00:00Get ready to celebrate Star Wars Day with a new convention.
00:02The CEO of NBCUniversal addresses all that Trolls World Tour drama,
00:06and Joel McHale reveals he received serious backlash over one surprising Tiger King reunion question.
00:12First, May the 4th be with you.
00:14While many fan conventions have been put on hiatus as the world continues to cope with COVID-19,
00:19that isn't stopping fans from celebrating Star Wars Day.
00:22THR's Neha Joy has more.
00:23New York Comic Con and Star Wars celebration organizers ReadPop have teamed up for a virtual convention
00:28to celebrate next week's special day called an online revelry,
00:32May the 4th be with you, and Revenge of the 5th.
00:35The celebration will feature multiple virtual events, including live-tweeting the movies
00:39and episodes of both Star Wars The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels,
00:43as well as Q&A sessions and discussions with the writers and actors associated with the franchise.
00:48Next, who knew a movie about musical trolls could cause so much drama?
00:52NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Schell addressed the recent industry debate about Universal Pictures' decision
00:57to break the theatrical window for Trolls World Tour and release the film on PVOD amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
01:03Schell told analysts on a first-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday that the Trolls sequel was ready to go,
01:08and the company had worked hard on it and spent a lot of money on it,
01:11and consumers, quote,
01:12desperately needed a family and kids offering.
01:14Once upon a time, there were two trolls.
01:16They saved the world.
01:18Pretty cute, right?
01:20Schell concluded that he expects consumers are going to return to the theaters,
01:23and PVOD will be part of the film business as a complementary offeree, quote,
01:28not a replacement.
01:29And Comcast CFO Mike Cavanaugh said,
01:31while recent movies have had digital success,
01:33the company will, quote,
01:34determine our future distribution approach on a title-by-title basis.
01:37And remember when Tiger King ruled quarantine?
01:40Joel McHale is speaking out against the backlash he received
01:42after hosting Netflix's Tiger King special from some not-so-cool cats and kittens.
01:47Neha has more on that story, too.
01:48Speaking this week with Conan O'Brien,
01:50McHale says he was shocked to receive backlash over a question he asked
01:53while hosting The Tiger King and I,
01:55a special episode of the wildly popular docuseries,
01:58Tiger King Murder, Mayhem, and Madness.
02:01And then people gave me such shh for asking if Joe Exotic should be in jail.
02:06The host says he was taken aback considering the question wasn't exactly out of left field.
02:11They were like, how dare you?
02:12How dare you?
02:13And I was like, 19 felonies?
02:16For much more on all these stories, head to THR.com.
02:18For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
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