‘Rick And Morty’ Producer Behind ‘The Rejects’ Animation
EXCLUSIVE: Rick and Morty producer Rick Mischel is co-producing a Scottish-Canadian animation about rejects that includes the Girl of the Lake, Dr Watson and Friar Tuck. John McEwan-Whyte is creating The Rejects and Mischel, who can also be behind Sony’s upcoming animated characteristic Goat, is producing with So Awkward creator Julie Bower. Philomena star Sophie Kennedy Clarke leads because the Girl of the Lake—a magical badass with anger points after King Arthur made an undesirable move after which ran off along with her sword. However on the coronary heart of the story is Dr. John Watson: reimagined as an excellent but insecure, brazenly homosexual ex-military physician whose coronary heart will get damaged by Sherlock Holmes, prompting him to assemble a brand new workforce of missed legends together with Friar Truck and Tantor the Elephant to cease a risk even Holmes couldn’t deal with. The sequence from Scotland’s Bonnie and Braw Cartùns and Mischel’s nascent Artists Animation Studio is in paid growth with Display screen Scotland and worldwide LGBTQ+ Canadian-based community OutTV. “When John confirmed me this undertaking, the originality and humor jumped off the web page. It’s humorous, heartfelt and one thing our animators will actually love engaged on,” mentioned Mischel.
ITV Doubles Down On Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘Who Needs To Be A Millionaire?’
ITV is doubling down on extra Jeremy Clarkson-hosted Who Needs to be a Millionaire? with a spin-off plus prolonged run of the unique and extra movie star variations. Clarkson will host the UK debut of Millionaire Sizzling Seat, a fast-paced model of the unique that requires gamers to suppose tactically and reply below strain as they compete in opposition to the clock, and one another. It has aired for years in Australia and filming will start in a couple of months’ time. As well as, ITV has commissioned 19 episodes of Who Needs to Be a Millionaire together with seven movie star specials. The transfer is a far cry from a pair 12 months’s again when ITV was weighing up Clarkson’s future on the present after his controversial Meghan Markle column, and means the Clarkson’s Farm host can be on the channel for a minimum of the following one and half years. Sony-backed Stellify Media is producing all the brand new seasons of Millionaire. Katie Rawcliffe, Director of Leisure and Daytime Commissioning at ITV, mentioned: “Who Needs To Be A Millionaire has reached 18 million viewers on ITV up to now this 12 months alone. Commissioning a brand new spin off format to additional capitalise on the model’s success and recognition was a no brainer, particularly with Millionaire Sizzling Seat already doing so effectively in different territories.”
