Exclusive: MGM+ has given the green light to Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue. Eric McCormack is the first actor cast in the mystery thriller, playing one of the leads in the six-part ensemble limited series written, created and executive produced by Anthony Horowitz (Magpie Murders) and produced by Eleventh Hour Films, a Sony Pictures Television-backed company.
Spt will distribute worldwide the series, which also will have a British broadcast partner.
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue follows the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the terrifying mystery before they too fall victim to the killer.
McCormack will play Kevin, a former doctor who has been purchasing medical supplies in Guatemala. Casting continues, with...
Spt will distribute worldwide the series, which also will have a British broadcast partner.
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue follows the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the terrifying mystery before they too fall victim to the killer.
McCormack will play Kevin, a former doctor who has been purchasing medical supplies in Guatemala. Casting continues, with...
- 3/7/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Two time Emmy-nominated actor Margaret Qualley has signed with CAA for representation.
Qualley, who was previously at UTA, received major awards recognition for her performance in the title role of Netflix’s well reviewed and very popular limited series Maid with Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics’ Choice Award nominations. She previously earned Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominations for the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon.
This fall, Qualley will appear opposite Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Upcoming films also include Yorgos Lanthimos’ And, with Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone; Ethan Coen’s film Drive-Away Dolls; and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, in which she stars opposite Demi Moore.
Qualley most recently starred opposite Christopher Abbott in Zachary Wigon’s feature Sanctuary, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in May. Her...
Qualley, who was previously at UTA, received major awards recognition for her performance in the title role of Netflix’s well reviewed and very popular limited series Maid with Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and Critics’ Choice Award nominations. She previously earned Emmy and Critics’ Choice nominations for the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon.
This fall, Qualley will appear opposite Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival. Upcoming films also include Yorgos Lanthimos’ And, with Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone; Ethan Coen’s film Drive-Away Dolls; and Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance, in which she stars opposite Demi Moore.
Qualley most recently starred opposite Christopher Abbott in Zachary Wigon’s feature Sanctuary, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in May. Her...
- 8/28/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Garner is picking up Elektra’s sai once again.
After a nearly 20-year hiatus, the actress is returning to the role of Marvel Comics’ assassin antiheroine for Deadpool 3, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The Marvel Studios production is currently shooting, with Ryan Reynolds reprising his fan-favorite part of the fourth wall-breaking Merc with a Mouth. Hugh Jackman has come out of Marvel retirement to play Wolverine once again.
Shawn Levy is in the director’s chair with the project to be the first movie that will feature a character, or in this case, two or three or more, from the stable that once belonged to 20th Century Fox. Fox owned several silos of Marvel’s characters before its acquisition by Disney in 2019 brought the movie rights to the characters back into Marvel proper.
Garner first played the Marvel assassin in 20th Century Fox’s Daredevil, the 2003 feature...
After a nearly 20-year hiatus, the actress is returning to the role of Marvel Comics’ assassin antiheroine for Deadpool 3, multiple sources tell The Hollywood Reporter.
The Marvel Studios production is currently shooting, with Ryan Reynolds reprising his fan-favorite part of the fourth wall-breaking Merc with a Mouth. Hugh Jackman has come out of Marvel retirement to play Wolverine once again.
Shawn Levy is in the director’s chair with the project to be the first movie that will feature a character, or in this case, two or three or more, from the stable that once belonged to 20th Century Fox. Fox owned several silos of Marvel’s characters before its acquisition by Disney in 2019 brought the movie rights to the characters back into Marvel proper.
Garner first played the Marvel assassin in 20th Century Fox’s Daredevil, the 2003 feature...
- 7/7/2023
- by Borys Kit and Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Letitia Wright is stepping into the ring for In the Shadows, a drama based on the true story of Ramla Ali, the first Somali British professional boxing champion.
Altitude Film Sales is unveiling the title to buyers in Cannes next week. The company will release the project in the UK and Ireland in 2024.
The film tells the story of Ali who fled Somalia with her family as a young girl, seeking asylum in London from the civil war. As a teenager, she pursued her love of boxing but did so secretly as she knew her family would disapprove. Her determination to win led her to the England Novice National Championship, the Elite National Championships and the Great British Championships.
Ali became the first boxer, male or female, to represent Somalia at the 2020 Olympic Games and made history after winning the first ever professional female boxing match in Saudi Arabia. She...
Altitude Film Sales is unveiling the title to buyers in Cannes next week. The company will release the project in the UK and Ireland in 2024.
