Exclusive: Paradigm has signed actor, writer and producer Steve Zissis (Togetherness) for representation in all areas.
Best known for co-creating, writing and starring on HBO’s acclaimed comedy-drama Togetherness, Zissis collaborated with the Duplass Brothers on that series, as well as their films The Do-Deca Pentathlon, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus and Baghead.
On the film side, he’s recently appeared in Bliss opposite Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek and Bad Hair from writer-director Justin Simien. Other notable credits include the Universal horror pic Happy Death Day 2 U, Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner opposite Hugh Jackman, Another Evil, and Spike Jonze’s Her.
In television, Zissis has been seen in the Golden Globe-nominated The Comey Rule (Showtime) as well as The Guest Book (TBS), I’m Sorry (TruTV), Single Parents (ABC), The League (FX), Arrested Development (Netflix), Parks and Recreation (NBC) and The Office (NBC).
Currently, Zissis...
Best known for co-creating, writing and starring on HBO’s acclaimed comedy-drama Togetherness, Zissis collaborated with the Duplass Brothers on that series, as well as their films The Do-Deca Pentathlon, Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Cyrus and Baghead.
On the film side, he’s recently appeared in Bliss opposite Owen Wilson and Salma Hayek and Bad Hair from writer-director Justin Simien. Other notable credits include the Universal horror pic Happy Death Day 2 U, Jason Reitman’s The Front Runner opposite Hugh Jackman, Another Evil, and Spike Jonze’s Her.
In television, Zissis has been seen in the Golden Globe-nominated The Comey Rule (Showtime) as well as The Guest Book (TBS), I’m Sorry (TruTV), Single Parents (ABC), The League (FX), Arrested Development (Netflix), Parks and Recreation (NBC) and The Office (NBC).
Currently, Zissis...
- 6/4/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
For some reason, there has yet to be a mainstream Hollywood feature film about Donald Trump dramatizing any aspect of Trump's life, with an actor portraying him.
There have been countless documentaries about Trump, both for him and against him, and various comedians have portrayed him, including Alec Baldwin and later James Austin Johnson on Saturday Night Live.
The Comey Rule, a 2020 Showtime miniseries based on the memoirs of former FBI director James Comey, starred Brendan Gleeson as the 45th president, opposite Jeff Daniels as Comey.
At the same time, quite a few feature films, like The Oath in 2018 and Irresistible and The Hunt in 2020, have attempted to make dramatic hay out of the political controversies of the Trump years.
However, those who have not featured a Trump-based character have not referenced him directly.
However, what the movies have avoided is a direct dramatization of any part of Trump's life,...
There have been countless documentaries about Trump, both for him and against him, and various comedians have portrayed him, including Alec Baldwin and later James Austin Johnson on Saturday Night Live.
The Comey Rule, a 2020 Showtime miniseries based on the memoirs of former FBI director James Comey, starred Brendan Gleeson as the 45th president, opposite Jeff Daniels as Comey.
At the same time, quite a few feature films, like The Oath in 2018 and Irresistible and The Hunt in 2020, have attempted to make dramatic hay out of the political controversies of the Trump years.
However, those who have not featured a Trump-based character have not referenced him directly.
However, what the movies have avoided is a direct dramatization of any part of Trump's life,...
- 5/30/2024
- by Stephen Silver
- TVfanatic
Frank Herbert wrote six “Dune” novels, but Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve has made it clear that after book two, “Dune Messiah,” he’s quitting the worm-ridden desert planet Arrakis, despite his box office wins and forging such fans as Steven Spielberg. As reported by Deadline, Legendary Entertainment has secured the rights to Annie Jacobsen’s nonfiction work “Nuclear War: A Scenario” as an option for him once he’s ready to return to Earth.
Jacobsen’s book, which hit stores less than two weeks ago, is the result of a decade of research resulting in a realistic, step-by-step “just what the hell would it be like if this nightmare came true.” Just reading the New York Times review is absolutely terrifying.
Her previous works include “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America” and...
Jacobsen’s book, which hit stores less than two weeks ago, is the result of a decade of research resulting in a realistic, step-by-step “just what the hell would it be like if this nightmare came true.” Just reading the New York Times review is absolutely terrifying.
Her previous works include “Area 51: An Uncensored History of America’s Top Secret Military Base,” “Operation Paperclip: The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America” and...
- 4/5/2024
- by Jordan Hoffman
- Gold Derby
Kinglsey Ben-Adir as “Bob Marley” in Bob Marley: One Love from Paramount Pictures. Kingsley Ben-Adir has become very familiar to television audiences from his appearances on the Netflix drama The Oa and the BBC series Peaky Blinders, along with a breakout role as Malcolm X in the acclaimed film One Night In Miami… Now, he’s back on the big screen playing another larger than life role, starring as legendary reggae artist Bob Marley in the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love. As he did with Malcolm X and with his role as President Barack Obama in the miniseries The Comey Rule, Ben-Adir spoke about how he took a very distinct approach to playing a real-life character like Marley and explained his process. (Click on the media bar below to hear Kingsley Ben-Adir) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kingsley_-Ben_Adir_Bob_Markey_The_One_You_Love_.mp3 Bob Marley: One Love...
- 1/29/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
It was always going to be a dream gig. Here, the actor talks about perfecting his patois, the power of authenticity and what he learned working on the Barbie set
After about an hour chatting with me – we are in a pub near his home in the London suburbs – the actor Kingsley Ben-Adir’s thoughts turn to some tricky work he has ahead of him this afternoon. The 37-year-old is due in a studio in town, where he’ll record some last pieces of dialogue for the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love, which is scheduled to come out on Valentine’s Day weekend. Ben-Adir plays Marley in the movie. It’s a huge opportunity for him, after a career of solid supporting work, most recently in Barbie (he was one of the dimmer Kens), the Marvel show Secret Invasion (he was an alien terrorist) and One Night in Miami...
After about an hour chatting with me – we are in a pub near his home in the London suburbs – the actor Kingsley Ben-Adir’s thoughts turn to some tricky work he has ahead of him this afternoon. The 37-year-old is due in a studio in town, where he’ll record some last pieces of dialogue for the new biopic Bob Marley: One Love, which is scheduled to come out on Valentine’s Day weekend. Ben-Adir plays Marley in the movie. It’s a huge opportunity for him, after a career of solid supporting work, most recently in Barbie (he was one of the dimmer Kens), the Marvel show Secret Invasion (he was an alien terrorist) and One Night in Miami...
- 1/21/2024
- by Tom Lamont
- The Guardian - Film News
In the most lacerating episode of Max’s dearly departed comedy The Other Two, the characters attend the premiere of a Broadway show titled 8 Gay Men with AIDS: A Poem in Many Hours. Wondering about future roles for his Method-actor boyfriend, who stars in the play, Drew Tarver’s Cary wonders, “Is there anything coming up that is prestigious and gay, but doesn’t have, like, nonstop trauma in it?”
