March 08, 2021

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The CW announced that Supergirl's sixth and final season will premiere March 30. The show will fill Superman and Lois's timeslot Tuesdays at 9 p.m.

Supergirl actor Melissa Benoist confirmed the sixth season would be the show's last in a Sept. 23 tweet. Benoist said she was honored, humbled and speechless to play the role and see the impact it's had on fans.

Supergirl began in 2015 on CBS. It moved to The CW in its second season, and production moved from Los Angeles, Calif. to Vancouver where The CW filmed its other DC superhero shows, including Arrow, The Flash, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman.

The show introduced some popular comic book characters including Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor, and Jesse Rath as Braniac. Benoist met her husband, Chris Wood, on the show when he played fellow Kryptonian Mon-el.

Supergirl also received praise for its portrayal of LGBTQ issues. Supergirl's adoptive sister, Alex (Chyler Leigh) came out in a story arc that some fans said saved their lives. Trans actor Nicole Maines joined the cast as Nia Nal, the superhero Dreamer, in Season 4.

Superman and Lois goes on hiatus after its March 23 episode due to production delays related to COVID-19. The Superman show, whose Superman actor Tyler Hoechlin debuted on Supergirl, returns May 18.

The premiere of Supergirl also led The CW to reschedule the special People Presents: Harry & Meghan's American Dream to March 25 at 8 p.m.

The DC Comic book movie The Flash, unrelated to the CW show, recently cast Sasha Calle as its Supergirl.

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Universal delays 'F9' one month, 'Minions' one year

Universal Studios announced new release dates for Fast and the Furious sequel F9 and Minions: The Rise of Gru on the films' social media accounts Thursday. F9 is now scheduled for June 25, while Minions is delayed until July 1, 2022.

F9 was previously scheduled for release Memorial Day weekend 2020. After COVID-19 lockdowns began in March, Universal moved F9 to April 2, 2021.

When the James Bond film No Time to Die moved from Nov. 20, 2020 to April 2, 2021, F9 moved again to Memorial Day weekend. No Time to Die eventually moved again to Oct. 8 of this year.

Minions: The Rise of Gru was previously scheduled for July of this year. The Despicable Me prequel shows Gru (Steve Carell)'s rise to villainy along with his yellow Minions.

In F9, Vin Diesel faces off against John Cena. Justin Lin, director of The Fast and the Furious parts three through six, returns and is set to direct the two part series finale, films 10 and 11.

Movie theaters in California are gradually reopening on a tiered system, with New York movie theaters reopening this month. Warner Brothers is releasing new movies in theaters and on HBO Max simultaneously this year, while Disney is booking Raya and the Last Dragon in theaters but offering it to Disney+ subscribers for a $30 surcharge.

Tracy Morgan on 'Coming 2 America': 'We felt that we owed Eddie'

Tracy Morgan discussed new film Coming 2 America and how he wanted to perform well in the sequel for lead star Eddie Murphy, while appearing on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

"We felt that we owed Eddie. Eddie inspiring generations to come. I love Eddie. So when we all was there, we all wanted to do our role, we all wanted to do well," Morgan said on Thursday.

Morgan said the cast of the original film guided the new cast and would give the new stars a thumbs up when they did well.

"So we all knew we was on the right path, because we wanted to do well, we wanted a great movie because the first one's iconic," the comedian said.

"During these times, this is just our gift to the world," he continued.

Coming 2 America, which also stars Arsenio Hall, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Kiki Layne, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley, John Amos and Wesley Snipes, is available on Amazon Prime Video.

Snipes appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday and said he auditioned to play Darryl in the first Coming to America, before the part went to Eriq La Salle.

Morgan, on The Tonight Show, additionally played Box of Lies with Fallon. The duo took turns trying to trick each other about what items were inside their mystery boxes.

Reba McEntire to star in, produce two new Lifetime movies

Reba McEntire has signed a two-picture deal with Lifetime.

The network said in a press release Wednesday that McEntire, 65, will star in and produce the holiday movie Christmas in Tune and another project.

Christmas in Tune will be a tentpole movie for Lifetime's annual "It's a Wonderful Lifetime" holiday slate. Casting is underway for the new film, which will film this spring.

In Christmas in Tune, McEntire plays Belle, a marketing executive who is worried she may lose her job. She decides to reunite a singing duo for a charity concert -- but the singers are her parents, who haven't spoken to each other in years.

McEntire will record an original holiday song for the film.

"Reba has been a creative force in both music and television for many years. We are thrilled to have her on board to produce and star in not just one -- but two movies for us," Lifetime EVP of movies, limited series and original movie acquisitions Tayna Lopez said.

McEntire previously starred in the sitcom Reba, which aired in syndication on Lifetime.

"I am thrilled to partner with Lifetime for a return to television movies! My fans and I enjoy their programming and loved watching the Reba show there for so many years," she said.

McEntire's second project is in development for 2022.

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'Party Down' limited series revival in development

Starz announced on Thursday that a limited-series revival of Party Down is in development.

The team behind the original Party Down, including Paul Rudd, Rob Thomas, John Enbom and Dan Etheridge are returning to executive produce. Enbom will also serve as showrunner.

No casting announcements have been made. The limited series is produced for Starz by Lionsgate Television.

Adam Scott, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen, Lizzy Caplan and Megan Mullally starred in the original Party Down, which aired on Starz for two seasons from 2009 to 2010.

The half-hour comedy follows a Los Angeles catering team who are hoping to catch their big break in Hollywood.

"At the end of 2019 the Party Down cast and producers were all reunited at a retrospective for the show hosted by Vulture. We had such a good time that we wanted to find a way to get them back together again. The cast is so busy these days that finding a window where we can do it may require trigonometry, but we're determined to make it happen," Thomas said in a statement.