The film tells the story of Ali who fled Somalia with her family as a young girl, seeking asylum in London from the civil war. As a teenager, she pursued her love of boxing but did so secretly as she knew her family would disapprove. Her determination to win led her to the England Novice National Championship, the Elite National Championships and the Great British Championships.
Ali became the first boxer, male or female, to represent Somalia at the 2020 Olympic Games and made history after winning the first ever professional female boxing match in Saudi Arabia. She...
- 5/11/2023
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Richard Madden, who rose to prominence thanks to a starring turn as Robb Stark in HBO’s Game of Thrones, has signed with CAA.
He continues to be managed by Anonymous Content and repped by attorney Harris Hartman at Sloane, Offer. The actor was previously at WME.
Madden was most recently seen starring in Marvel Studios’ The Eternals, directed by Chloé Zhao, and has spent the last year and a half working on the Russo Brothers’ ambitious and worldwide-spanning epic spy series Citadel. The series will premiere in June 2023 on Amazon.
The actor flows between the film, TV and theatre worlds. In 2019, he won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a drama series for Netflix’s Emmy Award-nominated series Bodyguard. In between, he had key roles in Sam Mendes’ Oscar-winning war drama 1917 and the Elton John biopic Rocketman.
On the stage,...
Richard Madden, who rose to prominence thanks to a starring turn as Robb Stark in HBO’s Game of Thrones, has signed with CAA.
He continues to be managed by Anonymous Content and repped by attorney Harris Hartman at Sloane, Offer. The actor was previously at WME.
Madden was most recently seen starring in Marvel Studios’ The Eternals, directed by Chloé Zhao, and has spent the last year and a half working on the Russo Brothers’ ambitious and worldwide-spanning epic spy series Citadel. The series will premiere in June 2023 on Amazon.
The actor flows between the film, TV and theatre worlds. In 2019, he won the Golden Globe Award for best actor in a drama series for Netflix’s Emmy Award-nominated series Bodyguard. In between, he had key roles in Sam Mendes’ Oscar-winning war drama 1917 and the Elton John biopic Rocketman.
On the stage,...
- 11/10/2022
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Bellamy Young and Eric McCormack have joined Hulu’s The Other Black Girl as series regulars.
The Other Black Girl follows Nella, an editorial assistant, who is tired of being the only Black girl at Wagner Books so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
McCormack will portray Richard Wagner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Wagner Books. Young will play Vera Parini, a Hampton’s Wasp who is one of the most exalted editors at Wagner Books. She is Nella’s boss, demanding excellence from her team for her authors who she takes meticulous care of all the time.
McCormack played Will Truman on NBC’s Will & Grace for 11 seasons, winning an Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy in 2001. He also served as a producer, director...
The Other Black Girl follows Nella, an editorial assistant, who is tired of being the only Black girl at Wagner Books so she’s excited when Hazel is hired. But as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.
McCormack will portray Richard Wagner, the founder and editor-in-chief of Wagner Books. Young will play Vera Parini, a Hampton’s Wasp who is one of the most exalted editors at Wagner Books. She is Nella’s boss, demanding excellence from her team for her authors who she takes meticulous care of all the time.
McCormack played Will Truman on NBC’s Will & Grace for 11 seasons, winning an Emmy for Lead Actor in a Comedy in 2001. He also served as a producer, director...
- 11/3/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva and Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
Devery Jacobs, one of the stars of FX/Hulu’s Reservation Dogs, has signed with CAA for representation.
Jacobs plays Elora Danan Postoak on the series, which follows a group of Indigenous teenagers on a reservation in Oklahoma. She has also joined the show’s writers room and co-wrote the fourth episode of season two, which is set to premiere on Aug. 3.
Jacobs shared in the Spirit Award the Reservation Dogs cast won this year for best ensemble in a new scripted series — an honor presented to them by Taika Waititi, one of the show’s executive producers. She was also nominated for a Gotham Award for outstanding performance in a new series.
In addition to Reservation Dogs, Jacobs is currently in production on the Marvel series Echo for Disney+, where she’ll be a co-lead opposite Alaqua Cox. Her TV acting credits...
Devery Jacobs, one of the stars of FX/Hulu’s Reservation Dogs, has signed with CAA for representation.
Jacobs plays Elora Danan Postoak on the series, which follows a group of Indigenous teenagers on a reservation in Oklahoma. She has also joined the show’s writers room and co-wrote the fourth episode of season two, which is set to premiere on Aug. 3.
