We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about lotsa shows including Animal Kingdom, Stargirl , Harley Quinn and Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power!
1 | Did Fergie joining Jack Harlow on stage at the VMAs for “First Class” feel a bit like Girls5eva appearing with Lil Stinker on The Tonight Show?
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1 | Did Fergie joining Jack Harlow on stage at the VMAs for “First Class” feel a bit like Girls5eva appearing with Lil Stinker on The Tonight Show?
More from TVLineLOTR: Rings of Power Reaches 25 Million Viewers, Record for AmazonPerformer of the Week: Shawn HatosyHarley Quinn EPs Break Down Their Nod to All Things Batman: 'We Wanted to...
- 9/2/2022
- by Vlada Gelman, Matt Webb Mitovich, Dave Nemetz, Andy Swift, Rebecca Iannucci, Nick Caruso, Keisha Hatchett, Charlie Mason and Ryan Schwartz
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Showtime will not be picking up a second season of one-hour drama anthology series The First Lady. The star-studded Season 1 of the anthology, set in the East Wing of the White House and focused on telling the stories of America’s charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies, centered on Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer)\ and Michelle Obama (Viola Davis), with Davis also serving as executive producer.
“Showtime can confirm that the anthology series The First Lady will not be moving forward with another season,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement to Deadline. “We would like to applaud the artistry and commitment of our showrunner Cathy Schulman, director Susanne Bier, their fellow executive producers, our amazing cast — led by executive producer Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson — and our studio partner Lionsgate for their dedicated work in telling the unique stories of three remarkable leaders.
“Showtime can confirm that the anthology series The First Lady will not be moving forward with another season,” a spokesperson for the network said in a statement to Deadline. “We would like to applaud the artistry and commitment of our showrunner Cathy Schulman, director Susanne Bier, their fellow executive producers, our amazing cast — led by executive producer Viola Davis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson — and our studio partner Lionsgate for their dedicated work in telling the unique stories of three remarkable leaders.
- 8/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The executive producers of the upcoming Showtime anthology series The First Lady are already thinking about what historical women to focus on in Season 2. Its debut season, centering Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer), and Michelle Obama (Viola Davis), premieres on April 17.
Cathy Schulman and Susanne Bier teased during the show’s TCA presentation on Wednesday that viewers could see appearances from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Melania Trump, Dolly Madison, Edith Wilson, Martha Washington, and Rosalynn Carter in future installments.
“I would be very intrigued to depict Hillary Clinton because I think that her position was so complicated… I think that would be incredibly interesting,” said Bier.
Schulman added, “If we could figure out a way to do Jackie Kennedy that didn’t tell the same old story again—particularly the latter part of her life— I’m fascinated by that.”
When asked whether or not they’d consider Melania Trump,...
Cathy Schulman and Susanne Bier teased during the show’s TCA presentation on Wednesday that viewers could see appearances from Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Melania Trump, Dolly Madison, Edith Wilson, Martha Washington, and Rosalynn Carter in future installments.
“I would be very intrigued to depict Hillary Clinton because I think that her position was so complicated… I think that would be incredibly interesting,” said Bier.
Schulman added, “If we could figure out a way to do Jackie Kennedy that didn’t tell the same old story again—particularly the latter part of her life— I’m fascinated by that.”
When asked whether or not they’d consider Melania Trump,...
- 2/24/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“America: The Motion Picture” gives George Washington chainsaw arms. As far as historical rewrites go, that’s not nothing. If the cherry tree story was always fiction — not to mention scores of other anecdotes about historical figures that have morphed their way into conventional understanding about the Great Men of History — then why not tell a nonsensical version of 1776 that involves mechanized weapon limbs?
That’s about as close to making a salient point as this movie gets. For those watching who consider anything other than reverence of the Founders to be insufficient, this will not be their cup of Boston Lager. For others looking for an insightful takedown of the mythologizing of American history, there’s not much for them to find, either. , often only slightly more ambitious than that commercial where ol’ Gw drives a Dodge Challenger with a Hemi engine. Most of the time, it’s knowingly stupid,...
