Another Netflix original from “Game of Thrones” creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss is planned to debut in 2025. The political drama “Death by Lightning” has wrapped production in Budapest, Hungary and added eight new cast members, Netflix announced on Friday.
“Death by Lightning” comes from creator, writer and executive producer Mike Makowsky, who is best known for directing the HBO Hugh Jackman film “Bad Education.” The upcoming series tells the story of James Garfield, the reluctant 20th president of the United States. It chronicles how he comes to be assassinated by his greatest admirer, Charles Guiteau. The limited series is produced by Benioff and Weiss.
“Death by Lightning” has added Archie Fisher (“Last Days of John Allen Chau”) as Joe Brown, Barry Shabaka Henley (“Bob Hearts Abishola”) as Senator Blanche Bruce, Željko Ivanek (“Walking Dead: Dead City”) as Dr. Doctor Bliss, Kyle Soller (“Andor”) as Robert Todd Lincoln, Ben Miles (“The Crown”) as George Scoville,...
“Death by Lightning” comes from creator, writer and executive producer Mike Makowsky, who is best known for directing the HBO Hugh Jackman film “Bad Education.” The upcoming series tells the story of James Garfield, the reluctant 20th president of the United States. It chronicles how he comes to be assassinated by his greatest admirer, Charles Guiteau. The limited series is produced by Benioff and Weiss.
“Death by Lightning” has added Archie Fisher (“Last Days of John Allen Chau”) as Joe Brown, Barry Shabaka Henley (“Bob Hearts Abishola”) as Senator Blanche Bruce, Željko Ivanek (“Walking Dead: Dead City”) as Dr. Doctor Bliss, Kyle Soller (“Andor”) as Robert Todd Lincoln, Ben Miles (“The Crown”) as George Scoville,...
- 10/11/2024
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Horror content creators have been on Hollywood’s radar for a couple years now, with studio deals flying for RackaRacka‘s hit Talk to Me, Chris Stuckmann‘s upcoming Shelby Oaks, Kane Parsons‘ upcoming backrooms film, and—most recently—Curry Barker, creator of iconic YouTube horror short The Chair, announcing a deal with Fall and 47 Meters Down producer James Harris and his company Tea Shop Productions.
But even if creators don’t sign a studio deal, there are still ways for them to get their spooky content on the big screen.
After selling out 168 Cinemark theaters with the first two episodes of their Conjuring house documentary series in October 2023, daring YouTube duo Sam and Colby are back to celebrate Halloween with a second Cinemark partnership. This time, they’re releasing an exclusive, 97-minute film, The Legend of Skinwalker Ranch.
Sam and Colby got their start on YouTube as a...
But even if creators don’t sign a studio deal, there are still ways for them to get their spooky content on the big screen.
After selling out 168 Cinemark theaters with the first two episodes of their Conjuring house documentary series in October 2023, daring YouTube duo Sam and Colby are back to celebrate Halloween with a second Cinemark partnership. This time, they’re releasing an exclusive, 97-minute film, The Legend of Skinwalker Ranch.
Sam and Colby got their start on YouTube as a...
- 10/4/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
TV giant Fremantle has acquired the worldwide rights to “Penelope,” the coming-of-age indie drama produced by Duplass Brothers Productions
Created by Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn, the 8-part series premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and is set to launch on Netflix in the U.S. on Sep. 24.
The series follows Penelope, played by Megan Stott, a 16-year-old who feels out of place in modern society and is drawn into the unknown wilderness, where she begins to form a new life for herself in a National Forest.
Alongside Stott, the cast also includes Austin Abrams, Krisha Fairchild and Rhenzy Feliz.
“It is an honour to be partnering with the esteemed Duplass Brothers to introduce ‘Penelope’ to the world. This premium, coming-of-age series has strong emotional heart and beautiful production values, all whilst addressing important, timely and relatable issues that consume our everyday lives” said Rebecca Dundon, senior vice president of scripted content for international Fremantle.
Created by Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn, the 8-part series premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival and is set to launch on Netflix in the U.S. on Sep. 24.
The series follows Penelope, played by Megan Stott, a 16-year-old who feels out of place in modern society and is drawn into the unknown wilderness, where she begins to form a new life for herself in a National Forest.
Alongside Stott, the cast also includes Austin Abrams, Krisha Fairchild and Rhenzy Feliz.
“It is an honour to be partnering with the esteemed Duplass Brothers to introduce ‘Penelope’ to the world. This premium, coming-of-age series has strong emotional heart and beautiful production values, all whilst addressing important, timely and relatable issues that consume our everyday lives” said Rebecca Dundon, senior vice president of scripted content for international Fremantle.
- 9/23/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
His job is tables chairs.
HBO has placed a series order for The Chair Company, a comedy series co-created by and starring Tim Robinson of Netflix’s Emmy-winning sketch show I Think You Should Leave. Zach Kanin, a longtime collaborator of Robinson’s on Itysl, Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central’s Detroiters, co-created the show with Robinson; both will write and executive produce.
Adam McKay and Todd Schulman also executive produce via their HyperObject Industries, along with Igor Srubshchik. Andrew DeYoung — who helmed Robinson’s feature film Friendship — directed and executive produced the pilot.
The Chair Company will follow a man named William Ronald Trosper (Robinson) who, after an embarrassing incident at work, finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
“With an imprint only Tim and Zach can have on a character, William Ronald Trosper follows in the strong tradition of HBO comedy leads,” said Amy Gravitt, executive vp HBO and Max comedy programming.
HBO has placed a series order for The Chair Company, a comedy series co-created by and starring Tim Robinson of Netflix’s Emmy-winning sketch show I Think You Should Leave. Zach Kanin, a longtime collaborator of Robinson’s on Itysl, Saturday Night Live and Comedy Central’s Detroiters, co-created the show with Robinson; both will write and executive produce.
Adam McKay and Todd Schulman also executive produce via their HyperObject Industries, along with Igor Srubshchik. Andrew DeYoung — who helmed Robinson’s feature film Friendship — directed and executive produced the pilot.
The Chair Company will follow a man named William Ronald Trosper (Robinson) who, after an embarrassing incident at work, finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
“With an imprint only Tim and Zach can have on a character, William Ronald Trosper follows in the strong tradition of HBO comedy leads,” said Amy Gravitt, executive vp HBO and Max comedy programming.
- 9/12/2024
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Over the past couple years, Hollywood has realized something the internet’s known for years: YouTube is the home for indie horror. There is a veritable smorgasbord of short horror films posted across the platform, with some nabbing hundreds of thousands and even millions of views. And those films are helping YouTube creators like RackaRacka and Chris Stuckmann pave a path to the big screen.
The latest creator to join them is Curry Barker, whose 2023 horror short The Chair (5.5 million views) put him on the map, and whose latest project, a full-length, 62-minute found footage film called Milk & Serial, is turning him into a serious contender for top up-and-coming horror writer/director/actor/you-name-it-he’s-got-it.
Barker and his crew made Milk & Serial for $800. They all worked pro bono as the film’s cast of influencer-and-friends characters, so the production budget was used to compensate the one outside actor they hired.
The latest creator to join them is Curry Barker, whose 2023 horror short The Chair (5.5 million views) put him on the map, and whose latest project, a full-length, 62-minute found footage film called Milk & Serial, is turning him into a serious contender for top up-and-coming horror writer/director/actor/you-name-it-he’s-got-it.
Barker and his crew made Milk & Serial for $800. They all worked pro bono as the film’s cast of influencer-and-friends characters, so the production budget was used to compensate the one outside actor they hired.
- 8/30/2024
- by James Hale
- Tubefilter.com
Curry Barker’s horror Milk & Serial is the latest internet sensation, and a pretty darn good film too. We take a closer look.
While doomscrolling on your phone before bedtime in the last couple of weeks, you might have come across something called Milk & Serial. The film is currently enjoying some viral fame after being released on YouTube a few weeks ago. Directed by Curry Barker, the low-budget, 62-minute horror is frighteningly authentic and guaranteed to make you panic every time your friends pull a prank on you.
