Back in 2021, Prime Video aired the first season of the horror anthology series Them (you can read our review Here), which creator Little Marvin and executive producer Lena Waithe put together with the intention of telling stories that will “explore terror in America.” All eight episodes of the second season, which is called Them: The Scare, are set to be released through Prime Video on Thursday, April 25th, and today a batch of first look images have arrived online to give a preview of the new season. You can check them out at the bottom of this article.
A press release notifies us that Them: The Scare will be, like its predecessor, set in Los Angeles. The first season, which is subtitled Covenant, took place in Compton circa 1952, while the new episodes move the time frame forward to 1991. The story of the second season centers on LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve,...
A press release notifies us that Them: The Scare will be, like its predecessor, set in Los Angeles. The first season, which is subtitled Covenant, took place in Compton circa 1952, while the new episodes move the time frame forward to 1991. The story of the second season centers on LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve,...
- 3/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Warner Bros. Discovery and Room to Read have partnered on “She Creates Change,” an animation and live-action film project to promote gender equality through the stories of young women around the world.
Room to Read is a global education nonprofit aiming to creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. Presented in a series of six animated shorts with accompanying live-action mini-documentaries, “She Creates Change” features the narratives of six young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Episodes portray how each girl confronts challenges unique to her life — such as harassment, food scarcity or early marriage — by advocating for herself and her future.
Episodes feature voice performances by Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Charithra Chandran (“Bridgerton”), Prajakta Koli (“Mismatched”), Dilshad Vadsaria (“Cloak & Dagger”), Adhir Kalyan (“United States of AI”), Amita Suman (“Shadow and Bone”), Amrita Acharia (“Game of Thrones”) and Quyen Ngo...
Room to Read is a global education nonprofit aiming to creating a world free from illiteracy and gender inequality. Presented in a series of six animated shorts with accompanying live-action mini-documentaries, “She Creates Change” features the narratives of six young women from historically low-income communities in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Vietnam. Episodes portray how each girl confronts challenges unique to her life — such as harassment, food scarcity or early marriage — by advocating for herself and her future.
Episodes feature voice performances by Freida Pinto (“Slumdog Millionaire”), Charithra Chandran (“Bridgerton”), Prajakta Koli (“Mismatched”), Dilshad Vadsaria (“Cloak & Dagger”), Adhir Kalyan (“United States of AI”), Amita Suman (“Shadow and Bone”), Amrita Acharia (“Game of Thrones”) and Quyen Ngo...
- 3/1/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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In the past few years, Marvel Studios has brought dozens of titles featuring Earth’s mightiest heroes to streaming. From Saturday-morning cartoons, to the latest installments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+ has quickly become the exclusive home to Marvel TV shows and movies that cater to fans both new and old.
Studio chief Kevin Feige announced at the Disney Investors Day presentation last year that 2023 would see...
In the past few years, Marvel Studios has brought dozens of titles featuring Earth’s mightiest heroes to streaming. From Saturday-morning cartoons, to the latest installments from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Disney+ has quickly become the exclusive home to Marvel TV shows and movies that cater to fans both new and old.
Studio chief Kevin Feige announced at the Disney Investors Day presentation last year that 2023 would see...
- 11/30/2023
- by Sage Anderson
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Stampede Ventures and Wattpad Webtoon Studios will team for a feature adaptation of Chasing Red, the YA romance webnovel by Isabelle Ronin that has garnered huge attention on the digital publishing platform, Wattpad.
Jessika Borsiczky (Sex/Life) has been set to direct from a screenplay by Lauren Schacher (Hooking Up), and casting is now underway.
Chasing Red tells the story of straight-a student Veronica, who refuses to be college heartthrob Caleb’s next “conquest,” even after a chance encounter sparks an undeniable attraction between them. But with nowhere to stay and on the run from a recent tragedy, Veronica finds herself in need of Caleb’s help, despite the secrets of their pasts threatening to tear them apart. Wattpad’s #2 English-language property, following the massively popular After series from Anna Todd, the webnovel has garnered over 260 million reads since its publication in 2017. It’s been published in print in seven languages,...
Jessika Borsiczky (Sex/Life) has been set to direct from a screenplay by Lauren Schacher (Hooking Up), and casting is now underway.
Chasing Red tells the story of straight-a student Veronica, who refuses to be college heartthrob Caleb’s next “conquest,” even after a chance encounter sparks an undeniable attraction between them. But with nowhere to stay and on the run from a recent tragedy, Veronica finds herself in need of Caleb’s help, despite the secrets of their pasts threatening to tear them apart. Wattpad’s #2 English-language property, following the massively popular After series from Anna Todd, the webnovel has garnered over 260 million reads since its publication in 2017. It’s been published in print in seven languages,...
- 11/29/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Blumhouse and Prime Video are going back to the future this October when the studio releases Totally Killer, a comedic horror film starring Kiernan Shipka as a time-traveling final girl trying to save her friends from a slasher’s milestone massacre. Today’s Totally Killer trailer finds Shipka’s Jamie Hughes returning to 1987, hoping to stop the killer before he can claim more victims in the present day.
Here’s the official synopsis for Totally Killer:
Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer “returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Seventeen-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time-travels to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with...
Here’s the official synopsis for Totally Killer:
Thirty-five years after the shocking murder of three teens, the infamous “Sweet Sixteen Killer “returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. Seventeen-year-old Jamie (Kiernan Shipka) ignores her overprotective mom’s (Julie Bowen) warning and comes face-to-face with the masked maniac and, on the run for her life, accidentally time-travels to 1987, the year of the original killings. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar and outrageous culture of the 1980s, Jamie teams up with...
- 9/12/2023
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
August is here and with it a whole host of new movies to watch on streaming has arrived. It can be daunting thumbing through the lists of what’s new on Netflix, Prime Video, Max, Hulu, Disney+, Peacock and Paramount+, and that’s where we come in handy. Below, we’ve put together a curated list of some of the best new movies to stream this month, including brand new originals like Gal Gadot’s actioner “Heart of Stone,” new releases making their streaming debut like “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and excellent library titles such as David Fincher’s “Zodiac.”
You’ll find all of that and more in our curated list of the best new movies to stream in August.
“Mixtape” Paramount+
Paramount+ – Aug. 1
This new documentary details how mix tape culture helped hip-hop culture enter the mainstream. From the official press release: “Before radio play, the internet,...
You’ll find all of that and more in our curated list of the best new movies to stream in August.
“Mixtape” Paramount+
Paramount+ – Aug. 1
This new documentary details how mix tape culture helped hip-hop culture enter the mainstream. From the official press release: “Before radio play, the internet,...
- 8/18/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Clark Gregg, the onetime front man for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — sorry, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — had to raise an eyebrow at a perceived slighting of the first contemporary live-action Marvel series.
In post-morteming the underperformance of recent IP-driven films, Disney CEO Bob Iger said this week at the annual Sun Valley Conference, “In our zeal to basically grow our content significantly to serve mostly our streaming offerings, we ended up taxing our people way beyond — in terms of their time and their focus — where they had been.
More from...
In post-morteming the underperformance of recent IP-driven films, Disney CEO Bob Iger said this week at the annual Sun Valley Conference, “In our zeal to basically grow our content significantly to serve mostly our streaming offerings, we ended up taxing our people way beyond — in terms of their time and their focus — where they had been.
More from...
