Exclusive: The Love List has released its inaugural list highlighting the best 14 unproduced romance-centered screenplays and pilots of the year just in time for Valentine’s Day.
The list was read and curated by a group of anonymous readers, in addition to writer Lindsay Grossman and Olive Bridge TV exec Madison Jones, who launched the Love List last month.
“We were blown away by the response we got, especially in the Love List’s first year,” Jones told Deadline. “We were really encouraged by the quality of submissions sent our way. And we’re excited we’re able to highlight a lot of up-and-coming writers too.”
Grossman added, “Our hope is that these projects will be read by the industry at large and that they will ultimately be sold and produced. Coming out of a pandemic, and then a double-strike, we know there’s a need for stories that inspire and touch our hearts,...
The list was read and curated by a group of anonymous readers, in addition to writer Lindsay Grossman and Olive Bridge TV exec Madison Jones, who launched the Love List last month.
“We were blown away by the response we got, especially in the Love List’s first year,” Jones told Deadline. “We were really encouraged by the quality of submissions sent our way. And we’re excited we’re able to highlight a lot of up-and-coming writers too.”
Grossman added, “Our hope is that these projects will be read by the industry at large and that they will ultimately be sold and produced. Coming out of a pandemic, and then a double-strike, we know there’s a need for stories that inspire and touch our hearts,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Amin Joseph, Karen Obilom and Kimiko Singer have joined the cast of “Send Help,” Allblk’s upcoming dark comedy series from Jean Elie and Mike Gauyo.
“Send Help” follows Fritz Jean-Baptiste (Elie), who is riding high as the star of the fictional hit TV show “This Can’t Be Us.” Convinced that the good times will roll on forever, he thwarts all other career advancing opportunities as he plays the field with multiple women, instead of tackling a family tragedy that is beginning to unravel his entire life.
Joseph plays Sebastian “Simp” Gauyo, whose presence serves as a guide for Fritz, helping him navigate the difficult and often comical scenarios in his life. Obilom and Singer play Ashley Young and Erica James, respectively, two women that Fritz finds himself caught between amidst his ongoing personal and professional struggles. They join previously announced cast members Karina Bonnefil, Catfish Jean, Courtney Taylor and Ana Bowen,...
“Send Help” follows Fritz Jean-Baptiste (Elie), who is riding high as the star of the fictional hit TV show “This Can’t Be Us.” Convinced that the good times will roll on forever, he thwarts all other career advancing opportunities as he plays the field with multiple women, instead of tackling a family tragedy that is beginning to unravel his entire life.
Joseph plays Sebastian “Simp” Gauyo, whose presence serves as a guide for Fritz, helping him navigate the difficult and often comical scenarios in his life. Obilom and Singer play Ashley Young and Erica James, respectively, two women that Fritz finds himself caught between amidst his ongoing personal and professional struggles. They join previously announced cast members Karina Bonnefil, Catfish Jean, Courtney Taylor and Ana Bowen,...
- 3/23/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: AllBlk’s upcoming dark comedy Send Help, from co-creators Jean Elie and Mike Gauyo, has added Karina Bonnefil (Snowfall), Catfish Jean (To Leslie), Courtney Taylor (Insecure) and newcomer Ana Bowen to the cast.
In Send Help, Haitian American actor, Fritz Jean-Baptiste, is riding high as the star of the fictional hit TV show, “This Can’t Be Us.” Convinced that the good times will roll on forever, he thwarts all other career advancing opportunities as he plays the field with multiple women, instead of tackling a family tragedy that is beginning to unravel his entire life.
Each of the new cast members will play pivotal characters that surround Elie’s Fritz. Bonnefil will play Misha Jean-Baptiste/Mummy, Fritz’s mother. Jean and Courtney Taylor will play Fritz’s closest friends and confidantes, Patrick Cantave and Nicole Cooper. Bowen will appear as Fritz’s young niece, Mac Levine.
Currently in production,...
In Send Help, Haitian American actor, Fritz Jean-Baptiste, is riding high as the star of the fictional hit TV show, “This Can’t Be Us.” Convinced that the good times will roll on forever, he thwarts all other career advancing opportunities as he plays the field with multiple women, instead of tackling a family tragedy that is beginning to unravel his entire life.
Each of the new cast members will play pivotal characters that surround Elie’s Fritz. Bonnefil will play Misha Jean-Baptiste/Mummy, Fritz’s mother. Jean and Courtney Taylor will play Fritz’s closest friends and confidantes, Patrick Cantave and Nicole Cooper. Bowen will appear as Fritz’s young niece, Mac Levine.
Currently in production,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Allblk, AMC Networks’ streamer for Black content, has greenlit “Send Help,” a coming-of-age dark comedy created by “Insecure” recurring star Jean Elie and writer and story editor Mike Gauyo.