Barker is one half of the team behind the YouTube channel that’s a bad idea. Together with Cooper Tomlinson, the pair post sketch videos to both YouTube and TikTok. The pair also star in Milk & Serial, and Tomlinson is a producer on the project.
The film focuses on two YouTube creators with an affinity for pranks, but when...
While doomscrolling on your phone before bedtime in the last couple of weeks, you might have come across something called Milk & Serial. The film is currently enjoying some viral fame after being released on YouTube a few weeks ago. Directed by Curry Barker, the low-budget, 62-minute horror is frighteningly authentic and guaranteed to make you panic every time your friends pull a prank on you.
Barker is one half of the team behind the YouTube channel that’s a bad idea. Together with Cooper Tomlinson, the pair post sketch videos to both YouTube and TikTok. The pair also star in Milk & Serial, and Tomlinson is a producer on the project.
The film focuses on two YouTube creators with an affinity for pranks, but when...
- 8/30/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
The 60-minute found footage horror short Milk & Serial is making huge waves here in the horror community, already approaching half a million views since being uploaded just two weeks ago by the channel That’s a Bad Idea, an up-and-coming comedy duo made up of film-school-pals-turned-collaborators Curry Barker and Cooper Tomlinson.
The short film was made for just $800 and opted for a direct-to-YouTube release versus a more traditional release with a more traditional distributor, with the channel’s 600,000+ subscribers spreading it far and wide across the internet. Milk & Serial follows in the wake of the duo’s The Chair, a previous horror short that similarly went viral and passed 5 million views.
Needless to say, Barker and Tomlinson know what the hell they’re doing in the horror space. And in a chat with Variety this week, they tease that another horror movie is now in the works.
The title?...
The short film was made for just $800 and opted for a direct-to-YouTube release versus a more traditional release with a more traditional distributor, with the channel’s 600,000+ subscribers spreading it far and wide across the internet. Milk & Serial follows in the wake of the duo’s The Chair, a previous horror short that similarly went viral and passed 5 million views.
Needless to say, Barker and Tomlinson know what the hell they’re doing in the horror space. And in a chat with Variety this week, they tease that another horror movie is now in the works.
The title?...
- 8/27/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Spoiler Alert: This article contains minor spoilers for “Milk & Serial,” now available to watch on YouTube.
Curry Barker has delivered the year’s most unlikely hit.
The filmmaker and comedian is the mastermind behind “Milk & Serial,” a 62-minute horror feature about YouTube pranksters who get caught up in some rapidly escalating crises that ideally aren’t spoiled in advance. Made for only $800, the film co-stars Barker and his comedy partner, Cooper Tomlinson, who is also a producer.
The duo mainly posts sketch videos to their TikTok and YouTube channels “that’s a bad idea,” while occasionally showcasing other projects, like Barker’s viral 2023 horror short “The Chair,” which has been watched on the latter more than 5.5 million times. After considering working with a distributor for “Milk & Serial,” Barker decided to drop the full movie on YouTube on Aug. 8. Since then, it’s been watched over 323,000 times (as of Aug.
Curry Barker has delivered the year’s most unlikely hit.
The filmmaker and comedian is the mastermind behind “Milk & Serial,” a 62-minute horror feature about YouTube pranksters who get caught up in some rapidly escalating crises that ideally aren’t spoiled in advance. Made for only $800, the film co-stars Barker and his comedy partner, Cooper Tomlinson, who is also a producer.
The duo mainly posts sketch videos to their TikTok and YouTube channels “that’s a bad idea,” while occasionally showcasing other projects, like Barker’s viral 2023 horror short “The Chair,” which has been watched on the latter more than 5.5 million times. After considering working with a distributor for “Milk & Serial,” Barker decided to drop the full movie on YouTube on Aug. 8. Since then, it’s been watched over 323,000 times (as of Aug.
- 8/26/2024
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
This year’s TIFF Tribute Awards are shaping up to be shiny indeed. Today, Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey has announced a pair of additional honorees who will be receiving TIFF Tribute Awards at this year’s festival. They include American award-winning (including recently picking up one of our own IndieWire Honors!) actor and rapper Jharrel Jerome, who will receive the TIFF Tribute Performer Award, and award-winning actor Zhao Tao, who will be presented with the TIFF Special Tribute Award.
Both actors have films at the festival this year: Jerome leads William Goldenberg’s fact-based “Unstoppable,” which will world premiere at TIFF, while Tao returns to the festival for the North American premiere of Jia Zhang-he’s “Caught by the Tides.”
“From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘Unstoppable,’ Jharrel Jerome’s depth, strength, and vulnerability on screen have made him one of his generation’s finest actors. It’s an...
Both actors have films at the festival this year: Jerome leads William Goldenberg’s fact-based “Unstoppable,” which will world premiere at TIFF, while Tao returns to the festival for the North American premiere of Jia Zhang-he’s “Caught by the Tides.”
“From ‘Moonlight’ to ‘Unstoppable,’ Jharrel Jerome’s depth, strength, and vulnerability on screen have made him one of his generation’s finest actors. It’s an...
- 8/20/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
This year’s Toronto International Film Festival continues to catch some major stars. Today, festival head Cameron Bailey has announced the addition of more more honorees who will be receiving a TIFF Tribute Award at this year’s festival. Those honorees include Academy Award–nominated and renowned British filmmaker Mike Leigh, who will be honored with the TIFF Ebert Director Award.
Leigh will premiere his twenty-third film “Hard Truths,” at the festival, which will screen as part of the Special Presentations program and reunites him with Academy Award nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Secrets & Lies”). Named after legendary film critic Roger Ebert, the award has gone to celebrated visionaries such as Martin Scorsese, Claire Denis, Ava DuVernay, Wim Wenders, and the late Agnès Varda. Past recipients who received the TIFF Ebert Director Award since the TIFF Tribute Awards were introduced include Spike Lee in 2023; Sam Mendes in 2022; Denis Villeneuve in 2021; Chloé Zhao...
Leigh will premiere his twenty-third film “Hard Truths,” at the festival, which will screen as part of the Special Presentations program and reunites him with Academy Award nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Secrets & Lies”). Named after legendary film critic Roger Ebert, the award has gone to celebrated visionaries such as Martin Scorsese, Claire Denis, Ava DuVernay, Wim Wenders, and the late Agnès Varda. Past recipients who received the TIFF Ebert Director Award since the TIFF Tribute Awards were introduced include Spike Lee in 2023; Sam Mendes in 2022; Denis Villeneuve in 2021; Chloé Zhao...
- 7/30/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The wait for Severance Season 2 will end in 2025.
The return to the sinister Lumen Industries now has a release date as well as returning cast members who operate with “severed” personalities outside of Lumen employment and within headquarters. The Apple TV+ show will continue to explore the “work-life balance” experiment, which seems rooted in something dark, in its second installment.
Read on for everything we know about Severance Season 2:
When will Severance Season 2 come out?
The second season of Severance arrives on Friday, January 17. The double strike in Hollywood delayed production on the suspenseful show after it was renewed in April 2022, but before then, Scott appeared on Deadline’s 20 Questions On Deadline Podcast in August 2022 to tease the return to filming.
Adam Scott in ‘Severance’ Season 2
How many episodes will be in Severance Season 2?
With one episode premiering January 17 followed by one episode weekly through March 21, the episode count...
The return to the sinister Lumen Industries now has a release date as well as returning cast members who operate with “severed” personalities outside of Lumen employment and within headquarters. The Apple TV+ show will continue to explore the “work-life balance” experiment, which seems rooted in something dark, in its second installment.
Read on for everything we know about Severance Season 2:
When will Severance Season 2 come out?
The second season of Severance arrives on Friday, January 17. The double strike in Hollywood delayed production on the suspenseful show after it was renewed in April 2022, but before then, Scott appeared on Deadline’s 20 Questions On Deadline Podcast in August 2022 to tease the return to filming.
