‘Paper Girls’: Ali Wong Joins Brian K. Vaughan’s Amazon Graphic Novel Series Adaptation

Elisabeth Moss, Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid are set to take turns directing Apple’s upcoming thriller series Shining Girls.

The story of ride-sharing company Uber, which revolutionized ground transportation, is coming to television.

EXCLUSIVE: Management and production company, Stride Management, has added DaVida Chanel Smith as a new manager.

EXCLUSIVE: Mark O’Brien is set to star in AMC’s upcoming series 61st Street. He joins Tosin Cole, Courtney B. Vance, Holt McCallany and Aunjanue Ellis in AMC’s courtroom drama series, from BAFTA winner Peter Moffat. The series is executive produced by Michael B. Jordan and produced by AMC Studios.

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Sacha Baron Cohen revived his former Ali G Show characters Borat, Bruno and Ali G for a skit at the MTV Movie & TV Awards. The actor and comedian appeared as all three characters, and himself, while accepting the 2021 Comedic Genius Award award at last night’s (16 May) ceremony.

“The Chi to me is a family,” says Lena Waithe, creator and executive producer of the Showtime series set in Chicago’s South Side. “It’s about a family, about a community, and the thing that I always press us to do things that other shows may be afraid to do and to talk about things that other shows may not really want to tackle.”

“Chicago Med” fans will be saying goodbye to nurse April Sexton and Dr. Natalie Manning.

Yaya DaCosta is leaving NBC’s Chicago Med after six seasons.

Chicago Med star Yaya DaCosta is set as the lead of of Fox’s new drama series Our Kind Of People, from writer/executive producer Karin Gist, executive producer Lee Daniels, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterYaya DaCosta has been cast in the lead role of the upcoming Fox drama series “Our Kind of People,” Variety has learned.

Jamie Bell has lined up his next project and will star in Shining Girls, according to Deadline.

Jamie Bell will star alongside Emmy Award-winner Elisabeth Moss and Wagner Moura in Shining Girls, a new metaphysical thriller based on the 2013 best-selling novel by Lauren Beukes. The series will be adapted for television and executive produced by Silka Luisa, who also serves as showrunner.

If you’re a fan of recent comic book series that aren’t tied to Marvel and DC superheroes, you’re probably very familiar with the work of Brian K. Vaughan.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAli Wong is set to appear in the upcoming “Paper Girls” series adaptation at Amazon.Wong joins previously announced series leads Sofia Rosinsky, Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet, and Fina Strazza. The series, which hails from Amazon Studios and Legendary Television in association with Plan B, is based on the graphic novel series by writer Brian K.

Joseph Gordon Levitt returned to movies in 2020 after a long gap with Project Power co-starring Jamie Foxx. He played the opposition council lawyer Richard Schultz who lost to nothing but his own conscience against the Chicago 7 and the hostility with which the political trial was being conducted.

The city of Chicago does not lack for challenges — among them, an alarmingly high murder rate, longstanding racial divisions and a fractious relationship between police and minorities. That didn’t stop a record number of candidates from running for mayor in 2019, including, for a time, incumbent Rahm Emanuel.