Peacock is going mad for the monkey.
An all-new “Curious George” animated movie is coming to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service, along with the first nine seasons of the TV series, three films and two holiday specials from the beloved franchise.
Peacock original film “Curious George: Go West, Go Wild” will be available to users on the service’s free, ad-supported tier in addition to Peacock Premium subscribers. The movies, specials and Seasons 1-9 of the “Curious George” series will be available only to Premium customers.
The new movie will debut on the service Sept. 8. In the new movie, George and Ted (the Man With the Yellow Hat) travel to cousin Ginny’s farm for a relaxing weekend in the country. But their plans are upended when her farm animals escape — and with the help of friendly farmhand Emmett they have to round up the herd, encountering various gentle adventures along the way.
An all-new “Curious George” animated movie is coming to NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service, along with the first nine seasons of the TV series, three films and two holiday specials from the beloved franchise.
Peacock original film “Curious George: Go West, Go Wild” will be available to users on the service’s free, ad-supported tier in addition to Peacock Premium subscribers. The movies, specials and Seasons 1-9 of the “Curious George” series will be available only to Premium customers.
The new movie will debut on the service Sept. 8. In the new movie, George and Ted (the Man With the Yellow Hat) travel to cousin Ginny’s farm for a relaxing weekend in the country. But their plans are upended when her farm animals escape — and with the help of friendly farmhand Emmett they have to round up the herd, encountering various gentle adventures along the way.
- 9/3/2020
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Rob Leane May 22, 2017
With spoilers for season 4, we look at how Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. turned its lengthy run into a good thing instead of a drag...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s season 4 finale, World’s End. It will be re-promoted at a later date for those viewing at UK pace.
See related Why Spaceballs is the Star Wars spoof we need Spaceballs 2: Mel Brooks teases possibility of new film Spaceballs: The Animated Series promo
22 episodes is a lot to fill, and the first season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. arguably fell prey to this network-mandated issue. Forgettable filler instalments where the gang investigated a mysterious thing were commonplace, which felt like an excuse to kill time before the main villain of the season – the utterly unmemorable Clairvoyant - showed up.
But the show has been on an uptick since then. Appearances from Jaime Alexander’s Lady Sif livened things up,...
With spoilers for season 4, we look at how Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. turned its lengthy run into a good thing instead of a drag...
Warning: this article contains spoilers for Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s season 4 finale, World’s End. It will be re-promoted at a later date for those viewing at UK pace.
See related Why Spaceballs is the Star Wars spoof we need Spaceballs 2: Mel Brooks teases possibility of new film Spaceballs: The Animated Series promo
22 episodes is a lot to fill, and the first season of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. arguably fell prey to this network-mandated issue. Forgettable filler instalments where the gang investigated a mysterious thing were commonplace, which felt like an excuse to kill time before the main villain of the season – the utterly unmemorable Clairvoyant - showed up.
But the show has been on an uptick since then. Appearances from Jaime Alexander’s Lady Sif livened things up,...
- 5/20/2017
- Den of Geek
Mark Harrison Oct 11, 2019
From Men In Black to Free Willy and Jumanji, here's how these '90s movie properties ended up as Saturday morning cartoons.
As wise old Yogurt tells the heroes in Spaceballs, the money is really made in the merchandising of a movie, parodying the revolutionary drive for tie-in products and media that followed George Lucas' savvy handling of Star Wars. Yogurt's prophecy fulfilled itself when the film's writers Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan oversaw a short-lived and underwhelming spin-off, Spaceballs: The Animated Series in 2008.
When the film was originally released in 1987, the writing was already on the wall and one way in which studios could exploit their properties under the banner of an expanded universe was through animated spinoffs aimed at youngsters, with a view to selling toys and cereal based on that property too.
This was especially common with movies released in the 1990s, even...
From Men In Black to Free Willy and Jumanji, here's how these '90s movie properties ended up as Saturday morning cartoons.
As wise old Yogurt tells the heroes in Spaceballs, the money is really made in the merchandising of a movie, parodying the revolutionary drive for tie-in products and media that followed George Lucas' savvy handling of Star Wars. Yogurt's prophecy fulfilled itself when the film's writers Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan oversaw a short-lived and underwhelming spin-off, Spaceballs: The Animated Series in 2008.
When the film was originally released in 1987, the writing was already on the wall and one way in which studios could exploit their properties under the banner of an expanded universe was through animated spinoffs aimed at youngsters, with a view to selling toys and cereal based on that property too.
This was especially common with movies released in the 1990s, even...
- 8/14/2015
- Den of Geek
Mel Brooks wants to make a sequel to Spaceballs - but he'll need to persuade Rick Moranis to come out of retirement to make it.
If you ask us, Darth Helmet has been away from the big screen too long. Played by the mighty Rick Moranis, Darth Helmet was the antagonist in the patchy yet hugely enjoyable 1987 Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs.
