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Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘King of the Hill' cast and creators on revival: ‘Bobby's got a little bit of fame and a little bit of swagger'
'On August 4th I will be back, and I'm pissed off.' That's how King of the Hill cocreator and executive producer Mike Judge teased the long-anticipated revival of the Hulu animated series, in the voice of Hank Hill. The show will be returning for its 14th season on Hulu, after wrapping a 13-year run in 2009. More from GoldDerby David E. Kelley on the secret of his prolific career: 'Don't ever assume you're smarter than the audience' 'I'm glad I'm still alive': Jon Hamm and John Slattery on 'Mad Men,' 10 years later Watch the first 6 minutes of 'Wednesday' Season 2, from Netflix Tudum 2025 Judge offered a sneak peek at what's in store for Season 14 at a panel at the ATX TV Festival in Austin that also included cocreator and executive producer Greg Daniels, executive producer and showrunner Saladin K. Patterson, and voice cast members Pamela Adlon, Lauren Tom and Toby Huss. The new season finds Hank and Peggy having retired and returning to live in Texas, after working in Saudi Arabia; Bobby (as voiced by Adlon) is now 21 and working as a sushi chef — technically a "German sushi robata" chef — in Dallas. Judge said they had toyed with the idea of bringing the show back for years, but "when it clicked for me, I would just say, is when we start talking about actually aging the characters and the idea of Hank going to Saudi Arabia for a propane gig to retire off of," said Judge. "The ideas just started coming in. Because it's such a grounded realistic show, it just seemed right that they would be older. Bobby wouldn't be the same. That just seemed like the right thing." The actors said they'd been following the rumors of a revival for years. "I just never wish for things like that because it's too big of a dream," said Adlon. Once she was convinced it was real, she was quickly on board with playing an older version of her beloved character. "Bobby's got a little bit of fame and he's got a little bit of swagger," she said. "As an adult, he's become more centered and a bit more like his dad." Huss added, 'I came back because it was like I miss my friends. I miss my friends in real life, but I miss my cartoon friends. We used to have crazy adventures, and I want to have more adventures with them.' But some friends are missing — Brittany Murphy, who voiced Luanne, died in 2009, and Johnny Hardwick, who voiced Dale Gribble, died in August 2023. He'll be in the first six episodes, and then Huss will take over the role for the remaining four. Patterson, who stepped in as showrunner, said, 'We talked about the best way to honor them, the show and the fans as well. I don't want to give any spoilers, but we found opportunities to let them be referenced, in a very respectful way that people are going to appreciate.' Add Huss, 'I'm not trying to copy Johnny ... I guess I'm trying to be Johnny," said Huss. "He laid down a really wonderful goofball character ... he had a lot of weird heart to him and that's a credit to Johnny. So all I'm trying to do is hold on to his Dale-ness. We love our guy Johnny and it's so sad that he's not here.' Over its initial run, King of the Hill received seven Emmy nominations and won twice: Best Animated Series in 1999 and Adlon for Best Voice-Over Performance in 2002. Watch a teaser for the upcoming season here: Best of GoldDerby 'I cried a lot': Rob Delaney on the heart and humor in FX's 'Dying for Sex' — and Neighbor Guy's kick in the 'zone' TV directors roundtable: 'American Primeval,' 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,' 'Paradise' 'Paradise' directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra on the 'chaos' of crafting 'the world coming to an end' Click here to read the full article.