Jacobs shared in the Spirit Award the Reservation Dogs cast won this year for best ensemble in a new scripted series — an honor presented to them by Taika Waititi, one of the show’s executive producers. She was also nominated for a Gotham Award for outstanding performance in a new series.
In addition to Reservation Dogs, Jacobs is currently in production on the Marvel series Echo for Disney+, where she’ll be a co-lead opposite Alaqua Cox. Her TV acting credits...
- 6/29/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Universal Pictures and Working Title Films have set Demi Moore and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood‘s Margaret Qualley to star in The Substance, with Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) directing her script. She also is producing alongside Working Title partners Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan.
This will mark the French filmmaker’s first studio feature. She made her helming debut on Revenge, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto and played Sundance a few months later and was then released by Neon.
Specifics on The Substance are being kept under wraps, but Deadline hears it is Fargeat’s explosive feminist take on body horror. Production begins in Paris this May.
Moore most recently lent her voice to QCode’s podcast Dirty Diana, which is being adapted into an Amazon series that Moore will executive produce and star in. She next will be seen in the feature Please Baby Please, which kicked of the 2022 Rotterdam film festival.
This will mark the French filmmaker’s first studio feature. She made her helming debut on Revenge, which premiered at the 2017 Toronto and played Sundance a few months later and was then released by Neon.
Specifics on The Substance are being kept under wraps, but Deadline hears it is Fargeat’s explosive feminist take on body horror. Production begins in Paris this May.
Moore most recently lent her voice to QCode’s podcast Dirty Diana, which is being adapted into an Amazon series that Moore will executive produce and star in. She next will be seen in the feature Please Baby Please, which kicked of the 2022 Rotterdam film festival.
- 1/31/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Mark Gordon Pictures has assembled an all-star cast including Beanie Feldstein, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Kat Dennings, Jameela Jamil and Lolly Adefope for the anthology series package Girls Can’t Shoot (& Other Lies), which is based on the international bestselling essay collection Feminists Don’t Wear Pink (and Other Lies).
Saorise Ronan will serve as an executive producer of the pilot episode. The source material, curated by Scarlett Curtis, has been published globally in 12 languages and includes essays authored by Ronan, Feldstein, Dennings, Jamil and Adefope.
The first season will explore and play with the expectations of women in storytelling by placing heroines at the center of traditionally male genres in a multitude of original, high concept, cinematic tales and will put the creative power squarely into the hands of female filmmakers. Curtis, who created the format, will serve across the entire series as EP and write the pilot episode.
Saorise Ronan will serve as an executive producer of the pilot episode. The source material, curated by Scarlett Curtis, has been published globally in 12 languages and includes essays authored by Ronan, Feldstein, Dennings, Jamil and Adefope.
The first season will explore and play with the expectations of women in storytelling by placing heroines at the center of traditionally male genres in a multitude of original, high concept, cinematic tales and will put the creative power squarely into the hands of female filmmakers. Curtis, who created the format, will serve across the entire series as EP and write the pilot episode.
- 10/18/2021
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Garner is reteaming with Netflix on a Yes Day sequel and other projects, after signing a new multi-picture deal with the streamer.
The second Yes Day film is currently in development, with Garner once again producing and reprising her role as Allison Torres.
“I first worked with Jen on The Kingdom 15 years ago and consider myself very lucky to still be in business with her today,” said Netflix’s Head of Global Film, Scott Stuber. “As an actor, she’s proven herself to be incredibly versatile in unforgettable roles spanning fast-paced action, heartfelt comedies, and thought-provoking dramas. She approaches every aspect of her work with such detail and preparation, which makes her an extremely valuable partner and producer. We look forward to celebrating another Yes Day with Jen and collaborating on many other exciting projects.”
Added Garner: “Having known Scott for fifteen years, there is a reason his relationships...
The second Yes Day film is currently in development, with Garner once again producing and reprising her role as Allison Torres.
“I first worked with Jen on The Kingdom 15 years ago and consider myself very lucky to still be in business with her today,” said Netflix’s Head of Global Film, Scott Stuber. “As an actor, she’s proven herself to be incredibly versatile in unforgettable roles spanning fast-paced action, heartfelt comedies, and thought-provoking dramas. She approaches every aspect of her work with such detail and preparation, which makes her an extremely valuable partner and producer. We look forward to celebrating another Yes Day with Jen and collaborating on many other exciting projects.”