Adam Scott in ‘Severance’ Season 2
How many episodes will be in Severance Season 2?
With one episode premiering January 17 followed by one episode weekly through March 21, the episode count...
- 7/10/2024
- by Dessi Gomez
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures has debuted the brand new trailer for Afraid, an upcoming sci-fi horror film from Academy Award-nominated writer/director Chris Weitz (Operation Finale; About a Boy; American Pie) that introduces a whole new kind of terror to the world with Aia, who is basically a Siri-like family assistant that takes her job way, way too seriously.
The film's synopsis reveals, "Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called Aia. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, Aia seems able to do it all. She learns the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way."
The cast features John Cho (Star Trek; Searching; Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle...
The film's synopsis reveals, "Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a revolutionary new home device: a digital family assistant called Aia. Taking smart home to the next level, once the unit and all its sensors and cameras are installed in their home, Aia seems able to do it all. She learns the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can make sure nothing – and no one – gets in her family’s way."
The cast features John Cho (Star Trek; Searching; Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle...
- 7/4/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
TIFF is almost underway!
The film festival has unveiled part of its film lineup along with the first honorees for the sixth annual Tribute Awards, taking place Sunday, September 8. Meanwhile, “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams will have its world premiere at the festival, with Oscar-nominated actress Adams receiving the TIFF Tribute Performer Award. The festival will take place from September 5 through 15. Six titles from the gala and special presentation programs were also announced.
Elton John documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late” will debut, along with “Harbin” starring Hyun Bin, Lee Dong-wook, Park Jeong-min, and Jeon Yeo-been. Marielle Heller’s aforementioned “Nightbitch” will be unveiled, as well as Stephen King’s “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston. LeBron James produces Indigenous basketball coming-of-age film “Rez Ball,” and animated film “The Wild Robot” will screen with Lupita Nyong’o voicing the titular android.
The 11-day celebration also hosts the annual Tribute Awards. This year,...
The film festival has unveiled part of its film lineup along with the first honorees for the sixth annual Tribute Awards, taking place Sunday, September 8. Meanwhile, “Nightbitch” starring Amy Adams will have its world premiere at the festival, with Oscar-nominated actress Adams receiving the TIFF Tribute Performer Award. The festival will take place from September 5 through 15. Six titles from the gala and special presentation programs were also announced.
Elton John documentary “Elton John: Never Too Late” will debut, along with “Harbin” starring Hyun Bin, Lee Dong-wook, Park Jeong-min, and Jeon Yeo-been. Marielle Heller’s aforementioned “Nightbitch” will be unveiled, as well as Stephen King’s “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston. LeBron James produces Indigenous basketball coming-of-age film “Rez Ball,” and animated film “The Wild Robot” will screen with Lupita Nyong’o voicing the titular android.
The 11-day celebration also hosts the annual Tribute Awards. This year,...
- 6/18/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Sandra Oh's character in Grey's Anatomy, heart surgeon Cristina Yang, has a difficult personality and the ability to accept the blows of fate with dignity: she experienced the death of her father, a runaway bridegroom, unsuccessful pregnancies, and a plane crash.
Why Did Sandra Oh Leave Grey's Anatomy?
Sandra Oh began her career as a ballerina, but later decided to connect her life to the film industry. Unlike Ellen Pompeo, Sandra already had experience playing leading roles before filming Grey's Anatomy.
She starred in The Diary of Evelyn Lau and Bean, Last Night, The Red Violin and Waking the Dead. But her biggest work was of course Grey's Anatomy. Sandra was a member of the medical procedural cast for almost ten years: from 2005 to 2014.
However, in 2014, after ten seasons, the actress announced her departure from the television project. She felt that she had given her character everything she could...
Why Did Sandra Oh Leave Grey's Anatomy?
Sandra Oh began her career as a ballerina, but later decided to connect her life to the film industry. Unlike Ellen Pompeo, Sandra already had experience playing leading roles before filming Grey's Anatomy.
She starred in The Diary of Evelyn Lau and Bean, Last Night, The Red Violin and Waking the Dead. But her biggest work was of course Grey's Anatomy. Sandra was a member of the medical procedural cast for almost ten years: from 2005 to 2014.
However, in 2014, after ten seasons, the actress announced her departure from the television project. She felt that she had given her character everything she could...
- 5/16/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Jay Duplass and Kelvin Yu are the latest additions to the cast of FX’s limited series adaptation of “Dying for Sex,” Variety has learned exclusively.
The series is based on the podcast of the same name. Duplass and Yu join previously announced series lead Michelle Williams and cast members Jenny Slate, Rob Delaney, David Rasche, and Esco Jouléy.
The official description of the series states “Molly (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, leaves her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend (Slate), who stays by her side all the way to the very end.”
Duplass will play Steve, Molly’s husband. Yu will play Noah, described as “a talented musician with genuinely earnest, big feelings about his girlfriend Nikki that he isn’t shy about sharing.”
As an actor, Duplass...
The series is based on the podcast of the same name. Duplass and Yu join previously announced series lead Michelle Williams and cast members Jenny Slate, Rob Delaney, David Rasche, and Esco Jouléy.
The official description of the series states “Molly (Williams), a woman diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer, leaves her husband of 15 years and begins to explore her sexuality. She gets the courage and support to go on this adventure from her best friend (Slate), who stays by her side all the way to the very end.”
Duplass will play Steve, Molly’s husband. Yu will play Noah, described as “a talented musician with genuinely earnest, big feelings about his girlfriend Nikki that he isn’t shy about sharing.”
As an actor, Duplass...
- 4/18/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Downey Jr. stars as not one, but four characters in HBO’s newest thriller series, “The Sympathizer.”
The limited series, which is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel of the same name, follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he hides his identity from a refugee community in Los Angeles during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “The Sympathizer,” and where you’ve seen each actor before.
Hoa Xuande in “The Sympathizer.” (Hopper Stone/HBO)
Hoa Xuande as The Captain
Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in a refugee community in Los Angeles. His dual identities prompt him to get caught between his conflicting loyalties and contradicting desires.
Xuande has been featured in “Last King of the Cross,” “A Stitch in Time,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Hungry Ghosts.
The limited series, which is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel of the same name, follows a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy as he hides his identity from a refugee community in Los Angeles during the final days of the Vietnam War.
Keep on reading for the full breakdown of all the characters in “The Sympathizer,” and where you’ve seen each actor before.
Hoa Xuande in “The Sympathizer.” (Hopper Stone/HBO)
Hoa Xuande as The Captain
Hoa Xuande stars as the Captain, a spy for North Vietnam who becomes embedded in a refugee community in Los Angeles. His dual identities prompt him to get caught between his conflicting loyalties and contradicting desires.
Xuande has been featured in “Last King of the Cross,” “A Stitch in Time,” “Cowboy Bebop” and “Hungry Ghosts.
- 4/15/2024
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Sandra Oh (Killing Eve) has been tapped for a role in Lionsgate’s Good Fortune, the debut feature of Master of None and Parks and Rec star Aziz Ansari, in which he also stars alongside Seth Rogen, Keanu Reeves, and Keke Palmer.
Oh’s role is being kept under wraps, as is the plot of the movie. Ansari directed from his own script and also produced alongside Anthony Katagas and Alan Yang, with Aniz Adam Ansari and Jonathan McCoy exec producing. At Lionsgate, the film is overseen by Brady Fujikawa and Jon Humphrey.
The film is the second Ansari has looked to direct, on the heels of the Searchlight dramedy Being Mortal, which was shut down amid complaints of inappropriate behavior on the part of cast member Bill Murray in 2022. Previously, he’s helmed his 2022 comedy special Nightclub Comedian for Netflix, as well as 11 episodes of Master of None,...
Oh’s role is being kept under wraps, as is the plot of the movie. Ansari directed from his own script and also produced alongside Anthony Katagas and Alan Yang, with Aniz Adam Ansari and Jonathan McCoy exec producing. At Lionsgate, the film is overseen by Brady Fujikawa and Jon Humphrey.
