Exclusive: Amazon Studios has acquired the Field Trip Productions-produced action-comedy Uncle Wick. Pic is to be written by Gabe Delahaye, and will be directed by Will Graham. Graham and Hailey Wierengo of Field Trip Productions are producing. Uncle Wick marks Delahaye’s feature writing debut and Graham’s feature directorial debut after cutting their teeth in TV.
Uncle Wick follows Benji Stone, a lovable but deeply unpopular 16-year-old, who is pulled into an international assassination plot by his uncle, a retired undercover assassin charged with babysitting him for a weekend.
Delahaye is currently co-producing the Fox sitcom The Great North, which was already renewed for a second season ahead of its February 2021 premiere. He recently developed the IFC pilots Little Forks and The Last Hotel Detective. He also co-created and starred in Gabe & Max Need Help for Amazon. Previously, he served as an Executive Story Editor on HBO Max sitcom Close Enough,...
Uncle Wick follows Benji Stone, a lovable but deeply unpopular 16-year-old, who is pulled into an international assassination plot by his uncle, a retired undercover assassin charged with babysitting him for a weekend.
Delahaye is currently co-producing the Fox sitcom The Great North, which was already renewed for a second season ahead of its February 2021 premiere. He recently developed the IFC pilots Little Forks and The Last Hotel Detective. He also co-created and starred in Gabe & Max Need Help for Amazon. Previously, he served as an Executive Story Editor on HBO Max sitcom Close Enough,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
The 16th annual The Black List was announced this morning by Desus Nice and The Kid Mero, and below are the rankings of the year’s hot unproduced (or on the verge of being produced) screenplays. Leading this year’s list with 29 votes is Sophie Dawson’s Headhunter, which follows a high-functioning cannibal who selects his victims based on their Instagram popularity. However, he finds his habits shaken by a man who wants to be eaten.
Many of the scripts on the list have moved forward and are in the works including Randall Green’s coming-of-age comedy The Black Belt (15 votes), which has Chris Pratt starring and producing, for Monarch Media. Meanwhile, Taraji P. Henson is set to star in and direct Cat Wilkins’ Two-Faced (25 votes) for Bron Studios. This will mark the Oscar nominee’s first time in the director’s chair for a feature.
Apple landed Brian Gatewood...
Many of the scripts on the list have moved forward and are in the works including Randall Green’s coming-of-age comedy The Black Belt (15 votes), which has Chris Pratt starring and producing, for Monarch Media. Meanwhile, Taraji P. Henson is set to star in and direct Cat Wilkins’ Two-Faced (25 votes) for Bron Studios. This will mark the Oscar nominee’s first time in the director’s chair for a feature.
Apple landed Brian Gatewood...
- 12/14/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy Fallon's recent interview with Donald Trump has landed the late-night host in critics' sights. On Thursday, The Tonight Show host, 41, conducted a characteristically lighthearted interview, including playfully tousling Trump's hair. By early Friday, viewers had begun to question Fallon's treatment of the polarizing Republican presidential nominee.Beyond the head rub, Fallon is also facing accusations of letting Trump, 70, off with an easy interview and allowed him to dodge hard-hitting questions about his campaign. And others feel Fallon's choice to amuse and entertain is humanizing a candidate whose opinions have been decried as sexist, racist and xenophobic. Below are...
- 9/16/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- PEOPLE.com
Jimmy Fallon's recent interview with Donald Trump has landed the late-night host in critics' sights. On Thursday, The Tonight Show host, 41, conducted a characteristically lighthearted interview, including playfully tousling Trump's hair. By early Friday, viewers had begun to question Fallon's treatment of the polarizing Republican presidential nominee.Beyond the head rub, Fallon is also facing accusations of letting Trump, 70, off with an easy interview and allowed him to dodge hard-hitting questions about his campaign. And others feel Fallon's choice to amuse and entertain is humanizing a candidate whose opinions have been decried as sexist, racist and xenophobic. Below are...
- 9/16/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- PEOPLE.com
Jimmy Fallon's recent interview with Donald Trump has landed the late-night host in critics' sights.
On Thursday, The Tonight Show host, 41, conducted a characteristically lighthearted interview, including playfully tousling Trump's hair. By early Friday, viewers had begun to question Fallon's treatment of the polarizing Republican presidential nominee.
Beyond the head rub, Fallon is also facing accusations of letting Trump, 70, off with an easy interview and allowed him to dodge hard-hitting questions about his campaign. And others feel Fallon's choice to amuse and entertain is humanizing a candidate whose opinions have been decried as sexist, racist and xenophobic.
Below are...
On Thursday, The Tonight Show host, 41, conducted a characteristically lighthearted interview, including playfully tousling Trump's hair. By early Friday, viewers had begun to question Fallon's treatment of the polarizing Republican presidential nominee.
Beyond the head rub, Fallon is also facing accusations of letting Trump, 70, off with an easy interview and allowed him to dodge hard-hitting questions about his campaign. And others feel Fallon's choice to amuse and entertain is humanizing a candidate whose opinions have been decried as sexist, racist and xenophobic.
Below are...
- 9/16/2016
- by Brittany King, @brrriitttnnii
- People.com - TV Watch
There's a new short-form comedy site in town. Indiewire's parent company, SnagFilms, is launching Thundershorts, a site dedicated to streaming original content aiming to tickle your funny bone. The new platform, going live on June 26th, will kick off with seven episodic short-form series, all free to watch on Thundershorts.com, its YouTube channel and all SnagFilms supported devices including their multi-platform app. The seven shows include "American Viral," centered on one family's crazy attempts to recapture their YouTube fame; "Teachers Lounge," starring Ted Alexandro ("Inside Amy Schumer"), with cameos from Jim Gaffigan, Dave Attell and Janeane Garofalo; "Gabe & Max Need Help," which stars comedians Gabe Delahaye and Max Silvestri as a couple in counseling; and the real-time New York City-set adventure "Don't Walk." Former head writer for Onion Digital Studios and current SnagFilms Managing Editor Michael Pielocik is responsible for developing...
- 6/10/2014
- by Nigel M Smith
- Indiewire
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