Added Garner: “Having known Scott for fifteen years, there is a reason his relationships...
- 7/28/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s a day of yes for Jennifer Garner and Netflix: As part of a new deal with the streamer, Garner will develop a number of new movies for her to produce and star in — and one of them is a sequel to “Yes Day.”
The family comedy premiered on Netflix in March, and according to the company, it’s Netflix’s biggest kids and family movie to date, and was seen in 62 million households. In it, Garner and Édgar Ramírez play parents caught in a cycle of “no” with their three kids until they decide to say yes to everything (within certain limitations). The concept of “Yes Day” was based on something Garner would do with her kids from the children’s book of the same name by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Garner was a producer of “Yes Day” as well as starring in the film. The sequel is now in development at Netflix,...
The family comedy premiered on Netflix in March, and according to the company, it’s Netflix’s biggest kids and family movie to date, and was seen in 62 million households. In it, Garner and Édgar Ramírez play parents caught in a cycle of “no” with their three kids until they decide to say yes to everything (within certain limitations). The concept of “Yes Day” was based on something Garner would do with her kids from the children’s book of the same name by Amy Krouse Rosenthal.
Garner was a producer of “Yes Day” as well as starring in the film. The sequel is now in development at Netflix,...
- 7/28/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Michelle Nader has boarded Dollface, the Hulu comedy starring Kat Dennings, as showrunner for its second season.
Nader, who was showrunner and exec producer of Dennings’ CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, replaces Ira Ungerleider, who was showrunner for season one.
The half-hour show is set to start production this summer after a long, Covid-impacted delay on filming with new episodes set to air in 2022.
The streamer said that Dollface was one of its “best performing new binge series for subscriber engagement” after it launched in November 2019 and was renewed in January 2020.
Dollface follows Jules, played Kat Dennings, a young vibrant woman who is dealing with the aftermath of being dumped by her boyfriend. With a broken heart, Jules battles her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, with friendships she left behind and the new battle of dating post breakup.
Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell...
Nader, who was showrunner and exec producer of Dennings’ CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, replaces Ira Ungerleider, who was showrunner for season one.
The half-hour show is set to start production this summer after a long, Covid-impacted delay on filming with new episodes set to air in 2022.
The streamer said that Dollface was one of its “best performing new binge series for subscriber engagement” after it launched in November 2019 and was renewed in January 2020.
Dollface follows Jules, played Kat Dennings, a young vibrant woman who is dealing with the aftermath of being dumped by her boyfriend. With a broken heart, Jules battles her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, with friendships she left behind and the new battle of dating post breakup.
Brenda Song, Shay Mitchell...
- 6/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. sales and production company Film Constellation has scored a first slew of pre-sales at the European Film Market on upcoming English-language horror “The Twin” from “Lake Bodom” director Taneli Mustonen.
“Discovery of Witches” and “Lights Out” actor Teresa Palmer stars in the lead role of a young mother devastated by the violent death of one of their twins. “As the family sets out to rebuild their lives in the quiet Scandinavian countryside, they soon come to realize that some secrets are so evil, they need to be buried twice…”
“The Twin” has attracted strong distribution partners at script stage in multiple territories including Benelux (Dutch Filmworks); Cis (Nashe Kino); Mena (Falcon Films); Taiwan (Deepjoy Picture Corporation); Indonesia (Pt Prima); and Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Brunei (Suraya Filem).
AMC’s Shudder took rights to the film in North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and Nordisk took Scandinavian rights ahead of the market.
“Discovery of Witches” and “Lights Out” actor Teresa Palmer stars in the lead role of a young mother devastated by the violent death of one of their twins. “As the family sets out to rebuild their lives in the quiet Scandinavian countryside, they soon come to realize that some secrets are so evil, they need to be buried twice…”
“The Twin” has attracted strong distribution partners at script stage in multiple territories including Benelux (Dutch Filmworks); Cis (Nashe Kino); Mena (Falcon Films); Taiwan (Deepjoy Picture Corporation); Indonesia (Pt Prima); and Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia, Brunei (Suraya Filem).
AMC’s Shudder took rights to the film in North America, U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and Nordisk took Scandinavian rights ahead of the market.
- 3/10/2021
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Actress and artist Hunter Schafer, known for her breakout role as Jules in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Euphoria opposite Zendaya, has signed with CAA for representation.
