HBO & Adam McKay Developing Adaptation Of COVID-19 Vaccine Hunt Book ‘The First Shot’

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures will be hosting a high-end dual big screen drive-in experience on the Culver City, CA lot starting this Friday, Aug. 14.

Perthshire woman who lost her mum to COVID-19 has shared her experience as she urged people to stay aware of the dangers posed by the virus. Barbara McLagan (96) died in April just days after showing symptoms.Her daughter Flora Wylie has come forward to see her mother remembered in a memorial project to the victims of the pandemic.

lockdown restrictions continue to ease across the UK, more people are now enjoying the great outdoors with bike sales soaring at the UK’s leading second-hand goods shops. New statistics from Cash Converters shows bike sales have increased by 74 per cent since stores reopened.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterWarner Music Group’s third-quarter earnings were revealed today (Aug. 4).

Are you ready for the second story today about Amy Adams and Netflix? After an earlier report that the actress’ new film, “The Woman in the Window,” is likely heading to Netflix after being sold by Disney, it appears Adams is ready to do business with the streaming giant once more with a new series produced and directed by Adam McKay.

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Peter White Television EditorVice duo Amy Adams and Adam McKay are getting the band back together for a limited Netfix drama about three women linked with Walmart.The pair, who also previously worked together on 2006 comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, are working on Kings of America for the streamer.Deadline understands that the series, which was taken out to market at the start of the year, landed at the digital platform before COVID-19 took hold in the U.S.Kings of America

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmy Adams and Adam McKay are coming together again for a Netflix limited series about a class action lawsuit against Walmart.Titled “Kings of America,” the series is based on real events and centers on the stories of three women whose lives were inextricably intertwined with the world’s largest company: a Walmart heiress, a maverick executive, and a longtime Walmart saleswoman and preacher who dared to fight against the retail giant in the biggest class action lawsuit in

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: The Ink Factory, producer of Golden Globe-winning series The Night Manager and Stephen Merchant feature Fighting With My Family, has made job cuts as it refocuses on development following the coronavirus pandemic and its new partnership with Endeavour Content.Deadline understands that the UK production company, which sold a minority stake to Endeavour in February, has made five redundancies this year in marketing, finance and production roles, which

Bruce Haring, Brandon Choe SUNDAY: California has become the first US state to hit 500,000 positive coronavirus cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.More than 9,000 people have died from coronavirus in California, and more than 6,000 people are in the hospital or an intensive care unit, according to state data published Friday morning.Despite new restrictions on such indoor venues as movie theaters, bars and restaurants issued in mid-July by California Governor Gavin Newsom,

Facebook message, Mack’s son Billy Mack Smith said his father died Friday of COVID-19 but had underlying health conditions. Mack’s “Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show” overnight program on clear channel WBAP-AM in Fort Worth kept truckers entertained for decades and earned him a place in the Country Music DJ Hall of Fame.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterThe good news for Kerry Washington keeps on coming! After receiving multiple Emmy nominations Tuesday morning, including one for her role in Little Fires Everywhere, Washington and her Simpson Street Productions has extended and expanded her overall deal with ABC Studios.

Tyra Banks has the smizing tips you’ve been waiting for — and we’re taking note!Now that everyone is wearing protective face masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the eyes are the only feature that people can see, which makes smizing a very valuable skill.“Smizing was created by me to teach people how to evoke emotion and intensity in their eyes in a photo,” the 46-year-old model told Us.

In maybe the most absurd recent example of the ongoing national compulsion to immediately dramatize the news, HBO and Adam McKay are developing a limited series about the hunt for a vaccine for coronavirus (even though there’s no telling when such a thing will exist).

Also Read: 'Friends' Is HBO Max's Most-Viewed Show Since LaunchBorrell is a journalist based in Los Angeles whose writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek, National Geographic, The New York Times, and Outside. Borrell’s narrative non-fiction book proposal for “The First Shot” was sold at auction to publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.CAA represented the television sale of Borrell’s “The First Shot” on behalf of the Waxman Agency.