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The CW has just issued two more renewals – DC’s Stargirl and Kung Fu!!

Brec Bassinger‘s Stargirl has yet to premiere it’s second season, and the network has already picked up the series for a season three.

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One of The CW’s new shows, Kung Fu, is making it’s series premiere TONIGHT (April 7)!

The brand new series, from CW super producer Greg Berlanti and showrunner Christina M. Kim, is a re-imagining of the 1970s series of the same name, but this time, features a female Asian lead, which is pretty groundbreaking for a primetime network show. It also features an almost all Asian cast.

The show is premiering in Riverdale‘s Wednesday night time slot as it goes on a brief hiatus.

Here’s a synopsis: A quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese American woman, Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China.

But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption and her own parents Jin (Tzi Ma) and Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) are at the mercy of a powerful Triad.

Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister Althea (Shannon Dang) and Althea’s fiancé Dennis (Tony Chung), pre-med brother Ryan (Jon Prasida), Assistant District Attorney and ex-boyfriend Evan (Gavin Stenhouse) and new love interest Henry (Eddie Liu) as well as her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice… all while searching for the ruthless assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor Pei-Ling (Vanessa Kai) and is now targeting her.

Tune in to Kung Fu TONIGHT (April 7) at 8/7c on The CW. There will also be an encore presentation on Sunday (April 11) on TNT at 10pm ET/PT.

In case you missed it, see what the show’s star Olivia Liang shared about being an Asian lead on a primetime network show!

Olivia Liang is dishing on her new show Kung Fu!

The 27-year-old actress stars as Nicky Shen in the upcoming series for The CW, which follows her after a quarter life crisis causes her to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China.

But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption and her own parents Jin and Mei-Li are at the mercy of a powerful Triad. Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister Althea and Althea’s fiancé Dennis, pre-med brother Ryan, Assistant District Attorney and ex-boyfriend Evan, and new love interest Henry as well as her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the ruthless assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor Pei-Ling and is now targeting her.

Olivia recently opened up about what intrigued her about this role. Click inside to see what she said… More Here! »

The CW has just revealed some midseason premiere dates!

It was announced that DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, In The Dark and Dynasty will all return with new seasons this May.

Legends will premiere it’s upcoming sixth season on Sunday, May 2nd, at 8pm ET/PT. Batwoman will be move back to 9pm.

Dynasty will be returning on Friday, May 7th, at 9pm ET/PT, following a new episode of Charmed in it’s new 8pm time slot on Fridays.

In The Dark season three premieres on Wednesday, June 9th at 9pm ET/PT.

New shows Kung Fu and The Republic of Sarah have also been given premiere dates.

Kung Fu will begin on Wednesday, April 7th at 8pm ET/PT, taking over for Riverdale, which will go on a pre-planned hiatus until July 7th.

The Republic of Sarah premieres on Monday, June 14th at 9pm ET/PT after a new episode of All American.

All episodes will of course be available to stream on The CW app the next day.

We are still waiting on the premiere date for the final season of Supergirl.

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Ludi Lin is about to have an exciting year!

The 33-year-old Power Rangers actor is starring in the just released trailer for the upcoming Mortal Kombat movie.

Ludi stars as Liu Kang in the film adaptation, which centers on MMA fighter Cole Young, accustomed to taking a beating for money, is unaware of his heritage—or why Outworld’s Emperor Shang Tsung has sent his best warrior, Sub-Zero, an otherworldly Cryomancer, to hunt Cole down. Fearing for his family’s safety, Cole goes in search of Sonya Blade at the direction of Jax, a Special Forces Major who bears the same strange dragon marking Cole was born with.

Soon, he finds himself at the temple of Lord Raiden, an Elder God and the protector of Earthrealm, who grants sanctuary to those who bear the mark. Here, Cole trains with experienced warriors Liu Kang, Kung Lao and rogue mercenary Kano, as he prepares to stand with Earth’s greatest champions against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe. But will Cole be pushed hard enough to unlock his arcana—the immense power from within his soul—in time to save not only his family, but to stop Outworld once and for all?

Mortal Kombat is set to be released in theaters and on HBO Max on April 16th. Watch the trailer on YouTube HERE!

It was also just announced that Ludi has joined the cast of the upcoming Kung Fu reboot on The CW, according to Deadline.

He will play Kerwin, heir to the billionaire Tan family fortune. He is a “dashing, handsome, physically fit, and impossibly charismatic”. He puts on a suave playboy act to the world but is driven by a deep hurt and antipathy towards his father. An erotically charged partnership with Zhilan will provide Kerwin with just the path to revenge (and vindication) he has been waiting for.”

Kung Fu will premiere midseason on the network and follows a young Chinese American woman, Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang), who encounters a quarter life crisis which causes her to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption and her own parents Jin (Tzi Ma) and Mei-Li (Kheng Hua Tan) are at the mercy of a powerful Triad.

Nicky will rely on her tech-savvy sister Althea (Shannon Dang) and her fiancé Dennis (Tony Chung), pre-med brother Ryan (Jon Prasida), Assistant District Attorney and ex-boyfriend Evan (Gavin Stenhouse), and new love interest Henry (Eddie Liu) as well as her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the ruthless assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor Pei-Ling (Vanessa Kai) and is now targeting her.

The schedule for the 2020/2021 season for The CW was announced today (May 14) and there was one show missing from the lineup.

Supergirl has been put on hold a bit longer, due in part to star Melissa Benoist‘s pregnancy, THR reports.

The series is being pushed to premiere mid-season, whenever that happens in 2021, to allow time for Melissa to return after maternity leave.

Taking Supergirl‘s Sunday night time slot is Charmed‘s third season. The reboot is returning to it’s original time, Sunday nights at 9/8c.

Other shows returning mid-season include fellow DC Comic/Arrowverse title DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dynasty, In the Dark and Roswell, New Mexico, as well as new series Kung Fu and Republic of Sarah.

In case you missed it, be sure to check out the complete upcoming schedule for The CW’s next season!

The CW is putting a few new shows into production, when they can!

It was announced on Tuesday (May 12) that Republic of Sarah and Kung Fu were ordered to series, Variety reports.

The new shows join previously announced Superman & Lois, and the Walker reboot.

Two shows that are still unknown on their status are the Arrow spinoff, Green Arrow & the Canaries, and the The 100 prequel series.

In Republic of Sarah, faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper (Stella Baker) utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence. Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch.

In Kung Fu, a quarter-life crisis causes a young Chinese-American woman (Olivia Liang) to drop out of college and go on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice…all while searching for the assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor and is now targeting her.

Stay tuned to Just Jared Jr for all of the latest updates on The CW as their fall schedule is said to be announced later this week.

Find out which star has already been cast as a series regular on Republic of Sarah!