Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
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Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
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Outstanding Scripted Variety Series Saturday Night Live — “Jenna Ortega, The 1975” Episode 1841 — Pictured: (l-r) Ego Nwodim as Ms. Shaw, Andrew Dismukes as , Chloe Fineman as , host Jenna Ortega as Claire, and James Austin Johnson as during the “Exorcism” sketch on Saturday, March 11, 2023 — (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)
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- 8/24/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Sets for a TV series do yeoman’s work in setting tone and mood — but they’re also lived in and familiar after a few episodes. The sets for a sketch comedy series? Those have to hit every mark immediately before the show jumps to the next set-up and location.
On “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” it was the job of production designers Michele Yu and Cindy Chao to create settings that spotlighted the heightened comedy or contributed to ridiculous(ly funny) worlds in themselves — and to do it about 40 times a season.
The number of sketches that Yu and Chao worked on during Season 4 of the Robin Thede-led HBO comedy was actually higher; about 10 sketches get cut over the course of production each season. What stayed in was as wide-ranging as an ancient desert town, a Victorian mansion, a church that could double as a basketball court, a high-end hotel,...
On “A Black Lady Sketch Show,” it was the job of production designers Michele Yu and Cindy Chao to create settings that spotlighted the heightened comedy or contributed to ridiculous(ly funny) worlds in themselves — and to do it about 40 times a season.
The number of sketches that Yu and Chao worked on during Season 4 of the Robin Thede-led HBO comedy was actually higher; about 10 sketches get cut over the course of production each season. What stayed in was as wide-ranging as an ancient desert town, a Victorian mansion, a church that could double as a basketball court, a high-end hotel,...
- 8/20/2023
- by Sarah Shachat
- Indiewire
Exclusive: Electric Panda Entertainment and Gold Star Productions announced today that Miles Brown (Black-ish) and Andrew Koji are set to star in the upcoming comedic action-thriller Sixteen. Emmy-nominated stunt coordinator/action director Brett Chan will be making his feature directorial debut, from the screenplay written by Jason Bourque (Insomnia), Phillip Mitchell and David Zanardi (A Wine Country Christmas). Production is set to begin Winter 2023 in Vancouver.
The film is being produced by Ken Frith and co-writer Jason Bourque of Gold Star Productions (Drone), and Yas Taalat, Gabriel Napora and Yipeng Ben Lu of Electric Panda Entertainment (The Informer). Executive producers include Adam Riback, Costa Vassos and Cody Sparshu.
Sixteen is a high-concept action film in the vein of Kick-Ass and Superbad, about a professional hitman (Koji) who’s been reincarnated as a sixteen-year-old boy (Brown), and must now take on the...
The film is being produced by Ken Frith and co-writer Jason Bourque of Gold Star Productions (Drone), and Yas Taalat, Gabriel Napora and Yipeng Ben Lu of Electric Panda Entertainment (The Informer). Executive producers include Adam Riback, Costa Vassos and Cody Sparshu.
Sixteen is a high-concept action film in the vein of Kick-Ass and Superbad, about a professional hitman (Koji) who’s been reincarnated as a sixteen-year-old boy (Brown), and must now take on the...
- 7/13/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
The fourth season of the Emmy-winning comedy series “A Black Lady Sketch Show” will be its last, Variety has learned exclusively.
In a statement confirming the decision to end the show, HBO praised series creator and star Robin Thede as a “visionary comedic talent” and saluted the show’s historic achievements.
“For four exceptional seasons of ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ we’ve been thrilled to partner with her on this groundbreaking, hilarious series,” representatives for the network said of Thede. “Robin, alongside Hoorae, Jax Media, and the incredible cast and crew, leave an indelible legacy not only in sketch, but in television comedy, and we look forward to continued creative collaboration under her deal with us.”
Created by Thede, who also served as showrunner, executive producer and writer, “A Black Lady Sketch Show” framed the world in a Black woman’s point of view with sketches that subverted traditional...
In a statement confirming the decision to end the show, HBO praised series creator and star Robin Thede as a “visionary comedic talent” and saluted the show’s historic achievements.
