Exclusive: Akende Munalula (The Salon), Shacai O’Neal (Black Lightning), Lily Keene (Deadwood: The Movie) and Margot Catherine Terry (9-1-1) have joined Showtime drama pilot Coercion as series regulars opposite Sydney Chandler. Sydney Park and Tyrone Marshall Brown also star in the wiip-produced drama.
Written and directed by Susannah Grant, Coercion is inspired by the life of Rebecca Bender, a national leader on and survivor of sex trafficking.
Coercion depicts Bender’s (Chandler) escape from the world of sex trafficking after six years, her struggles to return to a “normal” life, and her emergence as a confident, funny and impassioned advocate for justice.
Munalula will play Dev, a successful, wealthy Las Vegas-based human sex trafficker. O’Neal will play Mia, a sex worker. Keene will play Didi, also a sex worker. Terry will play Lexi, the young daughter of Rebecca (Chandler).
2020-21 Showtime Pilots & Series Orders
Executive producing Coercion are Grant,...
Written and directed by Susannah Grant, Coercion is inspired by the life of Rebecca Bender, a national leader on and survivor of sex trafficking.
Coercion depicts Bender’s (Chandler) escape from the world of sex trafficking after six years, her struggles to return to a “normal” life, and her emergence as a confident, funny and impassioned advocate for justice.
Munalula will play Dev, a successful, wealthy Las Vegas-based human sex trafficker. O’Neal will play Mia, a sex worker. Keene will play Didi, also a sex worker. Terry will play Lexi, the young daughter of Rebecca (Chandler).
2020-21 Showtime Pilots & Series Orders
Executive producing Coercion are Grant,...
- 10/5/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Stars: Gemma Brooke Allen, Alix Lane, Lily Keene, Matt Rife, Connor Weil, Kamilla Alnes, Ellie Patrikios, Grayson Thorne Kilpatrick, Jacques Derosena, Jo Osmond | Written and Directed by Ryan McGonagle
Actual great horror movies with a Halloween theme and Halloween as there main focus aren’t actually as widespread as you might expect. Obviously the Halloween franchise has some great editions, Trick ‘r Treat and Tales of Halloween are fantastic anthologies but there’s not a whole lot else. Black Pumpkin, as its title suggests, is indeed set during Halloween season and as a Halloween-themed killer, so could it kick off a new holiday-themed franchise?
Two kids accidentally awaken an evil that has lain dormant for a number of years. The terribly named ‘Bloody Bobby’ is now after them and their family and friends and they spend October 31st trying to survive through the night.
With a name like Bloody Bobby,...
Actual great horror movies with a Halloween theme and Halloween as there main focus aren’t actually as widespread as you might expect. Obviously the Halloween franchise has some great editions, Trick ‘r Treat and Tales of Halloween are fantastic anthologies but there’s not a whole lot else. Black Pumpkin, as its title suggests, is indeed set during Halloween season and as a Halloween-themed killer, so could it kick off a new holiday-themed franchise?
Two kids accidentally awaken an evil that has lain dormant for a number of years. The terribly named ‘Bloody Bobby’ is now after them and their family and friends and they spend October 31st trying to survive through the night.
With a name like Bloody Bobby,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Alain Elliott
- Nerdly
Mitchell Hoog, who will play Zack Morris’ son Mac in Peacock’s Saved by the Bell reboot, will star in After Masks, a 5-part anthology film written and directed by the actors themselves while under the stay at home order. Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager), Stefanie Estes (Amazon’s Tales from the Loop), Frances Lee Mccain (Back to the Future), Michael Welch (Twilight franchise), Lily Keene (HBO’s Deadwood), Krista Allen (Liar Liar), Alexandra Rodriguez (Hulu’s East Los High), Carlena Britch (CBS All Access’ The Twilight Zone), Nicole Thompson, and Debra Wilson (MadTV) will also star. Brian McCulley and John Crockett of Aec Studios producing. The stories will focus on many of the relatable issues we are all dealing with while on quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic such as isolation, uncertainty, fear, substance abuse, and self-discovery. The segments, while standalone, will take place during the same time period,...
- 7/1/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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