28th October 2018
Besties - Casey Johnson and David Windsor Join Upcoming Freeform Comedy as Co-Showrunners & Co-Creators; Kenya Barris Now Executive Producer
The Real O’Neals co-creators Casey Johnson and David Windsor have come on board Freeform’s upcoming multi-camera comedy series Besties as co-creators, writers, executive producers and showrunners. They will co-create and write the series alongside original co-creator/executive producer Ranada Shepard through ABC Signature, the cable/streaming division of ABC Studios.
Self-absorbed Jesi and conservative, over-achiever Becca go from strangers to sisters when they find out through a genetic testing company that they share the same birth mother in this contemporary ensemble comedy about identity, self-discovery and what ultimately defines us.
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MOVIES: Attack On Titan - Andy Muschietti to Direct Warner Bros. Adaptation
Andy Muschietti (It) will direct a feature film adaptation of “Attack on Titans” for Warner Bros. The studio finalized a deal with Japan-based publishing company Kodansha on Monday.
“Attack on Titan,” written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama, has become one of the best-selling manga series with over 76 million copies in print since debuting in 2009. It is set in a world in which humanity lives in cities surrounded by enormous walls protecting themselves from gigantic humanoids that are referred to as titans.
David Heyman (“Harry Potter,” “Fantastic Beasts”) is producing the film.
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A century ago, the grotesque giants known as Titans appeared and consumed all but a few thousand humans. The survivors took refuge behind giant walls. Today, the threat of the Titans is a distant memory, and a boy named Eren yearns to explore the world beyond Wall Maria. But what began as a childish dream will become an all-too-real nightmare when the Titans return and humanity is once again on the brink of extinction
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28th October 2018
At That Age - Harlem Set Family Drama from Night School and Girls Trip Director Receives Put Pilot Commitment at NBC
Night School and Girls Trip director Malcolm D. Lee is writing and executive producing At That Age, a family drama set in Harlem. The Universal TV project has a put pilot commitment from NBC; former Nickelodeon and Disney exec Nikki Reed is also an executive producer.
At That Age is an exploration of a Harlem 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.
26th October 2018
The Emperor of Malibu - Family Comedy from Crazy Rich Asians Author Kevin Kwan Receives Put Pilot Commitment at CBS
CBS has given a put pilot commitment to multi-camera comedy The Emperor of Malibu from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader and Warner Bros. TV, where Nader is under an overall deal.
Written by Kwan and David Sangalli with Nader supervising, The Emperor of Malibu centers on two very different families, one from Shanghai with new money and one from the East coast of the U.S. with old money, learn to co-exist when their children get married.
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Nestor Carbonell & Mark Duplass Join Cast as Series Regulars in Apple's Morning Show Series
Nestor Carbonell (Bates Motel) will play Yanko Flores, the charming weatherman who has an artist’s soul and thinks meteorology is poetry.
Mark Duplass (The Mindy Project) will play Chip Black, the show’s executive producer.
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Major - Dance Drama from Jennifer Lopez & Todd Graff in Development at NBC
NBC has put in development Major, a dance drama from Joyful Noise writer-director Todd Graff, Jennifer Lopez and Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas’ Nuyorican Productions and Universal TV where Nuyorican is based.
Written by Graff, Major, said to be in the tone of Fame meets Chorus Line, is set at the most competitive and prestigious university dance department in the country. It focuses on the dancers and the teachers who are all struggling to define themselves, find their voices and pursue their dreams.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral - Jessica Williams, Nikesh Patel, Rebecca Rittenhouse and John Reynolds Join Hulu & Mindy Kaling’s Limited Romantic Comedy Series
Hulu Announces "Four Weddings and a Funeral" Casting
Today, Hulu announced that Jessica Williams, Nikesh Patel, Rebecca Rittenhouse and John Reynolds have been cast in the upcoming limited romantic comedy series Four Weddings and a Funeral.
