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‘Percy Jackson’ Adds Craig Silverstein as Co-Showrunner Alongside Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News May 4, 2024 12:19 pmMay 5, 2024 10:53 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media have learned that several changes have been made to the show running team on Percy Jackson & The Olympians on Disney+. The original team included Jonathan E. Steinberg & Dan Shotz alongside the original author, Rick Riordan. They also worked on FX's The Old Man, which starred Jeff Bridges.... Read More...
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Christine Boylan & Jabbar Raisani Replace Showrunner Albert Kim on Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News April 4, 2024 12:30 pmJune 12, 2024 9:35 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media have exclusively learned from several sources that showrunner Albert Kim (Nikita, Sleepy Hollow) has stepped away from Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series. This report comes only a month after the show was renewed for two more seasons by the streaming service. Albert Kim will move into an executive... Read More...
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Netflix Adds Newcomers To ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Live-Action Cast as Jet’s Freedom Fighters (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News April 7, 2023 12:30 pmApril 8, 2023 11:42 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media have exclusively learned that several actors joined the live-action cast of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender during production last year. They are all up-and-coming actors found in the Vancouver area. IMDB initially revealed that newcomer actor Taylor Lam Wright (Resident Alien, Invidious) joined the cast as The Duke, the... Read More...
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Newcomer Maia Kealoha Cast as Lilo in Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Movie (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News March 31, 2023 12:00 pmApril 1, 2023 10:06 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media have exclusively learned that up-and-coming Hawaiian actress Maia Kealoha has been cast as Lilo in Disney's Lilo & Stitch live-action movie (later confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter). The actress doesn't have any acting credits but has appeared in multiple Little Miss Kona Coffee pageants (via Instagram). Kealoha also follows... Read More...
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Takeshi Furukawa Set To Compose Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ TV Series (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News February 16, 2023 2:15 pmFebruary 28, 2023 7:34 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media exclusively learned that award-winning Japanese-American composer Takeshi Furukawa has been tapped to compose Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series. Furukawa is currently composing music for the comedy Mythic Quest on Apple+. As well as helping with the music on Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Wars: The Clone Wars... Read More...
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Disney’s ‘Lilo & Stitch’ Live-Action Movie Lead Character Breakdowns Go Out (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News November 12, 2022 11:23 amNovember 12, 2022 1:26 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media learned that a casting call has gone out for the leads in the upcoming live-action Lilo & Stitch feature film by Walt Disney. Originally, Jon. M Chu was attached to helm the film but director Dean Fleischer-Camp took over in July. Now the casting call is for the lead... Read More...
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Director Michael Goi Exited A Previous Project For Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Because What It Could Mean For Asian Representation (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News November 7, 2022 8:29 amNovember 7, 2022 10:17 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
We at Knight Edge Media recently attended a virtual Q&A with director Michael Goi hosted by The Greater Los Angeles JACL. During the hour-long virtual presentation, the director recounted wanting to be a filmmaker at a young age and growing up in the city of Chicago in a Japanese-American household. The director eventually moved to... Read More...
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Newcomer Sebastian Amoruso Cast as Anti-Hero Jet in Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News September 9, 2022 11:00 amJanuary 12, 2023 6:56 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media can exclusively announce that newcomer actor Sebastian Amoruso was cast as Jet earlier this year during production on Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender live-action series. The actor doesn't have many acting credits but did star as Johnny in last year's I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot series for... Read More...
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Netflix’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Taps Utkarsh Ambudkar As King Bumi (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News July 25, 2022 12:30 pmJuly 29, 2022 8:31 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, we at Knight Edge Media can exclusively confirm that actor & singer Utkarsh Ambudkar also joined the cast of Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender TV Series. He is best known for appearing in Pitch Perfect, Free Guy, and Ghosts on CBS. Ambudkar will have a guest star appearance in the series as King Bumi,... Read More...