Pint-sized theatre critic Iain Armitage has been tapped to lead a potential spin-off of The Big Bang Theory. According to The Wrap, the eight-year-old actor and web personality would play a young Sheldon Cooper—the socially inept physicist portrayed by Emmy winner Jim Parsons in the long-running CBS comedy.
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The new series, which has yet to pick up an official pilot order from the network, is tentatively titled Sheldon and would follow Sheldon growing up in Texas. Broadway alum Zoe Perry (The Other Place) is in negotiations to play Sheldon’s mother Mary—a role played in the original series by her own mother, Tony nominee Laurie Metcalf.
Queen Latifah hosts the gala evening, celebrating the 47th class of honorees.
Enda Walsh is penning the adaptation of the beloved 1968 musical film.
The suffragist musical will soon be available to audiences across the country.
From the director of The Greatest Showman, the biopic is an animalistic rendering of Williams' life story.
The new live adaptation of the film will play aboard the Disney Treasure cruise ship.
Producers have flip-flopped on the now-official title for the film set to hit theatres next year.
The title, captured with writer Sara Bareilles starring, is the platform's first stage film from the U.S.
The Festival will run in Park City, Utah January 23–February 2, 2025.
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