Jackoway Austen, one of the most prominent Hollywood entertainment law firms that represents such bold-faced names as J.J. Abrams and Margot Robbie, has promoted five partners to the door.
Effective immediately, Michael Auerbach, Jeff Hynick, Kimberly Jaime, Ryan LeVine and Peter Sample are named partners in the 47-year-old firm. The quintet joining existing partners Jim Jackoway, Karl Austen, Barry Tyerman, Alan Wertheimer, Jamie Mandelbaum, Marcy Morris, Jeff Bernstein, Darren Trattner and Debby Klein.
Austen and Mandelbaum, the firm’s managing partners, made the announcement Thursday.
“We are incredibly excited about the next chapter for our firm,” said Austen and Mandelbaum in a joint statement. “With these promotions, we are strategically positioned for the future. In addition to being outstanding lawyers and formidable champions of our clients’ interests, Michael, Jeff, Kim, Ryan and Peter have an uncanny ability to identify game-changing talent, and a true dedication to collaboration and teamwork. Our...
Effective immediately, Michael Auerbach, Jeff Hynick, Kimberly Jaime, Ryan LeVine and Peter Sample are named partners in the 47-year-old firm. The quintet joining existing partners Jim Jackoway, Karl Austen, Barry Tyerman, Alan Wertheimer, Jamie Mandelbaum, Marcy Morris, Jeff Bernstein, Darren Trattner and Debby Klein.
Austen and Mandelbaum, the firm’s managing partners, made the announcement Thursday.
“We are incredibly excited about the next chapter for our firm,” said Austen and Mandelbaum in a joint statement. “With these promotions, we are strategically positioned for the future. In addition to being outstanding lawyers and formidable champions of our clients’ interests, Michael, Jeff, Kim, Ryan and Peter have an uncanny ability to identify game-changing talent, and a true dedication to collaboration and teamwork. Our...
- 2/1/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Next for Autism, a nonprofit dedicated to building national programs that enhance the lives of autistic adults, will welcome a star-studded lineup to the return of its popular live comedy event Night of Too Many Stars.
The show, which will take place Dec. 11 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, will feature performers including Rachel Bloom, Stephen Colbert, Ron Funches, James Austin Johnson, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, Jon Stewart and the cast of How to Dance in Ohio. The event will also include a live auction, as Next celebrates its 20th anniversary; the organization has funded more than 350 projects at 145 organizations across the United States and impacted more than 100,000 autistic individuals.
The Night of Too Many Stars was created by longtime SNL and Conan writer-producer Robert Smigel and his wife, Michelle Smigel, who struggled to find effective education for their autistic son Daniel. The Smigels’ extended comedy...
The show, which will take place Dec. 11 at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, will feature performers including Rachel Bloom, Stephen Colbert, Ron Funches, James Austin Johnson, Chris Rock, Adam Sandler, Amy Schumer, Jon Stewart and the cast of How to Dance in Ohio. The event will also include a live auction, as Next celebrates its 20th anniversary; the organization has funded more than 350 projects at 145 organizations across the United States and impacted more than 100,000 autistic individuals.
The Night of Too Many Stars was created by longtime SNL and Conan writer-producer Robert Smigel and his wife, Michelle Smigel, who struggled to find effective education for their autistic son Daniel. The Smigels’ extended comedy...
- 10/25/2023
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: After spending the past year terrifying audiences and wowing critics, Pearl and X star Mia Goth looks ready to take her talents to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as sources tell Deadline she is set to join Mahershala Ali in Marvel Studios’ Blade.
Yann Demange is set to direct the pic, with Michael Starrbury on board to write the script and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige producing. Ali is starring in the titular role.
Marvel could not be reached for comment.
Plot details are unknown at this time as well as who Goth would be playing.
Plans for a new incarnation of the Blade character, played by Wesley Snipes in a string of movies in the early 2000s, were revealed during Marvel’s senses-shattering presentation at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019.
Created as a supporting character by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, Blade first appeared in Tomb of Dracula No. 10 in 1973, becoming a cult favorite.
Yann Demange is set to direct the pic, with Michael Starrbury on board to write the script and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige producing. Ali is starring in the titular role.
Marvel could not be reached for comment.
Plot details are unknown at this time as well as who Goth would be playing.
Plans for a new incarnation of the Blade character, played by Wesley Snipes in a string of movies in the early 2000s, were revealed during Marvel’s senses-shattering presentation at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019.
Created as a supporting character by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, Blade first appeared in Tomb of Dracula No. 10 in 1973, becoming a cult favorite.
- 4/12/2023
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Mila Kunis, Debra Messing and other entertainment industry figures are among those who have sent an open letter to Amazon and Barnes & Noble, asking that the controversial book and documentary Hebrews to Negroes: Wake up Black America be removed from their platforms.
The nonprofit organization Creative Community for Peace was behind the letter, claiming both Amazon and B&n allegedly “refused to remove the title and continue to profit from its bigotry.”
Kunis, Messing, Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik and songwriter Diane Warren were among 200 signatories to the letter. It was addressed to “Jeff Bezos, James Daunt, and the leaders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.”
The protest comes in the wake of NBA star Kyrie Irving promoting the film with a tweet, then refusing to give an adequate apology. He was then suspended by the Brooklyn Nets and was ordered by the Brooklyn Nets to meet with various groups to make things right.
The nonprofit organization Creative Community for Peace was behind the letter, claiming both Amazon and B&n allegedly “refused to remove the title and continue to profit from its bigotry.”
Kunis, Messing, Jeopardy! host Mayim Bialik and songwriter Diane Warren were among 200 signatories to the letter. It was addressed to “Jeff Bezos, James Daunt, and the leaders at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.”
The protest comes in the wake of NBA star Kyrie Irving promoting the film with a tweet, then refusing to give an adequate apology. He was then suspended by the Brooklyn Nets and was ordered by the Brooklyn Nets to meet with various groups to make things right.
- 11/11/2022
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Kristoffer Borgli’s newest film Dream Scenario, which Deadline first reported, has added Emmy Award winner Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker, Kate Berlant, Michael Cera, Dylan Gelula and Tim Meadows to star alongside Nicolas Cage. Filming stars this month.
Hereditary and Midsommar filmmaker Ari Aster is producing with Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner.
The movie, which Borgli is also writing, has a storyline that’s under wraps, but is billed as a comedy. Borgli’s Sick of Myself premiered at Cannes.
Jacob Jaffke and Tyler Campellone are also producing alongside A24.
The project reps the fourth collaboration between Square Peg and A24 including Hereditary, Midsommar and the upcoming film Disappointment Blvd. starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Nicholson won an Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for HBO’s Mare of Easttown last year. She is repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment. Nicholson can recently be seen in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,...
Hereditary and Midsommar filmmaker Ari Aster is producing with Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner.
The movie, which Borgli is also writing, has a storyline that’s under wraps, but is billed as a comedy. Borgli’s Sick of Myself premiered at Cannes.
Jacob Jaffke and Tyler Campellone are also producing alongside A24.
The project reps the fourth collaboration between Square Peg and A24 including Hereditary, Midsommar and the upcoming film Disappointment Blvd. starring Joaquin Phoenix.
Nicholson won an Emmy for Supporting Actress in a Limited Series for HBO’s Mare of Easttown last year. She is repped by UTA and Untitled Entertainment. Nicholson can recently be seen in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Julianne Nicholson will star alongside Nicolas Cage in A24’s comedy “Dream Scenario.”
Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, comedian Kate Berlant, Dylan Baker (“The Resort”) and Dylan Gelula (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) have also been cast in the film, written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli.
Almost nothing is known about “Dream Scenario,” except that it’s reportedly a comedy. So, it’s unclear who any of the mentioned actors will be playing in the film. It’s expected to begin production this month.
Borgli’s credits include the feature film “Sick of Myself,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as several short films, including “Former Cult Member Hears Music for the First Time” and “Eer,” which played at Sundance.
Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce through their company Square Peg. “Dream Scenario” marks the fourth collaboration between Square Peg and A24 following “Hereditary,” “Midsommar” and the upcoming film “Disappointment Blvd,...
Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, comedian Kate Berlant, Dylan Baker (“The Resort”) and Dylan Gelula (“Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) have also been cast in the film, written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli.
Almost nothing is known about “Dream Scenario,” except that it’s reportedly a comedy. So, it’s unclear who any of the mentioned actors will be playing in the film. It’s expected to begin production this month.
Borgli’s credits include the feature film “Sick of Myself,” which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, as well as several short films, including “Former Cult Member Hears Music for the First Time” and “Eer,” which played at Sundance.
Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen will produce through their company Square Peg. “Dream Scenario” marks the fourth collaboration between Square Peg and A24 following “Hereditary,” “Midsommar” and the upcoming film “Disappointment Blvd,...
- 10/25/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In competition with multiple studio and streamers, 20th Century Studios has landed rights to Night of the Ghoul, an upcoming graphic novel by Eisner- and Harvey-winning author Scott Snyder and illustrator Francesco Francavilla. Set to direct is Rob Savage, with 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen producing.
This reteams studio, director and producers of The Boogeyman, the adaptation of the Stephen King novel that 20th and Disney release next year. Snyder and Francavilla will be exec producers.
The story follows a father and son looking into the true story behind a long-lost horror film from the golden era of monster movies. But as they dig deeper, they risk unleashing the very thing the supposedly destroyed film had meant to keep hidden.
The first issue will be out in print from Darkhorse Comics on Wednesday.
In scare fare, 21 Laps is coming off the fourth season of Stranger Things,...
This reteams studio, director and producers of The Boogeyman, the adaptation of the Stephen King novel that 20th and Disney release next year. Snyder and Francavilla will be exec producers.
The story follows a father and son looking into the true story behind a long-lost horror film from the golden era of monster movies. But as they dig deeper, they risk unleashing the very thing the supposedly destroyed film had meant to keep hidden.
The first issue will be out in print from Darkhorse Comics on Wednesday.
In scare fare, 21 Laps is coming off the fourth season of Stranger Things,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Multi-hyphenate writer, producer, director, actor, composer and poet Rafael Casal has signed with CAA for representation.
Casal, along with Daveed Diggs, co-wrote, produced and starred in the 2018 movie Blindspotting. The two co-created and executive produce Starz’s Blindspotting series spinoff, which debuted earlier this year, with Casal as showrunner and reprising his role from the movie. The series, which has been renewed for a second season, earned an Indie Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations for Best New/Breakthrough series.
Casal’s previous acting credits include a starring role opposite Hugh Jackman in Emmy-winning HBO film Bad Education, as well as roles in Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird and Are You Afraid of the Dark? He’ll next be seen in a key role in the upcoming second season of the Disney+ Marvel series Loki.
Casal also serves as a writer and composes music for AppleTV+ animated series...
Casal, along with Daveed Diggs, co-wrote, produced and starred in the 2018 movie Blindspotting. The two co-created and executive produce Starz’s Blindspotting series spinoff, which debuted earlier this year, with Casal as showrunner and reprising his role from the movie. The series, which has been renewed for a second season, earned an Indie Spirit Award and Gotham Award nominations for Best New/Breakthrough series.
Casal’s previous acting credits include a starring role opposite Hugh Jackman in Emmy-winning HBO film Bad Education, as well as roles in Showtime’s The Good Lord Bird and Are You Afraid of the Dark? He’ll next be seen in a key role in the upcoming second season of the Disney+ Marvel series Loki.
Casal also serves as a writer and composes music for AppleTV+ animated series...
- 7/22/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amazon Studios has won a competitive auction for the buddy comedy pitch package Foreign Relations. Kat Coiro is directing a star vehicle for Nick Jonas and Glen Powell, who played one of the hotshot pilots in Top Gun: Maverick. Charlie Kesslering (Turned On) will write the script, and Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone are producing, as is Brownstone’s Alison Small, Jonas and Powell. Deadline recently revealed it as a hot project.
Coiro directed the Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson comedy Marry Me, and she is EP and director of the upcoming She-Hulk: Attorney at Law for Marvel Studios and Disney+. She just was tapped to direct The Husband’s Secret for Sony and the first two eps of The Spiderwick Chronicles for Disney+.
UTA and CAA spearheaded the deal.
Powell is repped by CAA and Johnson Shapiro; Coiro by CAA,...
Coiro directed the Jennifer Lopez-Owen Wilson comedy Marry Me, and she is EP and director of the upcoming She-Hulk: Attorney at Law for Marvel Studios and Disney+. She just was tapped to direct The Husband’s Secret for Sony and the first two eps of The Spiderwick Chronicles for Disney+.
UTA and CAA spearheaded the deal.
Powell is repped by CAA and Johnson Shapiro; Coiro by CAA,...
- 6/30/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tia Napolitano (Cruel Summer) has joined CBS’ newly picked up drama series Fire Country as executive producer and showrunner. Her hire was already in the works when the network yesterday gave an official series order to the buzzy pilot, executive produced by and starring Max Thieriot.
The project, from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Studios, is inspired by Thieriot’s experiences growing up in Northern California fire country and stems from an original idea by the actor, who also co-penned the story for the pilot with its writers, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.
2022-23 CBS New Series
I hear there were no plans for Phelan and Rater, who are experienced showrunners, to stay on after the pilot in a hands-on capacity. The duo and Jbtv hand picked Napolitano who got her start as a writer under Phelan and Rater on Grey’s Anatomy and later worked on NBC’s Council of Dads,...
The project, from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and CBS Studios, is inspired by Thieriot’s experiences growing up in Northern California fire country and stems from an original idea by the actor, who also co-penned the story for the pilot with its writers, Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.
2022-23 CBS New Series
I hear there were no plans for Phelan and Rater, who are experienced showrunners, to stay on after the pilot in a hands-on capacity. The duo and Jbtv hand picked Napolitano who got her start as a writer under Phelan and Rater on Grey’s Anatomy and later worked on NBC’s Council of Dads,...
- 5/14/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max is developing Motherland Bounce, a comedy based on the life of Hasidic hip-hop star Nissim Black, from writer/comedian Moshe Kasher and The Gilded Age executive producer/director Salli Richardson-Whitfield as part of her overall deal with HBO.
Created and written by Kasher with story by Black and directed by Richardson-Whitfield, Motherland Bounce is the story of Black’s spiritual quest as the former gangster rapper becomes the world’s first Black Chassidic Jewish hip hop star.
Kasher and Black executive produce with Richardson-Whitfield via her HBO-based Early May Productions, and Erwin More. Eric Schulman and Aaron Fogelson serve as co-producers.
Black has in recent years become one of the most recognizable faces in Israeli hip-hop, his unlikely story starting in Seattle where he was selling drugs by the age of 12 and joined a gang shortly after that. His unique path to Orthodox Judaism and Israeli hip-pop...
Created and written by Kasher with story by Black and directed by Richardson-Whitfield, Motherland Bounce is the story of Black’s spiritual quest as the former gangster rapper becomes the world’s first Black Chassidic Jewish hip hop star.
Kasher and Black executive produce with Richardson-Whitfield via her HBO-based Early May Productions, and Erwin More. Eric Schulman and Aaron Fogelson serve as co-producers.
Black has in recent years become one of the most recognizable faces in Israeli hip-hop, his unlikely story starting in Seattle where he was selling drugs by the age of 12 and joined a gang shortly after that. His unique path to Orthodox Judaism and Israeli hip-pop...
- 4/25/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
NFL legend Tom Brady just announced his retirement from football, but TB12 is already getting back in the game, all thanks to Hollywood.
The seven-time Super Bowl champion will produce and appear in the new movie “80 for Brady,” which is led by an equally impressive cast: Academy Award-nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award-winner Sally Field.
