Dumped by Fox, Lucifer resurfaces on Netflix
Netflix has answered your prayers, Lucifer fans.
Following its cancellation last month after three seasons on Fox, Netflix has rescued the supernatural procedural, producer Warner Bros. confirmed to USA Today.
No word on how many episodes are in the new season or when it will première, although the show’s stars, including Tom Ellis, Lauren German and Kevin Alejandro, are expected to return.
Based on DC Comics characters created by Neil Gaiman, the drama follows the devil, Lucifer Morningstar (Ellis), as he helps a Los Angeles police detective (German) solve crimes.
Despite low ratings on Fox, the series has a passionate fan base that started a #SaveLucifer campaign on social media after its cliffhanger Season 3 finale and subsequent cancellation.
Lucifer is Fox’s second recent casualty to be resurrected on another platform, joining the network’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which was picked up for a new 13episode season on NBC last month.
Just For Laughs gets new president
MONTREAL — The production company behind Montreal’s Just For Laughs comedy festival has appointed a new president, days after Bell Media joined the group of investors that now owns the company.
Just For Laughs chief operating officer Bruce Hills has been promoted to president, effective immediately.
The company describes Hills as a “32-year veteran of the festival,” who was instrumental in establishing and growing the English-speaking portion of Just For Laughs Montreal.
Last week, Bell Media announced it had joined a group of investors in buying the company.
The BCE Inc. subsidiary completed an agreement with Groupe CH to join talent agency ICM Partners and comedian Howie Mandel in the acquisition of Groupe Juste pour rire.
Mandel led an investor group that acquired the festival in March after it was put up for sale following allegations of sexual assault and sexual harassment against co-founder Gilbert Rozon, who was also a majority stakeholder.
Discovery presents This Is A.I.
Artificial intelligence might have made us nervous ever since HAL refused to follow Dave’s instructions in 2001: A Space Odyssey. But it’s here to stay, and it’s getting stronger every day. To follow that path, the Discovery Channel is presenting This Is A.I., premièring Thursday on Discovery and Friday on the Science Channel. The two-hour special will feature experts in the field and explore how artificial intelligence is already altering our lives every day.