6th June 2018
La Niña - Drama Based on Colombian Series from The Americans Writer in Development at FX
FX is developing the hit Colombian format La Niña for the U.S. market, with The Americans scribe Hilary Bettis attached to pen the adaptation for the Caracol Televisión series, and Ben Silverman and Howard T. Owens’ Propagate Content executive producing.
In La Niña, after escaping a forced life of servitude to a ruthless cartel in Mexico, a woman known as “La Nina” struggles to recapture her once promising life and keep the past behind her.
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Bless This Mess - Pam Grier, JT Neal & Christina Offley Join FOX Comedy Pilot
Bless This Mess centers on a newlywed couple — Rio (Bell) and Mike (Shepard) — that gives up their drab and unfulfilling lives in NYC and moves to Nebraska to live a simpler life. It doesn’t work out like they planned.
Grier will play Sheriff/town store owner Constance Terry, whose charisma and maternal nature makes her the hub of the town’s social scene/woes/information/gossip.
Offley plays Constance’s daughter, Cherry Terry. She’s a bored teenager with a secret creativity/intelligence that is misunderstood in this town.
Neal will portray Jacob, an Inexplicably gorgeous, corn-fed Nebraska local who works in the town store.
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MOVIES: Spider-Man: Into the SpiderVerse - Trailer feat Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Jake Johnson, Liev Schreiber, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren Velez & Lily Tomlin
MOVIES: A Star Is Born - Trailer feat Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper
5th June 2018
MOVIES: Willy Wonka - Ryan Gosling, Donald Glover and Ezra Miller On Warner Bro's Shortlist to Star in Remake
Four months after hiring Paddington helmer Paul King to direct its new Willy Wonka movie, Warner Bros. has begun putting together a shortlist of stars for the titular role, and we hear it’s led by Ryan Gosling, Donald Glover and Ezra Miller.
The project hails from Harry Potter producer David Heyman and screenwriter Simon Rich (Man Seeking Woman), and it’s rumored to be a prequel that will explore Wonka’s origin story. How did he amass his fortune, and perhaps more importantly, how did he meet those Oompa Loompas?
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MOVIES: The Addams Family - Charlize Theron, Allison Janney, Bette Midler, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard & Nick Kroll Join Cast
MGM has set the voice cast for its Oct. 11, 2019 animated take on The Addams Family including Oscar winners Charlize Theron (Morticia), Allison Janney (arch nemesis Margaux Needler), two-time Oscar nominee Bette Midler (Grandmama), Chloë Grace Moretz (Wednesday), Finn Wolfhard (Pugsley), and Nick Kroll (Uncle Fester).
As previously announced, Oscar Isaac will play Gomez. Matt Lieberman wrote the script, which follows the kooky Addams family as they face-off against a crafty reality-TV host voiced by Janney while also preparing for their extended family to arrive for a major celebration, Addams-style.
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MOVIES: The Old Man & the Gun - Trailer feat Robert Redford
MOVIES: Operation Finale - Trailer feat Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley & More
Voltron Legendary Defender - Season 6 - Trailer
4th June 2018
Anthology Series Based on Dolly Parton's Music Ordered by Netflix
.@DollyParton and her music are headed to Netflix! The living legend will serve as singer/songwriter, co-star, and executive producer on a new anthology series where every episode is based on an iconic Dolly Parton song. pic.twitter.com/8AdZFFTjcd
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) June 4, 2018
New Dolly Parton anthology series for Netflix
Logline: An anthology series with each episode based on a song by Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton will serve as singer/songwriter, executive producer and will also appear in the series.
Number of episodes: 8
Logline: An anthology series with each episode based on a song by Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton will serve as singer/songwriter, executive producer and will also appear in the series.
Number of episodes: 8
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9-1-1 - Season 2 - Corinne Massiah and Marcanthonee Reis Promoted to Series Regulars
EXCLUSIVE: Looks like we’ll be seeing more of the Grant kids on Fox’s 9-1-1. The network confirmed today that Corinne Massiah and Marcanthonee Reis, who recurred on the freshman drama last season, have been upped to series regulars.
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MOVIES: Legally Blonde 3 - Reese Witherspoon Nearing Deal to Reprise Role
EXCLUSIVE: MGM is near a deal with Reese Witherspoon to reprise her role as the precocious, idealistic Elle Woods in Legally Blonde 3, and they’ve brought back most of the creative team from the first film.