The film is the second Ansari has looked to direct, on the heels of the Searchlight dramedy Being Mortal, which was shut down amid complaints of inappropriate behavior on the part of cast member Bill Murray in 2022. Previously, he’s helmed his 2022 comedy special Nightclub Comedian for Netflix, as well as 11 episodes of Master of None,...
- 4/5/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The creative force behind the American sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave, Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin, are getting the band back together after landing a pilot at HBO for their new project, The Chair Company. Robinson and Kanin wrote the half-hour comedy pilot, with production courtesy of Adam McKay and Todd Schulman for Hyperobject Industries.
Written and executive-produced by Robinson and Kanin, The Chair Company focuses on a man (Robinson) investigating a far-reaching conspiracy after an embarrassing workplace incident. The Chair Company arrives at HBO just as the network has sunsetted Bill Hader’s Barry and Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm in the past several months.
Robinson and Kanin met while working as writers on Saturday Night Live. They’ve collaborated on other projects, such as Comedy Central‘s Detroiters and the sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson for Netflix. The...
Written and executive-produced by Robinson and Kanin, The Chair Company focuses on a man (Robinson) investigating a far-reaching conspiracy after an embarrassing workplace incident. The Chair Company arrives at HBO just as the network has sunsetted Bill Hader’s Barry and Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm in the past several months.
Robinson and Kanin met while working as writers on Saturday Night Live. They’ve collaborated on other projects, such as Comedy Central‘s Detroiters and the sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson for Netflix. The...
- 4/2/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: HBO has given the green light to The Chair Company, a half-hour comedy pilot starring Tim Robinson. The project, from Robinson and his writing partner Zach Kanin, is also executive produced by Adam McKay and Todd Schulman for Hyperobject Industries.
In The Chair Company, written and executive produced by Robinson and Kanin, after an embarrassing incident at work, a man (Robinson) finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
HBO has been ramping up comedy development as two of its signature comedy series, Barry and Curb Your Enthusiasm, have come to an end over the past 10 months. Just like with both of those award-winning series, the network is betting on creators-performers for its next crop of comedies.
The pickup of The Chair Company follows HBO’s pilot order to a half-hour starring, written and executive produced by Rachel Sennott.
This marks the latest collaboration for Robinson and Kanin who met while...
In The Chair Company, written and executive produced by Robinson and Kanin, after an embarrassing incident at work, a man (Robinson) finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.
HBO has been ramping up comedy development as two of its signature comedy series, Barry and Curb Your Enthusiasm, have come to an end over the past 10 months. Just like with both of those award-winning series, the network is betting on creators-performers for its next crop of comedies.
The pickup of The Chair Company follows HBO’s pilot order to a half-hour starring, written and executive produced by Rachel Sennott.
This marks the latest collaboration for Robinson and Kanin who met while...
- 4/2/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The question of who will continue the legacy of the 4Ks and particularly their successes on the international movie scene is one of the most dominant in the discussions among critics and scholars of Japanese cinema. Following the 2016 Un Certain Regard Jury Prize for “Harmonium”, one of the names that provides an answer to the aforementioned question is that of Koji Fukada. In the following text, we will take a closer and more thorough look at all the elements that make the 1980 born filmmaker a worthy successor of the aforementioned masters, starting from the very beginning of his life.
Born in Tokyo in Tokyo on January 5, 1980, Koji Fukada had a father who was a film buff, which resulted in him growing up in an environment surrounded with hundreds of VHS tapes, and subsequently, to become a cineaste, just like his old man. He watched the movies that inspired him to...
Born in Tokyo in Tokyo on January 5, 1980, Koji Fukada had a father who was a film buff, which resulted in him growing up in an environment surrounded with hundreds of VHS tapes, and subsequently, to become a cineaste, just like his old man. He watched the movies that inspired him to...
- 3/30/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Georgia’s Nato Vachnadze Foundation is launching an annual film awards ceremony to celebrate the country’s filmmaking output.
Founded by Natalia Jugheli, a London-based Georgian actress, the Nato Vachnadze Foundation is named after early Georgian film icon Nato Vachnadze. Jugheli is Vachnadze’s great-granddaughter.
The inaugural Eliso awards will take place on June 14 - the 120th anniversary of Vachnadze’s birth - at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Gurjaani, Georgia. The awards have been backed by corporate sponsors including the Tbc Bank, drinks brand Sarajishvili and petrol firm Gulf, plus the Gurjaani municipality.
The Eliso awards aims to...
Founded by Natalia Jugheli, a London-based Georgian actress, the Nato Vachnadze Foundation is named after early Georgian film icon Nato Vachnadze. Jugheli is Vachnadze’s great-granddaughter.
The inaugural Eliso awards will take place on June 14 - the 120th anniversary of Vachnadze’s birth - at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Gurjaani, Georgia. The awards have been backed by corporate sponsors including the Tbc Bank, drinks brand Sarajishvili and petrol firm Gulf, plus the Gurjaani municipality.
The Eliso awards aims to...
- 3/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
Georgia’s Nato Vachnadze Foundation is launching an annual film awards ceremony to celebrate the country’s filmmaking output.
Funded by Natalia Jugheli, a London-based Georgian actress and filmmaker who is Vachnadze’s great-granddaughter, the Nato Vachnadze Foundation is named after early Georgian film icon Nato Vachnadze.
The inaugural Eliso awards will take place on June 14 - the 120th anniversary of Vachnadze’s birth - at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Gurjaani, Georgia, a site owned by the family. The awards have been backed by corporate sponsors including the Tbc Bank, drinks brand Sarajishvili and petrol firm Gulf, plus the Gurjaani municipality.
Funded by Natalia Jugheli, a London-based Georgian actress and filmmaker who is Vachnadze’s great-granddaughter, the Nato Vachnadze Foundation is named after early Georgian film icon Nato Vachnadze.
The inaugural Eliso awards will take place on June 14 - the 120th anniversary of Vachnadze’s birth - at the Nato Vachnadze House Museum in Gurjaani, Georgia, a site owned by the family. The awards have been backed by corporate sponsors including the Tbc Bank, drinks brand Sarajishvili and petrol firm Gulf, plus the Gurjaani municipality.
- 3/27/2024
- ScreenDaily
This post contains spoilers for the first season of Netflix's "3 Body Problem."
It's been nearly five years since "Game of Thrones" viewers said goodbye to the ambitious fantasy epic that headlined HBO's lineup for the better part of the 2010s. In that time, series co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss started developing a deeply controversial (now nixed) series called "Confederate," executive produced "The Chair" (a short-lived Netflix show about academia), directed a Leslie Jones standup special, and came under scrutiny for their lack of preparedness while making "Thrones."
Now, after five years of work on varyingly successful stray projects, Benioff and Weiss are back with co-creator credits on another ambitious genre story based on multiple beloved books. This time around, they're putting their spin on Liu Cixin's "3 Body Problem" alongside co-creator Alexander Woo. While the two shows actually couldn't be more different, it's impossible not to...
It's been nearly five years since "Game of Thrones" viewers said goodbye to the ambitious fantasy epic that headlined HBO's lineup for the better part of the 2010s. In that time, series co-creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss started developing a deeply controversial (now nixed) series called "Confederate," executive produced "The Chair" (a short-lived Netflix show about academia), directed a Leslie Jones standup special, and came under scrutiny for their lack of preparedness while making "Thrones."
Now, after five years of work on varyingly successful stray projects, Benioff and Weiss are back with co-creator credits on another ambitious genre story based on multiple beloved books. This time around, they're putting their spin on Liu Cixin's "3 Body Problem" alongside co-creator Alexander Woo. While the two shows actually couldn't be more different, it's impossible not to...