“For four exceptional seasons of ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ we’ve been thrilled to partner with her on this groundbreaking, hilarious series,” representatives for the network said of Thede. “Robin, alongside Hoorae, Jax Media, and the incredible cast and crew, leave an indelible legacy not only in sketch, but in television comedy, and we look forward to continued creative collaboration under her deal with us.”
Created by Thede, who also served as showrunner, executive producer and writer, “A Black Lady Sketch Show” framed the world in a Black woman’s point of view with sketches that subverted traditional...
- 7/6/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
It’s late March and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” creator and star Robin Thede is working with the show’s editors to put the finishing touches on Season 4 of the half-hour HBO comedy.
“First season,” she tells Variety, “I was like, I want every third line to be a joke. Second season, every other line. Now, literally every line is a joke, even the setups to the punchlines. It’s crazy.”
With sketches that riff on relatable themes — like hair woes, ashy skin and the politics of the Black church — “A Black Lady Sketch Show” frames the world from a Black woman’s point of view. Even when the subject matter has nothing to do with Blackness, the show’s existence is impactful, a sentiment Whoopi Goldberg underlined during a recent episode of “The View.”
“You have invited an entire room of Black women to write comedy. This is unheard of,...
“First season,” she tells Variety, “I was like, I want every third line to be a joke. Second season, every other line. Now, literally every line is a joke, even the setups to the punchlines. It’s crazy.”
With sketches that riff on relatable themes — like hair woes, ashy skin and the politics of the Black church — “A Black Lady Sketch Show” frames the world from a Black woman’s point of view. Even when the subject matter has nothing to do with Blackness, the show’s existence is impactful, a sentiment Whoopi Goldberg underlined during a recent episode of “The View.”
“You have invited an entire room of Black women to write comedy. This is unheard of,...
- 5/19/2023
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Robin Thede ain’t here for any more Emmy snubs for the hilarious Black women from “A Black Lady Sketch Show.”
“We’re showing you the characters behind the characters,” she recently told Variety at a Q&a panel. “I love it. You see the full range of actors on the show. But I want to note that none of the show’s actors have ever been nominated for an Emmy, and they deserve it.”
Four seasons into the groundbreaking HBO series, the creative minds and strategists hope to change that.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions.
HBO confirms exclusively to Variety that the network will be submitting the six-episode Season 4 for 30 Emmy categories, notably outstanding scripted variety series and three main acting categories: Thede for lead comedy actress and Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend for supporting comedy actress.
Acting nominees for various sketch comedies have...
“We’re showing you the characters behind the characters,” she recently told Variety at a Q&a panel. “I love it. You see the full range of actors on the show. But I want to note that none of the show’s actors have ever been nominated for an Emmy, and they deserve it.”
Four seasons into the groundbreaking HBO series, the creative minds and strategists hope to change that.
Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Emmy predictions.
HBO confirms exclusively to Variety that the network will be submitting the six-episode Season 4 for 30 Emmy categories, notably outstanding scripted variety series and three main acting categories: Thede for lead comedy actress and Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend for supporting comedy actress.
Acting nominees for various sketch comedies have...
- 4/19/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
“I’ve always wanted to be a storyteller,” reveals “A Black Lady Sketch Show” director Bridget Stokes. For our recent webchat she continues, “It’s been so crucial to make sure that there’s representation and diversity on screen. To be gifted with a job where that has already been built in, where Robin Thede had already created this playground where Black women get to be the leading roles in every genre possible, is such a gift.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
The half hour sketch show, which spoofs a wide range of genres, stars creator and co-producer Thede alongside Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend. The fourth season is now premiering on HBO. Stokes admits, “Every season is full of new challenges because we do 30+ different sketches. For this season, we did a music video. I’ve never done a music video before. We also did a big heist...
The half hour sketch show, which spoofs a wide range of genres, stars creator and co-producer Thede alongside Gabrielle Dennis and Skye Townsend. The fourth season is now premiering on HBO. Stokes admits, “Every season is full of new challenges because we do 30+ different sketches. For this season, we did a music video. I’ve never done a music video before. We also did a big heist...
