EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ has set Armie Hammer to star as The Godfather producer Al Ruddy in the limited event series The Offer.
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Dexter will come back as a limited series on its former home Showtime. Actor Michael C.
Hall will reprise the role of the murderous Dexter Morgan for the 10-episode run.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Dexter hasn’t been on the air for eight years, but fans haven’t forgotten about him. The show was one of the darkest and most twisted stories on television, and viewers couldn’t get enough.
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount+ has set Armie Hammer to star as The Godfather producer Al Ruddy in the limited event series The Offer.
For months now, Xavier Dolan has teased the idea of making a TV miniseries as his next big writing-directing gig.
Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit has broken the record for most-watched limited scripted series on the platform.The hit series follows Anya Taylor-Joy’s orphan chess prodigy Beth Harmon, and also stars Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram, Harry Melling and Bill Camp.The show premiered exactly one month ago (October 23) on the streaming platform, and has since been watched by 62 million accounts, making it the biggest limited show in Netflix history.However, it is worth
It looks like “The Queen’s Gambit” is ruling the TV world.
“Godless” is a series that holds great weight around The Playlist. Stop most of our contributors in the digital hallways of our website and ask about “Godless,” the Netflix limited series from Scott Frank that was released in 2017, and you’ll hear us rave about the tight story, the incredible acting, and great style.
Netflix‘s new show The Queen’s Gambit has quickly become their most watched limited series of all time!
Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorNetflix reports that its limited series The Queen’s Gambit has scored 62M households, becoming their most watched limited series to date in its first 28 days. The series starring Anya Taylor-Joy has been consumed Russia and Hong Kong, to France, Taiwan and Australia.
Peter White Television EditorThe Queen’s Gambit has been watched by 62M households – making it Netflix’s biggest scripted limited series to date.The series, which stars Anya Taylor-Joy as rising chess star Beth Harmon, launched on October 23, and is based on Walter Tevis’ novel.Co-written by Scott Frank, who also directs, and Allan Scott (Don’t Look Now), The Queen’s Gambit chronicles the life of an orphan chess prodigy.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor“The Queen’s Gambit” set the record as the most-viewed scripted limited series to date on Netflix — with 62 million member accounts tuning in to the show in the first 28 days, according to the company.There’s a caveat, though: The way Netflix reports viewing is based on the number of viewers who have watched at least 2 minutes of a piece of content.
Dave McNary Film ReporterAlfre Woodard will star as civil rights and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in a forthcoming limited series for ABC Studios, Variety has learned exclusively.Woodard is executive producing along with Carl Beverly, Sarah Timbermann, Roderick Spencer and Harry Belafonte, while Gina Belafonte serves as a producer.Hamer rose from sharecropping in the Mississippi Delta to become a driving force in the voting rights movement, a prominent voice for civil rights and
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: A+E Studios has put in development Blood Brothers (working title), an eight-episode limited series based on the praised 2016 non-fiction book Blood Brothers: The Fatal Friendship Between Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X by historians Johnny Smith and Randy Roberts.
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman have been tapped to star as the adoptive parents of former superstar quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick in the Netflix limited series Colin in Black & White from Kaepernick and Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay.Created by Kaepernick and Duvernay and written by Emmy-nominee Michael Starrbury, the six-episode Colin in Black and White will provide an introspective look at Kaepernick’s adolescent years as a
Conan O'Brien's late-night show,. The TBS program, which premiered in 2010, will officially come to an end in June 2021.
Will Thorne Staff WriterHBO Max and Warner Bros. Television are going to have to find someone else to preside over Gotham P.D.Terence Winter, who was in line to write and showrun the forthcoming spinoff series of Matt Reeves’ “The Batman” feature, has exited the project over creative differences, Variety has confirmed.News of his departure comes five months after the show was handed a straight to series order at HBO Max.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVMGM/UA Television is developing limited series Dial M For Murder, based on the 1952 play of the same name by Frederick Knott, which was adapted into the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock movie.Oscar winner Alicia Vikander is executive producing through her Vikarious Film banner with an eye to potentially star in the series, which reimagines the classic suspense thriller story from the female perspective.
Elaine Low Senior TV WriterReality TV is getting the behind-the-scenes treatment.E! has greenlit the limited event series “For Real: The Story of Reality TV,” hosted and executive produced by Andy Cohen, which will recall famous moments from “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” “The Bachelor,” “The Real World,” “The Real Housewives,” “Survivor” and other well-known unscripted series.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNiecy Nash (Claws) is set to co-star opposite Adrienne Warren in ABC’s limited series The Women of the Movement, from creator/writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.Nash will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterNiecy Nash has joined the cast of the upcoming ABC limited anthology series “Women of the Movement,” Variety has learned.The series will tell the story of key female figures in the Civil Rights Movement. Season 1 will focus on Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till.
Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticEXCLUSIVE: When I saw The Prom early in its run on Broadway a couple of years ago I was blown away. Pure delight and a real crowd pleaser.
returning to Showtime in 2021 for a limited series revival. The 10-episode Season 9 is already making waves with fans, many of whom are excited to see what the character has been up to.Since there will be eight years in between the Season 8 series finale and the Season 9 revival, Dexter fans may need a crash course of important moments to remember before they dive into the upcoming 10-episode limited series.Dexter Morgan worked for Miami Metro police in the forensics department.