The fact is, we’re not at a point, as a society, where we can stop telling stories of trauma. There remains a cultural need for narratives that foreground the AIDS epidemic, that acknowledge the horrors of the Holocaust and slavery. That said, if you’re going to do a trauma-fueled, decades-spanning odyssey of gay life from McCarthy to Reagan, weaving in the Red Scare and the early days of AIDS, comparisons to Angels in America are going to be inevitable.
The fact is, we’re not at a point, as a society, where we can stop telling stories of trauma. There remains a cultural need for narratives that foreground the AIDS epidemic, that acknowledge the horrors of the Holocaust and slavery. That said, if you’re going to do a trauma-fueled, decades-spanning odyssey of gay life from McCarthy to Reagan, weaving in the Red Scare and the early days of AIDS, comparisons to Angels in America are going to be inevitable.
- 10/23/2023
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Kelly is one of the finest character actors around, someone who can slip into a character and completely disappear. You remember every role he’s done, the sharpness of every performance and every time Kelly pops up, it’s a total delight — even when he’s beig scary on screen.
In his latest role, which involves both stern warnings and judicious exposition, Kelly plays a CIA director in Taylor Sheridan’s latest sensation “Special Ops: Lioness.” The show gives Kelly the chance to create another indelible character, while sharing scenes with Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña.
TheWrap spoke to Kelly before the SAG-AFTRA strike about what it was like becoming a part of the Paramount+ series’ ensemble, how he researched for the role and his upcoming appearance in “The Penguin,” the spin-off of “The Batman.” We also get into how he wound up in the most recent “Transformers” movie,...
In his latest role, which involves both stern warnings and judicious exposition, Kelly plays a CIA director in Taylor Sheridan’s latest sensation “Special Ops: Lioness.” The show gives Kelly the chance to create another indelible character, while sharing scenes with Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña.
TheWrap spoke to Kelly before the SAG-AFTRA strike about what it was like becoming a part of the Paramount+ series’ ensemble, how he researched for the role and his upcoming appearance in “The Penguin,” the spin-off of “The Batman.” We also get into how he wound up in the most recent “Transformers” movie,...
- 8/19/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Jeff Daniels is ready to tell his story. The actor, who has been in everything from “The Purple Rose of Cairo” to “Dumb and Dumber,” is readying his audio-only memoir, “Alive and Well Enough,” as a 12-part series for Audible, with the first season debuting in September (with a second season on the way).
According to the official release “Alive and Well Enough” “mixes storytelling, original music and performance, [and] is like nothing you have heard before.” Would it be too much to ask for several chapters devoted to the making of “Arachnophobia?”
“Audible is the only place where I get to do everything I do,” said Daniels in an official statement. “’Alive and Well Enough’ is an audio adventure of an accidental artist who one day looked up and realized he had a sense of humor, a passion for writing and stories to tell.”
Daniels, of course, is an accomplished performer,...
According to the official release “Alive and Well Enough” “mixes storytelling, original music and performance, [and] is like nothing you have heard before.” Would it be too much to ask for several chapters devoted to the making of “Arachnophobia?”
“Audible is the only place where I get to do everything I do,” said Daniels in an official statement. “’Alive and Well Enough’ is an audio adventure of an accidental artist who one day looked up and realized he had a sense of humor, a passion for writing and stories to tell.”
Daniels, of course, is an accomplished performer,...
- 8/3/2023
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Barbie casting directors Lucy Bevan and Allison Jones are spilling the tea on how they landed with the perfect set of Barbies and Kens.
“We needed actors who could get the fact that our Barbies only knew pleasant things,” Jones told Vanity Fair during a recent interview.
Margot Robbie plays Stereotypical Barbie, while Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Ana Cruz Kayne, and Dua Lipa, to name a few, play different variants of Barbie.
Ryan Gosling landed the role of Beach Ken with Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, and John Cena, to name a few, playing other versions of Ken.
Due to Covid restrictions, some potential Kens were not able to make the shoots in London where they would’ve had to spend three months. The directors revealed that Bowen Yang, Dan Levy and Ben Platt ultimately didn’t land a role in the film due to scheduling conflicts.
“We needed actors who could get the fact that our Barbies only knew pleasant things,” Jones told Vanity Fair during a recent interview.
Margot Robbie plays Stereotypical Barbie, while Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, Emma Mackey, Ana Cruz Kayne, and Dua Lipa, to name a few, play different variants of Barbie.
Ryan Gosling landed the role of Beach Ken with Simu Liu, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Ncuti Gatwa, and John Cena, to name a few, playing other versions of Ken.
Due to Covid restrictions, some potential Kens were not able to make the shoots in London where they would’ve had to spend three months. The directors revealed that Bowen Yang, Dan Levy and Ben Platt ultimately didn’t land a role in the film due to scheduling conflicts.
- 7/25/2023
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Kingsley Ben-Adir portrays reggae superstar and counterculture icon Bob Marley in the first trailer for the forthcoming biopic Bob Marley: One Love.
Set for release Jan. 12, 2024, the Paramount Pictures feature centers on the life of Marley, from the early days of his career to his death in 1981. Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) directs from a script by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.
“Reggae is a people music,” Ben-Adir says as Marley in the trailer. “People coming together.”
Later, someone asks the singer, “Bob, they tried to kill you and your wife, and now you’re choosing to return to Jamaica to play a peace concert? Don’t you fear for your life?” As Marley explains, “My life is not important to me. My life is for people.”
Bob Marley: One Love co-stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell. Other castmembers include Jesse Cilio,...
Set for release Jan. 12, 2024, the Paramount Pictures feature centers on the life of Marley, from the early days of his career to his death in 1981. Reinaldo Marcus Green (King Richard) directs from a script by Zach Baylin, Frank E. Flowers and Terence Winter.
“Reggae is a people music,” Ben-Adir says as Marley in the trailer. “People coming together.”
Later, someone asks the singer, “Bob, they tried to kill you and your wife, and now you’re choosing to return to Jamaica to play a peace concert? Don’t you fear for your life?” As Marley explains, “My life is not important to me. My life is for people.”
Bob Marley: One Love co-stars Lashana Lynch as Rita Marley and James Norton as record producer Chris Blackwell. Other castmembers include Jesse Cilio,...
- 7/6/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kingsley Ben-Adir is really jamming now.
This month, the first trailer was released for the new biopic “Bob Marley: One Love”, with Ben-Adir starring as the iconic reggae artist.
Playing Marley onscreen is just the latest big role for the 37-year-old actor, who is swiftly rising to prominence as one of the best, most interesting actors of his generation.
Read More: ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Trailer: Biopic Of Reggae’s King Showcases His Inspiring Story Of Peace Amid Violence
But who is Kingsley Ben-Adir?
Ben-Adir, born February 26, 1986, is a British actor. The son of a Trinidadian mother and British Jewish father, the actor was raised in the Gospel Oak neighbourhood of Northwest London.
In 2011, he graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
How did his career get going?
Fresh out of school, Ben-Adir starred in a production of Gillian Slovo’s critically acclaimed play The Riots in 2011. He...
This month, the first trailer was released for the new biopic “Bob Marley: One Love”, with Ben-Adir starring as the iconic reggae artist.