The movie is inspired by the true story of 4 best friends and New England Patriots fans who take a life-changing trip to Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the project from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film alongside Brady’s 199 Productions and Academy Award-winner Donna Gigliotti. The film is directed by Kyle Marvin (star of “WeCrashed...
The seven-time Super Bowl champion will produce and appear in the new movie “80 for Brady,” which is led by an equally impressive cast: Academy Award-nominee Lily Tomlin, Academy Award-winner Jane Fonda, Academy Award-winner Rita Moreno and Academy Award-winner Sally Field.
The movie is inspired by the true story of 4 best friends and New England Patriots fans who take a life-changing trip to Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to the project from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film alongside Brady’s 199 Productions and Academy Award-winner Donna Gigliotti. The film is directed by Kyle Marvin (star of “WeCrashed...
- 2/23/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Paramount Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to 80 for Brady from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
Seven-time Super Bowl Champion and producer Tom Brady will appear and produce through his production company, 199 Productions, alongside Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti (Hidden Figures) and Endeavor Content. Endeavor Content developed the film with Brady and Gigliotti.
The feature project is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
The film is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin (star of Wecrashed and co-writer and star of The Climb), who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino (The Climb) under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott.
Seven-time Super Bowl Champion and producer Tom Brady will appear and produce through his production company, 199 Productions, alongside Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti (Hidden Figures) and Endeavor Content. Endeavor Content developed the film with Brady and Gigliotti.
The feature project is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li to see their hero Tom Brady play, and the chaos that ensues as they navigate the wilds of the biggest sporting event in the country.
The film is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin (star of Wecrashed and co-writer and star of The Climb), who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino (The Climb) under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott.
- 2/23/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Seven-time Super Bowl champion and recently retired football player Tom Brady is making the leap from the gridiron to the silver screen as Brady is set to act in and produce “80 for Brady,” a road trip comedy for Paramount and Endeavor Content, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.
Paramount Pictures acquired the worldwide rights to “80 for Brady” from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
The film also stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field.
“80 for Brady” is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin, who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott. Marvin and Covino wrote the latest script based off a draft by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins.
“80 for Brady” is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li...
Paramount Pictures acquired the worldwide rights to “80 for Brady” from Endeavor Content, who will produce the film.
The film also stars Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno and Sally Field.
“80 for Brady” is co-written and directed by Kyle Marvin, who is also executive producing with partner Michael Covino under their Watch This Ready banner and Jeff Stott. Marvin and Covino wrote the latest script based off a draft by Emily Halpern & Sarah Haskins.
“80 for Brady” is inspired by the true story of four best-friends and New England Patriots fans who take a lifechanging trip to the 2017 Super Bowl Li...
- 2/23/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jeremy Pope, the actor who found a breakout screen role as Archie Coleman in Ian Brennan and Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood, has signed with WME for representation.
Pope’s performance on the show, about a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Tinseltown trying to make it big, earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Limited Series, as well as the African American Film Critics Association’s Breakout Performer Award.
Pope was also recently seen on FX’s Emmy-nominated drama series, Pose, and has just wrapped filming the lead role in writer-director Elegance Bratton’s autobiographical drama The Inspection for A24. He will next star as Sammy Davis Jr. in the recently announced feature Scandalous!, directed by three-time Emmy nominee Janet Mock, and has previously appeared in Regina King’s Oscar-nominated Amazon drama One Night in Miami…, among other projects.
Pope’s performance on the show, about a group of aspiring actors and filmmakers in post-World War II Tinseltown trying to make it big, earned him an Emmy Award nomination for Best Actor in a Limited Series, as well as the African American Film Critics Association’s Breakout Performer Award.
Pope was also recently seen on FX’s Emmy-nominated drama series, Pose, and has just wrapped filming the lead role in writer-director Elegance Bratton’s autobiographical drama The Inspection for A24. He will next star as Sammy Davis Jr. in the recently announced feature Scandalous!, directed by three-time Emmy nominee Janet Mock, and has previously appeared in Regina King’s Oscar-nominated Amazon drama One Night in Miami…, among other projects.
- 2/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Writing duo Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey are expanding their relationship with ABC Signature. The longtime writing partners have signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature and have sold their first project under the pact — half-hour comedy Significant Others to ABC.
Written and executive produced by Reddout and Hickey, Significant Others is inspired by the pair’s real-life friendship. In Significant Others, two best friends narrate the story of their twenties in Los Angeles and how their friendships evolved into a new type of chosen family. ABC Signature is the studio.
Reddout and Hickey are currently co-executive producers on the new ABC series Queens, They recently wrapped as co-executive producers on ABC’s mixed-ish while developing a pilot reboot of the 1995 film Clueless for Peacock through CBS Studios.They previously served as co-executive producers on Hulu’s Dollface, as well as supervising producers on NBC’s Will & Grace.
Written and executive produced by Reddout and Hickey, Significant Others is inspired by the pair’s real-life friendship. In Significant Others, two best friends narrate the story of their twenties in Los Angeles and how their friendships evolved into a new type of chosen family. ABC Signature is the studio.
Reddout and Hickey are currently co-executive producers on the new ABC series Queens, They recently wrapped as co-executive producers on ABC’s mixed-ish while developing a pilot reboot of the 1995 film Clueless for Peacock through CBS Studios.They previously served as co-executive producers on Hulu’s Dollface, as well as supervising producers on NBC’s Will & Grace.
- 8/18/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Adele Lim will make her directorial debut with an untitled comedy starring “Emily in Paris” actress Ashley Park.
The R-rating intended comedy will follow four Asian American women as they set off on a journey to Asia to find their birth mothers.
Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures will produce the film together, with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Josh Fagen producing the film. Meredith Wieck and Chisom Ude will oversee the project for Lionsgate.
Lim previously co-wrote “Crazy Rich Asians” and Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and has also written for television shows “Private Practice,” “One Tree Hill,” “Reign,” “Lethal Weapon,” and “Dynasty.” Lim is represented by Verve and attorney Lev Ginsburg.
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao (“Awkafina is Nora From Queens”) will write the project based on a story from Lim, Chevapravatdumrong and Hsiao. The three will produce the project alongside Point Grey producers.
The R-rating intended comedy will follow four Asian American women as they set off on a journey to Asia to find their birth mothers.
Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures will produce the film together, with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver, and Josh Fagen producing the film. Meredith Wieck and Chisom Ude will oversee the project for Lionsgate.
Lim previously co-wrote “Crazy Rich Asians” and Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” and has also written for television shows “Private Practice,” “One Tree Hill,” “Reign,” “Lethal Weapon,” and “Dynasty.” Lim is represented by Verve and attorney Lev Ginsburg.
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao (“Awkafina is Nora From Queens”) will write the project based on a story from Lim, Chevapravatdumrong and Hsiao. The three will produce the project alongside Point Grey producers.
- 7/9/2021
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Adele Lim, the writer of “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Raya and the Last Dragon,” will make her directorial debut helming an untitled comedy for Lionsgate and Point Grey Pictures.
The R-rated comedy will star Tony and Grammy-nominated actress Ashley Park, who currently appears in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” and Peacock’s “Girls 5Eva.” The project follows four Asian American women as they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Along the way, their experience becomes one of bonding, friendship, belonging, and no-holds-barred wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
The project emerged from Point Grey’s multi-platform deal with the studio. The film will be written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao (co-creator of “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens”), from a story by Chevapravatdumrong, Hsiao and Lim. All three will produce the project with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen,...
The R-rated comedy will star Tony and Grammy-nominated actress Ashley Park, who currently appears in Netflix’s “Emily in Paris” and Peacock’s “Girls 5Eva.” The project follows four Asian American women as they travel through Asia in search of one of their birth mothers. Along the way, their experience becomes one of bonding, friendship, belonging, and no-holds-barred wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
The project emerged from Point Grey’s multi-platform deal with the studio. The film will be written by Cherry Chevapravatdumrong and Teresa Hsiao (co-creator of “Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens”), from a story by Chevapravatdumrong, Hsiao and Lim. All three will produce the project with Point Grey’s Seth Rogen,...
