It's got a groove, it's got a meaning. A live-action TV spinoff based on the 1978 musical Grease is in the works. Get the details:
feature film prequel, a live-action TV spinoff based on the John Travolta and Olivia Newton John 1978 musical is in the works. WarnerMedia-backed streamer HBO Max has handed out a straight-to-series order for musicalThe TV series will be produced by Paramount Television, the studio behind Fox's Emmy-winning 2016 one-offErik Feig's Picturestart and Temple Hill will exec produce. The new take reimagines the original movie and will feature some characters from it.
Greenblatt, who now oversees content at HBO, TNT, TBS and select other WarnerMedia brands, has a background in Broadway and developedfor NBC and also ushered in broadcast's live TV musical wave that has been widely copied at other networks.
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