Paramount Network To Rebrand As Paramount Movie Network; Focus On Television Movies, Cancels Non-Scripted Series

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO is developing a limited series about SpaceX, the space exploration company founded by Elon Musk.The six-episode series “SpaceX” will be based on the book “Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance.

paraphrase Betty Gilpin,GLOW was canceled. We are sad. Earlier this week, Netflix announced GLOW would not, in fact, return for its planned fourth and final season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

GLOW star Marc Maron has said Netflix should let the cast and creative team wrap up the show as a movie.Maron proposed the idea on Instagram, after it was confirmed that the much-loved comedy series had been cancelled, scrapping plans in motion for season four.“Let us wrap it up in a two-hour Netflix movie,” Maron said in a video. “Give the showrunners and the cast and the writers the chance to finish the story in a movie, right? Then it’s all fine.

Marc Maron is opening up about the recent cancellation of Glow on Netflix.

casting announcements out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, this one is the most — ahem — : Jamie Foxx, who previously portrayed Electro opposite Andrew Garfield's webslinger in 2014's, will reprise the role opposite Tom Holland's Spidey in the untitled sequel.

F9, the upcoming ninth movie in the Fast & Furious franchise, has been delayed again by almost two more months.

several networks have begun to announce their programming offerings. Paramount Network will also be a go-to destination for your October musings with its Killer Classics lineup.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: UMC, the AMC Networks-backed streamer, has expanded its unscripted slate with three new series including a reality series from Growing Up Hip Hop creator Datari Turner and a Behind The Music-style documentary series.The digital platform has ordered music series A Closer Look, Botched-style makeover series My Mane Problem and Notorious Queens, a reality series featuring the likes of Stormey Ramdhan, ex-fiancé and mother of two sons to Death Row boss Marion

Also Read: AMC Networks to Develop True-Crime Series With Mona Chalabi, Naomi Ekperigin, Cameron Esposito and Jena FriedmanGillogly has been with AMC since 2012, overseeing series including “Into the Badlands,” “The Terror,” “The Son” and “Dispatches From Elsewhere.” She currently oversees the upcoming animated drama “Pantheon” and the meta-comedy “Kevin Can F*** Himself.”Miller joined AMC in 2014 and is described as “a key architect” of series including “Fear the Walking Dead” and the upcoming

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAMC Networks has promoted longtime development executives Carrie Gillogly and Emma Miller to co-heads of AMC scripted series. The new positions expand the responsibilities for Gillogly, who also serves as SVP of scripted programming, and Miller, SVP of scripted development.

Peter White Television EditorEXCLUSIVE: Producers and crew on entertainment formats and reality shows are being asked to report any COVID-related health and safety concerns with a new hotline set up by the non-fiction trade group NPACT.This comes as a growing number of non-scripted shows are returning to production following the COVID-19 shutdown but as the virus has not entirely dissipated.The body, which represents producers including Keeping Up With The Kardashians producer Bunim-Murray

Also Read: CBS All Access to Be Renamed Paramount+ in Early 2021, Add Scripted Series on Making of 'Godfather'“Yellowstone” will stay on the network, as its the channel’s most popular series, but will be treated more as an event series. The network is moving out of unscripted altogether — meaning that “Ink Master, “Wife Swap,” and “Battle of the Fittest Couples” are all canceled.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterParamount Network is shifting strategies — and changing names.Variety has learned that the ViacomCBS-owned cabler is planning to move out of long form series television and instead focus its efforts on made-for-TV movies featuring big name stars. To that end, the network will be rebranded as the Paramount Movie Network.

As she continues her focus on early childhood development, the Duchess of Cambridge spent Tuesday learning about the impact parent-powered initiatives have had during the pandemic.Duchess Kate spent the morning of September 22 on a video call with experts to learn about the efforts of thousands of parents in the U.K.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRobert and Michelle King are attached to executive produce a series adaptation of the iHeart Media true crime podcast “Happy Face” currently in development at CBS All Access, Variety has learned.“Happy Face” is inspired by the true story of Melissa Moore, who discovered at age 15 that her father, whom she loved dearly, was the prolific serial killer known as Happy Face.

Peter White Television EditorCBS is exploring a range of options and timelines to get the next season of Survivor up and running.Production on season 41 of the long-running reality competition series was postponed in March – on the day that the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

above) is (still) set to star as Wynette. She and Josh Brolin, the original actor attached to the George Jones role, were going to star opposite one another in the movie version.No word yet on who will play Jones in the limited series.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterSpectrum Originals and Paramount Network are teaming to co-produce a limited series starring Jessica Chastain as country music legend Tammy Wynette.After a nine-month exclusive run for Spectrum subscribers, the series, titled “George & Tammy,” will have a second window on ViacomCBS’ forthcoming streaming service and Paramount Network.The series chronicles the country music power couple, Wynette and George Jones, whose complicated relationship inspired some of the most