- 4/14/2023
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
“A Black Lady Sketch Show” duo Bridget Stokes and Robin Thede are reteaming for zombie-comedy Killing It over at Amazon Studios, Deadline has reported this afternoon.
Thede wrote the script, with Stokes on board to direct the feature.
“The upcoming film sees four best friends attempt to redeem their college reputations by traveling to the SpelHouse homecoming. Their quest for vindication becomes a fight for survival when a zombie apocalypse begins to terrorize the country.”
Deadline also lets us know that Robin Thede is producing for her company For Better or Words, along with Jax Media’s John Hodges, Brooke Posch, and Tony Hernandez.
Robin Thede created the Emmy-winning series “A Black Lady Sketch Show” for HBO, and Bridget Stokes just won an Emmy Award for her work directing the series.
The post ‘Killing It’ – Zombie Comedy in the Works from Amazon and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” Duo appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!
Thede wrote the script, with Stokes on board to direct the feature.
“The upcoming film sees four best friends attempt to redeem their college reputations by traveling to the SpelHouse homecoming. Their quest for vindication becomes a fight for survival when a zombie apocalypse begins to terrorize the country.”
Deadline also lets us know that Robin Thede is producing for her company For Better or Words, along with Jax Media’s John Hodges, Brooke Posch, and Tony Hernandez.
Robin Thede created the Emmy-winning series “A Black Lady Sketch Show” for HBO, and Bridget Stokes just won an Emmy Award for her work directing the series.
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- 12/15/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Exclusive: A Black Lady Sketch Show‘s Bridget Stokes and Robin Thede are reteaming on Killing it — a zombie horror-comedy that Stokes will direct for Amazon Studios, from a script by Thede.
The upcoming film sees four best friends attempt to redeem their college reputations by traveling to the SpelHouse homecoming. Their quest for vindication becomes a fight for survival when a zombie apocalypse begins to terrorize the country. Thede is producing for her company For Better or Words, along with Jax Media’s John Hodges, Brooke Posch, and Tony Hernandez.
Stokes is a writer, director and producer who this year claimed the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for her work on HBO’s critically acclaimed sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show, becoming the first Black woman to conquer the category. She directed every Season 3 episode of the series created by Thede and serves as its co-executive producer.
The upcoming film sees four best friends attempt to redeem their college reputations by traveling to the SpelHouse homecoming. Their quest for vindication becomes a fight for survival when a zombie apocalypse begins to terrorize the country. Thede is producing for her company For Better or Words, along with Jax Media’s John Hodges, Brooke Posch, and Tony Hernandez.
Stokes is a writer, director and producer who this year claimed the Emmy for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for her work on HBO’s critically acclaimed sketch comedy series A Black Lady Sketch Show, becoming the first Black woman to conquer the category. She directed every Season 3 episode of the series created by Thede and serves as its co-executive producer.
- 12/15/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bridget Stokes has signed with UTA for representation in all areas.
The producer and director took home an Emmy earlier this year for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, becoming the first Black woman to win the category. She directed every episode of Season 3 and co-executive produced the series.
Stokes’ recently directed the film Boy Genius, which stars Miles Brown and Rita Wilson. The film has won several awards, including the Jury Award for “Best Family Film” at the Bentonville Film Festival and the Audience Award for “Best Family Film” at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
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The producer and director took home an Emmy earlier this year for Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series for her work on HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, becoming the first Black woman to win the category. She directed every episode of Season 3 and co-executive produced the series.
Stokes’ recently directed the film Boy Genius, which stars Miles Brown and Rita Wilson. The film has won several awards, including the Jury Award for “Best Family Film” at the Bentonville Film Festival and the Audience Award for “Best Family Film” at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
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- 12/1/2022
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Emmys: Could ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ put an end to ‘Saturday Night Live’s’ 5-year winning streak?
For the past five years, “Saturday Night Live” has been on a winning streak. The most nominated program in the history of the Emmy Awards — the series has 315 bids for its 47 seasons — has taken the title of Best Variety Sketch Series since 2017. But at the Creative Arts Emmys this past weekend, the series stumbled, not winning a single trophy out of its below-the-line nominations. Does that signal that the legendary sketch program might be headed for its first loss in recent memory? If so, that’d be good news for the only other nominee, “A Black Lady Sketch Show.”