· Jessica Williams (2 Dope Queens), Nikesh Patel (Indian Summers), Rebecca Rittenhouse (Into the Dark: The Body) and John Reynolds (Search Party) have been cast in Hulu's upcoming original limited romantic comedy series Four Weddings and a Funeral. Jessica Williams has been cast as "Jess," Nikesh Patel has been cast as "Kash," Rebecca Rittenhouse has been cast as "Ainsley" and John Reynolds has been cast as "Duffy."
· Synopsis: Jess (Jessica Williams), the young communications director for a New York senatorial campaign, receives a wedding invitation from her college schoolmate now living in London. She leaves her professional and personal life behind, in favor of traveling to England and reconnecting with old friends and ends up in the midst of their personal crises. Relationships are forged and broken, political scandals exposed, London social life lampooned, love affairs ignited and doused, and of course there are four weddings... and a funeral.
· Four Weddings and a Funeral pilot script is written by Mindy Kaling and Matt Warburton. The series is executive produced by Mindy Kaling, Tracey Wigfield, Jonathan Prince, Matt Warburton, Howard Klein of 3Arts Entertainment, Charlie Grandy, Tristram Shapeero and Charles McDougall (Ep. 1 & 2).
· The series comes to Hulu from MGM Television and Universal Television, with MGM serving as the lead studio, and marks Mindy Kaling's second original series with Hulu following The Mindy Project. The project marks Hulu's second project with MGM Television following The Handmaid's Tale and its third project with Universal Television following The Path and The Mindy Project.
· Four Weddings and a Funeral is expected to debut in 2019 on Hulu.
· The series is inspired by the 1994 film FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL.
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Single Mom Comedy from Fresh Off The Boat Producer Rachna Fruchbom in Development at ABC
ABC has given a script commitment plus penalty to a single-camera single mom comedy from Fresh Off The Boat supervising producer Rachna Fruchbom and 20th Century Fox TV where Fruchbom is under an overall deal.
Written by Fruchbom, the untitled project centers on a confident but prolifically apologetic, newly single stay-at-home mom who decides at 37 to start at the bottom and work her way up to her dream job, where her eccentric co-workers help her stop apologizing and become the person she’s meant to be.
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Lethal Weapon - Season 3 - Nishi Munshi to Recur
Nishi Mushi (The Originals) will play ambitious new Deputy DA, Erica Malick, who begins working with Robbery/Homicide, building cases against high profile criminals. Erica’s straight-laced and zero tolerance attitude doesn’t leave a lot of room for Murtaugh and Cole’s crime-solving shenanigans.
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Charmed - Aleyse Shannon to Recur
Aleyse Shannon (Inez & Doug & Kira) will play Jada Shields. Independent and fierce, Jada Shields knows what she wants and how to get it. She’s openly gay and grabs Mel’s attention after flirting with her at a bar. Despite her forthrightness, Jada remains a mystery, one Mel is determined to solve.
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The Hookup Plan - Teaser
The cast of The Hookup Plan want you to know they're a romcom, so why not invoke the most iconic romcom of all time, Love Actually. No, this isn't a Christmas movie, but it is about secretly hiring a male escort to help you unlucky -in-love friend find a man. Same thing! The Hookup Plan premieres on Netflix Dec 7.
American Vandal Cancelled by Netflix After 2 Seasons; Being Shopped Elsewhere
Sources say producers CBS TV Studios have received multiple incoming calls to revive the series for a third season elsewhere as producers had already been plotting what season three of the anthology would be.
"American Vandal will not return for a third season. We're very grateful to the creators, writers, cast and crew for bringing their innovative comedy to Netflix, and to the fans and critics who embraced its unique and unconventional humor," Netflix said in a statement.
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25th October 2018
Halfway There - Comedy Starring Iliza Shlesinger from I Hate My Teenage Daughter Receives Put Pilot Commitment at CBS
CBS has given a put pilot commitment to Halfway There, a multi-camera comedy co-written by and starring comedian Iliza Shlesinger. It comes from I Hate My Teenage Daughter creators Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Plummer-Kreamer, Avalon Television and ABC Studios.