Playing Marley onscreen is just the latest big role for the 37-year-old actor, who is swiftly rising to prominence as one of the best, most interesting actors of his generation.
Read More: ‘Bob Marley: One Love’ Trailer: Biopic Of Reggae’s King Showcases His Inspiring Story Of Peace Amid Violence
But who is Kingsley Ben-Adir?
Ben-Adir, born February 26, 1986, is a British actor. The son of a Trinidadian mother and British Jewish father, the actor was raised in the Gospel Oak neighbourhood of Northwest London.
In 2011, he graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
How did his career get going?
Fresh out of school, Ben-Adir starred in a production of Gillian Slovo’s critically acclaimed play The Riots in 2011. He...
- 7/6/2023
- by Corey Atad
- ET Canada
Since Deadline formed more than 15 years ago, we’ve never lost sight of the human struggles felt by writers and everyone else during labor standoffs. Today, we proudly launch Strike Talk with Billy Ray and Todd Garner, a weekly podcast dedicated to dissecting the issues that caused talks to break off between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, this week prompting the writers to trade their pencils for picket signs.
A reckoning is upon us as writers try to keep their place at a moment when studios and streamers struggle to impose economic efficiencies to show fiscal responsibility to their shareholders, and writers struggle with things like streaming deals that have no chance for backend compensation in success, and series that have far fewer than the 22 episodes that had been the norm on the traditional networks.
In Strike Talk’s Week One episode,...
A reckoning is upon us as writers try to keep their place at a moment when studios and streamers struggle to impose economic efficiencies to show fiscal responsibility to their shareholders, and writers struggle with things like streaming deals that have no chance for backend compensation in success, and series that have far fewer than the 22 episodes that had been the norm on the traditional networks.
In Strike Talk’s Week One episode,...
- 5/5/2023
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Argo actor Scoot McNairy is the latest to join the cast of Speak No Evil, the Blumhouse and Universal psychological horror thriller from writer-director James Watkins.
The pic revolves around a family invited for a weekend at an idyllic country house -– a dream holiday that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. Cameras are rolling in Europe.
The James McAvoy project is based on the screenplay of the Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. A theatrical release is set for Aug. 9, 2024. Mackenzie Davis, who starred with McNairy for four seasons of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, also stars.
McNairy’s filmography includes Ben Affleck’s Argo, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, David Michod’s The Rover and War Machine, Lenny Abrahmson’s Frank, Zack Snyder’s Batman vs Superman, Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon,...
The pic revolves around a family invited for a weekend at an idyllic country house -– a dream holiday that warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. Cameras are rolling in Europe.
The James McAvoy project is based on the screenplay of the Danish psychological horror thriller Gæsterne by Christian Tafdrup and Mads Tafdrup. A theatrical release is set for Aug. 9, 2024. Mackenzie Davis, who starred with McNairy for four seasons of AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, also stars.
McNairy’s filmography includes Ben Affleck’s Argo, Andrew Dominik’s Killing Them Softly, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, David Michod’s The Rover and War Machine, Lenny Abrahmson’s Frank, Zack Snyder’s Batman vs Superman, Mike Mills’ C’mon C’mon,...
- 5/4/2023
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Robert De Niro is set to star in the Paramount+ drama series ‘Bobby Meritorious’
The series is set in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. When Avery “The Sage” Accomando (De Niro), an informant in the office’s biggest case, is poised to tear this storied institution apart, only one man can stop him: a fabled ex-cop turned prosecutor known as Bobby Meritorious.
De Niro is also set to executive produce the series which hails from scribe Billy Ray.
Also in news – Austin Butler cast in adaptation ‘City on Fire’
Ray is writing and executive producing. De Niro will executive produce via his Tribeca Productions banner, along with the company’s Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh. Peter Gethers and Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in the Sdny office, also exec produce.
Despite his long and illustrious career, this would only mark...
The series is set in the U.S. Attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York. When Avery “The Sage” Accomando (De Niro), an informant in the office’s biggest case, is poised to tear this storied institution apart, only one man can stop him: a fabled ex-cop turned prosecutor known as Bobby Meritorious.
De Niro is also set to executive produce the series which hails from scribe Billy Ray.
Also in news – Austin Butler cast in adaptation ‘City on Fire’
Ray is writing and executive producing. De Niro will executive produce via his Tribeca Productions banner, along with the company’s Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh. Peter Gethers and Preet Bharara, a former U.S. attorney in the Sdny office, also exec produce.
Despite his long and illustrious career, this would only mark...
- 4/5/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Robert De Niro is slated to star in “Bobby Meritorius,” a new crime drama in the works at Paramount+.
The series comes from Paramount Television Studios, which made a commitment to develop the show in a competitive situation. In addition to De Niro, the show is executive produced by writer Billy Ray, Tribeca Productions’ Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh, former U.S. attorney in the Sdny office Preet Bahara and Peter Gethers.
“The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope,” the show’s official logline states. “But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious. The battle between these two giants is a fight for justice itself.”
Ray is best known for writing,...
The series comes from Paramount Television Studios, which made a commitment to develop the show in a competitive situation. In addition to De Niro, the show is executive produced by writer Billy Ray, Tribeca Productions’ Jane Rosenthal and Berry Welsh, former U.S. attorney in the Sdny office Preet Bahara and Peter Gethers.
“The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope,” the show’s official logline states. “But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious. The battle between these two giants is a fight for justice itself.”
Ray is best known for writing,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Robert De Niro is attached to star in a Billy Ray-penned crime drama series that is in the works at Paramount+.
The two-time Oscar winner will lead Bobby Meritorious, an original series that comes from Paramount Television Studios. Paramount made the commitment to develop the project after winning out a competitive situation.
It marks De Niro’s second TV project to emerge in a matter of weeks after conspiracy thriller Zero Day, from Eric Newman, landed a limited series order at Netflix.
The series is set amid the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope. But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando, played by De Niro, is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious.
The two-time Oscar winner will lead Bobby Meritorious, an original series that comes from Paramount Television Studios. Paramount made the commitment to develop the project after winning out a competitive situation.
It marks De Niro’s second TV project to emerge in a matter of weeks after conspiracy thriller Zero Day, from Eric Newman, landed a limited series order at Netflix.
The series is set amid the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, which is a sovereign kingdom with seemingly unlimited power and scope. But now an informant in Sdny’s biggest case, Avery “The Sage” Accomando, played by De Niro, is poised to tear this storied institution apart. Only one man can stop him, a fabled ex-cop-turned prosecutor affectionately known as Bobby Meritorious.
- 4/4/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Lioness is filling its ranks.
Michael Kelly has been recruited as a recurring star for Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming espionage series for Paramount+.
Lioness, which does not yet have a premiere date, is based on a real-life CIA program and follows Cruz Manuelos (Laysla De Oliveira), a “rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within.”
Kelly will play CIA Deputy Director Byron Westfield.
He joins the previously announced series star and executive producer Zoe Saldaña, Morgan Freeman and star and executive producer Nicole Kidman, along with Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, Lamonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Stephanie Nur, Hannah Love Lanier.