And now, as the Star Wars franchise itself gets a reboot, Brooks has declared his intention to make Spaceballs 2.
He was chatted about the project on Adam Carolla's podcast, where he revealed that he wants Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money to arrive in cinemas in the midst of the new Star Wars trilogy.
That said, there is a snag with regards the project. Both John Candy and Joan Rivers have sadly passed away, and thus Brooks admits he'd need to coax Rick Moranis out of retirement to reprise his villanous role.
If you ask us, Darth Helmet has been away from the big screen too long. Played by the mighty Rick Moranis, Darth Helmet was the antagonist in the patchy yet hugely enjoyable 1987 Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs.
And now, as the Star Wars franchise itself gets a reboot, Brooks has declared his intention to make Spaceballs 2.
He was chatted about the project on Adam Carolla's podcast, where he revealed that he wants Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money to arrive in cinemas in the midst of the new Star Wars trilogy.
That said, there is a snag with regards the project. Both John Candy and Joan Rivers have sadly passed away, and thus Brooks admits he'd need to coax Rick Moranis out of retirement to reprise his villanous role.
- 2/10/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
Odd List Ryan Lambie 23 Apr 2014 - 06:54
We take a look back at the geek movies that have hinted at sequels that were never made, and we'd really like to see...
Nb: The following contains inevitable spoilers. If you haven't seen a film in a particular entry, feel free to skip to the next one.
In some cases, it comes as a relief when a threatened sequel fails to materialise. The end of the infamous Mac And Me, for example, sees its family of cretinous aliens drive off in a pink Cadillac, a speech bubble chillingly telling us, "We'll be back!" Thankfully, Mac And Me 2 has yet to materialise, despite the original film's near-legendary status.
Every so often, though, we'll come across a movie that strongly hints at more adventures to come, but for a variety of reasons - usually financial ones - the sequel never got made. To illustrate this,...
We take a look back at the geek movies that have hinted at sequels that were never made, and we'd really like to see...
Nb: The following contains inevitable spoilers. If you haven't seen a film in a particular entry, feel free to skip to the next one.
In some cases, it comes as a relief when a threatened sequel fails to materialise. The end of the infamous Mac And Me, for example, sees its family of cretinous aliens drive off in a pink Cadillac, a speech bubble chillingly telling us, "We'll be back!" Thankfully, Mac And Me 2 has yet to materialise, despite the original film's near-legendary status.
Every so often, though, we'll come across a movie that strongly hints at more adventures to come, but for a variety of reasons - usually financial ones - the sequel never got made. To illustrate this,...
- 4/22/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
Usually, this spot is reserved for our weekly rundown of the new movies available to stream on Netflix Instant but August is a dead month and there is nothing notable streaming this week. Doesn’t look like there will be for another couple weeks either, so let’s pick the best comedies available to stream on Netflix right now:
Mystery Team
Rated R | 2009
Flickchart Ranking: #1913
Times Ranked: 4081
Win Percentage: 57%
Top-20 Rankings: 6 Users
My favorite comedy on Netflix Instant. It’s the perfect mix of smart and stupid and Donald Glover is pretty much my favorite human being right now.
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This is Spinal Tap
Rated R | 1984
Flickchart Ranking: #197
Times Ranked: 177999
Win Percentage: 54%
Top-20 Rankings: 1020 Users
Widely considered one of the best comedies ever made. If you haven’t seen Spinal Tap, go now. Seriously, right now.
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Wet Hot American Summer
Rated R | 2001
Flickchart Ranking: #617
Times Ranked: 11327
Win Percentage: 52%
Top-20 Rankings: 37 Users...
Mystery Team
Rated R | 2009
Flickchart Ranking: #1913
Times Ranked: 4081
Win Percentage: 57%
Top-20 Rankings: 6 Users
My favorite comedy on Netflix Instant. It’s the perfect mix of smart and stupid and Donald Glover is pretty much my favorite human being right now.
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This is Spinal Tap
Rated R | 1984
Flickchart Ranking: #197
Times Ranked: 177999
Win Percentage: 54%
Top-20 Rankings: 1020 Users
Widely considered one of the best comedies ever made. If you haven’t seen Spinal Tap, go now. Seriously, right now.
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Wet Hot American Summer
Rated R | 2001
Flickchart Ranking: #617
Times Ranked: 11327
Win Percentage: 52%
Top-20 Rankings: 37 Users...
- 8/15/2011
- by Daniel Rohr
- Flickchart
Mel Brooks’ History Of The World Part 1 is a film I adore. Sure, it’s not the most sophisticated comedy ever made or even one of the best, but it’s supremely funny stuff. Alas, Brooks’ genius comedy days are behind him. And he can reflect on having delivered some classic moments in film.