The writing may have already been on the wall since July when Emmy nominations were announced, when “SNL’s” total number of bids shrunk year-over-year from 21 to just 10, which includes its Short Form bid for “Stories From The Show.” Notably, the Emmy magnet went from 11 acting nominations last year to just three this time around,...
The writing may have already been on the wall since July when Emmy nominations were announced, when “SNL’s” total number of bids shrunk year-over-year from 21 to just 10, which includes its Short Form bid for “Stories From The Show.” Notably, the Emmy magnet went from 11 acting nominations last year to just three this time around,...
- 9/10/2022
- by David Buchanan
- Gold Derby
A version of this story about female directors first appeared in the Down to the Wire: Comedy issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
This year was far from a landmark for female directors at the Emmys, with only 13 women nominated against 32 men across the seven directing categories. Sure, that’s better than last year, when 47 men and only 11 women were nominated, and it’s much better than 2018, when the lamentable total was 44 men and only four (!) women.
But this year’s total is a step down from 2020, when the record 16 female directors that were nominated made up a full 33 of the total; this year, that has slipped down to just below 29.
Still, there’s one bright spot to make up for women being shut out of the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special category or only managing one nomination each in the limited series, documentary/nonfiction and reality categories. The...
This year was far from a landmark for female directors at the Emmys, with only 13 women nominated against 32 men across the seven directing categories. Sure, that’s better than last year, when 47 men and only 11 women were nominated, and it’s much better than 2018, when the lamentable total was 44 men and only four (!) women.
But this year’s total is a step down from 2020, when the record 16 female directors that were nominated made up a full 33 of the total; this year, that has slipped down to just below 29.
Still, there’s one bright spot to make up for women being shut out of the Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special category or only managing one nomination each in the limited series, documentary/nonfiction and reality categories. The...
- 8/10/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“You’re in a whole new world every day,” reveals “A Black Lady Sketch Show” director Bridget Stokes in our recent webchat. She explains, “Usually you think, ‘I’ll finish one project then I’ll go to the next to do something different.’ But I’ve got to do something different every day. It was a gift pulling genres and tones and creating worlds and being able to go from one to the next.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.
The sketch show, which spoofs a wide range of genres, stars creator Robin Thede , and the series has received its third straight Emmy nomination for Best Variety Sketch Series. It’s been renewed by HBO for a fourth season and is the first sketch show to have featured an all-black women writer’s room and all-black women cast. Stokes, who directed all six episodes of the third season, has received...
The sketch show, which spoofs a wide range of genres, stars creator Robin Thede , and the series has received its third straight Emmy nomination for Best Variety Sketch Series. It’s been renewed by HBO for a fourth season and is the first sketch show to have featured an all-black women writer’s room and all-black women cast. Stokes, who directed all six episodes of the third season, has received...
- 8/8/2022
- by Matt Noble
- Gold Derby
There are only two nominees in this year’s Outstanding Variety Sketch Series: NBC’s Saturday Night Live and HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show. But creator/star Robin Thede would prefer to focus on how her comedy was nominated for the third year straight, not how they’re competing against only one other nominee.
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“Everyone’s talking about two nominees, but if anything, they should be congratulating us that we made it to the one other slot,” said Thede, who was joined at Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees event with her co-executive producer and writer Tracey Ashley and co-ep/director Bridget Stokes. “We know that SNL is going to get in every year, and [it’s great] for us to rise to that slot year after year … because this is the second year that it’s only been two nominees. Our first...
Contenders TV: The Nominees — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“Everyone’s talking about two nominees, but if anything, they should be congratulating us that we made it to the one other slot,” said Thede, who was joined at Deadline’s Contenders TV: The Nominees event with her co-executive producer and writer Tracey Ashley and co-ep/director Bridget Stokes. “We know that SNL is going to get in every year, and [it’s great] for us to rise to that slot year after year … because this is the second year that it’s only been two nominees. Our first...