Saldaña will play Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives. Kidman will play Kaitlyn Meade, the CIA’s senior supervisor who...
Michael Kelly has been recruited as a recurring star for Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming espionage series for Paramount+.
Lioness, which does not yet have a premiere date, is based on a real-life CIA program and follows Cruz Manuelos (Laysla De Oliveira), a “rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within.”
Kelly will play CIA Deputy Director Byron Westfield.
He joins the previously announced series star and executive producer Zoe Saldaña, Morgan Freeman and star and executive producer Nicole Kidman, along with Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, Lamonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hébert, Jonah Wharton, Stephanie Nur, Hannah Love Lanier.
Saldaña will play Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives. Kidman will play Kaitlyn Meade, the CIA’s senior supervisor who...
- 1/26/2023
- by Jackie Strause
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Kasey Inez (The Sex Lives of College Girls), Jahking Guillory (Black Lightning), Pedro Correa (The Middle) and Damon Gupton (Babylon) will topline Summer of Violence — the first feature written and directed by actress Nicki Micheaux (Lincoln Heights), which has wrapped production.
Summer of Violence is a coming-of-age pic, emerging from Micheaux’s time with the Sundance Writing Collab, which was shot in Colorado. The film from Three60 Films follows a young college grad, Naomi (Inez), who turns down law school to pursue poetry, despite her father’s objections. She subsequently struggles to survive in 1993 Denver, after being cut off by her father during a period of violent crime in the city known as the Summer of Violence. Guillory plays Naomi’s artist friend, Frank, with Correa as her boyfriend Richie, and Gupton as her father, Thomas.
Micheaux is producing the pic with her production company partner, Johnny Wimbrey, as...
Summer of Violence is a coming-of-age pic, emerging from Micheaux’s time with the Sundance Writing Collab, which was shot in Colorado. The film from Three60 Films follows a young college grad, Naomi (Inez), who turns down law school to pursue poetry, despite her father’s objections. She subsequently struggles to survive in 1993 Denver, after being cut off by her father during a period of violent crime in the city known as the Summer of Violence. Guillory plays Naomi’s artist friend, Frank, with Correa as her boyfriend Richie, and Gupton as her father, Thomas.
Micheaux is producing the pic with her production company partner, Johnny Wimbrey, as...
- 12/23/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: William Sadler (When They See Us), Happy Anderson (Mindhunter) and newcomer Adia (The Midnight Club) have joined the cast of the HBO Max limited series Full Circle, from director Steven Soderbergh and writer Ed Solomon. They join Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid, Jharrel Jerome, Sheyi Cole and Cch Pounder.
Soderbergh will direct all six episodes of the series and serve as executive producer, with Solomon as writer and EP. Casey Silver also is an executive producer. The trio reteams after working together on the 2021 HBO Max film No Sudden Move.
Related: 2022 HBO Max Series & Pilot Orders
In Full Circle, an investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City.
Sadler will be seen with Alfre Woodard in Salem’s Lot, New Line’s upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King novel. His credits include feature Unholy, miniseries The Comey Rule...
Soderbergh will direct all six episodes of the series and serve as executive producer, with Solomon as writer and EP. Casey Silver also is an executive producer. The trio reteams after working together on the 2021 HBO Max film No Sudden Move.
Related: 2022 HBO Max Series & Pilot Orders
In Full Circle, an investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City.
Sadler will be seen with Alfre Woodard in Salem’s Lot, New Line’s upcoming adaptation of the Stephen King novel. His credits include feature Unholy, miniseries The Comey Rule...
- 10/17/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
What is the proper amount of time for a scandal or traumatic event to let lie before it inevitably gets adapted by Hollywood? Recently, it feels like that window is getting smaller and smaller — within a few years we've gotten adaptations of the 2016 Trump election ("The Comey Rule") and the Roger Ailes ousting ("Bombshell"), while HBO has enough political miniseries about controversial elections to make up a small army. So it seemed inevitable with the ubiquity of the Me Too movement and the partiality that Hollywood shows towards movies about journalism and, well, itself, that we would get a movie about Harvey Weinstein.
Based on the 2019 book of the same name by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, "She Said" chronicles the reporting of the five-month exposé that revealed the history of abuse and sexual misconduct by one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood, kicking off...
Based on the 2019 book of the same name by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, "She Said" chronicles the reporting of the five-month exposé that revealed the history of abuse and sexual misconduct by one of the most powerful producers in Hollywood, kicking off...
- 10/14/2022
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Ahead of the release of Disney+’s hotly anticipated Secret Invasion series, MCU vet Cobie Smulders is as excited for its debut it as the fans themselves are.
“I’m thrilled” to have the Marvel series premiere (on Wednesday, June 21), Smulders told TVLine while out promoting Freevee’s High School drama.
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“It looks so good,” she raved, “and it’s...
“I’m thrilled” to have the Marvel series premiere (on Wednesday, June 21), Smulders told TVLine while out promoting Freevee’s High School drama.
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“It looks so good,” she raved, “and it’s...
- 9/27/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Jennifer Ehle has joined the cast of the Paramount+ series 1923.
She will portray Sister Mary, an Irish nun who teaches at the school for American Indians in Montana that Teonna Rainwater (Amineh Nieves) attends. As prreviously announced, Sebastian Roché plays the headmaster of the school, Father Renaud.
The new installment of the Taylor Sheridan franchise will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family before the events of Yellowstone and explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the Mountain West, and the Duttons who call it home.
The cast, led by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, also includes James Badge Dale, Brandon Sklenar, Robert Patrick, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty and Julia Schlaepfer.
1923 is currently in production in Montana and will debut on Paramount+ in December 2022.
The Dutton...
She will portray Sister Mary, an Irish nun who teaches at the school for American Indians in Montana that Teonna Rainwater (Amineh Nieves) attends. As prreviously announced, Sebastian Roché plays the headmaster of the school, Father Renaud.
The new installment of the Taylor Sheridan franchise will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family before the events of Yellowstone and explore the early 20th century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the Mountain West, and the Duttons who call it home.
The cast, led by Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren, also includes James Badge Dale, Brandon Sklenar, Robert Patrick, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty and Julia Schlaepfer.
1923 is currently in production in Montana and will debut on Paramount+ in December 2022.
The Dutton...
- 9/27/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jennifer Ehle is the latest addition to the cast of the “Yellowstone” prequel series “1923” at Paramount+, Variety has learned.
Per the official description, the series “will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.”
Ehle will play Sister Mary O’Connor, an Irish nun that teaches at the School For American Indians in Montana. She joins previously announced cast member Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Brandon Sklenar, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Julia Schlaepfer, and Jerome Flynn.
This is the latest TV role Ehle has booked. She is also slated to appear in the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of the David Cronenberg film “Dead Ringers.” Most recently, she starred in the horror film “Saint Maud.
Per the official description, the series “will introduce a new generation of the Dutton family and explore the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition, and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.”
Ehle will play Sister Mary O’Connor, an Irish nun that teaches at the School For American Indians in Montana. She joins previously announced cast member Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Brandon Sklenar, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, James Badge Dale, Marley Shelton, Brian Geraghty, Aminah Nieves, Julia Schlaepfer, and Jerome Flynn.
