Few Prime Video series have caught on like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Amazon‘s take on the novelist’s everyman CIA analyst. But it’s been three years since the show’s second season.
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Carole Horst From “The Shrink Next Door” to “We Crashed” to “Slow Burn,” the stock of podcasts as IP have soared over the past several years, with the most popular making the transition from audio stories to on-screen smash hits. But where podcast source material can and does serve as creative inspiration for successful TV and film adaptations —Amanda Seyfried nabbed an Emmy for her lead turn as Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in Hulu’s “The Dropout,” which was based on a podcast — there remains intrinsic educational, artistic and pop-cultural value in podcasts for podcasts’ sake. At Boston-based audio-first media company Double Elvis, run by chairman and CCO Jake Brennan and co-founder and CEO Brady Sadler, chairman and CCO and co-founder and CEO, respectively, of Double Elvis — “Disgraceland,” “Blood on the Tracks” and “Badlands” are among its popular podcasts centered on the bad behavior of rock stars and Hollywood denizens — podcasts are not just a means to an end, but a vessel through which to relay compelling, nuanced, entertaining tales about humanity.
“We certainly don’t make podcasts so that we can make television or film — we make podcasts because that’s how we tell stories,” says Brennan. “And we’re really good at doing it in the corner of the podcast space world that we’ve carved out for ourselves, which is in music.” While Brennan “both loves and hates” comparisons made between podcasts and the golden age of radio, he and Sadler implement a “strict mandate” on the production side “to not make podcasts sound like a radio drama.” “The ubiquity of listening to audio these days has created this familiar muscle memory that we have as a culture,” says Brennan. “But at the same time, a lot of those radio dramas
Few Prime Video series have caught on like “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” Amazon‘s take on the novelist’s everyman CIA analyst. But it’s been three years since the show’s second season.
Middle East’s MBC Strikes Wide-Ranging Deal With Turkey’s Medyapim & Ay Yapim; ‘Doctor Foster’ Remake Deal With The BBC
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Saudi-owned MBC Group, which is the top broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, has forged a five-year partnership with Turkish TV production powerhouses Medyapim and Ay Yapim, officially ending a ban on Turkish soaps that had been put in place in 2018. MBC, which is the top satellite free-to-air player in the Middle East and North Africa, and also a major MENA region premium streamer, in 2018 had pulled highly popular Turkish dramas from its channels, allegedly for political reasons stemming from tensions at that time between Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The move was also believed to have been made to give greater impetus to local production. Since then, several Turkish shows had gradually seeped back into MBC programming. But this deal signals a complete policy reversal.
EXCLUSIVE: Outfest will honor the Star Trek franchise with its Visionary Award at the 2022 Outfest Legacy Awards, taking place at Paramount Studios on Saturday, October 22nd.
A man who was found dead in woodland in Essex has reportedly been named as radio DJ Korey Alpergin. Police confirmed the body of a man had been found in woods near Loughton, Essex on Saturday 15 October following reports that a man and a woman had gone missing.
Martine McCutcheon has announced the sad death of her 'baby brother' just weeks before he was due to marry.MORE: Martine McCutcheon looks phenomenal in slinky micro mini dressTaking to Instagram, the actress shared two photos, one showing her hugging her brother Laurence John, and another showing him smiling at the camera.WATCH: Martine McCutcheon fans respond to hilarious silk underwear illusion - and we can't believe our eyesCaptioning the post, Martine revealed her heart was "forever broken" after losing him "so soon" at the age of 31.READ: Martine McCutcheon stuns in skintight leggings as she reveals her diet secretsRELATED: Martine McCutcheon stuns in figure-hugging neon green swimsuit during Turkish getaway"My heart is forever broken… My baby brother, my gentle giant, sadly passed away, suddenly, 2 weeks ago. He was 31 years old.
The Walking Dead’s Maggie and Negan spin-off series has unveiled its release date.The show, called Dead City, is currently under production in New Jersey.Now, show makers have revealed that it will have a release date of April 2023 (via Digital Spy).Dead City is one of several Walking Dead spin-offs in development. Recently, Norman Reedus revealed that his new Walking Dead spin-off series will be titled Daryl Dixon. Named after the iconic character played by Reedus, the upcoming series will see him (and his crossbow) venture off to France.Programme makers also announced a further spin-off show for Rick (Andrew Lincoln) and Michonne (Danai Gurira) would be on the way.The Walking Dead premiered in 2010 and has run for eleven seasons. The season finale will air next month.Last month, Morgan shared a behind-the-scenes look at his and Cohan’s new spin-off Dead City – which will see their characters traverse a zombie-ridden Manhattan, years after the events of the main series.“I’ll say this… it feels like we’re making something special,” he wrote in an Instagram post at the time.
Weeks before The Walking Dead reaches its series finale, AMC’s zombie apocalypse series today offered a glimpse and a sort of premiere date for its forthcoming Lauren Cohan and Jeffery Dean Morgan-starring, New York-set spinoff at New York Comic Con.
Paramount+ has set a January 2023 premiere date for its upcoming original series Wolf Pack. The streamer also released the official teaser trailer and announced eight additional cast members for the series, written and produced by Jeff Davis, during the show’s panel Friday at New York Comic Con.
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Norman Reedus has revealed that his new Walking Dead spin-off series will be titled Daryl Dixon.Named after the iconic character played by Reedus, the upcoming series will see him (and his crossbow) venture off to France.Taking to social media on Monday (October 3), Reedus shared an announcement image for the the new spin-off, featuring a gloomy-looking Eiffel Tower.In a recent interview with Total Film, The Walking Dead writer and producer Scott M. Gimple said of the series: “Daryl is a fish out of water to start with.
Love Island 2022 winners Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu and Davide Sanclimenti have announced their brand new travel series with ITV.