That’s about as close to making a salient point as this movie gets. For those watching who consider anything other than reverence of the Founders to be insufficient, this will not be their cup of Boston Lager. For others looking for an insightful takedown of the mythologizing of American history, there’s not much for them to find, either. , often only slightly more ambitious than that commercial where ol’ Gw drives a Dodge Challenger with a Hemi engine. Most of the time, it’s knowingly stupid,...
- 6/30/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Exclusive: An intriguing package is about to be shopped for a series commitment — an hourlong drama on the contradictions that were part of the first term of George Washington. Antoine Fuqua is aboard to direct a pilot and be executive producer with series creators Blue Bloods EP/writer Brian Burns and William N. Collage.
The latter wrote the runaway-slave script Emancipation, which Fuqua is directing with Will Smith starring for Apple Studios. That film is about to begin production in Louisiana.
The President has a pilot script and an eight-episode bible for a series that tells the complex story of America’s first elected leader and the contradictions behind the man who, after leading the country to victory in the Revolutionary War, made an indelible mark on setting up a democratic government as its first president. In his first 153 days, Washington unified the warring factions of the country; organized the State,...
The latter wrote the runaway-slave script Emancipation, which Fuqua is directing with Will Smith starring for Apple Studios. That film is about to begin production in Louisiana.
The President has a pilot script and an eight-episode bible for a series that tells the complex story of America’s first elected leader and the contradictions behind the man who, after leading the country to victory in the Revolutionary War, made an indelible mark on setting up a democratic government as its first president. In his first 153 days, Washington unified the warring factions of the country; organized the State,...
- 6/2/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Provenance Films, a subsidiary of Provenance Ventures, has optioned the 2017 book Never Caught: The Washingtons’ Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge form author Erica Armstrong Dunbar for a feature. Latoya Morgan, whose writing credits include The Walking Dead, Into the Badlands, Shameless, is attached to adapt the screenplay.
The book, which was a National Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction, centers around Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom. Judge, who was denied freedom, left everything she knew to escape to New England. She became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property.
After George Washington was elected president, following the Revolutionary War, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in the nation’s capital of New York City,...
The book, which was a National Book Award Finalist in Nonfiction, centers around Ona Judge, George and Martha Washington’s runaway slave who risked everything to escape the nation’s capital and reach freedom. Judge, who was denied freedom, left everything she knew to escape to New England. She became the subject of an intense manhunt led by George Washington, who used his political and personal contacts to recapture his property.
After George Washington was elected president, following the Revolutionary War, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in the nation’s capital of New York City,...
- 7/8/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Tony Sokol Feb 2, 2020
Mary Higgins Clark encouraged the flame of inspiration and burned mysteries in the minds of generations.
Popular mystery novelist Mary Higgins Clark died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, on Friday March 31, according to the New York Times.
"It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the 'Queen of Suspense' Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles," her publisher Simon & Schuster announced on Twitter. "She passed away peacefully this evening at the age of 92 surrounded by family and friends."
Higgins Clark was a widow in her late 30s with five children to support when her she published her first book. She would go on to write 56 best sellers, including Loves Music, Loves to Dance and Daddy's Little Girl, in a career spanning over 45 years. Her book sales topped 100 million copies and she won honors like the "Grand Master" statuette from the Mystery Writers of America,...
Mary Higgins Clark encouraged the flame of inspiration and burned mysteries in the minds of generations.
Popular mystery novelist Mary Higgins Clark died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, on Friday March 31, according to the New York Times.
"It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the 'Queen of Suspense' Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles," her publisher Simon & Schuster announced on Twitter. "She passed away peacefully this evening at the age of 92 surrounded by family and friends."
Higgins Clark was a widow in her late 30s with five children to support when her she published her first book. She would go on to write 56 best sellers, including Loves Music, Loves to Dance and Daddy's Little Girl, in a career spanning over 45 years. Her book sales topped 100 million copies and she won honors like the "Grand Master" statuette from the Mystery Writers of America,...
- 2/2/2020
- Den of Geek
Poor Robert Redford.
Except for an out of focus poster in a Tulsa school room, the Oscar winner is never seen on-screen in HBO’s Watchmen. However, Redford’s multi-term Presidential shadow is an ominous specter in a sometimes shambolic and yet spectacular show full of shadows, good intentions gone wrong, mad trillionaires, and masks, literal and figurative.