Euphoria received six 2020 Primetime Emmy nominations, winning three, including lead actress for Zendaya. It’s set to premiere the first of two special episodes December 6.
The first episode, titled “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” finds Rue (Zendaya) in the aftermath of being left by Jules (Schafer) at the train station and relapsing.
Hunter is also the new face and global brand ambassador for Shiseido. Earlier this year, she was featured in Calvin Klein’s spring 2020 campaign, opposite Justin Bieber, Maluma and Lil Nas X.
Hunter is repped by Untitled Entertainment and attorney Harris Hartman at Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
Euphoria received six 2020 Primetime Emmy nominations, winning three, including lead actress for Zendaya. It’s set to premiere the first of two special episodes December 6.
The first episode, titled “Trouble Don’t Last Always,” finds Rue (Zendaya) in the aftermath of being left by Jules (Schafer) at the train station and relapsing.
Hunter is also the new face and global brand ambassador for Shiseido. Earlier this year, she was featured in Calvin Klein’s spring 2020 campaign, opposite Justin Bieber, Maluma and Lil Nas X.
Hunter is repped by Untitled Entertainment and attorney Harris Hartman at Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.
- 11/16/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Vice duo Amy Adams and Adam McKay are getting the band back together for a Netflix limited series about three women linked with Walmart.
The pair, who also worked together on 2006 comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, are working on Kings of America for the streamer.
Deadline understands that the drama series, which was taken out to market at the start of the year, landed at the digital platform before Covid-19 took hold in the U.S.
Kings of America tells the stories of three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, a maverick executive and a longtime Walmart saleswoman and preacher who dared to fight against the retail giant in the biggest class action lawsuit in U.S. history.
Adams will play one of the leads and will exec produce via her production company Bond Group Entertainment along...
The pair, who also worked together on 2006 comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, are working on Kings of America for the streamer.
Deadline understands that the drama series, which was taken out to market at the start of the year, landed at the digital platform before Covid-19 took hold in the U.S.
Kings of America tells the stories of three powerful women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, a maverick executive and a longtime Walmart saleswoman and preacher who dared to fight against the retail giant in the biggest class action lawsuit in U.S. history.
Adams will play one of the leads and will exec produce via her production company Bond Group Entertainment along...
- 8/4/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Amy Adams’ Bond Group and eOne are to produce a television adaptation of Robert Beatty’s fantasy thriller Willa of the Wood.
The Ya project is the latest development for Adams’ nascent company Bond Group Entertainment, which the Arrival and Vice star established with her manager Stacy O’Neil. It also sees Adams reunite with eOne, with whom she worked with on Sharp Objects, the HBO thriller based on the book by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn.
Willa of the Wood is set in a dark, mysterious forest where its ancient inhabitants, known as the Faeran, don’t trust the destructive, tree-cutting humans. Willa, the clan’s best forager and thief, has been taught to avoid humans at all costs. As Willa’s adventures offer her insight about mankind, she becomes a bridge between two competing worlds, but soon encounters conflict from all sides.
The two companies are to adapt Willa of the Wood,...
The Ya project is the latest development for Adams’ nascent company Bond Group Entertainment, which the Arrival and Vice star established with her manager Stacy O’Neil. It also sees Adams reunite with eOne, with whom she worked with on Sharp Objects, the HBO thriller based on the book by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn.
Willa of the Wood is set in a dark, mysterious forest where its ancient inhabitants, known as the Faeran, don’t trust the destructive, tree-cutting humans. Willa, the clan’s best forager and thief, has been taught to avoid humans at all costs. As Willa’s adventures offer her insight about mankind, she becomes a bridge between two competing worlds, but soon encounters conflict from all sides.
The two companies are to adapt Willa of the Wood,...
- 1/10/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“Arrow” star Stephen Amell has lined up his next leading man gig: The longtime CW star has been cast on “Heels,” an upcoming wrestling drama at Starz, a spokesperson for the pay TV channel tells TheWrap.
The series has received an eight-episode order with Michael Waldron writing and Mike O’Malley set as showrunner.
“Heels” is an hourlong drama about “the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling,” according to Starz. “Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.”
Also Read: 'Russian Doll' Star Charlie Barnett Joins 'Arrow'...
The series has received an eight-episode order with Michael Waldron writing and Mike O’Malley set as showrunner.