- 7/14/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Writer-director Kyle Hausmann-Stokes has continued rounding out an impressive cast for his debut feature, the dark veteran dramedy My Dead Friend Zoe, bringing Morgan Freeman (The Shawshank Redemption), Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs a Marathon) aboard for roles.
The film delving into the lives of military veterans, to highlight both their triumphs and challenges upon returning home, will have the trio starring alongside the previously announced Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales.
Written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez, My Dead Friend Zoe is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, which draws on his personal experience during and after the military, as a Bronze Star combat veteran. The film tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the...
The film delving into the lives of military veterans, to highlight both their triumphs and challenges upon returning home, will have the trio starring alongside the previously announced Ed Harris, Sonequa Martin-Green and Natalie Morales.
Written by Hausmann-Stokes and A.J. Bermudez, My Dead Friend Zoe is based on Merit x Zoe, a short that Hausmann-Stokes co-wrote and directed last year, which draws on his personal experience during and after the military, as a Bronze Star combat veteran. The film tells the story of a female veteran (Martin-Green) engaged in a mysterious but comfortable friendship with her wise-cracking (and dead) best friend from the Army (Morales). When the...
- 6/27/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: FilmNation Entertainment, the independent studio behind such Oscar-winning titles as Promising Young Woman and Arrival, has appointed Melissa Morkus to the role of Senior Vice President, Physical Production.
Coming to the company from MGM, where she spent just over two years as Vice President, Physical Production, Morkus will be tasked with overseeing all aspects of physical production as FilmNation continues to expand its slate, focusing primarily on television, as she has throughout her career.
Morkus served, prior to her time at MGM, as Director, Physical Production for eOne Television, where she worked on the first season of Showtime’s hit drama series Yellowjackets. She prior to that worked in physical production at Marvel Television, where she co-produced Seasons 3 of Daredevil and Jessica Jones as well as Season 2 of Cloak & Dagger.
Morkus will be based in Los Angeles, reporting to FilmNation’s Executive Vice President, Physical Production and Post,...
Coming to the company from MGM, where she spent just over two years as Vice President, Physical Production, Morkus will be tasked with overseeing all aspects of physical production as FilmNation continues to expand its slate, focusing primarily on television, as she has throughout her career.
Morkus served, prior to her time at MGM, as Director, Physical Production for eOne Television, where she worked on the first season of Showtime’s hit drama series Yellowjackets. She prior to that worked in physical production at Marvel Television, where she co-produced Seasons 3 of Daredevil and Jessica Jones as well as Season 2 of Cloak & Dagger.
Morkus will be based in Los Angeles, reporting to FilmNation’s Executive Vice President, Physical Production and Post,...
- 6/1/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Before the 2020s, film archivists' worst nightmares were digital degradation or the simple loss of film reels. Now, streaming services have created a new one for them: the purging of original movies and series without a physical release.
HBO Max has been a leading culprit, but Disney+ isn't blameless either. This is, after all, the same company that used to place its movies in the "Disney Vault" during the reign of physical media. It had previously been confirmed that the service would be removing 50 titles on May 26, 2023, including "Willow," "Big Shot," and "Y: The Last Man." However, it's been discovered that another title was unexpectedly included in the purge: "Marvel's Runaways," which is now no longer listed on Hulu or Disney+ (in the U.S. or internationally).
Nominally set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Runaways" adapted the eponymous comic first created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Aphona. Both the...
HBO Max has been a leading culprit, but Disney+ isn't blameless either. This is, after all, the same company that used to place its movies in the "Disney Vault" during the reign of physical media. It had previously been confirmed that the service would be removing 50 titles on May 26, 2023, including "Willow," "Big Shot," and "Y: The Last Man." However, it's been discovered that another title was unexpectedly included in the purge: "Marvel's Runaways," which is now no longer listed on Hulu or Disney+ (in the U.S. or internationally).
Nominally set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, "Runaways" adapted the eponymous comic first created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Aphona. Both the...
- 5/27/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Horror icon and filmmaker Tom Holland returns to the world he originated in his 1988 feature film and box office hit Child’s Play with the all-new hardcover book Child’s Play – A Visual Memoir, which is now available from Holland House Entertainment.
The book is now available now through Amazon or the Terror Time online shop.
Created using exclusive, never-before-seen photos and other rare production materials, Child’s Play – A Visual Memoir affords fans a unique glimpse into the creation of the beloved franchise that introduced Chucky to the world, and which created nightmares for millions worldwide. Over the course of 152 pages, readers will be treated to behind-the-scenes stories from Child’s Play stars Chris Sarandon and Alex Vincent, as well as the film’s award-winning cinematographer Bill Butler and writer and director Tom Holland himself.
“There were so many great creative partners that I had on this project,” says Holland of the book.
The book is now available now through Amazon or the Terror Time online shop.
Created using exclusive, never-before-seen photos and other rare production materials, Child’s Play – A Visual Memoir affords fans a unique glimpse into the creation of the beloved franchise that introduced Chucky to the world, and which created nightmares for millions worldwide. Over the course of 152 pages, readers will be treated to behind-the-scenes stories from Child’s Play stars Chris Sarandon and Alex Vincent, as well as the film’s award-winning cinematographer Bill Butler and writer and director Tom Holland himself.
“There were so many great creative partners that I had on this project,” says Holland of the book.
- 5/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
At last, a video game movie that’s more than just a video game movie.
In theory, “Tetris” — that primitive and highly addictive block-stacking strategy game — doesn’t lend itself to the big-screen treatment any more than Rubik’s Cube or Tic-Tac-Toe might. But Noah Pink has found an ingenious solution to a classic puzzle. The screenwriter realized that there’s more to Tetris than most people knew. Namely, there’s a terrific backstory about how this Soviet-hatched computer software made its way over the Iron Curtain, and telling it could play like a Cold War thriller as three teams of Western rivals race one another to Russia to secure the rights.
In a sense, the video game movie that “Tetris” most resembles is 1984’s “Cloak & Dagger,” which made an Atari cartridge the MacGuffin that all kinds of untrustworthy people want to get their hands on. Here, it’s...
In theory, “Tetris” — that primitive and highly addictive block-stacking strategy game — doesn’t lend itself to the big-screen treatment any more than Rubik’s Cube or Tic-Tac-Toe might. But Noah Pink has found an ingenious solution to a classic puzzle. The screenwriter realized that there’s more to Tetris than most people knew. Namely, there’s a terrific backstory about how this Soviet-hatched computer software made its way over the Iron Curtain, and telling it could play like a Cold War thriller as three teams of Western rivals race one another to Russia to secure the rights.
In a sense, the video game movie that “Tetris” most resembles is 1984’s “Cloak & Dagger,” which made an Atari cartridge the MacGuffin that all kinds of untrustworthy people want to get their hands on. Here, it’s...
- 3/16/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Peacock has rounded out the recurring cast for Season 2 of Bel-Air with newcomer Al-Shabazz Jabateh (Prime Day Show), Nicholas Duvernay (Purple Hearts), Diandra Lyle (Secrets of Sulphur Springs), Justin Cornwell (The Umbrella Academy) and Reno Wilson (Good Girls).
Bel-Air, based on Morgan Cooper’s popular fan film that reenvisions the 1990s Will Smith sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air as a drama, hails from Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group. In its first season, it became Peacock’s most streamed original series.