Ardent series creator Damon Lindelof’s October 20 debuting self-described “remix” of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s palpitating and iconic comic series from the 1980s doesn’t seek to dissect the superhero genre as much as dig up the brutal roots in the American soil. As the Regina King-led Watchmen makes perfectly clear, to quote Richard Nixon: when you dig up the past, their sins come bellowing back to embody the present.
Following the faked alien invasion that curtailed a superpowers’ nuclear war in the Watchmen comics, this provocative sequel...
Except for an out of focus poster in a Tulsa school room, the Oscar winner is never seen on-screen in HBO’s Watchmen. However, Redford’s multi-term Presidential shadow is an ominous specter in a sometimes shambolic and yet spectacular show full of shadows, good intentions gone wrong, mad trillionaires, and masks, literal and figurative.
Ardent series creator Damon Lindelof’s October 20 debuting self-described “remix” of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s palpitating and iconic comic series from the 1980s doesn’t seek to dissect the superhero genre as much as dig up the brutal roots in the American soil. As the Regina King-led Watchmen makes perfectly clear, to quote Richard Nixon: when you dig up the past, their sins come bellowing back to embody the present.
Following the faked alien invasion that curtailed a superpowers’ nuclear war in the Watchmen comics, this provocative sequel...
- 10/18/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has put in development America, U.S.A., a single-camera theme park workplace comedy from husband and wife duo of TV writer-producer Michael Kramer and actress Lilli Birdsell (Turn), writer-director-producer Alex Reid (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Kramer and Birdsell, America, U.S.A. is a young workplace ensemble set at a Colonial-times theme park called America, U.S.A.
Reid executive produces and is set to direct and showrun. Kramer and Birdsell co-executive produce with Adam Peck.
Based loosely on real-life theme park Colonial Williamsburg, Birdsell got the idea for America, U.S.A. when she was doing research for her recurring role as Martha Washington on AMC series Turn. Birdsell brought the idea to husband Kramer, and the duo then went to Reid.
While the show will not be about politics, its setting offers an opportunity to tell stories...
Written by Kramer and Birdsell, America, U.S.A. is a young workplace ensemble set at a Colonial-times theme park called America, U.S.A.
Reid executive produces and is set to direct and showrun. Kramer and Birdsell co-executive produce with Adam Peck.
Based loosely on real-life theme park Colonial Williamsburg, Birdsell got the idea for America, U.S.A. when she was doing research for her recurring role as Martha Washington on AMC series Turn. Birdsell brought the idea to husband Kramer, and the duo then went to Reid.
While the show will not be about politics, its setting offers an opportunity to tell stories...
- 11/28/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Artist Dave Gibbons made comic book history with writer Alan Moore when the two collaborated on Watchmen, the 1986 masterpiece that many hail as the most important work in the history of the medium. Watchmen was so sprawling, so intricately suited to its medium, that it was considered un-adaptable to the screen — but Hollywood tried anyway with a feature film in 2009 by Zack Snyder. The results were, at best, mixed.
Now Hollywood is trying again. Filming has been underway with a 2019 premiere planned for a Watchmen series on HBO from executive producer Damon Lindleof with an A-list cast led by Jeremy Irons, Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson and Louis Gossett Jr.
Gibbons is part of a New York Comic Con panel right now to promote the new adaptation and look back on the magnum opus, but Deadline caught up with him beforehand a quick conversationl.
Gibbons told Deadline he is enthused about the HBO project in part because it is not a straightforward adaptation — it is shares a name with the original work but tells a story that veers away from it and exists on its own.
“The original is something that we always saw as standing alone and it never in our mind required prequels or sequels or homages or pastiches or anything like that,” Gibbons said. “It isn’t that we thought it should be treated with great reverence, it’s just that we thought: If you’ve done something right just leave it alone.”
In recent years, DC Comics returned to the Watchmen universe to publish prequels and supplemental stories following the characters created by Moore and Gibbons. Again the results were mixed, but Gibbons was philosophical about the new visitations to a place many fans consider holy ground.
“I think as happens with all works that are around long enough and are successful enough, that people do want to explore things further. As far as this new one, TV clearly is the medium of the moment. It’s where the preeminent and most exciting areas for telling stories of the moment. The fact that Damon Lindleof has found a way to bring Watchmen into that area and do it with something I consider exciting, entertaining and absolutely worthwhile on the subject matter? I think that’s great.”
