Author: Michael

Disney+ has greenlit a new “Darkwing Duck” series starring Mark Hamill and Seth Rogen. Hamill will star as Drake Mallard, a.k.a. Darkwing Duck, in the new series, which hails from EPs Sean Tretta (“Star Trek: Picard”) and Borja Peña Gorostegui (“Lost & Crowned”). Rogen will also executive produce for Point Grey Pictures alongside Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, Alex McAtee and Gabby Grantham, while original creator Tad Stones consults on the project. The official logline is as follows: “For the last 35 years, Darkwing Duck has been trapped in his worst nightmare: an alternate world that’s never heard of his superhero exploits. Now a…

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Cary Granat, the co-founder and former CEO of Walden Media, has been selected as the next dean of the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication, the university announced Tuesday. Granat will begin the role Sept. 28, bringing more than three decades of experience across film, media, education and entrepreneurship to the position. Granat helped build Walden Media into a global family entertainment company, overseeing films including “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Charlotte’s Web” and “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” as well as oceanographic films made with James Cameron. His career has spanned film, publishing, educational programming…

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