The scribes will begin writing immediately and the next step is to secure a director. Robert Luketic helmed the original pic.
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MOVIES: Suspiria - Trailer feat Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloe Grace Moretz & More
MOVIES: Widows - Trailer feat Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki & More
MOVIES: White Boy Rick - Trailer feat Matthew McConaughey
Rise And Kill First - Limited Series Based on Mossad’s Secret Assassination Missions in Development at HBO
EXCLUSIVE: Israeli producer Keshet International has teamed with HBO to option the bestselling Ronen Bergman book Rise and Kill First: The Secret History of Israel’s Targeted Assassinations. The book is a definitive history of Israel’s covert targeted killing programs of Mossad, Shin Bet and the IDF that have been a staple of Israeli intelligence since the beginning of its statehood in 1948.
The initial intention is for Keshet and HBO to create and co-produce an English-language limited series that will be shot in Israel. The hope is for annual reprises that focus on different missions. The book’s title comes out of the Talmud: “If someone comes to kill you, rise up and kill him first.” That has been a cornerstone principle in protecting Israelis from terrorists, and much of that has come through targeted assassinations, many of them done pre-emptively to take out enemies and suicide bombers before they strike.
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3% - Renewed for a 3rd Season by Netflix
1st June 2018
The Rook - Lisa Zwerling & Karyn Usher Tapped as Showrunners; Stephenie Meyer Exits Starz Spy Series
EXCLUSIVE: There is change at the helm of Starz’s upcoming spy thriller series The Rook, from Lionsgate and Liberty Global. Lisa Zwerling (Betrayal) and Karyn Usher (Bones) have come onboard as showrunners. They will replace in the role The Night Manager‘s Stephen Garrett who remains an executive producer. Meanwhile, Twilight‘s Stephenie Meyer who, via her production company originally brought The Rook to Lionsgate, is stepping away due to differences in creative visions of the project.
The behind-the-scenes change comes early in the production of The Rook, which is currently filming the first two episodes of its first-season order in London. The showrunner switch will have no impact on production, which will continue as scheduled.
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31st May 2018
MOVIES: Night School - Trailer 2 feat Kevin Hart & Tiffany Haddish
Last Man Standing - Kevin Abbott Returning to Showrun Revived Tim Allen Comedy at FOX
Kevin Abbott, who served as an executive producer on the original series for most of its six seasons on ABC, with stints as showrunner in Season 1 and the second half of Season 6, is back as executive producer/showrunner for Season 7. He will be joined by three other veteran Last Man Standing writer/executive producers, Matt Berry, who also served as showrunner on the original, Kevin Hench and Ed Yeager.
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All American - Jalyn Hall Promoted to Series Regular
Jalyn Hall, who guest-starred in the CW’s All American pilot has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming first season. Hall plays Spencer’s little brother Dillon.
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MOVIES: Peppermint - Trailer feat Jennifer Garner
MOVIES: The Crow Remake Dead After Jason Momoa & Director Exit
EXCLUSIVE: The Crow has seen its wings clipped yet again. Sources tell me Jason Momoa and director Corin Hardy formally withdrew from the film this morning. This after Sony was close to exiting as the film’s worldwide distributor. I’m told this has to do with creative and financial differences with Samuel Hadida, whose Davis Films holds underlying rights and who was financing the film. Production was gearing up to start within the next five weeks in Budapest, and the picture was in full pre-production with Hardy presiding.
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MOVIES: Top Gun: Maverick - Production Begins
— Tom Cruise (@TomCruise) May 31, 2018
Big Hero 6: The Series Promo
Smiling is a natural response to Baymax. See him in #BigHero6 The Series, June 9 on @DisneyChannel. pic.twitter.com/g8kxPD3owe— Disney (@Disney) May 30, 2018
30th May 2018
MOVIES: Come Away - Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo in Talks to Star in Peter Pan & Alice in Wonderland Fantasy Drama
EXCLUSIVE: Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo are in talks to star in Come Away, a fantasy drama that will mark the live-action debut of Brenda Chapman, the Oscar-winning director and co-writer of the Pixar film Brave.
Come Away is imagined as a prequel to Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan. Before Alice went to Wonderland, and before Peter became Pan, they were brother and sister. When their eldest brother dies in a tragic accident, they each seek to save their parents (Jolie & Oyelowo) from their downward spirals of despair until finally they are forced to choose between home and imagination. This sets the stage for their iconic journeys into Wonderland and Neverland.