- 3/21/2024
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Coming our way from Blumhouse Television and set up at Amazon’s Prime Video, The Bondsman is set to star Kevin Bacon as Hub Halloran, a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist. We’ve previously heard that Bacon is being joined in the cast by Jennifer Nettles of The Righteous Gemstones as Maryanne, Hub’s ex-wife, and now Variety reports that four more have been cast in the show. They are Damon Herriman (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), Beth Grant (Speed), Maxwell Jenkins (Lost in Space), and Jolene Purdy (Unseen).
Herriman will be playing Lucky, “the owner of a successful country music club, who is in a relationship with Maryanne (Nettles), Hub’s ex-wife.” Grant’s character is Kitty,...
Herriman will be playing Lucky, “the owner of a successful country music club, who is in a relationship with Maryanne (Nettles), Hub’s ex-wife.” Grant’s character is Kitty,...
- 3/4/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Grey’s Anatomy and Quiz Lady actor Sandra Oh will star in the Off Broadway American premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s The Welkin this summer.
The Atlantic Theater Company production begins previews Thursday, May 16, and will open Wednesday, June 12 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 30.
Directed by Sarah Benson, The Welkin is set in Rural Suffolk, England, 1759, as the country waits for Halley’s Comet. A young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder, and when she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she’s telling the truth or simply trying to escape the noose. Only midwife Lizzy Luke (Oh) is prepared to defend the girl against a mob baying for blood, matrons wrestling with their new authority and the devil in their midst.
Atlantic describes the work as a “dark, fierce,...
The Atlantic Theater Company production begins previews Thursday, May 16, and will open Wednesday, June 12 for a limited engagement through Sunday, June 30.
Directed by Sarah Benson, The Welkin is set in Rural Suffolk, England, 1759, as the country waits for Halley’s Comet. A young woman is sentenced to hang for a heinous murder, and when she claims to be pregnant, a jury of twelve matrons are taken from their housework to decide whether she’s telling the truth or simply trying to escape the noose. Only midwife Lizzy Luke (Oh) is prepared to defend the girl against a mob baying for blood, matrons wrestling with their new authority and the devil in their midst.
Atlantic describes the work as a “dark, fierce,...
- 2/27/2024
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Nearly five years after signing their big multi-million dollar Netflix deal, “Game Of Thrones” creators David Benioff & D.B. Weiss are finally set to begin at the streamer in earnest with their first big project, the sci-fi mystery series, “3 Body Problem”.
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Continue reading ‘Game Of Thrones’: Benioff & Weiss Throw Jabs At Questionable AT&T Execs’ “Mini-Episode” Ideas & “Dysfunction” at The Playlist.
- 2/23/2024
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Please consider this edition of Fiscal Spotlight a public service announcement warning you that there are a mere eight days remaining before Valentine’s Day. Cutting it close for any truly bigass plans, but still plenty of time to pick up chalky Russell Stovers and mass-manufactured fluffy teddy bear squishies from Cvs. And yes, you’ll need to buy a card and figure out yet another way to poeticize and artfully obfuscate the same basic premise: “Thank you for not valuing your autonomous personhood enough to leave me, which would thus double the cost of many of my critical domestic financial obligations.”
Just kidding! We love love. We’re nice people who love our partners and pets, of course, but as connoisseurs of the arts we also love love as the animating dramatic element in our favorite stories, songs and celebrity TikTok meltdowns. Which is why for this most amorous...
Just kidding! We love love. We’re nice people who love our partners and pets, of course, but as connoisseurs of the arts we also love love as the animating dramatic element in our favorite stories, songs and celebrity TikTok meltdowns. Which is why for this most amorous...
- 2/5/2024
- by Film Independent
- Film Independent News & More
Jennifer Nettles, lead vocalist of the country duo Sugarland and a successful solo artist, got into acting by playing Dolly Parton’s mother in the 2015 TV movie Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors. Since then she has appeared in the sequel to that movie, Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, performed in Chicago and Waitress on Broadway, had roles in the film Harriet and the TV series Underground, and appeared on multiple episodes of the HBO show The Righteous Gemstones… which happens to be executive produced by David Gordon Green, so that paved the way for her to have a role in Green’s most recent film, The Exorcist: Believer. Now Deadline reports that Nettles is following her Exorcist role by being cast in another genre project: the horror action series The Bondsman!
Coming our way from Blumhouse Television and set up at Amazon’s Prime Video,...
Coming our way from Blumhouse Television and set up at Amazon’s Prime Video,...
- 1/30/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Steely Dan, Blondie, Public Enemy, R.E.M, Timbaland and the man who wrote bubblegum classics “Build Me Up Buttercup” and “Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)” are among the nominees for the 2024 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Also included on the roster of nominees are, among others, Bread frontman David Gates, Tracy Chapman, the Guess Who’s Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings, Kenny Loggins, Heart and Roger Nichols, who composed the music for such Carpenters hits as “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays.”
See the complete list of nominees below.
According to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight Et on December 27, 2023 to turn in ballots, with their choices of three nominees from a songwriter and three from performing songwriter categories.
Also included on the roster of nominees are, among others, Bread frontman David Gates, Tracy Chapman, the Guess Who’s Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings, Kenny Loggins, Heart and Roger Nichols, who composed the music for such Carpenters hits as “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays.”
See the complete list of nominees below.
According to the Songwriters Hall of Fame, a songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first significant commercial release of a song. Eligible voting members will have until midnight Et on December 27, 2023 to turn in ballots, with their choices of three nominees from a songwriter and three from performing songwriter categories.
- 11/21/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Miriam Silverman (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), newcomer Emily Arancio, Nestor Carbonell (The Morning Show), and Holland Taylor (The Chair) have been set to star in Motherland, an indie drama from MPI Original Films that has entered production in New York under an interim agreement.
Silverman leads the cast as Cora, who forms a protective bond with her estranged daughter Zinnia (Arancio) in an alternate present society where parents are forbidden from knowing or raising their children. Evan Matthews (The Teleios Act) is directing from a script by Nicole Swinford. Summer Crockett Moore, Tony Glazer, Lana Link, and Rob Pfaltzgraff are producing alongside executive producer Nick Reid.
Silverman is coming off Tony and Drama Desk Award wins for her turn on Broadway in The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, opposite Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan. Recently seen on the film side in Bleecker Street’s true-life veteran thriller Breaking with John Boyega,...
Silverman leads the cast as Cora, who forms a protective bond with her estranged daughter Zinnia (Arancio) in an alternate present society where parents are forbidden from knowing or raising their children. Evan Matthews (The Teleios Act) is directing from a script by Nicole Swinford. Summer Crockett Moore, Tony Glazer, Lana Link, and Rob Pfaltzgraff are producing alongside executive producer Nick Reid.
Silverman is coming off Tony and Drama Desk Award wins for her turn on Broadway in The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, opposite Oscar Isaac and Rachel Brosnahan. Recently seen on the film side in Bleecker Street’s true-life veteran thriller Breaking with John Boyega,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
George Strait announced a new 2024 stadium tour featuring Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town.
“George Strait is heading to Nine stadiums in 2024!” said Strait’s Instagram post. “After an incredible summer of shows together, he’s bringing back ACM Entertainer of the Year Chris Stapleton along with Grammy award-winning band Little Big Town.”
The three country acts finished a 2023 tour in August. Strait’s next performance will be on October 21 in Atlanta, and then on November 17 and 18 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Tickets will be available for purchase on Strait’s official website on September 22.
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Dates for George Strait, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town 2024 Tour:
5-4 Indianapolis, Indiana — Lucas Oil Stadium
5-11 Jacksonville, Florida — Everbank Stadium
5-25 Ames, Iowa — Jack Trice Stadium
6-01 Charlotte, North Carolina — Bank of America Stadium
6-08 East Rutherford, New Jersey — MetLife Stadium
6-29 Salt Lake City, Utah — Rice-Eccles Stadium
7-13 Detroit,...
“George Strait is heading to Nine stadiums in 2024!” said Strait’s Instagram post. “After an incredible summer of shows together, he’s bringing back ACM Entertainer of the Year Chris Stapleton along with Grammy award-winning band Little Big Town.”
