Exclusive: NBC is not moving forward with its ensemble drama pilot At That Age, created, directed and based on an original idea by Malcolm D. Lee, director of current box-office champ Space Jam: A New Legacy.
I hear the options on the cast, which includes Adrian Holmes, Nicole Ari Parker, Brad James, Jade Eshete, Sinqua Walls, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Christian Keyes, were coming up July 31, prompting the network to make a decision.
As is common practice, Universal Television, which produced the pilot, will shop it to other networks while it still has the actors under deals.
At That Age, an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy, was ordered to pilot in January 2020, but put on hold due to the coronavirus-related production shutdown. It restarted casting this past spring and was produced off-cycle like all of NBC’s pilots over the last Covid-impacted year. The network also has drama pilot Dangerous Moms,...
I hear the options on the cast, which includes Adrian Holmes, Nicole Ari Parker, Brad James, Jade Eshete, Sinqua Walls, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Christian Keyes, were coming up July 31, prompting the network to make a decision.
As is common practice, Universal Television, which produced the pilot, will shop it to other networks while it still has the actors under deals.
At That Age, an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy, was ordered to pilot in January 2020, but put on hold due to the coronavirus-related production shutdown. It restarted casting this past spring and was produced off-cycle like all of NBC’s pilots over the last Covid-impacted year. The network also has drama pilot Dangerous Moms,...
- 7/23/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Following the surprise cancellation of Good Girls, NBC is back in business with Good Girls creator/executive producer Jenna Bans on another dark, thriller dramedy about female friends from Universal Television.
NBC is developing Redrum, written, directed and executive produced by Nzingha Stewart based on her original idea, and executive produced by Bans through her production banner, Minnesota Logging Company. Good Girls executive producer Carla Banks-Waddles, who has NBC/Utv drama pilot At That Age, serves as executive producer and showrunner. Minnesota Logging Co.’s Head of Television Casey Kyber executive produces. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, where Bans and her company are based, is the studio.
The project was sold to NBC before the network’s decision last month to not renew Good Girls for a fifth season.
Redrum is described a sexy, swampy dark dramedy/thriller about two best friends — Jess and Sadie – who...
NBC is developing Redrum, written, directed and executive produced by Nzingha Stewart based on her original idea, and executive produced by Bans through her production banner, Minnesota Logging Company. Good Girls executive producer Carla Banks-Waddles, who has NBC/Utv drama pilot At That Age, serves as executive producer and showrunner. Minnesota Logging Co.’s Head of Television Casey Kyber executive produces. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, where Bans and her company are based, is the studio.
The project was sold to NBC before the network’s decision last month to not renew Good Girls for a fifth season.
Redrum is described a sexy, swampy dark dramedy/thriller about two best friends — Jess and Sadie – who...
- 7/12/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lifetime has greenlighted Safe Space, a new original movie thriller starring Nicole Ari Parker and her husband Boris Kodjoe (Soul Food), who also makes his directorial debut. Drea de Matteo (The Sopranos), Nik Sanchez (The Rookie) and Mackenzie Astin (The Magicians) also star. Production is currently underway, with premiere slated for 2022.
Written by Nneka Gerstle and directed by Kodjoe, Safe Space centers on recently widowed Lila Jackson (Ari Parker) and her 14-year-old, autistic son Ian (Sanchez). Since the death of her husband, Lila is grateful for their kind neighbor Neil Hargrove (Kodjoe), who looks out for them. After Ian accidentally witnesses a break-in in the house across the street and records the horrific murder of the homeowner, Lila becomes embroiled in a deadly struggle to protect her son from intruders Dominic (Astin) and Rocco (De Matteo), who will stop at nothing to retrieve the video...
Written by Nneka Gerstle and directed by Kodjoe, Safe Space centers on recently widowed Lila Jackson (Ari Parker) and her 14-year-old, autistic son Ian (Sanchez). Since the death of her husband, Lila is grateful for their kind neighbor Neil Hargrove (Kodjoe), who looks out for them. After Ian accidentally witnesses a break-in in the house across the street and records the horrific murder of the homeowner, Lila becomes embroiled in a deadly struggle to protect her son from intruders Dominic (Astin) and Rocco (De Matteo), who will stop at nothing to retrieve the video...