This is the latest TV role Ehle has booked. She is also slated to appear in the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of the David Cronenberg film “Dead Ringers.” Most recently, she starred in the horror film “Saint Maud.
- 9/27/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Secret Invasion will invade TV screens in 2023.
The highly-anticipated series was announced almost three years ago, and we finally got our first glimpse during Disney's D23 Expo.
"The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years," Disney+ previously shared of the series.
Now, we have a trailer that flawlessly highlights what the show is about.
Samuel L. Jackson headlines the project, which shows off Nick Fury and Maria Hill's first meeting in years.
Maria is shocked that Nick came out of hiding for the meeting.
“This is different," he offers.
The series will follow on from 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home, which revealed the versions of Nick and Maria in the flick were Skrulls.
Skrulls can shapeshift, meaning that there's a lot of possibilities in terms of storytelling.
Maria and Nick seemingly join forces to find the cause of these skrulls,...
The highly-anticipated series was announced almost three years ago, and we finally got our first glimpse during Disney's D23 Expo.
"The crossover comic event series showcases a faction of shape-shifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years," Disney+ previously shared of the series.
Now, we have a trailer that flawlessly highlights what the show is about.
Samuel L. Jackson headlines the project, which shows off Nick Fury and Maria Hill's first meeting in years.
Maria is shocked that Nick came out of hiding for the meeting.
“This is different," he offers.
The series will follow on from 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home, which revealed the versions of Nick and Maria in the flick were Skrulls.
Skrulls can shapeshift, meaning that there's a lot of possibilities in terms of storytelling.
Maria and Nick seemingly join forces to find the cause of these skrulls,...
- 9/11/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Maria Hill somehow, finally draws Nick Fury back onto the grid (meaning, Earth) in the first trailer for Disney+’s Secret Invasion series.
But as he gruffly explains to her about his long-awaited resurfacing, “This is different.”
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Announced in December 2020 at Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day, Secret Invasion stars MCU vet Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Captain Marvel...
But as he gruffly explains to her about his long-awaited resurfacing, “This is different.”
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Announced in December 2020 at Walt Disney Company’s Investor Day, Secret Invasion stars MCU vet Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Captain Marvel...
- 9/10/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Veteran actor, Brendan Gleeson has joined the likes of Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga on the cast of ‘Joker: Folie à Deux.’
Gleeson’s character details have not been made public.
Lady Gaga announced on social media recently that she’s joining the cast of the movie, which takes the unprecedented route of a musical, with the Oscar winner buzzed to play the Joker’s girlfriend Harley Quinn. Joaquin Phoenix is also returning as Arthur Fleck.
Phillips has been co-writing the script with ‘Joker’ co-writer Scott Silver.
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Filming is due to commence in December, with a release date of October 4, 2024.
Phoenix earned the best actor Oscar for the role of Arthur Fleck, a troubled man who evolves into a folk villain-type figure by the end of the story. ‘Joker’ earned 1.07 billion globally.
Gleeson is currently...
Gleeson’s character details have not been made public.
Lady Gaga announced on social media recently that she’s joining the cast of the movie, which takes the unprecedented route of a musical, with the Oscar winner buzzed to play the Joker’s girlfriend Harley Quinn. Joaquin Phoenix is also returning as Arthur Fleck.
Phillips has been co-writing the script with ‘Joker’ co-writer Scott Silver.
Also in news – Ben Kingsley to reprise Trevor Slattery role in Marvel series ‘Wonder Man’
Filming is due to commence in December, with a release date of October 4, 2024.
Phoenix earned the best actor Oscar for the role of Arthur Fleck, a troubled man who evolves into a folk villain-type figure by the end of the story. ‘Joker’ earned 1.07 billion globally.
Gleeson is currently...
- 9/2/2022
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Veteran actor Brendan Gleeson is set to appear in ‘Joker: Folie A Deux’, alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, who play the clown prince of chaos and his main squeeze, Harley Quinn.
Todd Phillips, who directed Phoenix to an Oscar in 2019’s ‘Joker’, returns as director.
But whereas the first film played like a comic book riff on Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’, the follow-up is a musical, albeit more in the vein of ‘A Star is Born’ than ‘West Side Story’ or ‘Singing in the Rain’, reports Variety.
Warner Bros. and DC are backing the sequel, which has a lot to live up to considering that “Joker” grossed north of 1 billion.
While much of ‘Folie A Deux’ remains shrouded in mystery, fans can safely expect the films to remain in their own independent universe.
That means the movie will likely lack any connection to either the DC Extended Universe...
Todd Phillips, who directed Phoenix to an Oscar in 2019’s ‘Joker’, returns as director.
But whereas the first film played like a comic book riff on Martin Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’, the follow-up is a musical, albeit more in the vein of ‘A Star is Born’ than ‘West Side Story’ or ‘Singing in the Rain’, reports Variety.
Warner Bros. and DC are backing the sequel, which has a lot to live up to considering that “Joker” grossed north of 1 billion.
While much of ‘Folie A Deux’ remains shrouded in mystery, fans can safely expect the films to remain in their own independent universe.
That means the movie will likely lack any connection to either the DC Extended Universe...
- 9/2/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Brendan Gleeson, currently generating Oscar buzz for his work in “The Banshees of Inisherin,” is about to move from the west coast of Ireland to the seedy streets of Gotham City. The veteran character actor is set to appear in “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Variety has confirmed, alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, who play the clown prince of chaos and his main squeeze, Harley Quinn.
Todd Phillips, who directed Phoenix to an Oscar in 2019’s “Joker,” returns as director. But whereas the first film played like a comic book riff on Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” the follow-up is a musical, albeit more in the vein of “A Star is Born” than “West Side Story” or “Singing in the Rain.”
Warner Bros. and DC are backing the sequel, which has a lot to live up to considering that “Joker” grossed north of 1 billion.
While much of “Folie à Deux” remains shrouded in mystery,...
Todd Phillips, who directed Phoenix to an Oscar in 2019’s “Joker,” returns as director. But whereas the first film played like a comic book riff on Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” the follow-up is a musical, albeit more in the vein of “A Star is Born” than “West Side Story” or “Singing in the Rain.”
Warner Bros. and DC are backing the sequel, which has a lot to live up to considering that “Joker” grossed north of 1 billion.
While much of “Folie à Deux” remains shrouded in mystery,...
- 9/1/2022
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
David Yates’ Netflix film The Pain Hustlers has begun rounding out its cast, with Andy Garcia (Father of the Bride), Catherine O’Hara (Schitt’s Creek), Jay Duplass (Industry), Brian d’Arcy James (West Side Story) and Chloe Coleman (My Spy) signing on to star alongside Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.
The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
The film billed as tonally similar to The Big Short, American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street follows Liza Drake (Blunt), a high-school dropout dreaming of a better life for her and her young daughter. Liza lands a job with a failing pharmaceutical startup in a yellowing strip mall in Central Florida. Her charm, guts and drive then catapult the company and her into the high life, where she soon finds herself at the center of a criminal conspiracy with deadly consequences.
