U2 Biopic Series From J.J. Abrams In Works At Netflix

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWhoopi Goldberg is set to play Bird Woman in the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “Anansi Boys.”The series follows Charlie Nancy (Malachi Kirby)—sometimes known as Fat Charlie (it was his father’s nickname for him; he’s not fat)—a young man who is used to being embarrassed by his estranged father (Delroy Lindo). But when his father dies, Charlie discovers that he was Anansi: Trickster God of stories. And he learns that he has a brother.

Angelique Jackson Academy Award-nominee Eddie Murphy is in talks to play funk legend and Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton in an upcoming biopic.Dubbed the Godfather of Funk, Clinton is a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, as well as a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and widely regarded as one of the most important innovators of the musical genre, along with James Brown and Sly Stone.The developing project is said to chronicle Clinton’s life and legacy, from his childhood in 1940s North Carolina, to the formation of his groundbreaking bands Parliament and Funkadelic in the late 1960s. The movie will also explore Clinton and the bands’ impact of the future of hip-hop and artists like Tupac Shakur, Dr.

return for Season 2 over the weekend, there’s more news from that world. Netflix has confirmed the cast for the young Queen Charlotte spinoff series from Shonda Rhimes herself – including the actress who will play the young Charlotte.India Amarteifio (“Line of Duty”) plays the young Queen in the currently untitled series.

In addition, Paramount has also hired three-time Oscar nominee John Logan to write the script for the film. Logan earned his first Oscar nomination as writer of the Best Picture winner “Gladiator,” with his subsequent nods coming for Martin Scorsese’s Best Picture nominated films “The Aviator” and “Hugo.” He also won a Tony Award in 2010 for his play “Red.”Bee Gees member Barry Gibb will be an executive producer on the film that will cover the career of one of the most famous bands of the 1970s, known best for the iconic disco song “Stayin’ Alive” that became a global hit after John Travolta strutted down the street to its beat in “Saturday Night Fever.” Graham King will produce via GK Films alongside Amblin and SISTER.

EXCLUSIVE: After helming such critically acclaimed original musicals like Sing Street and Once, John Carney is now ready to try his hand at the musical biopic as he is set to direct the untitled Bee Gees pic for Paramount Pictures. The studio has also hired John Logan to write the script. GK Films, Amblin, and SISTER will produce. Barry Gibb who participated in the touching Frank Marshall-directed HBO documentary How Can You Mend a Broken Heart about the Gibb siblings, is very involved in the narrative film, and will be executive producer.

It’s undeniable, Andrew Garfield is having a serious moment. Coming off an Oscar nomination for “tick, tick…BOOM!” and his appearance in “Spider-Man: No Way Home”— a part so beloved people are demanding that the actor get to finish out his ‘Spider-Man’ trilogy and or join Sony’s Spiderverse—Garfield feels like he’s bigger than ever these days.

Committing to the role! Bringing the story of Marilyn Monroe to life was a long time in the making before Ana de Armas joined the effort.

Meghan Markle is adding podcast host to her already impressive resume. On Thursday, Spotify announced the release of , the first podcast series made in collaboration with Archewell Audio — the audio-first production company founded by Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex -- as a part of their multi-year partnership. Slated to launch this summer, will «investigate the labels that try to hold women back.» Throughout the series, Markle will have candid conversations with historians and experts to uncover the origin of these stereotypes and have uncensored conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape narratives.«This is how we talk about women: the words that raise our girls, and how the media reflects women back to us,» Markle says in a teaser released Thursday, addressing the common stereotypes that have historically generalized women through the lens of popular culture and media. «But where do these stereotypes come from? And how do they keep showing up and defining our lives?»«This is the podcast where we dissect, explore, and subvert the labels that try to hold women back,» she adds. «I'll have conversations with women who know all too well how these typecasts shape our narratives.

King Of Late Night, written by Deadwood creator David Milch and directed by Jay Roach (Meet The Parents), will follow the life and career of Carson across New York, Los Angeles and the Las Vegas strip.According to Deadline, the series looks to connect how Carson’s on-screen persona conflicted with certain aspects of his personal life, which he kept extremely private.Carson is best known for hosting The Tonight Show for 30 years from 1962-1992. Before his career in entertainment, he served in the Navy during World War II.Following his retirement in 1992, Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Ed Meza @edmezavarIn his new documentary, “The Kaiser of Atlantis,” Argentine director Sebastián Alfie tells the story of composer Viktor Ullmann’s chamber opera, about a tyrant bent on waging endless war – written in 1943 in the Nazi concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezín) – and, more than 70 years later, a new production of the work in Madrid.Alfie plans to follow up “The Kaiser of Atlantis” — which premieres at the Malaga Festival — with a biopic about Ullmann and the two years he spent imprisoned in Terezín.The director first saw the opera by chance in 2006 at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. “When I read in the playbill that it had been written in a concentration camp, questions began to arise that are the germ of the documentary.

Most of the drama concerning the history of late-night television has been largely relegated to Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O’Brien all clawing behind the scenes to host the “Tonight Show.” But, there is plenty of interesting material to explore from its quintessential former host Johnny Carson, who took the reigns from Jack Paar in 1962. A new high-profile series is in the works aiming to tackle Carson’s life.

Naman Ramachandran “Mujib: The Making of a Nation,” the biopic of late Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is currently in post-production and a teaser will be unveiled at the Cannes Market in May. Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971.

Star Wars director J.J. Abrams.According to reports in The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, and Deadline, Abrams and his Bad Robot Productions company are developing a scripted series for Netflix about the Bono-fronted band.There are reports that the script for the show is being written by Anthony McCarten, the scrip-writer behind Queen biopic, Bohemian Rhapsody.As per The Hollywood Reporter, U2 are “expected to be involved and sanction the project.”NME has reached out to representatives of Abrams and Netflix for comment.Last November, U2 guitarist The Edge revealed that the band were working on a new album.The update came shortly after the four-piece released the track ‘Your Song Saved My Life’, their first new material in two years.Their most recent studio album, ‘Songs Of Experience’, came out back in 2017.

U2 may be getting its own television series from Bad Robot.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaGhostface will strike again.The Woodsboro Killer will return in another, as yet untitled, entry in the “Scream” franchise on March 31, 2023. It appears to have that date to itself, but it will have to contend with the second weekend of “John Wick: Chapter 4.” Paramount and Spyglass Media produced the film and the most recent sequel, which served as a reboot of sorts.

Paramount has dated Spyglass Media’s Scream sequel for March 31, 2023 and its untitled Bob Marley movie starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the reggae legend for Jan. 12, 2024.

HBO Max has been rolling out original series that have really sunk their teeth into audiences and one of their most popular shows, “The Flight Attendant” is coming back for a second season with star Kaley Cuoco reprising the role of Cassie Bowden. The streaming service has announced that episodes for the anticipated original show will begin airing next month and have dropped a teaser trailer (See below) revealing more shocking events are on the way in season two.

No shortcuts! Madonna is working hard on her biopic, and she’s making sure every single detail is up to her standards, an insider exclusively reveals in the new issue of Us Weekly.

EXCLUSIVE: Devon Bostick (Pink Skies Ahead) is the latest addition to the cast of Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer for Universal Pictures.