Disney Channel Gives Series Order to Marsai Martin's Coming-of-Age Comedy 'Saturdays'

The new normal! Aaron Carter and Melanie Martin candidly discussed how welcoming son Prince has helped them reach a new point in their relationship.

Disney Branded Television has given a series order to Meet the Mayhems, an original live-action comedy series from Lab Rats co-creators Chris Peterson and Bryan Moore. Production is underway in Los Angeles on the series about a family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town. The series is scheduled to premiere in summer 2022 on Disney Channel and Disney+ platforms worldwide.

BET is expanding its Tyler Perry originals slate with the greenlight of Zatima, a spinoff series of Sistas, on BET+. The 10-episode hour-long series comes from Tyler Perry Studios and will see Devale Ellis and Crystal Renee Hayslett reprise their roles as Zac and Fatima, respectively.

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author behind A Brief History of Seven Killings, has landed a series order from HBO and the UK’s Channel 4 for a crime drama series set in Jamaica.

Alissa Simon Film CriticIn the dark coming-of-age tale “The Pit,” narrow-minded rural Latvia seems as full of lurid secrets as Peyton Place, as well as being a locale where everyone has their nose in everyone else’s business. Marking the feature debut of writer-director Dace Pūce (who co-wrote with Monta Gagane and Pēteris Rozītis), it’s adapted from three stories by Latvian literary prize-winner Jana Egle.

The Tender Bar stars Tye Sheridan and Lily Rabe joined a virtual panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film: New York awards-season showcase to discuss the film and how they related to their characters.

Daddy’s boy: Aaron Carter shared a new selfie with his son Prince, whom he welcomed with ex-fiancée Melanie Martin in November. The singer, 33, cuddles with his newborn in the photo shared on Instagram on Thursday, Dec. 2, calling him a “daddy’s boy” in the caption.

Manuel Betancourt For a film that spends so much of its runtime capturing its subjects in crowded medium shots and discomforting closeups, “One in a Thousand” (“Las mil y una”) feels very much like a cartographic exploration.

AMC Networks has given a series green light to Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, based on the “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” trilogy, to run on the linear AMC network and streamer AMC+. Mayfair Witches, which has received an eight-episode order, is the second series in AMC’s expanding Anne Rice universe and will follow Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire with a late 2022 premiere.

Erik Erikson founded this theory, which splits a person’s development personally and socially into 8 stages starting from birth and ending at death.In the fifth stage, categorized as “Identity vs. Role Confusion,” adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18 gain independence and learn about their sense of self.

EXCLUSIVE: Disney Channel has given a series order to Saturdays, a roller-skating coming of age comedy series, from black-ish star Marsai Martin and her Genius Entertainment and writer-executive producer Norman Vance Jr. (Roll Bounce, Girlfriends). Production is slated to begin in May 2022 for premiere on Disney Channel.

Wigan Warriors have released their squad numbers for the 2022 season with new half-back Cade Cust handed the number six jersey.

The Weeknd‘s upcoming HBO drama series The Idol has officially been ordered to series and there are eight new cast members that were just announced!

The Idol is going to series.

JoJo Siwa looks so elegant in a black gown while arriving at the 2021 American Music Awards on Sunday (November 21) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Angelique Jackson “Black-ish” and “Little” star Marsai Martin and her Genius Entertainment production company have signed with UTA for representation in all areas.In 2019, Martin starred in “Little,” a feature that she conceptualized, pitched, sold and then executive produced with Will Packer for Universal. The move made Martin, who was just 14, the youngest person to executive produce a major Hollywood film.