The three country acts finished a 2023 tour in August. Strait’s next performance will be on October 21 in Atlanta, and then on November 17 and 18 in Fort Worth, Texas.
Tickets will be available for purchase on Strait’s official website on September 22.
>Get George Strait Concert Tickets Now!
Dates for George Strait, Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town 2024 Tour:
5-4 Indianapolis, Indiana — Lucas Oil Stadium
5-11 Jacksonville, Florida — Everbank Stadium
5-25 Ames, Iowa — Jack Trice Stadium
6-01 Charlotte, North Carolina — Bank of America Stadium
6-08 East Rutherford, New Jersey — MetLife Stadium
6-29 Salt Lake City, Utah — Rice-Eccles Stadium
7-13 Detroit,...
- 9/16/2023
- by Ava Lombardi
- Uinterview
We know Sandra Oh can do pretty much anything, from her dramatic work as determined Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy and passionate MI6 agent Eve Polastri on Killing Eve to her comedic turn as wound-up professor Ji-Yoon Kim on The Chair. In the movie Quiz Lady, she brings the funny as chaotic Jenny, a wayward soul with big dreams who’s stuck in a messy reality. Part of that mess is being estranged from her introverted, quiz show–obsessed sister, Anne (Crazy Rich Asians’ Awkwafina). “For Anne, Jenny is this disruptive, embarrassing element that she would like to keep out of her life,” director Jessica Yu says, “and then Jenny sees Anne as a charity project.” (Credit: © 20th Century Studios /Courtesy Everett Collection) Once the siblings reconnect, they quickly have more than personality clashes to worry about when they discover that they’re on the hook for gambling debts...
- 9/4/2023
- TV Insider
Ahead of Holland Taylor’s first episode on “Billions,” which is set to premiere Friday, TheWrap has your first look at the Emmy-winning actor’s turn on the Showtime juggernaut.
Taylor will star as Dr. Eleanor Mayer, a highly acclaimed psychiatrist known for her modern-Freudian approach, in a recurring role. In this clip, she confronts Maggie Siff’s own highly motivated psychiatrist/performance coach character, Wendy.
“It is no secret that you are extraordinary, Wendy. But I think you can be even better,” Dr. Mayer says in the clip. “I would like to help you with that.”
“Thank you, but I’m not in the market for a performance coach,” Wendy fires back.
“I was suggesting therapy. Isn’t that why you’re here?” Dr. Mayer asks.
Check out the full clip above ahead of “Winston Dick Energy’s” streaming premiere on Paramount+ Friday. The episode will then premiere linearly...
Taylor will star as Dr. Eleanor Mayer, a highly acclaimed psychiatrist known for her modern-Freudian approach, in a recurring role. In this clip, she confronts Maggie Siff’s own highly motivated psychiatrist/performance coach character, Wendy.
“It is no secret that you are extraordinary, Wendy. But I think you can be even better,” Dr. Mayer says in the clip. “I would like to help you with that.”
“Thank you, but I’m not in the market for a performance coach,” Wendy fires back.
“I was suggesting therapy. Isn’t that why you’re here?” Dr. Mayer asks.
Check out the full clip above ahead of “Winston Dick Energy’s” streaming premiere on Paramount+ Friday. The episode will then premiere linearly...
- 8/23/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
Kevin Bacon has signed up for another horror role in Blumhouse’s “The Bondsman,” a straight-to-series order by Prime Video, according to an individual with knowledge of the move.
The official logline states that it centers on Hub Halloran (Bacon), “a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.”
Amazon has ordered eight half-hour episodes of the drama, created by Grainger David, whose short film “The Chair” competed for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The beginning of series production awaits as guild negotiations have yet to be resolved.
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Bacon’s casting marks a return to working with both Prime Video and Blumhouse.
The official logline states that it centers on Hub Halloran (Bacon), “a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.”
Amazon has ordered eight half-hour episodes of the drama, created by Grainger David, whose short film “The Chair” competed for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The beginning of series production awaits as guild negotiations have yet to be resolved.
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Bacon’s casting marks a return to working with both Prime Video and Blumhouse.
- 6/29/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
One of Kevin Bacon’s earliest roles came in the 1980 slasher classic Friday the 13th, and he has enjoyed returning to the horror genre now and then ever since. A few years ago, he teamed up with Blumhouse Television to try to get a television series follow-up to the creature feature Tremors going at Syfy. That didn’t work out, but now Bacon and Blumhouse Television are joining forces again for a horror action series called The Bondsman!
Deadline reports that The Bondsman is set up at Amazon’s Prime Video. Bacon will be taking on the role of Hub Halloran, a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
The first season of the series is expected to consist of eight half-hour episodes.
Deadline reports that The Bondsman is set up at Amazon’s Prime Video. Bacon will be taking on the role of Hub Halloran, a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.
The first season of the series is expected to consist of eight half-hour episodes.
- 6/29/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Kevin Bacon is fronting another television series.
The Following and City on a Hill star is to lead genre action series The Bondsman for Amazon’s Prime Video.
The drama, which scored a straight-to-series order, comes from creator Grainger David, whose short film The Chair screen in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Blumhouse Television.
It is a return to Amazon for Bacon, who starred in I Love Dick.
Related: 2023 Prime Video Pilots & Series Orders
Erik Oleson, who was showrunner for the second season of Amazon’s Carnival Row, will serve as showrunner on the half-hour, eight-episode series, via his CrimeThink production company, which has a deal at the streamer.
The Bondsman is centered on Hub Halloran (Bacon), a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to...
The Following and City on a Hill star is to lead genre action series The Bondsman for Amazon’s Prime Video.
The drama, which scored a straight-to-series order, comes from creator Grainger David, whose short film The Chair screen in competition for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and Blumhouse Television.
It is a return to Amazon for Bacon, who starred in I Love Dick.
Related: 2023 Prime Video Pilots & Series Orders
Erik Oleson, who was showrunner for the second season of Amazon’s Carnival Row, will serve as showrunner on the half-hour, eight-episode series, via his CrimeThink production company, which has a deal at the streamer.
The Bondsman is centered on Hub Halloran (Bacon), a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, and love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to...
- 6/29/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Bacon is attached to star in a new Blumhouse Television series that has been ordered straight-to-series at Amazon’s Prime Video, Variety has learned.
The action series is titled “The Bondsman.” The official logline states that it centers on Hub Halloran (Bacon), “a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.”
Amazon has ordered eight half-hour episodes. Production on the series will not begin until all guild negotiations have been resolved.
The show stems from an original idea and script by Grainger David, who will also executive produce. Erik Oleson will serve as showrunner and executive producer via CrimeThink. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse TV also executive produce, as does Paul Shapiro from CrimeThink. Bacon will...
The action series is titled “The Bondsman.” The official logline states that it centers on Hub Halloran (Bacon), “a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career — only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.”
Amazon has ordered eight half-hour episodes. Production on the series will not begin until all guild negotiations have been resolved.
The show stems from an original idea and script by Grainger David, who will also executive produce. Erik Oleson will serve as showrunner and executive producer via CrimeThink. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber, Jeremy Gold, and Chris Dickie for Blumhouse TV also executive produce, as does Paul Shapiro from CrimeThink. Bacon will...
- 6/29/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“3 Body Problem,” a new Netflix sci-fi series from “Game of Thrones” showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, finally has a first teaser as Netflix announced on Saturday that the show will premiere in January 2024.
“As children, we fear the dark. Anything might be out there. The unknown troubles us,” an unseen man says in a voiceover. “There are those who say we should not inquire too closely, and, to who else might be living in that darkness, better not to know. But we continue to search. Life looks for life.”
As he speaks, the teaser flashes between scenes of people rioting, flashlights taking in a mysterious code that appears to be written in blood, a gnarled hand moving in water and a woman walking over lava. The clip then ends with dozens of what appear to be Roman soldiers being sucked into the sky.