Set in modern-day America, Bel-Air follows Will’s (Jabari Banks) complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As these two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known.
Bel-Air, based on Morgan Cooper’s popular fan film that reenvisions the 1990s Will Smith sitcom The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air as a drama, hails from Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith’s Westbrook Studios and Universal Television, part of Universal Studio Group. In its first season, it became Peacock’s most streamed original series.
Set in modern-day America, Bel-Air follows Will’s (Jabari Banks) complicated journey from the streets of West Philadelphia to the gated mansions of Bel-Air. As these two worlds collide, Will reckons with the power of second chances while navigating the conflicts, emotions, and biases of a world far different from the only one he’s ever known.
- 2/21/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Love can make people do crazy things. Celebrities and actors are just like everyone else when it comes to matters of the heart.
On that note, it might not surprise people to learn that celebrity couple Matthew Davis and Kiley Casciano were only engaged for three hours before getting married.
Kiley Casciano and Matthew Davis | Craig Barritt/Getty Images Who are Matthew Davis and his wife Kiley Casciano?
A Salt Lake City native, Davis has had an incredibly successful career in the spotlight. Fans of The Vampire Diaries probably fondly remember Davis as Alaric Saltzman on the hit CW series, but the 44-year-old actor has been around for quite some time.
Playing the part of Warner alongside stars like Reese Witherspoon, 2001’s Legally Blonde marked one of Davis’ first roles on the big screen. Lone Star State of Mind, Blue Crush, Seeing Other People, and Shadow of Fear were a...
On that note, it might not surprise people to learn that celebrity couple Matthew Davis and Kiley Casciano were only engaged for three hours before getting married.
Kiley Casciano and Matthew Davis | Craig Barritt/Getty Images Who are Matthew Davis and his wife Kiley Casciano?
A Salt Lake City native, Davis has had an incredibly successful career in the spotlight. Fans of The Vampire Diaries probably fondly remember Davis as Alaric Saltzman on the hit CW series, but the 44-year-old actor has been around for quite some time.
Playing the part of Warner alongside stars like Reese Witherspoon, 2001’s Legally Blonde marked one of Davis’ first roles on the big screen. Lone Star State of Mind, Blue Crush, Seeing Other People, and Shadow of Fear were a...
- 2/19/2023
- by Ashley Swallow
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Phase Five of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to get underway this year with the release of three new tentpole films and twice as many Disney+ shows. Bringing up the rear on the TV side of things is "Agatha: Coven of Chaos," which rolls cameras in Atlanta next week and is due for a late 2023 release
Ahead of its production start, "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" (formerly titled "Agatha: House of Harkness") has now locked in its directors, according The Hollywood Reporter.
A spin-off of Marvel's very first Disney+ series, "WandaVision," "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" centers on Kathryn Hahn's character, Agatha Harkness, who spent much of her previous screen time disguising herself as Wanda's nosy neighbor, Agnes. It was only toward the end of the seventh episode of "WandaVision" that viewers learned Agnes/Agatha's true witchy nature, to the tune of the Emmy-winning, retro-sitcom jingle "Agatha All Along.
Ahead of its production start, "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" (formerly titled "Agatha: House of Harkness") has now locked in its directors, according The Hollywood Reporter.
A spin-off of Marvel's very first Disney+ series, "WandaVision," "Agatha: Coven of Chaos" centers on Kathryn Hahn's character, Agatha Harkness, who spent much of her previous screen time disguising herself as Wanda's nosy neighbor, Agnes. It was only toward the end of the seventh episode of "WandaVision" that viewers learned Agnes/Agatha's true witchy nature, to the tune of the Emmy-winning, retro-sitcom jingle "Agatha All Along.
- 1/14/2023
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Rap star Saweetie is set to make a cameo in the Season 2 premiere of “Bel-Air” at Peacock, Variety has learned exclusively. In addition, three actors have been cast in the series in recurring roles.
Brooklyn McLinn, Jazlyn Martin, and Riele Downs will all appear in the new season of the drama series take on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Saweetie will appear as herself in the show. It will not be her first time acting onscreen, as she previously appeared in multiple episodes of the “Black-ish” spinoff “Grown-ish” at Freeform during the show’s third season.
McLinn will play Doc Hightower, described as “a busy and driven basketball recruiter and Aau Coach who is impressed by Will’s game at Bel-Air Academy.” Martin will play Jackie. Of her character it is said, “Her South L.A. street smarts put Will’s Philly swagger to the test when they are introduced...
Brooklyn McLinn, Jazlyn Martin, and Riele Downs will all appear in the new season of the drama series take on “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.”
Saweetie will appear as herself in the show. It will not be her first time acting onscreen, as she previously appeared in multiple episodes of the “Black-ish” spinoff “Grown-ish” at Freeform during the show’s third season.
McLinn will play Doc Hightower, described as “a busy and driven basketball recruiter and Aau Coach who is impressed by Will’s game at Bel-Air Academy.” Martin will play Jackie. Of her character it is said, “Her South L.A. street smarts put Will’s Philly swagger to the test when they are introduced...
- 1/12/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Last week, we heard that Shawnee Smith is considering reprising the role of Amanda Young in the latest Saw sequel – which we’re referring to as Saw X, since it’s the tenth film in that franchise. Amanda previously appeared in Saw, Saw II, Saw III, and Saw VI. But, as it turns out, there’s a bit of a scheduling issue here. Saw X is filming in Mexico City, and at the same time Smith is busy working on a different horror project in Connecticut. Deadline revealed that the horror movie Smith is currently working on is called The Skulleton.
Smith is joined in the cast of The Skulleton by Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight), Tyrese Gibson (Morbius), Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night), Drew Moerlein (South of Hell), Alexander James Rodriguez (Bee and Puppycat), Jaime Zevallos (Cloak and Dagger), James Gaudioso...
Smith is joined in the cast of The Skulleton by Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight), Tyrese Gibson (Morbius), Taryn Manning (Orange Is the New Black), Damian Maffei (The Strangers: Prey at Night), Drew Moerlein (South of Hell), Alexander James Rodriguez (Bee and Puppycat), Jaime Zevallos (Cloak and Dagger), James Gaudioso...
- 12/15/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
There have been a few comic book ideas that didn’t appear to work when they were brought to the big or small screens, either because there wasn’t enough material to draw from or because the main characters weren’t created in a dominant fashion that allowed them to stick around that long. Cloak and Dagger are an interesting pair, but the truth is that even in the comics, their popularity started to wane despite the fact that they have opposing powers that are rather interesting when one truly examines what they can do and what they’re all about. The duo
Cloak and Dagger Needs Another Chance in the MCU...
Cloak and Dagger Needs Another Chance in the MCU...
- 12/14/2022
- by Tom Foster
- TVovermind.com
The Friday the 13th franchise is very important to me, so it always hits me hard when I hear that someone involved with the series has passed away… and last Friday night, the news broke that we have lost another Friday the 13th alumnus. Someone who played the hockey masked icon Jason Voorhees himself: stuntman Ted White. White had already been working in the entertainment industry as an actor and stuntman for thirty-five years by the time he was offered the chance to play Jason in 1984’s Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (watch it Here). It’s not a job he was thrilled to do, he didn’t even want to be credited on the movie, but he accepted it because the pay was good. As years went by, White eventually realized that he had been involved in something special and started connecting with fans at conventions.
