Adult Swim Developing 'Harold & Kumar' Cartoon, Greenlights 7 Pilots

Adult Swim Developing 'Harold & Kumar' Cartoon, Greenlights 7 Pilots

Harold and Kumar have been to White Castle and Guantanamo Bay. Now they're going to Adult Swim.

Adult Swim is developing an animated project based on the "Harold & Kumar" movies, the network said Tuesday. The project, which currently goes under the moniker "Untitled Animated Harold & Kumar Project," is being produced by Lionsgate.

The network has also given the go-ahead to a pilot from "Community" creator Dan Harmon. Titled "Rick & Morty," the half-hour project follows a "genius inventor grandfather and his less than genius grandson, and the journeys in life they share."

Other pilots given the nod by Adult Swim include "Colonel Wallace,'" about an eccentric Southern fried-chicken magnate; "Coffin Dodgers," which follows the curmudgeonly residents of a suburban retirement home who "get into Animal House-style trouble"; "Green Bench: The American Day Dream," about a group of friends with nebulous business plans; "Freestyle Love Supreme," which centers on a bunch of rapping I.T. specialists; "King Star King," about "a modern day he-man who’s half-warrior, half-idiot"; and "Rolling With Dad," from Seth Grahame-Smith of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "The Hard Times of RJ Berger"'s David Katzenberg. "Rolling With Dad" follows a brilliant disabled man as he struggles to deal with his much less intelligent family.

MTV's Video Music Awards Get a Big New Location

MTV's Video Music Awards Get a Big New Location

The MTV Video Music Awards are getting  some roomier new digs.

MTV's annual awards ceremony is moving to Los Angeles' Staples Center this year, giving it a lot more elbow room than its previous location, the Nokia Theatre.

The Staples Center, home venue to the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Kings, has a seating capacity approaching 20,000 for concerts and special events, compared to the Nokia's 7,100 capacity.

An MTV spokesperson told TheWrap that the move to the Staples Center will "provide us with an opportunity to execute our vision at a new size and scale while maintaining the intimacy of the musical performances that the VMAs have become legendary for."

“Staples Center is incredibly excited to have the opportunity to host the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards,” Lee Zeidman, senior vice president & general manager of Staples Center, said of the move.

While the VMAs have been held at a variety of locations in New York, Los Angeles and Miami and Las Vegas since its maiden ceremony in 1984, the Nokia had hosted the event for the past two years.

The 2012 Video Music Awards will be broadcast live on MTV on Sept. 6.

Being Human series 5 update

Being Human series 5 update

The BBC has been chatting about what to expect from Being Human series 5, and a new villain is at the top of the list

BBC Three may have knocked The Fades on the head thanks to budget trimming (still a decision we’re hoping may be reversed at some point), but it did at least renew long-standing supernatural drama Being Human. Series 5 of the vampire/werewolf/ghost show is on its way from creator Toby Whithouse, who’s already written episode 1, according to BBC Online Exec Rebecca Denton.

In a blog post, Denton describes the new series as, “Bigger, better, bolder, braver and definitely more terrifying that anything that has come before.  Yes, season 5 is promising to deliver all the laughs and fun of season 4 but with a very definitely new and nasty, chilling edge.” Adding, “the calls for a new villain have been answered.”

All of which sounds good, doesn’t it?

ESPN Greenlights '30 for 30' Season 2

ESPN Greenlights '30 for 30' Season 2

ESPN Films has announced the return of its "30 for 30" sports documentary series, with a second season that will be accompanied by the launch of a series of 30 short films that will debut at sportswriting website Grantland.com.

The "30 for 30" series debuted in 2009 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of ESPN. The first documentary shown -- "Kings Ransom" -- was directed by actor/filmmaker Peter Berg and revolved around the 1988 trade of NHL superstar Wayne Gretzky from Edmonton to Los Angeles.

The "30 for 30" series also included entries directed by Barry Levinson, Ice Cube, Morgan Freeman, John Singleton and Oscar winner Barbara Kopple, and the 30th installment, "Pony Excess," aired in December 2010 and retold the story of the SMU football program and its two-year death penalty for NCAA infractions.

