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Comic-Con At Home Celebrates 80 Years of Bugs Bunny

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What a better way to spend the first night of Comic-Con at Home than at a birthday party? On July 27th, 1940, the world was first introduced to Bugs Bunny in the Merrie Melodies short, “A Wild Hare”. Since then, the wise-cracking rabbit has become an American icon and the leading face of the Looney Tunes brand. To commemorate 80 years of gracing both the big and small screens alike, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment welcomed fans to an inside look at the legacy of one of the world’s most recognizable stars. Moderated by actress Yvette Nicole Brown (Community, Drake & Josh, Avengers: Endgame), the panel featured three actors to have voiced Bugs over the years: Jeff Bergman (Tiny Toon Adventures), Billy West (Space Jam), and Eric Bauza (Looney Tunes Cartoons). The panel also featured movie historian, author and TV personality Leonard Maltin, Looney Tunes Cartoons executive producer Pete Browngardt, animation historian and author Jerry Beck, and Warner Archive senior vice president George Feltenstein.

After a few quick utterances of “What’s Up, Doc?” from the voice actors, the panelists began to delve into the history of Bugs. While Bugs is hands down the biggest star of Looney Tunes today that wasn’t always the case. Back when Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies we’re first developed to compete with Disney’s Silly Symphonies, Porky Pig was their first big hit. Porky’s famous following led to the eventual creation and success of Daffy Duck, and soon after, the very first incarnation of Bugs (then called “Happy Rabbit”) appeared in 1938. It wasn’t until 1940, however, that Bugs received his true name and design we all know and love. “When [director] Tex Avery arrived on the scene he started pushing the cartoons toward wackier, crazier gags,” noted Maltin. Just as Porky and Daffy had done for him, Bugs Bunny cartoons would eventually bring about the first appearances of several characters including Yosemite Sam and the Tasmanian Devil.

The panelists then shifted our attention to an all-new upcoming blu-ray set featuring some of Bugs’ most memorable appearances. “It’s been many years since the company has put together a collection on Blu-ray Disc dedicated to what I consider to be one of the most popular Warner Bros. cartoon stars, Bugs Bunny.” expressed Feltenstein. “He’s right up there with Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, who created the DNA of the studio’s history. What we meant to do here is have 20 cartoons that had been out before, but that are basically essential, and then have 40 cartoons that either had never been on Blu-ray or never been remastered at all or they were not released in the proper aspect ratio. It goes from the great classic early cartoons to the very end of Bugs’ tenure in the mid-60s.” In addition to the new re-masters, the set will also include hours of new bonus material, a collector’s edition card and booklet, as well as a diamond edition Bugs Funko POP. The Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection retails for $74.99 and is set to be released on November 3rd.

 

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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