Screen Geek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Screen Geek
'King Of The Hill' Revival First Look Revealed
The animated series King of the Hill is receiving an all-new revival. The original series ran from 1997 to 2009 and delivered a hilarious look at everyday life in a way that few animated sitcoms have managed to achieve. Now series creators Mike Judge and Greg Daniels are returning for the King of the Hill revival, the first look at which you can see below. The original series existed in a time-frame that more or less lasted a few years, and as you can see in the first look, the King of the Hill revival takes place in our much more modern era. Fans can see the classic set of characters – Hank Hill, Dale Gribble, Bill Dauterive, and Boomhauer – as they stand in the alley just like the original show often depicted. We also getting a look at Peggy Hill and Bobby Hill as well. However, they seem to have had their traditional lives impacted by current technology and trends, which includes drones, Mega Lo Eats, and a virtual reality headset. Here's the image: The cast of characters will once again have the voices of Mike Judge as Hank Hill, Stephen Root as Bill Dauterive, and Judge as Boomhauer as well. Sadly, Dale actor Johnny Hardwicke passed away in 2023. It's been said that he recorded dialogue for some episodes – but it's unknown just how his character will be handled beyond that. Nevertheless, fans are eager to see how this new take on King of the Hill pans out, especially with the characters having been aged up to match the world around them. This includes Pamela Adlon's Bobby Hill, the son of Hank and his wife, Peggy Hill, who will finally be depicted as a grown adult. It's an exciting time for audiences as we wait for our return to Arlen, Texas. Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional updates regarding the new continuation of King of the Hill set to premiere on Hulu as we have them. For now, however, this first look certainly illustrates what we can expect both old and new to see in the show.
Forbes
6 days ago
- Business
- Forbes
‘Phineas And Ferb' Creators Talk The Show's Longevity, TikTok Trends & Disney Channel Revival: ‘It May Be Our Best Season Ever'
'Phineas and Ferb' Dan Povenmire and Jeff 'Swampy Marsh' know what they're gonna do this summer, and that's celebrate the return of their massive Disney Channel hit — Phineas and Ferb. If you recall, the Mouse Handed-branded network picked the show back in 2023 up for an additional two seasons (comprising a total of 40 episodes) as part of Povenmire's overall creative deal with Disney Branded Television. And you better believe Disney is pulling out all the promotional stops with a branded ice cream truck roaming Los Angeles, a "Platypus Cam" at the San Diego Zoo, and a Porta(l) potty spy lair activation at the Van Warped Tour in Washington, D.C. When the fifth season debuts this Thursday — June 5 — at 8:00 p.m. ET, nearly ten years will have passed since the animated classic went off the air, though fans did get a fresh fix in 2020 with the original feature film, Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension. Even more staggering is the fact that the animated series is just two years away from celebrating its 20th anniversary. 'God, I'm old,' quips Marsh on a Zoom call with his fellow co-creator. But as the old saying goes, 'age is just a number,' and if Phineas and Ferb has taught us anything, it's to never lose touch with our sense of childlike wonder and imagination… Weiss: What was the journey of bringing the show back for two additional seasons? Povenmire: They've been making murmurings about wanting more for quite a while. The movie in 2020 did really well for them. Every so often, somebody would call and say, 'Hey, if we did more Phineas and Ferb, would you guys be on board?' And we were like, 'Yeah!' Then they called us and we thought it was for another movie or special. They said, 'Would you guys be interested in making 40 more episodes?' And we were like, "Um…sure. That sounds like fun." That's like getting the band back together. We put together a writers team with a lot of people from the original show and a lot of young writers who grew up on the show … We're just having the best time. We were a little worried that we were going to get into the writers' room and people would pitch stuff we already did, and it hasn't been that at all. They're pitching wonderful, new, fresh ideas. It's like, 'Oh my God! Why did we never try to do something like this before?!' Marsh: [jokingly] We just brought in the young writers so that we had somebody to ridicule and yet, here they are, writing good stories. Weiss: That's really cool you're now working alongside people who were inspired to become creatives because of your show. What's that experience like? Povenmire: They're older than I was expecting them to be and they know much more about the show than we do. One of them is the guy we go to anytime we have a very specific [question about the lore] . He's better than the wiki page, which is what we used to go to. Weiss: How different is the production process now when compared to the original run? Marsh: The production method is slightly different, but as far as the