Exclusive: Television movies are starting to get a bit of heat in the digital age. The classic movie of the week genre was a staple of the 1980s but has subsided over the last few years.
Lionsgate and MarVista Entertainment are hoping to kickstart the made-for-television movie trend with a new deal that will see them remake a number of classic small screen features from the Hearst library.
Projects that are set to be remade include The Babysitter’s Seduction, which aired on NBC and starred Keri Russell as babysitter Michelle Winston and Phylicia Rashad, Lifetime’s psychological thriller Sex and Mr. X, which starred Linda Hamilton and Jacqueline Bisset, and thriller Sex, Lies and Obsession, which starred Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.
MarVista has identified over 100 titles to reimagine including Dolly Parton’s Blue Valley Songbird and holiday movies such as Leslie Neilson’s Santa Who and Shelly Long’s A Different Kind of Christmas.
Lionsgate and MarVista Entertainment are hoping to kickstart the made-for-television movie trend with a new deal that will see them remake a number of classic small screen features from the Hearst library.
Projects that are set to be remade include The Babysitter’s Seduction, which aired on NBC and starred Keri Russell as babysitter Michelle Winston and Phylicia Rashad, Lifetime’s psychological thriller Sex and Mr. X, which starred Linda Hamilton and Jacqueline Bisset, and thriller Sex, Lies and Obsession, which starred Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna.
MarVista has identified over 100 titles to reimagine including Dolly Parton’s Blue Valley Songbird and holiday movies such as Leslie Neilson’s Santa Who and Shelly Long’s A Different Kind of Christmas.
- 7/9/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
When TMZ released an audiotape of 7th Heaven's Stephen Collins reportedly admitting to molesting and exposing himself to children during a couple's therapy session, it seemed likely that Collins's estranged wife Faye Grant was the source. Not so, says Grant, telling Us Weekly that she turned the tape over to the police two years ago. She also denied, as Collins's lawyer has claimed, that she attempted to use the recording to obtain a more favorable divorce settlement. As Collins's career continues to crater, more details about the accusations have odd echoes in the actor's past work. The New York Daily News reports that one of Collins's alleged victims was a babysitter who worked for him in the '90s, which mirrors Collins's role in the 1996 TV movie The Babysitter's Seduction. And Gawker has pointed out passages in a pair of erotic thrillers Collins wrote that bear an unmistakable similarity to...
- 10/10/2014
- by Nate Jones
- Vulture
Stephen Collins' vast acting career was sure to touch on the topic of child molestation ... but looking at these clips now ... it's just plain creepy. An episode of "7th Heaven" that aired on May 1, 2000 dealt with child molestation -- Here's the description of the show: "Rev. Camden counsels a sexually molested girl to help her express the rage and pain she has been hiding from her family."In the scene the girl reluctantly admits...
- 10/7/2014
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The New York Dcpi reacts to the TMZ story alleging Stephen Collins of having sexual contact with one or more children.
The New York Dcpi is reacting to a TMZ story posted online early Tuesday morning that alleges that 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins is under criminal investigation for having sexual contact with one or more children.
In audio posted by TMZ, a man who is alleged to be Collins, says that he exposed himself to a young girl and made her touch his genitals. The man is not identified in the audio except for one time when someone refers to him as "Stephen."
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According to TMZ, the recordings came from Collins' estranged wife, Faye Grant. Collins, 67, and Grant are reportedly in the middle of divorcing, and according to the website, Grant recorded meetings she and Collins had with a therapist. TMZ says that...
The New York Dcpi is reacting to a TMZ story posted online early Tuesday morning that alleges that 7th Heaven actor Stephen Collins is under criminal investigation for having sexual contact with one or more children.
In audio posted by TMZ, a man who is alleged to be Collins, says that he exposed himself to a young girl and made her touch his genitals. The man is not identified in the audio except for one time when someone refers to him as "Stephen."
News: X-Men Director Bryan Singer Dismissed In Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
According to TMZ, the recordings came from Collins' estranged wife, Faye Grant. Collins, 67, and Grant are reportedly in the middle of divorcing, and according to the website, Grant recorded meetings she and Collins had with a therapist. TMZ says that...
- 10/7/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
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