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- 10/17/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
In 1985, filmmaker Tom Holland introduced moviegoers to Charley Brewster and the vampire next door with his horror film Fright Night, and 37 years later he's now expanding that beloved cinematic world with his new novel Fright Night: Origins. Co-written by Holland and A. Jack Ulrich, Fright Night: Origins is the first book in a planned trilogy, and we have a look at the cover art (by Derik Hefner) and the official press release with full release details:
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Legendary filmmaker Tom Holland returns to the world he originated in his 1985 feature film box office hit Fright Night with the all-new novel Fright Night: Origins, releasing October 8, 2022, through Holland House in association with Encyclopocalypse Publications.
Co-written with A. Jack Ulrich, Fright Night: Origins expands upon the story of teenage horror-film junkie Charley Brewster, who becomes convinced that his reclusive new next door neighbor Jerry Dandridge is a vampire.
Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Legendary filmmaker Tom Holland returns to the world he originated in his 1985 feature film box office hit Fright Night with the all-new novel Fright Night: Origins, releasing October 8, 2022, through Holland House in association with Encyclopocalypse Publications.
Co-written with A. Jack Ulrich, Fright Night: Origins expands upon the story of teenage horror-film junkie Charley Brewster, who becomes convinced that his reclusive new next door neighbor Jerry Dandridge is a vampire.
- 10/4/2022
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
On the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, we will be posting one full movie every day of the week, giving viewers the chance to watch them entirely free of charge. Today’s Free Movie of the Day is the 2018 haunted prison film Devil’s Acid, and you can check it out on the JoBlo Movies YouTube channel, or you can just watch it in the embed at the top of this article.
Devil’s Acid was directed by Garrett Kruithof, who also crafted the script with Eric Gibson and Finch Nissen. The film has the following synopsis:
A drunk father is telling his son a bedtime story about a group of people spending the night at a haunted prison, where they all take “Devil’s Acid”. They then start having problems differentiating between reality and the trip.
It stars Drew Rin Varick, Ashley Dulaney, Jessica Lynn Parsons, Betty Jeune, Eric Gibson,...
Devil’s Acid was directed by Garrett Kruithof, who also crafted the script with Eric Gibson and Finch Nissen. The film has the following synopsis:
A drunk father is telling his son a bedtime story about a group of people spending the night at a haunted prison, where they all take “Devil’s Acid”. They then start having problems differentiating between reality and the trip.
It stars Drew Rin Varick, Ashley Dulaney, Jessica Lynn Parsons, Betty Jeune, Eric Gibson,...
- 10/4/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
We all knew Viola Davis was an Oscar and Emmy winner, an extraordinary orator, and one of the great actors of her generation. We did not know she was a bona fide superhero, however, until Gina Prince-Bythewood gave her a proper superhero’s entrance. The first time we see the title character in The Woman King, the director’s sweeping story of female soldiers in 19th-century Africa, it’s during a rescue mission already in progress. A group of raiders have taken over a village. Women and children, soon to...
- 9/16/2022
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
It started with a simple question: Why aren’t there more films about Black superheroes? For director Gina Prince-Bythewood, that query opened her journey into directing “The Woman King” and entering the highly rarefied space of being a Black female filmmaker making a big-budget blockbuster that centered on a Black story with a Black woman as its star. Superheroic to boot.
“I’ve always seen myself here, but the industry has not seen me here,” Prince-Bythewood said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “[My whole family] loves Marvel movies. We go to all of them, and it was maybe two years before ‘Black Panther’ came out, and my older son said to me, ‘Why isn’t there a Black superhero?’ And at that moment I was like, ‘I keep saying I would love to do that for you, so let me stop saying I would love it, and do that.’ So what steps do I need to take?...
“I’ve always seen myself here, but the industry has not seen me here,” Prince-Bythewood said in a recent interview with IndieWire. “[My whole family] loves Marvel movies. We go to all of them, and it was maybe two years before ‘Black Panther’ came out, and my older son said to me, ‘Why isn’t there a Black superhero?’ And at that moment I was like, ‘I keep saying I would love to do that for you, so let me stop saying I would love it, and do that.’ So what steps do I need to take?...
- 9/16/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Randall Park has cast Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola and Ally Maki to star in his directorial debut “Shortcomings.”
The film, a comedic drama, will also feature Tavi Gevinson (“Gossip Girl”), Debby Ryan, Sonoya Mizuno (“House of The Dragon”), Timothy Simons (“Veep”) and Jacob Batalon (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”).
Described as a “hilariously irreverent examination of racial politics, sexual mores and pop culture,” “Shortcomings” follows a cynical movie theater manager Ben (Min) and his irrepressible best friend Alice (Cola). Together, the Bay Area urbanites navigate Ben’s disintegrating relationship with his girlfriend Miko (Maki), Alice’s serial-dating habits and other obstacles in the way of their personal growth.
The story is based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine, who adapted the screenplay and served as an executive producer on the film.
“It was a joy watching these incredibly talented performers bring these characters to life, flaws and all,” Park said.
The film, a comedic drama, will also feature Tavi Gevinson (“Gossip Girl”), Debby Ryan, Sonoya Mizuno (“House of The Dragon”), Timothy Simons (“Veep”) and Jacob Batalon (“Spider-Man: No Way Home”).
Described as a “hilariously irreverent examination of racial politics, sexual mores and pop culture,” “Shortcomings” follows a cynical movie theater manager Ben (Min) and his irrepressible best friend Alice (Cola). Together, the Bay Area urbanites navigate Ben’s disintegrating relationship with his girlfriend Miko (Maki), Alice’s serial-dating habits and other obstacles in the way of their personal growth.
The story is based on the graphic novel by Adrian Tomine, who adapted the screenplay and served as an executive producer on the film.
“It was a joy watching these incredibly talented performers bring these characters to life, flaws and all,” Park said.
- 8/30/2022
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“Tulsa King,” the Paramount+ mob drama series from Taylor Sheridan, has added Miles Mussenden to its cast, TheWrap can exclusively reveal. The actor joins stars Sylvester Stallone and Andrea Savage.
Mussenden — who heavily recurred in Apple TV+’s basketball series “Swagger” inspired by Kevin Durant’s adolescence — will play Hendricks, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the boss of Atf Agent Stacy Beale (Savage).
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‘Tulsa King': ‘Goodfellas’ Meets ‘Vice City,’ Meets Stallone in First Teaser for Paramount+ Series (Video)
“Tulsa King” follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone) upon his release from prison after 25 years. When he is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla and realizes that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew from the ground up. Soon, a...
Mussenden — who heavily recurred in Apple TV+’s basketball series “Swagger” inspired by Kevin Durant’s adolescence — will play Hendricks, the Assistant Special Agent in Charge at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the boss of Atf Agent Stacy Beale (Savage).
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‘Tulsa King': ‘Goodfellas’ Meets ‘Vice City,’ Meets Stallone in First Teaser for Paramount+ Series (Video)
“Tulsa King” follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Stallone) upon his release from prison after 25 years. When he is unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla and realizes that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew from the ground up. Soon, a...
- 8/11/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Jenny Klein (The Thing About Pam) has signed an overall deal for television content with independent studio Entertainment One. Under the two-year pact, Klein will develop genre and drama-based television content and will serve as showrunner on eOne’s Power Rangers series that is currently in development at Netflix. She’ll collaborate on the series with Jonathan Entwistle who is overseeing the Power Rangers universe under a deal he signed with eOne in 2020 to develop the franchise across film and television.