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MOVIES: Sonic the Hedgehog - James Marsden to Star
James Marsden is ready to put on his running shoes.
The Westworld actor is set to star in Sonic the Hedgehog, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Paramount's upcoming film based on the classic SEGA video game character will use a mix of live action and CGI. Sonic will be helmed by first-time features director Jeff Fowler, who is known for the 2005 Oscar-nominated short Gopher Broke.
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Hailee Steinfeld to Star in Emily Dickinson Comedy Ordered to Series by Apple
Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a half-hour series about acclaimed 19th century poet Emily Dickinson, Variety has learned.
Hailee Steinfeld will star in the title role. The series is described as a comedic look into Dickinson’s world, exploring the constraints of society, gender, and family from the perspective of a budding writer who doesn’t fit in to her own time through her imaginative point of view.
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15:25 - The Rain - Renewed for a 2nd Season by Netflix
#TheRain has been renewed for Season 2! pic.twitter.com/iH8o192811— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) May 30, 2018
Death And Nightingales - Matthew Rhys, Jamie Dornan and Ann Skelly to Star in BBC Series
Made by Imaginarium Productions and Soho Moon, Jamie Dornan (The Fall, The Siege Of Jadotville) and Matthew Rhys (The Americans, The Post) will return to the BBC to lead the cast of Death And Nightingales, joined by Ann Skelly (Red Rock, Kissing Candice).
The three part drama is adapted and directed by Allan Cubitt (The Fall).
Based on Eugene McCabe’s modern Irish classic, Death And Nightingales is a riveting story of love, betrayal, deception and revenge, set in the beautiful haunting countryside of Fermanagh in 1885. A place where neighbours observe each other and inform, a world of spies, confessions and double dealing; where a pervading sense of beauty is shot through with menace and impending doom.
Set over a desperately tense 24- hour period, it’s Beth Winters’ (Ann Skelly) 25th birthday - the day she has decided to join the charming Liam Ward (Jamie Dornan) and escape from her limited life and difficult and complex relationship with her Protestant landowner stepfather Billy (Matthew Rhys). As decades of pain and betrayal finally build to a devastating climax, Death And Nightingales is a powerful and gripping drama that follows a woman struggling to control her own destiny and will illuminate tensions that tear both families and nations apart.
Matthew Rhys says: “I’ve been a huge fan of Allan Cubitt’s work for many years so I’m thrilled to have been given the chance to work on Death And Nightingales alongside Jamie and Ann and return to the BBC.”
Jamie Dornan says: “I’m thrilled to be reunited with Allan and his brilliant scripts to play such an intriguing character like Liam Ward and to return to Northern Ireland and BBC Two”.
Ann Skelly says: “Playing such a strong character as Beth Winters is truly an actor’s dream, and a fantastically intense challenge to be given the opportunity to play. And to get to work with such brilliant actors like Matthew and Jamie, and a director like Allan Cubitt, is just surreal to me. I can’t wait to start!”
Jonathan Cavendish, Producer, says: “We are thrilled to combine the wonderful talents of Matthew Rhys and Jamie Dornan with the remarkable new star in the making Ann Skelly”.
Tommy Bulfin, Executive Producer for BBC Two, says: "With the phenomenal Ann Skelly cast as Beth and with Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys returning to the BBC, to have a cast of this calibre on board for Death And Nightingales is incredibly exciting. I can’t wait to see them bring Allan’s brilliant scripts to life”.
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28th May 2018
Fate/EXTRA Last Encore - Netflix Distributing Series Outside Of Japan
Per Nova969, Fate/EXTRA Last Encore: Oblitus Copernican Theory will release on June 30 on Netflix.
25th May 2018
01:05 - MOVIES: Kim Possible - Alyson Hannigan, Connie Ray, Todd Stashwick, Taylor Ortega & More Join Disney Channel's Live-Action Adaptation
ALYSON HANNIGAN, CONNIE RAY, TODD STASHWICK, TAYLOR ORTEGA, CIARA WILSON AND ERIKA THAM JOIN THE CAST OF THE LIVE-ACTION 'KIM POSSIBLE' DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE
Alyson Hannigan (“How I Met Your Mother”) and Connie Ray (“The Big C”) join the cast of “Kim Possible,” the live-action Disney Channel Original Movie based on the global hit animated series about an everyday high school girl who, in her spare time, saves the world from villains. Hannigan will play the role of brain surgeon Dr. Ann Possible (aka Mom Possible) and Ray will play grandmother Nana Possible.