Penned by Shlesinger, Bilsing-Graham and Plummer-Kreamer, Halfway There centers on a comic (Shlesinger) who prides herself on “guiding women” in her act. She is forced to put that to practical use when her half-sister moves in with her.
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MOVIES: Cold Pursuit - Trailer feat Liam Neeson
MOVIES: Bohemian Rhapsody - Final Trailer feat Rami Malek
MOVIES: Clueless - Remake in Development at Paramount from Girls Trip & GLOW Writers
EXCLUSIVE: A Clueless feature remake is in the works at Paramount with Girls Trip writer Tracy Oliver producing and Glow writer Marquita Robinson penning the script.
The movie is quite early in development, so details are minimal in regards to whether it’s a fresh new take for the millennium and if older characters will be reprising their roles.
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Billy Crudup & Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Co-Star in Apple's Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell Morning Show Series
Tony winner Billy Crudup (Gypsy) will play Cory Ellison, the forward-thinking president of the news division at the network. Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Black Mirror, A Wrinkle in Time) plays Hannah Shoenfeld, the whip-smart and charming head booker of talent.
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Power Spinoffs Planned as Creator Courtney Kemp Signs New Lionsgate Production Deal
Deemed as “one-of-a-kind” agreement by Lionsgate itself, the development and production deal launches Courtney Kemp and her End of Episode shingle to expand the Power franchise with potential spinoffs among a number of commitments by Starz. Additionally, the compact encompasses other projects for Lionsgate to take to market for Kemp on a multitude of platforms. While officially no one’s offering specific terms for the deal, it is over a three-year period of time, I hear, with a very solid investment from Lionsgate.
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Parenting Comedy in Development at FOX
Fox has put in development a multi-camera parenting comedy from Saturday Night Live vet Steve Koren, 3 Arts Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written by Koren, the untitled project centers around what happens when two people who have spent years creating a beautiful harmonious happy relationship decide to destroy it all by adding a baby.
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The Conners - Rene Rosado to Recur
Rene Rosado (Major Crimes) will play Emilio, kind, sweet and cute, he’s a busser at Casita Bonita restaurant. Though he may have some trouble communicating in English, when he speaks his first language, Spanish, he is straightforward, earnest and determined.
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Empire - Season 5 - Scotty Tovar to Recur
Scotty Tovar (Too Old To Die Young) will play Carlito, a young rap star on the rise, who believes he’s the savior of hip-hop and acts as such.
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Netflix Announces 5 New German Series
NETFLIX ANNOUNCES FIVE NEW GERMAN ORIGINAL TITLES
New productions offer a variety of series and raises German originals to eight; first launch dates as early as 2019
Amsterdam/Munich, Germany - October 25, 2018 -- Netflix, the world’s leading internet entertainment service, continues its investment in German content. Kelly Luegenbiehl, Vice President Original Series Europe, announced the development and production of five new German projects launching on Netflix from 2019. All titles will be available in over 190 countries where Netflix is available.
“At Netflix, we want to tell local stories with global appeal. We are excited to have found this in these five projects, which – each in their unique way – are both undeniably German and at the same time tell stories that are relevant to viewers all over the world”, explained Luegenbiehl at Medientage München.
The five series display a variety of genres and formats, from epic tales of the past and future, contemporary crime dramas, coming-of-age stories and compelling family sagas:
After a mysterious global catastrophe in a post-apocalyptic future the Tribes of Europa battle for dominance over the new continent; whereas The Barbarians tells the story of an arduous fight between the Roman army and the Germanic tribes. In the young adult comedy Don’t Try This At Home three high schoolers create Europe’s hippest online drug business and in Skylines, a twentysomething hip-hop producer in Frankfurt is playing gangsters off against the police force. The Untitled Christmas mini-series depicts four generations of women who come together for the festive season to reconcile and face long-kept secrets.