“Building this partnership with Jenny, whose talent and passion transcends genres, is an exciting moment for us. We believe that her distinctive vision makes her the perfect fit to help us develop Hasbro’s deep library of IP, as well as original projects, and we’re thrilled to have her on board,” said Gabe Marano, EVP, Scripted Television, US, eOne.
Hasbro acquired the Power Rangers franchise from Saban Brands...
“Building this partnership with Jenny, whose talent and passion transcends genres, is an exciting moment for us. We believe that her distinctive vision makes her the perfect fit to help us develop Hasbro’s deep library of IP, as well as original projects, and we’re thrilled to have her on board,” said Gabe Marano, EVP, Scripted Television, US, eOne.
Hasbro acquired the Power Rangers franchise from Saban Brands...
- 6/14/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The results of the bidding war are in, and Hulu will become the home of the graphic novel from AfterShock Comics, "A Calculated Man." The crime story is now in the early stages of development for a TV series, with streamers fighting for the rights of the story that hasn't even been published yet.
"A Calculated Man" is set to be released later this June. Peter Calloway, who executive produced HBO's "The Nevers," Freeform's Marvel series "Cloak & Dagger," and the FX series "Legion," will serve as the series' showrunner. Callow previously collaborated with AfterShock on the book "Shadow Doctor,"...
The post Hulu Lands Rights to Graphic Novel A Calculated Man appeared first on /Film.
"A Calculated Man" is set to be released later this June. Peter Calloway, who executive produced HBO's "The Nevers," Freeform's Marvel series "Cloak & Dagger," and the FX series "Legion," will serve as the series' showrunner. Callow previously collaborated with AfterShock on the book "Shadow Doctor,"...
The post Hulu Lands Rights to Graphic Novel A Calculated Man appeared first on /Film.
- 5/20/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Hulu Lands Comic Book ‘A Calculated Man’; Series From Peter Calloway & AfterShock Media In The Works
Exclusive: A Calculated Man is the latest comic book that could make its way to the small screen.
Hulu has acquired the rights to AfterShock Media’s book and is in the very early stages of developing a series based on the crime story, which is set to be published in June.
Peter Calloway, exec producer on HBO’s The Nevers and co-exec producer on Freeform’s Marvel series Cloak & Dagger and FX’s Legion, has signed to write and serve as showrunner on the project. He has previously worked with the comic company on the book Shadow Doctor, which was set in Prohibition-era Chicago and drawn from the real world experiences of Calloway’s grandfather.
AfterShock said that the streamer won the rights in a competitive battle.
The comic comes from writer Paul Tobin (Bunny Mask) and artist Alberto Albuquerque (The Amazing Spider-Man). It is a math-inspired crime series that follows Jack Beans,...
Hulu has acquired the rights to AfterShock Media’s book and is in the very early stages of developing a series based on the crime story, which is set to be published in June.
Peter Calloway, exec producer on HBO’s The Nevers and co-exec producer on Freeform’s Marvel series Cloak & Dagger and FX’s Legion, has signed to write and serve as showrunner on the project. He has previously worked with the comic company on the book Shadow Doctor, which was set in Prohibition-era Chicago and drawn from the real world experiences of Calloway’s grandfather.
AfterShock said that the streamer won the rights in a competitive battle.
The comic comes from writer Paul Tobin (Bunny Mask) and artist Alberto Albuquerque (The Amazing Spider-Man). It is a math-inspired crime series that follows Jack Beans,...
- 5/20/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
When Ally Maki started her professional acting journey more than 20 years ago, she wasn’t sure what to expect. Things may have gotten off to somewhat of a slow start, but ver the years, she has built a successful career. Her resume includes credits in major productions like Cloak & Dagger and Dear White People. Even though she’s already done a lot of great things, there is still a lot more that she wants to accomplish. That said, the next couple of years are going to be huge for her. Ally currently has a couple of projects in the works
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Ally Maki...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Ally Maki...
- 5/20/2022
- by Tiffany Raiford
- TVovermind.com
Exclusive: Production starts today in Vancouver on the new Prime Video and Blumhouse Television horror-comedy slasher feature Totally Killer, starring Kiernan Shipka (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), Olivia Holt (Cruel Summer), Julie Bowen (Modern Family), and Randall Park (Fresh Off the Boat).
The film follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom, Pam (Bowen), is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer — a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia (Kelcey Mawema), Jamie travels back in time to 1987 and teams up with the teen version of her mom (Holt) to try and stop the killer.
Nahnatchka Khan is directing, and Jen D’Angelo penned the screenplay based on an original script by David Matalon and Sasha Perl-Raver.
The pic is a continuation of the deal forged by Prime Video and Blumhouse Television in 2019.
The cast...
The film follows Jamie (Shipka) whose mom, Pam (Bowen), is terrorized by the resurgence of the Sweet Sixteen Killer — a masked maniac that slaughtered a group of teenage girls in the ‘80s. With the help of her friend Amelia (Kelcey Mawema), Jamie travels back in time to 1987 and teams up with the teen version of her mom (Holt) to try and stop the killer.
Nahnatchka Khan is directing, and Jen D’Angelo penned the screenplay based on an original script by David Matalon and Sasha Perl-Raver.
The pic is a continuation of the deal forged by Prime Video and Blumhouse Television in 2019.
The cast...
- 5/12/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ami Canaan Mann (Texas Killing Fields) is gearing up to direct the biopic Audrey’s Children for Amasia Entertainment (Wild Mountain Thyme) and Resonate Entertainment (Sitting in Bars with Cake).
The film will tell the story of Dr. Audrey Evans, the revolutionary pediatric oncologist best known as the co-founder of Ronald McDonald House Charities—the world-famous organization that provides housing and support to millions of families in 62 countries around the world. A rebel with a cause, Evans burst onto the scene at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1970, discovering groundbreaking treatment methods for pediatric cancer. She then put her own career on the line, in a bid to administer her new methods to dire patients, and to provide housing for out-of-town families seeking care, going to extreme lengths to save her children.
Julia Fisher Farbman (Modern Hero) wrote the screenplay, which was based on years of research and conversations with Evans,...
The film will tell the story of Dr. Audrey Evans, the revolutionary pediatric oncologist best known as the co-founder of Ronald McDonald House Charities—the world-famous organization that provides housing and support to millions of families in 62 countries around the world. A rebel with a cause, Evans burst onto the scene at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in 1970, discovering groundbreaking treatment methods for pediatric cancer. She then put her own career on the line, in a bid to administer her new methods to dire patients, and to provide housing for out-of-town families seeking care, going to extreme lengths to save her children.
Julia Fisher Farbman (Modern Hero) wrote the screenplay, which was based on years of research and conversations with Evans,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Cruel Summer is officially going the anthology route: Season 2 of the Freeform psychological drama will feature a different mystery that will include a new cast and showrunner.
Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), newcomer Eloise Payet Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) and Griffin Gluck (Locke & Key, Private Practice) will lead the series, with KaDee Strickland (Private Practice), Lisa Yamada (Little Fires Everywhere) and Sean Blakemore (General Hospital, Greenleaf) rounding out the ensemble. Additionally, Paul Adelstein (Private Practice) will recur, reuniting him with Strickland and Gluck, who played his wife and son on Private Practice.
