Director Barry Jenkins Reveals ‘The Underground Railroad’ Teaser (TV News Roundup)

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, CBS announced the premiere date for “SEAL Team,” and The CW announced a campaign with Boys & Girls Clubs of America to encourage youth safety and health amid the pandemic.The premiere date for CBS’ “SEAL Team” has been pushed to Dec. 2.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, Peacock announced “TrollsTopia” and “The Mighty Ones” from DreamWorks Animation, and HGTV ordered renewed “Flip or Flop.”HGTV renewed “Flip or Flop” for a 10th season, ordering 15 new episodes of the reality series starring real estate agents Tarek El Moussa and Christina Anstead.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, NBC will air “Decision 2020: Election Special,” and PBS will premiere “Ledisi Live: A Tribute to Nina Simone.”Tonight, NBC will air “Decision 2020: Election Special” live from 8 to 11 p.m. ET. The station’s East Coast affiliates will have the option to air the special from 7 to 8 p.m., while West Coast stations will air local coverage from 8 to 9 p.m., then “The Wall” from 9 to 10 p.m. and “Dateline NBC” from 10 to 11 p.m. The season finale of “American

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Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, HBO Max released a trailer for “The Flight Attendant,” and Spotify released a one-time show with Matthew McConaughey.Season 15 of CMT‘s “Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making The Team” will premiere on Nov. 24 and be simulcast on CMT and MTV at 10 p.m.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins took to social media to share a hauntingly beautiful look at his upcoming Amazon limited series The Underground Railroad based on based on Colson Whitehead’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel for fiction.Jenkins posted the video on Twitter with the caption “We the People…” The stunning teaser trailer pans across a sea of gorgeous Black people in a train station staring into the camera with dignity, quiet passion and a

Director Barry Jenkins released a teaser for his upcoming Amazon Original series “The Underground Railroad” on Monday.

shared by the “Moonlight” director on Twitter with the message “We the People…,” opens on a train station lobby packed with hundreds of Black Americans. The camera pans back to reveal more and more people until it reaches the literal railroad’s actual “conductors” in uniform.In a voiceover, one man says, “Who built all this?,” and another responds, “Well, who builds anything in this country?”“The Underground Railroad” stars Thuso Mbedu as Cora, Chase W.

When Barry Jenkins crossed the stage in early 2017 to accept the Academy Award for Best Picture for his tremendous coming-of-age story “Moonlight,” all eyes were looking forward to the director’s next project. Jenkins steered clear of a potential slump by adapting James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk.” He managed to adapt Baldwin’s masterpiece by bringing new life to it and also communicating the same feeling Baldwin puts onto every page.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, ABC released a trailer for the fifth season of “American Housewife,” and Apple TV Plus is making the “Helpsters” Halloween special available for free.ABC will debut its five-part docuseries, “Our America: Living While Black,” during the network-owned television stations’ newscasts from Oct. 19 to Oct. 23 and premiere the hourlong documentary on Oct. 24.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date for “Bridgerton,” and HBO unveiled the trailer for the second season of “His Dark Materials.”MTV announced the return of “Jersey Shore Family Vacation” with back-to-back episodes premiering Nov. 19.

Janet W. Lee In today’s TV news roundup, NBC released a trailer for the fifth season of “This Is Us,” and HBO Max renewed “Craftopia” for a second season.Kathleen Turner will reprise her role in the third and final season of Netflix’s “The Kominsky Method.” The actor returns in her role of Roz Volander, a skilled doctor who has a volatile relationship with Sandy Kominsky (Michael Douglas).

Eli Countryman In today’s TV news roundup, Showtime announced the premiere date for “Shameless’s” final season, and “The National Dog Show” returns on Thanksgiving. Carly Pope has been cast as a guest star in ABC’s two-part Season 4 premiere of “The Good Doctor,” Variety has learned exclusively. Pope will portray Lily, a woman whose husband has become sick with symptoms that mirror those of coronavirus.

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, Adult Swim released the premiere date for the third season of “Dream Corp LLC,” and Quibi unveiled a trailer for its true crime series “Last Looks.”The absurdist, psychedelic Adult Swim workplace comedy “Dream Corp LLC” will be back for a third season Oct. 25.

Following the success of 2017’s “Wonder Woman” and its worldwide box office of more than $820 million, director Patty Jenkins re-teamed with star Gal Gadot for the sequel “Wonder Woman 1984”, currently scheduled for theatrical release on Christmas Day.

A couple of years ago it was reported that Denis Villeneuve was going to helm a new film about Cleopatra, but it seems that film (if it ever materializes) will have some competition. It was just announced that “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins and star Gal Gadot will reunite for their own version of “Cleopatra,” for Paramount Pictures.

Cleopatra is coming to life!

Natalie Oganesyan editorIn today’s TV news roundup, TNT announced “Snowpiercer’s” second season premiere date, and Epix set the premiere date for docuseries “By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem.”Natalie Zea will join the cast of “The Unicorn” alongside Walton Goggins, with whom she appeared on “Justified,” for an extended run, CBS announced.

Reuters interview on Wednesday, Jenkins said Warner Bros. is not considering a streaming-first release for her film and talked about the existential threat the coronavirus poses to movie theaters.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterPatty Jenkins, whose Wonder Woman 1984 has been delayed three times during the pandemic, has fired a warning that the big screen experience is fighting for its life amid continued disruption to the film slate and a lack of government support.“This will not be a reversible process. We could lose movie theater-going forever,” she said in an interview with Reuters.Her comments follow news this week that major exhibitor Cineworld, which owns the U.S.