- 8/6/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Bridget Stokes is set to direct and co-executive produce Apple’s new live-action kids series Hello, Jack! The Kindness Show, from Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Angela C. Santomero (Blue’s Clues), 9 Story Media Group (Blue’s Clues & You!), Oscar-nominated Brown Bag Films (Doc McStuffins) and Jax Media.
Co-created by McBrayer, who also stars, and Santomero, Hello Jack! invites preschoolers into a world where a little act of kindness can change the world. Alongside special guest stars, McBrayer inspires kids to solve problems with kindness and heart. The series showcases stories where acts of kindness are shown through “The Three C’s” – caring, connecting and cascading – from one person to another. The series also features original songs from the Grammy Award-winning band, Ok Go.
Hello Jack! The Kindness Show was given a straight-to-series order by Apple last month. McBrayer and Santomero executive produce with Wendy Harris and Vince Commisso. Guy Toubes...
Co-created by McBrayer, who also stars, and Santomero, Hello Jack! invites preschoolers into a world where a little act of kindness can change the world. Alongside special guest stars, McBrayer inspires kids to solve problems with kindness and heart. The series showcases stories where acts of kindness are shown through “The Three C’s” – caring, connecting and cascading – from one person to another. The series also features original songs from the Grammy Award-winning band, Ok Go.
Hello Jack! The Kindness Show was given a straight-to-series order by Apple last month. McBrayer and Santomero executive produce with Wendy Harris and Vince Commisso. Guy Toubes...
- 6/15/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Quiver Distribution and Redbox Entertainment have co-acquired North American rights to The Lost Husband, the Vicky Wight romantic comedy starring Josh Duhamel and Leslie Bibb. A theatrical rollout beginning in the top 25 markets is set for April.
Directed and written by Wight based on the Katherine Center novel, the story centers on a woman (Bibb) attempting to put her life back together after the death of her husband. She moves with her children to her estranged aunt’s goat farm in central Texas, meeting and matching wills with the ranch’s cowboy (Duhamel). Nora Dunn, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Georgia King and Sharon Lawrence co-star along with Carly Pope.
The film is a Six Foot Pictures production. Bibb produced with Bridget Stokes along with Wight.
The deal comes as part of a broader strategic pact between Quiver, the indie film company launched last year by former eOne exec Berry Meyerowitz...
Directed and written by Wight based on the Katherine Center novel, the story centers on a woman (Bibb) attempting to put her life back together after the death of her husband. She moves with her children to her estranged aunt’s goat farm in central Texas, meeting and matching wills with the ranch’s cowboy (Duhamel). Nora Dunn, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Georgia King and Sharon Lawrence co-star along with Carly Pope.
The film is a Six Foot Pictures production. Bibb produced with Bridget Stokes along with Wight.
The deal comes as part of a broader strategic pact between Quiver, the indie film company launched last year by former eOne exec Berry Meyerowitz...
- 2/12/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
The lineup for the 23rd annual Urbanworld Film Festival was announced Friday, with Tony-award winning broadway actor Cynthia Erivo and Emmy award-winning director Roger Ross Williams making appearances at the event, which is geared towards representing and celebrating diverse, international voices in film, music videos, television, screenplays and shorts.
Director and co-writer Kasi Lemmons will open the festival Sept 18 with her Focus Features biopic “Harriet,” following the influential life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman who led slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Following the screening, star Erivo, Lemmons and executive producers Debra Martin Chase and Daniela Taplin Lundberg will discuss the film with CBS This Morning Saturday’s Michelle Miller moderating. Lemmons is this year’s festival ambassador.
Other notable films include HBO’s documentary “The Apollo,” which features archival footage to chronicle the history of Harlem’s landmark venue the Apollo Theater. A Q&a with director Williams and...
Director and co-writer Kasi Lemmons will open the festival Sept 18 with her Focus Features biopic “Harriet,” following the influential life of abolitionist Harriet Tubman who led slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad. Following the screening, star Erivo, Lemmons and executive producers Debra Martin Chase and Daniela Taplin Lundberg will discuss the film with CBS This Morning Saturday’s Michelle Miller moderating. Lemmons is this year’s festival ambassador.
