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  • ‘Grease’ prequel ‘Rise of The Pink Ladies’ greenlit at Paramount Plus 

    By PTI
    LOS ANGELES: Streamer Paramount Plus has handed a series order for “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies”, an upcoming spin-off show to 1978 classic “Grease”.

    The 10-episode series, which comes from Paramount Television Studios, is written by creator Annabel Oakes, reported Variety.

    “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” is set four years before the original “Grease”, which featured John Travolta as Danny Zuko, a rough-and-tumble greaser, and Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Olsson.

    “Before rock ‘n’ roll ruled, before the T-Birds were the coolest in the school, four fed-up, outcast girls dare to have fun on their own terms, sparking a moral panic that will change Rydell High forever,” the official plotline for the spin-off show read.

    The musical comedy series will highlight the rise of the original four Pink Ladies — Rizzo, Jan, Marty and Frenchy — long before they had to whip into shape the clean-cut new girl from Australia.

    Oakes will also serve as showrunner as well as executive producer alongside Marty Bowen and Erik Feig.

  • Bruce Willis, John Travolta to join hands after 27 years for Paradise City

    By Express News Service
    Bruce Willis and John Travolta will be teaming up again for Chuck Russell-directed action entertainer Paradise City. They had worked together previously 27 years ago in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction. The shooting of the new film will begin on May 17 in Maui, Hawaii.

    Willis plays renegade bounty hunter, Ryan Swan, who must find his way through the Hawaiian crime world to take revenge on the kingpin, played by Travolta, who murdered his father. The project is said to be on the lines of Miami Vice, but with bounty hunters instead of cops. Thai actress and model Praya Lundberg will be playing the female lead in the film.

    Corey Large, who has produced and executive produced several Willis features including Cosmic Sin, Breach, Apex, Marauders, Acts of Violence, First Kill, Fire With Fire, Extraction, Vice, The Prince and Precious Cargo, is co-writing Paradise City with his writing partner Ed John Drake. Large had been reportedly planning to make this film with Willis and Travolta since 2006.