"30 for 30" season two documentaries will include "Broke," about the all-too-frequent post-career financial downfalls of pro athletes; "Bo Knows," about all-star pro football and baseball player Bo Jackson (pictured above left); and "The Season of Their Lives," about the 1982-83 NCAA basketball championship season of Jim Valvano and the North Carolina State Wolfpack.

"'30 for 30' was conceived as a finite collection and when the original series ended in December of 2010 with 'Pony Excess,' we had underestimated the strength of the connection fans had made between sports documentaries and the '30 for 30' brand,"  ESPN Films vice president Connor Schell said in a statement. "We’re proud to have created a brand that has become synonymous with quality sports storytelling and we see value in bringing back a second collection of 30 films."

"30 for 30 Vol. II" is scheduled to premiere in October, while "30 for 30 Shorts," a 30-part digital short film series, will debut at Grantland.com in September.

The first "30 for 30 Shorts" entry, "Here Now," revolves around disgraced Major League Baseball player Pete Rose and can be watched at Grantland.com now.

Grantland editor Bill Simmons is the co-creator and producer for the "30 for 30" TV series.

Kim Kardashian: Kanye West Will Appear on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians'

Kim Kardashian: Kanye West Will Appear on 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians'

How serious is the relationship between the not-yet-divorced Kim Kardashian and her rapper boyfriend Kanye West? Serious enough that West will be popping up on the new season of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians."

"I want to show my life," Kim Kardashian told E! Online, adding that West would appear on a few episodes of the E! reality series.

West attended a baby shower for Kardashian sister Kourtney last weekend, and the event was filmed for the E! series.

"If we are having dinner and (West) does show up, I'm sure we're not going to go, 'Stop the cameras!'" Kardashian said. "I'm not going to be taking a bubble bath and drinking champagne or on a sex swing like Khloé (Kardashian Odom) and Lamar (Odom) do. It's not going to be like that."

A rep for E! did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment.

The seventh season of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians" premieres on Sunday.

Britney Spears for second 'Glee' tribute episode?

Britney Spears for second 'Glee' tribute episode?

Britney Spears will receive a second tribute episode on Glee later this year, a report has claimed.

The 'Oops... I Did It Again' superstar, who officially joined Simon Cowell's X Factor USA yesterday, previously made a cameo in the musical comedy's second season.

The new Spears special, set to feature eight of the singer's songs, will be the fourth season's second instalment in the autumn, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Though not signed up to appear, Fox bosses are apparently attempting to seal a last-minute deal with the 30-year-old.

However, the instalment will not focus on Heather Morris's character of Brittany as the first tribute did.

Spears's original Glee edition remains one of the show's most-watched episodes ever.

Executives at Fox believe that a Spears-themed night will boost the network's Thursday night ratings, with X Factor airing before Glee.

'Hulk' TV show planned for 2013, confirms ABC boss

'Hulk' TV show planned for 2013, confirms ABC boss

A Hulk television series is still in development, ABC president Paul Lee has confirmed.

An adaptation of the Marvel comic is being planned for the network's 2013 schedule, it was announced in a recent conference call.

"The Hulk is in development," said Lee. "It wasn't going to be ready for this season, but we hope it will be ready for next season. We would like to see some Marvel projects move to television."

Lee also revealed that another Marvel project - AKA Jessica Jones - has stalled at the network.

"We did not pick it up for this season [and] we have another development which is further at the front of the queue," he said.

Other Marvel series may also be adapted for television by ABC Studios, but Lee refused to confirm specifics.

"We've got some in development, but none that I can talk about at this point," he explained. "Of course, we're immensely proud to be in a company with The Avengers and... we're going to continue to develop aggressively."

A Hulk TV project - produced by Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro and Battlestar Galactica's David Eick - was first announced in November 2010.

Mark Ruffalo recently played Bruce Banner / The Hulk in Joss Whedon's film The Avengers, which has made more than $1 billion (£623 million) worldwide.