Luegenbiehl concludes: “This is a meaningful investment in the German market and we are looking forward to working with local creatives, talent and production companies. We want to continue to support our creatives in their vision and offer unique storytelling and premium quality to our consumers.”
These five new series add to the current slate of three local originals including Dark s2, Dogs of Berlin and The Wave which already are in development or production, with Dogs of Berlin by showrunner Christian Alvart to launch December 7 only on Netflix this year.
The projects in detail:
Tribes of Europa
2070. After a mysterious global catastrophe what remains of Europe is fractured into countless micro-states. Several so-called ‘Tribes’ fight for dominance over the continent. This is the post-apocalyptic, adventurous saga of three siblings who set out to change the fate of this new “EUROPA”.
Written by Philip Koch, Jana Burbach, Benjamin Seiler
Created and directed by Philip Koch
Produced by Wiedemann & Berg Television (Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann)
Don’t try this at home
To win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe’s largest online drug business from a teenage bedroom.
Written by Philipp Käßbohrer, Sebastian Colley and Stefan Titze
Directed by Lars Montag and Arne Feldhusen
Produced by BTF Productions (Matthias Murmann and Phillip Käßbohrer)
Skylines
In Frankfurt, a young and gifted hip-hop producer gets the chance of a lifetime when he signs with Skyline Records. But the worlds of music, organized crime and high finance collide when the label owner’s gangster brother returns from exile to claim his share.
Created by Dennis Schanz
Directed by Max Erlenwein and Soleen Yusef
Produced by Komplizen Film (Maren Ade, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski und David Keitsch) and StickUp Films (Dennis Schanz and Luis Singer)
Untitled Christmas mini-series
A three-part mini-series about one family‘s crazy and emotional Christmas holidays. The story revolves around four generations of women who finally have to come clean about all the secrets they have been keeping from each other.
Written by Katharina Eyssen
Produced by Sommerhaus Film (Jochen Laube and Fabian Maubach) and Katharina Eyssen
The Barbarians
In the famous battle of the Teutoburg Forest, Germanic warriors in 9 AD halted the spread of the Roman Empire in their advance north. This bloody encounter of two worlds is tragically interwoven with the destinies of three young people whose fate will lead them from innocence to guilt, from loyalty to betrayal, and from love to hate.
Created by Arne Nolting & Jan-Martin Scharf and Andreas Heckmann
Produced by Gaumont (Sabine de Mardt, Andreas Bareiss, Rainer Marquass)
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MOVIES: Outlaw King - Trailer 2 feat Chris Pine
24th October 2018
MOVIES: My Hero Academia - Legendary Adapting Manga Franchise into Live-Action Feature
Legendary said Wednesday it plans to adapt Kohei Horikoshi’s manga franchise My Hero Academia into a live-action feature film. It joins a slate at the company that includes the feature film Detective Pikachu based on the Pokemon franchise.
The manga version of the series, written and illustrated by Horikoshi, launched in 2014 and a year later was adapted in anime form. It centers on Izuku, a young boy who daydreams about being a hero but is clearly not a likely candidate — that’s because he lives in a world where four out of every five people have a superpower (called a “quirk” ability) which means an “average” kid is nether common nor close to average. Izuku defies the odds and enroll in one of the world’s most prestigious and intimidating hero academies where he will find challenges that require him to risk everything to prove himself to be truly special.
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Comedy Based on UK Series People Just Do Nothing Receives Pilot Order at Amazon
Amazon has handed out a pilot order for a comedy based on the UK series “People Just Do Nothing,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The untitled, half-hour project is a mockumentary following a group of working class DJs and their friends in a town called North Las Vegas: a land of mini malls and vast parking lots, where the lights of The Strip act as a beacon of fame and glory that’s just out of reach. The series tracks their stumbling ambitions, and explores how relationships between friends and family evolve as the reality of peoples’ dreams starts to hit.