Netflix acquired global rights to the film written by Wells Tower for 50M out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival,...
- 8/29/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Steven Pasquale is set to star opposite Neve Campbell in the upcoming ABC series “Avalon,” Variety has learned.
The announcement of Pasquale’s casting comes just one day after Campbell’s, with Campbell set to play the lead role in the show. It hails from co-creators David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly, with the show based on a short story that Connelly wrote. It was ordered straight-to-series at ABC in February.
The series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Detective William Claypool,...
The announcement of Pasquale’s casting comes just one day after Campbell’s, with Campbell set to play the lead role in the show. It hails from co-creators David E. Kelley and Michael Connelly, with the show based on a short story that Connelly wrote. It was ordered straight-to-series at ABC in February.
The series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Detective William Claypool,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Pasquale has been tapped as the male lead opposite Neve Campbell in Avalon, ABC’s drama series based on Michael Connelly’s short story, from David E. Kelley, A+E Studios and 20th Television.
Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective William Claypool. Intelligent, head strong and good-humored, Claypool is called to Catalina to investigate a terrifying discovery on the island.
Avalon is created and executive produced by Kelley,...
Avalon, which received a straight-to-series order from ABC, takes place in the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where L.A. Sheriff’s Department Detective Nicole “Nic” Searcy (Campbell) heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island.
Pasquale will play Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Detective William Claypool. Intelligent, head strong and good-humored, Claypool is called to Catalina to investigate a terrifying discovery on the island.
Avalon is created and executive produced by Kelley,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Although British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation in July and will remain in power until his party chooses a leader, his legacy of incompetence will stick with him for years, if not the rest of his political career. But like Trump, who has received many kinds of satirical treatments— several actors parodying his oafishness on “Saturday Night Live”— and a kind of biopic treatment—Brendon Gleeson portraying the former last guy on “The Comey Rule”— Boris Johnson is getting a kind of biopic treatment in “This England,” starring BAFTA and Academy Award-winning actor/director Kenneth Branagh in the lead role.
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- 8/18/2022
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will ramp up early next year, it has been announced.
New details dropped during Marvel's turn at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, and it's hard not to be a little excited.
Phase 5 is set to launch with the third Ant-Man movie, subtitled "Quantumania."
That flick will hit theaters on February 17, 2023, so we don't have that long to wait.
Secret Invasion, a new drama set in the MCU, follows in the spring.
The cast includes Cobie Smulders (reprising her Maria Hill role), Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman (The Crown), Ben Mendelsohn (The Outsider), Samuel L Jackson (Nick Fury), and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones).
On the big screen, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 launches May 5, continuing the new phase of the MCU.
Loki Season 2 is on tap for summer, as well as the first season of Hawkeye spinoff Echo.
No confirmed dates for those shows, which...
New details dropped during Marvel's turn at San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday, and it's hard not to be a little excited.
Phase 5 is set to launch with the third Ant-Man movie, subtitled "Quantumania."
That flick will hit theaters on February 17, 2023, so we don't have that long to wait.
Secret Invasion, a new drama set in the MCU, follows in the spring.
The cast includes Cobie Smulders (reprising her Maria Hill role), Kingsley Ben-Adir, Olivia Colman (The Crown), Ben Mendelsohn (The Outsider), Samuel L Jackson (Nick Fury), and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones).
On the big screen, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3 launches May 5, continuing the new phase of the MCU.
Loki Season 2 is on tap for summer, as well as the first season of Hawkeye spinoff Echo.
No confirmed dates for those shows, which...
- 7/24/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Phase 5 of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) will kick off in 2023 with the one-two punch of the movie sequel Ant-Man 3 (in theaters Feb. 17) and Disney+’s Secret Invasion series (coming in the spring).
Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige revealed the Phase 5 game plan at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday evening, after confirming that Phase 4, which began with TV’s WandaVision, will wind down with Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (premiering Aug. 17) and the movie sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (in theaters Nov. 11).
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Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige revealed the Phase 5 game plan at the San Diego Comic-Con on Saturday evening, after confirming that Phase 4, which began with TV’s WandaVision, will wind down with Disney+’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (premiering Aug. 17) and the movie sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (in theaters Nov. 11).
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- 7/24/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Through 18 seasons of Grey's Anatomy, there have been plenty of changes.
Some of the biggest changes come from the cast, as any show that has been on as long as Grey's has surely seen plenty of cast exits.
Luckily, the cast that departed early in the series (or even more recently) can still be seen in other projects. So where are they now?
Isaiah Washington -- Dr. Preston Burke
Isaiah Washington portrayed Dr. Preston Burke for the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy.
Washington also returned as a guest on Grey's Anatomy Season 10 after Cristina left Grey Sloan.
Since leaving Seattle Grace, the actor has remained steady in both TV and film, having been in the main cast of The 100 through The 100 Season 5.
He's also appeared in shows such as Blue Bloods, Bull, Law & Order: LA, and was recurring during Survivor's Remorse Season 4.
On the film side, Isaiah...
Some of the biggest changes come from the cast, as any show that has been on as long as Grey's has surely seen plenty of cast exits.
Luckily, the cast that departed early in the series (or even more recently) can still be seen in other projects. So where are they now?
Isaiah Washington -- Dr. Preston Burke
Isaiah Washington portrayed Dr. Preston Burke for the first three seasons of Grey's Anatomy.
Washington also returned as a guest on Grey's Anatomy Season 10 after Cristina left Grey Sloan.
Since leaving Seattle Grace, the actor has remained steady in both TV and film, having been in the main cast of The 100 through The 100 Season 5.
He's also appeared in shows such as Blue Bloods, Bull, Law & Order: LA, and was recurring during Survivor's Remorse Season 4.
On the film side, Isaiah...
- 6/22/2022
- by Megan Behnke
- TVfanatic
Jeff Daniels will star in the upcoming Netflix limited series, “A Man in Full.”
The series follows Daniels as Charlie Croker, a polarizing and robust Atlanta real estate mogul who faces sudden bankruptcy. His political and business interests collide as Charlie attempts to defend his empire at all costs.
“A Man in Full” is based on the New York Times bestselling novel by the late Tom Wolfe. David E. Kelley will adapt the story for the small screen, serving as showrunner and executive producer.
The series is also executive produced by Regina King as part of her first-look deal with the streamer. King is also set to direct.
Daniels is a two-time Emmy winner for his turns in “The Newsroom” and “Godless.” His other major screen roles include “Dumb and Dumber,” “The Martian,” “Looper,” and “Pleasantville.” Most recently, he played former FBI director James Comey in “The Comey Rule” and...
The series follows Daniels as Charlie Croker, a polarizing and robust Atlanta real estate mogul who faces sudden bankruptcy. His political and business interests collide as Charlie attempts to defend his empire at all costs.
“A Man in Full” is based on the New York Times bestselling novel by the late Tom Wolfe. David E. Kelley will adapt the story for the small screen, serving as showrunner and executive producer.
The series is also executive produced by Regina King as part of her first-look deal with the streamer. King is also set to direct.
