‘Shining Vale’ Review: Lighthearted Horror-Comedy Series Has Interesting Ideas But Is Haunted By Sluggish Pacing

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Blyth (Billy the Kid), Chris Diamantopolous (Red Notice), Jordyn Denning (Pam & Tommy), Zach Villa (Good Mourning with a U) and Jay Mohr (The Cleaning Lady) have signed on to star in the comedy Discussion Materials, marking the feature directorial debut of TV writer, director and producer Alfredo Barrios Jr.

EXCLUSIVE: Mexican star Omar Chaparro (How To Be a Latin Lover, Detective Pikachu) is set to lead and produce the English-language TV comedy/action series Coyotes M.C. from Moxie 88. The project is currently being pitched to streamers/buyers.

EXCLUSIVE: TBS has put in development Stubs, a half-hour comedy from writer Lindsay Golder and The Mick creators Dave Chernin and John Chernin.

16th 15th birthday wish come true. Nearly 40 years after John Hughes' coming-of-age hit, , the story is getting a new spin for the next generation — thanks in part to Selena Gomez. According to multiple reports, the actress will be executive producing , a half-hour comedy series about four Latinas «navigating feelings of invisibility while exploring what it means to leave childhood behind as quinceañera season approaches,»  wrote. The series, which has found a home at Peacock, has been described in reports as a «reconfiguration» of ' world. creator Tanya Saracho and  executive producer Gabriela Revilla Lugo have been tapped to write along with executive produce. «So this is what @gabbyrlugo & I’ve been cooking up with @selenagomez for @ucp & @peacocktv !!» Saracho captioned a photo of 's report. «I mean, there’s still a lot of cooking left to do but at least we can shout it from the rooftops now!»Gomez is also no amateur when it comes to show credits.

It’s been a long time since Mike Myers was at the center of a major comedy. Aside from two or three small film roles and the occasional TV commercial or late show appearance as Dr.

Sharon Horgan & Michael Sheen To Lead Jack Thorne’s ‘Best Interests’

Naman Ramachandran BAFTA-winning writer and disability rights advocate Jack Thorne’s (“Help,” “His Dark Materials”) BBC drama “Best Interests” stars Michael Sheen (“Good Omens”) and Sharon Horgan (“Catastrophe”).Sheen and Horgan play married couple Nicci and Andrew, who have two daughters, Katie played by Alison Oliver (“Conversation with Friends”) and Marnie played by Niamh Moriarty (Thorne’s play “A Christmas Carol”). Marnie has a life-threatening condition.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorCourteney Cox knows a thing or two about sitcoms. She shot to fame as Monica Geller on the iconic “Friends” and starred for six seasons on “Cougar Town.”It’s no surprise she gets pitched a lot of half-hour comedies.

Selena Gomez is putting a new spin on Sixteen Candles for a brand new comedy series.

EXCLUSIVE: Tanya Saracho (Vida), Gabriela Revilla Lugo (Whiplash, Palm Springs), and Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building, 13 Reasons Why) are developing the single-camera comedy 15 Candles, a reconfiguration of the world of John Hughes‘ 16 Candles. 

After forty years in show business, what else is there left for Nicolas Cage to do? At his best — for thirty years, in fact — the actor nimbly toed the line between blockbuster action hero and fully committed dramatic performer. Often aware of his onscreen habits and lampooned for his onscreen vocal and physical excesses, Cage intermittently played those expectations for greater dramatic tension and pure comedy.

Minx, which will air on HBO Max and stars Jake Johnson in his best role since New Girl. Set in the ‘70s, it's about one woman’s attempt to start her own magazine that's different from anything else on the market. You will be talking about this one for weeks to come.

“Saturday Night Live” boss Lorne Michaels for a new comedy series, “Bupkis.”The comedian and Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend will star as a fictionalized version of himself in the series based on his life, Deadline reported. Davidson is co-writing the show with his long-time collaborator Dave Sirus and Judah Miller.While negations are still being discussed, Michaels’ Broadway Video and Universal Television company is producing the project.The outlet described “Bupkis” as a “raw, unflinching, fictionalized version of Pete Davidson’s real life.

Pete Davidson is set to play a fictionalised version of himself in comedy series, Bupkis.The series is co-written by Davidson and frequent collaborator Dave Sirus, along with Judah Miller (Crashing, American Dad!). It comes from Universal Television and Saturday Night Live showrunner Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.According to Deadline, Bupkis is described as a “raw” and “unflinching” version of Davidson’s real life, which will include a “mixture of grounded storytelling with absurd elements”.The show has been compared to Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, which depicts a semi-fictionalised version of the Seinfeld co-creator as a semi-retired TV writer.Bupkis has yet to find an official home but it’s being pitched to streaming services.Davidson, who has been a SNL cast member since 2014, is on a leave of absence from the series to pursue other projects.

A fish swims in murky water as a teen girl struggles to come to the surface. Someone above yells, “Beth!” while a montage of her life flashes before her eyes.

Courteney Cox believes that women “go through a lot” once they reach a certain age.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticThe blunt opening title card of “Shining Vale” feels like a test: “Women are twice as likely as men to suffer from depression,” it reads, seeming to signal the beginning of a clunky show about Women and Depression — at least until the next sentence appears onscreen. “Women are also twice as likely to be possessed by a demon,” it says, a immediate and deliberate wink of self-awareness at an audience that might’ve already tried to write the show off.

Shining Vale, Starz’ new horror comedy co-created by Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe) and Jeff Astrof (Trial & Error), that’s the point. Leaning into clichés in order to answer the question “What if The Shining was a sitcom starring Courteney Cox?”, this eight-part series (served in bingeable, thirty-minute morsels) juggles jump scares and jokes at a rate of knots, whilst trying to dissect the ways in which women’s trauma is so often either demonised or dismissed out of hand.