“Send Help” will follow Fritz (Elie), a young first generation Haitian American struggling to overcome the challenges of “making it” in Hollywood, while coming to terms with a recent family tragedy. He relocates to L.A. from Brockton, Mass., all while trying to be the new man of the family and exploring the Southern California dating scene. Throughout the series, Fritz fights to conquer his feelings of imposter syndrome, the Hollywood community and his family issues. Rather than address his shortcomings head on, he chooses to deny and avoid the issues that everyone else can see.
In “Insecure,” Elie played Issa’s (Issa Rae) younger brother Ahmal. He has also appeared in episodes of “The Eric Andre Show” and “American Crime.
“Send Help” will follow Fritz (Elie), a young first generation Haitian American struggling to overcome the challenges of “making it” in Hollywood, while coming to terms with a recent family tragedy. He relocates to L.A. from Brockton, Mass., all while trying to be the new man of the family and exploring the Southern California dating scene. Throughout the series, Fritz fights to conquer his feelings of imposter syndrome, the Hollywood community and his family issues. Rather than address his shortcomings head on, he chooses to deny and avoid the issues that everyone else can see.
In “Insecure,” Elie played Issa’s (Issa Rae) younger brother Ahmal. He has also appeared in episodes of “The Eric Andre Show” and “American Crime.
- 11/30/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: We have learned that Orion Classics has snapped up the worldwide rights to Jim Cummings’ horror thriller The Wolf of Snow Hollow for an October 9 day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release.
The pic reps Cummings’ follow-up to his SXSW Grand Jury Award- and Deauville Grand Prix Award-lauded feature Thunder Road, which was based on his short film of the same name that won the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize and SXSW’s Special Jury Recognition for Acting Award.
Cummings wrote, directed and stars in The Wolf of Snow Hollow as a small-town sheriff who is struggling with a failed marriage, a rebellious daughter and a lackluster department. He is tasked with solving a series of brutal murders that are occurring on the full moon. As he’s consumed by the hunt for the killer, he struggles to remind himself that there’s no such thing as werewolves.
The pic reps Cummings’ follow-up to his SXSW Grand Jury Award- and Deauville Grand Prix Award-lauded feature Thunder Road, which was based on his short film of the same name that won the Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize and SXSW’s Special Jury Recognition for Acting Award.
Cummings wrote, directed and stars in The Wolf of Snow Hollow as a small-town sheriff who is struggling with a failed marriage, a rebellious daughter and a lackluster department. He is tasked with solving a series of brutal murders that are occurring on the full moon. As he’s consumed by the hunt for the killer, he struggles to remind himself that there’s no such thing as werewolves.
- 9/4/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
TBS has revealed a first peek for “Final Space,” its new animated TBS series from Conan O’Brien’s production company and creator Olan Rogers. Watch below.
Produced by Conan O’Brien’s Conaco and New Form, “Final Space” is a “serialized intergalactic space saga about an astronaut named Gary and his adorable, planet-destroying friend, Mooncake,” per TBS’ synopsis. The show will chronicle their adventures as they go on a quest to unlock the mystery of “Final Space,” the place where the entire universe ends.
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Rogers and creative partner David Sacks will write the episodes, executive-producing them along with O’Brien, David Kissinger, Larry Sullivan and Jeff Ross of Conaco and Kathleen Grace, Melissa Schneider and Matt Hoklotubbe of New Form.
Rogers first created a seven-minute pilot for “Final Space” as part of New Form’s Incubator 3 Series,...
Produced by Conan O’Brien’s Conaco and New Form, “Final Space” is a “serialized intergalactic space saga about an astronaut named Gary and his adorable, planet-destroying friend, Mooncake,” per TBS’ synopsis. The show will chronicle their adventures as they go on a quest to unlock the mystery of “Final Space,” the place where the entire universe ends.
Read More: ‘Paranormal Action Squad’ Exclusive Clip: YouTube Red’s New Animated Series Follows Three Supernatural Enthusiasts
Rogers and creative partner David Sacks will write the episodes, executive-producing them along with O’Brien, David Kissinger, Larry Sullivan and Jeff Ross of Conaco and Kathleen Grace, Melissa Schneider and Matt Hoklotubbe of New Form.
Rogers first created a seven-minute pilot for “Final Space” as part of New Form’s Incubator 3 Series,...
- 12/4/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Turner is taking on the final frontier. TBS has ordered the animated Final Space TV show to series. Indie actor, comedian, and film-maker, Olan Rogers, created the "interstellar comedy." Watch preview, after the jump.Rogers and writing partner, David Sacks, will write all of the episodes. The pair will also executive produce with Conan O'Brien, David Kissinger, Larry Sullivan and Jeff Ross of Conaco and Kathleen Grace, Melissa Schneider and Matt Hoklotubbe of New Form.Read More…...
- 12/3/2016
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
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