Other notable films include HBO’s documentary “The Apollo,” which features archival footage to chronicle the history of Harlem’s landmark venue the Apollo Theater. A Q&a with director Williams and...
- 8/30/2019
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, AMC starts Artisan Films, Gravitas buys “Boy Genius,” Nesta Cooper gets cast opposite Salma Hayek and Rebel Road launches P12 as a distributor.
Marketing Move
AMC Theatres is launching a new program, AMC Artisan Films, as a programming-marketing effort to put a spotlight on character and narrative driven movies as an alternative to blockbusters.
“Because AMC is the industry’s top choice for blockbuster movies, many consumers don’t realize that we play more elevated and celebrated films than anyone else in North America,” said Elizabeth Frank, executive vice president of worldwide programming. “With the launch of AMC Artisan Films, we aim to expose more movie-goers to specialized films and increase their theatrical success.”
Frank said AMC is seeking earlier runs in platform releases while holding films longer in the theater to give audiences time to learn about them from other customers.
The idea...
Marketing Move
AMC Theatres is launching a new program, AMC Artisan Films, as a programming-marketing effort to put a spotlight on character and narrative driven movies as an alternative to blockbusters.
“Because AMC is the industry’s top choice for blockbuster movies, many consumers don’t realize that we play more elevated and celebrated films than anyone else in North America,” said Elizabeth Frank, executive vice president of worldwide programming. “With the launch of AMC Artisan Films, we aim to expose more movie-goers to specialized films and increase their theatrical success.”
Frank said AMC is seeking earlier runs in platform releases while holding films longer in the theater to give audiences time to learn about them from other customers.
The idea...
- 6/28/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Arden Myrin, who heavily recurred in the first season of Netflix’s hit original series Insatiable, has been upped to series regular for Season 2.
Myrin plays Regina Sinclair, a self-centered, trash-talking, ammoral pageant mom, with a thirst for power and a flair for the dramatic. She appeared in eight episodes in Season 1.
Insatiable centers on Patty (Debby Ryan). For years, she has been bullied, ignored, and underestimated by those around her because of her weight. But now that she finds herself suddenly thin, Patty is out for payback against anyone who has ever made her feel bad about herself. Bob Armstrong (Dallas Roberts), a disgraced attorney whose true passion is coaching beauty pageant contestant, is the only one who sees Patty’s potential, and takes her under his wing — first as a legal client, and then as a pageant contestant whom he coaches toward becoming the top pageant queen in the country.
Myrin plays Regina Sinclair, a self-centered, trash-talking, ammoral pageant mom, with a thirst for power and a flair for the dramatic. She appeared in eight episodes in Season 1.
Insatiable centers on Patty (Debby Ryan). For years, she has been bullied, ignored, and underestimated by those around her because of her weight. But now that she finds herself suddenly thin, Patty is out for payback against anyone who has ever made her feel bad about herself. Bob Armstrong (Dallas Roberts), a disgraced attorney whose true passion is coaching beauty pageant contestant, is the only one who sees Patty’s potential, and takes her under his wing — first as a legal client, and then as a pageant contestant whom he coaches toward becoming the top pageant queen in the country.
- 2/27/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Transformers star Josh Duhamel and Leslie Bibb, who was last seen in the WB comedy, Tag, are set to star in The Lost Husband, an indie film which is being directed by Vicky Wight. Nora Dunn (The Oath), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (BlacKkKlansman), and Herizen Guardiola (Dare Me) will also star in the film, slated to go before cameras next week in Austin. Based on the novel by Katherine Center, the film was written by Wight, who is also producing under her Six Foot Pictures banner.
The story centers on Libby who, trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, moves to her estranged Aunt’s goat farm with her children in Central Texas.
Bibb and Bridget Stokes are also producing the project with Wight.
Duhamel’s recent credits include the USA true crime true crime anthology series Unsolved and Fox 2000’s comedy/drama Love,...
The story centers on Libby who, trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, moves to her estranged Aunt’s goat farm with her children in Central Texas.
Bibb and Bridget Stokes are also producing the project with Wight.