Also joining the cast are Todd Stashwick (“12 Monkeys”) and Taylor Ortega who will play fan-favorite villains Drakken and Shego, respectively; Ciara Wilson (“OMG!”) has been cast as new high school student Athena; and Erika Tham (“Make It Pop”) will play Kim’s childhood frenemy, Bonnie.
They join the previously announced leads, Sadie Stanley as Kim Possible and Sean Giambrone as Ron Stoppable, in the comedy-adventure set to debut in 2019.
Hannigan can also be heard as the voice of Fancy Nancy’s mom, Claire Clancy, in Disney Junior’s upcoming animated series “Fancy Nancy,” based on the New York Times bestselling books.
The writers of the “Kim Possible” live-action movie are the creators of the animated series, Emmy® Award-winning Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley (“Big Hero 6 The Series,” “The Penguins of Madagascar”), and Josh Cagan (“The DUFF,” “Bandslam”). The executive producers are McCorkle, Schooley and Zanne Devine, whose producing credits include “I, Tonya” and “Easy A.” The movie will be co-directed and co-produced by Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky (both of Disney XD’s “MECH-X4”). Blyth Nailling (ABC’s “Last Man Standing” and “Scrubs”) is the casting director.
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01:05 - Hasbro Acquires Saban Brands, Saban Brands to Close in July
Saban Brands LLC, owner of the Power Rangers and other entertainment properties, announced the layoff of 60 employees as Hasbro Inc. is set to buy the company.
Century City-based Saban Brands will shut down July 2, according to a Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification letter sent to the state of California from Saban Brand lawyer Lawrence Stone, an attorney at Jackson Lewis.
The letter was dated May 1, which coincides with the date toymaker Hasbro announced its acquisition of Saban Brands.
Saban Brands parent Saban Capital Group, an investment firm that specializes in entertainment investments, will continue as a company, according to the letter. It has equity in Paul Frank Industries and Celestial Tiger Entertainment among other companies.
Occupations of the listed layoffs run the gamut from creative director to financial analyst to director of accounting. Fifty-one of the 60 layoffs are set to happen on July 2.
Not known is whether Hasbro will re-hire any employees subject to layoff. The letter made no mention of rehires, and a message left with Saban Brands May 23 was not immediately returned.
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01:05 - Run - Female Driven Drama Inspired by Political Career of Barbara Boxer in Development at FX
EXCLUSIVE: FX is developing Run, a female-driven drama inspired by the political career of retired U.S Sen. Barbara Boxer. The project comes from Boxer and her daughter, documentary producer Nicole Boxer; Royal Pains co-creator Andrew Lenchewski; and Nina Tassler and Denise DeNovi’s recently launched PatMa Productions.
Written by Lenchewski, Run centers on a woman launching a highly improbable bid for Congress.
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24th May 2018
01:15 - Big Little Lies - Season 2 - P.J. Byrne Returning
P.J. Byrne (Rampage) is set to return for the second installment of HBO’s Emmy-winning limited series Big Little Lies, reprising his role of Principal Nippal.
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01:15 - American Princess - Lesley Ann Warren & Max Ehrich to Recur in Lifetime Dramedy
Lesley Ann Warren (Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce) and Max Ehrich (Under the Dome) are set to recur opposite Georgia Flood in American Princess, Lifetime’s straight-to-series drama from Jenji Kohan, Jamie Denbo and Tara Herrmann.
Warren will play Joanntha, Amanda’s (Flood) snobby Upper East Side mother from hell. Joanntha has a narcissistic personality disorder, a massive pill problem and never fails to drunkenly bulldoze every social event she attends. Ehrich is Brett, Amanda’s Manhattan lawyer groom and a bit of an Upper East Side prince.
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01:15 - MOVIES: A Simple Favor - Teaser Trailer 2 feat Anna Kendrick & Blake Lively
01:15 - MOVIES: Sicario: Day of the Soldado - Trailer 3 feat Josh Brolin & Benicio Del Toro
01:15 - MOVIES: Upgrade - Overkill Trailer feat Logan Marshall-Green