- 6/30/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Adrian Holmes (V-Wars), Nicole Ari Parker (Boogie Nights), Brad James (Outer Banks) and Jade Eshete (Really Love) are set as co-leads alongside Sinqua Walls, Emayatzy Corinealdi and Christian Keyes in At That Age, NBC’s ensemble drama pilot from Carla Banks-Waddles, Malcolm D. Lee, Debra Martin Chase and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Created, directed and based on an original idea by Lee and written by Banks-Waddles, At That Age is an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Holmes will play Ellington Cooper, the oldest of the Cooper children and second in command at Cooper Corporation. He’s charming, savvy, confident and has lots of presence and swagger.
Created, directed and based on an original idea by Lee and written by Banks-Waddles, At That Age is an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Holmes will play Ellington Cooper, the oldest of the Cooper children and second in command at Cooper Corporation. He’s charming, savvy, confident and has lots of presence and swagger.
- 5/21/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC is stepping back into Night Court.
The network has handed out a pilot order to a sequel series of the '80s comedy series, with The Big Bang Theory's Melissa Rauch set to lead.
"Unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone (series star Melissa Rauch), the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father's footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (series star John Larroquette)," reads the official logline.
Yes, John Larroquette is set to return to the series, which he won four consecutive Emmys for from 1985-1988.
"My intention was purely to be behind the camera on this project, but my plans quickly changed after falling in love with the incredible script from the brilliant mind of Dan Rubin," said Rauch.
The network has handed out a pilot order to a sequel series of the '80s comedy series, with The Big Bang Theory's Melissa Rauch set to lead.
"Unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone (series star Melissa Rauch), the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father's footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (series star John Larroquette)," reads the official logline.
Yes, John Larroquette is set to return to the series, which he won four consecutive Emmys for from 1985-1988.
"My intention was purely to be behind the camera on this project, but my plans quickly changed after falling in love with the incredible script from the brilliant mind of Dan Rubin," said Rauch.
- 5/4/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: In Contempt alum Christian Keyes is set as a series regular in At That Age, NBC’s ensemble drama pilot from Carla Banks-Waddles, Malcolm D. Lee, Debra Martin Chase and Universal Television. Written by Banks-Waddles, At That Age is an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light. Keyes will play Jabari Patterson, Samantha’s younger brother. Keyes was the lead in Bet’s courtroom drama In Contempt and played significant recurring characters on Fox’s 9-1-1 and Amazon’s The Boys. He can next be seen on the upcoming seasons of Bounce TV’s Saints and Sinners and Bet’s The Family Business. He is repped by TCA Mgmt and Macro Management.
Rita Angel Taylor (Sunnyside Up) has booked...
Rita Angel Taylor (Sunnyside Up) has booked...
- 3/9/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a subdued broadcast pilot season, one overshadowed by the slew of high-profile launches of new streaming services, shrouded in uncertainty over a potential writers strike and hit by fears related to the growing coronavirus outbreak. Amid the somewhat bleak overall picture, punctuated by another year-to-year decline in broadcast pilot volume, there were bright spots. Here is Deadline’s annual list of writers, producers and directors who excelled at this stage of the network development cycle. It also includes a couple of other highlights from Pilot Season 2020.
Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has three pilot orders — all comedies — at three different networks: Untitled Kingsbury/Daley/Goldstein project at CBS, American Auto at NBC and Pivoting at Fox, as well as a series order for next season at Fox for the animated comedy series Housebroken starring Lisa Kudrow.
Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter’s Berlanti Productions also has three pilots,...
Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has three pilot orders — all comedies — at three different networks: Untitled Kingsbury/Daley/Goldstein project at CBS, American Auto at NBC and Pivoting at Fox, as well as a series order for next season at Fox for the animated comedy series Housebroken starring Lisa Kudrow.
Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter’s Berlanti Productions also has three pilots,...
- 3/9/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Emayatzy Corinealdi has been cast in “At That Age,” a drama pilot set up at NBC.
The show is described as an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Corinealdi will appear in the role of Victoria Cooper-Hargrove, an attorney who is the poised and overachieving middle child. Her recent TV credits include shows like “Evil” and “Ballers,” as well as a starring role in the CBS limited series “The Red Line.” She has also been in shows like “Hand of God,” “Roots,” and “The Young and the Restless.” She also worked with “The Red Line” executive producer Ava DuVernay when DuVernay directed her in the 2012 feature “Middle of Nowhere,” for which Corinealdi was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
She is repped by ICM,...
