EXCLUSIVE: Kids television is starting to get hit by the writers strike as well.
04.05.2023 - 16:57 / deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Unstable, the Netflix comedy series starring Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe, is the latest show to have production hit by the writers strike.
Deadline understands that production on the second season of the series, which launched at the end of March, has been shut down.
We hear that the series, which hadn’t received a full, official renewal greenlight, was prepping at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood. There were six scripts finished out of a planned eight-episode run with principal photography planned for later this spring. Employees were told earlier this week that production was being suspended and that they were being laid off at the end of the week.
Unstable is the latest scripted series shut down; Deadline revealed that NBC comedy Night Court is shutting down its second season and shows such as Netflix’s Cobra Kai, Starz’ Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Showtime’s Yellowjackets and ABC’s Abbott Elementary have all closed their writers rooms.
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Rob Lowe himself was on the picket line earlier this week. Outside Paramount, he told Deadline that he was walking in solidarity with the writers, as “We’re only as good as the writing we get”.
Unstable follows an introverted son (John Owen Lowe) who goes to work for his very successful, wildly eccentric father (Rob Lowe) in order to save him and his successful biotech company from disaster. It is inspired by Rob and John Owen Lowe’s social media relationship, in which John Owen often humorously trolls his dad.
Rob Lowe’s Ellis Dragon is a universally admired, eccentric, narcissist-adjacent biotech entrepreneur working to make the world a better place.
EXCLUSIVE: Kids television is starting to get hit by the writers strike as well.
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Bad Sisters creator Sharon Horgan has joined the writers strike for her U.S. projects, but is continuing to work on Season 2 of the Apple TV+ series.
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Commemorating a major milestone. Rob Lowe celebrated reaching 33 years of sobriety by sharing an inspirational message with fans.
Rob Lowe has marked 33 years of sobriety by sharing an inspirational message of "hope and joy". On Wednesday, the Hollywood star took to Instagram to post a selfie of himself standing in the ocean with a stunning sunset in the backdrop. In the accompanying caption, Rob reflected on his journey.
Rob Lowe is soaking in the sea and sunshine as he celebrates a major sober milestone. The 59-year-old actor shared a shirtless selfie on Wednesday as he marked the 33rd anniversary of his sobriety journey. In the photo, Lowe relaxes in the ocean and stares straight into the camera as if to address his followers directly. «Thirty-three years ago today I found recovery and a tribe that has sustained me on my incredible, grateful journey,» he captioned the image.
Rob Lowe's life as a sober man is bountiful. The "Parks and Recreation" actor detailed his journey to sobriety over the past three decades, writing "33 years ago today I found recovery and a tribe that has sustained me on my incredible, grateful journey," he wrote beneath a photo of himself in the ocean. "My life is full of love, family, God, opportunity, friends, work, dogs and fun," he added.
Rob Lowe has a massive reason to celebrate today.
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This week marks the first Hollywood writers’ strike in more than a decade.
EXCLUSIVE: Filming on Season 3 of HBO Max/Universal TV hit comedy series Hacks, starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, has been halted because of the writers strike, Deadline has learned. According to sources, production will be on pause for the duration of the work stoppage.
The Simpsons as Principal Skinner’s cousin on Sunday (May 7).In season 34 episode The Very Hungry Caterpillars, Lowe takes on the role of Peter, who disrupts Skinner’s home life while Springfield is in lockdown at the mercy of a swarm of caterpillars. This awkward dynamic is viewed by Bart Simpson, after Skinner accidentally leaves his webcam on following a video chat.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, who also shared a first look at Lowe’s character, the actor said: “It’s rarer and rarer to find firsts for me in the business, and this is a big one.
Earlier this week, the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA) announced that Hollywood writers would go on strike.
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