It’s hard to think of other professional basketball teams that measure up to the Showtime Lakers era. NBA dynasties such as the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan had a predecessor with Magic Johnson and the Lakers.
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EXCLUSIVE: Blumhouse Television has landed the rights to turn Stephen King’s bestselling novel Later into a limited series star vehicle for Lucy Liu. Series creator Raelle Tucker wrote the pilot script.
Published in March 2021 by Hard Case Crime, Later centers around a literary agency owner, Tia, who is raising her son Jamie alone, and who finds herself on the brink of professional ruin when her star author client dies before turning out the work that will make her agency financially whole. Jamie has the supernatural ability to talk to the dead, all of whom tell him the truth. This is very helpful when he talks to the dead author and feeds the contents of the book to his mother, who writes it herself and publishes it under the author’s name, to great success. But this gift can be used for more nefarious purposes. Tia’s police detective girlfriend figures out what the boy can do, and soon the youth gets over his head in the spirit world, as Danny Torrance did in King’s The Shining.
Tucker was Emmy nominated for her work on HBO series True Blood, and she previously collaborated with Blumhouse Television on the anthology series Sacred Lies, and Sacred Lies: The Singing Bones, which starred Juliette Lewis and Jordan Alexander for Facebook Watch.
Liu, who starred for seven seasons on the CBS series Elementary, most recently starred in Death to 2021 for Netflix and next stars in the Warner Bros DE sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods. She also appeared recently on Curb Your Enthusiasm and starred in the dark comedic series Why Women Kill.
“I’ve wanted to work with Jason Blum for years, and now we have TWO projects together. Go, me!,” said King.
Blumhouse separately is producing an adaptation for Netflix of Mr Harrigan’s Phone, one of
It’s hard to think of other professional basketball teams that measure up to the Showtime Lakers era. NBA dynasties such as the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan had a predecessor with Magic Johnson and the Lakers.
It’s hard to think of other professional basketball teams that measure up to the Showtime Lakers era. NBA dynasties such as the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan had a predecessor with Magic Johnson and the Lakers.
EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired Mayim Bialik’s feature directorial debut As They Made Us, starring Diana Agron (Shiva Baby, Glee), Simon Helberg (Annette, The Big Bang Theory), Oscar nominee Candice Bergen (Let Them All Talk, Starting Over) and two-time Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman (The Meyerowitz Stories, Rain Main), slating it for release in theaters and on VOD on April 8.
EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has taken North American and UK rights to Emerson Moore’s feature film directorial debut Escape the Field, Deadline can tell you first.
Serena Williams tells you not to miss out on a movie, you make sure not to miss out on the movie. was nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. Will Smith returns to the Oscars spotlight after 15 years with a Best Actor nomination for playing the Williams sisters' father, Richard Williams. Beyoncé picked up her first Oscar nomination for Best Original Song for power ballad “Be Alive" from this compelling biopic.After over a year of delays due to the pandemic, was released on Nov. 19 and is still available to stream on HBO Max's $14.99/month Ad-Free plan and on Apple TV. The film follows the journey of Richard Williams as he raises his daughters into tennis icons.
Zack Sharf First look footage from Jordan Peele’s “Nope” has arrived in a teaser video touting the movie’s full trailer release on Super Bowl Sunday. The brief footage provides the first look at Peele’s cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Steven Yeun and Keke Palmer. “Nope” is Peele’s directorial follow-up to acclaimed horror films “Get Out” and “Us,” both of which earned $255 million at the worldwide box office upon their releases.“Nope” once again teams Peele with Universal Pictures.
Catherine Zeta-Jones will play a leading series regular role in the upcoming National Treasure series.First trailer for new Marvel series starring Oscar Isaac releasedThe Academy Award-winning actress, 52, is set to play Billie in the forthcoming Disney+ show. Catherine’s character is described as a “bad*ss billionaire, black-market antiquities expert, and treasure hunter who lives by her own code.
