Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorThe story of criminal mastermind Charles Sobraj has captivated true crime followers for more than 40 years.
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BritBox, the BBC and ITV’s joint-venture streamer, has acquired ITV’s John Simm drama Grace for the U.S. and Canada. The service will premiere the drama on April 27.
Told as two feature-length episodes, Grace is an adaptation of Peter James’ Roy Grace crime novels from Endeavour creator Russell Lewis. It is a co-production between Jekyll & Hyde producer Tall Story Pictures, Second Act Productions, and Derren Brown’s Vaudeville Productions.
It is based on James’ first two Roy Grace books Dead
Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorThe story of criminal mastermind Charles Sobraj has captivated true crime followers for more than 40 years.
Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterAfter the installation of restrictive new voting laws in Georgia, Hollywood seems fractured in response to new measures that affect marginalized voters in a state where dozens of film and TV projects are shot.Tyler Perry, who just spent $250 million on an Atlanta-based production facility, called for a Department of Justice investigation into the laws this week.
EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s multi-camera comedy series from Jack Dolgen, Doug Mand and Kourtney Kang has rounded out its lead cast with the addition of Olivia Macklin (Filthy Rich, LA to Vegas), Michael Hsu Rosen (Tiny Pretty Things, Monsterland) and Cinthya Carmona (The Tax Collector, Deputy). They will star opposite Emily Osment and Gregg Sulkin in the project, created and written by Dolgen and Mand and directed by Pamela Fryman.
Deadline has confirmed that a new Transformers feature is in the works at Paramount though this new project is said to be separate from its main Transformer franchise, which includes the five installments directed by Michael Bay as well as the Bumblebee spin-off.
EXCLUSIVE: After helping make The Crown a juggernaut in the TV world, director Benjamin Caron is ready to make the jump to movies in a big way. Sources tell Deadline Caron will direct Sharper, the highly anticipated Apple Original feature film from A24 and writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka.
Season 6 of the BBC’s smash-hit police corruption series Line Of Duty is to premiere exclusively on BritBox in the U.S. and Canada. Future seasons of the cop drama will also be exclusive to BritBox in the two territories.
Naman Ramachandran The sixth season of Jed Mercurio’s immensely popular police corruption series “Line of Duty” will debut on BBC and ITV-backed streamer BritBox in the U.S. and Canada.
Amazon Prime Video has snapped up the rights to German coming of age series We Children From Bahnhof Zoo for the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Benelux.
Chloe x Halle have shared a new Ray Charles cover – listen to their version of ‘Georgia on My Mind’ below.The cover version was recorded for an ESPN commercial ahead of the Masters golf tournament, which is set to be held in Augusta, Georgia next month (April 5-11).In a statement discussing the new song, the pair said: “We are happy to be given the opportunity to record our version of the timeless ‘Georgia On My Mind’ for the Masters Tournament.”Listen to the version below.Last September, Chloe
Ross Mathews is living in engagement bliss after popping the question to his love Dr. Wellinthon Garcia earlier this year.
Late-night TV hosts issued a plea to stop anti-Asian hate crimes on Wednesday night following the horrific shootings in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
Olivia Munn, Daniel Dae Kim, Mindy Kaling and Lulu Wang were among celebrities to speak out following Tuesday’s horrific shooting in the Atlanta, Georgia area.
There’s a new show on Netflix right now called Zero Chill and we caught up with the star, Grace Beedie, to learn more about her!
Jamie Lang Mexican-American filmmaker Sofia Garza-Barba made waves with her award-winning short film “Death After Pancakes,” taking prizes at the Independent Filmmakers Showcase and Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, and has shared with Variety that it’s time to announce her debut feature outing, a supernatural fairy tale thriller “Santos Remedios,” pitching at this month’s Sanfic-Morbido Lab.“Santos Remedios” – Holy Remedies in English – turns on eight-year-old Amapola, who idolizes her father,
EXCLUSIVE: Cobra Kai‘s Barrett Carnahan, Andrea Anders (Ted Lasso), Benjamin J. Cain Jr. (Mixed-ish) and Nicole Bilderback (Brooklyn Nine-Nine) and are set for recurring roles on Freeform’s upcoming thriller drama series Cruel Summer (fka Last Summer), from Bert V. Royal, executive producer Jessica Biel, eOne, and Iron Ocean Productions.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRoku is gearing up to stuff a bunch of exclusive and original programming into the Roku Channel — and the company has set the premiere date for its first licensed content on this front for the free, ad-supported streaming service.“Cypher,” an FBI-set crime drama series, will premiere exclusively on the Roku Channel on March 19 in the U.S. and Canada.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent“The Ipcress File,” a spy series based on the popular Len Deighton novel, has kicked off filming in Liverpool and Croatia with a stellar cast including Joe Cole (“Peaky Blinders), Lucy Boynton (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) and Tom Hollander (“The Night Manager”). The series is being produced by Altitude Television for ITV.
Paramount+ docuseries “For Heaven’s Sake.”The eight-episode arc follows creators and stars Mike Mildon and Jackson Rowe as they probe at the 1934 disappearance of Mike’s great-great-uncle, Harold Heaven. “It really was just a campfire story my entire life,” Mildon, 26, told The Post. “I don’t remember exactly how old I was [when I first heard Harold’s story].