The show is described as an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Corinealdi will appear in the role of Victoria Cooper-Hargrove, an attorney who is the poised and overachieving middle child. Her recent TV credits include shows like “Evil” and “Ballers,” as well as a starring role in the CBS limited series “The Red Line.” She has also been in shows like “Hand of God,” “Roots,” and “The Young and the Restless.” She also worked with “The Red Line” executive producer Ava DuVernay when DuVernay directed her in the 2012 feature “Middle of Nowhere,” for which Corinealdi was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.
She is repped by ICM,...
- 3/4/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Emayatzy Corinealdi (Ballers) has been cast as a lead in At That Age, NBC’s ensemble drama pilot from Carla Banks-Waddles, Malcolm D. Lee, Debra Martin Chase and Universal Television.
Written by Banks-Waddles, At That Age is an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Corinealdi will play Victoria Cooper-Hargrove, an attorney who is the poised and overachieving middle child.
Banks-Waddles executive produces with Lee via his Blackmaled Productions, and Chase as part of her deal with Universal TV.
Corinealdi earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her starring role in Ava DuVernay’s 2012 movie Middle of Nowhere. She recently had a major recurring role on the HBO comedy series Ballers and co-starred in the CBS event series The Red Line.
Written by Banks-Waddles, At That Age is an exploration of an African-American family’s legacy. After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Corinealdi will play Victoria Cooper-Hargrove, an attorney who is the poised and overachieving middle child.
Banks-Waddles executive produces with Lee via his Blackmaled Productions, and Chase as part of her deal with Universal TV.
Corinealdi earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her starring role in Ava DuVernay’s 2012 movie Middle of Nowhere. She recently had a major recurring role on the HBO comedy series Ballers and co-starred in the CBS event series The Red Line.
- 3/4/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Langdon is starting to take shape at NBC.
The in-the-works pilot has cast Succession's Ashley Zukerman as Robert Langdon, the character made famous in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code novels.
Zukerman is taking on the role Tom Hanks played in three movies based on the novel series.
While the show is being billed as a prequel, it will actually be based on the novel The Lost Symbol, the third in Dan Brown's Robert Langdon books.
The popular Tom Hanks fronted movie series skipped the third book entirely, opting to end the movie franchise with Inferno.
The novel takes place after The Da Vinci code, but thanks to the power of the reboot, the series will take place long before the original novel.
The series is said to center on a young Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor “who finds himself pulled into a series of deadly puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped,...
The in-the-works pilot has cast Succession's Ashley Zukerman as Robert Langdon, the character made famous in Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code novels.
Zukerman is taking on the role Tom Hanks played in three movies based on the novel series.
While the show is being billed as a prequel, it will actually be based on the novel The Lost Symbol, the third in Dan Brown's Robert Langdon books.
The popular Tom Hanks fronted movie series skipped the third book entirely, opting to end the movie franchise with Inferno.
The novel takes place after The Da Vinci code, but thanks to the power of the reboot, the series will take place long before the original novel.
The series is said to center on a young Robert Langdon, a Harvard professor “who finds himself pulled into a series of deadly puzzles when his mentor is kidnapped,...
- 3/2/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Exclusive: Malcolm D. Lee’s Blackmaled Productions has hired Sheila Walcott to be Head of Film and Television.
Walcott moves from Warner Bros where she was Director of Development and worked on such films as Just Mercy, A Star is Born, Ocean’s 8 and the upcoming adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony winning musical In The Heights. Walcott will be based out of Blackmaled’s Los Angeles office, where Director of Development Adam Haiken will report to her. Walcott started her career in TV development at Overbrook and then consulted for HBO Films where she worked on such films as Bessie, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Wizard of Lies.
“As a massive fan of Malcolm’s talent, I’m thrilled to be taking on this role at Blackmaled Productions,” says Walcott. “Malcolm’s unique eye for compelling content that crosses all genres is unparalleled, and I look forward...
Walcott moves from Warner Bros where she was Director of Development and worked on such films as Just Mercy, A Star is Born, Ocean’s 8 and the upcoming adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony winning musical In The Heights. Walcott will be based out of Blackmaled’s Los Angeles office, where Director of Development Adam Haiken will report to her. Walcott started her career in TV development at Overbrook and then consulted for HBO Films where she worked on such films as Bessie, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Wizard of Lies.
“As a massive fan of Malcolm’s talent, I’m thrilled to be taking on this role at Blackmaled Productions,” says Walcott. “Malcolm’s unique eye for compelling content that crosses all genres is unparalleled, and I look forward...
- 2/26/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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