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Exclusive: Halle Stanford, The Jim Henson Company’s longtime President of Television, is relaunching her company, 7 Crow Stories, as she embarks on a new chapter in her career as an independent producer and writer. As part of this new venture, the Emmy winner has signed a first-look producing deal with The Jim Henson Company, where she has worked as a producer and executive for the past 30 years.

Under her 7 Crow Stories banner, Stanford will develop a variety of live-action and animated projects for The Jim Henson Company for preschool, family, and primetime audiences, continuing to prioritize entertaining, impactful, and imaginative content across a wide range of genres. Previously announced projects include the primetime fantasy series Goblins with Norman Reedus, the primetime animated series Lore Olympus, based on Webtoon’s digital comic series, and the older kids’ animated series Adrenaline Lemmings. Currently, Stanford is also attached to develop a future production of Fraggle Rock.

Bridgerton star Julie Andrews has discussed whether she will ever appear on camera in the romance series, which premiered on Netflix in 2020. The Regency-era romance, which is based on the novel series of the same name by Julia Quinn, follows a new couple each season, centering on the romantic travails of the siblings of the Bridgerton family. Andrews voices Lady Whistledown, a gossip columnist who serves as a narrator for the series, but in-universe it has been revealed that the columns are actually being written by Penelope Featherington (Nicolas Coughlan).

Andrews recently spoke with Et while on the red carpet for Carol Burnett: 90 Years of Laughter + Love. When asked about the future of Lady Whistledown, she confirmed that she will continue voicing the character in Bridgerton season 3. However, she confirmed that she has no intention of ever appearing onscreen in the series as she is "very happy" in the background.

Julie Andrews plays a small, but pivotal role in James Wan's Aquaman. Andrews recently revealed that she didn't want to take part in the upcoming Mary Poppins Returns because she didn't want to take away from Emily Blunt's portrayal of the character that she first made famous. Instead, she'll inadvertently be taking on the Mary Poppins movie at the box office since Aquaman opens a just a few days later. It's going to be a tight race when both movies hit theaters late next month.

In a new interview, Aquaman producer Peter Safran revealed that Julie Andrews has a part in the movie. Andrews portrays Karathen, who is a mythical sea creature. Karathen helps Jason Momoa's Arthur Curry on his journey, and Safran says that Andrews was the perfect person for the job. He explains.

"We wanted the Karathen to have the voice of a classic British actress,...

Tony Award nominees Kerry Butler Disaster, Xanadu, the upcoming Mean Girls, Charl Brown Motown, John Ellison Conlee The Full Monty, Murder Ballad, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo Avenue Q, I Love You Because will head a special reading presentation of the new musical Seeing Red, by Emmy Award winner Joey Mazzarino and award-winning composer Aron Accurso on Thursday, January 25 in New York City at 11am and 3pm. Seeing Red takes a look at immigration through a fairy tale lens. In fact, it's about all the things that divide us as humans Religion, borders, race. It's the story of Little Red Riding Hood, now a grown woman who still spends her days delivering baskets full of goodies through her company Red Ex. She wishes she could change her fate but in Everafteropolis, once your story is written, it's written. When Red meets the Man From Nantucket, her life is suddenly turned upside down.

A beloved classic from the 80s marks its return as Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment network, will bring The Jim Henson Company's Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance exclusively to members around the world. The 10-episode fantasy adventure series is a prequel to the groundbreaking 1982 fan favorite The Dark Crystal, and takes place many years before the events of the film. The series will be shot in the U.K., and will star an ensemble of fantastical, state-of-the-art creatures created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop and Brian Froud[/link], the original feature's conceptual designer.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance returns to the world of Thra with an all new adventure. When three Gelfling discover the horrifying secret behind the Skeksis' power, they set out on an epic journey to ignite the fires of rebellion and save their world.

Feature film director Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me, The Incredible Hulk...

Julie Andrews has full confidence in Emily Blunt's ability to do justice to the role of Mary Poppins.

While Dick Van Dyke announced he will be returning for the sequel, Andrews tells Et's Leanne Aguilera that she doesn't think she'll be a part of it, but she is thrilled to be able to pass the torch to the Golden Globe-winning actress.

Watch: First Look at Emily Blunt as 'Mary Poppins'

"Emily Blunt is going to play Mary Poppins and I am a great fan," Andrews says. "I think she is terrific and a perfect pick."

Disney's upcoming sequel to the classic 1964 film is set in Depression-era London, where a grown-up Jane and Michael Banks are visited by Mary Poppins after their family suffers a personal loss. Poppins uses her magical skills to help Jane, Michael and Michael's three children rediscover the joy missing in their lives.

Instead of reprising...

Who knew your new favorite song would come from a kids show? Although when it's Julie Andrews' new Netflix series Julie's Greenroom and Grammy and Tony nominee Sara Bareilles it should be a safe bet.  In the above exclusive preview, Bareilles, Gus (Giullian Yao Gioiello) and the Greenroom students all perform on heck of a catchy song about, well, performing, for Miss Julie (Andrews). "'Cause we've all got different voices/We move to different beats/We each have our own story, still we sing in harmony/We've all got different voices/Together they are strong and soon the world will sing along," Bareilles and the Greenies sing. Good luck getting that song out of your head for...

Julie Andrews is coming to Netflix with Julie's Greenroom, a children's show, and she's got one goal in mind: To educate the next generation about the arts. "There's nothing like the joy of the arts and promoting the arts early in children is going to give them such a start in life in a way," Andrews told E! News during a recent interview. And she's not doing it alone. Along for the ride are a slew of guest stars like Alec Baldwin, Sara Bareilles, Idina Menzel and Carol Burnett. Plus, Andrews has her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton at her side. The two created the show and wrote episodes together. "My background is in arts education and we know, absolutely for a fact, that there...

With winter finally beginning to thaw and temperatures climbing back into clemency, it may be tempting to venture back into the outdoors and feel the sun on your skin. Resist this urge, for it is nothing more than a trap designed to distract you from all the important viewing you've got to do this month. Netflix unveils a Sundance-approved sci-fi thought experiment, a marvelous new children's program and their latest co-production with the Marvel universe. Meanwhile, Amazon Prime has laid claim to a couple under-the-radar standouts from last year, and...

Terry Pratchett’s “The Wee Free Men” is getting a film adaptation from The Jim Henson Company. The 2003 novel is amongst the 46 books of the author’s “Discworld” series — a series set on a literal disc world that rests on top of four giant elephants who stand on the shell of a giant turtle. Pratchett passed away last year.

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The writer’s company Narrativia, which was created to monitor the rights of his books, will work with The Jim Henson Company in bringing the story to the big screen. Pratchett’s daughter Rhianna, who took over the company after his passing, will pen the script. She has worked as a video game writer on projects such as 2013’s “The Tomb Raider” and its 2015 follow-up “Rise of the Tomb Raider,” which won WGA’s video game writing award.