Every once in a while he likes to produce for other talents. After all, he helped David Lynch make The Elephant Man and David Cronenberg get his remake of The Fly from pupate state to full blown gore show. Brooks also came up with the beautifully accurate description of David Lynch as, “Jimmy Stewart from Mars”.
Word on the street, via Variety, is Brooks is putting on his producer hat again for a “serious” horror flick entitled Pizzaman. Brooks has described it as a:
“a flat-out horror film.”
While the idea of a horror film about...
Every once in a while he likes to produce for other talents. After all, he helped David Lynch make The Elephant Man and David Cronenberg get his remake of The Fly from pupate state to full blown gore show. Brooks also came up with the beautifully accurate description of David Lynch as, “Jimmy Stewart from Mars”.
Word on the street, via Variety, is Brooks is putting on his producer hat again for a “serious” horror flick entitled Pizzaman. Brooks has described it as a:
“a flat-out horror film.”
While the idea of a horror film about...
- 4/30/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
We don't see much of Mel Brooks these days (barring a great cameo in Curb Your Enthusiasm a couple of years ago) but he's keeping busy. According to Variety he's still "having a lot of fun doing Spaceballs: The Animated Series", and has a "serious horror film in the works" by the name of Pizzaman.Not the scariest title, and the involvement of Life Stinks and Dracula: Dead and Loving It co-writers Rudy De Luca and Steve Haberman is also food for rather alarmed thought. But lest we forget, Brooks-as-producer was behind David Cronenberg's The Fly and David Lynch's The Elephant Man. So it's not all parody and slapstick.There are no plot details yet, but, says Brooks, Pizzaman "is a flat-out horror film", and that, in case people think it's a comedy, "I'll keep my name away from it." He's not doing terribly well at that so far,...
- 4/30/2010
- EmpireOnline
So, I completely forgot about something I was looking forward to a year ago. Back when an animated series based on Mel Brooks’ 1987 spoof Spaceballs seemed like an interesting idea. Back when all we knew was that Brooks would co-wrote the series with his frequent collaborator Thomas Meehan, who would oversee all writing for the first 13 episodes. Back when the prospect of Brooks lending his voice once again to President Skroob and Yogurt seemed fun. What was I thinking? A year ago, I was fully aware the Brooks of today is a far cry of the books of yesterday. Yet, I still had hope. Spaceballs, of course, was his last truly funny film. The silly optimist in me had hopes that he’d reach back for a little something extra with this project and recapture his old form. Oh well. In case you haven’t noticed either, Spaceballs: The Animated Series...
- 9/25/2008
- UGO Movies
There was once a time when Mel Brooks was considered a pioneer of comedy, a trendsetter in satire, even a spoof master, but if the debut of G4’s Spaceballs: The Animated Series, that time has long passed. This was a perfect example of how NOT to reinvent a franchise. It was bound to happen with films being made of Broadway shows and Broadway shows being made of his films that Mel Brooks (who is not only attached as Executive Producer, but also reprises his roles as Scrube and Yogurt) would try to reinvent the Spaceballs film with a poorly produced animated series, but whether it was a lack of his own creativity, or the network’s inane intention to hit a demographic, this show was terrible.
The series is supposed to follow the events of the film, provided that the ending never happened, and Lonestar and his band of...
The series is supposed to follow the events of the film, provided that the ending never happened, and Lonestar and his band of...
- 9/23/2008
- by Matt Raub
- Comicmix.com
Well, it's sure been quite the week for movie-inspired television series that no one asked for. First up, by way of Ain't It Cool News, is a spot for G4's Spaceballs: The Animated Series. I'm not sure what prompted this Flash-animated wonder -- I mean, it's not like I want to give The Clone Wars that much credit for anything, let alone the likes of this -- but at least we know that something's keeping Mel Brooks and Daphne Zuniga from over-twiddling their thumbs.
Secondly, via /Film, is a promo for Starz' Crash, inspired by Paul Haggis' awards-sapping drama (and not David Cronenberg's psycho-sexual noir of the same name). Apparently, every other character is a corrupt cop, Dennis Hopper is the biggest actor in the cast, and it's shot like a faux-Showtime dose of pay cable conflict. Yeah, let's see the Emmys try and stay away...
I'll...
Secondly, via /Film, is a promo for Starz' Crash, inspired by Paul Haggis' awards-sapping drama (and not David Cronenberg's psycho-sexual noir of the same name). Apparently, every other character is a corrupt cop, Dennis Hopper is the biggest actor in the cast, and it's shot like a faux-Showtime dose of pay cable conflict. Yeah, let's see the Emmys try and stay away...
I'll...
- 9/13/2008
- by William Goss
- Cinematical
Like any obedient fan, I would follow Mel Brooks down any road upon which he chose to take one of his classic properties. I followed as he put Get Smart in the hands of the guy who directed Tommy Boy and the star of The Office, and that turned out ...
- 9/13/2008
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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