Gibbons said this new journey into the dystopian universe where superheroes have dark private lives and are publicly outlawed is the sort of project that is ideal for HBO which has shown with Game of Thrones that it can handle the storytelling expeditions that others consider unmanageable.
“It does pursue the idea of an alternative reality. And that’s essentially what Watchmen was [in its original comics form], an alternate-reality story. I think what’s happening with the TV version is it presents yet another variation. And while I’ve only read the screenplay — and I can’t speak to the tone or the way the things been shot — I’d say the reality it inhabits is one that feels quite authentic. It’s not here, it’s not now, it’s something slightly sideways.”
The original comics were published in 1986, and they present a story opens in New York City in that same year. As the epic unfolds it gradually reveals that its characters live in a very different version of America with a history that followed a different course. The differences can be traced to the costumed heroes who, over decades, tilted geo-political affairs and culture in ways both dramatic and subtle.
“Once we got carte blanche to create the characters we wanted to create [and tell a story separated from the familiar DC Comics mythology] we thought: ‘Well we might as well create our own world and our own reality to fit the story,’ ” Gibbons said. “That let us investigate things that had never been addressed in superhero comics before. Clearly, if there was a Superman in the world — or an equivalent counterpart, like our Dr. Manhattan — the world and its history would be completely different. and in ways that were disturbing and disquieting.”
Watchmen isn’t the only strange and unnerving vision of America that Gibbons co-created with a legendary collaborator. Gibbons and Frank Miller teamed up for Give Me Liberty, which in 1990 introduced Martha Washington, a young African-American native of the Chicago projects whose odyssey takes her through the war and tumult of surreal America where corporations have standing armies.
Gibbons and Miller have returned to the character over the years to chronicle her life and times and, among comics fans and Hollywood producers, the property is one that feels ripe for a screen adaptation. Asked about the prospects, Gibbons chuckled and measured his words.
“I have to be careful how much I say but to answer your question I think all your Martha dreams may come true and reasonably soon,” he said. “There’s nothing signed and guaranteed at this minute but we are all very excited.”...
Now Hollywood is trying again. Filming has been underway with a 2019 premiere planned for a Watchmen series on HBO from executive producer Damon Lindleof with an A-list cast led by Jeremy Irons, Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson and Louis Gossett Jr.
Gibbons is part of a New York Comic Con panel right now to promote the new adaptation and look back on the magnum opus, but Deadline caught up with him beforehand a quick conversationl.
Gibbons told Deadline he is enthused about the HBO project in part because it is not a straightforward adaptation — it is shares a name with the original work but tells a story that veers away from it and exists on its own.
“The original is something that we always saw as standing alone and it never in our mind required prequels or sequels or homages or pastiches or anything like that,” Gibbons said. “It isn’t that we thought it should be treated with great reverence, it’s just that we thought: If you’ve done something right just leave it alone.”
In recent years, DC Comics returned to the Watchmen universe to publish prequels and supplemental stories following the characters created by Moore and Gibbons. Again the results were mixed, but Gibbons was philosophical about the new visitations to a place many fans consider holy ground.
“I think as happens with all works that are around long enough and are successful enough, that people do want to explore things further. As far as this new one, TV clearly is the medium of the moment. It’s where the preeminent and most exciting areas for telling stories of the moment. The fact that Damon Lindleof has found a way to bring Watchmen into that area and do it with something I consider exciting, entertaining and absolutely worthwhile on the subject matter? I think that’s great.”
Gibbons said this new journey into the dystopian universe where superheroes have dark private lives and are publicly outlawed is the sort of project that is ideal for HBO which has shown with Game of Thrones that it can handle the storytelling expeditions that others consider unmanageable.
“It does pursue the idea of an alternative reality. And that’s essentially what Watchmen was [in its original comics form], an alternate-reality story. I think what’s happening with the TV version is it presents yet another variation. And while I’ve only read the screenplay — and I can’t speak to the tone or the way the things been shot — I’d say the reality it inhabits is one that feels quite authentic. It’s not here, it’s not now, it’s something slightly sideways.”
