Showtime has scrapped a number of greenlit originals including the series remake of Gattaca from Homeland co-creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa and Seasoned, a comedy starring real-life husband and wife Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody.
It is also not moving forward with two development projects – Sweetness and Split. Sweetness comes from Nick Stoller and Promising Young Woman Oscar winner Emerald Fennell and is a female-driven anthology project. It comes out of Stoller’s overall deal with Sony Pictures TV, which will shop elsewhere. Not much is known about Split.
The move comes after Showtime merged with Paramount+ on the streaming side and follows the cancelation of other series ahead of their debut including Three Women, which moved to Starz, and Ripley, which moved to Netflix.
It is the latest cull as part of a cost-cutting drive across Paramount, following the move to pull a raft of series from its...
It is also not moving forward with two development projects – Sweetness and Split. Sweetness comes from Nick Stoller and Promising Young Woman Oscar winner Emerald Fennell and is a female-driven anthology project. It comes out of Stoller’s overall deal with Sony Pictures TV, which will shop elsewhere. Not much is known about Split.
The move comes after Showtime merged with Paramount+ on the streaming side and follows the cancelation of other series ahead of their debut including Three Women, which moved to Starz, and Ripley, which moved to Netflix.
It is the latest cull as part of a cost-cutting drive across Paramount, following the move to pull a raft of series from its...
- 6/29/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime has given a green light to Seasoned, a half-hour comedy pilot starring real-life husband and wife Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) and Kathryn Grody (The Lemon Sisters).
Co-created and co-written by writer-director Ewen Wright and their son Gideon Grody-Patinkin, Seasoned is a scripted comedy inspired by the couple’s real life and relationship. Per the logline, it “follows the delightfully tumultuous relationship and life of a successful, gregarious, deeply committed, slightly insane married couple played by Patinkin and Grody – roles they’ve been rehearsing for the last 43 years. The source of their unending magic is the same as their unending woe: that they’ve stayed together all this time.”
Jax Media is producing the project for Showtime, with pilot production set for July in New York City.
“Mandy and Kathryn helped me and millions of online viewers get through the pandemic with their wonderfully warm, funny and inspired social media posts,...
Co-created and co-written by writer-director Ewen Wright and their son Gideon Grody-Patinkin, Seasoned is a scripted comedy inspired by the couple’s real life and relationship. Per the logline, it “follows the delightfully tumultuous relationship and life of a successful, gregarious, deeply committed, slightly insane married couple played by Patinkin and Grody – roles they’ve been rehearsing for the last 43 years. The source of their unending magic is the same as their unending woe: that they’ve stayed together all this time.”
Jax Media is producing the project for Showtime, with pilot production set for July in New York City.
“Mandy and Kathryn helped me and millions of online viewers get through the pandemic with their wonderfully warm, funny and inspired social media posts,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Documentary streaming service SundanceNow Doc Club is now hosting the digital premiere of Joyce Chopra's pioneering 28-minute film about modern motherhood, "Joyce at 34," a groundbreaking short in 1972 during the seas changes of second-wave feminism. Unveiled on Doc Club in time for Mother's Day, the film looks at what it means to be a working mother in the 1970s. "Over 40 years later, as balancing a career and family continues to be a hot button topic for men and women, the film stands as a vital document for stirring discussion," said Doc Club curator and doc whiz Thom Powers. Chopra has since written and directed myriad films including Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner "Smooth Talk" (1985) with Laura Dern, and "The Lemon Sisters" (1989) starring Diane Keaton. "Joyce at 34" is part of MoMA's permanent collection, and you can stream it for the first time here. Watch a clip below.
- 5/8/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
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