- 7/9/2021
- by Dave McNary and Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Writers Guild Award winner and Primetime Emmy nominee Ryan O’Connell has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.
O’Connell is best known as the creator, writer, executive producer and star of Netflix short-form series, Special. Debuting on the streaming service in April of 2019, the comedy is loosely based on O’Connell’s upbringing and experience as a gay man navigating the world with cerebral palsy. Earning a total of four Emmy nominations in its first season, the series also brought O’Connell GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award and a Visibility Award from LGBTQ advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign.
Set to return in May for its highly anticipated second (and final) season, Special is executive produced by Jim Parsons and his That’s Wonderful Productions banner. Thus far, O’Connell and That’s Wonderful have also teamed up on Accessible, a half-hour series in development at HBO Max,...
O’Connell is best known as the creator, writer, executive producer and star of Netflix short-form series, Special. Debuting on the streaming service in April of 2019, the comedy is loosely based on O’Connell’s upbringing and experience as a gay man navigating the world with cerebral palsy. Earning a total of four Emmy nominations in its first season, the series also brought O’Connell GLAAD’s Special Recognition Award and a Visibility Award from LGBTQ advocacy group, the Human Rights Campaign.
Set to return in May for its highly anticipated second (and final) season, Special is executive produced by Jim Parsons and his That’s Wonderful Productions banner. Thus far, O’Connell and That’s Wonderful have also teamed up on Accessible, a half-hour series in development at HBO Max,...
- 4/6/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Universal Pictures Content Group has acquired international rights, excluding France, to “Mr. Malcolm’s List.” U.S. rights are held by Bleecker Street and the Canadian rights have been sold to LevelFILM. The film has added further cast as production rolls in Ireland.
Joining the cast are Zawe Ashton, Theo James and Ashley Park. They join Freida Pinto, a BAFTA nominee and executive producer on the film, “Gangs of London’s” Ṣọpẹ́ Dirisu, who was a BAFTA Rising Star nominee, and “The Invisible Man’s” Oliver Jackson-Cohen.
Emma Holly Jones’ debut feature is based on the novel of the same name written by Suzanne Allain, who also penned the script.
Julia (Ashton) is a society lady jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor Mr. Malcolm (Dirisu), when she fails to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride. Feeling shunned and humiliated, she enlists her...
Joining the cast are Zawe Ashton, Theo James and Ashley Park. They join Freida Pinto, a BAFTA nominee and executive producer on the film, “Gangs of London’s” Ṣọpẹ́ Dirisu, who was a BAFTA Rising Star nominee, and “The Invisible Man’s” Oliver Jackson-Cohen.
Emma Holly Jones’ debut feature is based on the novel of the same name written by Suzanne Allain, who also penned the script.
Julia (Ashton) is a society lady jilted by London’s most eligible bachelor Mr. Malcolm (Dirisu), when she fails to meet one of the items on his list of requirements for a bride. Feeling shunned and humiliated, she enlists her...
- 3/19/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Showtime has landed for development a single-camera comedy project created by writers/stand-up comedians Moshe Kasher and Jermaine Fowler.
Written by Kasher and Fowler, the untitled comedy is set in 1997. In South Central Los Angeles, the heart of West Coast gangster rap, a group of teenage social outcasts attempts to solve the mystery of the murder of their hero, Biggie Smalls.
Kasher and Fowler, who will not be acting in the show, executive produce with 3 Arts Entertainment’s Michael Rotenberg and Josh Lieberman for CBS Studios. The comedy duo appeared together in the 2020 stand-up-themed film The Opening Act.
Kasher’s recent writing credits include HBO’s Betty and Apple TV+’s Little America. On camera, he is known for Comedy Central’s Another Period, which he also wrote for; Problematic with Moshe Kasher, which he created; as well as The Endless Honeymoon Stand -Up Special on Netflix.
Written by Kasher and Fowler, the untitled comedy is set in 1997. In South Central Los Angeles, the heart of West Coast gangster rap, a group of teenage social outcasts attempts to solve the mystery of the murder of their hero, Biggie Smalls.
Kasher and Fowler, who will not be acting in the show, executive produce with 3 Arts Entertainment’s Michael Rotenberg and Josh Lieberman for CBS Studios. The comedy duo appeared together in the 2020 stand-up-themed film The Opening Act.
Kasher’s recent writing credits include HBO’s Betty and Apple TV+’s Little America. On camera, he is known for Comedy Central’s Another Period, which he also wrote for; Problematic with Moshe Kasher, which he created; as well as The Endless Honeymoon Stand -Up Special on Netflix.
- 2/17/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has unveiled a stellar ensemble cast for its new murder-mystery comedy series The Afterparty. Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoë Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer (Broad City), Dave Franco, Jamie Demetriou and John Early will star in the series from Chris Miller and Phil Lord, TriStar TV and Sony Pictures TV.
Created by Miller, the eight-episode single camera comedy series is set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each episode will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
Haddish will play Detective Danner, the eccentric detective assigned to solve the high-profile case.
Created by Miller, the eight-episode single camera comedy series is set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each episode will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
Haddish will play Detective Danner, the eccentric detective assigned to solve the high-profile case.
- 11/11/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple has assembled an all-star cast for the upcoming murder mystery comedy series “The Afterparty.”
Hailing from Chris Miller and Phil Lord, the series will star Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco, Jamie Demetriou, and John Early.
The eight-episode series, which was exclusively reported by Variety in June, is set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each episode will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
Haddish will star as Detective Danner, the eccentric detective assigned to solve the high-profile case. Haddish is best known for her stand up career and her breakout role in the film “Girls Trip,” but Haddish has also starred in multiple TV projects in recent years. That includes the animated series “Tuca & Bertie...
Hailing from Chris Miller and Phil Lord, the series will star Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson, Zoe Chao, Ben Schwartz, Ike Barinholtz, Ilana Glazer, Dave Franco, Jamie Demetriou, and John Early.
The eight-episode series, which was exclusively reported by Variety in June, is set at a high school reunion afterparty. Each episode will feature a retelling of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
Haddish will star as Detective Danner, the eccentric detective assigned to solve the high-profile case. Haddish is best known for her stand up career and her breakout role in the film “Girls Trip,” but Haddish has also starred in multiple TV projects in recent years. That includes the animated series “Tuca & Bertie...
- 11/11/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“Crazy Rich Asians” screenwriter Adele Lim and Japanese director Hikari have come abroad the romantic dramedy “Lost for Words” for Working Title.
“Lost for Words” is based on an original idea from Oscar-winning screenwriter Richard Curtis, who wrote the previous draft and will be staying on the project as a producer. The project centers on a world-famous actor who becomes romantically entangled with his translator, and the translator’s boss who is also an actress.
Lim teamed with Peter Chiarelli on the script for 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” which grossed $338 million worldwide. She exited the planned sequels due to a dispute over pay disparity. Lim co-wrote the script with Qui Nguyen for Disney Animation’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” slated for a March, 2021 release. The film features the voices of Kelly Marie Tran as the titular Raya and Awkwafina as Sisu, the last dragon.
Hikari is a producer-writer-director known...
“Lost for Words” is based on an original idea from Oscar-winning screenwriter Richard Curtis, who wrote the previous draft and will be staying on the project as a producer. The project centers on a world-famous actor who becomes romantically entangled with his translator, and the translator’s boss who is also an actress.
Lim teamed with Peter Chiarelli on the script for 2018’s “Crazy Rich Asians,” which grossed $338 million worldwide. She exited the planned sequels due to a dispute over pay disparity. Lim co-wrote the script with Qui Nguyen for Disney Animation’s “Raya and the Last Dragon,” slated for a March, 2021 release. The film features the voices of Kelly Marie Tran as the titular Raya and Awkwafina as Sisu, the last dragon.
