A singer who spent £20,000 to change his looks is sharing body positivity by stripping off for an educational new programme. Liam Halewood will disrobe for the Channel Four show Naked Eduction after stuggling with body confidence.
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Andrew Niccol‘s 1997 directorial debut “Gattaca” is low-key one of the best sci-fi films of the ’90s. Now, Variety reports that Showtime will test the movie’s cultural cache as it has a series adaptation in development.
Is that a good idea or another telling sign that the TV industry suffers from a dearth of original ideas? Too soon to tell there. READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023 That’s mainly because it’s unclear if Showtime plans to adapt Niccol’s film or set their series in the same universe but with a new story.
A singer who spent £20,000 to change his looks is sharing body positivity by stripping off for an educational new programme. Liam Halewood will disrobe for the Channel Four show Naked Eduction after stuggling with body confidence.
The couple that almost was. Selena Gomez could have had a groundbreaking relationship on Wizards of Waverly Place.
EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has nabbed North American rights to the Shia LaBeouf-led drama Padre Pio from filmmaker Abel Ferrara, slating it for a day-and-date release on June 2nd.
-Stevie shippers, your theory has been confirmed. Peter Murrieta, head writer and executive producer of Wizards of Waverly Place, just revealed that Alex Russo, played by Selena Gomez on the popular Disney sitcom, was supposed to be bisexual.Murrieta, who worked on the first three seasons of the show, revealed this information on the Wizards of Waverly Pod, hosted by Jennifer Stone and David DeLuise, who played Alex's best friend and dad, respectively. When asked what storyline he wishes he could have done, he said, "Easy, easy, easy, easy.
Alex Russo was hiding a lot more than being a wizard.
Fans were not wrong to pick up on queer undercurrents in “The Wizards of Waverly Place”.
In an ideal world, Selena Gomez would have played one of the first bisexual characters on the Disney Channel, at least according to Wizards of Waverly Place showrunner Peter Murrieta.
Addie Morfoot Contributor Three projects pitched at CPH:FORUM – the industry program of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen-based documentary festival – have been awarded cash prizes. They are Robin Petré’s “Only on Earth,” Iryna Tsilyk’s “Red Zone” and Yegor Troyanovsky’s “Cuba & Alaska.” The filmmakers were awarded at a ceremony in the Danish capital on Thursday. Petré’s “Only on Earth” garnered the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award worth €20,000 for best pitch. The docu, produced by Signe Skov Thomsen, and Malene Flindt Pedersen, depicts a journey deep into one of Europe’s hottest fire zones, Galicia, where wild horses roam the mountains under the watch of local cowboys. These horses are excellent at fire prevention, but now they are vanishing in the clash between humans and nature.
Amazon has set the creative team for its Butch & Sundance series.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter HBO Max is developing a drama series based on the life of Heidi Fleiss, Variety has learned exclusively. The untitled series hails from writer and executive producer Maggie Cohn, who most recently served as the co-showrunner on HBO Max’s critically acclaimed limited series “The Staircase.” Fleiss will serve as a consultant on the project. Emma Tillinger Koskoff (“Joker,” The Irishman”) of First Love Films will also executive produce, along with Alex Goldstone (“Dickinson”) for Anonymous Content, Bill Gerber (“Muhammed Ali,” “A Star Is Born”) of Gerber Pictures, and David Bernon, Paul Bernon, and Sam Slater of Burn Later Productions (“Support the Girls,” “Mile 22,” “Drinking Buddies”).
recently stepped down as special prosecutor on the upcoming “Rust” criminal trial against Alec Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, wrote in emails sent to the Santa Fe district attorney last fall and acquired by The New York Times that she believed working on the case could help her electoral campaign. Reeb was selected by DA Mary Carmack-Altwies last June to handle criminal charges related to the accidental death of “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is delving into the history of Soho’s criminal underworld for its next big-budget drama series.
A “Gattaca” TV series is in the works at Showtime, according to multiple media reports.Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are reportedly in talks to return to the network to reboot the 1997 flick after co-creating Showtime’s “Homeland,” which ran for for eight seasons and produced nearly 100 episodes.Based off the Andrew Niccol-written and direct film starring Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman, “Gattaca” centers on a dystopian near future in which society is guided by eugenics as each potential child is planned to receive the most desirable traits of their parents. Showtime did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.While details regarding the series, which hails from Sony Pictures Television, are still being finalized, Gordon and Gansa are said to be set to write the series alongside Craig Borten.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter A series adaptation of “Gattaca” is in development at Showtime, Variety has learned from sources. Exact plot details on the series are still under wraps, but sources say that Alex Gansa is attached to serve as showrunner and executive producer, with Gansa’s partner Howard Gordon also executive producing. They co-created the show with Craig Borten, who also executive produces. Sony Pictures Television will produce, with Gansa and Gordon currently under an overall deal at independent studio. Sources stress that deals for the project are not yet closed. Showtime and Sony declined to comment.
Homeland co-creators/executive producers Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are plotting a return to Showtime with Gattaca, a series based on the 1997 movie of the same name. Details are not confirmed as deals for the project, from Sony Pictures Television, are still being finalized.
18-minute White House conversation, Penn started off with a “big announcement” from Biden, that his Department of the Interior had approved a controversial oil drilling project in Alaska dubbed Willow.“You remember during the 2020 campaign, Biden said this,” Penn stated, before cutting to video of Biden at a campaign event. “By the way,” Biden said in the video.
The BBC’s weekend football TV schedule is collapsing like a cricket side, with its regular late Saturday afternoon show Football Focus – which usually highlights the day’s Premier League matches – having to be pulled, after a list of high-profile names announced today they were boycotting the show.
Alaska Reid's 2020 EP Big Bunny was an introduction to an artist whose deadpan melancholy sat atop hazy guitars and an '80s Americana interested in highlighting the sleazy side of Los Angeles. The fuzzy production, with which Reid worked alongside PC Music's A.G. Cook, gave a spotlight to Reid - who had previously spent time making country music and playing in various bands - who duly beckoned listeners to come closer and hear the stories she had gathered along the way.
Zendaya unleashes her inner wildcat in a chic animal print look for Louis Vuitton’s Womenswear Fall Winter 2023-2024 show during Paris Fashion Week in France on Monday (March 6).
The streamers, led by Netflix, moved into the non-scripted entertainment space in a serious way about five years.