Roundups #47: Ice Age TV Series Rumoured To Be In Development For Disney Junior And Disney+, Discovery+ Set To Premiere Tyra Bank Produced Series And Carlos Ponce And Marjorie De Sousa Team Up On Upcoming Lifetime Series

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Ice Age enters the preschool market

The Ice Age pack returned recently with The Ice Age Adventures Of Buck Wild and Disney has been making clear that, besides working on a 7th feature film for Disney+ by 20th Century Animation, it seems that the world of Ice Age will entertain the most youngest people on the house.

According to information from Jim Hill, from the podcast specializing in Animation: Fine Tooning, Disney Junior is developing a series with the characters from Ice Age as babies, for Disney+.

 

 

If true Ice Age Babies will be the first preschool show from the Disney Junior brand to not be for TV Broadcasting and probably one of the many Preschool Original Disney Junior Shows For Disney+ that Bob Chapek promised on the Q3 2021, to compete with Netflix Preschool programming.

Tyra Banks returns to fashion world

Generation Drag follows five teenagers as they participate in the Dragutante, a drag show designed as a platform for LGBTQ+ teens to express themselves, as well as the parents and other family members who are learning to support them. All six episodes of the docuseries will be released on Discovery+ on June 1.

“I have such admiration and respect for these teens. They are bravely navigating coming into their own in a world that can be very challenging and not always accepting. What is so beautiful is seeing their parents and siblings supporting them,” Banks said in a news release.

 

 

The series is produced by Monkey Kingdom, a subsidiary of Universal International Studios, in association with Bankable Productions and Cat Fight Productions.

Two Telemundo stars join forces for new series

Marjorie de Sousa revealed her new project. After weeks releasing the occasional clue, the Venezuelan actress announced that she will participate in the series “Amores que deceit”, where she will share the screen with Carlos Ponce.

 

According to Lifetime, 'Amores que deceit’ tells different stories based on human dramas of real women in everyday situations, dealing with love, illusion and trust, pain, betrayal, disappointment and, in some cases, the crime”.

The drama will be made up of 10 unit episodes that narrate the same number of independent stories. Miami, Guadalajara and São Paulo are the places where the stories take place. In the case of Marjorie, her episode has as its epicenter the capital of the state of Jalisco, in Mexico.

New Janet Jackson Documentary Is Coming To Lifetime Africa - Answer To That Clue Shared On DStv's Social Platforms

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The four-hour event, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Janet’s first album, Janet Jackson (1982), is set to simulcast on Lifetime and A&E, two of the flagship channels of the A+E Networks portfolio. With full, unprecedented access to the global icon, JANET JACKSON. is an intimate, honest and unfiltered look at her untold story. Producers Workerbee have been filming the incredible documentary for over three years and were granted exclusive access to archival footage and Janet’s never before seen home videos, along with star-studded interviews.

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This will be the definitive story on Janet Jackson. One of the best-selling and highest-earning artists in music history, Janet has enjoyed immense levels of success, experienced incredible tragedy, and endured a tumultuous private life in the face of extraordinary public scrutiny. With no stone left unturned, JANET JACKSON lifts the lid on her private life for the very first time and reveals some of her most intimate moments ever caught on camera.

Lifetime dropped the first full trailer for the two-part documentary last month, which honors the 40th anniversary of her debut album. The 3-minute clip gives an overview of Jackson's life and defining career moments, with the singer narrating her own life story, saying that the doc is, "It's just something that needs to be done."

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The clip also reveals several more cameos from members of Jackson's family and inner circle, including her mother Katherine, her siblings Rebbie and Tito, her ex-husband James DeBarge, and her past boyfriends Q-Tip and Jermaine Dupri. Several of her celeb peers and admirers will also feature, including Ciara, Janelle Monae, Teyana Taylor, Regina King, Samuel L. Jackson, and Whoopi Goldberg.

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The Murder Of Dee Blanchard: From HBO To Telemundo Here's A List Of Brands That Documented Gypsy's Freedom From Her Abusive Mother

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Dee Dee had been making her daughter pass herself off as younger and pretend to be disabled and chronically ill, subjecting her to unnecessary surgery and medication, and controlling her through physical and psychological abuse.

Gypsy Rose, daughter of Dee Dee is currently serving a 10-year sentence for second-degree murder while Godejohn was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In 2017, HBO produced the documentary film Mommy Dead and Dearest directed by Erin Lee Carr about the murder and its relationship to Munchausen syndrome by proxy. The film includes interrogation footage and exclusive interviews with Nick Godejohn and incarcerated Gypsy Rose.

Later that year, The CBS network talk show Dr. Phil, episode "Mother Knows Best: A Story of Munchausen by Proxy and Murder" featuring interviews with Gypsy Rose, her father and step-mother.

In 2018, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) news and information series Good Morning America, segment "Mother of All Murders" aired an exclusive in-prison interview with Gypsy Rose. The ABC network other series 20/20, did an episode titled "The Story of Gypsy Blanchard".

The Sony Entertainment Television channel series CID aired an episode titled "Death on Social Media" on 13 August 2017, based on the case but the setting for the episode was changed to India; the characters Aria and Aanchal were based on Gypsy and Dee Dee Blanchard respectively.

The Investigation Discovery channel series James Patterson's Murder is Forever episode "Mother of All Murders", season 1, episode 2, premiered on January 29, 2018. Investigation Discovery also aired a two-hour-long special documentary titled Gypsy's Revenge.

Love You to Death aired on Lifetime in January 2019, dramatizing the case as "inspired by true events". Marcia Gay Harden starred as the fictionalized version of Dee Dee, Emily Skeggs starred as Gypsy Rose's counterpart, Brennan Keel Cook starred as Nick's counterpart, and Tate Donovan starred as Rod's counterpart.

In 2019, the streaming service Hulu announced the creation of the true crime series The Act. The 8-episode miniseries is based on Michelle Dean's 2016 BuzzFeed article. Dean is an executive producer and writer for the first season of the series.

Later that year, Netflix web television series The Politician, the characters Infinity Jackson, Ricardo, and Dusty Jackson are respectively based on Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Nicholas Godejohn and Dee Dee Blanchard. Telemundo's Decisions 13th episode "Amor de madre" was also used to tell the tale.

Gypsy Rose's case has been treated more as a child abuse as opposed to her fiancee case which is murder. Her actions garnered media attention as opposed to her mother whose family flushed her ashes down the toilet.

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