Daniels is a two-time Emmy winner for his turns in “The Newsroom” and “Godless.” His other major screen roles include “Dumb and Dumber,” “The Martian,” “Looper,” and “Pleasantville.” Most recently, he played former FBI director James Comey in “The Comey Rule” and...
- 5/2/2022
- by Katie Campione
- The Wrap
Jeff Daniels is set to play the lead role in the upcoming Netflix drama series “A Man in Full,” Variety has learned.
The series is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name. Variety exclusively reported the show had received a straight-to-series order at the streamer in November 2021. The show hails from David E. Kelley with Regina King onboard to direct and executive produce.
In the series, Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy. Political and business interests collide as Croker defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. Croker is further described as polarizing and robust, crude, rude, and irresponsible.
This will be the latest TV starring role for Daniels in the past several years. Most recently, he starred in the Showtime series adaptation of “American Rust” as well as the premium cabler’s limited series “The Comey Rule.
The series is based on the Tom Wolfe novel of the same name. Variety exclusively reported the show had received a straight-to-series order at the streamer in November 2021. The show hails from David E. Kelley with Regina King onboard to direct and executive produce.
In the series, Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker (Daniels) faces sudden bankruptcy. Political and business interests collide as Croker defends his empire from those attempting to capitalize on his fall from grace. Croker is further described as polarizing and robust, crude, rude, and irresponsible.
This will be the latest TV starring role for Daniels in the past several years. Most recently, he starred in the Showtime series adaptation of “American Rust” as well as the premium cabler’s limited series “The Comey Rule.
- 5/2/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Two-time Emmy winner Jeff Daniels has been tapped as the lead of A Man in Full, a six-episode limited series based on Tom Wolfe’s 1998 novel, from David E. Kelley and Regina King. Kelley serves as writer, executive producer and showrunner, with King directing three episodes and exec producing as part of her first-look deal with Netflix via her Royal Ties production company.
2022 Netflix Pilot & Series Orders
A Man In Full revolves around Charlie Croker (Daniels), a polarizing and robust Atlanta real estate mogul who faces sudden bankruptcy. Crude, rude and irrepressible, Charlie defends his empire against all takers. At any cost.
Matthew Tinker also exec produces the series.
This marks a return to Netflix for Daniels, who won one of his two Emmy Awards for the streamer’s limited series Godless. (The other was for Daniels’ starring role in HBO’s The Newsroom.) Daniels’ recent TV credits include Showtime’s The Comey Rule,...
2022 Netflix Pilot & Series Orders
A Man In Full revolves around Charlie Croker (Daniels), a polarizing and robust Atlanta real estate mogul who faces sudden bankruptcy. Crude, rude and irrepressible, Charlie defends his empire against all takers. At any cost.
Matthew Tinker also exec produces the series.
This marks a return to Netflix for Daniels, who won one of his two Emmy Awards for the streamer’s limited series Godless. (The other was for Daniels’ starring role in HBO’s The Newsroom.) Daniels’ recent TV credits include Showtime’s The Comey Rule,...
- 5/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Steven Pasquale (American Crime Story: The People v Oj Simpson), Stephanie Szostak (A Million Little Things) and Tony Curran (Your Honor) are set for key recurring roles in David E. Kelley’s The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File. Details of their characters are being kept under wraps.
Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, and directed by Barry Levinson, The Missing tells the story of Detective Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch), whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.
In addition to Wilbusch, they join previously announced series regulars Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.
Executive producing alongside Kelley are Levinson,...
Written by Kelley, who also serves as showrunner and executive producer, and directed by Barry Levinson, The Missing tells the story of Detective Avraham (Jeff Wilbusch), whose belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, Avraham is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down.
In addition to Wilbusch, they join previously announced series regulars Juliana Canfield, Karen Robinson and Michael Mosley.
Executive producing alongside Kelley are Levinson,...
- 4/26/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brian d’Arcy James is working double duty, having booked a role in the Anne Hathaway-Marisa Tomei-Peter Dinklage-Matthew Broderick romantic comedy She Came to Me, as well as a recurring role in the Apple Original series Dear Edward.
The Rebecca Miller directed and written She Came to Me is a multi-generational story set in New York. The movie follows a composer suffering from writer’s block who rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand, a couple of gifted teenagers who fight to prove to the parents that their young love is something that can last forever, and a woman who seemingly has it all for whom love arrives in the most unexpected places. d’Arcy James plays Trey in the movie, an attorney who is the father to one of the teenagers.
In the Jason Katims’ Apple series Dear Edward, d’Arcy James...
The Rebecca Miller directed and written She Came to Me is a multi-generational story set in New York. The movie follows a composer suffering from writer’s block who rediscovers his passion after an adventurous one-night stand, a couple of gifted teenagers who fight to prove to the parents that their young love is something that can last forever, and a woman who seemingly has it all for whom love arrives in the most unexpected places. d’Arcy James plays Trey in the movie, an attorney who is the father to one of the teenagers.
In the Jason Katims’ Apple series Dear Edward, d’Arcy James...
- 4/6/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Premature filmmaker Rashaad Ernesto Green is set to helm Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), Participant and MacRo’s feature movie ’68 inspired by the true story of Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos. The track athletes from San Jose State rose to become Olympic medalists and activists at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. That’s where they both raised their fists in solidarity and in support of human rights.
The screenplay is by Oscar nominated scribe Billy Ray. Participant and MacRo will produce the project, along with Stacy Sherman.
Participant will be incorporating ’68 into its ongoing impact work dedicated to civil rights and social justice. Carlos’ nephews, Airrion and Shaun McCoy, and DeLois Smith, the wife of Tommie Smith, are co-producing.
Bronx-born filmmaker Green received the Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award in 2020 for his second feature directorial, Premature, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Shot in Harlem, New York entirely on 16mm film,...
The screenplay is by Oscar nominated scribe Billy Ray. Participant and MacRo will produce the project, along with Stacy Sherman.
Participant will be incorporating ’68 into its ongoing impact work dedicated to civil rights and social justice. Carlos’ nephews, Airrion and Shaun McCoy, and DeLois Smith, the wife of Tommie Smith, are co-producing.
Bronx-born filmmaker Green received the Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award in 2020 for his second feature directorial, Premature, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. Shot in Harlem, New York entirely on 16mm film,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Rashaad Ernesto Green will direct the feature film “68,” inspired by the true story of the Olympians who gave the black power salute on the podium, MGM, Participant and MacRo announced on Thursday.
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Billy Ray wrote the script that centers on sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos and chronicles their lives from track athletes at San Jose State to Olympic medalists and activists at the 1968 Games in Mexico City, where Smith and Carlos both raised their fists in solidarity and in support of human rights.
“Still incredibly powerful and relevant, I’m honored for the opportunity to bring Tommie and John’s riveting story to life; to portray the weight of the world these two giants had on their shoulders and the self-determination, courage and sacrifice it took for them to stand up for all of us,” Green said in a statement.
Participant and MacRo will produce the project,...
Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Billy Ray wrote the script that centers on sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos and chronicles their lives from track athletes at San Jose State to Olympic medalists and activists at the 1968 Games in Mexico City, where Smith and Carlos both raised their fists in solidarity and in support of human rights.