Hikari is a producer-writer-director known...
- 10/27/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Ashley Park, star of the Tony-nominated musical Mean Girls, is reuniting with Tina Fey in Peacock’s Girls5eva.
Park, who stars alongside Lily Collins in Netflix’s Emily in Paris, will recur in Girls5eva, which was created and written by Meredith Scardino and comes from Fey and Robert Carlock and Universal Television. Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell and Busy Philipps star.
Park plays Ashley, the glue that held the short-lived girl group Girls5eva together back in the late ’90s. She had the most experience going in, having been part of seven failed girl groups previously.
Girls5eva kicks off when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the ’90s gets sampled by a young rapper and its members reunite to give their pop-star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents and shoulder pain, but can‘t they also be Girls5eva?...
Park, who stars alongside Lily Collins in Netflix’s Emily in Paris, will recur in Girls5eva, which was created and written by Meredith Scardino and comes from Fey and Robert Carlock and Universal Television. Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell and Busy Philipps star.
Park plays Ashley, the glue that held the short-lived girl group Girls5eva together back in the late ’90s. She had the most experience going in, having been part of seven failed girl groups previously.
Girls5eva kicks off when a one-hit-wonder girl group from the ’90s gets sampled by a young rapper and its members reunite to give their pop-star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents and shoulder pain, but can‘t they also be Girls5eva?...
- 10/9/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nabiyah Be (Black Panther), newcomer Will Harrison, Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch), and Josh Whitehouse (Poldark) have been cast opposite Riley Keough and Sam Claflin in musical drama series Daisy Jones & The Six, based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, from Amazon Studios and Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.
Daisy Jones & The Six details the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the 1970s.
Be will play Simone Jackson, Daisy’s closest friend and fellow musician who unexpectedly finds herself at the forefront of the underground disco scene of the mid 1970s.
Harrison will portray Graham Dunne, Billy’s little brother whose desire to form a band ignites the spark that takes them all from small town Pittsburgh boys to the top of the charts.
Waterhouse is Karen Sirko, a true original and one of the first women in the...
Daisy Jones & The Six details the spectacular rise and precipitous fall of a renowned (fictional) rock band in the 1970s.
Be will play Simone Jackson, Daisy’s closest friend and fellow musician who unexpectedly finds herself at the forefront of the underground disco scene of the mid 1970s.
Harrison will portray Graham Dunne, Billy’s little brother whose desire to form a band ignites the spark that takes them all from small town Pittsburgh boys to the top of the charts.
Waterhouse is Karen Sirko, a true original and one of the first women in the...
- 2/13/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Dark Castle Entertainment, HanWay Films and Ingenious Media have partnered on horror film “Seance,” directed by Simon Barrett and starring Suki Waterhouse.
Set in an all-girls boarding school haunted by a vengeful spirit, Waterhouse plays Camille, a young woman who arrives at the Fairfield Academy following one of the student’s untimely and violent death.
Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious are jointly producing together with Addictive Picture’s John Schoenfelder, Russell Ackerman and with Tomas Deckaj. Alex Mace is producing and Hal Sadoff will executive produce for Dark Castle. The film is fully funded by Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious. Dark Castle and HanWay have retained worldwide rights and will commence sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
“Seance” is based on a screenplay by Barrett and marks the third collaboration between the filmmaker and HanWay, who have also worked closely on Barrett’s films “The Guest” and “You’re Next,...
Set in an all-girls boarding school haunted by a vengeful spirit, Waterhouse plays Camille, a young woman who arrives at the Fairfield Academy following one of the student’s untimely and violent death.
Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious are jointly producing together with Addictive Picture’s John Schoenfelder, Russell Ackerman and with Tomas Deckaj. Alex Mace is producing and Hal Sadoff will executive produce for Dark Castle. The film is fully funded by Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious. Dark Castle and HanWay have retained worldwide rights and will commence sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
“Seance” is based on a screenplay by Barrett and marks the third collaboration between the filmmaker and HanWay, who have also worked closely on Barrett’s films “The Guest” and “You’re Next,...
- 10/22/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Dark Castle Entertainment, HanWay Films and Ingenious Media have partnered on Simon Barrett’s (V/H/S) upcoming feature Seance.
Set in an all-girls boarding school haunted by a vengeful spirit, the horror film will star Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation) as Camille, a young woman who arrives at the Fairfield Academy following one of the student’s untimely and violent death.
Silver Pictures subsidiary Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious are jointly producing together with Addictive Picture’s John Schoenfelder, Russell Ackerman (Hold The Dark) and Tomas Deckaj. Alex Mace is producing and Hal Sadoff will executive produce for Dark Castle.
Pic is fully funded by Dark Castle, HanWay Films and Ingenious. Genre specialist Dark Castle and UK sales firm HanWay have retained worldwide rights and will commence sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Based on a screenplay by Barrett the project marks the third collaboration between the filmmaker and...
Set in an all-girls boarding school haunted by a vengeful spirit, the horror film will star Suki Waterhouse (Assassination Nation) as Camille, a young woman who arrives at the Fairfield Academy following one of the student’s untimely and violent death.
Silver Pictures subsidiary Dark Castle, HanWay and Ingenious are jointly producing together with Addictive Picture’s John Schoenfelder, Russell Ackerman (Hold The Dark) and Tomas Deckaj. Alex Mace is producing and Hal Sadoff will executive produce for Dark Castle.
Pic is fully funded by Dark Castle, HanWay Films and Ingenious. Genre specialist Dark Castle and UK sales firm HanWay have retained worldwide rights and will commence sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
Based on a screenplay by Barrett the project marks the third collaboration between the filmmaker and...
- 10/22/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Hart is set to star in the superhero comedy “Night Wolf.”
Hart will play an everyman meeting his future in-laws, a situation comedy films know all too well, but there’s a twist — the father in-law to be moonlights as the superhero Night Wolf.
Hart says he “instantly fell in love” with the pitch from “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit and hopped on board. STXFilms acquired the project, and Hart and his HartBeat Productions will produce the film.
Earlier this year, Stx Entertainment announced a partnership with HartBeat Productions to produce two comedy projects starring Hart. “Night Wolf” is the third Hart project in development with the studio after the previously announced films “Black Friday” and an untitled romantic comedy. In January, Hart starred in the Stx-distributed film “The Upside,” which grossed more than $100 million.
Hart also recently lent his voice to “The Secret Life of Pets 2...
Hart will play an everyman meeting his future in-laws, a situation comedy films know all too well, but there’s a twist — the father in-law to be moonlights as the superhero Night Wolf.
Hart says he “instantly fell in love” with the pitch from “Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit and hopped on board. STXFilms acquired the project, and Hart and his HartBeat Productions will produce the film.
Earlier this year, Stx Entertainment announced a partnership with HartBeat Productions to produce two comedy projects starring Hart. “Night Wolf” is the third Hart project in development with the studio after the previously announced films “Black Friday” and an untitled romantic comedy. In January, Hart starred in the Stx-distributed film “The Upside,” which grossed more than $100 million.
Hart also recently lent his voice to “The Secret Life of Pets 2...
- 8/16/2019
- by Dano Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
STXfilms has bought the high concept comic superhero pitch Night Wolf from Detective Pikachu scribes Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, a project that Kevin Hart will star in and produce via his HartBeat Productions. Night Wolf follows a Meet the Parents-esque encounter where a man (Hart) meets his future father-in-law for the first time only to discover he is secretly the superhero known as the Night Wolf. Hart starred in The Upside, the $100 million grossing hit which Stx distributed back in January. Earlier this year, Stx Entertainment announced it would partner with HartBeat Productions to produce two new comedy projects which Hart would topline. Night Wolf is the third project Hart is developing with the studio. Stx previously announced Black Friday and an untitled romantic comedy. The HartBeat team will oversee production with STXfilms’ Svp of Production Drew Simon. “After we acquired Night Wolf, we submitted it to Kevin Hart...