“Heels” is an hourlong drama about “the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small town pro wrestling,” according to Starz. “Set in a close-knit Georgia community, it follows a family-owned wrestling promotion as two brothers and rivals war over their late father’s legacy. In the ring, somebody must play the good guy and somebody must play their nemesis, the heel. But in the real world, those characters can be hard to live up to — or hard to leave behind.”
Also Read: 'Russian Doll' Star Charlie Barnett Joins 'Arrow'...
- 8/19/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
Amy Adams is set to star in Netflix’s adaptation of “Hillbilly Elegy,” which Ron Howard is on board to direct, Variety has learned.
“Shape of Water” screenwriter Vanessa Taylor adapted the script, with Howard, Brian Grazer, and Karen Lunder producing for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and J.D. Vance will exec produce.
Based on Vance’s bestselling memoir, the pic is a modern exploration of the American dream and follows three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale law student forced to return to his hometown.
Imagine has been developing the movie since 2017 when it acquired the rights. Netflix boarded the project in January after winning a heated bidding war to finance the $45 million feature.
Adams had a busy 2018, starting with her role in the HBO limited series “Sharp Objects,” which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She followed that up with her Oscar-nominated...
“Shape of Water” screenwriter Vanessa Taylor adapted the script, with Howard, Brian Grazer, and Karen Lunder producing for Imagine Entertainment. Julie Oh and J.D. Vance will exec produce.
Based on Vance’s bestselling memoir, the pic is a modern exploration of the American dream and follows three generations of an Appalachian family as told by its youngest member, a Yale law student forced to return to his hometown.
Imagine has been developing the movie since 2017 when it acquired the rights. Netflix boarded the project in January after winning a heated bidding war to finance the $45 million feature.
Adams had a busy 2018, starting with her role in the HBO limited series “Sharp Objects,” which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She followed that up with her Oscar-nominated...
- 4/4/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has given a series order to the comedy “Dollface” starring Kat Dennings.
The streamer has given the series a 10-episode order. It follows a young woman (Dennings) who, after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Dennings will also executive produce in addition to starring. Jordan Weiss created the series and will also executive produce. Ira Ungerleider will serve as showrunner with Margot Robbie and Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley of Robbie’s LuckyChap banner executive producing as well. Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan are executive producers along with Nicole King and Stephanie Laing. Matt Spicer directed the pilot and is an executive produce. ABC Signature Studios produces.
Dennings is perhaps best known for her starring role in the CBS multi-cam comedy “2 Broke Girls,...
The streamer has given the series a 10-episode order. It follows a young woman (Dennings) who, after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend, must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Dennings will also executive produce in addition to starring. Jordan Weiss created the series and will also executive produce. Ira Ungerleider will serve as showrunner with Margot Robbie and Brett Hedblom and Tom Ackerley of Robbie’s LuckyChap banner executive producing as well. Clubhouse Pictures’ Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan are executive producers along with Nicole King and Stephanie Laing. Matt Spicer directed the pilot and is an executive produce. ABC Signature Studios produces.
Dennings is perhaps best known for her starring role in the CBS multi-cam comedy “2 Broke Girls,...
- 11/2/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu has given a 10-episode series order to Dollface, a comedy starring and executive produced by 2 Broke Girls alumna Kat Dennings. The project hails from writerJordan Weiss (Harley Quinn), ABC Signature Studios as well as producers Margot Robbie and Brett Hedblom from LuckyChap Entertainment and Bryan Unkeless and Scott Morgan from Clubhouse Pictures who produced together I, Tonya.
The four producers, Dennings and Weiss originally set up the project at Hulu last fall. It follows a young woman (Dennings) who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Comedy veteran Ira Ungerleider has been tapped as showrunner on the series, executive producing alongside Dennings, creator-writer Weiss, Robbie, Hedblom and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap; Unkeless and Morgan for Clubhouse Pictures, Dennings’ manager Nicole King as well as...
The four producers, Dennings and Weiss originally set up the project at Hulu last fall. It follows a young woman (Dennings) who – after being dumped by her longtime boyfriend – must deal with her own imagination in order to literally and metaphorically re-enter the world of women, and rekindle the female friendships she left behind.
Comedy veteran Ira Ungerleider has been tapped as showrunner on the series, executive producing alongside Dennings, creator-writer Weiss, Robbie, Hedblom and Tom Ackerley for LuckyChap; Unkeless and Morgan for Clubhouse Pictures, Dennings’ manager Nicole King as well as...
