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September 1 - 7, 2019 WHATS UP! T5 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media Back to 'Atlanta': Job securi- ty is a pretty rare thing for ac- tors, but FX recently announced that Donald Glover, arguably one of the busiest guys in show- biz today, and the rest of the "At- lanta" cast (and crew) have signed up for a fourth season. Considering production hasn't even begun on Season 3, FX is clearly happy with the show if it's already asking for more. And it has good reason to want more, because TV viewers do, too. The comedy series is a multi- ple award winner (five Emmys, two Golden Globes and two AFI Awards) and a critical darling. It's also been kind to cast mem- bers, who have been busy with other projects: Brian Tyree Hen- ry is part of the all-star cast of Marvel's "The Eternals" (2020), which begins filming this month; LaKeith Stanfield stars in Rian Johnson's upcoming murder-mystery film "Knives Out," due out Nov. 27; Zazie Beetz stars in two films premier- ing this fall, "Seberg" and the highly anticipated "Joker" (star- ring Joaquin Phoenix); and Hiro Murai, who is seemingly Glov- er's go-to collaborator, has di- rected several other projects since Glover/Childish Gambi- no's "This Is America" music video, including a few episodes of HBO's "Barry" and Rihanna's "Guava Island" (available on Amazon Prime). As for the series' multi-hy- phenate creator, Glover has stat- ed he intends to step back from music to focus on other things (presumably scriptwriting). He's been tied up the past year with projects, injuries and a few personal matters, including his father's death in December. Happily, he has recently enjoyed a string of successes, with big concert turnouts this summer and big box office numbers for the "Lion King" reboot (he is the voice of Simba). Très Trejo: Danny Trejo re- cently made headlines as the re- al-life hero who rescued a child from an overturned car — a self- less act that makes him a para- gon of goodness. A few hours later, it was an- nounced that Trejo had joined the cast of a new sci-fi series ti- tled "Paragon." As is the case for much of Tre- jo's TV and film work, his latest project isn't exactly a warm and fuzzy feel-good story. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the Justin Price-helmed series is about a world in which Heaven has been destroyed, leaving hu- mans and Death to fight over what's left of the afterlife: the Elysian. The seven-episode series is currently in production for (hopefully) a launch in 2020. It's being shopped around, and while no network or streaming service has signed on just yet, Price has described his project as "an edgier and grittier cable- style series in the vein of 'Firefly' and 'Altered Carbon'." Otherwise, it's tough to pin down Trejo these days: one minute he's guest starring as a vampire in FX's "What We Do In the Shadows," and the next he's the voice of Boots the Monkey in the film "Dora and the Lost City of Gold" (2019). And that's par for the course for Trejo, whose acting career includes nearly 300 roles rang- ing from anti-hero to zombie slayer. Off screen, he's been a force for good since the 1970s, when he turned the corner after prison stints and addiction and began working as a youth drug coun- selor. Trejo's latest act of kind- ness took place in early August, after he witnessed a traffic colli- sion and rollover. Working with another Good Samaritan, he freed a young child and pulled him to safety while first re- sponders assisted the driver and a passenger. New Garfield: Garfield, the spirit animal and poster cat of all who hate Mondays, has a new owner. Don't worry, nothing hap- pened to Jon — he's still the long-suffering pet owner who has to put up with the lazy, lasa- gna-eating feline. It's the comic strip "Garfield," or rather the entity that owns the property rights to it, that has a new owner: Viacom. Although the financial details were said to be a work in progress at the time, the agreement to acquire Paws, Inc., was reached before the re- cent megadeal to merge Viacom and CBS by the end of the year. So why does "Garfield" fall under TV news? ViacomCBS owns Nickelodeon, which has been busy padding its library of classic cartoons and acquiring TV rights to well-known prop- erties — especially those that lend themselves well to mer- chandising and/or a TV rebirth. In February, the home of "SpongeBob SquarePants" and "Dora the Explorer" announced it was developing two new TV series, "Paddington" and "LEGO City," both based on successful CGI-animated movies. And as part of CBS's efforts to expand the "Star Trek" franchise, Nick- elodeon is also developing a more teen-centric animated "Star Trek" series. Now, "Garfield" is getting the reboot treatment. While creator Jim Davis will continue to over- see the beloved comic strip he introduced in 1976 (it went into syndication in 1978), Nickelode- on is eager to develop a new ani- mated "Garfield" TV series and capitalize on new merchandis- ing opportunities. 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