- 8/15/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Hart is set to star in and produce a twist on the superhero genre called “Night Wolf” at STXfilms, the studio’s chairman of the motion picture group Adam Fogelson announced Thursday.
STXfilms acquired the pitch for “Night Wolf” from “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, who are developing the film as a cross between the superhero genre and “Meet the Parents.” In the film, Hart will play a man meeting his future father-in-law for the first time, only to discover his alter-ego is a superhero known as the Night Wolf.
Hart’s HartBeat Productions is also attached to produce “Night Wolf,” which is the third film of a previously announced deal that involved just two comedy projects. Hart is eyeing to star in both of those films, which include “Black Friday” and another untitled romantic comedy.
STXfilms acquired the pitch for “Night Wolf” from “Pokemon Detective Pikachu” screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit, who are developing the film as a cross between the superhero genre and “Meet the Parents.” In the film, Hart will play a man meeting his future father-in-law for the first time, only to discover his alter-ego is a superhero known as the Night Wolf.
Hart’s HartBeat Productions is also attached to produce “Night Wolf,” which is the third film of a previously announced deal that involved just two comedy projects. Hart is eyeing to star in both of those films, which include “Black Friday” and another untitled romantic comedy.
- 8/15/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Showtime has given a series commitment to an untitled musical drama executive produced by multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys and the Oscar, Tony and Grammy winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul. Pasek and Paul also will contribute music to the series, produced by Fox 21 Television Studios. Kyle Jarrow (SpongeBob SquarePants musical) will write the series and executive produce with Oscar-nominated producer Marc Platt, Emmy winner R.J. Cutler, and Emmy winner Adam Siegel (Grease: Live!)
The as-yet untitled series traverses generations to tell an emotionally complex family story that interweaves modern-day and 1959 Detroit, centering on a mystery uncovered by a young musician who moves back to her childhood home.
“We have always been intrigued by the prospect of doing a Showtime musical series,...
The as-yet untitled series traverses generations to tell an emotionally complex family story that interweaves modern-day and 1959 Detroit, centering on a mystery uncovered by a young musician who moves back to her childhood home.
“We have always been intrigued by the prospect of doing a Showtime musical series,...
- 7/17/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, BBC America announced the premiere date for Season 2 of “Killing Eve” and Comedy Central released a new trailer for Season 2 of “Corporate.”
Dates
The second season of Marvel’s “The Punisher” is set to premiere Jan. 18 on Netflix. In this season, Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) must come to terms with his former partner Billy Russo (Ben Barnes) who is slowly healing from from the traumatic brain injury that Frank inflicted upon him. Rounding out the cast is Amber Rose Revah, Jason R. Moore, Josh Stewart and Floriana Lima. Steve Lightfoot serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Watch a teaser video for the new season below.
“Killing Eve” will return to BBC America on April 7 at 8 p.m. Picking up just 30 seconds after the end of the first season, Season 2 will once again follow the titular MI5 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) as she...
Dates
The second season of Marvel’s “The Punisher” is set to premiere Jan. 18 on Netflix. In this season, Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) must come to terms with his former partner Billy Russo (Ben Barnes) who is slowly healing from from the traumatic brain injury that Frank inflicted upon him. Rounding out the cast is Amber Rose Revah, Jason R. Moore, Josh Stewart and Floriana Lima. Steve Lightfoot serves as showrunner, writer and executive producer. Watch a teaser video for the new season below.
“Killing Eve” will return to BBC America on April 7 at 8 p.m. Picking up just 30 seconds after the end of the first season, Season 2 will once again follow the titular MI5 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) as she...
- 1/3/2019
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
The CW is developing Survivors’ Club, a drama series drawing on the comics from DC’s Vertigo imprint.
Written by Jared Frieder (MTV’s Sweet/Vicious), Survivor’s Club is based on characters created for DC Vertigo by Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson and Ryan Kelly. In a world where horror franchise monsters are real, twins Jason and Jennifer barely survived a demonic childhood possession that claimed their mother’s life and fractured their bond. Ten years later, when a new evil force awakens, the siblings join forces with other teen survivors to combat the literal and metaphorical monsters that haunt them.
Frieder executive produces with veteran producer Len Goldstein (Hart of Dixie). Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
This marks the latest series project based on a Vertigo property. It is looking to join iZombie, heading into its fifth and final season on the CW, Lucifer, which is moving to Netflix,...
Written by Jared Frieder (MTV’s Sweet/Vicious), Survivor’s Club is based on characters created for DC Vertigo by Lauren Beukes, Dale Halverson and Ryan Kelly. In a world where horror franchise monsters are real, twins Jason and Jennifer barely survived a demonic childhood possession that claimed their mother’s life and fractured their bond. Ten years later, when a new evil force awakens, the siblings join forces with other teen survivors to combat the literal and metaphorical monsters that haunt them.
Frieder executive produces with veteran producer Len Goldstein (Hart of Dixie). Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
This marks the latest series project based on a Vertigo property. It is looking to join iZombie, heading into its fifth and final season on the CW, Lucifer, which is moving to Netflix,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The CW has given a script commitment to No Hard Feelings, a one-hour dark comedy from writers Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey (Will & Grace), Brad Silberling and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Reddout and Hickey, No Hard Feelings is a dark comedy about a group of friends who conspire to exact revenge on an old rival who assaulted one of their own and got away with it back in college.
Reddout and Hickey executive produce with Silberling. CBS TV Studios, where Silberling has been under a deal, is the studio.
Reddout and Hickey are currently producers on Will & Grace. Their other previous credits include Grown-ish, Man With A Plan and The Muppets.
Silberling directed the CW/CBS Studios pilots Charmed, Reign, Jane the Virgin and No Tomorrow, all of which went to series. He currently serves as executive producer on the CW’s Dynasty. On the big screen, Silberling...
Written by Reddout and Hickey, No Hard Feelings is a dark comedy about a group of friends who conspire to exact revenge on an old rival who assaulted one of their own and got away with it back in college.
Reddout and Hickey executive produce with Silberling. CBS TV Studios, where Silberling has been under a deal, is the studio.
Reddout and Hickey are currently producers on Will & Grace. Their other previous credits include Grown-ish, Man With A Plan and The Muppets.
Silberling directed the CW/CBS Studios pilots Charmed, Reign, Jane the Virgin and No Tomorrow, all of which went to series. He currently serves as executive producer on the CW’s Dynasty. On the big screen, Silberling...
- 10/17/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jonathan Majors (Hostiles) is set as the lead opposite Jurnee Smollett-Bell in HBO’s high-profile straight-to-series drama Lovecraft Country, from Oscar winner Jordan Peele and his Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, Misha Green and Warner Bros Television.
Penned by Green based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Black (Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. Thus begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
Majors’ Atticus Black is a Korean war vet who always has a pulp novel in his back pocket, and wears his heart on his sleeve despite the daily injustice of living in Jim Crow America.
Peele and Green executive produce,...
Penned by Green based on the 2016 novel by Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Country follows Atticus Black (Majors) as he joins up with his friend Letitia (Smollett-Bell) and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America in search of his missing father. Thus begins a struggle to survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the terrifying monsters that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.
Majors’ Atticus Black is a Korean war vet who always has a pulp novel in his back pocket, and wears his heart on his sleeve despite the daily injustice of living in Jim Crow America.
Peele and Green executive produce,...
- 5/2/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has acquired a pitch for an ensemble musical to be scripted by Yana Gorskaya and Maia Rossini. Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment will produce. Feig hatched the idea and will produce with Jessie Henderson. Gorskaya is best known for her work as a film editor, including the docu Spellbound and Celeste And Jessie Forever. Rossini is a novelist and short story writer. The two are best friends and have collaborated since they were kids. CAA reps them and Feig and the duo’s also repped by Mxn Entertainment and Karl Austen and Michael Auerbach. Feig’s directing Melissa McCarthy in the comedy Spy.
