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EXCLUSIVE: David E. Kelley is exploring the issue of climate change and its impact on the oceans in a new docuseries.
The Big Little Lies creator is developing Eating Up the Oceans: How Do We Save Our Seas? with Andrew Zimmern’s Intuitive Content, the company behind series such as MSNBC’s What’s Eating America and Magnolia’s Zoe Bakes.
It marks his first move into docuseries and comes a couple of years after he bought a fish farm that raises steelhead trout.
Kelley and Zimmern are working with sustainable seafood expert and founder of Fed by Blue, Jennifer Bushman on the project, which is produced by Intuitive Content and David E. Kelley Productions.
The pair have previously appeared on panels together talking about the issue and will be discussing the topic at SXSW on Tuesday.
Oscar-winning actress and activist Julia Ormond is narrating their sizzle that they will take out to buyers.
The series explores how climate change threatens the very existence of marine life and our own. It confronts the contentious issues that arise when what we eat clashes with the health of our oceans.
The six-part docuseries, which poses provocative concepts and actionable solutions, will feature stories from frontline experts who are working across multiple disciplines to affect change and curtail an impending crisis. It is equal parts nature documentary, investigative journalism and food travelogue.
Eating Up the Oceans: How Do We Save Our Seas? is exec produced by Andrew Zimmern and David E. Kelley with Intuitive Content’s Patrick Weiland, Jennifer Bushman, Jill Kauffman Johnson and Katherine Bryar.
It joins a crowded plate for Kelley, who behind Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers and HBO’s The Undoing. The writer/producer also has a second season
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A feature documentary about Le Bal des Débutantes, a Paris-set fashion event, is set to be the first project as part of a new non-fiction slate from Boat Rocker.
“Get Out” and “Judas and the Black Messiah” actor Daniel Kaluuya has made his screenwriting debut on a futuristic, dystopian film for Netflix called “The Kitchen.” The Oscar winner co-wrote the film along with Joe Murtagh (“Calm With Horses,” “Gangs of London”), and he’s also set to produce for his 59% productions banner. Also producing is Michael Fassbender’s company DMC Film.
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 3-9:April 3: Actor Marsha Mason is 80. Singer Wayne Newton is 80. Singer Tony Orlando is 78.
Sasha Urban editorAlthough they just completed their visit to the “Lost City,” Adam and Aaron Nee are quickly gearing up for a trip to the planet Eternia.Following years of speculation about a “Masters of the Universe” reboot, which hasn’t had a live-action film since 1987, the Nee brothers were announced as the film’s directors four years ago. Now, they’re finally preparing to begin shooting the Mattel Studios and Netflix film this summer, with “West Side Story’s” Kyle Allen attached in the role of He-Man.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterABC has ordered a new pilot for the drama about the National Parks Investigative Services Branch, Variety has learned.The broadcaster commissioned a pilot for the project last year as well with a different creative team, though it ultimately did not go forward. The original team included Kevin Costner as co-writer and executive producer, but Costner is no longer attached to the project in any capacity.Instead, Rashad Raisani is writing and executive producing the pilot, which is described as a propulsive, soapy procedural set in the stunning world of National Parks.
Netflix is in early development on a scripted series inspired by the rock band U2, sources close to the project confirmed to Deadline. It hails from J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions, and Warner Bros. TV, where Bad Robot is under a deal. Oscar-nominated screenwriter Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) is attached to pen the series.
Jessica Biel turns into an infamous true crime killer in the first trailer for Hulu’s “Candy”.
Wilson Chapman editorJessica Biel is stepping into the shoes of one of true crime’s most notorious killers in the first trailer for Hulu’s “Candy.”Biel stars in the series as Candy Montgomery, a seemingly normal housewife in small town Wylie, Tex., who was convicted in 1980 for the brutal axe murder of her neighbor Betty Gore, played in the show by Melanie Lynskey.The teaser trailer shows Biel transform into Candy, with curly hair and large rimmed-glasses. Footage of her going about her daily life in suburbia is juxtaposed with narration from her trial, as a lawyer played by Raúl Esparza (“Hannibal”) questions her about her relationship with Betty.“I had no angry feelings towards her if that’s what the question is,” Biel says in the trailer.
One affair could unravel Sienna Miller’s entire life in “Anatomy of a Scandal.”
Television magnate David E. Kelley has the Midas touch.
star Deepti Vempati is definitely happier than ever! The Netflix star attended Billie Eilish's at the United Center in Chicago this week, posting a video of herself at the show. As if that weren't enough, Eilish herself reposted the video to her own Instagram Story, writing, «Deeptiiiii,» with a crying face emoji. Deepti replied to Eilish's shout out, writing, «OMG, crying happy tears,» with a white heart emoji.Of course, Deepti didn't attend the show alone. She was joined by her co-star and rumored new beau, Kyle Abrams.
Small world? Kyle Abrams and Deepti Vempati‘s recent brunch outing may have sparked speculation about their relationship status — but it was the location that had an interesting connection to Love Is Blind.
may have wrapped, but some of the cast remain tight.
The family approves! Shortly after Kim Kardashian and her beau, Pete Davidson, debuted their romance via social media, her siblings offered their support.
Andrew Barker Senior Features WriterWhen the Directors Guild of America’s annual awards gets underway March 12, there will be a number of changes from years previous. Most obviously, the ceremony will finally be held in person at the Beverly Hilton, after two straight years of virtual celebrations.
Pete Davidson is set to play a fictionalised version of himself in comedy series, Bupkis.The series is co-written by Davidson and frequent collaborator Dave Sirus, along with Judah Miller (Crashing, American Dad!). It comes from Universal Television and Saturday Night Live showrunner Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.According to Deadline, Bupkis is described as a “raw” and “unflinching” version of Davidson’s real life, which will include a “mixture of grounded storytelling with absurd elements”.The show has been compared to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, which depicts a semi-fictionalised version of the Seinfeld co-creator as a semi-retired TV writer.Bupkis has yet to find an official home but it’s being pitched to streaming services.Davidson, who has been a SNL cast member since 2014, is on a leave of absence from the series to pursue other projects.
Pete Davidson will be starring in his own TV series, playing… Pete Davidson.