More from TVLineCruel Summer Boss Talks Finale's Twist Ending,...
Sadie Stanley (The Goldbergs), newcomer Eloise Payet Lexi Underwood (Little Fires Everywhere) and Griffin Gluck (Locke & Key, Private Practice) will lead the series, with KaDee Strickland (Private Practice), Lisa Yamada (Little Fires Everywhere) and Sean Blakemore (General Hospital, Greenleaf) rounding out the ensemble. Additionally, Paul Adelstein (Private Practice) will recur, reuniting him with Strickland and Gluck, who played his wife and son on Private Practice.
More from TVLineCruel Summer Boss Talks Finale's Twist Ending,...
- 4/21/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Kittens gonna be exploding alllllll over Netflix.
The ever-evolving streaming giant announced on Monday its plan to launch both a mobile game and a TV series adapted from the Exploding Kittens card game. Which I just learned is a thing.
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Exploding Kittens — The Game will launch on Netflix in May, to be followed in 2023 by an...
The ever-evolving streaming giant announced on Monday its plan to launch both a mobile game and a TV series adapted from the Exploding Kittens card game. Which I just learned is a thing.
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Exploding Kittens — The Game will launch on Netflix in May, to be followed in 2023 by an...
- 4/18/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Here's the status of TV shows like MacGruber, Mad About You, Made for Love, Maggie, The Magicians, Maid, Malibu Rescue, Manhunt: Unabomber, The Man in the High Castle, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Mandalorian, Maniac Cop, Manifest, Mann & Wife, Marcella, Mare of Easttown, Mars, Marvel’s Cloak and Dagger, Marvel's Daredevil, Marvel's Deadpool, Marvel's Ghost Rider, Marvel's Helstrom, Marvel's Hit-Monkey, Marvel's Howard the Duck, Marvel's Iron Fist, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Marvel's Luke Cage, Marvel's Moon Knight, Marvel's Ms. Marvel, Marvel's She-Hulk, Marvel's Modok, Marvel's Runaways, Marvel's Tigra & Dazzler Show, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Mary Kills People, Master of None, Masters of the Air, Mayans Mc, Mayor of Kingstown, McMafia, Mech-X4, Medical Police, Medici: The Magnificent, Meet the Mayhems, The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail, Merry Happy Whatever, Messiah, Metropolis, Micronesian Blues, The Midnight Club, The Midnight Gospel, Midnight Mass, The Mindy Project, Minx, Miracle Workers, The Missing, Modern...
- 3/21/2022
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: Dorian Missick (Shirley), Pamela Reed (Outside In), Amanda Warren and Jim Klock (The Underground Railroad) will round out the cast of Prime Video’s The Burial, which is currently in production.
They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie and Bill Camp.
Based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, The Burial follows a charismatic personal injury lawyer famous for his impressive track record and loudly unconventional approach who decides to help a funeral home owner save his family business from a predatory corporate behemoth. In a move to bring emotional resonance to a dry contract law case, the lawyer digs up an unexpected and complex web of race, power and oppression that forces everyone to examine long-buried prejudices they didn’t know they had.
Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright.
They’re set to star alongside previously announced cast members including Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie and Bill Camp.
Based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr, The Burial follows a charismatic personal injury lawyer famous for his impressive track record and loudly unconventional approach who decides to help a funeral home owner save his family business from a predatory corporate behemoth. In a move to bring emotional resonance to a dry contract law case, the lawyer digs up an unexpected and complex web of race, power and oppression that forces everyone to examine long-buried prejudices they didn’t know they had.
Maggie Betts is directing from a script by Doug Wright.
- 3/8/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
All six of Marvel’s original seres for Netflix, Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, The Punisher, and The Defenders limited series as well as Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which had been streaming exclusively on Netflix, will be moving to Disney+ starting March 16. They will be available across all other Disney+ markets later this year.
The arrival of the Defenders franchise, whose series are all rated TV-ma, is ushering in a new era for Disney+ in the U.S., which launched as a family friendly destination with all of its programming fitting into the TV-y, Tvy-7, TV-g, TV-pg and TV-14 ratings categories.
To accomodate the introduction of TV-ma programming (equivalent to an R-rating in features), Disney+ will be updating its existing Parental Controls in the U.S. This already has been implemented internationally, including in Emea, where Star, which features adult programming from Hulu, FX and other Disney entities,...
The arrival of the Defenders franchise, whose series are all rated TV-ma, is ushering in a new era for Disney+ in the U.S., which launched as a family friendly destination with all of its programming fitting into the TV-y, Tvy-7, TV-g, TV-pg and TV-14 ratings categories.
To accomodate the introduction of TV-ma programming (equivalent to an R-rating in features), Disney+ will be updating its existing Parental Controls in the U.S. This already has been implemented internationally, including in Emea, where Star, which features adult programming from Hulu, FX and other Disney entities,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kate Rorick, the Emmy winner who currently serves as executive producer and showrunner of the IMDb TV series Leverage: Redemption, has signed with APA for representation.
Rorick is a TV writer, producer and novelist who has also worked on series including Hulu’s Ghost Rider, TNT’s The Librarians, and Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger. She won her Emmy in 2015 for co-executive producing Emma Approved, the winner of Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Original Interactive Program. She also served as a consulting producer on popular web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and co-wrote the novels based on it with Bernie Su.
Rorick is also a bestselling author whose 2020 novel, Little Wonders, offers a glimpse into the high pressures of modern motherhood. She has penned two additional historical romance series under the nom de plume, Kate Noble.
Rorick continues to be represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Jackoway Tyerman, and Jane Rotrosen Agency for publishing.
Rorick is a TV writer, producer and novelist who has also worked on series including Hulu’s Ghost Rider, TNT’s The Librarians, and Freeform’s Cloak & Dagger. She won her Emmy in 2015 for co-executive producing Emma Approved, the winner of Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media – Original Interactive Program. She also served as a consulting producer on popular web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and co-wrote the novels based on it with Bernie Su.
Rorick is also a bestselling author whose 2020 novel, Little Wonders, offers a glimpse into the high pressures of modern motherhood. She has penned two additional historical romance series under the nom de plume, Kate Noble.
Rorick continues to be represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners, Jackoway Tyerman, and Jane Rotrosen Agency for publishing.
- 11/2/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max has released a teaser for Season 3 of Doom Patrol, and… y’all have fun now making heads or tails of it!
Premiering Thursday, Sept. 23 (with the first three episodes, followed by weekly releases), Season 3 opens on the culmination of Dorothy’s (Abi Monterey) confrontation with the Candlemaker, which leads to a devastating loss. The Doom Patrol then finds themselves at a difficult crossroads, with each member struggling to face who they are and who they want to be. And things get a whole lot more complicated when Madame Rouge (played by Michelle Gomez) arrives in a time machine with a very specific mission…...
Premiering Thursday, Sept. 23 (with the first three episodes, followed by weekly releases), Season 3 opens on the culmination of Dorothy’s (Abi Monterey) confrontation with the Candlemaker, which leads to a devastating loss. The Doom Patrol then finds themselves at a difficult crossroads, with each member struggling to face who they are and who they want to be. And things get a whole lot more complicated when Madame Rouge (played by Michelle Gomez) arrives in a time machine with a very specific mission…...
- 8/9/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Olivia Holt, who currently stars in Freeform’s hit series Cruel Summer, has signed with WME for representation. The agency plans to expand the actress-singer’s interests across film, TV, music, branding, fashion, digital, philanthropy and more.