- 3/14/2014
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
ArtMattan Prods.
NEW YORK -- Australian director Rolf De Heer's Outback saga "The Tracker" has the punch of a good Western with a clean and direct script plus an adventurous use of songs and folk paintings. The film's single-minded, somewhat stylized approach reminds of Clint Eastwood at his most economic and brutal -- "High Plains Drifter", for instance. "The Tracker" has no warm moments and few scenes of redemption. General audiences will probably find these raw emotions a tough watch, though critics and cineastes will certainly be impressed. The story's similarities to Philip Noyce's talked-about "Rabbit Proof Fence" could widen its boxoffice appeal.
De Heer's script tells of four very different men on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive in 1920s Australia: The Fanatic (Gary Sweet, from De Heer's more recent "Alexandra's Project"), a racial supremacist who hates all Aborigines
the Follower (Damon Gameau), a nervy rookie policeman
the Veteran (Grant Page), an aging conscript with no stomach for his job
and the Aboriginal Tracker (David Gulpilil), who seems content to do the white men's bidding.
As the quartet range deeper into the Outback, conflicts develop. The Fanatic murders any Aborigine he comes across. These acts of violence gradually alienate him from the Follower. The Tracker, in his element, coolly manipulates the situation to his advantage and finally dispenses rough justice to the white men.
De Heer's approach to narrative is unusual. He allows folksy songs (written by Graham Tardif and sung by Archie Roach) to run at length over the images. Far from being background music, these songs elucidate both the history of the treatment of Aborigines and the feelings of the Tracker. The acts of violence are represented by Aboriginal paintings inserted into the narrative. Ian Jones' cinematography emphasizes the vastness of the land, effectively using a quick zoom -- usually the most reviled of photographic techniques -- to pick out a relevant feature or character in the Outback.
The film is unequivocal in its depiction of how the settlers sought to destroy Aboriginal life and culture.by Stephen Hopkins and Eric Bross. Hopkins, whose experience at action shows includes directing "24," brings a brisk pace and a sharp eye for composition to the first night. Bross maintains the roller-coaster ride on the second and third nights, eliciting strong but restrained performances. In particular, Koteas shines as the mysterious but dedicated agent juggling long-distance family responsibilities with a job that doesn't come with a well-defined playbook.
Vancouver fills in for Seattle thanks, in part, to geographical proximity and similar climates. Scenes of foreign locales, also shot in Vancouver, are more generic and slightly less convincing.
TRAFFIC: THE MINISERIES
USA Network
Initial Entertainment Group
Credits:
Executive producer/writer: Ron Hutchinson
Producers: Stephen Hopkins, Jay Benson
Consulting producer: Ilene Kahn Power
Directors: Stephen Hopkins, Eric Bross
Director of photography: Joel Ransom
Production designer: David Fischer
Editors: Tod Feuerman, John Duffy
Music: Jeff Rona
Art director: Don Macaulay
Set decorator: Dominique Fauguet-Lemaitre
Casting: Mary Jo Slater, Steve Brooksbank
Cast:
Adam Kadyrov: Cliff Curtis
Mike McKay: Elias Koteas
Brent Delaney: Martin Donovan
Ben Edmonds: Balthazar Getty
Carole McKay: Mary McCormack
Fazal: Ritchie Coster
Ronny Cho: Nelson Lee
Alex Edmonds: Tony Musante
Tyler McKay: Justin Chatwin
Kahn: Brian George
Angie: Jennifer Rae Westleyear="none" />Editors: William Morris, Teki Cruickshank, Adrian Herrera, Fred Hawthorne, Marc Cahill, Michael Auerbach, Brian Horn, Jeff Cooper
Host: George Gray
Starring:
Todd Santos="none" />No MPAA rating " />Shane McCutcheon: Katherine Moennig
Dana Fairbanks: Erin Daniels
Alice Pieszecki: Leisha Hailey
Kit Porter: Pam Grierppencott, David Vanacore, Mark T. Williams
Main title theme: The O-Jays
Casting: Rob LaPlante...
NEW YORK -- Australian director Rolf De Heer's Outback saga "The Tracker" has the punch of a good Western with a clean and direct script plus an adventurous use of songs and folk paintings. The film's single-minded, somewhat stylized approach reminds of Clint Eastwood at his most economic and brutal -- "High Plains Drifter", for instance. "The Tracker" has no warm moments and few scenes of redemption. General audiences will probably find these raw emotions a tough watch, though critics and cineastes will certainly be impressed. The story's similarities to Philip Noyce's talked-about "Rabbit Proof Fence" could widen its boxoffice appeal.
De Heer's script tells of four very different men on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive in 1920s Australia: The Fanatic (Gary Sweet, from De Heer's more recent "Alexandra's Project"), a racial supremacist who hates all Aborigines
the Follower (Damon Gameau), a nervy rookie policeman
the Veteran (Grant Page), an aging conscript with no stomach for his job
and the Aboriginal Tracker (David Gulpilil), who seems content to do the white men's bidding.
As the quartet range deeper into the Outback, conflicts develop. The Fanatic murders any Aborigine he comes across. These acts of violence gradually alienate him from the Follower. The Tracker, in his element, coolly manipulates the situation to his advantage and finally dispenses rough justice to the white men.
De Heer's approach to narrative is unusual. He allows folksy songs (written by Graham Tardif and sung by Archie Roach) to run at length over the images. Far from being background music, these songs elucidate both the history of the treatment of Aborigines and the feelings of the Tracker. The acts of violence are represented by Aboriginal paintings inserted into the narrative. Ian Jones' cinematography emphasizes the vastness of the land, effectively using a quick zoom -- usually the most reviled of photographic techniques -- to pick out a relevant feature or character in the Outback.
The film is unequivocal in its depiction of how the settlers sought to destroy Aboriginal life and culture.by Stephen Hopkins and Eric Bross. Hopkins, whose experience at action shows includes directing "24," brings a brisk pace and a sharp eye for composition to the first night. Bross maintains the roller-coaster ride on the second and third nights, eliciting strong but restrained performances. In particular, Koteas shines as the mysterious but dedicated agent juggling long-distance family responsibilities with a job that doesn't come with a well-defined playbook.
Vancouver fills in for Seattle thanks, in part, to geographical proximity and similar climates. Scenes of foreign locales, also shot in Vancouver, are more generic and slightly less convincing.
TRAFFIC: THE MINISERIES
USA Network
Initial Entertainment Group
Credits:
Executive producer/writer: Ron Hutchinson
Producers: Stephen Hopkins, Jay Benson
Consulting producer: Ilene Kahn Power
Directors: Stephen Hopkins, Eric Bross
Director of photography: Joel Ransom
Production designer: David Fischer
Editors: Tod Feuerman, John Duffy
Music: Jeff Rona
Art director: Don Macaulay
Set decorator: Dominique Fauguet-Lemaitre
Casting: Mary Jo Slater, Steve Brooksbank
Cast:
Adam Kadyrov: Cliff Curtis
Mike McKay: Elias Koteas
Brent Delaney: Martin Donovan
Ben Edmonds: Balthazar Getty
Carole McKay: Mary McCormack
Fazal: Ritchie Coster
Ronny Cho: Nelson Lee
Alex Edmonds: Tony Musante
Tyler McKay: Justin Chatwin
Kahn: Brian George
Angie: Jennifer Rae Westleyear="none" />Editors: William Morris, Teki Cruickshank, Adrian Herrera, Fred Hawthorne, Marc Cahill, Michael Auerbach, Brian Horn, Jeff Cooper
Host: George Gray
Starring:
Todd Santos="none" />No MPAA rating " />Shane McCutcheon: Katherine Moennig
Dana Fairbanks: Erin Daniels
Alice Pieszecki: Leisha Hailey
Kit Porter: Pam Grierppencott, David Vanacore, Mark T. Williams
Main title theme: The O-Jays
Casting: Rob LaPlante...
