Exclusive: TNT has passed on its two outstanding pilots: Beast Mode, starring Anika Noni Rose, and Constance, headlined by Elisabeth Shue. Both had been picked up in July.
TNT is going through a transition currently. TBS Evp Original Programming Brett Weitz was named General Manager for TNT and TBS in January as TNT Evp Original Programming Sarah Aubrey became Head of Original Content for WarnerMedia’s digital platform. Additionally, the Turner networks were recently put under the oversight of Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment.
“Still being figured out,” Weitz said of TNT’s programming direction in February. “My biggest mandate has always been [to] look at how our world exists right now. I don’t want to do really dark, depressing dramas. I think there is a lot of people who do that and do it well. There is a need for, I wouldn’t say levity, but I want...
TNT is going through a transition currently. TBS Evp Original Programming Brett Weitz was named General Manager for TNT and TBS in January as TNT Evp Original Programming Sarah Aubrey became Head of Original Content for WarnerMedia’s digital platform. Additionally, the Turner networks were recently put under the oversight of Bob Greenblatt, chairman of WarnerMedia Entertainment.
“Still being figured out,” Weitz said of TNT’s programming direction in February. “My biggest mandate has always been [to] look at how our world exists right now. I don’t want to do really dark, depressing dramas. I think there is a lot of people who do that and do it well. There is a need for, I wouldn’t say levity, but I want...
- 5/6/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Private Practice alumna Geffri Maya has been cast as a lead opposite Anika Noni Rose and Chanté Adams in Beast Mode (working title), TNT’s drama pilot inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe.
Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T.
Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a fighter and has become equally as successful a trainer known for unconventional methods and a fiercely combative style. Driven by the belief that any step backward is a slippery slope to her former life, when the boxer Marsha trained to a world title fires her, this complex and inspiring woman is determined to find a new fighter to eclipse the one she lost.
Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T.
Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a fighter and has become equally as successful a trainer known for unconventional methods and a fiercely combative style. Driven by the belief that any step backward is a slippery slope to her former life, when the boxer Marsha trained to a world title fires her, this complex and inspiring woman is determined to find a new fighter to eclipse the one she lost.
- 12/19/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Rising star Chanté Adams (Monsters and Men) has been cast as a lead opposite Anika Noni Rose in Beast Mode (working title), TNT’s drama pilot inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe.
Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T.
Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a fighter and has become equally as successful a trainer known for unconventional methods and a fiercely combative style. Driven by the belief that any step backward is a slippery slope to her former life, when the boxer Marsha trained to a world title fires her, this complex and inspiring woman is determined to find a new fighter to eclipse the one she lost. But...
Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T.
Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a fighter and has become equally as successful a trainer known for unconventional methods and a fiercely combative style. Driven by the belief that any step backward is a slippery slope to her former life, when the boxer Marsha trained to a world title fires her, this complex and inspiring woman is determined to find a new fighter to eclipse the one she lost. But...
- 12/18/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Anika Noni Rose has been cast as the lead in TNT’s drama pilot, Beast Mode (working title), inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe.
Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Ann Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T.
Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness, and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a fighter and has become equally as successful a trainer known for unconventional methods and a fiercely combative style. Driven by the belief that any step backward is a slippery slope to her former life, when the boxer Marsha trained to a world title fires her, this complex and inspiring woman is determined to find a new fighter to eclipse the one she lost, but her emotional baggage and militant style could...
Tina Mabry (Pose) is attached to direct the pilot, written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Ann Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T.
Pulling herself and her two daughters up from poverty, abuse, homelessness, and criminality, Marsha Blackstone (Rose) reached the pinnacle of boxing as a fighter and has become equally as successful a trainer known for unconventional methods and a fiercely combative style. Driven by the belief that any step backward is a slippery slope to her former life, when the boxer Marsha trained to a world title fires her, this complex and inspiring woman is determined to find a new fighter to eclipse the one she lost, but her emotional baggage and militant style could...
- 11/5/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
On today’s television roundup, TNT orders two new scripted drama shows and HBO’s “2 Dope Queens” will return next year for a second season.
Casting
Shamon Brown Jr., Barton Fitzpatrick and Michael Epps have been upped from guest stars to series regulars for the second season of “The Chi.” The hit Showtime drama series is currently in production in Chicago and will return to the network in 2019.
Renewals
HBO announced “2 Dope Queens,” featuring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, will return next year for a second series of four hour-long specials. Based on the hit comedy Wnyc podcast of the same name, the show debuted on the network to critical acclaim last February with four shows directed by Tig Notaro and featuring special guests Uzo Aduba, Tituss Burgess, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jon Stewart.
Dates
Sony Crackle announced the sophomore season of its scripted original drama, “Snatch,” starring...
Casting
Shamon Brown Jr., Barton Fitzpatrick and Michael Epps have been upped from guest stars to series regulars for the second season of “The Chi.” The hit Showtime drama series is currently in production in Chicago and will return to the network in 2019.
Renewals
HBO announced “2 Dope Queens,” featuring Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson, will return next year for a second series of four hour-long specials. Based on the hit comedy Wnyc podcast of the same name, the show debuted on the network to critical acclaim last February with four shows directed by Tig Notaro and featuring special guests Uzo Aduba, Tituss Burgess, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jon Stewart.
Dates
Sony Crackle announced the sophomore season of its scripted original drama, “Snatch,” starring...
- 7/23/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
TNT has ordered its first 2018 drama pilots, Constance, starring Elisabeth Shue, and Beast Mode (working title).
Kc Perry (The Originals) wrote Constance, with Emmy nominee Jesse Peretz (Glow, Girls) attached to direct. Constance is produced by Team Downey, in association with Sonar Entertainment and Studio T, with Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey (Sherlock Holmes), Amanda Burrell, Bill Dubuque (Ozark), Tom Lesinski (Mr. Mercedes), Jenna Santoianni (Mr. Mercedes), Peretz, Shue and Perry serving as executive producers.
Beast Mode, inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe, is written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Ann Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T, with executive producers Stefanie Huie (Triangle) and MacRo’s Charles D. King (Mudbound), Kim Roth (Inside Man) and Poppy Hanks (Fences).
Constance is described as a fun, darkly humorous, veneer-stripping story about one woman’s refusal to fade into obsolescence. It follows former...
Kc Perry (The Originals) wrote Constance, with Emmy nominee Jesse Peretz (Glow, Girls) attached to direct. Constance is produced by Team Downey, in association with Sonar Entertainment and Studio T, with Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey (Sherlock Holmes), Amanda Burrell, Bill Dubuque (Ozark), Tom Lesinski (Mr. Mercedes), Jenna Santoianni (Mr. Mercedes), Peretz, Shue and Perry serving as executive producers.
Beast Mode, inspired by the life of legendary boxing trainer Ann Wolfe, is written and executive produced by David Schneiderman and produced by Ann Wolfe and MacRo in association with Studio T, with executive producers Stefanie Huie (Triangle) and MacRo’s Charles D. King (Mudbound), Kim Roth (Inside Man) and Poppy Hanks (Fences).
Constance is described as a fun, darkly humorous, veneer-stripping story about one woman’s refusal to fade into obsolescence. It follows former...
- 7/23/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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