‘A League of Their Own’ series headed to Amazon

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Misfits) is set as a series regular on HBO Max’s Lena Dunham-produced half-hour dramedy, Generation.Created by Zelda Barnz and her father Daniel Barnz, who also directs, Generation is a dark yet playful half-hour following a group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Canadian singer/actress Jordan Alexander has been cast as one of the leads in  HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersStart of production on the 10-episode series — from Joshua Safran, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire, Alloy Entertainment, Warner Bros TV and CBS Television Studios — was delayed by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Joaquin Phoenix is taking care of business.

Also Read: 'Utopia' Trailer Finds John Cusack, Rainn Wilson on Different Sides of a Pandemic Conspiracy (Video)“Normal People” writer Alice Birch will pen the adaptation, which is being co-produced by Amazon Studios and Annapurna Television. Weisz and Birch will executive produce alongside Stacy O’Neil, Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle and Ali Krug for Annapurna Television, as well as James G.

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorCalifornia’s Health and Human Services Director Dr.

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video Germany has ordered comedy series “Binge Reloaded” from Redseven Entertainment, a Red Arrow Studios company.The show will continue in the vein of popular comedy show “Switch Reloaded,” which played several years on German channel ProSieben, owned by Red Arrow’s parent company ProSiebenSat.1.

straight to your inboxIlkay Gundogan has warned his Manchester City teammates that they are only one mistake away from exiting the Champions League.City face Lyon in Saturday's quarter-final in Lisbon, in the new one-game format for this season's adapted Champions League finale.The Blues booked their place in the last eight by overcoming Real Madrid by 2-1 for the second time, capitalising on two mistakes from Raphael Varane in the visitors' defence.And Gundogan has warned City that the one-game

Naman Ramachandran Amazon Prime Video has set up a $6 million fund to support the recovery of the European TV, film and theater production community from effects of the coronavirus pandemic.The first disbursements are £1 million ($1.3 million) to the U.K.’s Film and TV Charity, enabling a new grants scheme to help the industry recover; and and a £500,000 ($651,500) donation to the Theatre Community Fund, launched by Olivia Colman, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Francesca Moody to provide hardship

Here’s an interesting one with a semi-interesting story. Like Netflix back in the day, HBO Max has to fill its content coffers and one way the streaming service is doing that—just like Netflix and Amazon did originally—is license previously made content and repackage it as something relatively new.

It's officially one month to the day the new 2020-21 Premier League season gets underway.With a shorter-than-usual break, the action restarts on September 12 for most teams. Those involved in the new-look Europa and Champions League have meanwhile been awarded the reprieve of a guaranteed 30 day rest period.For the first time in three decades, Liverpool will go into the season as defending Champions.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVThe upcoming fourth installment of Noah Hawley’s FX anthology series Fargo, headlined by Chris Rock, will debut Sept. 27 with its first two episodes, directed by Hawley, airing back-to-back.Originally slated to premiere April 19, Season 4 of Fargo was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, which shut down production on the show in mid-March.

Lizzo has signed a deal with Amazon Studios for an exclusive TV series on Prime Video.In a statement, the Grammy award-winning singer said the move is a “dream come true.”“I’m so excited to partner with the amazing team at Amazon,” she said. “Thank you to Jen Salke and the rest of the team for making this dream come true.

Updated 08/06/2020: Amazon's A League of Their Own series has officially been given the green light, Deadline reports. The series, which comes fromMozart in the Jungleexecutive producer Will Graham and Broad City's Abbi Jacobson, will be a reimagining of Penny Marshall's beloved 1992 film.

A League of Their Own is getting a reboot!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmazon’s series adaptation of “A League of Their Own” has been ordered to series, Variety has learned.Like the 1992 Penny Marshall film, the hour-long series will tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball.

Opinions of Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus” normally fall into one of two camps. The first camp, which is the seeming majority of people, despise the film and don’t even acknowledge the project’s connection to the “Alien” franchise.

Jack Depp is enjoying a day out with his girlfriend!

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina‘s Michelle Gomez has been cast as a series regular in HBO Max’s thriller drama series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco. The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: AMC has optioned the rights to Sorcerers, a novella by co-writers Maurice Broaddus and Otis Whitaker and featuring illustrations by internationally renowned artist Jim Mahfood, with plans to adapt it into a series.The short story is a psychedelic urban fantasy about a 30-year-old man from Harlem who comes into his own as a hip hop-inspired sorcerer. It follows Malik Hutchins, the black sheep to one of the most successful families in Harlem.

Jamie Lang Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal’s La Corriente del Golfo has teamed with Amazon Prime Video on a new issue-driven conversation series “Pan y Circo” (Bread and Circus), which will launch globally on the platform on Friday (Aug. 7).Using an innovative new format of Luna’s own design, the series seats a group of different personalities with unique perspectives on a common subject around a table for a meal (the “pan”) and discussion (the “circo”).