if Twitter becomes even more toxic—with…

Grey’s Anatomy stars Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey, along with blackish leads Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson and the late Chadwick Boseman, were honored as Legends Friday to help kick off D23 Expo: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event. The ABC stars and the lead of Black Panther, along with Frozen‘s Kristen Bell…

Peacock has given a thumbs up to a second season of the half-hour romantic dramedy Wolf Like Me, starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad. It’s from Abe Forsythe (Little Monsters). Here’s the logline from season one, which dropped in January with six episodes: Everyone brings their own set of baggage to a new relationship…

Peacock has revealed the trailer for its new romantic dramedy drama series Wolf Like Me, starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad as two people whose lives converge after tragedy. Here is the logline: Everyone brings their own set of baggage to a new relationship, and Gary (Gad) and Mary (Fisher) are no different. Gary is an…

The long-gestating Gaston & LeFou Beauty and the Beast prequel series is a go. Disney+ has officially greenlighted Beauty and the Best (working title), an eight-episode limited musical series, a prequel to the 2017 live-action film. The movie’s Luke Evans and Josh Gad are reprising their roles as Gaston and LeFou…

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to Wolf Like Me, a six-episode, half-hour genre-bending romantic comedy from Little Monsters helmer Abe Forsythe starring Josh Gad and Isla Fisher. The series is produced by Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories in partnership with Endeavor Content and Australian streaming…

Apple’s hit animated musical comedy series Central Park will be back for a third go-round. Series co-creator Loren Bouchard announced the early Season 3 renewal Wednesday on social media. The news comes ahead of the series’ Season 2 premiere. “Seasons 2 and 3 of Central Park mean twenty-nine more episodes, and…

Saturday Night Live alum Leslie Jones will host the 72nd Emmy Awards nominations ceremony, which will be held Tuesday at 8:30 AM PT/11:30 AM ET as a livestream hosted by the Television Academy. Jones will be joined by presenters Laverne Cox, Josh Gad and Tatiana Maslany in the livestream, a virtual event this year…

Before Josh Gad was the Book of Mormon-acting, Olaf-voicing, YouTube reunion-hosting star he is today, he was a nervous young prospect, hoping to make it on Broadway. "New York, before LA was even a twinkle in my eye, was my end game," he tells Deadline. But on the day he auditioned in the city for his dream school…

Central Park star and co-creator Josh Gad said on NBC’s Today this morning that replacing Kristen Bell as the voice of a mixed-race character on the Apple TV+ series was “frankly an easy decision to make.” Watch the clip above. The move to have a TBA black actor voice the Molly character was announced Wednesday. It…