Seth MacFarlane
‘Naked Gun’ Reboot With Liam Neeson Lands 2025 Release From Paramount
The Naked Gun reboot is about to make 2025 a good year. Paramount Pictures announced release dates Wednesday for a number of upcoming films. This includes director Akiva Schaffer’s new untitled installment in the Naked Gun comedy franchise hitting theaters July 28, 2025. The movie, first announced back in 2022, stars Liam Neeson and includes […]
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How Seth MacFarlane Pivoted ‘Ted’ to “Outrageously Expensive” Peacock Series
After two feature films, the hedonistic talking teddy bear voiced by Seth MacFarlane is back and hitting the books for a Peacock prequel series. Currently streaming, Ted is a seven-episode series created by MacFarlane that sees the Family Guy honcho reprising his voice role as the title anthropomorphic stuffed animal who originated in Universal’s 2012 […]
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‘Ted’ Review: Seth MacFarlane’s Foul-Mouthed Teddy Bear Returns in Indulgent Peacock Prequel Series
The prequel to the 2012 film follows the ups and downs of a 16-year-old boy and his best friend, a crass stuffed bear come to life in mid-'90s Massachusetts.
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‘Naked Gun’ Turns 35: Team on Adapting Failed TV Series, Leslie Nielsen’s Magic, Reboot Frustrations
Turning a short-lived parody TV series into a feature film was always going to involve taking a chance, but as the team behind the Naked Gun franchise learned, it wasn’t quite on the level of sticking your face in a fan. Following the breakout success of the 1980 smash hit Airplane!, that film’s writer-director team […]
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‘Good Times’ Voice Cast Revealed for Seth MacFarlane-Norman Lear Animated Series
Netflix’s animated Good Times update from Seth MacFarlane and the late and great Norman Lear is moving full steam ahead. The streamer has tapped J.B. Smoove, Yvette Nicole Brown and Jay Pharoah to lead the voice cast of the animated and adult-leaning series. Additionally, Ranada Shepard (Family Affair, Lizzie McGuire) has signed on to serve […]
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‘Ted’ Series Trailer: Ted and John Try to Survive High School in ’90s-Set Prequel
The official trailer for Peacock’s upcoming Ted series has dropped, and it gives viewers a clearer look at how Ted the Bear and his best friend John Bennett try to survive the awkwardness of high school in the 1990s. Created by Seth MacFarlane, the R-rated series — at least from the trailer — seems to […]
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Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’ Prequel Series Releases Trailer, Premiere Date
Seth MacFarlane has revealed a first look at his Ted TV series, which is a prequel to his two theatrical films about a teddy bear that’s magically come to life. The Peacock limited series consists of seven episodes, with the streamer announcing the show will premiere Jan. 11, along with the trailer and first look […]
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Seth MacFarlane Donates $5M to Entertainment Community Fund to Kickstart New $10M Initiative (Exclusive)
Seth MacFarlane is opening his wallet once again for the Entertainment Community Fund. The prolific creator, who donated $1 million to ECF in July for its efforts in supporting industry professionals amid Hollywood’s dual strike, has committed another $5 million. As part of the gift, ECF and MacFarlane have teamed to launch a $10 million […]
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Seth MacFarlane Returns to WME After CAA Run
Seth MacFarlane, the creator of Family Guy and American Dad!, has signed with WME for representation. He is returning to the Hollywood talent agency after inking with rival CAA in 2017 and after growing his footprint in TV, film and music. Through his company Fuzzy Door Productions, MacFarlane produces TV shows like the long-running Family Guy series on Fox, which has […]
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Gene Cipriano, Famed Session Musician and Woodwind Player in Hollywood, Dies at 94
Gene Cipriano, the always busy woodwind player who soloed on tenor sax for Tony Curtis in Some Like It Hot and recorded with everyone from Miles Davis, Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra to Glen Campbell, Paul McCartney and Olivia Newton-John, has died. He was 94. Cipriano died Nov. 12 of natural causes at his home […]
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How Seth MacFarlane and His ‘Family Guy’ Showrunners Learned to Push the Envelope Successfully
Seth MacFarlane was a 24-year-old Hanna-Barbera animator when Fox bet big on his pitch for Family Guy. Nearly a quarter-century — and one reversed cancellation (thanks to brisk DVD sales) — later, the uproarious and utterly inappropriate Griffins reach 400 episodes in 21 seasons with the Nov. 20 installment, “Get Stewie.” MacFarlane and co-showrunners Rich […]
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Why “Mogul” Is the Title Everyone in Hollywood Is After
In the premiere of Welcome to Wrexham, the Hulu docuseries chronicling Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s purchase of a fifth-tier Welsh football club, the It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia star does a bit about his partner’s various (and lucrative) business pursuits. “I have TV money, but as I started to look at how expensive it […]
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