Catherine Zeta-Jones has signed on as a co-lead opposite Lisette Alexis in National Treasure, Disney Branded Television’s TV series for Disney+ produced by ABC Signature.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterCatherine Zeta-Jones has been cast in the upcoming “National Treasure” series at Disney Plus, Variety has learned.Zeta-Jones joins previously announced cast members Lisette Alexis, Zuri Reed, Jordan Rodrigues, Antonio Cipriano, and Jake Austin Walker, and Lyndon Smith in the series continuation of the film franchise of the same name. Production is set to begin this month in Baton Rouge, LA.The series focuses on a young heroine, Jess (Alexis), a brilliant and resourceful DREAMer who embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to uncover the truth about her family’s mysterious past and save a lost Pan-American treasure.Zeta-Jones will portray Billie, described as a badass billionaire, black-market antiquities expert, and treasure hunter who lives by her own code.
Amazon’s The Wheel Of Time was the biggest new series last year in the US, according to reports.Based on the books by Robert Jordan, The Wheel Of Time is a fantasy series starring Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney and Zoe Robins. A second season is currently in the works, which was announced in May last year before the first season aired in November.According to data firm Parrot Analytics (via Business Insider), The Wheel Of Time had the greatest average audience demand in the US in the first 30 days after its premiere of any series last year.
EXCLUSIVE: BET has acquired the short Why Not?, exec produced by Los Angeles Laker Russell Westbrook. The film showcasing the culture of Crenshaw will kick off the network’s new digital edition of its Black Film Friday series, celebrating Black artistry—debuting on BET Digital on February 4.
Prentice Penny (Insecure, Uncorked) has signed on to direct an adaptation of the New York Times bestselling graphic novel New Kid for Universal Pictures, tapping Eli Wilson Pelton (Insecure, Bridgerton) to adapt the script. His production company A Penny For Your Thoughts Entertainment has also come aboard to develop and produce the film alongside The SpringHill Company.
EXCLUSIVE: Cut Throat City producer William Clevinger, multi-hyphenate Sidney Elle Brocious, actor Jonny Weston (Chasing Mavericks, Project Almanac), Chairman & CEO of Amalgam Jeremy Jordan Jones, Jerry Easter and Trena Cook-Easter—the parents of high school basketball prodigy Jerry Easter II—are joining forces to launch The Big Picture.
A sad update to the death of Jordan Cashmyer.
Jordan Cashmyer's untimely death earlier this month, the star's family is opening up about the struggles she faced in her final months.In a GoFundMe page — set up to raise money for funeral arrangements and future care for Cashmyer's 6-month-old daughter, Lyla — her family opened up about her addiction battle and her attempts to get healthy and clean.«Addiction plagues many families, and our family was not immune to it,» they shared. «Jordan was always so full of life and full of personality.
Jordan Cashmyer's untimely death earlier this month, the star's family is opening up about the struggles she faced in her final months.In a GoFundMe page — set up to raise money for funeral arrangements and future care for Cashmyer's 6-month-old daughter, Lyla — her family opened up about her addiction battle and her attempts to get healthy and clean.«Addiction plagues many families, and our family was not immune to it,» they shared. «Jordan was always so full of life and full of personality.
16 & Pregnant star Jordan Cashmyer’s cause of death has been revealed. About one week after the 26-year-old tragically died, the family set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for her 6-month-old daughter Lyla, where they went into detail about Jordan’s battle with substance abuse. “Our daughter Jordan tragically lost her life on January 15, 2022, at the age of 26. Leaving behind a sweet little 6-month-old girl,” the description reads alongside a photo of Jordan and Lyla. “Addiction plagues many families, and our family was not immune to it. Jordan was always so full of life and full of personality.”
EXCLUSIVE: Juliana Canfield, who plays Kendall’s loyal assistant Jess on Succession, has been tapped as the female lead opposite Jeff Wilbusch in The Missing, Peacock’s eight-episode series from David E. Kelley based on Israeli crime writer Dror A. Mishani’s international bestselling novel The Missing File.