Tag: Tuca & Bertie
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IndieWire Wins 2 LA Press Club Awards, Including TV Critic of the Year Ben Travers
The annual Los Angeles Press Club Awards honored multiple IndieWire staffers Sunday night.Among the honorees, IndieWire Deputy TV Editor and chief TV critic Ben Travers was recognized as TV Critic of the Year at the ceremony, which took place June 25 at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.The official comment for Travers’ honor…
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‘Tuca & Bertie’ Showrunners and Others Allege Warner Bros. Discovery Merger Diminishes Female Poc Series
The creators behind series “Tuca & Bertie,” “Gordita Chronicles,” and “Whistleblower” have issued statements alleging the Warner Bros. Discovery merger has had disastrous effects on female Poc showrunners.The statements, published as an addendum to a December 21 Writers Guild of America report on the effects of mega-mergers, are titled “How the Warner Bros. Discovery Merger…
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Tuca & Bertie Season 3 Cancelled at Adult Swim
Tuca & Bertie, the animated comedy starring Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong, has been cancelled by Adult Swim. The adult series first premiered on Netflix in May 2019, prior to a cancellation by the streamer that same summer. Adult Swim swooped in to save the series for two additional seasons, which aired the past two…
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‘Everything Everywhere’ Team Daniels and Steven Yeun Take A24 Comedy Pilot ‘Mason’ to Showtime
Filmmaking team Daniels are “Everywhere All at Once,” and that now includes the small screen.Co-directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan are set to direct and executive-produce the comedy pilot “Mason,” with A24 (the studio behind Daniels’ “Everything Everywhere All at Once”) producing and Steven Yeun executive-producing the series created by comedian Nathan Min. The comedian…
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Emmys Snub ‘Small Axe,’ Ethan Hawke, Thuso Mbedu — Honor ‘The Boys,’ ‘Cobra Kai’
Another year, another wild batch of Emmy nominees. The 2021 nominations saw their fair share of expected favorites fulfilling their destinies, including strong showings from “The Crown” and “Ted Lasso,” but snubs and surprises were everywhere.Many predicted as much. After last year’s production shutdown threw release dates to the wind, the 2020-2021 class of Emmy…
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‘Tuca & Bertie’ Review: Netflix’s Magnificent Comedy Celebrates Friendship, Self-Fulfillment, and Butts
Bright, encouraging, and outrageous, watching “Tuca & Bertie” can feel like watching a particularly excellent Saturday morning cartoon. Two neighboring bird women — voiced by Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong — help each other through awkward crushes and intimidating work duties, all while laughing, exploring, and supporting one another. Vivid colors fill the frame, and…