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Queen America - Promo
Winners aren’t born, they’re created. 👑#CatherineZetaJones stars in #QueenAmerica, premiering Wednesday, November 21st, only on #FacebookWatch. https://t.co/X1vEpSv80Y pic.twitter.com/Qx3y2uIUyR
— FacebookWatch (@FacebookWatch) October 25, 2018
23rd October 2018
Amerikhans - Pakistani-American Family Comedy from Farhan Arshad in Development at CBS
CBS has put in development Amerikhans, a multi-camera Pakistani-American family comedy from Man With a Plan writer Farhan Arshad and co-executive producer Mark Gross, Comedy Dynamics, Imagine Television and CBS TV Studios, where Gross is under a deal.
Written by Arshad, Amerikhans centers around a young Pakistani-American guy who must make amends with his estranged family when he and his girlfriend take in his cousins and grandfather, turning their previously carefree lives upside down.
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Jim Sturgess to Star in Apple's Untitled Hilde Lysiak Family Mystery Drama Series
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Sturgess (Hard Sun, Feed the Beast) is set to star opposite 8-year-old The Florida Project standout Brooklynn Prince in Apple’s upcoming untitled Hilde Lysiak series, directed and executive produced by Crazy Rich Asians helmer Jon M. Chu.
The 10-episode mystery drama, which has a straight-to-series order, was inspired by the real-life story of 11-year-old Hilde Lysiak. Also described as a family drama, it follows a young girl (Prince) who moves from Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father (Sturgess) left behind. While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury.
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MOVIES: Pirates of the Caribbean - Reboot Being Discussed with Deadpool & Zombieland Writers
EXCLUSIVE: Disney is exploring a reboot of its billion dollar Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. The studio has met with the writing team of Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick and they are in early talks to write the script. Reese & Wernick are the writers behind the first two Deadpool blockbusters, and before that wrote Zombieland and its sequel, and 6 Underground, the action film that Michael Bay is directing for Netflix with Ryan Reynolds starring.
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Apple Planning Global Launch for Streaming Television Subscription Service
Apple is reportedly planning to give its planned TV subscription service the kind of global rollout it typically reserves for high-profile products like its iPhone. The Cupertino tech giant plans to launch the service in more than 100 countries, according to the tech news site The Information. This strategy would allow it compete immediately with both Amazon and Netflix, whose streaming services are available internationally. These original programs are likely to be offered free to Apple device-owners, The Information reports.
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Apple is said to be planning to launch the service in the United States in the first half of 2019, with a global expansion to follow later in the year.
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All Together Now - Church Choir Comedy from Speechless Writer & Bradley Whitford Receives Put Pilot Commitment at NBC
NBC has given a put pilot commitment to All Together Now, a single-camera comedy from frequent collaborators Lesley Wake Webster (Speechless) and Jason Winer (Single Parents), Bradley Whitford (The Handmaid’s Tale), who could potentially star, and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written by Webster, All Together Now is about a rural church choir that gets the gift it never thought it needed when a salty, Ivy league professor (a role earmarked for Whitford) becomes its director.
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Steve Carell to Star in Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon's Untitled Apple Morning Show
The Office alum has booked the male lead in Apple's untitled morning show drama starring Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
Picked up with a two-season, 20-episode order, the drama offers an inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning.
Carell will play Mitch Kessler, a morning show anchor who is struggling to maintain relevance in a changing media landscape.
Starz Now Streaming on Hulu Ahead of Outlander Season 4 Premiere
STARZ NOW STREAMING ON HULU AHEAD OF "OUTLANDER" SEASON 4 PREMIERE
STARZ Premium Add-On Available to Stream Live on Hulu, with On-Demand Access to All of Network's Original Series, Popular Movies and Documentaries
"OUTLANDER" SEASON FOUR TO DEBUT ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Santa Monica, Calif. - October 23, 2018 - Starz, a Lionsgate company (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), and Hulu today announced the launch of the STARZ premium add-on, available on all of Hulu's subscription plans, just in time for the upcoming season four premiere of the hit STARZ Original series "Outlander" on Sunday, Nov. 4.
