Warner Bros. and DC Films have faced some major major setbacks with their DC Extended Universe.
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Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Miramax Television is rebooting cult 1997 horror sci-fi thriller movie Mimic as a TV series. Paul WS Anderson is set to direct the potential pilot and executive produce the series with his longtime producing partner Jeremy Bolt.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersJim Danger Gray (Orange is the New Black) will write the adaptation, executive produce and serve as showrunner.
Based on Donald A. Wollheim’s short story of the
.Warner Bros. and DC Films have faced some major major setbacks with their DC Extended Universe.
A version of this story about Gail Mancuso first appeared in the Emmy Hot List issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine.Over 11 seasons and 250 episodes of ABC’s “Modern Family,” Gail Mancuso has been one of the ABC sitcom’s most frequent directors, shooting more than 30 episodes since 2010. Like Glatter, she was entrusted with the final episode of a long-running series, and humbled by that assignment.“It was an honor to be asked,” she said.
Erik Pedersen Managing EditorNetflix will deliver more unexplained disappearances, tragic events and bizarre occurrences starting in the fall.The streamer has set an October 19 launch date for the remaining six episodes of Unsolved Mysteries’ first season.
Celebs were keeping busy this week, from Kristin Cavallari and BFF Justin Anderson twinning in tie-dye sweatshirts, to Tracy Morgan enjoying dinner at Carmine’s on NYC’s Upper West Side, to Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin) waiting for their order at Alfred Coffee Melrose Place.
Justin Kroll, Nellie Andreeva In her first major foray into TV series, Rachel Weisz is set to headline and executive produce Dead Ringers, a reimagining with a gender swap of David Cronenberg’s cult classic 1980s film.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVIndependent production companies continue to lead the way back into production amid the coronavirus pandemic.Leverage, a new incarnation of the 2008 crime drama for IMDb TV, is entering its second week of filing in NewOrleans, Louisiana. The series is produced by Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment.
Variety has learned exclusively.The untitled comedy series is described a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sun-glasses wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong number two Dionne steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans.
Also Read: 10 Best Paid Actors of 2020, From Jackie Chan to Dwayne Johnson (Photos)The role of Dionne in the reboot series has not yet been cast.From CBS Television Studios, news of the reboot first surfaced last October, but at that time it had not yet found a network.Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey will write and executive produce along with Robert Lawerence (producer of the original 1995 film), Corrinne Brinkerhoff, Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, and Tiffany Grant.Reddout and Hickey are known for NBC’s
Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorA Clueless TV series, based on the hit 1995 feature, is in development at Peacock.As Deadline reported exclusively, the project, which hails from writers Jordan Reddout and Gus Hickey (Will & Grace) and CBS TV Studios, has been in development since last October, but no network or streaming service was attached.The series centers around the Dionne character played by Stacey Dash in the movie and the 1996 series adaptation.Written by Reddout and Hickey, the new
Joe Otterson TV ReporterPeacock has landed the series reboot of “Clueless” centered on the character Dionne for development, Variety has learned exclusively.The untitled comedy series is described a baby pink and bisexual blue-tinted, tiny sun-glasses wearing, oat milk latte and Adderall-fueled look at what happens when queen bee Cher disappears and her lifelong number two Dionne steps into Cher’s vacant Air Jordans.
Andreas Wiseman International EditorEXCLUSIVE: Management and production company 42 (The Courier) is teaming with fledgling LA-based label A-Major Media to develop and produce Megan Chan Meinero’s play Good Fortune for film. New York playwright Chan Meinero is writing the adaptation.Mary Lee, previously head of film at Justin Lin’s Perfect Storm Entertainment, is producing for A-Major, which she set up last year year to champion Asian-American voices in film and TV.
The upcoming third "Tron" movie from Disney will be directed by Garth Davis, known best for directing 2016's "Lion." Deadline originally reported the news, announcing that Davis, 45, will tackle the film, which will not be a direct sequel to "Tron: Legacy" or its predecessor "Tron," but will instead tell its own story within the franchise. Disney did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.
Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: AMC Studios is developing Stay Tuned, a TV series adaptation of the 1992 cult classic which starred John Ritter and Pam Dawber. The project hails from Fear The Walking Dead co-showrunner/executive producer Ian Goldberg & writer/producer Richard Naing, who will write the series, part of Goldberg’s overall deal at AMC Studios.
The trailer for Rosie Huntington-Whiteley‘s new Quibi series has been released!
Also Read: Ryan Reynolds' 'Green Lantern' Re-Edit Puts Him in Snyder Cut and Casts Tom Cruise as Hal Jordan (Video)Universal is developing with producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller through their Lord Miller production banner. Rich will also produce, as will Reynolds with his partner George Dewey through their Maximum Effort Productions.
Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Barry Minkow, who ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, is to be the subject of a new docu-series after partnering with The Content Group and Intervention producer Sami Abdou.The Content Group, which is part of Steve Michaels’ Asylum Entertainment Group, the company behind The Kennedys, TNT’s Shaq Life and Penn State feature doc Happy Valley, will develop and produce the premium limited series with Abdou.
The "General Hospital" cast will look a little different. The soap opera has temporarily replaced actress Kelly Monaco, who plays Sam McCall Morgan, with Lindsay Hartley as Monaco recovers from a "breathing problem." Hartly confirmed the news on Twitter. "Some big shoes to fill...precious too," Hartley tweeted.
is undergoing a bit of a switch-up. The soap opera is temporarily replacing Kelly Monaco with Lindsay Hartley amid Monaco's recent «breathing problem.» Hartley — who has appeared on and and was previously married to Justin Hartley — confirmed the news on Twitter on Friday in response to 's report. «Some big shoes to fill...precious too,» Hartleytweeted of playing Monaco's character, Sam McCall Morgan.