ideas that are being generated and the execution go, it feels like we haven't missed a step. Povenmire: When we first did the show, we did it as an outline show, where the board artists would write the dialogue as they were going. Then we would all get together and rewrite the dialogue. That's a fun way to do a show, but running an outline-driven show is a young man's job, and I wasn't a young man the first time I did it. [For the new seasons], we came up with this hybrid [model] where we do a script, so that the framework is there and nobody goes off on weird tangents. Then we just let the board artists add jokes in. We let them know, 'Add to this all you want. As long as I laugh, it's gonna stay in." Weiss: Take me back to the very beginning. Where did you first get the idea for the show? Marsh: We'd met on The Simpsons many years ago, and [then] I ended up on a show where they were letting us write and storyboard. My first call was to Dan to say, 'Dude, you've got to get over here! They're letting us write stuff!' After the first rotation, they shuffled the teams around, and Dan and I were put together on the writing team. At the end of the first episode we wrote together, we decided we had more ideas than we could use, so editing was a bigger problem than writing. And then we wrote a song at the end of it that nobody asked for. That's when we thought, 'Oh, we should create a show! Then we could sell it and keep working together!' Povenmire: It took 13 years. Marsh: And we didn't work together that whole time, so it wasn't a great plan after all. Povenmire: But it worked out okay in the end. Marsh: We just wanted to celebrate the summers the way that they were in our imagination. What would you do as a 10-year-old over summer vacation if you had no real financial [constraints]? Povenmire: It was also a throwback to a time before video games, before VHS, when the most fun thing to do would be go outside and play and build things. We both built tree houses and forts and went on adventures out in the woods, made a zip line… MADRID, SPAIN - OCTOBER 04: Dan Povenmire (L) and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh (R) attend "Phineas and Ferb" ... More photocall on October 4, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by) Weiss: At what point did you guys decide you'd be voicing characters (namely Dr. Doofenshmirtz and Major Francis Monogram) on the show? Povenmire: We wanted to do that pretty early on. When I pitched the storyboard for the first episode, I was just doing a voice for Doofenshmirtz and the executive said, 'I think maybe you should do that voice.' I was like, 'Okay!' and I did it for the pilot. When we went to series, we wanted to do those voices [full time] and they still made us audition other people. Weiss: When did you realize the show had become a cultural phenomenon? Povenmire: It was pretty early on … My goal was to make a show that changed the demographic of Disney Channel. I'd been on The Simpsons when it changed the demographic of Fox and I'd been on on SpongeBob when it changed the demographic of Nickelodeon. I felt like that was the high benchmark to go for. And within the first two months on the air, there'd been multiple articles written about how we had changed the demographic of Disney Channel. That's when I realized, 'Oh, this, this worked! We did it!' Marsh: I remember I was out ice skating at one of those public outdoor rinks and a little girl skated by singing, 'S'winter.' It's the first time a song I had written was spontaneously sung back to me without [the person] knowing I was there. I was like, 'Oh, wow, we've really gotten into the fabric.' Then tattoos started showing up and you're like, "Oh my God, what kind of weird reality is this?!'' Weiss: What, in your opinion, made the show resonate so deeply with audiences? Povenmire: We made a decision early on to make it smart and funny, but also not mean. We don't have any mean-spirited humor in it. We have no shocking humor, we don't do double entendres or anything like that. Marsh: We wanted to get as much humor as we could without resorting to a cast of jerks and idiots. Povenmire: Yeah, we didn't want to make anybody really mean or anybody really stupid. We've got Buford, who's a bit of a numbskull, but we actually find out that he speaks fluent French. We also have Doofenshmirtz, who, for all his postulating that he's evil, is really just a nice guy trying to get attention. So we made this choice for it to be a nice show and see if we could still make it funny. Because the easiest place to go for a laugh is to be shocking or mean. We didn't do that and somehow, we're still able to make it funny. And then there are the songs. Marsh: That's the icing on the cake. Povenmire: We're both failed musicians. Marsh: Our rock and roll career did not go the way we wanted, but since then, we've written almost 600 songs. Povenmire: I played in a band for 16 years until I finally quit because I had sold this silly cartoon show to Disney and a year later, got Emmy nominated for two of the songs. [In addition], the soundtrack album charted at 57 or something on the Billboard Hot 100. We were between Beyoncé and Pink for a week. Marsh: Our secret to success in the music industry