Fantasy Island
American fantasy drama television series
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| May 9 2023 | Fox announced the cancellation of Fantasy Island after two seasons. |
| January 11 2023 | Teri Hatcher and James Denton were announced to guest star for an episode. |
| January 2 2023 | Second season of Fantasy Island premiered. |
| April 25 2022 | Alexa Mansour was cast in a recurring role for Fantasy Island TV series. |
| December 23 2021 | A two-hour holiday special episode titled 'Welcome to the Snow Globe' aired. |
| December 23 2021 | A holiday special episode of the series aired. |
| November 22 2021 | John Gabriel Rodriguez was promoted to a series regular for the second season. |
| November 4 2021 | Fox officially renewed the series for a second season. |
| September 8 2021 | Negotiations for a second season of Fantasy Island were reported. |
| August 2021 | The series began airing on getTV digital multicast network, broadcasting on Saturday and Sunday nights at 4:00 AM ET. |
| August 10 2021 | The new Fantasy Island television series premiered on Fox. |
| August 8 2021 | A behind-the-scenes special titled 'Welcome to the New Fantasy Island' premiered, two days before the main series launch. |
| July 16 2021 | Melrose Place stars Laura Leighton, Josie Bissett, and Daphne Zuniga were announced to make special guest appearances in the show. |
| June 3 2021 | Dave and Odette Annable were announced to make a guest appearance in the show. |
| May 2021 | Fantasy Island was added to the streaming service Tubi, making all seven seasons available. |
| May 5 2021 | Bellamy Young was announced to make a guest appearance in the show. |
| April 2021 | Kiara Barnes and John Gabriel Rodriguez were cast as part of the main cast of the new Fantasy Island series. |
| April 2021 | Roselyn Sánchez was announced to join the cast as Elena Roarke, a descendant of Mr. Roarke. |
| 2020 | The film received heavily negative reviews from critics despite being a box office success, grossing $49 million worldwide against a $7 million production budget. |
| December 2020 | Fox greenlit a sequel series to the original 1977 Fantasy Island, maintaining continuity with the original series. |
| December 15 2020 | Fox ordered a contemporary adaptation of Fantasy Island, developed by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, with production by Fox Entertainment, Happier in Hollywood, and Sony Pictures Television's Gemstone Studios. |
| May 12 2020 | Fantasy Island was released on Blu-ray and DVD for home media distribution. |
| April 14 2020 | Fantasy Island was released on digital platforms for home viewing. |
| February 14 2020 | Madison Gate Records released the film's official score soundtrack, composed by Bear McCreary |
| February 14 2020 | Fantasy Island, directed by Jeff Wadlow, was theatrically released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing, marking its debut in cinemas. |
| January 31 2020 | Jared Lee released a single track titled 'Don't Wish Your Life Away' for the Fantasy Island film |
| January 2019 | Additional cast members Michael Rooker, Charlotte McKinney, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Austin Stowell, and Mike Vogel were cast for the film. |
| November 2018 | Director Jeff Wadlow revealed in an interview that Maggie Q, Portia Doubleday, and Ryan Hansen were added to the cast, while Dave Bautista was no longer part of the film. |
| October 2018 | Michael Peña, Jimmy O. Yang, Dave Bautista, and Lucy Hale initially joined the cast of Fantasy Island. |
| July 2018 | Blumhouse Productions and Sony Pictures announced a horror film adaptation of the Fantasy Island television series, with Jeff Wadlow set to direct, co-write the screenplay, and co-produce. The project was described as 'a mix of Westworld and The Cabin in the Woods'. |
| July 2017 | Universal HD stopped airing episodes of the series, transitioning to the Olympic Channel. |
| September 2013 | Cozi TV announced the series would begin airing on their digital multicast television network in fall 2013. |
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