Beginning today, Hulu subscribers will have even more choice in creating their own personal TV experience on Hulu. Any Hulu viewer can now add STARZ to their subscription plan and gain access to the network's live STARZ and STARZ ENCORE channels along with its full on-demand catalogs featuring current and past seasons of STARZ original series including "Outlander," "Power," "Vida," "Counterpart," "American Gods" and more. Hollywood hits and popular movies such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Spider-Man: Homecoming and exclusive documentaries are also available within the Hulu experience by adding the STARZ premium channel for $8.99 per month.
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Harlem High - Choir Drama from Tommy Mottola in Development at Freeform
Tommy Mottola is making a major move in television. The veteran music executive and producer has signed a multi-year, first-look deal with eOne to develop and executive produce scripted and unscripted TV programming via his Mottola Media Company. He already has sold his first project under the deal, scripted series Harlem High, which has been set up for development at Freeform with Will Smith, James Lassiter and Jada Pinkett Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment also producing.
Created by Mottola and written by Sam Laybrook, Harlem High follows the diverse students involved in a Harlem high school’s show choir.
“They deal with day-to-day problems at school but the one thing at the center of their lives is to dance, act and sing and be the best in the world,” Mottola said. “It’s a very realistic look and feel of what that place is.” The project also will reflect “the essence of what the new popular culture is,” Mottola added.
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Because Kids - Family Comedy Inspired by Podcast from Undateable Creator in Development at ABC
ABC has landed for development Because Kids, a half-hour family comedy inspired by the Atomic Moms podcast, from Undateable creator Adam Sztykiel and his wife Ellie Knaus, who created and hosts the podcast, Lonely Island’s production shingle Party Over Here, and CBS TV Studios.
Co-created and written by husband and wife writing team Sztykiel and Knaus, Because Kids is inspired by the Atomic Moms podcast as well as the experiences of every parent involved with the project. It’s described as a multi-generational comedy that is a lighthearted yet honest examination of the lives of a married couple with two young children. The show will use the podcast as a framing device to explore the wide range of topics and opinions that modern parents deal with.
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Wu Assassins - Katheryn Winnick to Direct an Episode of Netflix Series
Thanks to Jon XVI for the heads up.
22nd October 2018
Power - Season 6 - Cynthia Addai-Robinson Joins Cast; Michael J. Ferguson Promoted to Series Regular
Cynthia Addai-Robinson (Shooter) will portray new series regular character Ramona Garrity, a beltway insider with some secrets of her own.
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LAPD Female Police Drama from Nurse Jackie Co-Creator in Development at NBC
NBC has put in development a female police drama from Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius, prolific film and TV producer Debra Martin Chase and Universal TV.
Written by Brixius, the Untitled Police Women Project explores the personal and professional lives of four LAPD women officers who have been best friends since the police academy.
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Should Coulda Woulda - Comedy from One Day at a Time's Gloria Calderon Kellett in Development at CBS
Gloria Calderon Kellett is developing a new comedy project at CBS, marking the second comedy series she has set up at CBS this year, Variety has learned exclusively. Calderon Kellett will write and executive produce the comedy.
This multi-camera project is titled “Should Coulda Woulda.” In the series, after receiving a letter they wrote to themselves in high school, a group of 28-year-old friends plan to hold each other accountable to becoming who they want to be in the next 10 years.
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Nashville Bar Comedy from Dierks Bently & Last Man Standing Creator Receives Put Pilot Commitment at FOX
Variety has learned exclusively that Dierks Bentley is attached to executive produce a single-camera comedy that has received a put pilot commitment at Fox. The untitled series is set in a Nashville bar, where singers and songwriters go to chase their dreams, or maybe just to fall in love if only for a night. The series hails from writer and executive producer Jack Burditt, the creator and original showrunner of “Last Man Standing.”
