‘The Night Logan Woke Up’: Xavier Dolan To Write & Direct The Psychological Thriller Limited Series

Michael Douglas and Christoph Waltz are taking us back to the final days of the Cold War.

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The Rolling Stones are set to be immortalized on television in new limited series for FX from the team behind The Crown.

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Julia Roberts is returning to television as star and executive producer of a high-profile limited series produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy winner Glynn Turman has joined the cast of ABC’s limited series Women of the Movement, from creator-writer Marissa Jo Cerar and a producing team that includes Jay-Z, Will Smith and Aaron Kaplan.

Jordan Moreau Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes will star as two brothers in Netflix’s upcoming fictional limited series “True Story,” the streamer announced Wednesday.Hart will play Kid, a world-famous comedian who makes a tour stop in his hometown of Philadelphia and visits his older brother Carlton, played by Snipes.

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Arthouse darling Xavier Dolan is shifting to the small screen with a TV drama for Quebecor Content.

Veteran Canadian film director Xavier Dolan has joined the golden age of TV. After his eighth feature film, Matthias & Maxime, Dolan is partnering with Canal+, Quebecor Content and Studiocanal for his first drama, the five-episode The Night Logan Wakes Up series.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentXavier Dolan (“Mommy”) is set to make his TV drama debut with Studiocanal and Quebecor Content on “The Night Logan Woke Up,” a psychological thriller mini-series adapted from Michel Marc Bouchard’s eponymous hit theater production.Dolan will both write and direct the series, which he will also produce alongside Nanoby’s Nancy Grant and Jasmyrh Lemoine.

The psychological thriller will chart the story of three friends whose lives are shattered after one of them commits rape. The five episode drama, which is due to start production in March 2021, will air as a Quebecor Content and Canal+ Original in 2022. Studiocanal will handle international distribution rights.

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