The original comics were published in 1986, and they present a story opens in New York City in that same year. As the epic unfolds it gradually reveals that its characters live in a very different version of America with a history that followed a different course. The differences can be traced to the costumed heroes who, over decades, tilted geo-political affairs and culture in ways both dramatic and subtle.
“Once we got carte blanche to create the characters we wanted to create [and tell a story separated from the familiar DC Comics mythology] we thought: ‘Well we might as well create our own world and our own reality to fit the story,’ ” Gibbons said. “That let us investigate things that had never been addressed in superhero comics before. Clearly, if there was a Superman in the world — or an equivalent counterpart, like our Dr. Manhattan — the world and its history would be completely different. and in ways that were disturbing and disquieting.”
Watchmen isn’t the only strange and unnerving vision of America that Gibbons co-created with a legendary collaborator. Gibbons and Frank Miller teamed up for Give Me Liberty, which in 1990 introduced Martha Washington, a young African-American native of the Chicago projects whose odyssey takes her through the war and tumult of surreal America where corporations have standing armies.
Gibbons and Miller have returned to the character over the years to chronicle her life and times and, among comics fans and Hollywood producers, the property is one that feels ripe for a screen adaptation. Asked about the prospects, Gibbons chuckled and measured his words.
“I have to be careful how much I say but to answer your question I think all your Martha dreams may come true and reasonably soon,” he said. “There’s nothing signed and guaranteed at this minute but we are all very excited.”...
- 10/4/2018
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
So far in 2018 three movie stars and one former “SNL” cast member have been asked to host Season 43 of “Saturday Night Live.” The late-night staple is on a break now until after NBC’s airing of the Olympics, so it’s the perfect time to look back on how each of these four hosts did at bat. After last year’s viral season that took the country — and the Emmys — by storm, there’s a lot of pressure on “SNL” to keep up the momentum. Which host do You think did the best job in January/February? Vote in our poll below.
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Sam Rockwell — January 13, 2018
This Oscar nominee for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” has dominated awards shows in recent weeks, winning Best Supporting Actor prizes at the Golden Globes,...
SEEFrances McDormand, Gary Oldman, Allison Janney & Sam Rockwell could become first foursome to win every acting award in same year
Sam Rockwell — January 13, 2018
This Oscar nominee for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” has dominated awards shows in recent weeks, winning Best Supporting Actor prizes at the Golden Globes,...
- 2/5/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Melania Trump gets by with a little help from her (former first lady) friends!
In this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, Trump (Cecily Strong) found herself in desperate need of some advice before joining her husband at his State of the Union address and ended up getting a pep talk from a very unlikely source — some of those who previously walked in her footsteps.
“How will I ever get through this State of Union? Come on Melania, practice your happy face,” the faux first lady said, before admitting, “Oh, I don’t belong as first lady. I wish...
In this week’s episode of Saturday Night Live, Trump (Cecily Strong) found herself in desperate need of some advice before joining her husband at his State of the Union address and ended up getting a pep talk from a very unlikely source — some of those who previously walked in her footsteps.
“How will I ever get through this State of Union? Come on Melania, practice your happy face,” the faux first lady said, before admitting, “Oh, I don’t belong as first lady. I wish...
- 2/4/2018
- by Maria Pasquini
- PEOPLE.com
Natalie Portman first hosted Saturday Night Live nearly 12 years ago, when she starred in one of the all-time great digital shorts. This weekend, she delivered the ultimate sequel with the help of Andy Samberg.
The follow-up to “Natalie Raps” was one of two sketches to feature the return of SNL alumni. Earlier in the evening, Portman was joined by Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch in a colonial-era sketch inspired by Super Bowl Lii. Those were among the highlights in an otherwise so-so episode, as the late-night sketch comedy series heads into a month-long hiatus brought on by the Winter Olympics.
The follow-up to “Natalie Raps” was one of two sketches to feature the return of SNL alumni. Earlier in the evening, Portman was joined by Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch in a colonial-era sketch inspired by Super Bowl Lii. Those were among the highlights in an otherwise so-so episode, as the late-night sketch comedy series heads into a month-long hiatus brought on by the Winter Olympics.
- 2/4/2018
- TVLine.com
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