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Tidelands - Promo, First Look Photos + Premiere Date
Cal McTeer must unlock the secrets that lie beneath the surface of Orphelin Bay before it's too late. Tidelands, the first Australian Netflix original series, comes December 14th.
.@ElsaPataky_ @AaronJakubenko @marcopigossi and Charlotte Best star in #Tidelands, Netflix’s first Australian original series, launching December 14 — FIRST LOOK: https://t.co/vH1bwmBPI5 pic.twitter.com/SojZg2BMbL
— See What's Next (@seewhatsnext) October 22, 2018
MOVIES: The Holiday Calendar - Trailer feat Kat Graham, Quincy Brown, and Ethan Peck
Disenchantment: Renewed for a 2nd Season; New Episodes Coming 2019, 2020 & 2021
Seasons Consist of 20 Episodes; Season 1B debuts in 2019, Season 2A in 2020 and Season 2B in 2021
Killing Eve - Season 2 - Henry Lloyd-Hughes and Shannon Tarbet Join Cast
Henry Lloyd-Hughes (Indian Summers, The Inbetweeners) and Award-Winning stage actress Shannon Tarbet (Colette, Genius: Einstein) will join the previously announced new cast members Nina Sosanya, Edward Bluemel and Julian Barratt and series stars Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw. The series is currently shooting in Europe.
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Constance - Hannah Rae Joins TNT Drama Pilot
Hannah Rae (Broadchurch) plays Hannah Olivia Young. She’s Constance’s (Shue) ultra-competitive, somewhat disaffected and precociously snarky daughter, who uses pageant wins as her golden ticket out of this sleepy beach town.
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Wolfe - Crime Drama from Bones Producers Receives Put Pilot at ABC
In a very competitive situation, ABC has landed Wolfe, a crime drama from former Bones producer Kathy Reichs and executive producer/co-showrunner Michael Peterson as well as Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment.
Written by Peterson, Wolfe centers on veterinarian Dr. Charles Wolfe, who has a unique perspective on homicide, believing murder is a primal, animalistic act, and killers are animals. After getting elected coroner of Boulder, CO, Wolfe partners with his mirror opposite, FBI profiler Kristin Faulk, who is confident Wolfe is dead wrong and that it is nurture, not nature, that leads a person to murder.
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Tales Of The City - Zosia Mamet to Recur in Netflix Series
Zosia Mamet (Girls) will recur as Claire Duncan, a driven documentarian who has a burgeoning relationship with Shawna (Ellen Page) that catches them both off guard.
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You - Netflix Premiere Date
There's a dangerous line between love and obsession. YOU launches on Netflix December 26th, 2018.
21st October 2018
Wu Assassins - Lawrence Kao & Celia Au Join Netflix Series
Lawrence Kao (The Walking Dead) will play Tommy Wah, a drug addict in search of redemption as he is passed over by his parents in favor of his younger sister who runs the family business.
Celia Au (Lodge 49) will play Ying Ying, a quirky, young woman who is wise beyond her years and assists Kai Jin in his mission.
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Dead to Me - Diana Maria Riva to Recur in Netflix Series
Diana Maria Riva (Man With A Plan) will play Ana. Candid and assertive, Ana is a detective with the Laguna P.D., who often butts heads with Jen (Christina Applegate) over the investigation into her husband’s death.
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The Passage - Jennifer Ferrin, James Le Gros & Kecia Lewis Join Cast
Jennifer Ferrin (The Knick) will recur as Elizabeth, the ailing wife of Henry Ian Cusick’s Jonas Lear. Elizabeth is a professor whose fading health lights a fire under Jonas that eventually leads him to create Project Noah.
James Le Gros (Justified) will recur as Horace Guilder, the calculating deputy director of the Department of Special Weapons. Horace is famous for taking credit and avoiding blame. He’s morally flexible, manipulative and wants things done his way.
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