‘Watchmen’: Creator Damon Lindelof & Star Yahya Abdul-Mateen II On Pandemic Inspiration, ‘The Trial Of The Chicago 7’ & HBO Drama’s 26 Emmy Nominations

We’re on the precipice of a million different shows and films taking the COVID-19 pandemic and turning it into fodder for plot and entertainment. And though that’s to be expected whenever a major world event happens, it’s pretty insane that we’ve seen something like “Coastal Elites” not only be conceived, written, and produced in such a short time, but it will actually get released while the US is still dealing with the pandemic on a day-to-day basis.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterWhen Yahya Abdul-Mateen II was first cast on HBO’s “Watchmen,” he didn’t know he would be playing Dr.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticWith more Emmy nominations that any other show this year, HBO’s Watchmen has become the one to watch, literally and figuratively.“A lot of people did not watch Watchmen when it actually aired so they are watching it now while they are quarantining or while they are isolating,” Regina King said during Deadline’s Contenders Television: The Nominees all-day event, regarding the nine-episode run of the now almost prophetic Damon Lindelof-created

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is making his mark.

The new teaser for “The Undoing” does exactly what you want a teaser for a series to do—shows the major players, hints at the story, and gives you all the reasons why you want to sit down and watch for hours. Just from this, it’s clear that HBO likely has yet another hit on its hands.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: In one of the biggest sales so far this (virtual) broadcast pitch season, ABC has given a production commitment to a drama about a female hip-hop group, from Harlem’s Kitchen creator Zahir McGhee, producer Sabrina Wind and ABC Studios where McGhee and Wind are based.

Jordan Moreau Cousin Greg is the latest “Succession” family member to drop a catchy song since Kendall Roy’s “L to the OG.”Nicholas Braun, who stars as the lanky, innocent Greg Hirsch on HBO’s “Succession,” released “Antibodies,” a pop-punk song inspired by the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday.The music video was crowd-sourced as Braun put out a call for musicians on his Instagram page back in May.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s star is on the rise, but he’s staying true to his roots.

Candyman actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II has revealed he was asked to change his name when he began his career in Hollywood.The US star, who is also due to appear in The Matrix 4 and Netflix‘s The Trial of the Chicago 7, spoke in a new interview about representing Muslim people and staying authentic.Abdul-Mateen II recalled to GQ Middle East that he was asked early on in his career to change his name to Yahya Mateen, or just Yahya on its own, though was adamant he would never consider the option.“My

femmetón singer-songwriter La Doña's new album, Algo Nuevo, dropped March 12 via Human Re Sources just as the coronavirus pandemic intensified in the U.S.

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Also Read: AMC Orders 2 Seasons of Its First-Ever Animated Drama, 'Pantheon'Silverstein serves as writer and creator, with animation production company Titmouse attached and AMC Studios set to produce.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black), Rosemarie DeWitt (Little Fires Everywhere), Aaron Eckhart (Midway) and Paul Dano (Escape At Dannemora) are set as leads in the voice cast of Pantheon, AMC’s hourlong animated primetime drama series from Turn creator/executive producer Craig Silverstein and AMC Studios.Pantheon, which received a two-season order in March, is based on the short stories by Ken Liu about Uploaded Intelligence, or human

Succession star Jeremy Strong reportedly “begged” director Aaron Sorkin to tear-gas him on set for the forthcoming film The Trial of the Chicago 7. When filming riot scenes on location in Chicago’s Grant Park, Sorkin said that “Jeremy begged me to spray him with real tear gas”, before declining to do so.

After scripting the dramatic stories of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple visionary Steve Jobs, and underground A-list poker boss Molly Bloom, Aaron Sorkin is focusing on another group of real-life revolutionaries.