ArtMattan Prods.
NEW YORK -- Australian director Rolf De Heer's Outback saga "The Tracker" has the punch of a good Western with a clean and direct script plus an adventurous use of songs and folk paintings. The film's single-minded, somewhat stylized approach reminds of Clint Eastwood at his most economic and brutal -- "High Plains Drifter", for instance. "The Tracker" has no warm moments and few scenes of redemption. General audiences will probably find these raw emotions a tough watch, though critics and cineastes will certainly be impressed. The story's similarities to Philip Noyce's talked-about "Rabbit Proof Fence" could widen its boxoffice appeal.
De Heer's script tells of four very different men on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive in 1920s Australia: The Fanatic (Gary Sweet, from De Heer's more recent "Alexandra's Project"), a racial supremacist who hates all Aborigines
the Follower (Damon Gameau), a nervy rookie policeman
the Veteran (Grant Page), an aging conscript with no stomach for his job
and the Aboriginal Tracker (David Gulpilil), who seems content to do the white men's bidding.
As the quartet range deeper into the Outback, conflicts develop. The Fanatic murders any Aborigine he comes across. These acts of violence gradually alienate him from the Follower. The Tracker, in his element, coolly manipulates the situation to his advantage and finally dispenses rough justice to the white men.
De Heer's approach to narrative is unusual. He allows folksy songs (written by Graham Tardif and sung by Archie Roach) to run at length over the images. Far from being background music, these songs elucidate both the history of the treatment of Aborigines and the feelings of the Tracker. The acts of violence are represented by Aboriginal paintings inserted into the narrative. Ian Jones' cinematography emphasizes the vastness of the land, effectively using a quick zoom -- usually the most reviled of photographic techniques -- to pick out a relevant feature or character in the Outback.
The film is unequivocal in its depiction of how the settlers sought to destroy Aboriginal life and culture.by Stephen Hopkins and Eric Bross. Hopkins, whose experience at action shows includes directing "24," brings a brisk pace and a sharp eye for composition to the first night. Bross maintains the roller-coaster ride on the second and third nights, eliciting strong but restrained performances. In particular, Koteas shines as the mysterious but dedicated agent juggling long-distance family responsibilities with a job that doesn't come with a well-defined playbook.
Vancouver fills in for Seattle thanks, in part, to geographical proximity and similar climates. Scenes of foreign locales, also shot in Vancouver, are more generic and slightly less convincing.
TRAFFIC: THE MINISERIES
USA Network
Initial Entertainment Group
Credits:
Executive producer/writer: Ron Hutchinson
Producers: Stephen Hopkins, Jay Benson
Consulting producer: Ilene Kahn Power
Directors: Stephen Hopkins, Eric Bross
Director of photography: Joel Ransom
Production designer: David Fischer
Editors: Tod Feuerman, John Duffy
Music: Jeff Rona
Art director: Don Macaulay
Set decorator: Dominique Fauguet-Lemaitre
Casting: Mary Jo Slater, Steve Brooksbank
Cast:
Adam Kadyrov: Cliff Curtis
Mike McKay: Elias Koteas
Brent Delaney: Martin Donovan
Ben Edmonds: Balthazar Getty
Carole McKay: Mary McCormack
Fazal: Ritchie Coster
Ronny Cho: Nelson Lee
Alex Edmonds: Tony Musante
Tyler McKay: Justin Chatwin
Kahn: Brian George
Angie: Jennifer Rae Westleyear="none" />Editors: William Morris, Teki Cruickshank, Adrian Herrera, Fred Hawthorne, Marc Cahill, Michael Auerbach, Brian Horn, Jeff Cooper
Host: George Gray
Starring:
Todd Santos="none" />No MPAA rating " />Shane McCutcheon: Katherine Moennig
Dana Fairbanks: Erin Daniels
Alice Pieszecki: Leisha Hailey
Kit Porter: Pam Grierppencott, David Vanacore, Mark T. Williams
Main title theme: The O-Jays
Casting: Rob LaPlante...
NEW YORK -- Australian director Rolf De Heer's Outback saga "The Tracker" has the punch of a good Western with a clean and direct script plus an adventurous use of songs and folk paintings. The film's single-minded, somewhat stylized approach reminds of Clint Eastwood at his most economic and brutal -- "High Plains Drifter", for instance. "The Tracker" has no warm moments and few scenes of redemption. General audiences will probably find these raw emotions a tough watch, though critics and cineastes will certainly be impressed. The story's similarities to Philip Noyce's talked-about "Rabbit Proof Fence" could widen its boxoffice appeal.
De Heer's script tells of four very different men on the trail of an Aboriginal fugitive in 1920s Australia: The Fanatic (Gary Sweet, from De Heer's more recent "Alexandra's Project"), a racial supremacist who hates all Aborigines
the Follower (Damon Gameau), a nervy rookie policeman
the Veteran (Grant Page), an aging conscript with no stomach for his job
and the Aboriginal Tracker (David Gulpilil), who seems content to do the white men's bidding.
As the quartet range deeper into the Outback, conflicts develop. The Fanatic murders any Aborigine he comes across. These acts of violence gradually alienate him from the Follower. The Tracker, in his element, coolly manipulates the situation to his advantage and finally dispenses rough justice to the white men.
De Heer's approach to narrative is unusual. He allows folksy songs (written by Graham Tardif and sung by Archie Roach) to run at length over the images. Far from being background music, these songs elucidate both the history of the treatment of Aborigines and the feelings of the Tracker. The acts of violence are represented by Aboriginal paintings inserted into the narrative. Ian Jones' cinematography emphasizes the vastness of the land, effectively using a quick zoom -- usually the most reviled of photographic techniques -- to pick out a relevant feature or character in the Outback.
The film is unequivocal in its depiction of how the settlers sought to destroy Aboriginal life and culture.by Stephen Hopkins and Eric Bross. Hopkins, whose experience at action shows includes directing "24," brings a brisk pace and a sharp eye for composition to the first night. Bross maintains the roller-coaster ride on the second and third nights, eliciting strong but restrained performances. In particular, Koteas shines as the mysterious but dedicated agent juggling long-distance family responsibilities with a job that doesn't come with a well-defined playbook.
Vancouver fills in for Seattle thanks, in part, to geographical proximity and similar climates. Scenes of foreign locales, also shot in Vancouver, are more generic and slightly less convincing.
TRAFFIC: THE MINISERIES
USA Network
Initial Entertainment Group
Credits:
Executive producer/writer: Ron Hutchinson
Producers: Stephen Hopkins, Jay Benson
Consulting producer: Ilene Kahn Power
Directors: Stephen Hopkins, Eric Bross
Director of photography: Joel Ransom
Production designer: David Fischer
Editors: Tod Feuerman, John Duffy
Music: Jeff Rona
Art director: Don Macaulay
Set decorator: Dominique Fauguet-Lemaitre
Casting: Mary Jo Slater, Steve Brooksbank
Cast:
Adam Kadyrov: Cliff Curtis
Mike McKay: Elias Koteas
Brent Delaney: Martin Donovan
Ben Edmonds: Balthazar Getty
Carole McKay: Mary McCormack
Fazal: Ritchie Coster
Ronny Cho: Nelson Lee
Alex Edmonds: Tony Musante
Tyler McKay: Justin Chatwin
Kahn: Brian George
Angie: Jennifer Rae Westleyear="none" />Editors: William Morris, Teki Cruickshank, Adrian Herrera, Fred Hawthorne, Marc Cahill, Michael Auerbach, Brian Horn, Jeff Cooper
Host: George Gray
Starring:
Todd Santos="none" />No MPAA rating " />Shane McCutcheon: Katherine Moennig
Dana Fairbanks: Erin Daniels
Alice Pieszecki: Leisha Hailey
Kit Porter: Pam Grierppencott, David Vanacore, Mark T. Williams
Main title theme: The O-Jays
Casting: Rob LaPlante...
- 1/27/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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