Chloé Zhao To Executive Produce Participant’s Limited Scripted Series Inspired By Vincent Chin Story

The Walker universe on the CW is looking to expand with Walker: Independence, an origin story which comes from the mothership series’ star/executive producer Jared Padalecki, creator/executive producer/showrunner Anna Fricke and executive producers Seamus Fahey, Dan Lin and Lindsey Liberatore.

Five-time Oscar winner Francis Ford Coppola has joined Freda, the Haitian Oscar entry marking the narrative feature debut of actor, singer and documentarian Gessica Généus, as an executive producer.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRiz Ahmed has boarded Egyptian-American director Dina Amer’s “You Resemble Me,” a bold exploration of the roots of Islamic radicalization through the story of Hasna Aït Boulahcen – who in 2015 was wrongly believed to be Europe’s first female suicide bomber – ahead of the pic’s premiere in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA).Amer’s feature debut, which world premiered positively at the Venice Film Festival, is a deeply researched character

Selome Hailu editorLana Cho, a writer and producer whose credits include “I Know What You Did Last Summer” for Amazon Prime Video and the upcoming “American Seoul” for Hulu, has signed a multi-year overall deal at 20th Television.Cho will create her own comedies and dramas for all platforms while supervising series from other writers. As her first project, she will co-executive produce “American Born Chinese” for Disney Plus.

Naman Ramachandran Kudos, the Banijay U.K. outfit behind “Grantchester” and “Code 404,” is expanding into the podcast business by taking a 25% equity stake in podcast production company What’s the Story?What’s the Story? has produced several hit podcast series including “Body of Proof,” which reached number 1 in the Audible-U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Tenderfoot TV, the audio company behind series including To Live and Die in LA and Atlanta Monster, is rolling out a new investigative podcast series about the world of crypto – funded entirely by Bitcoin itself.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNonbinary star and producer Jesse James Keitel has joined an upcoming docuseries highlighting trans entrepreneurs.Titled “T-Town,” the series explores the historically underrepresented lives of dynamic trans entrepreneurs who are launching their own businesses, building up communities, and empowering a new generation to live their truth.Currently seeking distribution, the project was developed by Colby Gaines, Craig Bland and Tom Greenhut, who will also serve as

J. Kim Murphy administratorHBO has acquired the rights to “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off,” a feature documentary about the skateboarding legend.

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Selome Hailu editorJulie Bowen, the actor who starred as Claire Dunphy in “Modern Family,” has signed a first-look deal with Universal Television for her production company Bowen & Sons.

When talking about the greatest sports documentaries of all time, there’s no denying 1994’s “Hoop Dreams” would rank very highly. Honestly, many would consider Steve James’ basketball film one of the best docs, period.

Naman Ramachandran “The Crown” actor Derek Jacobi has boarded David Bartlett’s short film “Mousie” as executive producer, Variety can exclusively reveal. The film, which is produced by Will Poole (“Waffle the Wonder Dog”), tells the story of a seven-year-old Roma girl who seeks sanctuary from the Nazis in a decaying Weimar Cabaret Club.“’Mousie’ is such a beautiful film – original, heartbreaking, yet also uplifting,” says Jacobi, who played the Duke of Windsor in Netflix’s royal series.

Ubisoft Montreal as executive producer of the series since Far Cry 3, has stepped down to start “a new chapter”.Ubisoft revealed to VGC, that the senior developer of the popular open world franchise would be leaving the company today (November 12).“After more than 10 years at Ubisoft, Dan Hay has announced that he will be pursuing a new chapter in his professional life and he will be leaving on November 12,”“While Dan has not announced where his path is taking him, we are confident that it will

A new Alanis Morissette-inspired sitcom is in the works at ABC. 

You know the superhero-obsessed fandom loves when Zack Snyder starts trending again. And over the weekend, he began trending after an interview with “Eternals” filmmaker Chloe Zhao was released, where the filmmaker not only credits Snyder for influencing her film, but she also compares his “Man of Steel” to the work of legendary filmmaker, Terrence Malick.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticI disagree with other critics all the time, and don’t generally blink an eye about it, but as soon as the news dropped that “Eternals,” the Marvel epic directed by Chloé Zhao, had received the lowest Rotten Tomatoes score (48% fresh) of any film in the 13-year history of the MCU, making it the first official “Rotten” film in the series, my hidden-agenda detector went on high alert.

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!

He’s a superhero! Harry Styles‘ casting in Marvel Studio’s Eternals was spoiled weeks before the movie hit theaters on Friday, November 5, but director Chloé Zhao can finally talk about the casting decision. (Spoilers ahead!)