Duhamel’s recent credits include the USA true crime true crime anthology series Unsolved and Fox 2000’s comedy/drama Love,...
- 10/5/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Black-ish star Miles Brown will lead indie coming-of-age comedy Emmett.
Rita Wilson and Nora Dunn will also star in the feature that follows a 12-year-old genius (Brown) who teams up with his quirky Sat tutor to solve a crime and keep his family from splitting up.
Ravi Patel, Arden Myrin, Skylan Brooks and Zack Gilford round out the cast in the movie from director Bridget Stokes.
Vicky Wight wrote the screenplay and is also producing via her Six Foot Pictures banner. An Emmett companion novel from Six Foot's publishing arm is planned.
Brown, who is repped by Osbrink and ...
Rita Wilson and Nora Dunn will also star in the feature that follows a 12-year-old genius (Brown) who teams up with his quirky Sat tutor to solve a crime and keep his family from splitting up.
Ravi Patel, Arden Myrin, Skylan Brooks and Zack Gilford round out the cast in the movie from director Bridget Stokes.
Vicky Wight wrote the screenplay and is also producing via her Six Foot Pictures banner. An Emmett companion novel from Six Foot's publishing arm is planned.
Brown, who is repped by Osbrink and ...
- 5/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Black-ish star Miles Brown will lead indie coming-of-age comedy Emmett.
Rita Wilson and Nora Dunn will also star in the feature that follows a 12-year-old genius (Brown) who teams up with his quirky Sat tutor to solve a crime and keep his family from splitting up.
Ravi Patel, Arden Myrin, Skylan Brooks and Zack Gilford round out the cast in the movie from director Bridget Stokes.
Vicky Wight wrote the screenplay and is also producing via her Six Foot Pictures banner. An Emmett companion novel from Six Foot's publishing arm is planned.
Brown, who is repped by Osbrink and ...
Rita Wilson and Nora Dunn will also star in the feature that follows a 12-year-old genius (Brown) who teams up with his quirky Sat tutor to solve a crime and keep his family from splitting up.
Ravi Patel, Arden Myrin, Skylan Brooks and Zack Gilford round out the cast in the movie from director Bridget Stokes.
Vicky Wight wrote the screenplay and is also producing via her Six Foot Pictures banner. An Emmett companion novel from Six Foot's publishing arm is planned.
Brown, who is repped by Osbrink and ...
- 5/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Gotham Awards
The Gotham Awards have announced this year's winners with "Birdman" scoring Best Film and Best Actor for Michael Keaton's performance. Julianne Moore took Best Actress for "Still Alice".
"Citizenfour" took home Best Documentary, an Independent Film Audience Award went to "Boyhood," Ana Lily Amirpour scored a Breakthrough Director Award for "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night," and Tessa Thompson won Breakthrough Actor for "Dear White People". [Source: Screen]
The Hobbit
Speaking with the BBC at the London premiere of the final "The Hobbit" film, actor Ian McKellen revealed that he doesn't believe this is the end of Tolkien's Middle Earth on the big screen. The actor says: "I was told by Peter, in 2001, that that was the end, that it was all over. Here we are 13 years later. So I don't believe necessarily this is the end of the journey." [Source: The BBC]
The Lost Husband
Instant Pictures and 8th Day...
The Gotham Awards have announced this year's winners with "Birdman" scoring Best Film and Best Actor for Michael Keaton's performance. Julianne Moore took Best Actress for "Still Alice".
"Citizenfour" took home Best Documentary, an Independent Film Audience Award went to "Boyhood," Ana Lily Amirpour scored a Breakthrough Director Award for "A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night," and Tessa Thompson won Breakthrough Actor for "Dear White People". [Source: Screen]
The Hobbit
Speaking with the BBC at the London premiere of the final "The Hobbit" film, actor Ian McKellen revealed that he doesn't believe this is the end of Tolkien's Middle Earth on the big screen. The actor says: "I was told by Peter, in 2001, that that was the end, that it was all over. Here we are 13 years later. So I don't believe necessarily this is the end of the journey." [Source: The BBC]
The Lost Husband
Instant Pictures and 8th Day...
- 12/2/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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