TVLine Items: Harley Quinn Meets Nightwing, J.J.'s U2 Series and More
Harvey Guillén — who as of late seems to be doing everything in addition to What We Do in the Shadows — next will veritably suit up as DC Comics’ Nightwing.
As reported by our sister site Deadline, Guillén will lend his voice to Batman sidekick Robin’s evolved identity in Season 3 (premiere date TBD) of the acclaimed adult animated series Harley Quinn, which also will feature The Suicide Squad director James Gunn as… James Gunn.
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Nightwing, aka Dick Grayson, of course, is played in HBO Max’s action Titans series by Brenton Thwaites.
In addition to his ongoing role on FX’s WWDITS, Guillén had a role on the Prime Video hit Reacher and voices José the Spider Receptionist on Netflix’s newly released Big Mouth offshoot Human Resources. He also reportedly has a key role in DC Films’ upcoming Blue Beetle movie.
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* J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions team is developing a scripted series for Netflix about the legendary rock band U2, THR reports. The currently untitled series will be penned by Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody).
* Natalie Martinez (Ordinary Joe) is replacing Ana Villafa?e as a series regular opposite Vince Vaughn in the Apple TV+ drama series Bad Monkey, Deadline reports. Based on Carl Hiaasen’s popular 2013 novel, the series tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vaughn), a onetime detective demoted to restaurant inspector who gets pulled into the world of greed and corruption that decimates the land and environment in Florida and the Bahamas.
* Prime Video’s Night Sky (fka Lightyears) — about a couple (played by Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons) who, years ago, discovered a chamber buried in their backyard which inexplicably leads to a strange, deserted planet — will premiere all eight episodes on Friday, May 20.
* Laysla De Oliveira will star opposite Zoe Salda?a in Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming Paramount+ series Lioness.
* Adina Porter (American Horror Story) and Clark Backo (Letterkenny) will star opposite LaKeith Stanfield in Apple TV+’s upcoming drama The Changeling, Deadline reports. The series is reported as “a fairy tale for grown-ups. A horror story, a parenthood fable and a perilous odyssey through a New York City you didn’t know existed.” Kelly Marcel (Cruella, Venom) wrote the adaptation and serves as showrunner.
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