was to quit the music industry. Weiss: How would you describe your songwriting process? Povenmire: It takes about an hour. We're not trying to get out any inner demons. We don't have to wait for the muse to get us. We know what's happening in the story. It's like, 'Well, we need to write a song about a girl that has squirrels in her pants.' We wrote that song and 15 years later, it becomes a trend on TikTok. Marsh: All we have to do is write a song that's fun and catchy and hooky and helps move the story along. Weiss: What would you say are some of the biggest lessons you picked up working on other classic shows (like The Simpsons and SpongeBob) that you were able to bring to your own show? Povenmire: I think it's just the sensibility of trying to put as many jokes in as possible, trying to keep that rhythm going. A lot of times when I see an animated comedy show fail, it's because they're very slow. There's nobody really pulling out all the air they can pull out. And because we have everything go at a rapid pace, when we pause for something, there's an actual laugh connected to that pause. Marsh: I always said I'd much rather have 12 pounds of funny in a 10-pound bag. So when guys used to come to us and say, 'I think this should be a 22-minute episode instead of an 11-minute episode,' we would say, '…it's probably an 11-minute episode.' Povenmire: We should probably cut it down rather than pad it out. Marsh: To me, it's always been the smart stuff. Keep the smart in. The show that I grew up on that was huge influence on me was Rocky and Bullwinkle. It was always intelligent and smart. There were always jokes that were over my head, and that was okay, because they weren't the only jokes. It meant everybody in the room could laugh. Weiss: Dan, you mentioned songs from the showing going viral on TikTok, where you've had a lot of success as a content creator. Can you talk about your social media presence? Povenmire: It's been really fun. I was on Instagram and Twitter during the [show's original run]. Those were the big ones back then. After Phineas went off the air, I'd never really gained anything on those [platforms] and figured people had forgotten and moved on to something else. It wasn't until I picked up TikTok that I was like, 'Oh! If I talk like Doofenshmirtz on this app, it'll get millions of views!' And suddenly, I had millions and millions of followers. I was just like, 'Okay, they didn't disappear, they just all went to this app.' It was so humbling to see how much Gen Z was still thinking about the show. Anytime I wanted to get misty during the pandemic, I would just look up one of the songs we'd written and see hundreds of thousands of videos people had done, lip syncing to the song, or doing covers of the song. There are so many different versions of 'Busted,' where people have done the split screen that's so easy on TikTok. 'There's a Platypus Controlling Me' was a trend for a while. And then [the] 'Squirrels in My Pants' [trend] was just insane. Lizzo did it onstage in front of a sold out crowd. Jimmy Fallon and Reese Witherspoon, Zooey Deschanel [and Drew Barrymore]. Every morning I'd turn my phone on and see some other new person doing that. It was weird. Weiss: What would you say has been the most surreal moment since creating Phineas & Ferb? Marsh: We had Michelle Obama dancing with Perry the Platypus. Povenmire: That was bizarre. To me, the weirdest moment was one of the few times that while I was awake, I started to doubt that this was real. It was when we had Wayne Newton in Las Vegas performing the Perry the Platypus theme. We were front-row, and he was performing the Perry the Platypus theme with a bunch of Vegas showgirls in platypus-themed costumes with masks of Perry the Platypus. I think that's the only time I've ever been awake and wondered whether I was actually dreaming. It just felt like, 'Wait, this can't be real, right?! This isn't really happening!' Weiss: What was the challenge of bringing show back in a way that appealed to both longtime fans and newcomers alike? Marsh: [jokingly] What we really wanted to do is exclude the new people. If you weren't a fan originally, we were trying to alienate you. Povenmire: We sprinkle in episodes that we call 'evergreen, episodes," which follow the formula of the original show. And then we'll do episodes that break that formula in a way. But we try not to put too many of those in a row, because we want it to still feel familiar to people. So we put in episodes that feel like they would have been at home in the first season, but then we'll also have lots of fun breaking the formula of what the show is as a source of humor. Weiss: Anything to add? Povenmire: I think it may be our best season ever. There's a lot of people who have had favorite episodes of this show for [almost] 20 years. I think that there's probably 10 episodes this season that are going to change people's minds about what their favorite episode is. There's going to be some favorite episodes that get supplanted with that, because it's starting to happen to me where I'm like, 'This may be my favorite thing we've ever done.' Season 5 of Phineas and Ferb premieres on Disney Channel & Disney XD this Thursday (June 5) at 8:00 p.m. ET.