- 11/2/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Quentin Tarantino is filling out the cast of his 1969-set “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” with rising stars Rumer Willis, Dreama Walker, Margaret Qualley, Costa Ronin, Damon Herriman, Victoria Pedretti and Madisen Beaty, TheWrap has learned.
Herriman, an Australian actor best known to American audiences for a recurring role on “Justified,” has been cast as Charles Manson — the notorious cult leader whose self-styled “family” committed multiple murders in the year when the movie takes place.
In addition, “Empire” star Rumer Willis plays British actress Joanna Pettet; Walker plays actress and singer Connie Stevens and Ronin (“The Americans”) portrays Polish actor Voytek Frykowski, who was one of the victims of the Manson Family’s murder spree at Roman Polanski’s home on Cielo Drive.
Also Read: Quentin Tarantino's Charles Manson Movie: How the Stars Compare to Real-Life Characters (Photos)
Qualley plays a character named Kitty Kat, Beaty portrays Katie and Pedretti is Lulu.
Herriman, an Australian actor best known to American audiences for a recurring role on “Justified,” has been cast as Charles Manson — the notorious cult leader whose self-styled “family” committed multiple murders in the year when the movie takes place.
In addition, “Empire” star Rumer Willis plays British actress Joanna Pettet; Walker plays actress and singer Connie Stevens and Ronin (“The Americans”) portrays Polish actor Voytek Frykowski, who was one of the victims of the Manson Family’s murder spree at Roman Polanski’s home on Cielo Drive.
Also Read: Quentin Tarantino's Charles Manson Movie: How the Stars Compare to Real-Life Characters (Photos)
Qualley plays a character named Kitty Kat, Beaty portrays Katie and Pedretti is Lulu.
- 8/28/2018
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Jolene Purdy (Orange Is The New Black) is set for a recurring role on the fourth season of Syfy’s The Magicians. Based on the best-selling novels by Lev Grossman, The Magicians centers on Quentin Coldwater (Jason Ralph) and his 20-something friends as they discover their magical abilities and ward off evil creatures who threaten to destroy the magical world they’ve come to know. Purdy will play Shoshana, a maenad, a bright and highly emotional magical creature tasked with tending to notorious party god Bacchus; she stands as gatekeeper between the deity and an old buddy who desperately seeks him. Purdy won a SAG award for her role as Stephanie in Orange is the New Black. She most recently recurred on Fox series The Resident and previously starred in CBS drama Under The Dome. Purdy is repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Bernard Kira of Bmk-ent.
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- 7/31/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Amber Tamblyn is set for a starring role in FX’s Y drama pilot, based on the acclaimed post-apocalyptic science fiction DC comic book series Y: The Last Man. She joins Diane Lane, Barry Keoghan, Imogen Poots, Lashana Lynch, Juliana Canfield and Marin Ireland in the stellar ensemble cast.
Based on the DC Comics series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.
Tamblyn will play Mariette Callows. Daughter of the President of the United States, Mariette has been groomed for a career in politics and to uphold her father’s conservative values.
Michael Green and Aïda Mashaka Croal serve as Showrunners and Executive Producers. Nina Jacobson and Brad...
Based on the DC Comics series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, Y traverses a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event has decimated every male mammal save for one lone human. The new world order of women will explore gender, race, class and survival.
Tamblyn will play Mariette Callows. Daughter of the President of the United States, Mariette has been groomed for a career in politics and to uphold her father’s conservative values.
Michael Green and Aïda Mashaka Croal serve as Showrunners and Executive Producers. Nina Jacobson and Brad...
- 7/18/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Landes is extending his relationship with Fox Broadcasting Co. and 20th Century Fox Television.
Landes, who co-starred on David E. Kelley's dramedy The Wedding Bells for Fox and 20th TV, has signed a talent deal with the network and the studio.
Under the pact, 20th TV and Fox will develop a project for him targeted for the 2008-09 season.
"Michael is a great-looking leading man who is equally adept at comedy and drama," Fox executive vp casting Marcia Shulman said. "It was a no-brainer."
Landes, whose series credits include ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, UPN's Special Unit 2 and BBC's Love Soup, played wedding photographer David Conlon on Bells this past spring.
"He's just a charming, incredibly talented guy who I know is going to be a huge television star," 20th TV senior vp casting Sharon Klein said. "It's just a matter of time and finding him the right project."
Landes recently completed the Yari Film Group feature Addicted, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. He will next be seen in the Disney comedy College Road Trip.