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“As children, we fear the dark. Anything might be out there. The unknown troubles us,” an unseen man says in a voiceover. “There are those who say we should not inquire too closely, and, to who else might be living in that darkness, better not to know. But we continue to search. Life looks for life.”
As he speaks, the teaser flashes between scenes of people rioting, flashlights taking in a mysterious code that appears to be written in blood, a gnarled hand moving in water and a woman walking over lava. The clip then ends with dozens of what appear to be Roman soldiers being sucked into the sky.
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- 6/17/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
We’re always paying attention to what’s trending here in the horror world, and this week we’ve seen more than a handful of mentions of The Chair, an award-winning short horror film.
Directed by Curry Barker, horror short The Chair is now available to watch over on YouTube (embed below), and now that we’ve seen it we’re not at all surprised that it’s making waves.
But what’s it about, you ask? In The Chair, “After Reese (Anthony Pavone) brings home an antique chair, a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it’s a malevolent spirit the chair possesses or the darkness inside his own mind.”
The 24-minute horror short is a total psychological mind fuck, with the mysterious chair altering everyone who steps foot inside Reese’s home. Full of jarring shifts into nightmare territory, The Chair effectively serves as...
Directed by Curry Barker, horror short The Chair is now available to watch over on YouTube (embed below), and now that we’ve seen it we’re not at all surprised that it’s making waves.
But what’s it about, you ask? In The Chair, “After Reese (Anthony Pavone) brings home an antique chair, a series of horrific events follow, leading him to question if it’s a malevolent spirit the chair possesses or the darkness inside his own mind.”
The 24-minute horror short is a total psychological mind fuck, with the mysterious chair altering everyone who steps foot inside Reese’s home. Full of jarring shifts into nightmare territory, The Chair effectively serves as...
- 6/14/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
George Strait and his Ace in the Hole Band have embarked on a stadium tour for 2023. They started on May 6 in Glendale, Arizona’s State Farm Stadium and will end on August 5 in Tampa, Florida’s Raymond James Stadium. Strait’s scheduled 2023 performances also include two in November in Fort Worth, Texas.
All concerts will feature Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town as special guests.
In 2012, Strait said that he wasn’t “retiring,” but “the old road-warrior days are just going to be over” after over 30 years of touring. In 2016, the country music star partnered with Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, leading him to perform several times a year at the venue.
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This 2023 tour is the artist’s most extensive series of performances in nine years since his two-year The Cowboy Rides Away tour in 2014.
Setlist
The below setlist comes from Strait’s May 27, 2023 performance in Columbus,...
All concerts will feature Chris Stapleton and Little Big Town as special guests.
In 2012, Strait said that he wasn’t “retiring,” but “the old road-warrior days are just going to be over” after over 30 years of touring. In 2016, the country music star partnered with Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena, leading him to perform several times a year at the venue.
>Get George Strait Concert Tickets Now!
This 2023 tour is the artist’s most extensive series of performances in nine years since his two-year The Cowboy Rides Away tour in 2014.
Setlist
The below setlist comes from Strait’s May 27, 2023 performance in Columbus,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
Amanda Peet and David Benioff have been together for over two decades. The pair met in 2002 when Peet was just a budding actor and Benioff was kickstarting his career as a screenwriter, according to The Sun. After falling in love and getting engaged, the couple officially said "I do" in September 2006. Since then, they've welcomed three children together, Frances Pen, Molly June, and Henry Peet, and have become one of Hollywood's most successful couples.
You may recognize Peet from movies like "The Whole Nine Yards," "Something's Gotta Give," and "Syriana," as well as TV series like "Jack & Jill," "Togetherness," and "Brockmire." Currently, she stars in Paramount+ miniseries "Fatal Attraction." As for Benioff, he's the writer behind "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Game of Thrones," and "Gemini Man." In 2021, the couple also worked together on the TV series "The Chair." Peet was credited as a co-creator and writer, and she and her...
You may recognize Peet from movies like "The Whole Nine Yards," "Something's Gotta Give," and "Syriana," as well as TV series like "Jack & Jill," "Togetherness," and "Brockmire." Currently, she stars in Paramount+ miniseries "Fatal Attraction." As for Benioff, he's the writer behind "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Game of Thrones," and "Gemini Man." In 2021, the couple also worked together on the TV series "The Chair." Peet was credited as a co-creator and writer, and she and her...
- 5/1/2023
- by Michele Mendez
- Popsugar.com
Image Source: Getty / Kevin Mazur
Amanda Peet, known for her extensive acting résumé, has balanced her career with being a mom to three children. The actor first made her film debut in 1995's "Animal Room" and had supporting roles in various movies and television shows for the remainder of the 1990s, including projects like "One Fine Day," "Playing by Heart," "Law & Order" and "Seinfeld." In 1999, she landed a lead role as Jacqueline Barrett on The CW's "Jack & Jill," which helped her rise to fame and star in "The Whole Nine Yards," "Something's Gotta Give," "Syriana," and more.
More recently, Peet created and produced the Netflix comedy series "The Chair" in 2021, and she stars in Paramount+'s new series "Fatal Attraction," which hits the platform on April 30.
Outside of her film career, Peet shares parenting duties with her husband, "Game of Thrones" showrunner David Benioff, whom she married in 2006. Together,...
Amanda Peet, known for her extensive acting résumé, has balanced her career with being a mom to three children. The actor first made her film debut in 1995's "Animal Room" and had supporting roles in various movies and television shows for the remainder of the 1990s, including projects like "One Fine Day," "Playing by Heart," "Law & Order" and "Seinfeld." In 1999, she landed a lead role as Jacqueline Barrett on The CW's "Jack & Jill," which helped her rise to fame and star in "The Whole Nine Yards," "Something's Gotta Give," "Syriana," and more.
More recently, Peet created and produced the Netflix comedy series "The Chair" in 2021, and she stars in Paramount+'s new series "Fatal Attraction," which hits the platform on April 30.
Outside of her film career, Peet shares parenting duties with her husband, "Game of Thrones" showrunner David Benioff, whom she married in 2006. Together,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Alicia Geigel
- Popsugar.com
The Diplomat is a new political thriller series from Netflix that follows Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) as she becomes the U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom during a time of international crisis. Used to working in war zones outside of the public eye, Kate has to adjust to her new role in the spotlight while forging new alliances and making sure her marriage to fellow diplomat and political star Hal Wyler (Rufus Sewell) doesn’t suffer.
Though their characters may not always get along, the cast of The Diplomat is full of talented actors and familiar faces. Here are the actors bringing their talents to the series and where you’ve seen them before.
Keri Russell is Kate Wyler
Kate Wyler is an experienced U.S. diplomat who is more comfortable negotiating in a war zone than from behind a desk. However, when the U.S. President asks her to become the U.
Though their characters may not always get along, the cast of The Diplomat is full of talented actors and familiar faces. Here are the actors bringing their talents to the series and where you’ve seen them before.
Keri Russell is Kate Wyler
Kate Wyler is an experienced U.S. diplomat who is more comfortable negotiating in a war zone than from behind a desk. However, when the U.S. President asks her to become the U.
- 4/20/2023
- by Brynnaarens
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: David Morse (The Chair), Bill Heck (Locke & Key) and Jaklyn Bejarano have been set to star in Santa Rita Film Co.’s La Gloria, a drama exploring the humanity and political abstractions surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border. The latter came aboard following a nationwide casting search in Mexico.
The film set in South Texas, which is currently shooting in the area, follows the story of Carson Tidwell (Morse), an embittered and isolated rancher who mistakenly shoots a young, pregnant migrant girl named Irena (Bejarano) who is crossing his property. Confronted with his actions and threatened with a criminal investigation, Carson must decide whether to help Irena recuperate on his ranch or face criminal charges led by his son (Heck), an agent for the U.S. Border Patrol.
Christopher Young’s script is based on the personal experiences of Joseph Todd Walker, who is directing, in his feature debut.