The Verge
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Netflix is turning mobile blockbuster Clash of Clans into an animated series
In the great big 'ol list of games that are getting an adaptation you can now add Clash of Clans to the list. Supercell's mobile strategy games Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, two of the biggest, highest grossing games in the world, will serve as the foundation for a new animated series at Netflix. According to Netflix, the show's premise features, 'a determined but in-over-his-head barbarian who must rally a band of misfits to defend their village and navigate the comically absurd politics of war.' The streaming platform has selected Fletcher Moules, director of several official Clash of Clan s animated shorts, as the showrunner with Ron Weiner from 30 Rock and Silicon Valley joining him as the show's game adaptations are all the rage in Hollywood lately, aided by the critical success of shows like The Last of Us and Fallout. Netflix itself has produced several successful adaptations including Arcane: A League of Legends Story and Castlevania making for an interesting synergy with the company's own gaming offerings. And while Netflix Games offers a robust selection of casual and traditional games to play for free via subscription, Clash of Clans itself is not one of them.
Forbes
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
What Time Does ‘Blood Of Zeus' Season 3 Begin On Netflix?
Heron (voice of Derek Phillips) in "Blood of Zeus" Season 3. Netflix Netflix's critically acclaimed animated fantasy adventure series Blood of Zeus returns for Season 3 this week. An original Netflix series, Blood of Zeus Season 1 — which consists of eight episodes — debuted on the streaming service on Oct. 27, 2027, and took a long break before returning with Season 2 and eight more episodes on May 10, 2024. Forbes 'A Minecraft Movie' Gets Digital Streaming Release Date By Tim Lammers Now, almost a year later, Blood of Zeus will return for its third and final season on Thursday, May 8 at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT with eight episodes. For viewers who have not yet watched the series, the logline for Blood of Zeus reads, 'In a brewing war between the gods of Olympus and the titans, Heron, a commoner living on the outskirts of ancient Greece, becomes mankind's best hope of surviving an evil demon army, when he discovers the secrets of his past.' The summary from Netflix for Blood of Zeus Season 3 reads, 'After the events of Season 2, the clash between gods and demigods is brought to the brink as Heron's battle continues amongst the likes of Ares, Athena, Persephone and Hades.' Forbes 'John Wick' Documentary 'Wick Is Pain' Coming To Streaming This Week By Tim Lammers The voice cast for Blood of Zeus includes Derek Phillips as Heron, Elias Toufexis as Seraphim, Fred Tatasciore as Hades, Claudia Ann Christian as Hera, Jean Gilpin as Gaia, Jessica Henwick as Alexia, Chris Diamantopoulos as Evios, Matt Lowe as Ares, Alfred Molina as Cronus and Jason O'Mara as Zeus. For viewers who don't subscribe to Netflix, the streaming service offers an ad-based package for $7.99 per month for viewing on two supported devices, an ad-free package for $17.99 per month for two supported devices. Netflix also has an ad-free package for $24.99 per month for four supported devices with programming in 4K Ultra HD. The first two seasons of Blood of Zeus received unanimous praise from Rotten Tomatoes critics. Season 1 of the series earned a 100% 'fresh' score from RT critics based on 21 reviews and had an 87% 'fresh' score on RT's Popcornmeter based on 1,000-plus verified user ratings. Forbes 'Reacher' Star Alan Ritchson Wows Billy Joel With Cover Of Song Classic By Tim Lammers The RT Critics Consensus for Blood of Zeus Season 1 reads, ' Blood of Zeus reforges Greek mythology into an epic battle royale with slick animation and sterling voice acting, earning it a spot on the Mount Olympus of action animation.' Season 2 also earned a 100% 'fresh' score on RT based on 15 reviews, as well as a 97% 'fresh' rating on RT's Popcornmeter based on 100-plus verified user ratings. Forbes Animated Comedy Hit 'Dog Man' Gets Peacock Streaming Premiere Date By Tim Lammers The RT Critics Consensus for the show's second season reads, ' Blood of Zeus 's long-awaited second season steps down from Olympus to explore Greek myth's underworld, finding even more compelling lore and emotional texture than before.' Reviews for the third season of Blood of Zeus are still pending. Created by Charley Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides, Blood of Zeus Season 3 begins streaming Thursday at 3 a.m. ET/12 a.m. PT on Netflix. Forbes John Bonham's Son On Tour Playing Led Zeppelin's 'Physical Graffiti' Album By Tim Lammers