Landes, whose theater credits include the male lead in the London West End production of When Harry Met Sally, is repped by Endeavor and attorneys Jason Sloane and Harris Hartman.
Landes, who co-starred on David E. Kelley's dramedy The Wedding Bells for Fox and 20th TV, has signed a talent deal with the network and the studio.
Under the pact, 20th TV and Fox will develop a project for him targeted for the 2008-09 season.
"Michael is a great-looking leading man who is equally adept at comedy and drama," Fox executive vp casting Marcia Shulman said. "It was a no-brainer."
Landes, whose series credits include ABC's Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, UPN's Special Unit 2 and BBC's Love Soup, played wedding photographer David Conlon on Bells this past spring.
"He's just a charming, incredibly talented guy who I know is going to be a huge television star," 20th TV senior vp casting Sharon Klein said. "It's just a matter of time and finding him the right project."
Landes recently completed the Yari Film Group feature Addicted, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar. He will next be seen in the Disney comedy College Road Trip.
Landes, whose theater credits include the male lead in the London West End production of When Harry Met Sally, is repped by Endeavor and attorneys Jason Sloane and Harris Hartman.
- 9/13/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lauren Ambrose is set to star opposite Parker Posey in Fox's comedy pilot The Return of Jezebel James, while James Van Der Beek has joined ABC's drama pilot Football Wives.
Additionally, Charles Esten will topline ABC's comedy pilot American Family, Scott Wolf has landed the lead in ABC's untitled Sachs/Judah project, and Fred Goss, Jerry Minor and Jerry O'Connell have been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot Carpoolers. Ray Stevenson is set for a lead role on CBS' Babylon Fields, Molly Parker and Josh Hopkins have joined CBS' drama pilot Swingtown, and Kathryn Hahn, Flex Alexander, Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays have come aboard ABC's comedy pilot Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office.
Jezebel, from Regency TV, centers on a single book editor (Posey) who can't conceive and asks her estranged younger sister (Ambrose) to carry her baby. Ambrose, who co-starred on HBO's Six Feet Under as Claire Fisher, is repped by UTA, manager Michael Garnett and attorney Harris Hartman.
Wives, from ABC TV Studio, follows the wives of professional football players.
Additionally, Charles Esten will topline ABC's comedy pilot American Family, Scott Wolf has landed the lead in ABC's untitled Sachs/Judah project, and Fred Goss, Jerry Minor and Jerry O'Connell have been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot Carpoolers. Ray Stevenson is set for a lead role on CBS' Babylon Fields, Molly Parker and Josh Hopkins have joined CBS' drama pilot Swingtown, and Kathryn Hahn, Flex Alexander, Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays have come aboard ABC's comedy pilot Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office.
Jezebel, from Regency TV, centers on a single book editor (Posey) who can't conceive and asks her estranged younger sister (Ambrose) to carry her baby. Ambrose, who co-starred on HBO's Six Feet Under as Claire Fisher, is repped by UTA, manager Michael Garnett and attorney Harris Hartman.
Wives, from ABC TV Studio, follows the wives of professional football players.
Warner Bros. Pictures has picked up Invaders, a spec script from scribe Jayson Rothwell. Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing along with Mark Williams and Michael Pierce of Pierce/Williams Entertainment.
The story centers on a thief who is forced by a rogue government agent to retrieve a video of the U.S. president having sex with the wife of an Arab sheik.
Lynn Harris and Matt Reilly are the executives.
Rothwell's deal also includes a blind script option. The scribe's horror script Kept is in preproduction at Twisted Pictures. Rothwell is repped by Paradigm as well as Pierce/Williams' management division, Zero Gravity. His attorney is Harris Hartman.
Pierce/Williams produced The Cooler and is behind the Demi Moore-Michael Caine starrer Flawless, which is seeking a distributor.
Iwanyk's Warner-based Thunder Road last produced We Are Marshall.
The story centers on a thief who is forced by a rogue government agent to retrieve a video of the U.S. president having sex with the wife of an Arab sheik.
Lynn Harris and Matt Reilly are the executives.
Rothwell's deal also includes a blind script option. The scribe's horror script Kept is in preproduction at Twisted Pictures. Rothwell is repped by Paradigm as well as Pierce/Williams' management division, Zero Gravity. His attorney is Harris Hartman.
Pierce/Williams produced The Cooler and is behind the Demi Moore-Michael Caine starrer Flawless, which is seeking a distributor.
Iwanyk's Warner-based Thunder Road last produced We Are Marshall.
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