The film set in South Texas, which is currently shooting in the area, follows the story of Carson Tidwell (Morse), an embittered and isolated rancher who mistakenly shoots a young, pregnant migrant girl named Irena (Bejarano) who is crossing his property. Confronted with his actions and threatened with a criminal investigation, Carson must decide whether to help Irena recuperate on his ranch or face criminal charges led by his son (Heck), an agent for the U.S. Border Patrol.
Christopher Young’s script is based on the personal experiences of Joseph Todd Walker, who is directing, in his feature debut.
- 4/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
The series adaptation of Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction is on the way from Paramount+, and the official trailer has arrived ahead of the series premiere on April 30, 2023.
Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) is starring as female lead Alex Forrest in the upcoming Paramount+ reboot series, with Joshua Jackson (“Dr. Death”) playing Dan Gallagher.
“In the film, Alex is the villain of the story, and Dan is the hero and there is no gray area,” Caplan told Entertainment Weekly in a recent preview piece. “Now, audiences have changed so much, we are no longer primed to believe in this villainous woman story. She’s clearly mentally ill and that’s not something that is really touched upon at all in the movie.”
Amanda Peet (“The Chair”) and Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Lords of Salem) will also star.
“The series explores the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women,...
Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) is starring as female lead Alex Forrest in the upcoming Paramount+ reboot series, with Joshua Jackson (“Dr. Death”) playing Dan Gallagher.
“In the film, Alex is the villain of the story, and Dan is the hero and there is no gray area,” Caplan told Entertainment Weekly in a recent preview piece. “Now, audiences have changed so much, we are no longer primed to believe in this villainous woman story. She’s clearly mentally ill and that’s not something that is really touched upon at all in the movie.”
Amanda Peet (“The Chair”) and Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Lords of Salem) will also star.
“The series explores the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity through the lens of modern attitudes towards strong women,...
- 4/3/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Some of the best television shows are about whip-smart operators and the political nuances of their professional worlds. So why then is it so challenging to make a satisfying series about academia? It’s not only difficult to think of a television show that has succeeded in lifting the veil of a university, it’s tough to think of shows that have even tried. The most recent swipe at it was Netflix’s “The Chair,” a thin but charming dramedy starring Sandra Oh that ended after a single season. Even as college campuses remain a go-to battleground for American culture wars, the inner lives of the professors caught in the crossfire are usually reserved for novels.
The latest such attempt to animate the tenured life is AMC’s “Lucky Hank,” which is built from just such a novel. It’s an adaptation of “Straight Man,” the Richard Russo novel that...
The latest such attempt to animate the tenured life is AMC’s “Lucky Hank,” which is built from just such a novel. It’s an adaptation of “Straight Man,” the Richard Russo novel that...
- 3/17/2023
- by Joshua Alston
- Variety Film + TV
Tár, the third film from writer and director Todd Field, is a fictional biopic structured like a Greek tragedy: here we have a character of prestigious rank and fortune, brought down by something within themselves. Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett), the first female chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic with an almost impossibly illustrious career behind her, has knowingly committed harmful acts—she is a sexual predator and has abused her position of influence—and her downfall, painful to watch, is precipitated by a growing recklessness, a refusal to heed the warnings the audience can clearly interpret as signs of a coming storm. When the extent of her misconduct is revealed, Tár’s punishment is swift: she can’t see her wife or child, she loses her job, she loses her luxurious home(s), and she loses her status. The film has, for obvious if frustrating reasons, been primarily received as...
- 3/10/2023
- MUBI
Exclusive: The cast for Blumhouse Sony’s horror pic They Listen grows louder with the addition of Havana Rose Liu in the Chris Weitz directed and written title.
Liu joins John Cho, Katherine Waterstone, Greg Hill, Riki Lindhome, Lukita Maxwell, Keith Carradine, and Ben Youcef in the Depth of Field production.
They Listen will open theatrically on August 25.
Jason Blum, Andrew Miano and Weitz are producers on the film. Bea Sequeira, Dan Balgoyen, Britta Rowings and Paul Davis are EPs.
Liu broke out as the lead in Hulu’s thriller No Exit, from director Damien Power and producer Scott Frank. Next up, she stars opposite Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri in Emma Seligman’s MGM feature, Bottoms, which is making its world premiere at SXSW. Previous credits include A24’s The Sky is Everywhere for director Josephine Decker and a recurring role on Netflix’s The Chair opposite Sandra Oh for producers Benioff and Weiss.
Liu joins John Cho, Katherine Waterstone, Greg Hill, Riki Lindhome, Lukita Maxwell, Keith Carradine, and Ben Youcef in the Depth of Field production.
They Listen will open theatrically on August 25.
Jason Blum, Andrew Miano and Weitz are producers on the film. Bea Sequeira, Dan Balgoyen, Britta Rowings and Paul Davis are EPs.
Liu broke out as the lead in Hulu’s thriller No Exit, from director Damien Power and producer Scott Frank. Next up, she stars opposite Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri in Emma Seligman’s MGM feature, Bottoms, which is making its world premiere at SXSW. Previous credits include A24’s The Sky is Everywhere for director Josephine Decker and a recurring role on Netflix’s The Chair opposite Sandra Oh for producers Benioff and Weiss.
- 3/1/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
The series adaptation of Adrian Lyne’s Fatal Attraction is on the way from Paramount+, and Bloody Disgusting has learned today that the series will be premiering on April 30, 2023.
Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) is starring as female lead Alex Forrest in the upcoming Paramount+ reboot series, with Joshua Jackson (“Dr. Death”) playing Dan Gallagher.
Watch the official teaser trailer for the “Fatal Attraction” series below.
“In the film, Alex is the villain of the story, and Dan is the hero and there is no gray area,” Caplan told Entertainment Weekly in a recent preview piece. “Now, audiences have changed so much, we are no longer primed to believe in this villainous woman story. She’s clearly mentally ill and that’s not something that is really touched upon at all in the movie.”
Amanda Peet (“The Chair”) and Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Lords of Salem) will also star.
“The series...
Lizzy Caplan (“Castle Rock”) is starring as female lead Alex Forrest in the upcoming Paramount+ reboot series, with Joshua Jackson (“Dr. Death”) playing Dan Gallagher.
Watch the official teaser trailer for the “Fatal Attraction” series below.
“In the film, Alex is the villain of the story, and Dan is the hero and there is no gray area,” Caplan told Entertainment Weekly in a recent preview piece. “Now, audiences have changed so much, we are no longer primed to believe in this villainous woman story. She’s clearly mentally ill and that’s not something that is really touched upon at all in the movie.”
Amanda Peet (“The Chair”) and Dee Wallace (Cujo, The Lords of Salem) will also star.
“The series...
- 3/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Slippin’ Jimmy slipped his way back onto AMC. Less than a year after closing out the saga of Saul Goodman on “Breaking Bad” prequel “Better Call Saul,” Bob Odenkirk is back on the channel for new series “Lucky Hank,” and the first full-length trailer for the college-set show dropped this Wednesday.
Alongside the trailer, AMC Networks also revealed that the series’ debut episode will also air on BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV, in addition to AMC and its streamer AMC+.
Based on the 1997 novel “Straight Man” by Richard Russo, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Empire Falls,” “Lucky Hank” has a similar premise to 2021’s Netflix series “The Chair,” which starred Sandra Oh as the stressed-out chair of a college’s English department. Odenkirk takes on the role of William Henry Devereaux Jr., the English department chair at Railton College, a poorly funded university in the Pennsylvania rust belt.
Alongside the trailer, AMC Networks also revealed that the series’ debut episode will also air on BBC America, IFC, and SundanceTV, in addition to AMC and its streamer AMC+.
Based on the 1997 novel “Straight Man” by Richard Russo, best known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning book “Empire Falls,” “Lucky Hank” has a similar premise to 2021’s Netflix series “The Chair,” which starred Sandra Oh as the stressed-out chair of a college’s English department. Odenkirk takes on the role of William Henry Devereaux Jr., the English department chair at Railton College, a poorly funded university in the Pennsylvania rust belt.
- 2/15/2023
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
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