‘12 Years A Slave’ Screenwriter John Ridley On Processing Yet Another Shocking Police Shooting & Protest Aftermath: Guest Column

Space is the final frontier, we know that already, but what we didn’t know but should have anticipated is the rise in space-centered TV comedies in 2020. The TV equivalent of twin films (like when “Deep Impact” and “Armageddon” came out in the same year), saw the release of Netflix‘s “Space Force,” earlier this year.

I have to be honest for a second. Every week or so, Apple announces a new project with another A-list filmmaker and/or cast, and it can be a bit exhausting.

Apple TV+ has ordered “Five Days At Memorial,” a limited series from Oscar-winner John Ridley and Emmy winner Carlton Cuse, which chronicles events in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.The pickup of the new series, based on the acclaimed non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize winning author Sheri Fink, comes on the 15th anniversary of one of America’s worst natural disasters.“Five Days At Memorial,” from ABC Signature, chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after

John Ridley and Carlton Cuse will produce a limited series adaptation of “Five Days at Memorial,” Sheri Fink’s non-fiction book about the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, for Apple TV+, the streaming service said Tuesday.Based on Fink’s 2013 novel of the same name, “Five Days At Memorial” takes place over “the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall,” per Apple.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Ridley and Carlton Cuse are set to adapt Sheri Fink’s novel “Five Days at Memorial” for Apple as a limited series, Variety has learned.The book chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans, LA, hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVApple TV+ has ordered Five Days At Memorial, a limited series from Oscar winner John Ridley and Emmy winner Carlton Cuse, which chronicles events in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.The pickup of the new series, based on the acclaimed non-fiction book by Pulitzer Prize winning author Sheri Fink, comes on the 15th anniversary of one of America’s worst natural disasters.Five Days At Memorial, from ABC Signature, chronicles the first five days in a

Tyrese Gibson, one of Hollywood’s most notable Black performers as an actor, singer and songwriter, has a heavy heart in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake, was shot seven times in the back by Rusten Sheskey, a police officer in Kenosha, Wis. while his children looked on in an SUV.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe NHL has postponed its Stanley Cup Playoffs games set for tonight and Friday, joining the NBA and other pro sports leagues and teams in protesting the latest police shooting of a Black man.

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Erik Pedersen Managing EditorThe WNBA has postponed its three games scheduled for tonight. The league’s move follows the postponed of today’s NBA playoff games in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting by police in Kenosha WI.“The consensus is to not play in tonight’s slate of games and to kneel, lock arms and raise fists during the national anthem,” said Elizabeth Williams of the Atlanta Dream.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorUPDATED with NBA statement: The NBA has announced that all of tonight’s playoff games have been postponed. The late games were slated to air on TNT.The NBA and the NBPA today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – MIL-ORL, HOU-OKC and LAL-POR have been postponed.

Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Wisconsin man, was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Graphic video footage of the incident shows Blake — who was reportedly trying to break up a fight when police arrived on the scene — walking away from officers, who have their weapons drawn. When he approaches the driver's side door of a parked SUV, one officer reaches out to grab his shirt and fires multiple shots into his back.

Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Wisconsin man, was shot in the back multiple times by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday. Graphic video footage of the incident shows Blake — who was reportedly trying to break up a fight when police arrived on the scene — walking away from officers, who have their weapons drawn. When he approaches the driver's side door of a parked SUV, one officer reaches out to grab his shirt and fires multiple shots into his back.

Joan Collins revealed she had a run-in with a police officer while vacationing in the South of France. The 87-year-old "Dynasty" star said she was "yelled at" in Ikea after swapping out her face mask for a clear face visor, which is now illegal under a new law put in place last month.

Protests erupted in Kenosha in the U.S. state of Wisconsin after police shot an apparently unarmed Black man multiple times in the back, according to the state governor, prompting authorities to impose a curfew.

LOS ANGELES -- John Ridley will write the new Batman comic series with plans of the Dark Knight being a person of color. The Oscar-winning screenwriter and DC publisher Jim Lee announced plans for Ridley to write the miniseries during a DC FanDome virtual panel on Saturday.