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Paul Reubens To Voice The White Rabbit In ABC’s Wonderland-Themed ‘Once Upon A Time’ Spinoff, Ralph Hemecker To Direct

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday April 4, 2013 @ 6:35pm PDTTags: Once Upon a Time Films, Paul Reubens
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EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: One of Alice In Wonderland‘s signature characters, The White Rabbit, is hopping to ABC’s Once Upon A Time In Wonderland, and it will be voiced by Paul Reubens. Reubens, best known for his alter ego of Pee-Wee Herman, has joined the cast of the Once Upon A Time spinoff presentation, which will be directed by frequent Once director Ralph Hemecker. The project, from Once Upon A Time creators Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, is set in pre-curse Wonderland. The story is told through the point of view of Alice (Sophie Lowe) who has a generous heart but carries the scars of a long hard life. She is joined by Cyrus (Peter Gadiot), Alice’s love interest, and the Knave of Hearts (Michael Socha), a sardonic adventurer. The White Rabbit will be a CG character voiced by Reubens. Michael Sheen provided the voice for the White Rabbit in the 2010 Tim Burton movie. Also co-starring in the ABC presentation is Emma Rigby as the Red Queen. If the project goes to series, Barbara Hershey’s Cora, who played Wonderland’s Queen Of Hearts on Once, could appear in flashbacks. Also likely to be on the spinoff if it is picked up to series are the characters of Mad Hatter (played by Sebastian Stan on Once) and Cheshire Cat. The choice of Hemecker as director is not surprising as he helmed the two Once episodes that prominently featured Wonderland, last season’s Hat Trick and this season’s Queen of Heart, which introduced Cora as the Queen. Hemecker has directed a total of 7 Once episodes, including the second season premiere. The four-scene Once Upon A Time In Wonderland presentation is slated to begin filming later this week in Vancouver, immediately following the wrap of Once‘s Season 2 there. Once EPs Kitsis, Horowitz and Steve Pearlman executive produce, with Zack Estrin and Once consulting producer Jane Espenson also involved.

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More Creative Arts Emmy Presenters Set

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday August 29, 2011 @ 10:51am PDTTags: 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Brad Falchuk, Chris Colfer, Graham Yost, Paul Reubens, Walton Goggins

Justified‘s Walton Goggins and Graham Yost, Glee‘s Chris Colfer and Brad Falchuk, and The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway‘s Paul Reubens are among the additional presenters announced today for the 2011 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, set for Sept. 10 at … Read More »

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EMMYS: Pee-wee Parodies Melissa Leo

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Thursday June 2, 2011 @ 9:04pm PDTTags: Melissa Leo, Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman, Primetime Emmy Nominations

Well, it won Melissa Leo an Oscar. So why shouldn’t faux fur win Pee-wee an Emmy for his HBO special?

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‘SNL’ Features ‘Cape’ Parody, Pee-wee Short

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday January 16, 2011 @ 3:29pm PSTTags: Andy Samberg, Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Video, The Cape, TV, Video
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Saturday Night Live last night took on the new NBC superhero drama The Cape with fake promos for other NBC series about “superheroes who get their superpowers from items of clothing,” including The Scarf, The Scrunchy and The Spanx. Meanwhile, Paul Reubens is already getting online support for a hosting … Read More »

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TCA: Live From New York, It’s Pee-wee!

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday January 7, 2011 @ 5:11pm PSTTags: Cable TV, HBO Pee-Wee Herman, Judd Apatow, Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman, TCA, TCA HBO, Television Critics Association, The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, TV

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA coverage:

He’s baaaaaaack. Paul Reubens (best known by his nom de plume Pee-wee Herman) invaded Pasadena and HBO’s presentation at TCA Friday afternoon, presented live via satellite from New York to promote his forthcoming 90-minute special … Read More »

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HBO To Air Paul Reubens’ Broadway Show

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 9:03am PSTTags: Cable TV, HBO, HBO Pee-Wee Herman, Marty Callner, Paul Reubens, The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway, TV
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Paul Reubens’ current Broadway show will become an HBO special. The HBO presentation of The Pee-Wee Herman Show on Broadway will shoot at the Stephen Sondheim Theatre New York this January, immediately following the Jan. 2 conclusion of its exclusive … Read More »

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