“Still incredibly powerful and relevant, I’m honored for the opportunity to bring Tommie and John’s riveting story to life; to portray the weight of the world these two giants had on their shoulders and the self-determination, courage and sacrifice it took for them to stand up for all of us,” Green said in a statement.
Participant and MacRo will produce the project,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Carlos’s nephews Airrion and Shaun McCoy to co-produce with Smith’s wife DeLois Smith.
MGM, Participant and Macro have hired Rashaad Ernesto Green to direct ’68 inspired by the true story of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the Olympians who raised black-gloved fists on the winners’ podium in support of Black Power and the broader human rights movement.
Billy Ray, whose credits include Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, Shattered Glass and TV show The Comey Rule, will write screenplay. Green directed Gun Hill Road and his second film Premature won the 2020 Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award.
Participant and Marco...
MGM, Participant and Macro have hired Rashaad Ernesto Green to direct ’68 inspired by the true story of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, the Olympians who raised black-gloved fists on the winners’ podium in support of Black Power and the broader human rights movement.
Billy Ray, whose credits include Captain Phillips, The Hunger Games, Shattered Glass and TV show The Comey Rule, will write screenplay. Green directed Gun Hill Road and his second film Premature won the 2020 Independent Spirit Someone to Watch Award.
Participant and Marco...
- 3/31/2022
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Former Secret Hideout President Heather Kadin has been tapped as President of Scripted Television for management and production company Range Media Partners. She will oversee all scripted development and production for Range Studios and will executive produce their scripted television projects under the company’s co-production arrangement with A+E Studios as part of A+E Networks’ minority stake acquisition.
Kadin will collaborate with Range’s team of managers and talent clients on creating new series and building scripted TV brands. Her hire completes the team of film and TV executives at Range as she joins recently appointed President of Non-Scripted TV Mark Herwick and Oliver Riddle, head of international film and TV.
An accomplished TV executive and producer, Kadin became available less than three months after a 12-year stint running Secret Hideout and its predecessor, K/O Paper Products, as President of Television.
“Heather and my journeys are incredibly intertwined.
Kadin will collaborate with Range’s team of managers and talent clients on creating new series and building scripted TV brands. Her hire completes the team of film and TV executives at Range as she joins recently appointed President of Non-Scripted TV Mark Herwick and Oliver Riddle, head of international film and TV.
An accomplished TV executive and producer, Kadin became available less than three months after a 12-year stint running Secret Hideout and its predecessor, K/O Paper Products, as President of Television.
“Heather and my journeys are incredibly intertwined.
- 3/7/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
According to THR, "Peaky Blinders" and "The Oa" star Kingsley Ben-Adir has been tapped to play legendary singer-songwriter Bob Marley in an upcoming biopic for Paramount. This won't be Ben-Adir's first time playing a historically significant figure, as he gained critical renown for his portrayal of civil rights activist Malcolm X in "One Night in Miami." (He also played President Barack Obama in the CBS miniseries "The Comey Rule.") Ben-Adir's casting is the last big piece of the Marley biopic puzzle, joining both the writer and director of the Oscar-nominated "King Richard," who previously signed on.
"King Richard" director Reinaldo Marcus Green will helm the biopic from a screenplay by "King...
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"King Richard" director Reinaldo Marcus Green will helm the biopic from a screenplay by "King...
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- 2/13/2022
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Following a global search that took almost a year, Paramount Pictures looks to have found the person to play Bob Marley in its biopic about the reggae legend. Sources tell Deadline that Kingsley Ben-Adir, who starred as Malcolm X in One Night in Miami, has been tapped to play the Jamaican icon, with King Richard helmer Reinaldo Marcus Green directing.
Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley and Cedella Marley will also produce on behalf of Tuff Gong. Robert Teitel will also produce.
Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, but in that short lifetime he changed the landscape of music, introducing generations to reggae with such songs as “Get Up, Stand Up,” “One Love,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Could You Be Loved,” “Buffalo Soldier,” “Jammin’” and “Redemption Song.”
Like Ray Charles, Elton John, Freddy Mercury and the many other iconic musicians who have been portrayed on screen, the Bob Marley...
Ziggy Marley, Rita Marley and Cedella Marley will also produce on behalf of Tuff Gong. Robert Teitel will also produce.
Bob Marley died of cancer in 1981 at age 36, but in that short lifetime he changed the landscape of music, introducing generations to reggae with such songs as “Get Up, Stand Up,” “One Love,” “No Woman, No Cry,” “Could You Be Loved,” “Buffalo Soldier,” “Jammin’” and “Redemption Song.”
Like Ray Charles, Elton John, Freddy Mercury and the many other iconic musicians who have been portrayed on screen, the Bob Marley...
- 2/11/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
The January 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, considered the worst domestic attack on democracy since the Civil War, will be the subject of ‘J6’, a feature film scripted and to be directed by Billy Ray, reports ‘Deadline’. The movie will be a follow-up to Ray’s highly rated political drama miniseries, ‘The Comey Rule’, based […]...
- 1/21/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
When Trump supporters assaulted the US Capitol building on January 6 following Trump's election loss, it was widely considered to be the most egregious domestic attack on the foundation of our democratic republic since the Civil War. The fresh stain on America's history will be center-stage in the feature film "J6," handled by "The Comey Rule" director Billy Ray. Ray finds a formidable teammate in Adam McKay, who is currently enjoying praise and pushback for his own grim feature "Don't Look Up." McKay produces alongside "Comey Rule" exec producer Shane Salerno, as well as Todd Schulman, Josh McLaughlin,...
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- 1/20/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
No stranger to political works, writer/director Billy Ray was behind the recent Showtime series “The Comey Rule,” focusing on former FBI director James Comey and President Trump’s attempt to coax the FBI to drop an investigation into his campaign’s and his own personal dealings with Russia. Now, in an announcement that isn’t all that surprising given their outspoken politics on the matter, filmmaker Adam McKay and Ray are looking to unite to focus on the Trump administration by moving forward with a feature film focusing on the U.S.
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- 1/20/2022
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Exclusive: The January 6 assault on the US Capitol, considered the worst attack on democracy since the Civil War, will be the subject of a feature film scripted and to be directed by Billy Ray as his follow up to the highly rated Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule. Joining him on J6 is Adam McKay, who is in the Oscar hunt now for Don’t Look Up. McKay will produce along with Todd Schulman, Josh McLaughlin, Cullen Hoback and Shane Salerno, latter of whom was exec producer on the Jeff Daniel-Brendan Gleeson-starrer The Comey Rule. Deadline has confirmed that the script will be shopped to studios and streamers imminently, and that conversations with equity financiers have already begun.
Ray had originally expected to long look at the events of January 6 in the form of another limited series. Deeply affected by the attack, he traveled to Washington, D.C. within days of the siege,...
Ray had originally expected to long look at the events of January 6 in the form of another limited series. Deeply affected by the attack, he traveled to Washington, D.C. within days of the siege,...
- 1/20/2022
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
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