Holt, whose acting credits include Freeform’s Marvel series Cloak & Dagger, plays Kate Wallis in Cruel Summer, which received a Season 2 renewal just before its Season 1 finale earlier this month. The psychological thriller follows two young women: Kate, the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being connected to Kate’s disappearance. The story is set over three summers and told through shifting points of view.
Cruel Summer, created by Bert V. Royal and executive produced by Jessica Biel, is Freeform’s most-watched series ever and was the No. 1 new cable drama of the year in the women 18-34 demo.
Holt, whose acting credits include Freeform’s Marvel series Cloak & Dagger, plays Kate Wallis in Cruel Summer, which received a Season 2 renewal just before its Season 1 finale earlier this month. The psychological thriller follows two young women: Kate, the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being connected to Kate’s disappearance. The story is set over three summers and told through shifting points of view.
Cruel Summer, created by Bert V. Royal and executive produced by Jessica Biel, is Freeform’s most-watched series ever and was the No. 1 new cable drama of the year in the women 18-34 demo.
- 6/28/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Following the worst of the deadly 'Covid-19' virus plague, the television industry continues to roar back with more renewals than cancelations:
ABC
The $100,000 Pyramid (renewed for Season 5)
20/20 (renewed for Season 43)
American Housewife (renewed for Season 5)
American Idol (renewed for Season 4)
The Bachelor (renewed for Season 25)
The Bachelorette (renewed for Season 16)
The Bachelor in Paradise (renewed for Season 7)
The Baker and the Beauty (canceled; one season)
Black-ish (renewed for Season 7)
Bless This Mess (canceled; two seasons)
Card Sharks (renewed for Season 2)
Celebrity Family Feud (renewed for Season 6)
The Conners (renewed for Season 3)
Dancing With The Stars (renewed for Season 29)
Emergence (canceled; one season)
For Life (renewed for Season 2)
Fresh Off The Boat (canceled; six seasons)
The Good Doctor (renewed for Season 4)
Grand Hotel (canceled; one season)
The Goldbergs (renewed for Season 8)
The Great Christmas Light Fight (renewed for Season 8)
Holey Moley (renewed for Season 2)
How To Get Away With Murder...
ABC
The $100,000 Pyramid (renewed for Season 5)
20/20 (renewed for Season 43)
American Housewife (renewed for Season 5)
American Idol (renewed for Season 4)
The Bachelor (renewed for Season 25)
The Bachelorette (renewed for Season 16)
The Bachelor in Paradise (renewed for Season 7)
The Baker and the Beauty (canceled; one season)
Black-ish (renewed for Season 7)
Bless This Mess (canceled; two seasons)
Card Sharks (renewed for Season 2)
Celebrity Family Feud (renewed for Season 6)
The Conners (renewed for Season 3)
Dancing With The Stars (renewed for Season 29)
Emergence (canceled; one season)
For Life (renewed for Season 2)
Fresh Off The Boat (canceled; six seasons)
The Good Doctor (renewed for Season 4)
Grand Hotel (canceled; one season)
The Goldbergs (renewed for Season 8)
The Great Christmas Light Fight (renewed for Season 8)
Holey Moley (renewed for Season 2)
How To Get Away With Murder...
- 6/20/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you have not yet watched Season 1, Episode 2 of “Loki,” streaming now on Disney Plus.
One of the many delights of the God of Mischief having his own standalone series is that we not only get to admire Tom Hiddleston’s acting chops, but also get to see him dance gleefully and maniacally right before the entire ancient city of Pompeii is washed away by lava. In Episode 1 of Disney Plus and Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” viewers got to familiarize themselves with The Time Variance Authority (Tva) and its futuristic office hub, and see this new Marvel Cinematic Universe territory through Loki’s eyes.
During Episode 2, much of that worldbuilding was put on hold for tense time travel adventures while wielding Loki’s “Mindhunter” abilities to catch a more evil version of himself. The episode also focused on the blossoming bromance between Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson...
One of the many delights of the God of Mischief having his own standalone series is that we not only get to admire Tom Hiddleston’s acting chops, but also get to see him dance gleefully and maniacally right before the entire ancient city of Pompeii is washed away by lava. In Episode 1 of Disney Plus and Marvel Studios’ “Loki,” viewers got to familiarize themselves with The Time Variance Authority (Tva) and its futuristic office hub, and see this new Marvel Cinematic Universe territory through Loki’s eyes.
During Episode 2, much of that worldbuilding was put on hold for tense time travel adventures while wielding Loki’s “Mindhunter” abilities to catch a more evil version of himself. The episode also focused on the blossoming bromance between Mobius M. Mobius (Owen Wilson...
- 6/16/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Freeform is signing up for another Cruel Summer, picking up the psychological thriller for Season 2, TVLine has learned. The news comes ahead of tonight’s freshman season finale (airing at 10/9c).
“Renewing Cruel Summer for a Season 2 was an easy decision,” Freeform President Tara Duncan said in a statement. “It’s the biggest series debut in Freeform’s history and the audience response has been overwhelmingly positive. [Executive producers] Jessica [Biel], Michelle [Purple] and [showrunner] Tia [Napolitano] did a phenomenal job telling an addictive story that’s tapped into the cultural zeitgeist. I’m excited to see where they take the series next.”
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“Renewing Cruel Summer for a Season 2 was an easy decision,” Freeform President Tara Duncan said in a statement. “It’s the biggest series debut in Freeform’s history and the audience response has been overwhelmingly positive. [Executive producers] Jessica [Biel], Michelle [Purple] and [showrunner] Tia [Napolitano] did a phenomenal job telling an addictive story that’s tapped into the cultural zeitgeist. I’m excited to see where they take the series next.”
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- 6/15/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Lincoln and Mr. Robot actress Gloria Reuben has boarded both Blumhouse/Weed Road/Universal’s Firestarter and Showtime’s limited series The First Lady about the women at the heart of the White House. I’m told that Reuben has a leading role in Firestarter.
Season one of the Aaron Cooley created, Lionsgate and Showtime produced series focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Viola Davis). Cooley will write several of the episodes and serve as EP.
Reuben will portray Valerie June Jarrett, senior advisor to President Obama. Jarrett was Michelle Obama’s friend and former boss, whom Michelle credits with teaching her about personal growth in the workplace. Oscar winner Cathy Schulman (Crash), Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Andrew Wang, Susanne Bier, Jeff Gaspin (Rhythm + Flow), and Brad Kaplan (Mr. Church) are also EPs on The First Lady.
Firestarter is directed by Keith Thomas,...
Season one of the Aaron Cooley created, Lionsgate and Showtime produced series focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt (Gillian Anderson), Betty Ford (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Michelle Obama (Viola Davis). Cooley will write several of the episodes and serve as EP.
Reuben will portray Valerie June Jarrett, senior advisor to President Obama. Jarrett was Michelle Obama’s friend and former boss, whom Michelle credits with teaching her about personal growth in the workplace. Oscar winner Cathy Schulman (Crash), Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, Andrew Wang, Susanne Bier, Jeff Gaspin (Rhythm + Flow), and Brad Kaplan (Mr. Church) are also EPs on The First Lady.
Firestarter is directed by Keith Thomas,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC Family Freeform has had some very successful scripted shows -- and a lot more of the less-successful kind. Which are your favorites? Which of the current TV series will be cancelled or renewed for another season? Stay tuned!
Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, and Young & Hungry.
Updated with the latest ratings for Cruel Summer and Everything's Gonna Be Okay.
There's a lot of data that Freeform execs look at when deciding whether to...
Scripted Freeform shows listed: Alone Together, Baby Daddy, Beyond, The Bold Type, Chasing Life, Cruel Summer, Dead of Summer, Everything's Gonna Be Okay, Famous In Love, The Fosters, Good Trouble, Grown-ish, Guilt, Kevin from Work, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Melissa & Joey, Motherland: Fort Salem, Mystery Girls, Party of Five, Pretty Little Liars, Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Ravenswood, Recovery Road, Shadowhunters, Siren, Stitchers, Switched at Birth, Twisted, and Young & Hungry.
Updated with the latest ratings for Cruel Summer and Everything's Gonna Be Okay.
There's a lot of data that Freeform execs look at when deciding whether to...
- 5/26/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Noelle Renee Bercy’s career may have started off with several small roles, but now she’s ready to show the world while she deserves to be at the forefront. After landing her first on-screen rule in 2013, she made a handful of guest appearances before getting her big break in 2018 when she was cast in the series Cloak & Dagger. Thanks to the series, Noelle’s fan base began to grow almost instantly. Although the show lasted for just two seasons, Noelle doesn’t have any plans on slowing down. She was in the 2020 film Into the Arms of Danger and
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- 5/9/2021
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Doom Patrol in Season 3 will introduce both its version of the Brotherhood of Dada as well as the Dead Boy Detective Agency, cutting deep as it does with the more arcane comic book fodder.
The Sisterhood of Dada, as it will be known on the HBO Max original, is comprised of Malcolm (played by onetime Flash guest star Micah Joe Parker), a quiet, sensitive and thoughtful soul who would often rather be invisible than face this unforgiving world; Shelley Byron aka The Fog (Agent Carter‘s scene-stealing Wynn Everett), a charming, seductive and poetic alleged terrorist; Lloyd Jefferson aka Frenzy...
The Sisterhood of Dada, as it will be known on the HBO Max original, is comprised of Malcolm (played by onetime Flash guest star Micah Joe Parker), a quiet, sensitive and thoughtful soul who would often rather be invisible than face this unforgiving world; Shelley Byron aka The Fog (Agent Carter‘s scene-stealing Wynn Everett), a charming, seductive and poetic alleged terrorist; Lloyd Jefferson aka Frenzy...
- 4/23/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
When Olivia Holt rose to prominence on Disney Xd’s “Kickin’ It” in 2011, she was barely 14 years old — the same age as Jessica Biel when she began working on the family drama “7th Heaven,” 15 years earlier.
Now, the two women are teaming up for “Cruel Summer,” Freeform’s psychological thriller in which Holt stars as Kate Wallis, a high schooler who goes missing. Her classmate, Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), is accused of being connected to her disappearance, which becomes the central mystery of the series, told in a nonlinear fashion over the course of three years in the mid-’90s.
“One of the main reasons I wanted to be part of this project is because of the incredible team of women behind [it],” says Holt, referring to Biel, who serves as executive producer, along with showrunner Tia Napolitano and Michelle Purple, Biel’s producing partner at their Iron Ocean production banner,...
Now, the two women are teaming up for “Cruel Summer,” Freeform’s psychological thriller in which Holt stars as Kate Wallis, a high schooler who goes missing. Her classmate, Jeanette Turner (Chiara Aurelia), is accused of being connected to her disappearance, which becomes the central mystery of the series, told in a nonlinear fashion over the course of three years in the mid-’90s.
“One of the main reasons I wanted to be part of this project is because of the incredible team of women behind [it],” says Holt, referring to Biel, who serves as executive producer, along with showrunner Tia Napolitano and Michelle Purple, Biel’s producing partner at their Iron Ocean production banner,...
- 4/20/2021
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Freeform is taking viewers back to the 1990s to unravel the mystery of what happened during one Cruel Summer.
Premiering with two episodes this Tuesday (at 9/8c), the ’90s-set drama centers around awkward teen Jeanette (Tell Me Your Secrets‘ Chiara Aurelia), who longs to be pretty and popular like her classmate Kate (Cloak & Dagger‘s Olivia Holt). Jeanette gets her wish — and much more than she bargained for — as she seemingly takes over Kate’s life when the other girl goes missing. As each twisty installment explores Jeanette’s possible connection to Kate’s disappearance, the drama goes all-in...
Premiering with two episodes this Tuesday (at 9/8c), the ’90s-set drama centers around awkward teen Jeanette (Tell Me Your Secrets‘ Chiara Aurelia), who longs to be pretty and popular like her classmate Kate (Cloak & Dagger‘s Olivia Holt). Jeanette gets her wish — and much more than she bargained for — as she seemingly takes over Kate’s life when the other girl goes missing. As each twisty installment explores Jeanette’s possible connection to Kate’s disappearance, the drama goes all-in...
- 4/19/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Tricia Melton, CMO of Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics division, has tapped Deena Sanjana Beach as VP of marketing for Adult Swim. In the new role, Beach will lead the development of the brand, marketing, media, and social media strategy for all original series, stunts, and network initiatives across multiple platforms.
Based in Los Angeles, Beach will report to Melton.
“Deena is the type of marketer who can see around the curve and truly understands building multi-platform brands,” said Melton. “As Adult Swim expands globally, Deena brings invaluable experience with the Gen Z audience. Her expertise in culture driven brand-building will help drive Adult Swim’s continued dominance as the leader in adult animation.”
Beach most recently served as VP of marketing strategy and media for Freeform at The Walt Disney Company, where she successfully launched such series as grown-ish, Cloak & Dagger, Siren, and Good Trouble.
Based in Los Angeles, Beach will report to Melton.
“Deena is the type of marketer who can see around the curve and truly understands building multi-platform brands,” said Melton. “As Adult Swim expands globally, Deena brings invaluable experience with the Gen Z audience. Her expertise in culture driven brand-building will help drive Adult Swim’s continued dominance as the leader in adult animation.”
Beach most recently served as VP of marketing strategy and media for Freeform at The Walt Disney Company, where she successfully launched such series as grown-ish, Cloak & Dagger, Siren, and Good Trouble.
- 3/26/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
While Amazon’s anticipated Lord of the Rings television series has been fueling fan speculation for years now, it has yet to supply the convenience of an actual title. Indeed, the series, currently in production in New Zealand, continues to be referred to in an official capacity under the generic placeholder of The Lord of the Rings on Prime. However, the show’s latest development, the addition of director Wayne Che Yip, was revealed with an intriguing image that has fans speculating that a title might have been secretly decided.
Amazon officially revealed that Wayne Che Yip will direct four episodes for Lord of the Rings, and will also serve as co-executive producer. It’s a solid addition for the series, with the British Chinese helmer having put together an impressive string of small screen genre work from episodes of shows such as Doom Patrol, Hunters, Happy!, Into the Badlands,...
Amazon officially revealed that Wayne Che Yip will direct four episodes for Lord of the Rings, and will also serve as co-executive producer. It’s a solid addition for the series, with the British Chinese helmer having put together an impressive string of small screen genre work from episodes of shows such as Doom Patrol, Hunters, Happy!, Into the Badlands,...
- 3/24/2021
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
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